dozens killed and hundreds are left injured as a national holiday an edge of turns into violent clashes between supporters and rivals of the country's ousted president. with the elimination of syria's chemical arsenal under way russia and the west braze the move as the country's diplomats hold talks on the margins of the asia pacific economic cooperation summit. and the russian leg of the olympic torch relay kicks off in moscow setting the flame on its journey across the world's biggest nation.

this is already coming from the russian capital welcome to the program at least fifty one people have been killed and hundreds injured in egypt one celebration of a national holiday turned to bloodshed opponents and the supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi clashed in cairo and across the country egypt has been in turmoil since the army ousted the president in july and rounded up meeting members of the muslim brotherhood r.t.l. true joint has more. few kilometers away from where i'm standing here in the giza district and in other locations across the capital there were very bloody scenes very fierce street battles erupted between security forces and supporters of the ousted muslim brotherhood leader mohamed morsi on the fortieth anniversary of the nine hundred seventy three arab israeli war this and we also have wyvil protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square some people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of the sisi to be president mohamed

morsy supporters and the mission brotherhood had attempted to march on this very square so they wanted to hold on to military protest they say they went against necessarily the institution of the army but they were against their generals who they want to see changed as they say they are really leading the country to destruction and targeting them as mother heads and those calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated at the scene it was very chaotic the battles are spilling over into the science streets of what is essentially a residential middle class neighborhoods and security forces were joined by civilians who were throwing tear gas and also firing these protesters with birdshot but it's and i've had reports of mine i mean additional though i can't confirm that there are a number of people here as on to her square and also the presidential palace who were celebrating what is considered to be one of the greatest military victories in egyptian history and they told me they were very angry with the mizzen brotherhood and their supporters for staging protests however the brotherhood to that part say they are being treated in a very heavy handed manner and these clashes show no sign of abating we expect them

to go on possibly through the week as this egypt remains extremely divided. as the ousting in july the number of those killed has exceeded a thousand people but award winning middle east herbalist hugh miles says there is a way to break the cycle of violence. the government could reconcile with the muslim brotherhood. it is possible that egypt time around you know in a short space of time probably not this current government because this is really just the only running the country at the moment but in a few months when elections take place that will be a new government and one would expect that they will be much hated to reconcile i mean that that was you know beyond the democratically elected i'll be on the national pressure local pressure inside egypt and also international pressure to reconcile with the brother and of course the brotherhood is

a force to be reckoned with in egypt it's going to be very difficult for them to run the country without without having the reconciliation with the brotherhood and will be keeping you up to date with events in egypt and you know also follow bell true on her twitter feed to get the latest updates from the divided country. syria has begun the destruction of its chemical weapons with international inspectors now overseeing the process the elimination of the toxic arsenal comes in accordance with a binding u.n. resolution that was spearheaded by a russia u.s. agreement artie's middle east correspondent policy your reports from damascus. the united nations has come to that chemical weapons experts inside syria have begun the process of destroying the estimated one thousand chemical weapons stockpile inside this country there is a team of some thirteen international experts who have been inside syria since last tuesday they come from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in

the hague is what is the united nations and they all overseen the whole purses they role is to verify a report as well as of zero to what is happening but the actual destruction itself is taking place by syrian forces in a statement that was released by the international experts they said that on sunday these forces had begun destroying the solid warheads as well as. and chemical mixing equipment the syrian forces using cutting torches as well as angle the wind is. now the whole process is taking place at an undisclosed location but it will last until at least the matter while the mixture of this one of those binding u.n. resolution that came in to fade off to the involvement of russian diplomacy we're still hearing though from the united states that if both sides being damascus and the rebels don't adhere to that commitment and actually destroy these stockpiles of

chemical weapons force could still be an option the important point to make is that the observers have said that the syrian president bashar assad is at hearing to his commitments but as appears it has been no indication no kind of comment confirmation from the rebel side that they will be. this is important because a number of these chemical weapons stockpiles are actually in the hands of the rebels at the same time many of them on the frontline so they changing and sometimes they're in assad's forces sometimes they're not and opposes a number of problems firstly how will these international experts actually reach the frontline where they can observe the destruction of these chemical weapons and say can be whether or not it's in fact the intention of the of the opposition forces to destroy these stockpiles so a lot of problems a lot of possible. encounters further down the line that the international experts will have to deal with but certainly the process at least on the damascus side has

begun. there is of course an enormous amount of work still had with the demolition of syria's chemical arsenal let's see what kind of scale we are looking at western intelligence estimates that chemicals are stored about forty five sites across the war torn country damascus however declared that only nineteen sites contain toxic stockpiles seven of them according to this year in government are located in combat zones and could be difficult to access as for the production facilities there are believed to be four of them in the country and all of them are in ears cities were fierce fighting is often reported there homs hama latakia and aleppo all chemical production sites have to be demolished by the first of november all in all seriousness the made it to have about a thousand tons of chemical agents they include mustard gas sarin nerve agent believed to have been deployed in a deadly assault near damascus in august as well as a blistering agent and v.x. nerve agent now serious compliance with the u.s.

russia brokerage resolution and progress in the destruction of the chemical weapons has been hailed by russia's foreign minister and his american counterpart sergey lavrov and john kerry met on the sidelines of the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in bali scott is there for us. confirmation that came that disarmament of syria's chemical weapons stockpile has already begun it was only ten days ago that the united nations you know honestly passed a resolution on syria's chemical weapons stockpile and u.s. secretary of state john kerry says that it's a record breaking process to get to this stage soon and russian's foreign minister lavrov says that damascus is fully complying with the international community. during all these weeks after syria joined the chemical weapons convention damascus has been working jointly with the international inspectors we hope this will continue on in the future while u.s. secretary of state john kerry also says the syrian government deserves credit for the smooth process now had been hoped that u.s.

president barack obama and russian president vladimir putin would have been able to have a one on one meeting on the fringes of this economic summit however of course president obama was forced to cancel his trip to asia because of the ongoing financial problems in the united states and the continuing shutdown that his place is being taken by secretary of state john kerry who says that washington now believes there is no military solution to the conflict in syria. we agree again there is no military solution here we share. the. radical extremists on either side of any. assuming or greater. status or position in syria and that is why we recommitted today with very specific efforts to move the geneva process as rapidly as possible now it was undoubtedly a productive meeting between the two sides with kerry saying it's been the most

productive meeting in recent months between lavrov and himself an attention now turns to the possibility of a geneva two peace conference where it's hoped that the syrian government or representatives of the syrian government on the syrian opposition will sit around the table for peace talks. says that he can get. delegation from the syrian government from damascus around the table image the event that is the anticipated date for these talks and kerry says he's hopeful that he can do likewise with the syrian opposition. the national torch relay for next year's winter olympics in sochi kicks off later in moscow on a fantastic journey at cross the world's largest country. the record breaking relay which will take the olympic flame to cities across russia will begin in earnest from the hearts of the nation's capital later on monday granted it began has more on what's in store for the iconic symbol of the olympic

games. so now we have the beginning of the olympic torch relay that will last three days here in moscow the olympic torch will change five hundred ninety three pairs of tents and that is just in moscow across russia it will be more than fourteen thousand people there will be celebrations across the city across moscow as that wheel a continuous it will end with a lighting festival in red square hundreds of athletes cultural figures and just prominent figures of russian and non russian including prince albert the second of monaco will take part the flame will then begin its journey across russia traveling from the western x.-plane of kaliningrad to the eastern most point in russia it will travel to the north pole the torch will then go places the olympic torch has never been before the flame will dive to the bottom of lake by called the deepest and the oldest lake in the world it will even fly to space before it swings back

writing time for the opening ceremony in sochi on february the seventh this will be the longest relay in history of winter olympics sixty five thousand kilometers that would be around forty thousand miles it will travel through eighty three regions in russia two thousand and nine hundred towns and settlements so along in unique journey for the torch after the russian president launched the relay on sunday when the torch arrived here in moscow my colleague andrew farmer tells us how it got here which is going to take you back a week because this flame started its life in a limpia this time last week and the reason it's been increased for the last seven days is just to remind us about the history of these olympics the birthplace of the olympic games two and a half thousand years ago two and a half thousand years ago and in a limpia there are still the remains of the great temples that were there then and you can also still see the original running trying to. used back in seven hundred

b.c. so. essentially what happened was they used the the rays of the sun as they did back then to light the flame that flame is used to light the first torch bearer he was in olympia and then this torch when they're angry the flame was handed over to the russian olympic committee it's a beautiful stadium it's called the palace and i call stadium in athens and that's where the first modern olympics were held at the end of the nineteenth century and the public were allowed to go in and watch and they did in the hundreds so it was well received there and then the question was what happens to the flame now how will we get it to russia well i found it so the question is how do you take the flame from sunny athens all the way to moscow well it's quite simple you put it in a small lantern and then you put it on a plate but that's not just any old play that's to be i pay play and i've got a ticket. we are now cruising at thirty thousand feet and tucked into the seat twenty five billion pick flame you might notice it has been used to light

a couple of other lanterns and that's because one of them might go out god forbid so they've got those extra ones just in case now they are in good company because on board among other people is the president of the sort she organizing committee dimitri tunisia and he sat just over here dmitri you spent the last eight years of your life trying to bring this flame to russia you must be pretty excited yes very proud very much so because it's once in a lifetime opportunity for the generations to showcase the new more than russia to the wall with a global audience with this several billions of universe during the opening ceremony which will be held on one hundred twenty four days in the very heart of my image of city of sochi ok well you've got a busy time ahead so i will let you get some more rest we are g.'s to touch down in moscow in a bank two hours time. and we have just landed in moscow it is in the story moment and if you look out of the door you will see the olympic flame for sochi

twenty fourteen is about to receive a very warm welcome. the olympic torch is on its epic journey to short. one hundred twenty three days. through to some other thompson cities of russia. relayed by forging those people for sixty five thousand killings. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limp dick torch relay. on r t r two dot com. and still have you here in our presidential race of ghana stance first democratic transition of power or and turf war campaigning ahead of next year's voters fired up as the list of candidates turns into a plan of warlords tribal leaders and former militants all hungry for power plots.

skyrocketing on employment leaves spaniards out in the cold and looking for a place to live was no sign top to fictionalize will be easy to add much more in just a couple of minutes here in our. language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports so i'm like. no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point. to secure a car is all your dog. knows. no more weasel words. when you need a direct question be prepared for a change when you're done you should be ready for a. pretty tough speech and a little bit of the freedom to crush. right

to see. first street. and i would think you're. on our reporters would. be. welcome back this is r.t. coming to live from moscow more than twenty candidates have registered for next year's presidential race and afghanistan on the list is a mix of those currently in power including warlords militia leaders and tribal chiefs while that concoction is marring optimism at the prospect of the first

democratic transfer of power in afghanistan's history with incumbent president hamid karzai out of the game due to term limits radical islamic movements such as the taliban are now seeking their way back into the government well take a look at the smal it's based on media analysis and shows the scope of the taliban presence and their target regions and we'll be giving you more opinion from afghanistan on this as we spoke to have ganesan expert jerry van dyke who was kidnapped and held captive by the taliban he believes the militant group will reject the vote result no matter what. they consider democracy a western religion for them islam of course which is submission to god which should be the rule of god which is what they want in democracy meaning the rule of men is anathema to them this is they are diametrically opposed to this so for them to see in their eyes a western religion come to power truly by having a democratically elected president step down

a new one come forward is not something they're going to want at all you have right now nato the united states depending upon the afghan national army and the police force which number three hundred fifty two thousand to take over you have the taliban who number approximately twenty to thirty thousand at the most and you have the taliban on the upswing you have a do you have a desertion rate of up to thirty percent in the afghan national army can they stand up to the taliban there are many people and i am one of them who question whether they can the united states and its allies may pull out in total about two thousand and fourteen but can they afford that because that will mean twelve years perhaps have gone to waste well we're now joined by the afghan presidential candidate daoud sultanzoy mr sultanzoy thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. to discuss the situation in your country and how in fact the campaign will be going on well the time the bond has vowed is it here to disrupt the april vote in your

opinion how will the u.s. troop withdrawal affect the poll. i think first of all let me mention about the taliban if the taliban really want the americans to leave the country then they should allow candidates who are not tainted candidates who are speaking on behalf of the people to come in and replace this corrupt government so we can follow pave the way for the american withdrawal a corrupt government where the people are not with the government cannot guarantee stability we will guarantee a stable situation so the taliban can cite come and sit and talk with us so we can have a stable afghanistan where there is no foreign troop requirement in this country ok but you know the question is of the situation is very volatile in your country and whether that will be possible to do at all i mean let's talk about now about the

other candidates or campaigning and you yourself as a candidate have you been threatened or do you know perhaps of others being threatened by the taliban. threatened by the same threats that the taleban and their the rest of the people of this country are threatened which is corruption what you are which is the warlords running this country the mafia running this country that's a big threat for this country and i think if we remove that threat and if we have a good election where the taliban also can see that change is a positive change we can remove all the threats where the excuses will be gone and the people will stand behind a government where we can start peace talks ok but the question of course is how can you remove those threats. i think the biggest threat to this country is not the taliban or our armed resistance it's the corruption it's the gap between the people and the government and if we remove that threat we if we felt that void with rule

of law and good governance the taliban will not have an excuse to hide behind the people of afghanistan and run for cover and do what they're doing now we are inviting them to come and join us so we can create peace in this country and bring all these others on are quite strong still i mean recently a regional governor defected to the taliban so how common is that and what does it actually mean i don't think the taliban are that strong it's that weakness of this government that makes that make them look strong it's the corruption it's the. disaffection of the people that make the taliban strong and they're swimming in a sea of disenchantment and a sea of disapproval and an ocean of corruption that is dividing the people and the government that is the strength of the thought of are not. among the people of the taliban if this government wasn't there the thought of one would have no ground to do what they're doing. and so i am going presidential candidate thank you so much

for talking to us here on our team. were the end of the tourism season spain's unemployment rate has returned to over twenty six percent and for manny spaniards that also means the threat of a vacation war that half a million people have been forced out of their homes in the past five years alone sarah ferguson has a story behind those numbers. the pitch said the. but glance a little closer and the cracks start to appear take a look around here and say it's a nice building in a relatively affluent part of the country north of maturity you can see looking at the window boxes in the front of the building that is well kept and all the people here live here have one thing in common so no pay rent since the quite is fiction's have gone through the roof in two thousand and eight more than a quarter of

a million spaniards have received eviction orders because they were unable to pay their mortgages like everyone else living in the complex this family moved in to being a victim from their old. we used to live. but had to move here are all place was lovely but you know we're living in a crisis and when we couldn't afford it anymore without help and were moved here the family received the support of a protest movement that helps people who have lost their homes or can no longer afford to pay rent they helped place the family in a flat here the flat they live in now like the whole development is just one of many properties since spain's housing bubble burst have been standing empty. the developer these properties is fighting a legal battle the lawyers working with the protest movement determined to fight

back. of the reasons for the creation of this organization was a tsunami of addictions a wave of economic crisis society understands that this is not just a crisis but a scam we were robbed we were left without health care education and now houses and we are left with debts the banks are full of money all gathered from struggling taxpayers to you in large part to the continued pressure from campaign groups the government announced a two year moratorium on live actions at the end. thousand and twelve that many families here feel the emergency legislation doesn't pay far enough and that they're left fending for themselves you know we all want to get water and electricity we don't have it here. despite small signs of year as a recovery spain remains a country with one of the highest levels of unemployment and with more than one in

full people in the country out of what the family spicing to remain here rent and move which very could well have seemed a bit very. space. what hardy and on our website today dangling performance eight people lose their lives after a monster truck crashes into spectators jury an air show in a mexican war and out in our in motion section at our t.v. dot com. plus stunning firework display and an eye catching a light show over the skies of sydney the country's navy marks one hundred years of service we've got more food on line for you. coming up here in our team our special report paratroopers line.

i recently read headlines all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia mode china has just bought five percent of ukraine now they're writing that china will lease five percent of ukraine over ukrainian officials themselves claim the china won't be getting out of her and that this is a deal about some drip irrigation system the situation didn't explode onto the internet to the fairness of. blogger's the south china morning post reported that one company does have a crop and pig farming plant design utilized ninety percent of ukraine's territory also last year the ban on foreigners buying land ukraine constantly been lifted although i am the distrustful pro sovereignty type getting a rich foreign country to pay to develop your nation's agriculture might not be too bad of a deal it would definitely take a lot of money to restore ukraine's farming to its former glory they see that ukraine used to be the bread basket of europe i think that status spec could really

help the country but selling off or even just leasing nine percent of the nation's territory is absolutely unacceptable doing a large project with the chinese that is mutually beneficial is one thing but selling or leasing off your country is another and by another i mean treason but that's just my opinion. the torch is on its epic journey to such. one hundred twenty three days. through two hundred cities of russia. really fourteen thousand people

or sixty thousand killings. in a record setting trip. air. space. olympic torch relay. on our t.v. . it could be the most exciting seeing the most terrifying. one away from everyone. in the complete. it's a right to. for thousands of young russian men a chance to find out what they're really capable of. i was joining them on this journey of discovery and god knows it was going to be tough. deep breath and hold it. was your full name wrong james. ever done in a sports.