from roads to. dozens killed and hundreds left injured after a national holiday in egypt turned into violent clashes between supporters and rivals of the country's ousted president. the elimination of syria's chemical arsenal and the 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. the russian leg of the olympic torch relay kicks off in moscow selling the flame on its journey across the world biggest nation. to pm monday afternoon moscow my name is kevin nolan welcome. first at least fifty

three people have been killed and hundreds injured in egypt after a celebration of a national holiday turned into bloodshed opponents and supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi clashed in cairo and across the country he put in turmoil since the army ousted the president in july and rounded up leading members of the muslim brotherhood because into a corresponding bell true in cairo for the latest in a couple of minutes time but before that since the ousting in july the number of those killed has exceeded the thousand people but award winning middle east journalist 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 could turn around 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 fated to reconcile i

mean that was beyond the democratically elected i'll be on the national pressure local pressure inside egypt and also international pressure to reconcile with the brotherhood 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. bell true joins us now live hi there bell you were at the scene of the worst violence what's the picture there now than today. well this morning the latest is that the families have gathered in front of cop the capital as main morgues and him to basically pick up the dead after a very bloody night in cairo and across the country leaving dozens dead and hundreds arrested as this all kicked off on sunday afternoon on the anniversary of the fortieth the fortieth anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy three arab

israeli war this is largely regarded as an armed forces day a day that people celebrate the military victory through the interim president had called for egyptians to come to the streets in particular in tahrir square right behind me on the presidential palace to basically congratulate the military and what is regarded as one of the most proud moments in egyptian history however supporters of mohamed morsi had other ideas they wanted to protest against the military not the institution itself they said but the generals they attempted to march on to a square as well which was being heavily guarded by security forces security forces stopped them pretty sharply firing tear gas and bullets into the crowds there was reports of light on the mission i was there on the ground these chaotic street battles spilled over into the side downey's it was extremely bloody indeed howard this is not an unusual sight it's not sadly egypt this is one of many countries that we're seeing doesn't start is no longer top news here in fact local news stations were actually more focused on the celebrations and they were on the bloody

assault on them is the brotherhood morsi supporters this comes up to to know how to use it to look turmoil after the two thousand seven uprising which has seen the country really become very divided between those who want to side with the military and those who want to go with them as a brotherhood another side effect of this is unfortunately a number of terrorist attacks already this morning we've heard of a massive explosion of security directorate in sinai in south sinai musicians of five police officers shot dead in its malaya which is in the series can out just the latest is there's been some kind of attack in maggie the district of cairo as well so we're seeing here is a massive massive security crisis. meanwhile the supporters of mohamed morsy refused to back down especially if they've lost so many they wanted to some friends they tended to come back to seats to expect to see the crisis on the horizon ok we're following any developments that happened there with your help bell true in cairo thank you. syria's begun the destruction of its chemical weapons with international inspectors now overseeing the process the elimination of the toxic

arsenal comes in accordance with the binding u.n. resolution that was spearheaded by russia u.s. agreement his middle east correspondent paula sleep has the latest now from damascus. united nations has confirmed that the 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 purpose of chemical weapons in the hague as well as the united nations and they all overseen the whole purses they role is to verify a report as well as observe 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 missile warheads as well as aerial bombs and chemicals 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 bonding u.n. resolution that came in to fade off to the involvement of russian diplomacy we still hearing though from the united states that if both sides being damascus and the rebels don't adhere to their 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 doing the same and this is important because a number of these chemical weapons stockpiles are actually on the frontlines are they changing hands sometimes they're in the sides also sometimes they're not in

the poses 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 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 been down. there is of course an enormous amount of work still ahead with the destruction of syria's chemical arsenal this see what kind of scale we're looking at should be on the news all here western intelligence estimates that chemicals are stored at about forty five sites across the water one country however damascus stick clearly nineteen sites containing toxic stockpiles seven of them according to the syrian government are located in combat zones and could be difficult to access as for the production facilities that are believed to be four of them when they come these were fierce fighting is often reported. latakia aleppo all chemical production sites have to be demolished of course by the first of november all in all syria is estimated to have about

a thousand tons of chemical agents they include mustard gas sarin a nerve agent believed to be deployed of course in the deadly assault damascus in august as well as blistering agent and v.x. nerve gas. or syria's compliance with the us russia brokered resolution and progress in the destruction of the chemical weapons meantime has been hailed by russia's foreign minister and his american counterpart sergei lavrov and john kerry met on the sidelines of the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in bali from where paul scott reports. 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 your new cd in 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 it 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 has been 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 is no solution here we should. have. 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 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 the geneva two peace conference where it's hoped that the syrian government 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 in mid november that's the anticipated date for these talks and kerry says he's hopeful that he can do likewise with the syrian opposition. change of pace next the national torch relay for next year's winter olympics in sochi is kicked off in moscow on a fantastic journey it's said to be across the world's largest country. and

a record breaking relay which will take the olympic torch to cities across russia started in the heart of the nation's capital as you know if you're with us yesterday election reports next them from where the first torchbearers set off. the olympic torch relay of the sochi twenty fourteen olympic games has officially kicked off the five time olympic champion in synchronized swimming and especially the bit of a she was the first to carry the olympic torch certainly 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 this certainly follows a very exciting sunday we saw 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 was a bring 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 scored by a motorcade of night wolf biker group to the rest square where it culminated in. a ceremony attended by thousands of athletes. twenty fourteen 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 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 large country we also know. so that. at some point of time about one hundred thirty million people will be will be able to witness or participate in this store truly 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 as this is something we're all looking forward to you can always follow the olympic torch relay on a special website we created twenty four thousand r.t. dot com slash torch hyphen relay and our reporters will be pretty much everywhere where the olympic flame will be glowing 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 and we can have a look at his report 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 flame is used to light the first top. in olympia 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 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 sunday afternoons all the way to moscow well it's quite simple you put it in a small lantern and then you put it on a plane but that's not just. any old play that's to be i pay play 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 sort she organizing committee dimitri tuna shank 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 we're very proud very much excited 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 millions of viewers you're in the opening ceremony which will be held on in one hundred. 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 band 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 a journey to such a. one hundred twenty three days. through two hundred cities of russia. really fourteen thousand people or sixty thousand killing. in a record setting trip. air. space. olympic

torch relay. m r t r c. we will follow its every twist and still ahead this presidential race afghanistan's first democratic transition of power or a to four weeks. ahead of next year's vote is fired up as the list of candidates turns into a blend of warlords tribal leaders who form or hungry for power. skyrocketing unemployment out of the cold and looking for a place to live with no side. will be eased there that much more than just a couple of minutes from now.

no more. never been so tough one life. every day. obviously. you think it's going to be easy. but everyone's desperate. to. sleep i don't know if i'm going to make it to the end. so i'm just going to the left i don't know what to do. pretty free. free. free free. free. free. free. video for your media project and free media r.t.

dot com. to nineteen on the button here in moscow more than twenty candidates are 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 then is marring optimism at the prospect of the first democratic transfer of power in afghanistan's history with the incumbent president karzai out of the game because of term limits radical islamic movements such as the taliban are no seeking their way back into government to take a look at this map it's based on media analysis that shows the scope of the taliban presence and their target regions afghan president candidate terms or meantime believes in action by the current government is fueling the current crisis. i don't think the taliban are that strong it's that 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 them and the smuggling routes in this country to central asia and to iran they are the governors the police generals 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. tripoli is demanding answers from washington regarding the abduction of a libyan national by u.s. special forces the alleged al qaeda member was captured on sunday during a raid in tripoli the libyan government says it was not informed about the operation of events and therefore has condemned washington for what it called kidnapping. libya is wanted for his alleged role in the one nine hundred ninety

eight u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania he will now face trial in the united states some other world news in brief a blast on the outskirts of the pakistan city push hour has claimed up to six lives left of the fifteen injured to the remote control bombs detonated a vaccination center where anti polio medicine was being distributed but a soul comes just a day after security sources revealed that taliban linked militants were planning to stage terror attacks. german embassy guards been shot dead in the yemeni capital sanaa the security stuff it was attacked by gunmen while leaving a supermarket the incident happened in a district where diplomatic missions are located reports suggested it was a botched kidnapping and in a separate attack a unicef employee was seized by an unknown gunman. it mexico the government's proposal of energy reforms have forced tens of thousands out onto 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 the move could lead to higher energy bills for a presidential candidate an opposition leader andries open a door pledged further protests in coming days. but the end of the tourism season spain's unemployment rates returned again 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 the homes of the past five years alone r.t. sarah firth has the story behind those numbers. the picture than less. but a little closer and the cracks start to appear take a look around you and want to say it's a nice building in a relatively affluent part of the country north of madrid you can see looking at the window boxes in the front of the building that is well kept and all the people who live here have one thing in common so none of the pay rents since the crisis

hit the actions have gone through the roof from two thousand and eight than a quarter of a million spaniards have received eviction orders because they were unable to pay their mortgages. like everyone else living in this complex this family moved in to being a victim from the old. we used to live. but had to move here our own place was lovely but you know we're living in a crisis and 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've 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 the ping standing empty. the developer of these properties is fighting 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 a big sions 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 grapes the government announced a two year moratorium a live action at the end of two thousand and twelve but many families here feel the emergency legislation doesn't go 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 raise a recovery spain remains

a country with one of the highest levels of unemployment and with more than one in four people in the country out of work the family spicing to remain here rent and mortgage free. well. they. will run the news dish and this is just a quick mention of a website some stories on there getting a lot of clicks deadly performance eight people lost their lives on this monster truck crushed in spectators during an air show in mexico he said story would go. in motion section. questions now about the safety of those events and the stunning fall wood to splendid eye catching the light show of the skies a sydney is the country's navy marks one hundred years of service. to those guys then we've got more pictures online few of tito. thanks for being with us commit to twenty six minutes past two in the afternoon moscow time coming up we follow a day in the life of russian paratroopers next. right after the break.

i recently read headlines all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia mode that 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 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 designed you like nine percent of ukraine's territory also last year the ban on foreigners buying land ukraine ed coincidently 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'll give you that status back could really help the. tree 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. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about seventy r.p. interviews intriguing stories for you to. see then try. to find out more visit our big teeth don't call.

it could be the most exciting thing for the most terrifying day of your life one year away from everyone you know and love one in the complete unknown. it's a rite of passage 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 gold knows it was going to be tough. to take a deep breath and hold it. was your full name wrong james. ever done in a sports. my swim. everything's fine. it was a. take these two were there at ten armed to a side squeeze called a. perfect. zero

sauna i can't believe i'm actually writing this i'm going to join the russian paratroopers live it. my fellow recruits are all just eighteen and they look it this is their first sign away from their parents but at least for now none of them seem to nervous the regiment spaced into a few hours drive away from us and when we pulled into the barracks i knew there was no turning back. comrade soldiers you're in the military now no more joking any more hair according to military regulations we perform our active duty now to positions dress left turn right for a single reich march on the double. we're going to have a brown welcome aboard.