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international news and comment online on screen twenty four hours a day this is. egypt is undergoing a full scale military coup now that's according to the state run newspaper which says the army has declared that president morsi is no longer the president well let's hear more now from paula slim who is in cairo so paula tell us what are you understanding of the situation from where you are in the city center. what exactly does seem as if a minute is under way i mean egypt disappointed. to be egyptian president mohamed morsi as well as person of the muslim brotherhood and now we are hearing that the state television and the state media and state newspaper i think the same thing now communication with president morsi has been kept the army has a right to. barriers around the barracks way he said to be working we also been

told that an international travel ban has been imposed on morsi and have a high profile muslim brotherhood supporters we are however receiving conflicting reports as to whether or not he is under house arrest his spokesperson has denied this the state television is now in the hands of the army as well as the republican guard no word from morsi from avonlea the compassionate traits he gave last night which is causing many here to ask the question where is he exactly there has been an update on his facebook page in which iterates if you reject the army's ultimatum and at the same time he calls for a consensus government and a consensus prime minister that would be approved by all political parties oh poor as you'll speak here at the moment we're getting a lloyd feed from state t.v. which you say is under control of the military and it appears they are now making a statement all television saying that indeed they have told president morsi who is

no longer president no we're not to sure they sat at the moment of what the military say they're saying that it is a little sure that coalition of the military is on the way that's what we say as you're talking to us well to enable it maybe not apparent to the people behind you there in the square at the moment where you are in the city center to deal with a lot. well in which will be well for people here in tahrir square they feel that they won this second revolution event a bit over eighty hours ago they've been cheering nonstop ever since and ultimatum expired with no word from president morsi they really do believe that the army is going to step in and loving my copy calling it a military coup this certainly many who are you need to remember that egypt is a deeply divided country you have pro and anti morsi supporters you have liberals you have secular shia ordinary egyptians without any kind of political leaning you have muslim brotherhood you have salafist and this is what the army is inheriting and this is why you also. i hear people saying that

a civil war could be imminent now the army is unlikely to make good on the statement issued earlier in the day that statement was entitled the final hours and according to what the army said then was that when it takes over it will call for early presidential and parliamentary elections that will dissolve the parliament to change some kind of interim council we're understanding from that some kind of technocratic government all of this is of course coming across against the backdrop of american assistance to the egyptian army in talking to people here of course they're very angry about that you need to remember that america has sponsored to the tune of some one point three billion dollars just in the last year since morsi took over equipment tanks training for the egyptian army and that of course is assistance that they've been given since the nine hundred eighty s. when mubarak was in power so essentially if it is true and if it evolves if we do have a military coup on the cards here in egypt and saudi this is what the word and what

we've been told this is the worst case scenario because it is a military coup against the backdrop of a deeply divided and troubled country paula thank you very much indeed for that live update there from the center of color that's artie's policy and just to say that we have seen on television that the military are now saying that president morsy is no longer president and that they responding to calls for help from the people so the military is saying the reason why they are now taking control is because it is what the people wanted and we're seeing now that the address is currently being made on state t.v. which was taken over by the military just a few hours ago in egypt so we're still monitoring exactly what's being said by the military there but it looks very very clear that the military has indeed launched what many say is a coup true is also reporting from car and she outlined to me earlier how the political crisis in egypt has reached this boiling point. that is actually two

million scenes here in the capital that the president had a. baby food out to make him the president is right the minute she gave the president to meet the demands to be become sick we see defined scenes here celebrations like a street party extremely fast if people really believe if they find them and the president will step down in the next few minutes i'm looking in the house and seeing pictures of the military to hear you say to me many people here believe that with the backing of the army they had to move on to the us through the story of course the will actually happen the most the thing people understand if it sees she wearing name tags that was the name of the president on it and the names of the much hated now missing brotherhood leaders people see the same age and nothing has been extremely difficult here for egyptians speaking to protest they can see that leads one to me leading to fornicate unemployment i was hearing you should just

mention i know it's a great show she's human rights abuses they say me see no change to me with anybody said and then nothing now they will be able to have a new president a new constitution and a new parliament they feel that i'm a woman they've got the backing of the army they've got the backing of the government up to millions who have to be looked at resignations in the last week they feel they've got the backing of the full political position and this is really the will of the people they are very defiant here they say they're not going to leave until the president steps down and they will stay here basically until that happens and extremely happy this happening. well that's true there and they're going to cross now live to london to afshan returns and as we're talking after we're showing pictures live pictures all of what appears to be many celebrations and festivities occurring there in the center of car would just also learning that the military have announced on television that president morsy is no longer in control they're responding to what they say is calls from the people for help and

they're saying that this is going to lead now to early presidential elections so this isn't really a coup or is it. let's be in under no illusions here this is a us backed military coup against the democratically elected leader of egypt for all the problems the morsi government represents this is a military coup the army as we've been talking about are very closely allied to the united states morsi gambled and lost as he kept on supporting the international monetary fund's new liberal policies and as for the people in tahrir square this loose coalition the opposition so many different names communists and guests is limited to people who voted for morsi because they didn't want the army candidate in. there are just have such a huge wide variety of people all thinking that this military solution is the one and will lead to other elections and this is the way forward this is

a very serious situation indeed but this is really the arab spring the way that the americans wanted but the military are saying the people are asking for their help what exactly is the military talking about there in terms of the people needing help. well we've got to remember the history of the egyptian military famous for torture mass imprisonment brazen trade of any kind of human rights all through the mubarak years when of course the united states treated. treated secretly mubarak as their puppet and then they tried then they applauded morsi fifty one percent in the elections all the time the americans were behind what morsi was doing in economic terms but morsi couldn't handle both sides what is interesting here is that president obama is actively intervening in the arab spring there is no way the egyptian military would have gone about what it's doing without the say so of the white house and what that means is the obama administration is now both supporting

al-qaeda in syria which is affiliated defacto with elements of the muslim brotherhood of which mohamed morsi was a part american foreign policy in disarray and now i think certainly commercial interests will be looking to sue is because it's of course the suez canal which is of. crucial importance critical of the world trade and there are all these other reasons as to why. not just because the most populous nation in the arab world but nevertheless option many could see this is a transitional process because the military have actually said today that they want to oversee new presidential elections so is there not for an element of democracy here they're responding to what a huge amount of people there in egypt do want isn't that the right thing to allow some sort of democratic process but that has to be that transitional period with the military in control. i think most analysts would say the hand of washington is the one to look at look i'm coming to you here from london we have

a prime minister the majority of this country here in britain didn't vote for him in and there's no there's not even a procedure through which we can unseat david cameron because the military wouldn't seek to unseat him this is a point made by the muslim brotherhood because they did win the elections of course they started to encroach upon other constitutional elements of the egyptian state. the key point here is that morsi lost his support because of the i.m.f. and his economic policies his desire to go completely in the hawk in the washington institutions which would mean impoverishment and and continuing poverty even egyptian people for the years to come no other of the major parties in the egyptian democratic elections or referendums seems to me to divert very much from the most the problem as we're talking we're showing you extraordinary scenes there in the center of karo we're not seeing violence there after seeing celebrations if the

country is so divided if it is such a tense situation we have of course seen but it's very recently but it is an extraordinary scene of celebration that in karachi. yes people have commented repeatedly on it being the middle class is the intelligentsia and so on into areas where that's not entirely correct because workers in factories in the nile delta and so forth they've also talked about those who voice their concerns the most the government there because of the coptic christian sect and so on this is a divided country in so many ways but again what we see here we can actually look at echoes in brazil for instance or indeed in the occupy movement in other countries where the design of these massive. conglomerations of people in these squares of course they have their desires for clean water jobs and so forth but it is such a mixed picture it is if the politics isn't there presumably what they're going to

support my ahmed el baradei or at least the egyptian army are is that true they're going to win the support to well someone like baradei i will lend again their support to american institutions as far as economic policy goes the only people that can really sort of egypt presumably the workers of egypt and they appropriate gyptian policy that strays away from the washington consensus so perhaps the banners in tahrir square should not be so much about moment mostly but really about washington what impact does this have on the region bearing in mind the islamic movement so strong and influential in the arab spring for example. if we see the muslim brotherhood seriously undermined here is that a major impact on the islamic movement throughout the region. i think the impact on syria is interesting of course the morsi government lends its weight completely behind the washington line and supported the rebels in syria and so in that sense

there's a big loss to the washington side to the support of the salafi in syria of course israel must be looking carefully at what they're up to because egypt has diplomatic relations with. israel and what sort of party is going to get in power into this referendum i think what those people in tahrir square cheering and pushing and fireworks and all the rest of it what they must now do in a sense is set up some kind of democratic structures there that try and avoid what basically happened with mosul which is this is a kind of democracy that we see again and again in the developing world it is a democracy but it's a democracy that is continually being undermined by different interests from washington we know all about bugging from edward snowden was going to be talking about that how far egypt in ministries being bugged how far does any democratically

elected government of egypt really have an economic power before they come under extreme pressure from washington egypt is of critical strategic importance in the arab world and there's no way that washington will let it succumb to forces outside its control and what the people jerry square now do they have a they had a huge uphill struggle before they have a huge one now the army catalyzing the end of mohamed morsi i'm not sure that's the best way we must remember the moment morsi himself was educated in america presumably other candidates will be as well what we need are a new entry loan of egyptian leaders who are truly inclined to be nonaligned and be interested in the egyptian people rather than keeping the suez canal open for world trade and not really caring about the egyptian people at all. just briefly you pointed out that clearly many people they're looking for the downfall of morsy they're in effect looking like

a coherent united opposition and then of course we've got so many equally well not quite equally perhaps but many many supporters for morsi himself then you've got the divisions within the opposition itself is there a chance that there could be some sort of civil war just briefly. coherence that was the word i was looking for bill. of course that is the elephant in the room the big danger now is the muslim brotherhood which are allied to laugh at organizations currently using all manner of tactics in syria whether that half of the population has those weapons within within egypt and they will really take on the army they've been through battles for decades fighting the egyptian army under the u.s. backed puppet of mubarak if those muslim brotherhood people really want to be militant and many of them have stories that really do spend decades of torture and imprisonment in a sense it's so many movements including movements like the mujahideen that went to

afghanistan there are a powerful stories here powerful narratives for a half the country half the country of egypt if they start arming themselves and start to actually military attack militarily attack the egyptian the u.s. back to gyptian army yes of course there will be civil war in the streets of cairo and beyond and it will also affect every nation in the sense of that crucial waterway the suez canal i should protect you thank you very much indeed very very interesting get your perspective now live in london or to contribute to afshin rattansi well as we've been speaking i've been quickly looking at some of the and all the developments which i will not pass on to you. we are learning that egyptian state run newspaper an egyptian state run newspaper says that the army told morsi at five o'clock g.m.t. that he was no longer president and they said that the country's political roadmap is to be failed. the egyptian army have been trying to reach reconciliation within the country with the institutions for some time but it's failed and they're saying

that the military is announcing a road map to go into effect now that morsi has gone and they're going to be announcing presidential elections the same forces tried their best to reconcile between the parties including the president but they have failed. we're now seeing live pictures celebrations indeed in the center of car at the moment as people are now learning that morsi has indeed been pushed out by the military many saying this is a military coup others are saying this is a transitional period whereby the military will organize presidential elections and also dissolve the parliament as soon as possible so dramatic events there in egypt at the moment and we're trying to bring you the very latest as soon as we get it and of course we're closely following the tense situation there in the country on our website at r.t. dot com there you can go for extensive coverage up to the minute updates and eyewitness accounts this is r.t. live in moscow.

egypt on the brink mohamed morsi and his democratically elected muslim brotherhood face massive protests in social upheaval as one revolution ended in another started opposition figures have passed the military to step in to restore order if the military again becomes the key power broker in egypt what does this mean for democracy in the arab muslim world. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the i p interviews intriguing stories for you.

to find out more visit. just twenty past the hour here in the russian capital and we bring you live pictures now from egypt. where it's just been announced that the army has declared in effect a coup and that president morsi is to step down paving the way for new presidential elections and dissolve the parliament celebrations far works as thousands and thousands of people in the streets of caro. celebrating the fact that morsi is out but of course we've been talking to analysts. saying the country is clearly divided because there are many many supporters of morsi at the moment who. will not be happy in the way that the country is now developing so those are the latest

pictures and of course we'll get more analysis and reports we have two reporters at the moment in the center of current who will be giving us updates and their analysis and their reaction on what is happening there in this very dramatic and historic moment for egypt's history as i say live pictures. here on r.t. . spectacular the moment will just stay all night scenes at the moment as we bring you live coverage from. thousands of thousands of people celebrating the latest news the military took over the state television channel just a few hours ago and just a few minutes ago they made an official announcement saying that they were responding to the calls of the people they said this is for the people this is what

the people want and this stepping in and removing president morsi from office. many see this is a transitional period many see this as a military coup. a military promise is that this will now lead to a democratic transitional process with presidential elections organized as soon as possible then in. me as a kiwi he's editor of the pan african news he's joining us live for immediate reaction on the dramatic events there in caro so what do you make of this people celebrating in the streets of color saying it's a coup is this a good thing or a bad thing for the immediate future of the country. i think it's a habitable from the standpoint that there was a political crisis inside of egypt. what we saw over the last several days of

course where president morsi was refusing to compromise his position he was characterizing the people in the streets millions of them as being people less than credible in regard to have a negotiation and of course the economic crisis in egypt of course is pushing this whole crisis forward morsi has failed even as early as last year when he wanted to push through very rapidly this draft constitution there was a lot of opposition to that many of the people in the opposition decided to boycott the referendum vote late last year and of course it's been going downhill ever since that time period then of course over the last few days we've had major defections on the part of the leading cabinet members within the morsi government

but this of course exacerbated the crisis i do not believe however that the military is going to be able to run the country without significant opposition as well perhaps elements within the political opposition wanted to expedite a more sees i withdraw from the political scene and of course encouraging the army to go in and take power but the army as many people remember beginning in twenty eleven when they took power from a hostage mubarak in february of that year also met a tremendous amount of mass demonstrations people were pushing them. engaged in a transformation process and demanded that they leave power so i think it's not going to be a long term solution that the real solution in egypt has to lie in the formation of a government of national unity. that can bring together all the patriotic

democratic forces inside the country to figure out which direction egypt should go in in order to deal with this monumental economic crisis which is of course become a political crisis of. could that be a very painful and difficult process bearing in mind the divisions in the country could we see a volunteer blood shed perhaps even civil war some people say. the potential for further violence of course is there despite the fact president morsi has it appears to be the majority of the people inside the country opposed to his continuing the presidency that at the same time morsi still has a formidable support inside the country and the muslim brotherhood does have a history of engaging in violent struggle it took place going back even sixty years when. doing nine hundred fifty two when the free officers movement took

power two years later that was a split between mohamed and gamal abdel nasser. of course was allied with the muslim brotherhood he was put out of the revolutionary command council the muslim brotherhood was banned and one nine hundred fifty four there was reports that they attempted to engage in assassination plots against former president nasr they have been banned in egypt pretty much since that time period up until two and a half years ago they do have the capacity to cause considerable security problems inside of egypt and this is the concern that i have in regard to their response to this military coup d'etat let's talk about exactly what's happening at the moment because as we're talking now again i'm constantly looking at the news watching the latest developments coming out from the country the muslim brotherhood's television channel has gone dark has gone off and we're

also learning that aides had said that he had been moved to an undisclosed location would have moved his fate now because he said he was going to fight to the very end . i think the army is going to try to neutralize him to isolate him from the other top leadership figures within the muslim brotherhood and the freedom and justice party there have been reports over the last several hours that president morsi was under house arrest this could be the case and i don't think though that his supporters are going to be willing to take this lying down they have faced tremendous amount of pressure over the last several days their offices in cairo and other parts of the country have seen violent attacks their windows have been broken their headquarters have been firebombed they have been clashes in the streets just over the last couple days or more than a dozen people have been killed i think that the army also has to call for calm the

rebel organization as well as the other opposition figures also have to call for some of form of calm and some type of national with the constant just briefly of course everybody knows that the u.s. is very much involved with the egyptian military that but what the u.s. of being involved in this directly and would this be the sort of thing that the west and the u.s. would want to see a change a move away from morsi is leadership of course he did get support from them in the first place during that initial revelation. he did get support from them they felt that the muslim brotherhood government there would be able to stabilize the situation politically inside of egypt and also open up for western investment inside the country that has not happened the international monetary fund negotiations with egypt collapsed they were slated to get a four point eight billion dollar loan it did not happen i think the united states is very much involved in the scenario they want to stabilize the situation inside

of egypt they want to ensure that whatever government that comes to power in egypt maintains the camp david accords of one. in seventy eight and nine hundred seventy nine their utmost concern is the security of the state of israel right across the border from egypt and i think this is a cause of concern on the part of the egyptian people but this is the same military that has been funded by the united states now for over thirty years who now is claiming that they're going to set up and establish an interim governing council a cabbie i mean thank you very much indeed i.b.m. as a key editor of the pan-african news well with your media reaction to events there in colorado thank you very much in the few times you this is r.t. coming up shortly cross talk with peter lavelle on the unrest in egypt and more news from the country in half an hour with me and the news team.