this is egypt's border with gaza a place where for years the gates was shut off and then opened only the most extreme humanitarian cases were through which meant no more than three hundred people a day of water her mother was not one of them last year she died from cancer of the stomach she had trying desperately for months to leave gaza for chemotherapy treatment abroad but was never able to get the permission she needed to leave. the building a world of a hospital here and they give me some women and the pain there and the borders are closed this is the reason was for. the new egyptian foreign minister says the decision to close the border was shameful on saturday his promise to open rough a permanently without the israelis is coming true no more willing agreement gone up six years ago between the now deposed egyptian president hosni mubarak the united states the israelis and the europeans be in place that agreement gave e.u. monitors access to the crossing and a lot of it to supervise and monitor security cameras from a far. was watching. egypt on certain points and checkpoints so

expense of letting palestinians have access to basic human assesses although it's got a new worry egypt and gazaborders are about to be thrown a wide open after a decision by cairo as policy reports a humanitarian lifeline for arabs is a real headache for television. this is egypt's border with gaza a place where for years the gates was shut off and then opened only the most extreme humanitarian cases were lit through which meant no more than three hundred people a day but wilder was not one of them last year she died from cancer of the stomach she had tried desperately for months to leave gaza for chemotherapy treatment abroad but was never able to get the permission she needed to leave. and a word of the hospital here and they gave me some women and the pain in there and the borders are poor this is the reason was for. the new egyptian foreign minister says the decision to close the border was shameful on saturday his promise to open buffer permanently without the israelis is coming true no more all in agreement gone up six years ago between another post egyptian president hosni mubarak the un

now after four years under total lockdown gaza's one and a half million residents finally have a gateway to the outside world egypt's brought the stringent security that israel insisted on for its border crossing with the blockaded region and israel's long struggle to keep gaza's borders water tight depriving people there of the hope of forcing hamas out of power human rights groups like the boss of humanitarian costs for food shortages the second being unable to leave person or treat it as policy or reports on why five propellor staying and is a real headache for tel aviv. this is egypt's border with gaza a place where for years the gates were shut more often than open and only the most extreme humanitarian cases were linked through which meant no more than three hundred people a day volga her mother was not one of them last year she died from cancer of the stomach she had trying desperately for months to leave gaza for chemotherapy treatment abroad but was never able to get the commission she needed to leave. and i went to the hospital here and they gave me some women and the pain and the gooders are closed this i

was raided living not far from gaza is fast becoming part of his radio life across the country to see our team tell everyone well opening the rafah crossing between egypt and gaza are seen as a major step in deflating a humanitarian crisis on the strip. from the united nations relief and works agency and says that improving palestinian living standards will lead to a drop among those who want to join militant groups. what is going on and off border today is a very good the egyptians right now they are easing you know. thousands of palestinians into egypt there are more than one and a half million people here they are completely you know destroyed they have no hole no political horizon no clinical eyes in israel should end this seize on the gaza strip one hundred percent if people have a good life here they have something to lose bill it will be you know great pressure on our daughters you know not to get into conflict and we are sure that you're not creating a new atmosphere in your life or to gaza a new hope for the people here in the gaza strip it will affect the whole the atmosphere away from military conflict or you're using rockets always pins or

and the light at the end of the tunnel for people of gaza as egypt opens a border crossing and in a four year blockade of the palestinian territory. and in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story russia should be part of a missile defense shield in europe according to the u.s. president speaking in poland barack obama reiterated the u.s. is not giving up on plans to site some of its rockets and planes in the country close to russia's borders are here were piskun all has more from warsaw. it has become quite a conflicting picture here in warsaw because on one hand you have barack obama talking about this new stable and friendly level of relations between a russia and the united states and both him and president komorowski have said that it's very possible that russia will be part of a future joint anti missile defense system in europe but then on the other hand barak obama has just confirmed washington's plans to quit an air base here in poland on its land which would service. military transport planes and f. sixteen fighter jets and also more importantly fo

and a light at the end of a tunnel for the people of gaza as egypt opens a border crossing ending a four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say the decision will ease the humanitarian crisis for the million plus palestinians who face shortages of food and medical supplies. up next by russia's capital was known as the white city in the sixteenth century among the many revelations in this week's in moscow. hello and welcome to the program on the streets must go out i'll be exploring the city's boulevard ring actually just a whole see shape it was a recently laid out to replace the fortified walls of the old bailey god's white city heights with history culture museums and entertainment it's the perfect routes to explore the us and up until we start up here just opposite the peaceful christ the city cathedral proposed in style about trying to not be here shows you the in from pete secular design of the boulevards under the stalin counter reconstruction it was intended to continue the route south underscores the circle this idea was never fulfilled. joe says you wa

at the border between egypt and gaza and the government is having to rethink that policy and lift it because people are saying we will not continue to do what israel tells us to do that hurts the palestinians so it's going to change the equation and the u.s. can no longer be supporting dictatorships just because they are friends with israel's are and i thank you both for joining me sorry jeff we can squeeze one last word in there for you but thanks for joining me tonight now still to come on tonight shall we give our tool time or more of the washington post for their new plans to take thought we would be just a few hours away from the end of the world a group claims of the rapture is going to happen tomorrow r.t. sailing for it has more on that with the fact. that we are. right. i think. whenever the government says that they are safe get ready because their freedom.

you to touch on your own about egypt its new role in the region there pushing for the unity a factor on how massive now of course behind the opening of the border to gaza and tell us just how much of an influence now could this new power in egypt after the fall of mubarak how an influence in the future in the middle east now it seems to be having quite an impact already but what the future impact could it have. we are satisfied about the a civilization conducted by the egyptian government these two positions given in place and gyptian in your government under your leadership one to think that there is little to seeing and people. of this leadership one. national now to look at all in this third of all which was going back to the last. week i said that america is that it was a sea. area. as well as the loss of a senior and people so we feel that we are living in a new atmosphere in the new other bisping and. clinic ties will be strength in between but it's you know people on their side and then to other people to the other search just briefly and finally you seem to be quite optimistic here do you really think there could be a recognition of a statehood

and easing isolation egypt opens a border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian terms. because. this is our see a live from moscow where it's not just after four pm i'm a reception i welcome to the program of former bosnian serb army general ratko bloody choose waiting for his fate to be announced on monday in serbia a few have been left in different by his arrest with reaction ranging from jubilance to outrage when i thought about visited the serbian village where it was finally called we cannot get a first hand experience and cross over to her. cathy hello to you so if you managed to speak to any of the people who actually live side by side with russian luggage. well we did manage to talk to some of the people of course it was saturday and quite early in the morning when we made our trip to the village itself was credibly small very sleepy lots of people gardening and basically the only thing that was odd it was the large amount of journalists and a number of policemen that were standing outside the house where a former bosnian general russel

and easing isolation in egypt opens a border crossing of gaza in the ending before you have blockade of the palestinian territory. international news or comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day russia should be part of a missile defense shield in europe so says the u.s. president he was speaking in poland but despite the comments barack obama reiterated that the u.s. is not giving up on plans to host some of its rockets some planes in the country close to russia's borders you want to just kind of is in warsaw for. it has become quite a conflicting picture here in warsaw because on one hand you have barack obama talking about this new stable and friendly level of relations between a russia and the united states and both him and president come out all ski have said that it's very possible that russia will be part of a future joint anti missile defense system in europe but then on the other hand barack obama has just confirmed washington's plans to equip an air base here in poland on its land which would service. military transpo

and easing isolation in egypt opens a border crossing it with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian territories. a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow now russia should be a part of the missile defense shield in europe so says the u.s. president who was speaking today in poland despite the comments were obama reiterated the u.s. is not giving up on plans to host some of its rockets and planes in the country close to russia's borders. you're going to spin off is in warsaw and joins us live right now and you go to sochi statements quite contradictory to each other what is the bottom line of obama's visit opponents you know. well it has become quite a conflicting picture here in warsaw because on one hand we have barack obama talking about this new stable and friendly level of relations between a russia and the united states and both him and president komorowski have said that it's very possible that russia will be part of a future joint anti missile defense system in europe but then on the other hand barack obama has just confirmed washington's pla

and easing isolation egypt opens our border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of palestinian territory . worldwide news a live from moscow this is a hearty welcome to the program. should be part of a missile defense shield in europe so says the u.s. president who was speaking in poland the country septa host some of the systems his words come two days since he promised it to me trying to get at the g. eight summit in france to try and agree on a system that suits both the security interests not easy to go to prison office in warsaw for us even our joins us live or you go to hello to you we were just showing our live pictures of iraq obama in warsaw making some statements there are a lot of positive signals for russia what's what else has been said that you know wolf. well barack obama has already met with the polish president he's actually now meeting with the post prime minister and the live pictures are from the prime minister's office the american president has been outlining that the united states and russia have managed to reach a new stable friendly level

and egypt opens up border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis for one and a half a million palestinians who are facing constant food shortages and a lack of medical treatment. those are the headlines on r.t. for this saturday but up next why the russian capital was known once as the white city that was in the sixteenth century among many revelations and his transition. hello and welcome to the program on the streets must go out i'll be exploring the city's boulevard ring actually just a whole see straight it was a recently laid out to replace the fortified walls of the old bailey god's white city heights with history culture museums and entertainment it's the perfect routes to explore the russian capital and we saw that here just opposite the beautiful christ the savior cathedral. about trying to not here shows you the incomplete second the design of the boulevards under the stalin plan to reconstruction it was intended to continue the route south underscores the ci

and also reporting that egypt opens a border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian territory the rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis for one of the health million palestinians they face constant food shortages and lack of medical treatment. when up next we are not see why the russian capital was known as the white city in the sixteenth century and that's among the many revelations in this week's. which is next. hello and welcome to the program on the streets of moscow out i'll be exploring the city's boulevard ring actually just a whole she said it was originally laid out to replace the falsified walls of the old gods all white city parts with history culture museums and its aim and its the perfect routes to explore the russian capital and we saw that here just opposite the beautiful christ the said the cathedral of the republican style that tried to mount here shows you the incomplete secular design of the boulevards under the stalin contra reconstruction it was intended to continue the route south and just close the

the sort of putting the egypt opens a border crossing with gaza cost me and him a four year blockade of the palestinian territories human rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis for one of the whole million pounds to and in the face of constant food shortages and lack of medical treatment. on the part another summer when less than fifty minutes from now in the meantime why the russian capital was known as the white city in the sixteenth century that's one of the many revelations in this week's moscow up next. hello and welcome to the program on the streets must go out i'll be exploring the city's boulevard ring actually just a whole seaside it was a recently laid out to replace the fortified walls of the old. white city heights with history culture museums and entertainment it's the perfect routes to explore the russian capital with south of here just opposite the visible christ the city cathedral. tried to my peers shows you the incomplete secular design of the boulevards under the stalin contra reconstruction it was intended to continue the route south and

palestinians want east jerusalem to be the capital of the state and to stablish in the west bank and gaza. egypt'sinterim ruling military council has vowed to all means to crackdown on water cold d.v.m. groups threaten the stability and security while the wife of ousted president hosni mubarak has been detained for fifteen days in cairo pending further investigations into corruption allegations comes after a couple work west and on charges of profiteering a former president is also accused of ordering the deaths of anti regime protesters . three people have reportedly been killed and eighteen injured after security troops opened fire on protesters a.t.m. in the shooting happened in the town of south of the capital s. thousands of the funeral of another demonstrator killed on thursday people across yemen have been demanding an answer to the twenty year rule of president saleh wherever you are the same you will use all necessary means to the position. pakistan's lawmakers have slammed the american operation that killed osama bin laden two weeks ago and called for an end to u.s. drone attacks the lat

want east jerusalem to be the capital of the state they intend to establish in the west bank and gaza. egypt'sinterim ruling military council has vowed to use all means to crack down on what it called deviant groups threatening stability and security meanwhile the wife of asked of president hosni mubarak has suffered a suspected heart attack after being detained for fifteen days in cairo as part of a corruption probe the couple were accused of having abused their position for personal gain with the former president also facing charges over ordering the deaths of regime protesters. three people have reportedly been killed eighteen injured after security troops opened fire on protesters in yemen the shooting happened in the town of that's just south of the capital as thousands attended the funeral of another demonstrator killed on thursday people across the aisle have been demanding an end to the twenty year rule of president saleh however the leader remains defiant saying he will use all the necessary means to defend his position. but with the u.s. debt ceiling already at a staggering level ame

egypt. back in 2007, the radical palestinian group hamas took control of gaza by force. o prevent smuggled arms entering a territory decided to seal it off. it closed one border crossing at erez and asked the egyptians to close the other at rafah. egypt's president at the time, hosni mubarak agreed, and 1.4 million residents of gaza were penned in to one of the most densely populated strips of land on earth. then four months ago, egypt's revolution changed everything. including its relationship with israel, one of the first signs that egypt is rethinking its broad cooperation with israel is the newly opened border crossing at rafah to the relief and delight of long-frustrated palestinians. now, the israelis for their part are very uneasy about the policy shift coming up in the region, and particularly their relationship with egypt. and specifically they're worried about the open border crossing at rafah because they think it means more arms smuggled into gaza and then used to attack israel. elaine? >> oka >> this weather report sponsored by chrysler. imported from detroit

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gaza that bypasses israel. opening it would be a major shift in policy to egypt whose former president of are opposed the hamas ration in gaza. the former adviser to the palestinian leadership is now with the parties institution and he explained what this would mean for the one and a half million people who live in gaza. >> it would mean the first time in more than four years that palestinians in the gaza strip can move in and out of the gaza strip more or less freely. up until at this point that it has been what many people are describing as an open-air prison. it will have a major economic impact when you allow people and goods to move back and forth. also psychologically. there is a sense of siege which would be lifted. >> egypt says they have not consulted any foreign country in making this decision. what do you think the reaction would be when it comes? >> well, i think it is clear that they are unhappy about the decision. we have heard statements in the past, the fact that they have maintained and insisted on maintaining the blockade. we know they will not be happy with it. this is a sign of the dramatic

. >>> in the middle east today egypt lifted a four-year blockade on a key border crossing at the gazaip. hundreds of palestinians traveled immediately into egypt. the restriction was imposed after the militant palestinian group hamas took control of gaza. >>> in libya nato warplanes struck a command and control center at moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli. a nato spokesman said gadhafi himself was not the target and it wasn't known if he was at the compound. >>> as this country prepares to honor its veterans on memorial day, a federal appeals court has come down hard on the department of veteran affairs, accusing it of unchecked incompetence in providing mental health care for vets returning from iraq and afghanistan. the judges found that 18 veterans a day are committing suicide and that delays in treatment and disability benefits are so bad vets are being deprived of their constitutional rights. nbc's senior investigative correspondent lisa myers has more for us tonight. >> reporter: 28-year-old clay hunt was a marine sniper, a veteran of iraq and afghanistan. he suffered from po

egypt under mubarak. and you now have a whole area of military exposure on top of what they were facing in gaza. egypt was going to contain hezbollah in gaza on the southern side of gaza now it's going to be wide open and that's very clear. and the morn minister has made it clear that they're going to open up sbefrg gaza. >> rose: other than armed conflict, this is the toughest moment for israel in a long, long time. >> a very long time. as i say, i don't believe the president should be talking about this thing publicly. it makes it much more difficult for the parties to reach an agreement. just as a matter of having a successful outcome. but without question, given the attitudes of this president, which is probably the least supportive of israel since israel's being founded it's going to be a very, very difficult thing for israel going forward. >> rose: he's not as tough as the bush 41 was. >> nothing compared to... if you go back in terms of where bush 41 was, they all... every president has wanted to have negotiationss and every president has put pressure on israel to bring that about. this...

and a light at the end of the tunnel for people in gaza as egypt opens up border crossing ending a four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say the decision will ease the humanitarian crisis for the million plus palestinians facing shortages of food and medical supplies and. we also have news just in here on our t.v. the president of the republic of abkhazia has died in moscow we will bring you more on this later in the program stay with us here on r.t. . a country where some take pride in their wine family french wines are the world's best but all those warnings are not much different from down. others have to select kidneys to support their families but i need good morning now because of the money my health is gone in the first year of independence the country went through a civil war. nobody believed a war was possible at the end of the twentieth century moldova could have yet become another former soviet republic to experience a color revolution. what will be the outcome of the patrik said crisis in the country what future course will it choose for itself

gaza that bypasses israel. opening it will be a major shift in policy for egypt. the perform president hosni mubarak opposed the hamas administration in gaza and helps israel enforce a blockade of the strip. this is a former advisor to the palestinian leadership and he is with the u.s. think tank and he has been explaining what the opening of the crossing would mean for 1.5 million people living in gaza. >> it would mean the first time in more than four years that palestinians in the gaza strip, which is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, can move in and out of the gaza strip more or less freely. up until this point, it has been what many people have described as an open air prison. i think it will have a major economic impact when you allow people and goods to move back and forth, but also psychologically, just the sense of siege i think will be lifted. >> egypt says it hasn't consulted any foreign country in making this decision. there has been no official reaction from israel. what do you think the reaction from tel aviv will be when it comes?

and a lot of the end of the tunnel for people of gaza as egypt opens a border crossing ending a four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say the decision will ease humanitarian crisis for the million plus palestinians facing shortages of food and medical supplies. coming up on spotlight the currency crisis in belarus is plunging the country into a financial abyss we speak with a former bellerophon leader stanislav should have a chance to shine a light on the political implications of the looming crunch. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. i am now going to name my guest on the program. which i've ridden the news yesterday that a man in minsk has bought thirty two refrigerators and brought the no the problem is the severe financial crisis and by the russia that's turning into nover all economic crisis at least it may turn into such a crisis prices are skyrocketing nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow people are buying all they can the country desperately needs cash injections from the outside can this economic situation inf

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they live not only next to the border of the gaza and egypt but also on the border of peace and war. and they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. they are ready to take any risk and. the headlines. russia and the us agree upon the need for a missile defense system with both countries and security to president dmitri if you have to face talks with grok obama the g eight summit in france said it could all happen the twenty twenty. also breaking news this hour one of the world's most wanted criminals. is arrested in serbia a fugitive a bosnian serb general was post. genocide by the hague tribunal over fifteen years . pressure calls for an international investigation into georgia's armed crackdown on protesters demanding president saakashvili the president dozens were hospitalized after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds ahead of an independence day and military parade. tonight and all of our top stories in full in just about fifteen minutes time but for now let's take a deep dive into the latest sporting news with kate. i w

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and a light at the end of the tunnel for people in gaza as egypt opens a border crossing ending a four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say the decision will ease the humanitarian crisis for the million plus palestinians faced with shortages of food and medical supplies. more news coming away in half an hour first though the cream of russia's aviation crop as the technology update coming up showcases high tech helicopter innovation. hello and welcome to technology up day this month marks the fourth annual assembly of the international helicopter industry here in moscow it's a chance for companies to show off innovative concept business men to buy their own birds and for us to find out what's changing in the world of russian shop this year's show was the biggest bash yet raising the high standards set in years past the capital cities group whose expo center over one hundred sixty companies that manufacture design fly sell and supply helicopters in their parts from sixteen countries not to be outdone by some of the most popular european and american models f