egypt's power struggle continues. >> for more on this now, we are joined from cairo. what is the next move in this power struggle? >> the first thing is to really understand his ruling of the constitution. everyone is waiting to find out how this could be justified, but of course, now, we are in the next step. the president already announced his speech for tonight, and we are all eagerly awaiting it. >> the german foreign minister has been in cairo pushing for democracy. the u.s. is calling for dialogue between the two sides. is that going to happen? >> it may be more important from the minute -- and the mystery from a few days ago. he has gone to saudi arabia, so this is important to him ending the struggle with the military because the military holds the key for the state institution of military. >> thank you very much for that. an international peace envoy kofi annan says he should be part of the solution to the crisis in syria. after talks with the leadership in tehran, he said he had received support to resolve the conflict peacefully. >> iran's foreign minister

jon leyne, bbc news, cairo. >> we can talk to jon leyne. as you suggested, mohammed mursi is apparently getting on well with the generals. we are hearing today that members of parliament are allowed to go back into parliament. what kind of backroom deal do you think is going on here? >> interesting -- i've just come back from the parliament. there is security that has been reduced in recent days. there's no sign of any mass demonstrations being organized by the muslim brotherhood, which you might think it would be doing if they were lining up for major confrontation. it is not clear. we do not know if anything has been spoken or negotiated. another option is, quite simply, the military and the constitutional court are working on the assumption or they may even said to the muslim brotherhood -- you can reconvene parliament, but the laws will not have any force. they can save face. they know the laws will not have any practical effect. eventually, they will dissolve parliament once the new constitution is brought in, hopefully later this year

elected islamist president threatens to strain its relations with israel as hillary clinton moves from cairo to tell of the top level but. it would be problems with food electricity water supply so i want to make sure we could this time when money will be dead old doomsday desperation archie meets the austrian away arguably the most awesome mystic outlaw in the future of the ring with me here on. my from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital and the country's foreign minister sergei lavrov says foreign partners tried to blackmail moscow to secure a u.n. resolution allowing the use of force in syria. national. unfortunately we've even seen some moments of blackmail so i consider it talks will be counterproductive and dangerous approach because it is unacceptable to use the observers as a bargaining chip with words. like peter oliver he's been following a conference where those words came from surrogate lavrov what kind of bargain is circular of talking about here peter well the observateur the

elected islam as president threatens to strain its relations with israel as hillary clinton moves from cairo to taleb a prototype level talks plus. it would be problems with electricity water supply to make sure we could this time. that dooms day desperation timi is the austrian with all do you believe the most pessimistic outlook for the future of living in the euro zone. and a very warm welcome to the program this is our see coming to live from moscow and we're starting with our breaking news russia's foreign minister says foreign partners have tried to blackmail moscow saying that if it doesn't support the un resolution allowing action against president assad the u.n. observers mission won't be prolonged sergei lavrov was speaking ahead of talks with international envoy kofi annan who's in moscow seeking russia's help to end the bloody crisis in syria and let's go live to peter out on the boat so peter it's a crucial time for syria with foreign powers deadlocked over how to end syria's conflicts also foreign minister been saying about that. fraud was outlining russia's stance on syria whi

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here worried about its future there just as many worried about preserving its past policy our team cairo our words of freedom joy held by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracy but we hear from someone here inside you say it's a very different story. it all started here i four going global i don't know. pulling the fire. log in. to go out. choose your place take your stand. to. make your statement. split the words please she points to a long long. long the money with a business of russia please visit. thanks for staying with us here on our t. quarter past the hour in moscow turning now to some other stories making global headlines. major police operation on to border with afghanistan these at least seventeen soldiers dead forty injured the ongoing offensive launched on tuesday and it had to track down a former warlord accused of killing a senior security official police and killed a total of thirty militants captured forty one some of them reportedly having defected from neighboring afghanistan authorities have sealed all border crossings in the region the only excepti

cairo is allowing palestinians a free entry into egypt effectively ending a five year blockade on the gaza strip what this means is that palestinians can now leave gaza with the same law applying to palestinians in the west bank and jerusalem this unprecedented move effectively lifts travel restrictions that have been imposed on gazans for the past five years they've been penned into this tiny mediterranean coastal city by a blockade imposed by israel but also assisted by the egyptian authorities egypt's interest was because of its fear for her mass and the spirit of islamic militancy but what we see now is a change largely in part because of secret meetings that were held in the past few days between the palestinian president mahmoud abbas the new egypt president dr mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood as well as the leader of hamas which controls the gaza strip khaled mashal so this certainly is a gesture of support by the egyptians to the palestinians in a separate and unrelated move israel has just announced that it is demolishing eight palestinian villages in the south hebron

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palestinians are allowed free entry into egypt a lot easier a long time brocade of gaza and seen as cairo under its new islam is president of warming to. russia and iran the world this is ours he was me thanks for joining us first a string of coordinated bomb attacks no wrong have paid more than a dozen cities and killed over a hundred people who was to violence in the country since the u.s. troop withdrawal the blasts were mainly targeting security forces and government officials and shiite neighborhoods that offensive occurred only days after al qaida announced a major comeback in iraq. looks at what they say means for the country and the whole region. the self-appointed leader of the iraqi branch of al qaida abu barker all baghdadi has announced the resurgence of terror in the country and clearly indicated there is more to come moreover he dedicated more than half of his online speech to the uprising in syria they happen to be staunch supporters of the rebels they are various organizations are pointing at the expansion of terrorist networks in syria which effectively fuels civil war th

cairo. could have you with us here on r.t. today are still ahead for you in this hour words of freedom georgia was hailed by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracies but we hear from those on the inside it's a very different story. orat a clashes in lebanon start off the r.t. was up. for us now overnight sectarian violence between the gunman and allawi rivals in lebanon's northern city of tripoli have wounded eight police fired warning shots trying to disperse the combatants before troops were deployed in the area tensions in the country were sparked months ago by the uprising in neighboring syria with the alawite minority supporting president assad but the two countries cherry tangled web of sectarian connections which tend to be rather easily inflamed . a drive by shooting in southern thailand has killed at least four soldiers and injured two others the troops were cornered by suspected is limited militants and shot at close range this is they are returning to their base from military patrol the islamist i

just isn't it today is the second day of the syrian opposition mission in cairo and the main idea ofthis meeting was to uni fi to hammer out a common vision on this syrian conflict in order to gain some respect some trust from the syrian people the syrian opposition has indeed been criticized harshly recently for being too fragmented to be trusted and the opposition itself has confirmed that it has to has to be a more united and has to have a common vision on how to end the crisis in syria but it seems now that it's not going to happen at least now because some of the opposition members boycotted this meeting in cairo calling this a conspiracy the free syrian army members and some so-called independent activist based here in syria have even find a document and they've been accusing the participants of this meeting of ignoring the question of buffer zones protected by the international community unquote in humanitarian corridors and air embargoed and the arming of a rebel fighter as it all sounds like she need never happened and like u.n. security council mind and on monday never happ

worried about its future there just as many more you do about preserving its past policy our team cairo. are we coming to you from the heart of moscow are still ahead for you in this hour that over words of freedom a georgia is hit by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracies but we hear from those on the inside tell a very different story. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can. easily be. casualties of war ok. i wish he would have never happened but it has happened. in a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary witness for their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and this clear what happens with such witnesses i got on my site. many. churches versus shooting. everyone wants to be president. whether their old lady an engine driver. but it might be quite tricky to get a from c.n.n. . because you live out here in siberia. and the only way to get to you is by train. full started here before going global and now it's pulling viral. load in. a. choose your place take your stuff. and needs to. make your sta

cairo. let's have a quick look at some other stories now making headlines around the world this hour overnight sectarian clashes between sunni gunmen and their rivals in lebanon's northern city of tripoli a wounded eight people police fired warning shots trying to disperse the competence before troops were deployed in the area tensions in the country were spot months ago by the uprising in neighboring syria with the white minority supporting prison . and discern the two countries share a tangled web of sectarian connections which are easily inflamed. a drive by shooting in southern thailand has killed at least four soldiers and injured two others the troops are cornered by suspected islamist militants and shot at close range as they were returning to their base from a patrol is the most insurgency in the country's volatile south the ruptured in two thousand and four and has left over five thousand dead so far. severe wildfires are engulfed parts of siberia with a state of emergency declared

. >> obama went to cairo in six months, and it was a famous speech. >> did it cause the youth of cairo to rise up? >> i think he caused expectations to rise that were not realize. >> exit question. what nation did mr. romney not visit on this trip possibly deliberately? >> afghanistan where there's more troops than anywhere else in the world right now, i believe. >> that's correct. >> he visited nowhere because there was no place else that he wanted to go because he just wants to criticize president obama. he doesn't want to say what he's going to do, so virtually any other country enwent to -- >> germany is far more powerful. >> but germany, we just made the point -- >> there's money. >> we just made the point that barack obama candidate went there and you don't want to invite a comparison. he should have gone to paris. >> right. he doesn't want people -- >> that's the last thing you want him doing. [ laughter ] >> he does not want to deal with the new socialist leader of france. >> eleanor -- >> sorry. [ all talking at once ] >> i think he wants safe places with conservative governme

from cairo, john reports. at a military ceremony today, it was remarkably amicable. if they are headed for confrontation, there was no sign of that. it has been barely one week since he was sworn in. they are already jostling for power. the president wants parliament to reconvene, despite an order by the military dissolving the assembly. the military has actually reduced the guard on parliament, allowing in mps for the first time since it was dissolved. seems to be opening a way for the parliament to compromise where they can resume briefly before dissolving for new elections. one more element in the equation, the supreme constitutional court. they have issued a pronouncement, saying that all their rulings are binding. in practice, that does not seem to mean very much. the court never actually ordered the dissolution of parliament. that was done by the military after the court said that parliamentary elections were not constitutional. so, it is a mess. or, perhaps, just a messy compromise. after which the military and muslim brotherhood could save face. the egyptians

we get our report tonight from nbc's correspondent in cairo. >> reporter: a scene unimaginable 18 months. the u.s. secretary of state seated next to the newly elected islamist president of egypt. the u.s. is watching what happens here very closely. egypt is facing a power struggle between the new president and the muslim brotherhood and the country's military reluctant to give up power. >> democracy is hard and it requires dialogue and compromise and real politics. >> reporter: for 30 years, the u.s. supported hosni mubarak and showered its military with billions of dollars of aid. in return, egypt became a stauch american ally in a region that upheld an up popular peace treaty with israel. now the u.s. is promising to support democracy. even if it means bringing into power islam's political parties who have been for years washington's strongest critics. >> we believe america's shared strategic interests with egypt far outnumber our differences and we know that egypt's future us up to the egyptian people. >> egypt's president wants the u.s. to support the transition to civilian rule. >>

about 250 delegates gathered at the arab league conference in cairo. opposition members called on all disdent groups to bring a different asset. they said such a government would include assad. they blocked a cause that would have called for the president to step down. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> chida said members of his group want to bring priority to bringing down assad. >>> secretary general anders fogh rasmussen says that they have no intention to step in. >> i think that the right way forward is to find a political solution. >> rasmussen called on the u.n. security council to speak with "one voice" to pressure syria . this demonstrates an urgent need for an international treaty on weapons. they had to delay the meetings because members couldn't agree on whether to allow the palestinians to participate. nhk reports from new york. >> reporter: this gun sculpture at the u.n. headquarters represents peace as they talk about how to regulate global arms trade. they have come to new york to

about 250 delegates gathered in cairo. members of the syrian opposition living outside the country joined ministers from cross the arab world. the arab league secretary-general told delegates they must seize the opportunity before them. opposition members called on all dissident groups to come together to bring down assad. representatives at a u.n.-backed conference in geneva agreed on a call for a transition to democratic government. they said such an administration would include members of the assad government and the opposition. russian representatives blocked a clause that would have called for the president to step down. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> he said members of his group want to give top priority to bringing down assad. u.s. officials have come out with their interpretation of the agreement. they say assad will not be among syria's next group of leaders. >> we are confident if this and when this transitional governing body is formed up along the line

as soon as we get our passports sent to us from cairo.ll my family back home i'm in good health and good spirits but i have not taken my medicine since friday, but i'm tired. i spoke to lisa, she said i'm happy we were treated well. also the interpreter told us he's okay, he's going back to cairo. they seem to be in good spirits. the kidnapper escaped and the police have not given in to his requests and did not release the detained uncle. >> how was he release sflds do you know how this happened? did he explain? >> it happened really quick. i got a call from the police station the hostages have arrived to the station. we are trying to find out more details of what happened exactly but we know that authorities did not give in, which is a good thing because it would have taken it as a call for them to conduct more kidnaps. right now the u.s. embassy is bringing them from cairo to the freed americans and they will continue their trip to israel to join the members of the church. they were here in sinai on a missionary trip, and they are very

the train derailed in giza some 20 kilometers southwest of cairo. some reports say the train burst into flames. officials say there were no deaths. that israel's government is in crisis. -- >> israel's government is in crisis. the biggest partner in benjamin netanyahu's coalition has split from the government over whether orthodox jews should continue to be excused from military service. the party says it is disappointed with netanyahu's failure to move forward with the ship here the prime minister now holds only a fragile majority in parliament. >> the united nations secretary- general traveled to china for talks with president hu jintao, with the situation in syria high on the agenda. >> kofi annan once china and russia to get behind a united nations security council resolution aimed at stopping the fighting -- wants china and russia to get behind a united nations security council resolution. >> talks in moscow focused on measures aimed at ending the violence in syria and how to orchestrate a political transition there. president putin again expre

we get our report tonight from nbc's correspondent in cairo. >> reporter: a scene unimaginable 18 monthse u.s. secretary of state seated next to the newly elected president of egypt. egypt is facing a power struggle of the muslim brotherhood and reluctant to give up power. >> democracy is hard and it requires dialogue and compromise and real politic. >> for 30 years the u.s. showered the military with mi millions of dollars of aid and in return egypt became an ally and up held the peace treaty with israel. now the u.s. is promising to support democracy. >> we believe america's shared strategic interests with egypt far out number our differences and we know that the future of egypt is up to the people of egypt. >> i think the presidency would want to know that america is sending messages that any kind of military power play will not be acceptable. >> clinton pledged $1 million of aid and wiped away $1 billion of egyptian debt. >> after years of shutting the muslim brotherhood, the change of course by the united states has angered many here who see the shonew relations as troublesome. many

kind of mentality be abandoned from this perspective of this is we believe the recent conference in cairo was illegitimate for a number of reasons first it did not include the true national opposition and more importantly the popular protest movement who did not attend this meeting a popular protest movement the number one factor in syrian politics today and it does not recognize political parties as such parties have little to no influence on the popular movement made with that in mind how can we recognize the conference as legitimate when it does not represent the popular movement along with a significant share of the opposition and secondly the cairo conference or would have been convened at the initiative of mr now. secretary general of the arab league but the league itself has been compromised acting as a warring party in syrian infighting syrian patriots have lost faith in the arab league's impartiality and we regard it as a western policy tool used against syria with the west has sought to interfere in syria's domestic affairs willing to go as far as a military intervention in orde

not represent the popular movement along with the significant share of the opposition secondly the cairo conference or what had been convened at the initiative of mr now. secretary general of the arab league but the league itself has been compromised acting as a warring party in syrian infighting the syrian patriots have lost faith in the arab league's impartiality and we regard it as a western policy tool used against syria whether the west has sought to interfere in syria's domestic affairs or willing to go as far as a military intervention in order to impose its will upon our country the way they have already done in iraq and libya any efforts to consolidate opposition groups are bound to fail whether it is the istanbul or any other pointless conference if a major national opposition party misperceived the actual situation in the country it will not be able to play a leading role in resolving the crisis in syria instead it will only aggravates the split in society. you've mentioned the conference in geneva what do you think of its result. for that and what about. the i believe the gen

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. >>> live from cairo, the russian decision to cut back on support for damascus, that is potentially a serious blow to the regime, no? >> reporter: it is. many people are interpreting it as the latest sign that russia is beginning to distance itself from the syrian regime. but the question really is, how long will that actually take before it goes into effect? the reason why i say, that as you mentioned, russia says it will continue to honor its agreements. the contracts that have already been ordered, the weapons that have already been purchased. any new weapon orders, any new weapons purchases, will not be delivered. the question is how many or how much weapons are still going to be delivered? many of the allies of the opposition have been calling on russia to stop sending in weapons that they say are being used against innocent civilians in the conflict. >> opponents of the regime in damascus, where is their support coming from? or do we know? >> reporter: there's no doubt that the opponents are getting a whole host of support from different countries. they're getting diplomatic s

this after the supreme court in cairo said it was illegal for mohammed morsi to reinstate the country'sliament. >> the body was dissolved by the supreme court last month on constitutional grounds. the muslim brotherhood shares a two-thirds majority in parliament, along with other islamists. >> a muslim brethren spokesman said the deputies will reconvene on tuesday, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown with the country's generals. >> president mohammed morsi appeared side-by-side with the generals at a military graduation ceremony on monday. there's no outward sign of tensions, despite the confrontational course morsi has taken. he has recall parliament for tuesday, in defiance of the military and courts, and he has also called for fresh elections. >> parliamentary elections must be held within 60 days from date when the people accept a new constitution in a referendum. >> but chances are slim that a new constitution will arrive before year's end. on the street, opinions were split over morsi's actions. >> if we do not agree with the law, we can object. but to just overturned the

secretary of state met with the head of egypt's government in cairo yesterday. hillary clinton tried to get him to september fundamentalist group that won recent elections but the army chief is taking a tough line on the muslim brotherhood. also, her car was hit by tomatoes and water bottles as she left. some protesters even shouted monica, monica and mrs. clinton just arrived in israel this morning to meet jewish leaders. >>> metro has been experiencing some technical difficulties over weekend. a computer glitch shut down a system twice. this morning, the transit agency is taking steps to make sure there are no problems during your morning commute. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at metro headquarters with the details. >> reporter: metro says it will have additional supervisors out this morning posted at key locations throughout the metro system in case any of those computer glitches happen to pop up again this morning. they don't expect that any will. tobies over weekend being acomputer malfunction brought trains to a stand still. it first happened saturday be

elected islam as president threatens to train its relations with israel as hillary clinton moves from cairo to tell a day of poll top level. it would be problems with electricity water supply gerri i want to make sure we can always hope this time when many. of the old. doomsday desperation all seem easy all strewn with arguably the most pessimistic outlook for the future of living in the usa. and then the business bulletin despite the expectations of the contrary with the russian markets opened with losses and they're continuing their downward spiral in the second hour of trade for all of the details join me in about twenty minutes. news from russia and around the world this is the with me. thanks for joining us u.n. special envoy kofi annan is seeking russia's help in ending the conflict in syria during a two day visit to moscow they told come at a crucial time as violence and serious pyros on the world powers remain deadlocked over how to resolve the crisis petone of attacks at the start. kofi annan is in moscow as he steps up his campaign for peace in syria as bloodshed continues to rage

the four seasons were in cairo where there were protesters. interestingly enough there were protesters from the muslim brotherhood telling mrs. clinton she was not welcome in egypt. and there were protesters against the muslim brotherhood. that's what we are seeing inside egypt. there is a big division between those who want an easy -- islam sigh t regime and a secular regime moving forward. the concern for the united states is egypt will go the way of turkey which at one point was a strong nato ally and a nato government running it which was a key western ally, and then they elected themselves an islamist president and they moved away from being pro west over the past couple years. in israel there is great concern over what happens next inside egypt with a muslim brotherhood president. they say it doesn't matter what secretary clinton says at a news conference or what president more see said in a news conference. it is positive in good words and waiting in israel for good action to follow those good words. >> leland reporting live. >> more st

elected islam as president reference to strain its relations with israel as hillary clinton moves from cairo to tell a bit more top level talks and. it would be problems with electricity water supply chain i want to make sure this time with. dad dooms day desperation the austrian with arguably the most pessimistic outlook for the future of living in the euro zone. russia and around the world this is the with me. thanks for joining us thursday u.n. special envoy kofi annan will seek russia's help in ending the conflict in syria during a two day visit to moscow their talks come at a crucial time as violence and serious pyros and world powers remain deadlocks of the how to resolve the crisis let's now talk to peter all over while nice to see a peace and so what exactly will kofi annan discuss with russia's top officials and what can we expect to come from these meetings. but it's expected that the u.n. peace envoy will discuss with russia how a solution can be found to the ongoing crisis in syria kofi annan has referred to russia as a major player when it comes to the peace process and is expec

elected islamist president threatens to strain its relations with israel as hillary clinton moves from cairo to tell of a top level towards iran and. it would be problems with electricity water supply chain i want to make sure we could break out this time when many will be structured. that doomsday desperation all c.d.c. austrian would obviously be most pessimistic outlook for the future of living in the usa. international news and comment live from moscow this is all he was me thanks for joining us u.n. special envoy kofi annan will seek russia's help in ending the conflict in syria during a two day visit to moscow the talks come at a crucial time as violence in syria spirals and world powers remain deadlocked over how to resolve the crisis and let's now talk to our he's all about peace or what exactly were discussed with russia's top officials and what can we expect to come from these meetings. will come. feet ons in moscow as he steps up his campaign for peace in syria as bloodshed continues to rage across the country long said that russia is a major player in the peace process and we're