accomplished there are clear steps to where we can place egypt back on democracy. finishing the constitution holding the parliamentary and presidential. and then we you know the elected government that newly elected government could have been in power like this with the police ok ok greg in pittsburgh i mean i saw the pictures of the trial was held for a very short amount of time it was a fiasco and it turns it looks like a political vendetta is this what this trial is going to be all about and we'll talk about if it is a vendetta and what kind of legitimacy does it have go ahead or the most legitimate institution in egypt right now is the judiciary they were able to go through a full trial an appeals process to take on hosni mubarak for the crimes that he allegedly committed during the two thousand and eleven uprising and now you see the crimes of the muslim brotherhood being put on trial and if they are found guilty there may be an appeals process there may be another acquittal where we really have to understand each of today's on the backdrop of the political pr

accomplished there are clear steps to where we can place egypt back on democracy. finishing the constitution holding a parliamentary and presidential election and then we you know the elected government that newly elected government could have been in power like this would take place ok ok greg in pittsburgh i mean i saw the pictures of the trial as it was held for a very short amount of time it was a fiasco and it turns a it looks like a political vendetta is this what this trial is going to be all about and we'll talk about if it is a vendetta and what kind of legitimacy does it have go ahead the most legitimate institution in egypt right now is the judiciary they were able to go through a full trial an appeals process to take on hosni mubarak for the crimes that he allegedly committed during the two thousand and eleven uprising and now you see the crimes of the muslim brotherhood being put on trial and if they are found guilty there may be an appeals process there may be another acquittal what we really have to understand in egypt today is on the backdrop of the

accomplished there are clear steps to where we can place egypt back on democracy. finishing the constitution holding a parliamentary and presidential election and then we you know the elected government that newly elected government could have been in power like this would take place ok ok greg in pittsburgh i mean i saw the pictures of the trial as it was held for a very short amount of time it was a fiasco and it turns it looks like a political vendetta is this what this trial is going to be all about and we'll talk about if it is a vendetta and what kind of legitimacy does it have go ahead or the most legitimate institution in egypt right now is the judiciary they were able to go through a full trial an appeals process to take on hosni mubarak for the crimes that he allegedly committed during the two thousand and eleven uprising and now you see the crimes of the muslim brotherhood being put on trial and if they are found guilty there may be an appeals process there may be another acquittal well we really have to understand each of today's on the backdrop of the

and on the streets in egypt. egypt. the popular sentiment in egypt is pro military.hey feel the muslim brotherhood hijacked the revolution and were exclusionary in their governance and supportive of violence. people are supportive of the military crack down and people are asking for more of a military crack down. >> in a way the military and interim government are caught between a rock and a hard place. even if they wanted to institute more open democracy they are being pressured to crack down harder and harder on demonstrators. >> ebeginegyptians maybe in favr offer all, but is is appropriate for the united states to be outwardly supporting the military? >> i think the united states has very few options right now. >> they don't have much leverage with the ruling government. they don't have much leve levere with the military anymore now national that the u.s. military aid has been put on hold. >> and i think the relationship has suffered between the military leaders and military and political leaders in the united states. the u.s. has to interact with whichever gover

just like the president of egypt but he is not the president of egypt now.has to accept the situation, he has to be on the ground. but talking politically inside the courtroom it's not a wise thing to do and would not benefit from talking about it and think the court and the judges will prevent him from speaking and making some political rerhetoric speak and he has to defend himself legally and he is not involved with the movement and he has to defend it from the legal point of view and not the political point of view. >> reporter: what you hear among legal circles in there was there reluctance among the judges to take on the case? >> can you repeat? >> reporter: was there a sense of reluctance among judges there in egypt to take this case on? >> this is a personal decision for the justice. they can accept or they can refuse. if the court today or if they decide they can't continue and decide to withdraw just like the case of mubarak, the trial of mubarak if you remember last may they decided to withdraw from the case because they have some doubts about thei

egypt is trying to run to. at the expense of the nineteen states and what the implications for the balance of power across the middle east which is discussed in this tv i'm joined by william doing enough to withstand a former official at the expense of and it's good to see is unlikely any of us antibiotic on set pieces in system for fans at the american team at the apparent thinking in the beginning of the two nd set i made a run of any side in the national security commonplace have full wine a nice added in washington. i grabbed one. in its best it's an assistant director at thetlantic council. i see as well for being with us for many you to get involved in this debate you can send us your questions. let's put some on past i see four debates before we kick off tonight's discussion says given updates on the day's events with pat williams in some ninety six presidential power as russia's foreign and defence ministers may delay a visit to egyptian counterparts liar wants to be surprised if a mosque at the beach i

>> in egypt, not the u.s.n egypt, after what happened last june or july, asking president mohamed morsi and the american reaction towards what happened, which a lot of egyptians thought was hostile and inappropriate. they thought the american government was siding with the muslim brotherhood. it created uneasy innocence. john kerry is trying hard to restore the image of the u.s., trying to build bridges with the egyptian government. >> should he be building a bridge with the government that killed hundreds of protesters, repressing some basic rights like freedom of press? >> at the end of the day the u.s. is not thinking about fundamentally reviewing the relationship with egypt. in some ways i think they need the relationship. they get a number of things, overflight rights. suez canal. cooperation on intelligence. these things are useful. when he says that the inspection was not a punishment, that is what they may be thinking about, that they were signalling displarge with what -- displeasure with what has hap

military cooperation between russia and egypt could reach a new high with a major arms deal reportedly on the cards of relations cool between cairo and washington. and russia clamped down on illegal immigration launching police raids on workplaces and homes. that's why the border we're going with the police one of those rights. you're watching r t live from our studios in moscow where it's just after four o'clock i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. thirty eight of the united states most respected retired generals and admirals are calling on the senate to take immediate steps to close the infamous guantanamo bay prison but despite pressure and promises the jail is still managed to reach its twelfth anniversary punctuated by a history of torture and hunger strikes and assessing a turk in his final report on the detention center looks at what it future may hold . when it comes to this prison the numbers speak for themselves since being set up after the attacks of nine eleven a total of seven hundred seventy nine hundred have been held at guantanamo today one hundred sixty four peopl

first a visit to egypt. this morning john kerry urged egypt to move ahead with democratic reforms, stressing u.s. ties with the country are vital. >> i wanted to first express to the egyptian people as clearly and force fully as i can, in no uncertainly terms, the united states is a friend of the people of egypt, of the country of egypt, and we are a partner to your county. >> john kerry's visit marks the first by an american official since the ousting of mohamed morsi in july. >> we have some news from sue with breaking news. you have information on the meeting with the arab league. >> yes, it's emerging that the discussions that the egyptian foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state had this afternoon included the situation with regards to syria. we are hearing from the arab league, where there was an emergency meeting of the arab foreign ministers in cairo this evening egyptian time. we are hearing that the egyptian foreign minister will present a vision, initiative that the u.s. and egyptians discusse

i think it's a huge polarizition in egypt has gone on. it's dangerous for the future of egypt. no one is accepting the rules of the agreement. the pro-mohamed morsi want the president to be reinstated. this will not be accepted by the new government of abdul fatah al-sisi. here we have two forces - a force that is in power and calling the shots, abdul fatah al-sisi and his groups, and people in the street. they are banned by the abdul fatah al-sisi government. they cannot disappear, they have forces there. obviously this year, if you look in the past few months - sips the military coup, there's a lot of protests, i think, in the streets, and even now after the opening at the university, you see in almost every university in egypt. >> as long as all this is going on, and i suspect how the hosni mubarak trial is going on, egypt can't move forward. it's locked in a cycle of 2011 revolution, and 30 years before that even. it's locked in a cycle. how does it get on a footing to - dare i say - elections and another democratic leader. >> the sadness of egypt has increased over the pas

a court in september band egypt's oldest and most influential islamist group after egypt's president mohammed morsi was ousted following mass protests july 30. suspectsat least 35 have been arrested in 48 hours as the hunt intensifies for the killers of two generals from rsi who were shot dead in the rebel infested north. a newspaper claims to have information of a list of telephone contacts found near the bodies -- containing names of three individuals who are known to french authorities. although the information released by the paper has yet to be confirmed. mark edwards has more on the new information. >> three of the four kidnappers involved in the assassination of two french journalists in mali have been identified. that is according to the latest information revealed by french newspaper "le monde" on tuesday. the journalists were kidnapped and killed saturday after interviewing a local toric reader. was apparently a document with a list of phone numbers near the bodies of the victims, and the list led them to three individuals known to french authorities on the ground in northe

then we spoke about the development of the situation in egypt. we confirmed and confirm that russia is interested so that egypt is a stable state with stably developing economy at effective political system. >> dominic kane is live in cairo. we have the russian foreign minister in egypt at a time when cairo's relations with the u.s. have been strained. are there signals that foreign policies are perhaps being adjusted? >> i don't think you could say necessarily that either side was prepared to say that this represents a shift away from a relationship with the united states. they were long on generaties and short on specifics. the one thing that the media here had reported on was the possibility, the prospect of a military deal, aid with the russians and the egyptians, there's a large missile cruiser from the russian navy docked in alexandria. the presence of mr sergei lavrov in cairo is, again, a first for a number of years. we didn't get specifics today. i don't think we can necessarily say it represents is a shift in foreign policy. the media h

and on the streets in egypt. but the popular sentiment in egypt is very much pro-military right now. people feel still that the muslim brotherhood and their supporters have hijacked the revolution, the 2011 revolution and were exclusionary in their governance and resorted to violence. so people have been supportive of the crackdown. most are waiting for the military crack down. the interim gom are caught between a rock and a hard place because even if they wanted to institute more open democracy, they are being pressured to crack down harder and harder on demonstrate. the egyptians may be favor but is it appropriate for the united states to be outwardly supporting the military? >> i think the united states has very few options right now. they don't have much leverage with the ruling government. they don't have much with the military. the u.s. military aid has been put on hold. i think the has suffered between military leaders there and military and political leaders in the united states. so the u.s. has to intera

and a massive arms deal looms in cairo as egypt looks to russia to fill the gap left by washington's decision to cut military aid. some serve and say it's a tiny tropical paradise in the south pacific and home to just over fifty people and all the residents of the tax they get tens of thousands of pounds per person each year straight from the pockets of british taxpayers are still reports on where all that money is going. have you ever heard of care. ok not. not ever heard of pitcairn. island or you. think of the pacific so why. do you know that part of your taxes go to that island . have you ever heard of pitcairn. if you've never heard of pitcairn and you're an e.u. citizen it might be well worth knowing for that's where part of your taxes are going. on as one of britain's so overseas territories a small island in the south pacific with a total population of about fifty people now locals don't pay taxes on the islands main source of income include tourism and postage stamps but it's still heavily reliant on british and e.u. eight well let's break down the numbers here in the ninth

the one family of egypt. egypt cannot go back unless the military coup is removed and eliminated together with all its consequences. and those shedding the blood of egypt are held accountable. the families of the victims cannot rest with - unless retribution is achieved in the manner though leads us to gods, and families of the victims. let the people of egypt know that i, since july the 2nd, i repeat, since july the 2nd 2013, i am kidnapped against my own free will and the revolutionary guards headquarters until june 30th. i repeat - i want transferred to a military unit of the armoured forces, together with my personal aide for full, complete month. i was met by no person, but mrs ashton and the e.u. delegation, and the four intergators, where i refused to answer any questions simply for the reason that all the procedures taken against me are in violation of the procedures and regulations i have taken oath to respect and abide by. the first measure was on 4 november, in the police academy when he says - the

to america it has allowed them to have significant control over what egypt is allowed to purchase in terms of weapons with egypt cozying up to russia this could seriously upset america and hinder relations between the two also egypt doesn't have any money at the moment economic situation here is particularly dire off the two and a half years of political turmoil following the january twenty five revolution they may look to saudi to fund these arms deal but it's not sure yet whether that's actually going to happen what this is showing however is egypt is russia's influence over the region russia is definitely looking to cozy up to egypt as the influence of america wanes so it's still very important even though we're not entirely sure what's going to happen with this deal. well she's become the face of the u.s. president shaking house care reforms as emotional scars of cyber boiling over her and wanted role in promoting obamacare reaches a fever pitch you can go online for all the details and pope francis has crossed chalion mafia one investigator says and could be in danger as he purs

now there's a deep sense of history repeating itself in egypt where the country's first democratically elected leader faces the same fate as his or for a tarion prayed assess hosni mubarak mohamed morsi has reportedly arrived for his trial where he's accused of inciting the murder of protesters last december at the time egypt was experiencing mass public outrage at the government's attempt to push through the islamicist leaning constitution and give the president sweeping powers reports now from cairo on the landmark court case. for the first time in its history egypt has two former presidents who are on trial at the same time but whereas the trial of hosni mubarak is eagerly anticipated and was so by most egyptians when it comes to that of mohamed morsi is prosecution here egyptians are divided many egyptians feel pity for the former engineering professor who was ill equipped to become this country's president and who now very well could have a life sentence imposed on him in some quarters it is believed that this is a trial of the muslim brotherhood as a movement and not morsi as a m

egypt is in more of a transition. so saudi arabia's role is that much more important. >> that assad must step down that iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. protestors in iran staged one of the largest anti-american rallies in years. it marks the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the u.s. embassy in tehran. tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the streets in a show of opposition to president rouhani recent open to the u.s. they stomped on the american flag and carried anti-american signs. >> thank god, the rally is more spirited than last year. some people said let's not chant death to america this year. it's not good for us. but the leader has said that it is a good thing for us to chant death to america. the world must see this. >> meanwhile talks over iran's nuclear program are set to resume thursday in geneva. the world bank is out with a study that finds cleaner cooking stoves could save a million lives a year, and slow global warming. the agency says many of the deaths are people in developi

well this is the highest level delegation of russian officials to come to egypt in the last few years and according to rumors top of the agenda is historic arms deal cording to those who've been close to the russian defense ministry egypt wants to get hold of some two billion dollars of russian weaponry including helicopters fighter jets and also defense systems we don't have any details yet of this deals in the press convert. happened this morning journalists were told we weren't allowed to ask questions about it however egypt's foreign minister did tell our time a few days ago that this deal was on the cards so we get to see what's going to happen with it but what could be the stumbling blocks you think. well it's a very difficult deal to broker in this politically charged environment as it doesn't involve america now america's been given one point three billion dollars of military aid to egypt since the one nine hundred seventy nine piece of agreement which involves israel they would back in october pending progress on human rights here in egypt this. general is quite suits conside

for the first time in its history egypt has two former presidents who are on trial at the same time but whereas the trial of hosni mubarak is eagerly anticipated and was so by most egyptians when it comes to that of mohamed morsi is prosecution here in egypt sions are divided many egyptians feel pity for the former engineering professor who was ill equipped to become this country's president and who now very well could have a life sentence imposed on him in some quarters it is believed that this is a trial of the muslim brotherhood as a movement and not next year as a man egyptian police is in a state of high alert list comes amid the announcement by the supporters of morsi that throughout the day monday they will be holding a nationwide protests there are very real fears that this will result in violence and clashes morsi has said that he will be defending himself he is insisting that he is the legal president of this country and as such he says he will not take a lawyer because to do so would be to give recognition to the authority of the court and of course this he refuses to do mors

could be sentenced to life in prison or even face the death penalty during last year's are no rest egypt was experiencing mass public outrage at the government's attempts to push through an islamist leaning constitution and give the president sweeping powers report from cairo on the landmark court case for the first time in its history egypt has two former presidents who are on trial at the same time but whereas the trial of hosni mubarak is eagerly anticipated and was so by most egyptians when it comes to that of mohamed morsi is prosecution here egyptians are divided many egyptians feel pity for the former engineering professor who was ill equipped to become this country's president and who now very well could have a life sentence imposed on him in some quarters it is believed that this is a trial of the muslim brotherhood as a movement and not morsi as a man egyptian police is in a state of high alert and this comes amid the announcement by the supporters of morsi that throughout the day monday they will be holding nationwide protests there are very real fears that this will result in

now there's a deep sense of history repeating itself in egypt where the country's first democratically elected leader faces the same fate as his or a terry in predecessor hosni mubarak mohamed morsi has arrived for his trial accused of inciting the murder of protesters last december these live pictures from outside the court where crowds of his supporters have been gathering conviction could see morsy sentenced to life in prison or even the death penalty during last year's unrest egypt is experiencing massive public outrage at the government's attempts to push through an islamist leading constitution gives the president sweeping powers to slay reports now from cairo on the landmark court case. for the first time in its history egypt has two former presidents who are on trial at the same time but whereas the trial of hosni mubarak is eagerly anticipated and was so by most egyptians when it comes to that of mohamed morsi is prosecution here egyptians are divided many egyptians feel pity for the former engineering professor who was ill equipped to become this country's president and who n

so the catholics of egypt and orthodox of egypt as well as the protestants of egypt being under pressure all the time, discriminated against because of their faith, their faith must mean something to them- they are willing to pay for it. and those who are willing to pay for it and not to convert to islam under the pressure of poverty or lack of promotion, they must have a personal relationship with god- sacrament first or agent first- there is that living experience. the coptic church always puts emphasis on repentance, and repentance is in your life- one turns his back to sin and his face to god. so i think that they have that beautiful link between a person and christ under the pressure, and with the teaching, even if it is not as clear as protestants bring up justification by faith. >> see, that's a very remarkable spin on being a minority in a country with a dominant religion. as our conversation went on, he was saying something along the lines of, "you americans who are christian, you don't appreciate your christianity because it comes so easy." here- and he went on and on about thi

some would call that as a seismic event in egypt. how does egypt get back to normal if there is such a thing? >> well, for one thing, by being very careful not to carry this judicial process to its extreme. i'm concerned about that. i'm afraid that if they dig themselves in engaging in a so-called judicial process which is actually a sham politically, they may end up feeling they have to execute the recently deposed president. i think that would contribute probably to more violent explosions in egypt and more repression as a result. so i do hope that in various ways the current military leaders of egypt realize that they're playing with fire. i think they want to intern their opponents for a while. that is not unprecedented internationally. but if they start putting them on trial in whic in which for ee they may find themselves compelled by the logic of the process to sentence them odeath. then we have such a huge national debate, should we influence the egyptians not to carry out the sentence, their pride will get involved. i feel t

started off in tunisia and then rapidly spread and swept the arab region particularly going through egypt which is one of the most and a staunch and closest ally of the united states was people actually. standing up to. dictatorship which where wholeheartedly and emphatically supported by the usa the majority of the regimes were actually true supporters and allies of the united states and the people in those countries where fed up to their back teeth and were sick and tired of this board and the unlimited unwavering support to those dictatorships by the united states we've seen it happening in tunisia and then the popular uprising a popular uprising spread to egypt and we've seen the united states that is obama taken aback and after a lot of posturing. and did that ring he withheld support to his name which actually upset one of the other most reliable irreplaceable allies of the united states. which thought that was the ultimate betrayal of another story a lie one of the. one of the closest allies of the united states and. never actually forgave the usa for turning its back on more barto

the police have long acted with kennedy in egypt. use these wider powers to really crackdown on the muslim met -- muslim brotherhood. >> i want to turn the comments made by president morsi. in this amateur video released by egypt's newspaper, morsi is seen speaking to unidentified individuals during his incarceration, criticizing the country's judiciary. how is it possible i have come in front of the court and then freezes the constitution. this is something no law or logic can understand. the reason for him being in his position as head of court is because of the constitution itself. so when he accepts to freeze it, how can his position as head of courts still be applicable? i was the want to appoint the head of the constitutional court. how can a minister of mine in the defense minister, who are both under my responsibility, a point the head of state? and they say there is law. impossible. the head of the supreme constitutional court, with all my respect him, put himself in a position that is very offensive to the judiciary. >> tho

in egypt. thank you for your welcome. you and i have talked frequently on the telephone, and we know each other... (overspoken by interpreter). >>> apologies we are having translation issues. we can't hear what kerry is saying in english. let's cross to our correspondent sue turton, who has been standing by in cairo. sum up for us what the foreign minister was saying before we came in to the press conference. sue, we were trying to listen in to what john kerry was saying. we were having translation issues. could you sum up for us what we were hearing from the egyptian foreign minister earlier? >> yes, all we heard really so far is a welcome. the foreign minister really saying that they are trying to improve bilateral relations. those relations strained in the last month since the u.s. put a temporary freeze on a lot of military aid passed to egypt on an annual basis, because of concerns the u.s. has regarding the democracy. not since the interim government since mohamed morsi was ousted over the summer. the message from t

and egypt took a downturn after morsi was ouster. u.s. president barack obama slashed military aid with the aim of pushing egypt toward democracy. egyptians are looking around for new partners to get away from dependence on the u.s. the minister is here for a high-profile visit shows a rekindling of the friendship. >> in france, the justice minister has spoken out against a new racist slur against her after a far right weekly went to press comparing her to a monkey. a string oftest in racist insults against the justice minister, which has prompted the government to fight back or if thomas waterhouse has the details. a the monkey got her been on back. it is a french lay on words, which means the justice minister is in top form. interviewed on french national television, she reacted strongly to the latest controversy. wordsremely violent suggest i am not part of the human race. they deny my place in human society. for my children and my family to hear. i know there are many people who suffer from this kind of attack. the prime minister is r

football stops here in egypt. >> two years without any competition.they are not the only team in trouble. four egyptian clubs are facing a financial difficulties became -- because no games means no sponsors or advertising revenue. some footballers have decided to leave the country -- leave the leaguesto play in abroad. >> there are a lot of players who left. some went to arab countries, some went to iraq, some went to europe. left theto 20 players country. >> these supporters are waiting for the league to restart, but securing the games is one of the main problems. since a riot at the stadium in 2012 left more than 70 people dead, security forces have from attending matches. fans have offered to divide security. can be very organized. that is how it can be done. security forces may be afraid of riots raking out on the terraces.

>> i think in such decisive gain there are no other options for egypt because the fans are eager andwhen they virtually lost hope of reaching the world cup and they are qualified and must be held in egypt and that is why because it sends the message to the workforce in the opinion of the egyptian authorities and this is very important to stage the game in egypt to show everybody that the country despite the political turmoil, and this is a message and that is why they insisted to play the game in egypt. >> reporter: but what are the -- what are they afraid of, demonstrators or the fans? >> both actually. actually the game will be played on 19 november and that day will coincide with the second anniversary of mohamed which over 40 people were killed in egypt in 2011 so protesters are planning to commemorate that anniversary and security is on high alert during that day and actually choosing that day to hold the game, i think was a very bad choice because they had two other days to play the game. so that will add extra burden on the shoulders of the security forces to secure the game.

well now let's been point milestones in post revolution in egypt the ousting of a longtime army backed leader hosni mubarak was followed by over a year of political turmoil which finally saw the election of islam as leader mohamed morsi as president in june two thousand and twelve well as mentioned earlier his push to turn egyptian constitution to a muslim code sparked a deadly unrest in december the same year although zat violence can be compared to the bloodbath of the summer a military coup against morsi in july was followed by months of vicious crackdowns against his supporters and the muslim brotherhood well in which more than a thousand people have been killed egyptian journalist and political analyst while iskandar thinks that trial that starts the day is morsi is political assassination . this is seems a bit like deja vu for egypt another president another trial in less than three years and what we're seeing is a rerun of a politicized trial course there are things that president morsi has done just like hosni mubarak has but i don't think that he's on trial. for the for the ex

started off in tunisia and then rapidly spread and swept the arab region particularly going through egypt which is one of the most and staunchest and closest ally of the united states was people actually. standing up to. dictatorship which where wholeheartedly and emphatically supported by the usa the majority of the regimes were chiddy true supporters and allies of the united states and the people in those countries where fed up to the back teeth and were sick and tired of this board and the unlimited unwavering support to those dictatorships by the united states we've seen it happening in tunisia and then the popular uprising a popular uprising spread to egypt and we've seen the united states that the obama taken aback and after a lot of posturing. and did that ring he withheld support to his name which actually upset one of the other most reliable irreplaceable allies of the united states. which thought that was the ultimate betrayal of another ally one of the. one of the closest allies of the united states and we've seen. actually forgave the usa for tending its back on more bartok bu

states we've seen it happening in tunisia and then the popular uprising popular uprising spread to egypt and we've seen the united states that is obama taken aback and after a lot of posturing. and did that ring he withheld support to his name which actually upset one of the other most reliable irreplaceable allies of the united states. which thought that was the ultimate betrayal of another ally one of the. one of the closest allies of the united states and we've seen. actually forgave the usa for turning its back on more bartok but in the long and the long run a new thought that todt the support of the army so it had a safety net it had an insurance policy in both egypt and. was that was one of the major reasons that actually the obama pulled the rug from under their feet. off mubarak knowing fully well that supporting this and portent pivotal point where the actually win over the conflict win over the support of the people to the army which actually took over power and diffused to relinquish power it was only after protests further yeah we did. that but we had to think that talks more

>> egypt suspended millions of dollars in aid. it seems in doing so, washington has isolated the islamists and the military. what happened? >> there's almost no one in egypt today who will stand up and defend the united states, the administration's position over the last two years has varied like a metronome, and so bad is it that kerry had to arrive in cairo under the same procedures that are used when he would visit a war zone like afghanistan. the first time an american secretary of state has faced that. with the trial, as you mentioned, of former president mohamed morsi about to begin tomorrow, the risk of instability in egypt remains very high. >> woucould that spread to othe areas in the region more so than now? >> i think so. the i think the entire region is on the verge of collapse, particularly as friends like saudi arabia see the administration trying to appease iran because of its nuclear weapons program. the complete debacle of our policy in syria has led many friends as diverse as saudi arabia and israel, to wonder wh

i mean different currents cultural political egypt is central country in the arab region. it's very useful to have good relations developing relations with us because we haven't seen division marching turn of the chinese embassy in cairo says although two thousand and thirteen was a turbulent year for egypt the country's exports to china increased by staggering one hundred thirteen percent we were happy to see this figure we tried to make more effort. to reach the. one billion very small egypt's economy which had heavily relied on its tourism market has taken a pounding after two and a half years of revolution and regime change and with cairo and washington and loggerheads it looks like egypt might keep looking eastwards. boccieri r.t. kind of. my colleague kevin when he spoke about china as a resource with author and investor jim rogers he told us the beijing's playing thing is key find its keepers rather across the whole world china is trying to secure natural resources all over the world africa south america central asia germany's off said the raging success is built on

so demonstrationing taking place in several cities across egypt.l us what has been happening. >> yes, as you said the protests are spread all over the country. in numbers they are not very large. most are hundreds of demonstrators taking part. but still it is very defie act not just because of this law being imposed but also the government has acted very harshly against anyone who dare to oppose the law. and what also is significanting can't is that new people, new groups are joining the protest against this new law, and they are saying this is something they cannot withstand. they are not going to tolerate and they stand up against the interim government. >> despite the anger and protests the government remains resolute in backing this controversial new law. >> yes, especially representatives of the armed forces. the government's line is that this law is necessary to keep order, and they say they have to protect other people's rights in a society who wants stability and wants to go on with their life. so far they have been able to win a lot of hea

states we've seen it happening in tunisia and then the popular uprising popular uprising spread to egypt and we see in the united states the obama taken a back and after a lot of posturing. and did that ring he withheld support to his name which actually upset one of the other most reliable irreplaceable allies of the united states. which thought that was the ultimate betrayal of another ally one of the. one of the closest allies of the united states and we've seen. actually forgave the usa for turning its back on more bartok but in the long and the long run a new thought that todt the support of the army so it had a safety net it had an insurance policy in both egypt and. was that was one of the major reasons that actually the obama pulled the rug from under their feet. off mubarak knowing fully well that supporting this important pivotal point with to actually win over the conflict win over their support of their people to the army which actually took over power and diffused to relinquish power and it was only after protests further. up we had what i think that talks more about indecis

off in tunisia and then rapidly spread spread and swept the arab region particularly going through egypt which is one of the most and staunchest and closest ally of the united states was people actually. standing up to. the ships which where wholeheartedly an emphatic please supported by the usa the majority of the regimes were chiddy true supporters and allies of the united states and the people in those countries where fed up to the back teeth and we're sick and tired of this board and the unlimited unwavering support to those dictatorships by the united states we've seen it happening in tunisia and then the popular uprising popular uprising spread to egypt and we've seen the united states that is obama taken aback and after a lot of posturing. and did that ring he withheld support to his name which actually upset one of the other most reliable irreplaceable allies of the united states. which thought that was the ultimate betrayal of another story a lie one of the. one of the closest allies of the united states and. never actually forgave the usa for turning its back on more but. in th

this is north cairo where egypt's burgeoning chinatown has now planted its roots restaurant owner. says the chinese community here is thriving despite the political turmoil. most chinese come here for study were to call you muslim chinese minorities i opened my restaurant recently i know the political situation here is difficult but it doesn't affect chinese businesses it's a good place to live as us egypt relations soured after american officials with the help keep the military and economic assistance in october egypt has hinted at cozying up to other super powers like china and the list say to china it's more about its political expansion gaining clout with one of the region's main players rather than finance we have sixty three agreements i mean different kinds of cultural political egypt is central country in the arab region and it is very useful to have good relations developing relations with us because we have a say in the region. of the chinese embassy in cairo says although two thousand and thirteen was a turbulent year for egypt the country's exports to china increased by

an end to the protests in egypt that we've come to know then or not. well definitely speaking to protesters today who took to the streets in defiance of this very oppressive new law they told me they felt like egypt had turned back time to the mubarak days when these kinds of rallies were swiftly moved from the streets by security forces who would like to be given carte blanche to use violence to move people on so certainly feels like we've moved into a new era here in egypt people were fired on by tear gas and water cannons heavily beaten within moments of coming to the streets to protest in defiance of this particular piece of legislation they were rounded up among those dozens that were arrested including sixteen women and very well known activists including one human rights lawyer now this sparked across the country egypt committee of fifty years in the last few days of drafting egypt's constitution had to suspend that session after over ten of its members walked out in anger over these arrests there's also been a lot of comments made by egypt's po

he is not any more the president of egypt. this is the reality.e has to admit the assistance of a legal team. my main concern is that this trial is de stabilizing the country and i do not want it to take a long time because the egyptian society is at a very trillionth situation, and with we have to reach for its stability. >> we go to assistant professor of egyptian history. legally there are questions about morsi's court proceedings are proceeding. his lawyers say they have not been able to see him when they want to. what do you make of how the whole process has been conducted. >> this is not the procedure we would normally envision with regard to the legal proceeding. this is to bring legal ends to his presidency by imprisoning him for life or worse, seeking execution. this is to legitimate the coup process put in place since morsi. and these are very special things because this is a process led by the judiciary, the government, that is meant to lead to conviction. even the defendants themselves are not particularly concerned with the idea of ge

years of revolution and regime change and with cairo and washington and not a heads it looks like egypt might keep looking eastwards. boccieri r.t. cairo. my colleague kevin and i will speak about china as a resource hunger with author and investor jim rogers who told us beijing's appetite isn't regional it's a worldwide. china is trying to secure natural resources all over the world africa south america central asia jervas off said that beijing success is build on washington's failures what do you think. well certainly if you look around the world you will certainly see there's a lot of truth to that the chinese have more or less. their all over africa there by plantations and everything else america's got very little presence in africa now time is making inroads in the middle east and it's going to get a lot of oil from iran going forward it looks as though china may even start getting oil from iraq you know america says that they were a liberated iraq we're in the end it may be the chinese who get the oil tiny's look around the world they see what's happening over the next few decade