accusations that america's siding with islamist leaders the angry opposition refusing to meet u.s. secretary of state john kerry cairo. partial guilty plea is not enough for u.s. prosecutors to prove the wiki leaks whistleblower aided terrorist by leaking classified documents. why britain's brightest of bailing out for better lives elsewhere we examine what's making a pack up of the damage to the u.k. . hello good evening thanks for being with r.t. it's kevin and here tonight just after nine now moscow time first egypt's opposition has lashed out at washington for meddling in the country's affairs its

leaders are refusing to beat secretary of state john kerry has arrived in cairo they accuse america of siding with the ruling was lame brotherhood despite egypt sharp political divisions looks at what the u.s. chief diplomats intentions could be. he says that the purpose of his visit is essentially to discuss regional and international issues have a wide spectrum of egyptian leadership that is refusing to meet with him the criticism is coming from liberal and secular leaders and they accuse kerry and the united states of siding with the muslim brotherhood and they accuse its leader mohamed morsi of essentially stepping into the same role as the ousted dictator hosni mubarak now it is true that the united states has maintained close ties with morsi but the criticism is that he is failing to implement reforms and at the same time he is turning the country into a more religiously conservative ruling system at least to opposition figures have refused invitations from kerry to sit down and hold talks with him and this follows

this week a call by the united states for the main opposition group and that is known as the national salvation front to reverse its decision to boycott parliamentary elections that are due to begin next month and yesterday kerry was in ankara telling the turks that they need to improve their relationship with israel the turkish prime minister recently made the comment that zionism was a crime against humanity and response to this kerry said that the comments were objects and of all this comment could indeed frustrate kerry's attempts to try and create an improvement in a strange the israeli turkish relations that have hit an all time low what we essentially see through kerry's visit is an attempt by the united states to try and appease countries in the region israel to essentially ensure tell of their security but the problem really is that the positions of both israel and the united states in this region are at an all time low they are under threat and in most small part

due to the actions of washington and tel aviv themselves the situation in syria has only made things worse you have the rise of islamic extremism across the region following the arab spring and this is something that the united states directly supported at the same time what we're really seeing is that washington is having to deal with problems that it created and this is essentially the call or at least part of the core of kerry's first visit to this region after taking office. our middle east correspondent paula slayer will separate kerry's visit to egypt is not expected to herald a major shift in washington's policy towards the country but with israel under increasing pressure from its neighbors it is thought the other out of concern for america is protecting its key regional ally by any means we have not seen a major rewrite situation of american policy in light of years bring. the transition in egypt in pretty good it's really still the same holds the use of

them for good now the body within it's used to protect american interests is really the army rose and presidential powers it's the army that continues to get a great deal of american funds and it's through the closed door that i think americans hold tuning in many of the same policies that the meeting under or so and with the use of it seem to be staging it suggests a continuation of the same american policy where israel comes first and israel's arab neighbors are really a tool. used only to try to preserve israel's security or the big stories now we're tracking today few the u.s. is pushing forward with a full court martial against al we will see bradley manning prosecutors plan to call a full witness list to prove he's guilty of a range of serious situation is included aiding the enemy that's the main one now manning denies this admitting only to providing secret data to wiki leaks with the

aim of revealing what he called the true cost of war are to america's andrew blake was at the hearing. manning finished reading his thirty five page statement he turned his microphone off he was done testifying and a handful of members of the press gallery actually journalists began applauding it was something that people had waited for a long time there he was speaking very truthfully and with power about what he did and why he did it and i think that resonated with a lot of people a big small man only five foot two you know one hundred some odd pounds sitting very calm very collectively very cool right in front of the judge and read it thirty five page statement pretty much owning up to every single fact that the government has accused him of for the last three years and it was people expected him to go ahead and plead guilty but the way in which he actually honored what he did himself in the way that he actually took still to this day is ok with with releasing information and is aware of the significance i think really shows this

was someone who had committed to doing something and was aware aware of the repercussions and is ok with that well if found guilty of a degree had to be private money could spend the rest of his life in prison he's already spent over a thousand days behind bars awaiting trial moneys defense team argues that he's talked to tension conditions violated his constitutional rights and the the charges against him should be dropped as a result of he's made a point none has been following the case. it sure has been a rough ride since bradley manning was arrested in may two thousand and ten for the first ten months of his incarceration the former army intelligence analyst was held in solitary confinement for twenty three hours a day in a six foot cell windowless cell forced to sleep naked without bed sheets and kept on suicide watch during that time hundreds of scholars experts human rights advocates as well were signing petitions and letters to have him released from what

was dubbed draconian conditions essentially called torture many critics would argue that manning was essentially forced into pleading guilty on ten charges because of the conditions he has been held in by the u.s. government but at the end of the day when manning stood up and owned up to what he did and from what i've been told and read about his minos apologies for his behavior for his actions. report there one of the most shocking items money was the so-called collateral murder video we're playing to go on the screen for you showing a u.s. helicopter attack in two thousand and seven targeting civilians and then eleven people were gunned none of returned fire to the victims or indeed reuters journalist you can see the helicopter fired a van that arrived at the. well two children were inside they were seriously injured in court moaning compose this to a child torturing the magnifying glass for my five aged only mushroom says the

revelation did a great service though to the relatives of the victims. film is the family also a pixel by stores we can list and one title rocky foundation pushed against and find out what the top of this pack and attempt in life see is saying there was no here i can i'll put it what has happened so by exposing this bradley manning's case closed ok case he says aren't fit to be punished by stanley the speed of light if you tried and i think it's unfair in one other aspect to our is that you try to establish with the other mainstream media outlets begin with the washington post the new york times and the politico web site and he was dismissed and in fact the research said that if this were if they would gain political say when the only people like it was to a level of play. the old model do not respond to this push toward transparency to inform the american people what is done in the name it's amazing though isn't it that the the people who actually committed war crimes in collateral murder video

have never been arrested have never been charged and have been court martialed is the person who exposed these war crimes who was court martialed and this happens time and time again with whistle blows you shoot the messenger but you protect the people committing the crime. coming up very soon tonight with me kevin i would with no one budging on the budget america's got some show said that eighty five billion dollars would be precise president obama signed them all fof to politics prevailed over progress on capitol hill we're talking about that in a few minutes time also talking about this to. get back soon well there's a long way to go a stellar performance from the space station yep stand by for details that have a great musical collaboration the is literally. this.

there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives within a year of a diagnosis of. over sixty two percent of. our darkness with this is a problem that frankly is substantially preventable it was like the big elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk about it there were really good public health campaigns if people really focused on this problem you certainly should be able to a lot less a tragedy a lot less human suffering. a

logo rally in central moscow has called for russian orphans to be better protected the large number of children in care plus cases of abuse and death abroad of really brought the topic to the forefront here in russia. was at saturday's demonstrations at least twelve thousand people gathered in central moscow to march for the better protection of children many said they went to the streets at the call of their heart they chanted slogans orphans need mothers not graves russia definitely has some six hundred seventy thousand orphans and finding a home for them in russia it has been difficult for many that's meant going abroad for a new family although the government now wants that to change the death of maxine

cause i mean in texas has brought this into sharp focus again just weeks after the law came into force restricting foreign adoptions specifically americans taking on russian or france the u.s. district attorney ruled that the three year old died in january accidentally the final autopsy showed that the bruises on his body were self-inflicted and a behavioral disorder meant to maxime was likely to harm himself russian authorities are still not convinced and one full access to all the files of the investigation it's worth mentioning that killed maxime's younger brother was also adopted by the same family from the same orphanage and is still living with them although the mother now has only restricted access so it's said it is really in moscow demonstrators called for good deal to be brought home to russia and that all those involved in finding homes for the countries or france need to work much harder in protecting societies most vulnerable children but seems cases definitely far from over both russia and the united states will continue their investigations

into his death and we will tell you what they find. for more of britain's young professionals a look at it take the talent cells where apparently despite government plans to cut the top rate of income tax next month but with the country's most economically active class dwindling in numbers then there are fears that policymakers aren't doing enough to have a further brain drain on his own through farmer examines what's driving the young and smart to greener pastures. jesse off in search of a new life abroad that is what three and a half million britons have done over the last decade but it isn't just pensioners seeking a retirement in the sun latest figures show that actually two thirds of them are professionals age twenty two to forty four and it's feared the outflow of talent is actually hurting the nation's economy clearly a lot of these people are trained professionals who are seeking to build a life elsewhere and i think that that's something policymakers should be very concerned about so what are the reasons for the exodus chiropractors feet treats

dozens of high end london kind suffering from stress every week britain's high rate of tax he says makes many consider emigrating but that's only half the story the weather is a big factor in this country it's one thing to want to bet a lifestyle basically they i know from my my point of view and when i was younger in south africa for example at the weekend we could go you know maybe water skiing we could go out of a bit of a lifestyle and this is what they're seeing they're seeing it in places like florida or in the states they're seeing that some countries in europe that there's this sort of heat it's the lifestyle really that these people want and the quick straw poll on the street seems to confirm what he's saying but consider emigrating i definitely yes why where they are trying their finances just a nice if it works where can i say oh yeah i straight is late would you ever consider emigrating yeah why. just put. up with lots of lovely

countries in the world and it would be nice to experience living in one of them so britain has a lot to compete with it can't change the weather but from next month the top rate of income tax will come down to forty five p. in the pound although nick to know his government needs to do more at the moment and understandably government and commentators are entirely focused on austerity but we need to send a signal about the future the twenty five year olds the thirty year olds are thinking long term. not in the immediate future and we need to try and explain to them that it's this country is the place to be that you will be able to keep more of your income that you are and that there is the place for aspiration and for growth it's here in britain despite the outflow of talent net migration into ek is still around two hundred thousand people a year and independent think tank migration watch you can claim stan x. is a counterbalance although exactly how much is also being debated the reality is in

there there are in a number of talented people coming to the country but there's also as we well know there's a large migration from issues of asylum where they've come from very troubled and and difficult backgrounds through to economic migration where people are just trying to improve their lives that are not necessary replacing the level of skill that we're using so it's not a straight match for match whatever the true picture it is clear easily using its homegrown talent on average at a rate of four hundred people per day flying away from britain's economic troubles on a one way ticket is becoming an increasingly popular option andrew farmer r.t. london. well from have the have nots we ask is america's food aid program getting to those who really deserve it. it's good to be american because you can depend on the government so i mean i guess society is kind of you know hitting a bad road that's ok it isn't the american way to make it on your own and not

depend on the government or others prius think that true but it's a case by case basis by our in new york where taxpayers are concerned the food stamps are going towards the green they are not the needy. and focusing on american next to their barack obama has been forced to give the go ahead to huge spending cuts which could shave as much as eighty five billion dollars off the federal budget by october the president hopes the automatic measures could be avoided burke. both the bomber and congress couldn't agree on a way out after months of wrangling after the talks failed the blame game began obama condemning republican intransigence for refusing to plug tires new polls for the most wealthy citizens hundreds of thousands of american jobs are now on the line with fears that the economic impact of what's called the sequester could resonate globally economist and author richard wolfe told me it's the people who will ultimately pay for capitol hill selfish squabbling republicans and democrats alike are committed to an austerity policy as we do in see it in europe their only

disagreement is exactly who gets cut whose axes get raised and i'm very pessimistic as are most observers in washington that we are about to do what britain italy greece have done with the same dire consequences looming in our future if you cut government spending as we're about to do if you raise taxes on average people which we did on january first with the rise in the payroll tax those are a double whammy two hits on our economy major press the economy they lose people jobs they make people cut back in their spending with less jobs and less pending government tax revenues go down and that you races whatever benefit you might have imagined would come to the government's budget the irony is the economy gets worse and the government budget gets worse until they wake up and realize that this is an inappropriate way to go at a time of economic crisis let's remember the budget deficit of the government took

off in two thousand and seven and eight which is because we had a crisis if you solve the deficit without dealing with the under lying prices it will not work. economist richard wolfe now on line we're talking about a close call for palestinian prime minister tonight caught up in erupting violence in the west bank and treated at the scene we report at r.t. dot com how israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets fieri ascribes at the building of a barrier cutting them off from their own land lot more pictures online also to what you might want to check this one out occupy and the office one of the n.y.p.d. finest is left red faced now after protesters acquitted of assaulting him when video showed indeed the police account didn't add up to the evidence. for the day's moving stories the presidents of russia and the u.s. is seeking ways to avoid further setbacks in relations between the countries was

the main theme and date of a phone conversation between putin and barack obama the leaders have pledged to seek new ways of ending the conflict in syria they don't see eye to eye on both of instructed their diplomats to push harder than for a political transition to end the violence on friday moscow criticize western plans to send aid to the rebels saying would only encourage them to seize power by force in the balmer of said that they're also willing to work closer on global security issues including missile defense and concerns over iran and north korea's nuclear programs more world news. nato has officially apologize for the killing of two afghan boys last month calling it a tragedy the helicopter fired at the children aged seven eight two attending cattle in the rural oregon province mistaking them for insurgents the nato led campaign against taliban militants in afghanistan has long been condemned in the country for the number of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. hundreds of

activists and tourists have stopped a second fall of the berlin wall a twenty three meters section covered in street art is slated for demolition to make way for a luxury apartment block but police were forced to temporarily halt its destruction after a human chain was formed in front of them. and now for some melodies from space here we write astronauts on the i assess the international space station i've been tearing up with musicians back down on earth artie's told barton found it all came together. welcome to the google i ready to play a little music indeed welcome to the international song station. bhansali. turn. by astronaut chris hadfield there with fellow canadian and singer ed robertson the band a kid ladies and their specially composed cosmic choral duet back on earth chris

told us why it's so special to him music is an important part of being human and to have the chance to play and sing and write music and that new place for humanity i think is also and says yes it's still pretty novel but a little further examination reveals quite a back catalogue from earth's loftiest recording studio. here cathy coleman plays the i assess his first duet with one of the music idols ian anderson band jethro tull set at two hundred year old irish and also a ten and then that and then once you get up there you want to share this as with most things that though they can't be just ordinary instruments. to make their life a little brighter a guitar was a range for them getting it on board was

a royal old hassle that they had to relax the strings and i did foam rubber to prevent vibration i use it is all about sharing as chris hadfield found out the first time that played in space with the crew of the russian space station mir back in one thousand nine hundred five. and it's a great way of sharing the emotions of the space crews some of them out of this world. others more down to work such as ron garan disappointment from finding out his return to earth was delayed by two months. that those two station. are going to do. just got a call from the. city we are going. to pop the fleet duets of the cosmic blues they've got it all here on the international song station i'm tom barton for art see your host on the orbits our state she didn't plan it or

. give back susan. great dignity now u.s. food stamps are supposed to provide vital aid to those who need it most but it seems the system is notoriously open to abuse or harshness of it has been finding out whether taxpayers think their money they'd end of the day is being well spent let's take a listen. according

to the u.s. government more than forty seven million people now use the food stamp program are americans abusing the system this week let's talk about that one of the largest consumers of food stamps is actually wal-mart because they underpay their employees so we're concerned about people getting food stamps we should probably look in the direction of companies like wal-mart etc who refuse to pay a living wage says it's clear i don't know but it sounds like they or does that bother you know why not well it should probably bother me because i'm a taxpayer right yeah ok but it doesn't not really no why do you just assume that people are going to abuse the system i think everybody abuses a system one way or another so how do you abuse that oh you're trying to throw this back at me or you said everyone to take the fifth on it was the stock exchange the abuse and everybody's ever using everything so it doesn't bother you that the numbers are increasing. no which just shows you that the there are more poor

people that's what it shows that poverty is increasing in this country amidst all this wealth well i think it's a social situation so i think that we as taxpayers have to realize that people do need help and we need to as a country support our own people it's good to be american because you can depend on the government so i mean i guess society is kind of you know hinting at that but that's ok it isn't the american way to make it on your own and not depend on the government or others for you think that is true but it's a case by case basis whether or not you think people are abusing the food stamp system the bottom line is that you're american you're buying groceries for a lot more people than just your family. well from the resident next week here in a few minutes we get

a program talking about the very rapid spread of aids hiv among a very specific group of americans. there's an old urban legend that says that the u.s. army stopped using circular targets for rifle practice because the soldiers would be hesitant to shoot people on the battlefield the logic is that if you practice shooting something that looks like an enemy soldier you'll be desensitized about killing real enemy soldiers so again the logic is to practice shooting at what you want to kill so you won't hesitate and speaking of not hesitating the law enforcement targets incorporated has created a special line of paper targets for police called new more hesitation so it's on these targets well maybe mexican drug cartel members or.