fresh volunteer in the volatile to gyptian city airport where protesters clashed with police for the second day in a row. u.k. government courts control the sea with a security crackdown that has resulted in several citizens having their passports revoked. the israeli lobbyist seek to ensure you are supporting case of a strike on iran groups gathering also triggers protests against israel's policies in the region. also the mass protests in grounded flights striking workers of the spanish period more action against the british management looks set to acts. of jobs our top stories this hour. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from the new

center in moscow this is auntie we start with breaking news this hour violence has intensified in egypt's restive city of port with the number of people severely injured in the most recent clashes climbing a funeral march for demonstrators shot dead on sunday was followed by fresh protests with people torching parts of the security headquarters along with other government buildings where to find out more what's going on in the crisis torn egypt we're now joined by bill through. your hearing where you are just how into things in port sayed at the moment. we're seeing very bloody and chaotic scenes coming from the coastal city of. and the latest is that a man has been shot in the head and is in a critical condition part of the security directly. part of the governorate headquarters as anti-government protests police and army continue to fight each other there. it comes after

a funeral for three people killed yesterday and the ministry of health announced yesterday that five people in total have killed three civilians and two police officers right now there's also been a very confusing reports of the army and the police fighting each other although we have no confirmation on that the military maintains that the armed forces are in the streets to protect the police and help the police in this situation that is gradually descending and this comes ahead of a very important verdict on saturday on this massacre at this point saeed football must say that occurred have you very last year with the cash that you broke out on sunday after thirty nine of the defendants related to this case that were moved from the prison that they were in families found out about this from a very angry when security directorates where they started fighting with police saturday and with the saturday verdict on the horizon many fear that this violence will only escalate in the coming days with a lot of tension there because recently just remind us what is the main message

what all of these protesters actually demanding the. who even in the funeral to day in court sign which is really related towards this verdict and saturday people were chanting against the muslim brotherhood the ruling party here behind the ring party here and also against the president there's been a lot of anger in the streets of cairo and also the major cities across the country since the second anniversary of january to find revolution here on tahrir square and to thin continues even though security forces attempted to clear it say yesterday morning and in fact there's been clashes actually in the capital with more clashes on the cornish and what people are saying here is they see no change as major economic course of the country is below the poverty line and people are against this i.m.f. loan that the four point eight billion dollars loan that said the president is trying to push through they also against the constitution do they say was. drafted by the islamist dominated assembly and in addition we've got parliamentary

elections on the horizon that people say you know shouldn't be happening so there's many many grievances here with these clashes erupting across the country and no sign of any of this violence abating anytime soon bill true live in cairo thanks very much indeed for that update. a highly secretive security program is raising eyebrows in the u.k. where the government is revoking the pull of sports of citizens it considers dangerous to the state and many of those on the blacklist were born in britain and received no explanation as to why they've been barred from the country whether passports were often revoked with no warning when the whole goes well abroad a tactic that some have dubbed medieval exile what that's about a closer look at this now. show we came to the u.k. as a. citizenship revoked almost three years ago he was later killed in a u.s. drone strike in somalia now his close friend british born mohammed succor he

suffered a similar fate he was deprived of his nationality and was also killed by u.s. drone attacks in somalia and the same year a sudanese british man took his four british children on holiday to sudan shortly after leaving he was stripped of his passport and his children were prevented from growing up in the u.k. and in another case a british born family including three children all lost their citizenships while in pakistan lottie's andrew farmer spoke to the man who first broke this story. well the full extent of chilling government program to rid the country of suspected terrorists has been revealed we now know that over the last three years sixteen people have had been stripped of their british passports and the grounds of national security critics claim that these suspects have little chance of appeal with human rights lawyers actually describing the whole process as mediæval and sinister well to talk more about this is chris words from the bureau investigative

journalism which actually broke this story chris with a new report it says or people are claiming that this completely ignores people's human rights and also the basic principle of innocent until proven guilty what is the evidence to support this all of these sixteen individuals of have citizenship revoked their passports counseled on the personal side the home secretary to the courts have had no say in this process we don't know the evidence that's been laid against these men. and even if they are able to get an appeal which is very very difficult that appeal will mostly be heard in secret and again those affected and their lawyers may never know the true extent of the evidence against them so it's a very secretive process in which the rule of law really does seem to be absent in some places and that's been commented on by judges sitting and looking at this process some of whom of raised the point that the government has waited until people have gone on family holidays for example before stepping in and removing my citizenship effectively locking the door behind people who are not only locking

those affected out of the country but their families as well the children who are british or british born unable to come back into the country without separating the families and so on so this can have very serious implications far beyond the individuals affected as we know to these suspects that are actually being killed by us strange strikes is that a coincidence there's no proof yet of any direct connection between those events but certainly people are asking questions it is clear that those people died after their citizenship was removed as part of an active targeting by the united. and again neither of those individuals were ever charged with any offense in the u.k. we know they were accused of serious terrorist offenses but there were no charges overload are going to sort of chris thank you we will have to leave it there it is worth pointing out that the government has had these powers since two thousand and two although it is this current government has really ramped up its use and over the last three years the number of cases has increased from six to twenty one and of course as we've heard the government only has to publicly justify what it's

doing on the grounds it is in the interests of national security. well as we've just heard there are some allegations of a british american connection in this program last june former london based care worker marty hart she lost his citizen ship and was allegedly pressured by the british secret service into working as an informant and after rejecting the five offer he was reportedly secretly rendered to the us where he now faces terror charges and we caught up with his father who says inside is being unlawfully persecuted it was unexpected and shock to the whole family who are pretty sure leave here all of us leave us a british city but it was all of a shock to us we had wondered how it could be like that for someone just to be this is this is she just to be provoked like that has been removed from what he was out of the car that he was away and it was even hard for us to contact him. or

maybe he's a muslim and believe and he's a practicing muslim but being apart from us and it's not being an islamist. that's why that's always been victimized. you're a secular state john kerry has been in saudi arabia to touch base with the rulers of gulf monarchies including bahrain and to wait these countries have come under severe criticism for repression on their turf and yet are of course some of america's closest allies and we talked to a journalist neil clark who's written extensively on the middle east about how this friendship sits with the u.s. commitment to spreading democracy well these autocratic states are the way which the u.s. has for decades maintained its control of this very important region having these kind of leaders there the undemocratic leaders in saudi arabia bahrain. the way in which the u.s. maintain its control of this very strategically important region and of course now there's a big problem because these governments these autocratic regimes and in the gulf

are coming under increasing popular pressure and we see now quite clearly that the u.s. because these great promoters of democracy when it comes to bahrain and saudi arabia are not siding with the protesters they're not signing with the opposition they are in syria on the contrary they're sending more military hardware. and they are supporting crackdowns on the opposition diplomacy is failing a military action against iran should be seriously considered that's the general tone of the american israeli public affairs committee conference now underway in washington more than ten thousand delegates are gathered to push for greater u.s. backing of the jewish state to make up for a series of setbacks the powerful israeli lobby has recently suffered the meeting has drawn not only media attention but also quite colorful protests as we can see here more than a hundred activists descended on the venue to express their anger with america's unconditional allegiances towards israel among the major concerns is the aggressive settlement expansion on land the palestine considers part of its territory but he's

got a car and has more on what's been said and indeed not just outside but inside be a part conference. apac is pushing for a congressional resolution that would say should israel decided to strike iran the u.s. would give all the support including military or mosque to humane on the table. we have stated this time in the game and we expect those who say to me this kind of a congressional green light for preemptive strike although non-binding is seen by some as a way to put more pressure on the obama administration which so far has been reluctant to see the u.s. dragged into another war in the middle east the moonless will never abandon their nuclear efforts unless they genuinely believe that america is serious about keeping all options on the table. of the many of the conference said they thought the

administration was soft on iran but that's a view that was expressed on the sidelines not from the podium the potential of israeli nuclear defense is the only thing that's keeping the country alive not relying on america because obama has not been forthcoming in defending them against iran in fact he's been stalling them apac is also pushing for legislation that would designate israel as a major strategic ally of the united states the question many ask is why does the country that's perceived as being closest to america suddenly need to congressional see the folk who will now according to an n.b.c. wall street journal poll that came out just a few days ago fifty five percent of americans now no longer want any sort of preference between either side of the israeli palestinian conflict the lobby may view this is a chance particularly in the face of sequestration where there could be cut just across the board almost two hundred million dollars they could view this as

a last chance to tie in support. just a huge you see. the subject the conflict with the palestinians has received considerably less attention at the summit then iran but the general impression here is that what's widely regarded as the most influential lobby in the american politics has detected a potential threat not just from israel's neighbors but from inside washington itself. in the wake of two wars in a battered economy we see signs of an increasing desire to disengage from world events and focus inward. this growing yearning to untangle from what is perceived as too complicated a world effects both parties conservatives and liberals alike they just want out. for israel even the tendency toward a solution is is extremely dangerous refusing to speak on camera some of the delegates expressed frustration over the president's decision to nominate chuck

hagel as defense secretary chuck hagel is known to have been critical of the pro israel lobby president obama will not be speaking at the conference this year but he'll be traveling to israel at the end of the month and one of the speakers years said it's going to be a real challenge for him to show that deep down in that podium he really understands israel under threats that he faces that gives an impression that the power is not too happy about the administration seemingly trying to play down the war talk in washington i'm going to check on. well it's not just the war talk but also money talk dominating this is a conference israeli lobbyists want to ensure aid to israel is exempt from the looming u.s. spending cuts and while it remains to be seen whether they will succeed we're interested in hearing your opinion on whether the cuts will indeed affect israel let's see how the views are looking at a moment in our online poll which is on our web site well fairly divided so far as

we can see on screen almost half of you believe that the israeli lobby is simply too influential to allow the funding to be slashed a third though we can see their hold the opposite view saying all foreign handouts must be reduced regardless because we also about a fifth of response so far think the aid is too important to israel's survival to actually be caught a minority seven percent. would agree to the cuts but only if the u.s. in terms backs israel in a potential strike on iran always good to hear from you express your views right now on our website it's our dot com well still ahead for you this hour here on r.t. the trial begins of a late russian attorney whose death in jail led to a row between russia and america that and other news after this short break. well the. science technology innovation called the least developed

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news continues here naughty stuff at iberia all set to grow more than a thousand of these spanish airlines flights as a protest against job cuts the firm plans to layoff around a fifth of his workforce and the latest blow to the struggling eurozone member spain already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the block. as this report. for the iberian airlines one of the national carriers has taken this to heart taking it personally really there's been a rise of anti british a sentiment there and now this. as well as job cuts it has been a result of iberia merging with british airways forming the group and says this announcement had come to pass we've already seen the people taking to the streets those working for iberia and you've seen them putting out a poster saying goodish goldhaber and the workers' unions have also been calling

the management a betrayer is that they have actually betrayed the spanish people by selling spanish national interests to foreign interests that's what they're calling this there has been a three months of negotiations between the unions and the management which should not see any deal and therefore leading to about three thousand eight hundred jobs wanting to be caught as well as one thousand two hundred seventy flights that are a grounded today now this is certainly paralyzing to the spanish economy not to mention adding on to the twenty six percent of unemployed already and steering here some sort of nationalist a sentimental wanting to protect their own interests of course over what they see as mediation from foreigners at this point reaction from the euro bloc especially specifically the euro zone have been pretty much one block dealing with billions of debt anyone with that amount of debt would be having a headache trying to deal with this cyprus is the latest that they're going to talk about bailing out at this point. the warning bells for the country has already been

sounding as of last year but no deal has been made and today they're trying to move that forward and this is just the latest of a string of countries already that have had to bail out and also portugal in arlon want to renegotiate their bailout plans that have already been received they want more time for their money and this is despite leaders saying that they are on track or that begs the question if they are indeed on track why would they need more time for restructuring debt again making markets and investors jittery to today they're dealing with cyprus this be allowed and the protests in spain that the question among nervous investors and concerned citizens is to morrow who is it going to be and how much more isn't going to hurt. sort of silly there and while some countries desperately grasp at straws to stay within the e.u. others desperately want out later today r.t. talks to the u.k. independence party leader not just for our she's one of the most vocal advocates for britain's exit from the block and you can watch the full interview to find out

why he thinks the u.k. sovereignty is at stake and how the current leadership is losing touch with this reality is a taste of what's to come in the next hour. is a feeling i share it that we now are run by a political class of people they all go to the same schools they all go to the same oxford colleges they all take the same degrees they all marry each other sisters they all finish up having gone from research offices straight into parliament you can't put a cigarette paper between them in terms of policy they have no hobbies or interests or what denis healey used to call him i mean they don't even collect stamps these people you know they spend their weekends sitting around together talking about politics they are utterly disconnected from the thoughts hopes and aspirations of the ordinary working family in this country. i. nigel farage on r.t. in about an hour from now

a moscow court has resumed hearings in the trial of the late russian lawyer surrogate magnitsky he was arrested five years ago on tax fraud charges but died a year later in pretrial detention causing a scandal between russia and the u.s. over human rights violations magnitsky supporters say he was jailed because he was accused of henri deed accused state officials of corruption and that he was abused while in prison but he's alexey unicef's he has more now on the case. well the prosecution has justified his decision to resume the case against magnitsky which was stopped in two thousand and nine after his death. even despite that the man in question has been dead for more than three years because the case has been so much controversial and there is a certain need to find out whether magnitsky had anything to do with the alleged embezzlement and tax evasion something he was accused of back in two thousand and eight when he was arrested the family of the deceased man said that they would not participate in this trial believing that this trial is a violation of human rights but the prosecution insists that this is not

a violation of the law despite that the man is dead they still want to find out whether those accusations against him had any substance behind them he was arrested in two thousand and eight accused of helping his supervisor william browder to evade taxes of more than one hundred million dollars later in two thousand and nine he died in custody allegedly because of mistreatment it's also worth mentioning that it was not the original magnitsky case which sparked lots of controversy it was the fact of his death in detention which. sparked huge spats between washington and moscow with the u.s. congress passing the so-called magnitsky act which imposed a string of sanctions on the russian officials travel sanctions travel bans in particular those officials who the u.s. believes to be associated with the death of need ski the russians they do responded with sanctions on us human rights violations as it was described of their own including a band of on the russian children by u.s.

citizens. now to a spectacular view of a volcano in russia's far eastern the latest images of lava flowing through snowy mountains eruption of the volcano situated in the camp region started in november last year after more than thirty years of being dormant there is however no direct threat to nearby settlements with the close is about fifty kilometers away still it provides a stunning view of ice and far combined spectacular pictures from russia's far east this. time now for some other international news at least fifteen people are reported to have been killed in kenya in a series of attacks on police stations on the day of the country's presidential election the government has blamed the killings on the separatist group republican council kenyans are electing a new leader for the first time since a controversial two thousand and seven vote that spot weeks of deadly into ethnic violence. also in

a world of exotic cardinals of the catholic church are gathered in vatican city for a first round of meetings to choose a new pope will be picking a date and setting procedures for the vote search for a successor to benedict the sixteenth who resigned last month comes amid a scandal involving the british cardinal keith o'brien who stepped down over allegations of sexual misconduct. and years battle between faith and atheism grabs the attention of our debate show crosstalk that's coming up a little later today. first of all when many people refer to religion they refer to it as organized religion and that's a big problem with atheism in and why you can't refer to atheism as a religion because there's no real organization to it it's like having a meeting of anarchists gently and i think that's how did it knows that it was headed wrong and it doesn't matter because they don't want to vote on it has but you know they do not very well they don't want to vote on anything and i think i think i guess i might list myself as as an atheist but i i like to think that

hopefully there's some kind of higher power but i don't want to look at in the in the classical way of some some god like guy saying you know that rob taubes driving down the cross bronx expressway in the days going to get a car accident and break his arm i mean that's that's a real religious extremism but i just think the big problem right now in our in this country's specifically and in the world is what religion has always polarized us and separated us into war to support. these with. crystal and the next time. he went about with a nice team but more news when about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime we have quality sports update stay with us for that if you can.

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