on r t tonight foreign action looming in africa as the u.n. greenlights foreign military intervention in mali to tackle islamists could isn't that the un's actions in libya created the cross'. al-qaeda calls for more anti american protests and a holy war against the u.s. while egypt one of washington's longtime allies in the region see sides and growing islam and its allies ation. gas and stun grenades again direct to the bahrain's peaceful protests is the latest crackdown there is drawing little attention in most international media. and the

family of a journalist working with the russian media in syria tells r t she was kidnapped in an area of intense clashes between the government and the rebels. pm saturday evening here in moscow this is live with me first molly of west africa may soon see foreign troops on the ground now that a un security council resolution has paved the way for international intervention mali which is basically split into wants help to deal with islamist extremists have taken over the north the small nation plunged into chaos in march after a coup toppled the president to out of rebels that is livius group took advantage of the instability then seizing control of the north and proclaiming independence historian gerald horne explained why it might be too late for the world community

to clean up a mess the traces back to their interference one of mali's neighbors there is no question what is happening in mali which is a humanitarian crisis and disaster as the director. of the north atlantic country intervention in libya in two thousand and eleven. in order to dislodge colonel qadhafi the north atlantic countries had to dump tons of weapons into libya which inevitably leaked into neighboring mali which there to for had been relatively stable with the leaking of these weapons into mali you saw the eruption of civil unrest and then military unrest in northern mali and now what we have is that an al qaeda like formation has taken hold of a region of northern mali that is the margarine than the state of france what has fallen and what has happened in the wake of the overthrow of the authorities and bomb a coke has been the flogging of suspected criminals the taishan

and some suspected. the persecution of single mothers tens of thousands have fled into neighboring algeria mauritania nice share it's also fair to say that this event in northern mali has given a jolt of success to so called as long as this throughout northern and northwestern africa. his influence and profile of the region's been boosted by recent events the terror groups called for a jihad against the u.s. over america made phil mocking the prophet muhammad. urged more protests outside u.s. embassies in the middle east while praising last month's assaults on the consulate in libya that killed four diplomats meanwhile egypt where the current group's leader comes from the scene large protests against the growing is the most of the country a young liberals rally turned ugly when muslim brotherhood supporters also descended on tahrir square and clashed with anti-government demonstrators over one hundred were injured in egypt's most violent protest since mohamed morsi came to office

said james trysts is a former u.s. senate foreign policy analyst he told me the threat of radicalization of egypt is very real. and we were seeing a very rapid islamisation of the political structure in egypt and nobody should be surprised at this. there was a lot of discussion about the power struggle that would ensue between morsi and the military and it seems that morsi and the brotherhood have triumphed much quicker than anybody expected and nobody should doubt what their ultimate intentions are in terms of strict enforcement of sharia and they recreate the caliphate the khilafat and so i think this statement about jihad to recapture jerusalem should not come as any surprise to anyone i don't think the peace treaty with israel ultimately will be honored but we will see what form that takes and what it will take it i think the most important thing that strikes me is it shows the utter incoherence of

american policy in the arab world by promoting the islamization of egypt to the removal of our long time satrap in egypt hosni mubarak and then we seem surprised that democracy in egypt has taken this direction. further trouble in the region was being labeled the forgotten revolution coming up tonight bahrain security forces again lash out at peaceful protesters demanding political reforms as the morning reinforces ties and powerful military back a great britain. on october of discontent continues in the death stricken e.u. is tens of thousands of angry students marched across italy this time they're outraged by cuts to education spending which have already been imposed by the government headed by prime minister mario monti and hysterically sentiments also expected in the spanish capital later today too and also in spain the been fresh clashes in barcelona between those supporting opposing the globe is in the hands of the rest comes as the e.u. was awarded this year's nobel peace prize for sowing peace across the continent of

financial advisor and wealth manager marco petra polly marco. hi there spain's replaced greece somewhat now and it is the epicenter of the debt crisis with euro zone officials telling reporters that madrid will ask for a bailout next month we've been in this rumbles for a while now this next month of course the greek problem still remain after two aid requests so the big question kemba same solution save an economy that's five times bigger than the greeks. well i think the first thing to say is that if you've got a heavily indebted friend it may not be the appropriate solution to carry on lending the money and i think that what we've what the us pursued over the last two years is refinancing of debts was the day continues to accumulate spain is a specific situation where the banks really do need. to have a financial crisis and they need. we will succeed in

incrementing in preventing that long and i think that the knees to force the periphery of europe through some much needed reforms because the question remains is whether they can keep the population on their side through this process . so sean best will in ca that's the problem that's the big worry is not for a lot of europeans that everything's been concentrated in brussels eight is it a valid and genuine concern you think. course the the only way this is going to be resolved is that to have a full fiscal integration of europe which still is not on the cards but of course many people of the years have become quite well where your back to europe there seems to be a massive gravy train a huge amount of bureaucracy a huge cost. to you the project is clearly not worked

out so far the political integration may be difficult when many people feel uneasy about this god already well i guess a good condition for the nationalists to gain ground there is nationalism favor in spain's kind of low you've been reporting on that this week also scotland and belgium where a separate his party's heading to municipalities on sunday he thinks sometime soon after we draw redraw rather the map of europe. i think it's it's fairly certain. things car carry on as as they are as i say i don't feel school integration or your work or you have a split up of the euro but equally the situation is very tiring in many many places and say should movements and separatist movements may well see you when you have a situation of extremely high unemployment and very very dismal prospects if the current policies continue will stare at sea and the continuing build out of

national debt. i really i guess amid all this when you don't rest comes as the pics of that nobel peace prize yesterday as you see it was a well justified when not to ranks up there with when obama got the nobel peace prize for being in office for for a few months. and he's now. not a force of peace it's a force of the rest of the force of instability and in no way can it be justified that nobel peace price be given. and. we have to look at what we have to look at for the future and watch things develop because i fear that a significant civil unrest potentially a breakup of the of the concept of the european union marco thank you for being on the program marco pierre triple a financial advisor wealth manager on the line there from london. the family of

a journalist who's been helping russian news outlets in syria has told r.t. that she's been kidnapped near the city of homes there is a scene of intense fighting between government forces and the opposition a correspondent in the region or an english is following the story tonight. the husband. question of a has contacted r t and saying that she was abducted on hard courts knew i was working in syria she has been there for almost a year and now she has been to all the major hotspots in this country torn by the civil war her reports have largely been known for being very critical of the rebels her colleagues as well as the russian consulates russian diplomats in syria are working on establishing a what exactly had happened to the car and where whereabouts would be now of course the. journalists. well known are going to zation reporters without borders have come out with an open letter to read to the free syrian army they have

said and i'm quoting that while the organization has been drawing attention to the regime's tight grip on the news and information in syria for the past two decades and while they have been condemning the attacks on foreign and local journalists by the regime they have also unfortunately witnessed. and have received reports from journalists foreign as well as local who are saying that they have been increasingly becoming targets of opposition groups in the country and again a quote from the reporters without borders the news of syria's pro-government media are becoming the targets of abduction and murder with increasing frequency while foreign journalists are also reporting that they are being targets of death threats from opposition groups of course. we'll be keeping a close eye on the situation in regards to the journalist missing in syria when we took the syrian opposition is being increasingly held. related to how this the rebels say fighters from the islamist. can seize in

a defense space in the outside of the major city of aleppo just on bugs from executive intelligence review magazine he says rebels growing links with terrorist groups should ring alone bell for their foreign supporters. the syrian opposition is increasingly being dominated by the same al qaeda linked jihadi networks that just recently assassinated an american ambassador and three other american diplomats in benghazi libya the opposition has clearly rather grab serves of any military capacity to overthrow the assad regime so the opposition is resorting to suicide bombings car bombings the standard techniques of qaida that they're continuing to use against the united states in afghanistan and iraq it's a terrible embarrassment that the united states is back in bed with al qaida minus

osama bin ladin. touch is heating up between syria and its neighbor turkey too with ankara holding on to that college or that was confiscated from the a syrian plane early on in the wake that was. safely he says the shipment contains a russian made weapons and the claims claim stronger than i by rushing to find out more about the diplomatic standoff at all tito called also exclusive first time coach passengers and crew that plane intercepted by tech and they describe about. thank you have the most among people. who are just a few minutes away from world news live from moscow after this break.

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was not in you is a dancing teacher. was. still his tendencies he tells the stories about his motherland. laws in europe to now has a one thousand strong reindeer had when the enemy only saw the light can and most around you it is gather the tens and move to another posture they travel hundreds of kilometers in winter we men and children for them. but the two families have less of a chance to come across each other they belong to different worlds even though there is sometimes a similar. wellspring

dubbed the invisible arab spring continues to unravel in bahrain police used tear gas and stun grenades disperse hundreds of peaceful protesters that. at least ten were arrested demonstrations then continued almost nonstop since last february they're often met by a heavy response from the country's security forces meantime britain side the military treaty with the state now seen as a sign of support for the under fire regime dominic kavakeb from the nation's justice and development movement told us he believes western nations are too much to lose from reforms in bahrain. obviously it doesn't send a particularly fantastic message when you are sending weapons to a country that is using weapons against its people on a daily basis to kill to injure to crush protests to crush essentially democracy but i think. the reason why why the u.s.

and other countries do that is because they want to keep the grain as an ally seen as an ally of western countries and therefore they want to try and keep that relationship what these governments don't realize that they've got refused to realize they have a huge amount of leverage they have a lot of ability to convince about cradle to pressure them into reform and perhaps they misunderstand the strength they have or perhaps you know they're scared that their interests which are tied up in that region could be damaged if they you know if there were a democratic change but the reality is the people of bahrain of calling for democracy they're calling for change but doesn't have to be against the western interests actually i could be very much in the interests of the west and i know the rest of the world democratic and stable country we've got i witness accounts online from someone who took part in the latest process and also on a website so you've got folks ready to counter the number or events have been spiraling over the past month. moscow claims that a group of russian citizens arrested in the u.s.

earlier this month were forced to admit they were involved in illegally exporting high tech electronics to russia diplomats say the suspects have been put under psychological pressure more on that now from marty's paper all of a. what we're seeing is a statement being issued by the russian foreign ministry regarding the four russian citizens currently still in custody who have been charged with the illegal export of military technology the foreign ministry suggesting that these four russians are being put under extreme psychological and moral pressure in order to get them to sign confound the foreign ministry is also wanting a review of the decision to deny these four russian citizens it has taken the media by storm a little bit it has been all over the media that this is some kind of spy scandal that is dismissed by the foreign ministry they say all you have to do is look at the charges that have been leveled against these four russian citizens that their criminal charges the families of these russian citizens have been expressing concern over the way that they are being treated while they're in custody has been suggestions that they're being forced to sleep on the floor there in very crowded

cells these four russian citizens were picked up on the third of october as part of a group of eleven people that the f.b.i. wanted to speak to in connection with the export of high tech technology from the united states to russia it's believed that technology has a potential military use they were picked up in houston in texas over the next few days they're going to be moved to new york where the first hearings on this case will be heard next week. peter all over the more world news tonight a suicide bombers killed at least sixteen after blowing himself up at a market in pakistan's northwest he was supposedly targeting pro-government militia as well as local tribal leaders no groups admitted the attack but the pakistani taliban militants have carried out similar attacks against elders who helped the government flush out insurgents. to suicide attacks in southern afghanistan have claimed lives of at least eight people the first blast was a dead afghan intelligence offices it was carried out by the taliban the second

explosion targeted local policeman they follow a chain of attacks by insurgents seeking to undermine government attempts to secure the region. iran says is considering limiting uranium enrichment if it's allowed fuel for scientific reactive from abroad the foreign ministry says if other nations respected right to peaceful nuclear energy it could keep enrichment below twenty percent iran suffering from western backed economic sanctions the end of halting its nuclear program over suspicions its making atomic weapons something to randomize. britain's preventing its a roic veterans from receiving on is for saving countless lives during the second world war they'd risk themselves on perilous journeys to help their brothers in arms r.t. sarah firth explains what's stopping the violence from being properly rewarded. think the worst journey in the world winston churchill's description of the grim ordeal faced the british soldiers who were part of the arctic convoys during world war two getting supplies to russian forces the convoy faced danger from above and

below you could not see your base and aircraft it was going into the spray and how it was. just certain there. the temperature. below zero i mean i was nineteen years of age eighteen years of age going up to russia and then do an order. but we done it well could our because the chopper to be done john stories and memories are among the most harrowing of the war for the russians it was more than just supplies it was psychological support contributing hugely to the war effort that's why in april the russian president awarded the issue of medal to the allies he taking part in the convoy missions but incredibly the push governments blocking russia from rewarding british veterans for their

valor. of the arctic convoys in recognition of your outstanding contribution into allied cooperation due to world war two the description american attack. apparently unless the british government. is a non starter what i think. i'm forgivable war the foreign office third it's against the rules in order for permission to be given for a war to be exerted there has to be a specific service to the country concerned and that service should have taken place within the previous five years john's wife says that's ridiculous they're all late eighty's early ninety's some of them what on earth are they supposed to do over the last five years they still pray at maine or what they were during the war it never leaves them so why are they being painted lowest and not being given this

. i think it's disgraceful absolutely disgraceful angry not just from a whole while the ship might those and those opacity on across the bars beside to me this disgusting. john says it's time the current prime minister says that to be the decent thing. we was there then dice yes we were all in together. the russians the americans for the belgium yes we were all in it together they proudly we've been left there because you believe we can lift this medal everybody. but the foreign countries get a win ok the campaign is in place person and russia i refusing to back down in pitching the government to get these men promptly rewarded for their bravery it's a matter of mission. really extraordinary service

and. worth. important people during their work to see that. in the pivotal war time he found friendship real adversity illustrated by john's pitches and stories of his time working with the russians down saying. these are the medals that john with the for his heroic deeds during world war two he was taping along with the other veterans involved in the arctic convoys to add the it's called medal to their collection but as long as the british government continues to refuse to allow them to be awarded they won't be adding that medal they say. london. europe's countries are scratching around for the cash they can find right now and it's least going to dip it sounds into the church collection plans to strip the

catholic church of its tax exempt status and your departure holes in the company but you are putting them online all similar to a degree in drilling america's hunger for energy plan with college campuses to get at the gas pump the need reporting on to. here on r t dissecting america's foreign policy maneuvers with the man who's but at the heart of the state department after this break. you know how 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 realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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i'm very pleased to introduce my guest today john sponsored oh he's a professor of religion and international affairs and of islamic studies at georgetown university he has served as a consultant to the u.s. state department and other agencies doctors posit overrode a number of books on islam dr thank you very much for making yourself available

glad to be here i was looking at poll numbers in different muslim countries and their opinion of the us now is either the same as under george w. bush or much worse as is the case in pakistan in egypt for example four years ago seventy five percent of egyptians had an unfavorable view of the u.s. now it's seventy nine percent in pakistan used to be around seventy percent now it's around ninety percent these figures have nothing to do with the infamous entire islamic film where do they come from in your opinion well i think if you actually take a look at you know data from the muslim world i'm associated with the gallup organization gallup did a world poll and that included thirty five muslim countries from all over europe africa southeast asia and what we discovered was that majorities of muslims. while they admire. america's economic and technological development it's freedom.