eleven am in the russian capital you're watching are with me marina josh landmark arms treaty between russia and the u.s. to reduce their nuclear arsenals has now officially in effect the sides launch the new start agreement at a special ceremony at the security conference in munich going off was their. words put into action. documents and the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is officially in force and when it comes to the button that has worried us the most over the years the one that would unleash nuclear destruction today we take another step to ensure it will never be pushed.

what you are to live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program a better route over freedom of speech has broken out in lithuania as a local politician faces jail for his views on a massacre in the country's capital twenty years ago.

at one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshing devious leader colonel gadhafi is desperately clinging to power despite facing more defections from his own rule is battling to shore up control of the capital tripoli and western areas with protesters consolidating gains in the east of the country cannot be told to stay t.v. that of solomon and his followers are to blame for the uprising and claim for testers were given drugs to incite them to revolt. the overall number of dead after ten days of unrest has been difficult to determine with estimates ranging from several hundred to over two thousand the e.u. is considering sanctions against libya for its leader of bloody crackdown well the un human rights committee has condemned the reported mass killings meanwhile the swiss government has ordered the freezer area locally held assets belonging to gadhafi of libya following the revolutionary path of tunisia and egypt experts say resource rich arab countries are an obvious target for terrorist. revolutions rolling over the arab ruled one can shove to another some of t

in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program maybe asleep. her current gadhafi is desperately clinging to power despite facing more defections from his own rule is battling to shore up control of the capital tripoli in western areas with protesters consolidating gains in the east of the country cut off he told state t.v. that osama bin laden and his followers are to blame for the uprising and claim protesters were given drugs to incite them to revolt the overall number of dead after ten days of unrest has been difficult to determine with estimates ranging from several hundred to over two thousand considering sanctions against libya for its leaders bloody crackdown meanwhile the swiss government has ordered a freeze of any locally held assets belonging to gadhafi all the libya is following the revolutionary past of tunisia and egypt some experts believe the outcome of the revolt there will be different. but the fee is different than mubarak and ben ali if we accept the premise that he's a special type of the hater. i think most likely he will

in the russian capital you're watching artsy with me marina joshing welcome to the program the watch area and the arab world continues as the leading army is once again reported to have fired live rounds after tasks in tripoli forces loyal to longtime leader colonel gadhafi are said to have lost control over most of the country's territory and some fear it could descend into complete chaos peter all over our correspondent in the region has the latest. forces are needed a few protesters have rested power away from us to control away from gadhafi of most of libya they are in control of the majority of the country starting out in the in the east of the nation in benghazi that's where they have a main stronghold they've spread that influence across the country leaving really only tripoli the capital in the hands of the loyalists now there are those gadhafi loyalists that have been firing protestors and its civilians using live rounds also mercenaries in the capital who have been using violence against these people who want to get out of power now the son of colonel gadhafi saif has said

it is not i am of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh and we start with cairo where a mass rally has been promised by protesters demanding the country's president step down close to a million are expected to fill the streets and fresh demonstrations against the government so far more than a hundred and fifty people have been killed and south injured since protests began over a week ago many protesters claim the u.s. help to stabilize their country to make it more dependent on them behind the bar day who is the axe chief of the international atomic watchdog has been put forth to replace incumbent president hosni mubarak even though gyptian sworn to regime change they're not sure whether this candidate will serve in their best interest or those of the u.s. army's policy or has been finding out why the public doesn't fully trust him. knowing time in kind of dark empty and see. we we gather every day like at seven thirty pm. we say ok who like to to do the first shift and so would like to do the second and so on some people are armed you know mohammed and his neigh

coming to live from moscow ten am here i'm marina joshing welcome to the program and with libya in the throes of violence and bloodshed anti-government unrest in the middle east and north africa is showing little sign of dying down however is one of the countries that managed to break a decades long cycle of suppression but the question remains whether those fighting for reforms will get the change they crave are all over reports from cairo. one month from the outbreak of the revolution and so mubarak stepped down so many protesters who stood up to you gyptian regime to the cheap to use. the moment works that. it was announced. like we had on the screens on the square and people just couldn't resist for a second to get overwhelmed by the joy of like getting rid of that big figure of corruption or the regime western leaders were quick to throw their support behind the popular revolution in the country that spent the last thirty years under mubarak. to show these democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now for greater freedom and democracy in egypt ultimately of the united

what you want to live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program egypt's president hosni mubarak has announced he won't seek re-election in september a vote after more than a week of violent protests across the country urging him to step down but the u.s. president has cold for him to begin transition immediately a shift in rather it towards a leader back for nearly thirty years off party's policy here has more from egypt. men walking that is how the thousands of demonstrators on the streets of cairo are describing president mubarak's last attempt to cling to power but just how did is he and for how much longer does he.

year we're going to go live from moscow marina josh welcome to the program better raul with freedom of speech has broken out in less waiting as a local politician faces jail for his views on a massacre in the country's capital twenty years ago the official account is that fourteen people were killed in the shootings by saw the troops.

what you coming to live from moscow a marina josh welcome to the program with street protests in egypt showing little sign of abating the dispute is now moving to a political battleground the government is holding talks with the country's main opposition groups and already agreed reforms to try to end the uprising over the last two weeks against president mubarak but the opposition says this is not enough to end the standoff. has more from cairo. the talks are progressing slowly which is not a surprise to anyone here because they really are a lot of issues that need to be discussed and a lot of players who are putting their future and their reputation on the line what is significant is that it has been agreed at a committee that the stabbed.