freedom just parties coalition which is. the same suggests it's. a democratic coalition and it's not just made up of islamists the biggest party in the coalition is is the freedom and justice party which is which is set up by the muslim brotherhood but you have a whole wide range of secular liberal parties in that coalition too and it's very unlikely that the freedom and justice party will form a coalition and even said it expressed it. openly that they will not form a coalition with the with the salafist extremist islamists they're going to stick with liberal parties so. at the moment it looks unlikely that so-called extremist islamist government will take control in egypt and i can have a journalist so many that speak to us live from jerusalem. now russia has been speaking out for its draft u.n. resolution on syria in the face of attempts by the u.s. and its allies to see the text changed but moscow insists it's drawn up a balanced approach to solving the crisis the drama condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict calling for the violence to stop ruling out foreign intervention and sanctions washington wants the blame for the bloodshed on the damascus of already low it a

and egypt's main islamist party emerges as the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary election since the february revolution the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party is reportedly going to forty percent of the fund. going to stay with us now with the support. i don't like you joining me and here are the latest ports had. to champion russian heavyweight alexander but that didn't go as cedric boswell helsinki to retain his w.p.a. title. while an alcohol on the rim is beginning that the chelsea striker may be bound for my heart. transfer request is accepted in something good for. alan sizzling start alexanders a kick start his quest for a fourth world cup plant seeds russia will not false lead to victory in austria. russian books that exam the prevent can has retained his w b a heavyweight title after knocking out american challengers cedric boswell in the eighth round in helsinki the saudis are you old russian had boswell on the ropes by the seventh round finished off his former sparring partner in the next to remain undefeated in his twenty third with factional victory and sixteen knockout after was perfect and said he'd love to fight the und

received confirmation of how political parties have done in this first round of voting and as one sentence a pated the muslim brotherhood's political arm the freedom and justice party has come in they. quartered by the ultra conservative party of the party and a reminder that this party has the better parents to push for religious codes and then in third position as was predicted is the coalition of liberal parties known as the drug from bloc now we are hearing reaction from israel it has called these developments to quote the israeli government very disturbing he's a defense minister and he says that he hopes in egypt without fear international treaties that it has signed in the past particularly the shaky nine hundred seventy nine peace treaty with israel the muslim brotherhood has always been to this peace treaty it has close ties with ten months and in this respect mass has issued a statement on its website commending the egyptian people for what it says clearly showing support is a must be running call in talking square remains much the same as it has been three weeks now and that is that people there simply do not believe the commitment of the promise b

and egypt's main islamist party emerges as the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary election since this year's revolution the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party he's reportedly gained forty percent of the vote. all right a u.s. pakistani relations are under the microscope next here on our team as we talk to pakistan's former head of intelligence how do if you can stay with us for that. i don't let them with the nato forces attacks residential districts of pakistan's tribal areas servicemen were killed others wounded how will this incident impact the pakistan u.s. relations and how will pakistan respond to it. retired pakistani army general who served as the director general of the interest services intelligence is talking to us about the aftermath of the incident in your opinion what are the consequences of this incident can we say that pakistan has already responded in full or should we expect further actions from it while there are very bad at the moment and i think the public. this is only going to get. to the right wing. with america they're trying to manipulate in biogas found that the political direction in the future after the dr

in the voting last week how well did the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party do? reporter: they've done exceptionally well. there was no doubt that the freedom and justice part, the political wing of the muslim brotherhood was expected to have a strong showing. they won 40% of the first round, but the biggest sfrurprise in t first round of voting is the selefist. they had a strong showing, so between the two dominant forces you have a party shaping up to be leaning towards political islam in nature and more importantly this is just the first round. it's going into the second and third round in more rural areas outside of cairo and alexandria expected to be more conservative. >> isn't this a worrying development, a strong islam party dominating the vote? >> reporter: it's still very premature, because although the parliament will be predominantly made up of islamic leaning parties, the question surrounds what role will this parliament have? very important point. this parliament will not be tasked with writing the constitution. they will be tasked with selecting the

and butter issues, so far, secular parties are disorganized and weak. the better organized stronger muslim brotherhood and its freedom and justice party may win a plurality of votes. this woman doesn't want someone to tell her to take off her incob. her main goal is sharia law. there are about ten percent of the population and many fear attacks may increase if the brotherhood and allies control the government. >> last greatest hope for these people and for religious freedom is the united states government. i don't think the u.s. government gets it. i don't think the administration understands, is informed or cares. >> that may not bode well for egypt's christians. >> it might turn out to be more economically prospered. >> shay says the united states needs to use the political and economic leverage it has to protect christians and other religious minorities. washington sends the egyptian military about 1.2 billion dollars annually. >> we are going to continue to fund them and need to get something in the news. >>> more violence against christians in nigeria. attackers set fire to eight churches there. they also set fire to businesses. radical muslim sect

and egypt's main islamist party emerges as the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary elections since the february revolution the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party has reportedly gained forty percent of the vote. well they do stay with us here in our continuing coverage of the parliamentary elections here in moscow but for now build on its here in half an hour's time but now it sees a special report on the standoff between a mining corporations and eco activists in peru where locals opposed to the big guys found themselves facing unparalleled military scale violence and intimidation . this is sacred land killing. the waters from kalish naresh god how much i want to know. this if they destroy kill us that one people. will die without water our ancestors want us about this. i'm father marco antonio i don't know's i gotta. sing i was born in ca marco a little and you thought tobe a one thousand nine hundred two know your birth date me i lived most of my life in the universities and i was taught to learn from cement schoolrooms about i'd rather the nature not endure the ladies who meant us you know i couldn't do that and at least for. you a li

and egypt's main islamist party emerges as the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary election since the february revolution the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party has reportedly gained forty percent of the vote. now when a soldier pulls the trigger with another person in his sights it's a vision that is likely to never fade from memory up next our special report looks up the tough choices fighters have to make and the shattered lives they have to endure. you know. a lot of the things that happened in iraq. like when people ask me if i killed anybody. see morris honestly or kind of say they portrayed in the movies. there was this one time where position on this rooftop. was like a political protest that turned violent everyone is quiet and this young man emerges. and he's got something in his hand. and i know that it's a grenade and. but i also know that he can't do anything to us because he's still fighting. everything that i described to you i'm looking through the rear operator of my own sixteen site so it's rare very very very intense moment and. i don't remember squeezing the trigger and i remember i don't remember seeing him go down

the freedom and justice party says that initial results put it in the lead with over 40% of the vote creditthe also puts the liberal egyptian blocked neck and neck with the ultra- conservative party for second place. the official first-round results are expected thursday. the final makeup of parliament will not be made clear until march. >>> syriana is here to talk about a concerted move by the banks? >> that is right, and a surprise move, global central banks have agreed on a coordinated action to ease strain on the world's financial system, aiming to shore up markets and boost landings. the joint announcement was made by the european central bank, the u.s. federal reserve, and the central banks of japan, britain, and canada. stock-market prices surged following the announcement. in frankfurt, the dax jumped 4.6% in early afternoon trading, and the euro hit a high against the u.s. dollar. >>> we last saw this concerted action when lehman brothers went down. i asked the german institute of economic research if things are really that bad again. >> yes, i think so, this is true. if we l

parties which are storming ahead in these elections are also islamist parties who have the freedom and justice party which is a party from the muslim brotherhood and then you have the self the muslim party which promises that the future of egypt lies in its islamic pasta and they do say that sharia law will be the official state law off of. this country so several months in fact a year after the arab spring has blossomed all over the northern african and middle east continent really there have been no improvements in any sphere other than you have still thousands of people coming out. to protest in cars also in tunisia still demanding the improvements they have asked for and that is the only thing that has really changed and now you have people coming out in words essentially asking where are those things which you have asked for and again people in power in egypt right now for example are just the supreme council of armed forces who really have not gone they have not really made any move means towards making lives easier in fact several non-governmental organization offices have been raided here ju

and the third bomb destroyed a motorcade in kandahar injuring three. day two of the egyptian runoff elections has revealed tensions between the two islamist parties that dominated the vote the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party and the salafist noor party jobs and each other outside several polling stations islam is muslim brotherhood claimed forty percent of the vote after the first poll last week following a huge turnout but far fewer people have cast their votes second time around results of the elections won't be finalized until after a third round of voting early in january. now with the outcome of egypt's first post mubarak elections all but certain r.t. speaks to a former diplomat in the arab world he tells us what frightens the most about the future of egypt that's coming up next hour so let's get a quick preview now. is very important country it's a huge country with with knowledge and culture and all these things you're going to be speaking of course the you know years of staying in the areas of weakness what is more important now is to be really democratic society. far from the influence. whether this is a military element or religious. and i am afraid that all these elements if. factor in t

tensions between the two islamic parties that dominated the vote the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party and the salafist nor party jokes all the other outside several polling stations islam as muslim brotherhood claimed forty percent of the vote after the first poll last week following a huge turnout but far fewer people have cast their vote second time around result of the election won't be finalized until after a third round of voting early in january. is one. day i was out with a recap of our headlines in a few moments after a business update with dmitri. thanks allison new russian parliament has been joe's own but many of the challenges remain the same a number of these are long term projects such as building infrastructure or privatization due to changes in the constitution this duma will serve for five years rather than four and burn hours from business new europe thinks the extra time will help get things done. all of the problems that russia faces have to do with long term planning and you know massive amounts of reform rebuilding restructuring investment what have you and this

tension between the two is the miss parties that dominated the vote the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party and the salafist nor party jostled each other outside several polling stations is the muslim brotherhood took forty percent of the vote in the first poll last week for a new huge turnout but far fewer people cast their ballots second time around final actual results want to know until after a third and final run off early in january r.t. spoke to former diplomat from the arab world and told us of his concerns for the country right now is a quick preview of what's coming up in about ten minutes tonight. egypt is very important country. can't do you with with knowledge in all these things you're going to be speaking of course the you know areas of strength in the areas of weakness what is more important now is to be really democratic society. far from the influence of any indian whether this is the military a limb in order. or any image from outside and. all these elements if. factor in the future politics in egypt. more than for a madman or man shortly tonight in about ten minutes or s

and a generation of. islamic parties have reportedly taken an overwhelming lead in the opening round of egypt's first parliamentary election since mubarak's fall the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party gained forty percent of the vote with fundamentalist all newer party claiming around twenty five percent however their results are in file as most parties are set to go through to the election rounds over the next two months but as our reports from cairo many of the streets feel their votes will carry little weight and they're troubled country . long vote. and a record turnout. of political interest in a country of dictatorship. the power of the ballot the faces of the dead smiled on the one mostly street corner and one egypt signs all excited to be voting in the real connection these smiles say maybe holds nothing but. iran to boot. i wrote down. there are tens of thousands like mr mohammed young unemployed and frustrated they think it doesn't matter who they vote for because the military will still make all the important decisions the problem is you know what are they actually going to produce a parliament that cannot appoint ministers that cannot appoint a government. whose c

and at this stage though we. we are hearing eliminate any suggestions we have been receiving we do put the muslim brotherhood political party the freedom and justice party post position in second position is the ultra conservative the leftist party old nua now this party has indicated that it stands to push for stricter religious codes and then in third position is a coalition of egyptian and liberal parties who according themselves the egyptian bloc not if indeed the strain continues because remember of course that this is just the first phase of what will be a three phase election only for the lower house of parliament and only after that will be an election for the the house of parliament that indeed is the same continues it does do the religious parties a huge mandate by which to govern the country there are those critical questions that have not yet been answered and these are just how much power this new parliament will have and indeed just how much power the army is willing to hand over the use of prime minister kemal guns already has started naming his new cabinet but included in that naming is at least a dozen ministers from the previous

round of egypt's first parliamentary election since mubarak's fall the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party gained forty percent of the vote with a fundamentalist party claiming around twenty five percent however their results aren't final as most parties are set to go through to further election rounds over the next two months but as our t's'pol us leader reports from cairo many in the streets feel their votes will carry little weight in their troubled country. vote. and a record. of political influence in a country. where the power of the ballot the faces of candidates smiled on the one for the most you the street corner and one egypt since all excited to be voting in the real nixon miles say maybe hold nothing but false. iran to boot drive. down. if you want to be in the polls and if my muhammad. and frustrated think it doesn't want to vote for because so many decisions the problem is you know what or that she's going to produce a parliament to appoint ministers that come with a point. government. whose constitution whatever it turns out to be is going to be guarded by the army many in e

parliamentary election since the fall of former president mubarak the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party gained forty percent of the vote but the fundamentalist nor party claimed about twenty five percent however the results are final as most parties are set to go through to further election rounds over the next two months but as i reports from cairo many in the streets feel their votes will carry little weight in their troubled country. along those stained fingers and a record turnout over a sign of political interest in a country where decades of dictatorship has missed little appetite for the power of the ballot the faces of the small down of one in the street and wanting to are excited to be voting in a real mix and these same meaning hold nothing but. iran to. try to. grow to meet you down. there are tens of thousands of young unemployed and frustrated they think it doesn't matter who they vote for because the military will still make all the important decisions the problem is you know what are their she going to produce a parliament that cannot appoint ministers that cannot appoint

revolution a parliamentary election islam is parties have taken and they were well need to after the opening round with the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party reportedly winning a summit forty percent of the vote for more now on what this means for egypt and others let's start to transpire from the center for global research in international affairs and a columnist for the jerusalem post about something without a spine out of the first round of voting as you just say the muslim brotherhood claimed the largest percentage of the votes was this expected. yes it was expected as i think many of the most prescient analysts at least of the middle east and that goes for in the region itself in israel and also in the west saw very clearly that the muslim brothers were likely to do well in these elections had advances precisely for a couple of reasons firstly because they were the most well organized force on the ground organize not just in the cities but also in the rural areas right the way down to the small villages and communities no other political party could match that firstly and secondly because we have the track record now that when f

round of the country's first post revolution parliamentary election the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party reportedly gained forty percent of the vote with the fundamentalist elnora party thought to have claimed around twenty five however the results are not final as most are set to go through to further election rounds over the next two months but as artie's polis reports from cairo many in the streets feel their votes will carry little if any weight. long vote. in the country. the faces of candidates smiled down at one in the street and wanting to be excited to be both. hold nothing but. iran to do. try to narrow it down. there are tens of thousands like me if my mohammed young unemployed and frustrated they think it doesn't matter who they vote for because the military will still make all the important decisions the problem is you know what are they actually going to produce a parliament that cannot appoint ministers that cannot appoint a government whose constitution whatever it turns out to be is going to be guarded by the army many in egypt say they will continue to camp out on talki

round of the country's first post revolution parliamentary election the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party reportedly gained forty percent of the vote where the fundamentalist al-noor party thought to have claimed around twenty five percent however the results sound final as most part is a step to go through to further election rounds over the next two months but as our reports from cairo and many in the streets filled our virtual carry little weight. long vote stained fingers and wait for it to turn out a sign of political interest in a country where decades of dictatorship has left little appetite. for the power of the ballot the face of the candidate smile down if one for most of the street corner and wanting to persons are excited to be voting in a real election. say maybe hold nothing but false. iran to get better just trying. to mean you down with. there are tens of thousands like mr mohammed young unemployed and frustrated they think it doesn't matter who they vote for because the military will still make all the important decisions but the problem is you know what are they actually

round of the country's first post revolution parliamentary election the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party reportedly gained forty percent of the vote with the fundamentalist elnora party thought it a claimed maybe about twenty five percent however the results are not final as most parties are said to go through to further election rounds over the next two months results as paul asli reports from cairo many in the streets feel their voices will not carry any solid weight. long. and the record turnout a sign of political interest in a country where dictates of dictatorship has moved little appetite for the power of the ballot the faces of the small town of mindfulness in the street and why are excited to be both teams in a real mix and these same meaning holds nothing but. i ran to you but i just tried. to meet you down with. you there are tens of thousands like misnomer hammad young unemployed and frustrated they think it doesn't matter who they vote for because the military will still make all the important decisions the problem is you know what are they actually going to produce a parlia

of talk a lot of initial exit polls and a lot of rumors that has been bandied about it does seem as if the muslim brotherhood's political party the freedom and justice party will come first with a standing off between forty to fifty five percent in second position is likely to be ultra conservative enough its own and the latest figures we have put that at some thirty to thirty five percent now this is a group that has said that it will push for stricter controls in the parliament there and of course how much power the parliament at the end of the day is given this is in line with the trend we've been witnessing across who if africa that in recent months has seen as an honest parties coming to the fore now what is significant about these results particular is that the voting at this stage was done mostly in urban areas particularly some in cairo and in that xandra so when islamist parties have such a strong showing in urban cities it does set the stage that in the next two phases of these voting the islamists will merely continue to do as well because their hold and their popularity in those kind of areas is much higher it also sets the stage for a c

round of the country's first post revolution parliamentary election the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party reportedly going forty percent of the vote with the fundamentalist party thought to have claimed around twenty five percent however the results aren't final as most parties are set to go through to further election rounds over the next two months but as artie's point to slip reports from cairo many in the streets feel their votes will carry little weight. long queues vote stained fingers and a record turnout over a sign of political interest in a country where decades of dictatorship has lived in this small appetite for the power of the ballot the faces of candidates smiled down at one of the most of the street and while egypt's sons are excited to be voting in a real election means the maoists say many hold nothing but also. there are iran to. try to. grow to meet you down within. a few days there are tens of thousands agnes now mohammed young unemployed and frustrated they think it doesn't matter who they vote for because the military will still make all the important decisions the

spite of the fact that it was once banned according to the brotherhood's own exit polls its freedom and justice party is expected to walk away with some fifty percent of votes this will be followed by the salafi are newer which looks thick to get some twenty percent of the election ballots now there has been some concern particularly among sick universe that the muslim brotherhood might form an alliance with the surface are newer and the brotherhood has going to have this nice lifestyle new it is a much more conservative party that has a much stricter interpretation of islam not of this is the first election that is being hold since the former egyptian president hosni mubarak was forced to step down back in february and the election results were initially planned for wednesday at that stage there were delayed the announcement was given that it was because the ballots by egyptians living abroad have not yet been tallied the results were then expected yesterday first day they were a game delayed at that time the reason given was because so many people had simply turned out so the latest word we have is

the percentage of parliamentary seats shaved by very slim apart this is where the freedom and justice party related to the islamic brotherhood group of the newly emerged new party related to the newly emerging cell of his groups. are more than what was made or expected by most of moderate egyptians whether christians or moderate muslims also the liberal wing of the new comers of part of that are joining the political arena cheve considerably less than expected so it seems that egypt will be ending up with a considerable majority of parliamentary seats. related to the. present great challenge to what will be happening to egypt concerning not only running the country by an islamic majority but also what will happen to the constitution because a majority of the parliamentary group will be in charge of writing egypt's new constitution invertigo there are certain wide eyes voices calling out loud drugs. should be initiated between the liberal groups and the islamic groups in order to organize for a name game in gauge between themselves how to control and steer things. happy ending for the consti

election is a method taken and overwhelmingly the opening round with the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party reportedly winning some forty percent of the vote looking huge of egypt depends on who the problem who chooses to align with according to dr jonathan spyer for the center for global research in international affairs as. the muslim brothers even if they control the parliament together with the salafist perhaps or whoever they choose to ally with won't be able to impact on foreign policy for a while yet we'll have to wait till the presidential elections which of course do in the summer of next year into two thousand and twelve at that point should the islamists the muslim brothers win those elections too should an islamist president come to power in egypt there are we could be looking at a very new situation with regard to this vote it does depend very much on who the muslim brothers who will have the controlling presence in the parliament choose to align if they choose to ally with the. party which of course did unexpectedly well winning around twenty percent of the if they choose to a

revolution election according to official results and local reports newspapers report the freedom and justice party the political wing of the muslim brotherhood has won around forty percent of the vote meanwhile the new party a fundamentalist organization has won round twenty five percent the country's main liberal alliance the egyptian bloc got around fifteen percent of the vote the country's high elections commission has said it will release official results for part and it's only in january after all three stages of the election for the people's assembly have finished here has all the details from cairo right. now are hearing reports in these parts of the muslim brotherhood. in a comfortable first position with sixty percent of the votes now the brotherhood has gone so far as to call on its wyvil to accept. the will of the people the surprise of these elections has been the strong showing of the salafist group it is expected that it could get as much as a of the seats in parliament this would put it in a very poll for position to influence the debate and the discussion at a point of entry level