dozens killed and hundreds are left injured as a national holiday in egypt turns into violent clashes between supporters and rivals of the country's ousted president. was the elimination of syria's chemical arsenal under way russia and the u.s. praised 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 r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital marina josh it welcome to the program at least a fifty one people have been killed and hundreds injured in aged 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 edge of has been in turmoil since the army ousted the president in july and rounded up members of the muslim brotherhood are more. a 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 one hundred seventy three arab israeli war this and we also had wyvil protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square and some people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of them for their sisi to be president and mohamed morsy supporters and the missing brotherhood had attempted to march on

this very square they wanted to hold on to military protests 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 motherhood and that is calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated at the scene it was very chaotic the battles are spilling over into the side streets of what is essentially a residential middle class neighborhoods and security forces were joined by civilians who are carrying tear gas and also firing these protesters with birdshot but it's and i've had reports of mine i mean it's not there 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. so the

ousting in july lumber of those killed has exceeded a thousand people but award winning middle east journalist hugh miles says there is a way to break the cycle of violence. could reconcile with the muslim brotherhood you know eight is possible that each time around you know in a short space of time that we know this current government because this is pretty just the only one in the country and one but in a few months when the lessons take place that will be a new government and one would expect that they will be much fated to reconcile the present that was you know beyond just a democratically elected job in the national press should look at pressure inside egypt and also international pressure to reconcile with the brotherhood and of course the brotherhood today's a 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.

well we'll be keeping you up today toward events in egypt of course and you can also follow bell trues on her twitter feed to get the latest updates from the divided country. meantime 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 argues middle east correspondent policy reports from damascus. united nations has come to that chemical weapons experts inside syria have begun the process of destroying the estimated one thousand time chemical weapons stockpile inside of 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 purpose of chemical weapons in the hague is what is the united nations and they all overseen the whole post is they've

role is to verify a report as well as what is happening but the actual destruction that self 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 sa warheads as well as aerial bombs and chemical mixing equipment the syrian forces are using cutting torches as well as angle the wind is to destroy missions the whole process is taking place at an undisclosed location but it will last until at least the middle aisle that makes sure that's one of those u.n. resolution that came in to face off to the involvement of russian diplomacy we're still hearing that from the united states that if both sides being damascus on the rebels don't adhere to their commitment to 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 doing the same and 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 frontlines are they changing hands sometimes they're in the sides also 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. all 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 so through the process at least on the damascus side has begun. while there is of course an enormous amount of work still had with the

destruction of syria's chemical arsenal let's see what kind of scale we are looking at well western intelligence estimates that chemicals are store at about forty five sides across the war torn country damascus however declared that only nineteen sites contain toxic stockpiles seven of them according to the syrian government are located in combat zones and. as for the production facilities there are believed to be four of them in the country and all of them are near the cities were fierce fighting is often reported that's homes. and aleppo all chemical production sites have to be demolished by the first of november all in all syria's estimated to have about a thousand tons of chemical agents or they include mustard gas sarin and nerve agent believed to have been employed at a deadly assault near damascus in august as well as blistering agent and v.x. nerve agent. well syria's compliance with the us russia brokered resolution and

programs 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 are just as 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 stockpiles 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 sergey lavrov says that damascus is fully complying with the international community you see your new cd turn all these weeks after syria join the chemical weapons convention because have 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 it has 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 how about 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 that there is no military solution here we share an interest in not having radical extremists on either side of any. assuming a 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. besides what kerry said has been the most

productive meeting in recent months between laughter of self and attention now turns to the possibility of a geneva two peace conference where it's hoped the plight of the syrian government the representatives of the syrian government on the syrian opposition will sit around the table for peace talks. says that he can get a delegation from the syrian government from damascus around the table in the event about the anticipated date for these talks and kerry says he's hopeful that he can do likewise with the syrian opposition. while the national torch relay for next year's winter olympics in sochi has kicked off in moscow on a fantastic journey across the world's largest country. the record breaking relay which will take the olympic torch to cities across russia has started in the heart of the nation's capital reports from where the first torchbearers have set off. the olympic torch relay of the sochi twenty fourteen

olympic games has officially kicked off and the five time olympic champion in synchronized swimming and especially the she was the first to carry the olympic torch should be followed by many others this is the start of the journey for the olympic torch across russia for the next two days it will be in the russian capital and then it will move elsewhere across the country and they certainly follows a very exciting sunday we saw all the olympic flame carried from greece the this special plane landing at the airport and the vice prime minister of the russian federation me there cause it bringing the flame to us i saw it literally driven past me in about fifteen minutes just from where i was standing then it was carried a score to buy more to kate of night wolf biker group to the red square where it culminated in. a ceremony attended by thousands of athletes. twenty four thousand volunteers and the country's leadership was the one lighting the torch and greeting

the crowd with the start of the olympic torch relay as they were historic all the word extraordinary suits well with this particular olympic torch relay because for the first time in history it will be carried into the outer space it will visit the international space station it will find itself on the bottom of lake baikal the biggest lay the largest lake and in russia it will also be carried to the highest speak in russia the top of the mountain as well as being carried by a plane a train at troy and even on a carriage of reindeer so this is something unprecedented for the olympic torch relay moreover it hasn't yet. set that record but we are expecting it to become the longest torch relay in the history of winter olympic games will cover more than sixty five thousand kilometers and more than fourteen thousand torchbearers will carry it across our. a large country we also know that. at some point of time

about one hundred thirty million people will be will be able to witness or participate in this stuart relay because ninety percent of the russian population will be within an hour's reach from the from the relay route and this makes it probably one of the most viewed and watched torch relays in the history of the winter olympic games so certainly this is something we're all looking forward to you can always follow the olympic torch relay on a special website we created twenty fourteen dot r.t. dot com slash dortch hyphen relay and our reporters will be pretty much everywhere where the olympic flame will be going one of us and the farmer has already had the luck of being on board the plane which carried the olympic flame from greece to russia we can have a look at his record right now 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 track that the in pins used back in seven hundred b.c. so essentially what happened was they used the rays of the sun as they did back then to light the flame that flying is used to light the first. and then this top twenty around greece the flame was handed over to the russian olympic committee it's a beautiful stadium it's called the pennant 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 well 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 flying from sunny athens all the way to moscow well it's quite simple you put it in a small land. and then you put it on a plane but that's not just any old plane that's a b.

i paid plane and i've got a ticket. we're 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 sochi organizing committee dimitri chernyshenko he sat just over here dmitri you spent the last eight days of your life trying to bring this flame to russia you must be pretty excited yes very proud very much excited because it's once in a lifetime opportunity for the generations to showcase the new modern russia to the wall with a global audience with this several billion so viewers you're in the opening ceremony which will be held on one hundred twenty four days in the. 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 show. one hundred twenty three days. through to. the cities of russia. really fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limpet torch relay. m r g r r g. still ahead of the program frezza down chill rays of data stands first democratic transition of power or at turf war campaigning it had of next year's voters fired

up as a list of candidates turns into a bland of warlords tribal leaders and foreign militants all hungry for power. plus. skyrocketing unemployment leave spaniards out in the cold then looking for a place to live was no sign tough a vacation laws will be eased that much more in just a couple of minutes. we know how to do banking it should be like infrastructure to support the economy it shouldn't be for the benefit of it leads to think they're above the law as we currently have.

it's ok james. expects some of the toughest try to. achieve. the mission. could you take three months for charges three. months three. three stooges free. old free blog live video for your media project free video done to our t.v. dot com. welcome back. you're watching r t and here is news just in gyptian officials say that a massive explosion has rocked a security headquarters in

a southern sinai town there are no reports of casualties as yet and we'll keep you updated as the situation develops so do stay with us here in r.t. for more. now in the meantime more than twenty candidates have registered for next year's presidential race in afghanistan on the list is a mix of those currently in power including warlords militia leaders and tribal chiefs that concoction is marring optimism the prospect of the first in a crowded 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 will take a look at this map it's based on a media analysis and shows the scope of the taliban presence and their target regions afghan presidential candidate daoud sultanzoy believes in action by the current government is fueling the chaos i don't think the thought of one are that

strong it's the weakness of this government that makes that make them look strong when when you see who are in power in this country when you see who are running the drug cartels when you see who are protecting their the smuggling routes in this country to central asia and they are the governors police general those big wigs in this government if the united states and nato allies their allies who are in this country if they're protecting a corrupt government and they want to replace it with a corrupt government they can do it but it will not bring stability it will haunt nato and the united states and it will backfire in my opinion in the long run the people will join the taleban in droves and this country will become a safe haven for and stability. now tripoli is demanding answers from washington regarding the adoption of a you would be a national by u.s. special forces the alleged al qaida member was captured on sunday during a raid in tripoli the libyan government says he was not informed about the

operation in advance and ask him damned washington for what it called a kidnapping. is one of four he's alleged role in the one thousand nine hundred eighty u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania and he will now face trial in the u.s. . now take a look at some other stories from around the world a blast on the outskirts of the pakistan city up a shower has claimed up to six lines and left over fifteen injured when a remote controlled bomb was detonated at a vaccination center where anti polio medicine was being distributed and the sole comes a day after security sources revealed that taliban linked militants were planning to stage terror attacks. a german embassy guard has been shot down in the yemeni capital sanaa a security staffer was attacked by gunmen while leaving a supermarket the incident occurred in a district where diplomatic missions are located reports suggest that it was

a botched kidnapping and a separate attack a unicef employee the e.u. was seized by unknown gunmen. to mexico the government's proposal of energy reforms have forced hands of thousands to the streets in the country's capital demonstrators called for a popular referendum on the plans of president pena nieto to privatized the state owned oil company pemex people fear of the move to the into higher energy bills former presidential candidate and opposition leader anders over the work pledged earlier protest in the coming days. with the and of a tourism season spain's unemployment rate has returned to over twenty six percent and for many spaniards that also means the threat of a vixen more than half a million people have been forced out of their homes in the past five years alone. has a story behind those numbers. the picture. but

a little closer and the cracks start to appear take a look around you say it's a nice building in a relatively affluent part of the country north of madrid. looking at the window boxes in the front of the building that is well kept and all the people here who live here have one thing in common that's known as pay rent since the crisis hit the actions had 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 their home like this family moved in to being a victim from their old. we used to live. but had to move here we are all place was lovely but you know we're living in a crisis and when we couldn't afford it anymore we sought help and were moved here the family received the support of a protest movement that helps people who've lost their homes or can no longer

afford to pay rent they helped place the family in the flats here the flat they live in now like the whole development is just one of many properties since spain's housing bubble burst the ping standing empty. the developer of these properties is facing a legal battle but who is working with the protest movement determined to fight back. or 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 as. we were left without health care education which now houses and we are left with. the banks are full of money from struggling taxpayers do you in large part of the need pressure from campaign going to government announced a two year moratorium olympic chin's at the end. two thousand and twelve thirty

here is the emergency legislation doesn't pay far enough. that they're left fending for themselves they don't want to get water and electricity we don't have it here. despite small signs of a 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 work the family spicing to remain here and move very well each day. so if. they. now is take a look at what's happening in our website today deadly performance eight people lose their lives after a monster truck crashes into spectators during an air show in mont mexico more on dads in our in motion section at r.t. dot com. plus. a stunning fireworks display and an

eye catching light show over the skies of city as the country's navy marks one hundred years of service we've got more food rich online for you. while you're up today for now and next tough questions and answers that matter that's in our interview show so if you go away. i recently read headlines all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia that china has just bought five percent of ukraine now they're writing that china will lease five percent of ukraine over your. training officials themselves claim

that china won't be getting either and if this is a deal about some drip irrigation system the situation didn't explode onto the internet to the fantasies of bloggers the south china morning post reported that one company does have a crop and pig farming plan design utilized nine percent of ukraine's territory also last year the ban on foreigners buying land ukraine could suddenly 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 agree that status back could really help the country but it's 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.

after decades of prosecuting a covert in poxy war against iran can washington change its behavior many in washington have dismissed obama's old branch out of hand many in iran are just as mistrustful is this quest for peace a fool's errand. dramas that can be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. faces change right. to picture. from around the globe.

hello welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze the u.s. governmental shutdown what is it a temporary does order of the symptom of a serious disease budget talks are tough in any state as economist struggle to stay afloat among the stronger waves of the global crisis but is there somebody who benefits from this troubled state of affairs or maybe even controls the winds. and the reality of the global economic slowdown money still makes the world go round and the so called advice and lost political maneuvering and corruption is money the source of all evil or just those who control it. banks they keep people's wealth or just steal it.