gyptian city of port where protesters clashed with police for the second day in a row. and. essential to crush iran's nuclear ambitions as he addresses pro israeli lobby is seeking to ensure u.s. support in case of a strike on tehran. the u.k. government courts controversy with a security crackdown that has resulted in several citizens having their passports revoked. plus mass protests and grounded flights striking workers of the spanish airline iberia plan more action against the british management that looks set to axe thousands of jobs our top stories.

around the world on screen and international news and comment live from new center here in moscow this is. violence has intensified in egypt restive city of port saeed 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 true this report. we're seeing very bloody and chaotic scenes coming from the coastal city of port science and the latest is that a man has been shot in the head and is in a critical condition parts of the security directions are a blaze as are parts of the governorate headquarters as anti-government protesters police and army continue to fight each other this comes after a funeral for three people killed yesterday and the ministry of health announced yesterday that five people in total were killed three civilians and two police

offices 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 this comes ahead of a very important verdict on saturday on this massacre at this point saeed football muska that occurred february last year when the crash actually broke out on sunday to thirty nine of the defendants related to this case that were moved from the prison that they were in families found out about this very angry when security directorates where they started fighting with police even in the funeral today in court 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 has 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 do find revolution here in tahrir square and sit in continues even though security forces attempted to clear it yesterday morning in fact there's been clashes actually in the capital small clashes on the cornish and what people are saying here is they've seen no change as major economic worries a quarter of the country is below the poverty line people are against this i.m.f. loan the four point eight billion dollars loan that said the president is trying to push through. they also against the constitution even say it was. drafted by islamist dominated assembly and in addition we've got parliamentary elections on the horizon and people say you know it 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. of course following all the most recent developments in port so even the egyptian capital keeping us updated via her

twitter feed and you can check in with bill true for the latest. a highly secretive security program is raising eyebrows in the u.k. where the government is revoking the passports of citizens it considers dangerous to the state many of those on the black list were born in britain and received no explanation as to why they've been barred from their own country the passports were often revoked with no warning when the holders were abroad a tactic that some have dubbed medieval exile let's take a closer look at this now bill bashar we know he came to the u.k. as a baby and grew up there had his citizenship revoked almost three years ago and he was later killed in a u.s. drone strike in somalia his close friend british born mohammad sucka he suffered a similar fate he was deprived of his nationality and was also killed by a u.s. drone attack in somalia 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 of british born family including three children all lost their citizenships one in pakistan a lot is under farmer spoke to the man who first broke the story. well the full extent of chilling government program to rid the country of suspect 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 a pale 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 canceled 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 looking at this process some of whom raised the point that the government has waited until people got 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 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 individual suspect as we know to these suspects of 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 you know. 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 overloading and so 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. when as we just heard there are hundreds report there are some allegations of a british or american connection in this program last june a former london based care worker marty how she lost his citizenship and was

allegedly pressured by the british secret service into working as an informant and after rejecting the m i five offer he was reportedly secretly rendered to the u.s. where he now faces toward charges and we caught up with his father who says his son is being unlawfully persecuted it was unexpected and shock to the whole family who are pretty sure leave here all of us navy as a british city but it was a lot of a shock to us who had wondered how it could be like that for someone just to be this is this is just to be provoked like that british and 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 to our kids all i can see is that my the he's a muslim and believe and he's a practicing muslim but being a product for muslims is not being an islamist. that's why that's always been victimized. diplomacy is failing and the military action against iran should be seriously considered and that's the general tone of the american israeli public

affairs committee conference underway in washington the israeli prime minister has addressed more than a thousand delegates stressing the importance of u.s. support for a potential strike we have to stop its nuclear enrichment program before it's too late. and i have to tell you from the bottom of my heart and with the clarity of my brain words alone will not stop iran sanctions alone will not stop iran sanctions must become pulled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail. while the apec meeting is draw not only media attention but also quite colorful protests as we can see there more than one hundred activists descended on the venue to express the rangar with america's unconditional allegiances towards israel among their major concerns is the aggressive settlement expansion on land that palestine considers part of its territory but he's got to come on has more on what's been

said at and outside the apec conference. apac is pushing for a congressional resolution that would say should israel decide to strike iran the u.s. would give all the support including military or oceanus 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 us dragged into another war in the middle east the us 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 but 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 the congressional seal of approval 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. this fight here you see of the

the subject. i 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 isolationism 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 here said it's going to be a real challenge for him to show that deep down. 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 walk talk but also money talk dominating this year's apac conference pro israeli lobbyists want to ensure aid to israel is exempt from the looming u.s. spending cuts and want to remains to be seen whether they'll succeed we're interested in your opinion on whether the cuts will have an effect an impact on israel will it see how the views are looking at the moment in our online poll on our website in a moment r.t. dot com and we can see there on screen almost half of you believe that the israeli

lobby is simply too influential to allow the funding to be slashed a third hold the opposite view things very differently saying all foreign handouts must be reduced regardless about a fifth we can see there on screen so that the aid is far too important to israel's survival to actually be carved a minority just seven percent of the moment so we'll agree to the cuts but only if the us in turn backs israel in a potential military strike on iran when you can express your views right now on the web site r.t. dot com it's all on all the time more news after a quick break stay with us. it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've. covered. it all 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 realize that everything you thought . i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. is he. or to you live in moscow with the news continues now britain has begun an inquiry

into claims that british troops tortured and killed civilians during the iraq war in two thousand and four some of the most serious made against u.k. forces over the occupation of the country and has more from london. victims and families of victims say that british troops took a number of iraqis from the battlefield and then murdered and tortured them but the ministry of defense strenuously denied that british troops are normally killed and iraqis in fact the evidence given by the ministry of defense is so different to the evidence provided by the victims and their families it's resulted in this very long three year delay this inquiry was ordered back in two thousand and nine so three years later it's only just coming to fruition i'm joined in the studio by christopher stanley of rights watch u.k. this isn't a first inquiry of its kind of really have this very embarrassing case of the killing of

a back in two thousand and three is this potentially another big embarrassment for the british military it would be a big embarrassment if they allowed it to become one which i think is what they obviously do not want to not. because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigations were undertaken against the death of innocence of iraqi civilians they are trying to manage it and put a cap on it these are people getting away with human rights violations including killing without punishment process of law has testimony from rights which you kate thank you very much and of course the issue of iraq is a very sensitive point at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has urged in a private member of ministers not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year anniversary of the invasion later this month. in london thousands of staff from the airline iberia have been demonstrating in madrid against job and pay cuts the firm

plans to layoff around a fifth of its workforce and the latest blow to the struggling euro zone member spain already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the block. as this report. the staff of the iberian airlines one of the national carriers has taken this to heart taking it personally really there's been a rise of a goodish 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 is working for idea and we'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 said 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 sentiment the 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 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 the spill out and as well as the protests in spain but the question among nervous investors and concerned citizens is to morrow who is it going to be and how much more is it going to hurt. while some countries desperately grasp at straws to stay within the e.u. others desperately want out and later today r.t. talks to the u.k. independence party leader nigel farage 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 reality and here's a quick taste of what's to come in the next hour. there's 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 and 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. nigel farage that interview in full a little later here on r.t. the us secretary of state john kerry's been in saudi arabia to touch base with the rulers of gulf monarchies including bahrain in kuwait 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 talk to journalists neil clark who's written extensively on the middle east about how this friendship sits with the us

commitment to spreading democracy. well these autocratic go 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. this is the way in which the u.s. can 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 the proxy of the u.s. because these great promoters of democracy when it comes to bahrain and saudi arabia 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 to these countries and they are supporting crackdowns on the opposition. time now to update you on some other international news this hour at least nineteen people reported have been killed in kenya in a series of attacks on police stations on the day of the country's presidential

election two voting stations of also stormed by the insurgents the government has blamed the killings on the separatist group the 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. in further clashes in bangladesh three people have been killed and dozens injured as nationwide rallies enter a fifth day people there are protesting against the death sentence given to the country's opposition islamic party head last week the leader along with other party members have been convicted of mass murder rape and other crimes during the war for independence with pakistan of nine hundred seventy one. the cardinals of the catholic church in vatican city have held their first round of meetings to choose a new pope picking a date and setting procedures for the vote the 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 your battle between faith

and atheism grabs the attention of our debate show cross talk today that's coming up a little later this hour. first of all when many people refer to religion they refer to it as organized religion and that's a big problem with atheism and 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 remotely and i think that's how do you know it's. going to doesn't matter because they don't want to vote out yet has but you know they don't not very well they don't want to vote on anything and i 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 him 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 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 and torn it support. it will. soon head on moscow court has resumed hearings in the trial of the late russian lawyer said. he was arrested five years ago on tax fraud charges the died a year later in pretrial detention causing a scandal between russia and the usa for human rights violations that supporters say he was jailed because he accused state officials of corruption and that he was abused one imprisoned auntie's he has more on the case. for 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 mckinney 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 but misty 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 control over seeds 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 are the u.s. believes to be associated with the death of sygate need ski the russians they do respond that with the sanctions on us human rights violations as it was described of their own including a ban off on the door of the russian children by u.s. citizens well that brings up to date for the moment here and i'll tell you that with a news team in just over half an hour with more news for you after the break as promised is crossed with peta.