>> shellings mubarak and the american president. mubarak has been there for the egyptian president for six american presidents. it was basically the fear, the use of fear. most egyptians fear something would happen, and and a lack of alternatives. the regime was always teaching us, "there is no hope." we get this message. what is going to happen? what we know is better than what we do not. the evil that we know is better than what we do not know, as americans say. that was part of the culture that started from the military rule in 1952. in the second chapter of the book, i talked about trying to give some perspective of what happens in the country. we did not have an election. it was basically you go and say whether you like the president or not, and it is one president. you do not have the fortune to choose, and it ended up with 99.9% until it reached a market, where he was not as good of a performer, where it was 93%, so the older generations were more risk averse, were more, ok, that is it. we should live our lives. there is a co

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to run the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they they're blocking reforms the military side it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date kyra based journalist who says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was exemplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago

still ahead here you get some of the toppling of mubarak but instead of celebrating also each of the generals try gets people who feel betrayed by the military rulers and won't try and if that still hasn't come. under group of politically active russians take the matter of election transparency into their own hands by organizing a vote of the. iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking on the surge a sudden of us year old islamic revolution president ahmadinejad's that iran would never stop enriching uranium iran insists its nuclear program is to serve its domestic energy needs but the united states and its allies the u.n. a zero suspect iran could be pursue nuclear weapons they have been piling up sanctions against the country but the mother shot warns that europe's planned all in bangor will backfire spain one of the biggest you consumers of iranian oil sands the sanctions would hurt it more than any other european state madrid based journalist whole mcgregor believes the embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're seeing here is not a dec

still ahead here on our c for you idea is the toppling of mubarak but instead of celebrations across egypt a general strike as people feel betrayed by the military rulers and want to change that still hasn't caught. on to the political activity russian's taking them out of elections transparency into their own hands by organizing of voters believe. that slate about thursday iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking on the thirty third of us year of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad said tehran would never stop enriching uranium iran insists its nuclear program is to serve its domestic energy needs but the united states and its allies the u.n. a zero suspect tehran could be pursuing nuclear weapons they've been piling up sanctions against the country but one of the shard of that europe's planned or limberger will backfire spain one of the biggest you can steam is a reunion or satisfaction with that of more than any other european state madrid based journalist. believes the embargo has been forced upon europe. would we're seeing here i

a general strike in egypt among the past and ever it's your all the ousting of dictator hosni mubarak with protesters calling for the country's military rulers to stand down accusing them of being driven reforms. greece's prime minister are just part of interpret french concent return for half an hour thirty billion euro bailout from the i about that indeed warning the country faces economic chaos otherwise thousands have rallied in athens however angry at the harsh impact that was story including slashing the minimum wage but. also. europeans demanding freedom and no censorship is speaking out against the global anti-piracy alex that governments what. exactly is like for most of this is also here with me today ship of all of us thanks for joining us fast addictions are staging a general strike and a day of civil disobedience to the fast and of us are all that topping that former leader hosni mubarak that according to the military rulers to step down immediately accusing them of pain during reform all he's really going to reports now from tahrir square. if you ask those people they wi

military coup may be piggybacking on a popular uprising and trying to perpetuate mubarak without mubarak. whether they'll succeed, i think s a different matter, but that's part of the reason why things went so quickly. in syria i view no such chance. you can't have the current regime surviving by ce posing the -- deposing the power structure. they may try, but i think it's much harder to do because they feel like once he go -- all these cases one of the key determining factors is how is the security apparatus constituted, what is its nature and what's its relationship with the regime. second point, and you mentioned the counterrevolution, that's the title of the article that i wrote several months ago. one of the points we make in the piece is that the egyptian revolution in particular was sort of an anti-leninist revolution. yes, ashraf is right in that there were people organizing it, but there was no pure leadership, there was no ideology behind it. there was not a program. you didn't have the communist manifesto, you didn't have -- >> right. >> it was even like the iranian revolution

hopefully can hear us better this time now as we know mubarak has been out of the picture for a year and the military took over when he left now what's behind the latest public show of discontent with the armed forces. well like you said mubarak has been out for a year but a lot of people here in the country are saying that nothing really has changed over the past year maybe gone but he is his legacy so to speak lives on so and that of massive civil disobedience it has begun last night in cairo and in several other cities in egypt is going to continue for as long as the people can hold out a matter of fact the two of the acts of civil disobedience and a strike which they're calling on everybody in the country to join has been staged by by they're going to comprises which is comprised of fifty most active revolutionary movements in the country including six of the most of the most prominent revolutionary movements they include anybody not just the political groups but pretty much everybody from from from workers to students university students university professors as a matter of fact

revolution is continuing in the sort of struggle between the old order the of the remnants of the mubarak regime who are still in power versus the current. the versus the new forces that are being unleashed by the revolution i mean one of the key issues that is being fought over the issue of the loan from the eye enough to egypt there's a lot of back and forth between the i.m.f. and different members of the egyptian government about whether those laws are going to take place or not and whether they're going to be provided low interest rates or not and what sort of conditionality is attached to them. a lot of talk about it but sir for yet the egyptian government has not officially taken on those loans what's happening is that the rating of the egyptian government is being downgraded by the rating agencies and the bottling costs of the egyptian government are getting very high so people know we're expecting a fiscal or possibly a monetary crisis in egypt which is you know obviously going to be a very bad thing the unfortunate thing is that this is being used as a justification for rushing t

a few weeks ago which saw seventy four people die so essentially we seen very little reform since mubarak stepped down and people basically anxious that nothing will change and that will just slip into a new a new dictatorship i think most people here would post i would say they do say that the revolution never end but it's called the continuance of the ongoing revolution really since january even after mubarak stepped down this time last year that being continuous sit ins and protests and violent clashes with egypt's security forces pushing for protestors pushing for change they haven't seen yet and in a meeting with america's top military officer egypt's senior general the fan of the clampdown on international non-governmental organizations in cairo the country's armed forces want to restrict the work of n.g.o.s and have ordered the probe into their conduct claiming some are working to destabilize the country reports from cairo. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and they may want is why now the groups many of which funded by washington have been on th

yes it is the toppling of mubarak but instead of celebrations across egypt at general strike its people feel betrayed by the military rule is and won't change that still doesn't come. under the politically active russians take the matter of elections transparency into that own hands by organizing the voters lead. that slate about the fallout iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program and speaking of the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad said tehran would never stop enriching uranium it will insist its nuclear program is to serve its domestic energy but the united states and its allies the u.n. a zero suspect tehran could be pursuing nuclear weapons and they've been piling up sanctions against it. was that europe's planned all the bangle will backfire spain one of its. biggest consumers of iranian oil sanctions would hurt it more than any other european state and madrid based. believes there has been forced upon. what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never wanted t

the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak's ousting with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. the people of greece have marched on the streets in anger over a new set of cuts as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat by security and now their bailout. and russian civil society takes center stage in politics as a group of public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential elections the backing of all the candidates. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with josh the arab league will hold a series of meetings later on sunday to decide what further action to take on the crisis in syria the body will consider resuming its observer mission and the syrian opposition xpect official recognition from some of the arab states meanwhile violence escalates across the country with does. ordered killed over the past twenty four hours an army general was assassinated in damascus on saturday following deadly twin bombings of the security service headquarters in the c

a journal strike in egypt marks the fast about the ousting of dictator hosni mubarak with protesters calling for the country's military rulers to stand down accusing him of dring reforms. greece's prime minister just parliament approved cards in return for a one hundred and thirty billion euro bailout from the i.m.f. and do you warning the country faces economic terrio sidewise thousands have rallied in athens however angry at the hard part of a story including slashing the minimum wage it's also. the. europeans demanding freedom censorship is speaking out against the global anti piracy government's. use of russia and around the world this is all see with me here thanks for joining us first egyptians are staging a general strike and a day of civil disobedience to mark the fast anniversary of the toppling of former leader hosni mubarak calling for the military rulers to step down immediately accusing them of pain during reform. reports now from to hit square. if you ask those people they will tell you that really nothing has released me in the years since the bark has been ousted as a

the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak sousing with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. the people of greece have marched on the streets in anger over a new set of part of a government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat by security at another bailout. and russian civil society takes center stage in politics as a group of public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential elections with the backing of all the candidates. in the russian capital you watching r.t. with me arena joshie now is no u.n. mandate to act on syria the u.s. is gathering a coalition of nations willing to help bring about regime change in damascus indirectly meanwhile the arab league is meeting to mull over what further action to take on the crisis in syria and this comes as the country's violence continues to escalate was no end in sight or desire in a village who has the details. the arab league did have an observer solution in syria. in december of last year but they pulled out in january citing an

the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak's ouster with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. the people of greece a march on the streets over a new set of cuts the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat by securing yet. the russian civil society takes center stage and politics as a group of public figures steps up someone and so the upcoming presidential elections with the backing of all. the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly with me will receive show the arab league is mulling over what further action in might decide to take on the crisis in syria comes as the country's violent escalates with no apparent and in sight. is meeting today. the arab league did have an observers mission in syria which began in december of last year but they stopped their mission there in january already saying that the violence was escalating there are hopes that this time the arab league will team up with the united nations observer mission and they will start their p

egypt's streets and squares were alive with running crowds once again a year after president mubarak was forced from power. people here are calling the military council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms in the country more from tahrir square just ahead. more pressure is called on the syrian regime as you know it's a new resolution blaming it lands at the u.n. general assembly we'll have live on syria shortly here on r.t. . and greek lawmakers further to brussels with more cuts in exchange for pain of cash while people vent their frustration on the streets of athens our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is twenty four hours a day egyptians are staging a general strike in a day of civil disobedience to mark the first anniversary of the toppling of former leader hosni mubarak they're calling for the military rulers to step down immediately accusing them of hindering reform well he's only going to school reports from the iconic on his square. if you ask those people they will tell you that really nothing has really been sne

thirty years of mubarak's rule to meet the number of people try them under military tribunals where one to two thousand now you know within about ten months or eleven months we have twelve thousand which is of course a humongous number for a country ruled by the military the supreme council of the. armed forces or skaf that's no surprise but surprisingly enough those discounts took over from who'd previously run the country are not themselves before military tribunals. for. suspected killers. to be civil court system. the ordinary people there may be. medical records this is a better way and this is in the. hasty with no proper investigation usually with no lawyer and behind closed doors and with no right of appeal human rights activists complain military trials provide no justice and violate human rights you know you have a nineteen year old getting a twenty five year old send your centers because he walks i'm out of cocktails and people who are found guilty of killing somebody by brutally beating him up and torturing him until he died these are getting seven years in jail so i mea

simply towards paying off taxes to go towards paying off interest on the debts right mubarak is gone but now it's time to overthrow the real dictator that being of course the i.m.f. now we've had the arab spring and then we found the occupy wall street movement now a new movement is taking shape around the world these are up protestors who are protesting again so people either stop on line piracy act and related intellectual property laws that are attacking the internet from the corporate side the corporatist want total control of the internet and is that a fair statement are is this a case of the corporatist who are attacking the innovators the entrepreneurs and the free marketeers do you see this playing out as as an extension really of this global insurrection absolutely i think it's what we're seeing with the internet is very interesting because as markets in the real world continue to be strangled and controlled more and more by the managerial state by governments all over the world the internet is really the place where the market where the free market has gone because in the i

almost which mubarak has been in power it has only served to enrich mubarak and his cronies and it is not brought development of the country all that it has done is increase the indebtedness of the country and make people liable for paying more and more and more of their income towards taxes to go towards paying off interest on that and i think egypt needs to make a clean break with the past with these policies of the mubarak era from the respect of particularly by making a statement on the debt. letting the foreign desert be basically repudiated and mubarak should be made liable for the domestic that they need to reach a sort of agreement with the domestic creditors that you know save the save the banking system advance it from a collapse by recapitalizing the banks in case they have a problem with liquidity because of the treasuries and then after that they must have a balanced budget that is no alternative to fiscal responsibility as you look at europe and what is happening in europe or in the us or in arab countries there is really is no alternative for as an individual or as a co

i think the foreign that should be basically repudiated and mubarak should be made liable for it and the domestic that they need to reach a sort of agreement with the domestic creditors that you know save the save the banking system advance it from a collapse by recapitalizing the banks in case they have a problem with the liquidity because of the treasuries and then after that they must have a balanced budget that is no alternative to fiscal responsibility as you look at europe and what is happening in europe or in the us or in our countries there is really is no alternative for as an individual or as a country there's no alternative to being fiscally responsible so the path through it is to eliminate interest payments as a massive part of the budget and reformulate the budget in a in a way that doesn't hurt the poor and in a way that stops giving favors to the connected people from the regime and as a result leaves the budget being able to be balanced without having to resort to foreign borrowing because this is really the main problem if you get involved in foreign bottling it lea

we are not sure that mubarak is out of power because well what is happening was mubarak he is living in total luxury in this presumable hospital and usually with i don't know how many jacuzzi bus i don't know what he's brought in and out of his trial by helicopters his trial is a mockery trial it's a charade and everybody expects that he would be acquitted so we don't think that he is really out of quo or i think that he as well as his associates in the skaf the supreme council on forces of the orchestrators of the atrocities that are having and that we are having in egypt right now and they should be brought to justice all of the groups of supporters of cairo's football club have pledged a new war to defend the revolution as they say that wednesday's clashes were an attempt to punish them for their part in the overthrow of mubarak do you think this could become another full scale operation i'm sorry i didn't get old your question do you think that this could lead to this unrest that's going on in the wake of the football violence could it lead to another uprising it is already a tot

the spirit of revolution and returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak's ouster with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. the people of greece march on the streets over a new set of cuts as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat by securing yet another bailout. and russian civil society takes center stage in politics as a group of public figures steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential elections but with the backing of all the candidates. with the top stories of the week and today's headlines this is the weekly with me rule received shine the arab league is mulling over what further action to take on the crisis in syria this comes as the country's violence. when used to escalate there is apparently no end in sight in a few moments we'll be talking to our teaser she's standing by live in cairo where currently a pan arab body is meeting we'll do that in just a moment but for now in cairo thousands of people have now joined a general strike in protest against the ongoing military rule exactly a year

toppling of mubarak last year they are not satisfied with what they've seen over the past year we cantalk about the elections which took place not too long ago so they did have a chance to make their voices heard they didn't have a chance to cast a vote but again a lot of people are saying that still not everything has been achieved a lot of their evolutionary goals the jobs the economy education and also doing away with massive corruption which was left over from the mubarak era a lot of that still has not been done it's better a fact my colleague looks at the finer points of what exactly people are trying to achieve by continuing to stage protests. around a thousand killed at least six thousand injured and even more. egypt's people have. to leave in a new country despite all the sacrifices the shadow of the old regime launch during mubarak thirty years of mubarak's rule the number of people try them under military tribunals where wanted two thousand now you know within about ten months or eleven months we have. twelve thousand which is of course a humongous number for a country rule

and we were criticized by main opposition if mubarak continues, what will you be doing? and it was interesting, a letter was sent to me by my former colleague, expressing, praising turkish action and polite disappointment about the statement. i responded next day, saying we tru trust, egyptian people because egyptian people produced one of the most successful society in the world. egyptian people know this best for their own. and because of our rust in the egyptian people, prime minister made this call, they should be given their chance for their own future and after one week, mubarak left. if we were hesitating and we were not sure about our neighbors and we tried to praise or keep good relations with mubarak of course today, turkish prime minister would not be welcomed by around 20,000 egyptians when he went to cairo september last year, or 10,000 people would not have welcomed him in libya. here our main reference is zero problems with our neighbors means excellent relations with the maximum integration and with the people of our regions. then, we declared other princ

the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak's ousting with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council but the generals are clinging on to power which they refuse to give up i'm still only a few. people have marched on the streets in anger over. the government's struggles to keep the country's economy afloat parliament is now due to debate draft bill on the scaredy measurements by the e.u. and i.m.f. . and russian civil society take center stage in politics as a group of public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential vote backing from all of the candidates and the goal of the so-called voters league is to ensure a fair and transparent election. if you like to enjoy the channel experience of being lighter than air while getting a bird's eye view of the world there is nothing quite like a hot air balloon up next we'll take a ride in the oldest type aircraft known to man. people couldn't fly for a long time i don't think because they didn't think it was possible we can learn how to do that without