egypt's islamised president moves to assert his power over the military as he sacks both the defense minister and the chief of staff that's amid a growing military presence in the sinai region but sixteen border guards gunned down. and with the region in chaos isolated israel is taking steps to keep its borders safe with billions going into defense washington looks set to keep up support for revolutions even if they threaten its ally. next a former syrian politician persecuted and forced underground for more than ten years tells us what he thinks is going wrong with his country. he was a critic of the syrian authorities long before it was safe to do that spending fourteen years in prison for his political activism dr abdul aziz al hayat a prominent member of syria's domestic position is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much for a time sir for receiving syrian opposition has so many faces at this moment they are bearded men with kalashnikovs there are some people who are trying to direct the uprising from abroad you represent grassroots opposition do you think that your long time

egyptian troops have detained nine islamised militants supposedly linked to the ambush hoovering that killed sixteen soldiers on the border with gaza last week the military closed the checkpoint and launched a major offensive to try and restore security in the area egypt tsunami region remains highly volatile with militant groups having her own since the toppling of hosni mubarak last year. staying with egypt the arab spring and the rise to power of the muslim brotherhood have saward its relations with israel it's also deeply affecting jews in egypt who until recently considered it their home parties falsely reports from cairo. alone frightened and struggling one of the last of her people in a land that no longer wants them selene has merely the photos of who did family for comfort she is one of cairo's few remaining jews once there were eighty thousand now there are fewer than twenty and certainly i'm afraid certainly i am but as the bad i try to forget. she has reason to be wary the new rulers of egypt the muslim brotherhood call for jihad and want the liberation of palestine they'v

assaults from insurgents demanding a greater share of the income from the natural resources there islamised militants are also active and sometimes target minority shiites. a kurdish attack on a turkish military outpost has killed at least nineteen people close to the iraqi border the rebels fired rockets at troops in a midnight assault turkey then scrambled fighter jets to seek out the attackers clashes have been on the rise in the area over the past year as kurds seek an autonomous homeland in a violent struggle that started in one nine hundred eighty four. public anger in israel over living conditions have again drawn thousands out in protest in tel aviv this time it was sparked by new austerity measures and tax hikes at a time when many israelis feel sidelined by the government spending more money on military settlements prime minister netanyahu has approval ratings are at record lows the protests began last summer and have seen several clashes on two people set themselves on fire. china summoned to u.s. diplomat in protest to criticism of beijing's new military garrison in the south ch

targeting tribesmen who had sided with the yemeni army this was during an offensive against the islamised militants there all this comes after a u.s. drone strike has killed at least five possibly more suspected al qaeda members earlier in the day. and if you've got vacations planned to mexico in jamaica well you may have to reconsider the tropical storm ernesto is on its way there and it's expected to swell into a category one hurricane the u.s. national hurricane center predicts it will hit the mexican coast by wednesday with winds reaching one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour jamaican authorities have issued storm warnings and are evacuating people from the mainland to them inland. meanwhile the u.n. has announced a crude aid shipments to north korea this follows heavy flooding that's building in the hundred and seventy people there are hundreds of thousands more are just glazed and large swaths of damaged recent events prompted fears of food shortages during the flooding comes on the heels of the most severe drought in decades. iran has conducted military exercises launching a n

egypt's islamised president moves to assert his power over the military as he saxo both the defense minister and the chief of staff a meadow growing military presence in the sun our region. and with the region and calles isolated israel is taking steps to keep its borders safe while washington looks set to keep up support for revolutions even if they threaten its ally. hello and welcome to our team this monday it is four o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen tara well the syrian opposition has reiterated its calls for a no fly zone in the country although still reluctant to get directly involved the u.s. has voiced support for the move even if it means bypassing the un washington and its allies have also pledged more support for anti assad fighters syrian rebels claim they have shot down a government warplanes and captured the pilot a video posted on you tube a showed a plane being hit there's been no comment so far from state officials meanwhile a legit rebel atrocities off forcing more syrian activists to renounce the opposition this i'm not sure who it is you see here apparently shows insu

move comes just days after he forced the nation's top two commanders into retirement nearly elected islamised president has already appointed new military leaders to the vacant positions corsi has been in a power struggle with the military since he took office in june the previous four egyptian presidents have come from the military indirectly allowing it to rule the country for the last six. australia's highest court has blocked the extradition of a former hungary and soldier charles zentai is accused of torturing and killing a jewish teen and nine hundred forty four during world war two the court sided with a previous federal decision to stop the extradition saying war crimes charges didn't exist at the time of the killing then todd says he's innocent and has been fighting extradition for nearly a decade. time now for the business update dimitris so the markets are in for a chill today but apparently the reason is the same as the markets were growing the day before that's absolutely right depends on how you look on things really because yesterday we had the retail sales in the us coming bet

border checkpoint that left at least sixteen security officials dad israel denies the claims blaming islamised militants and criticizing pose revolution edge of for losing its grip of the region geopolitical analyst eric drawing serve thinks the attackers goal was to put the two countries at loggerheads. gets less important to examine necessarily who might have carried that out because it's somewhat unknown but the significance of this playing up the idea that egypt and israel must be at each other it benefits both sides because the muslim brotherhood is able to play to their base while the reactionaries in israel behind netanyahu and the ultra right are able to play to theirs so this is stoking the conflict stoking the tension in order to execute the geopolitical agenda of the west there is the obvious which is to destroy whatever cooperation does exist as a remnant of the egyptian israeli treaties this is also perhaps to bolster the muslim brotherhood in terms of the salafi. extremist elements in egypt but at the very end of every basic level this is to stoke the conflict that is existing in

i have for this hour the road to ruin we peek into the future of post revolution libya as recent islamised attacks and religious shrines trigger fears the country is about to plunge had first into tribal chaos and bloodshed. and now time out for athens european leaders remain on swayed by a greek p.r. blitz asking for more time to implement cuts and the problem of its crumbling economy. an average of three months for every person he killed a court this week handed a twenty one year prison term to mass murder anders breivik for the massacre of seventy seven people last july it's the maximum sentence possible in norway but it can be prolonged if the killer is still deemed a mannus to society once the terms complete the prosecution has demanded brevik should have been placed in a secure psychiatric unit saying he was insane but the judge ruled he was mentally sound the killer who never showed any remorse for his actions during the whole trial said he was satisfied with such a decision to sell breivik will be locked up and has sparked a wave of condemnation as many believe it's more like a hot

different groups and since really is a vital interest of theirs and try and bias this against of the islamised against the extremists and certainly against al-qaeda david it looks like al qaeda is doing a good you know having success in syria here is this because the west chose certain signs in this conflict. well you know the united states has made clear by unconstitutional presidential decree which is a separate problem that it is supporting with with resources these rebels in syria allowing other nations allied with the united states to provide the weaponry and that's the extent of our knowledge we don't know whether the united states is providing weaponry but we know that it's not too late for the united states to pull back to recognize that this has become so difficult on their own terms in the usual thinking that we have to do nothing or provide weapons and and our own military force that that it's not going to work there's no way it's going to work on its own terms and that if the united states wants to have influence it can have influence through working with the regional and internati

comes just days after he forced the nation's top two commanders into retirement the newly elected islamised president has already appointed a new military leaders to the vacant positions morsi has been in a power struggle with the military since he took office in june the previous four education presidents have come from the military and directly allowing it to rule the country for the last six decades. australia's hardest court has blocked the extradition of a former hungary and soldier charles zentai is accused of torturing and killing a jewish teen and nine hundred forty four during world war two the court sided with a previous federal decision to stop the extradition saying war crime charges didn't exist at the time of the killing says he's innocent and has been fighting extradition only a decade. used. it's time now for the business out there dimitri and you tell me earlier that today is one of those favorite business news days for you what exactly did you mean by that well it's one of those days when one story can actually explain any behavior of the markets yesterday for example we h

egypt's islamised president moves to assert his power over the military as he sacks both the defense minister and the chief of staff made a growing military presence in the sinai region. and with the region and chaos isolated israel is taking steps to keep its borders safe while washington looks set to keep up support for revolutions even if they threaten its allies. following welcome to r.t.e. this monday i'm karen taraji broadcasting to you from our studio in moscow well the syrian opposition house reiterated its calls for a no fly zone in the country although still reluctant to get directly involved the u.s. has previously voiced support for the move even if it means bypassing the un washington and its allies have also pledged more backing for and sought fighters syrian rebels say they have shot down a government warplane and captured the pilot activist released a video showing a fighter jet catching fire after it was apparently hit by a ground shelling however state officials insist it crashed due to technical failure meanwhile a legit rebel atrocities are forcing more syrian act

egyptian armored trucks one of which exploded no group has claimed responsibility for the assault but islamised militants are suspected. the scientific world is holding its breath as the most advanced mars spacecraft ever built is set to land on the red planet in just a few hours at around zero five thirty g.m.t. nasa spent two point five billion dollars on the curiosity rover mission to study whether we could ever make mars our home russia has also been looking towards the red planet after successfully conducting a five hundred twenty day long experiment to find out if a manned mission to mars is possible. monday marks sixty seven years since the u.s. dropped a nuclear bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima residents visitors blast survivors and their relatives have gathered at the peace memorial to commemorate the victims the u.s. attack leveled the city and killed more than one hundred forty thousand people hastening japan's surrender and the end of world war two anti-nuclear rallies are expected to accompany commemoration events and. an intense firefight between israeli military and palesti

egypt's islamised president moves to assert his power over the military as he sacks both the defense minister and the chief of staff that's amid a growing military presence in the sinai region sixteen border guards gunned down. and with the region in chaos isolated israel is taking steps to keep its borders safe with billions going into defense while washington looks set to keep up support for revolutions even if they threaten ets ally. thanks peter lavelle and his guests cross talk whether america is simply. a help or hindrance to the world. if you. start. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle what is the state of the american empire is it suffering from military overreach and carry continue to afford such a massive global military presence can the u.s. and its allies really afford more wars of choice and importantly is empire damaging the very foundations of american society. and. to cross-talk the u.s. empire i'm joined by her at london in new york he is president emeritus of the hudson institute also in new york we have george samuel he is a journalist foreign policy an

thousands have gathered for a demonstration against the ruling islamised party in the central tunisian town of cd blues eat the heart of the two thousand and eleven uprising they demanded the release of nearly forty five people arrested when police dispersed in previous protests last thursday with more rubber bullets and tear gas on monday this week thousands also took to the streets of the capital to vent anger at a proposed amendment to the country's constitution that might reduce women's rights under the islamist government. it's now time for business with kerry and it seems a rupee is the theme today absolutely karen and it's not a fashion statement by any means at all it's just a response right now to all the optimism that we've had in recent weeks the build up in anticipation of central banks intervening to boost the markets but right now that hope is beginning to wane and you can see that really with the european markets they are indeed posting losses and the same thing happens in asia earlier on today that session two ended up in negative territory and europe is heading in the