oxfordshire. for those who show business use for this half hour russian director legs movie faust as won the golden lion prize at the sixty eight venice film festival the critically acclaimed movie was selected by a jury headed by darren aronofsky hughes black swan opened venice last year his most well known work to date was the semi documentary russian ark praised for the director's signature single an edited shot to learn more about his work at a website called twenty seven a half minutes past midnight moscow time we got we came through this with you know neil including use of football shocks aplenty in the russian premier league my name's kevin i want thank you for choosing r.t. this sunday morning very early sunday morning update you on our top stories in a couple of minutes. please. just sleep. for terrorist attacks and became synonymous with. the senseless slaughter of almost zero people stunned the world. the vision of a living. ten years on the t.v. remember to. look back at nine eleven se

in the rolling fields of oxfordshire at this time of year you'll probably see we barley right playing for the harvest but troy springs and warm summer's have enabled these farmers to plant a very different type of crop opium poppies they're under contract to a pharmaceutical company that turns the opium into morphine and co dean to plug a shortfall in strong painkillers in the national health service in fact there's a global shortage of drugs made from poppies the opium here will be put to good use but thousands of miles away nato troops are wiping out existing afghan poppies with bombing burning and spraying the main question is why we destroying crops and then having to grow poppies in fields in oxfordshire it's been used by the american and british governments repeatedly one of the so-called soft arguments that they want a liberal audience is that they're fighting a war on drugs this is completely poppa's the it's not true it's not what the war is about and we should all not it's easy to understand why afghan farmers to grow then sell opium to the taliban there's an effective distr

oxfordshire. greek prime minister george papandreou has promised to save these debt stricken country from bankruptcy and press ahead with vital reforms in a key speech monday called to me as he spoke police fired tear gas to disperse an angry crowd to protest of protesters in the city and the nikkei thousands of offices in the largest ever deployment of police in the country to stand by with launch until stereotype protests this weekend recreate cities are accusing athens how of being too slow in counting jobs and privatizing state assets. to sign by the end of the month of big government is going it's doing enough to get the next eight been a year of bailout installment crucial for the greek economy to stay afloat but anthony weiner at the political web site the daily columns as the greek people should not tolerate having the will of here and he's in brussels imposed on them. all of i was greek i certainly would feel like i've had enough to do with the whole charade has been going on you know the

oxfordshire. president obama is urging voters across the u.s. to get behind his half trillion dollar stimulus package to create jobs and pressure u.s. lawmakers to pass it the latest white house plan to rescue the economy was a mixture of tax breaks additional government investment and funding to states but gerald celente a publisher of the trends journal says politicians are fighting the wrong battles in the struggle against unemployment if anybody watched that you could wonder how any self respecting adult could have any respect for these politicians jumping up and down and clapping like trained seals that every two bit laws all this speech was is obama's campaign speech on one and you have the republicans that want to cut back in title mention anything going to the people bringing our stary measures and obama promising empty promises the federal reserve and some sixteen trillion dollars in stimulus back to a loans etc and they couldn't create jobs well obama said he wants to create infrastructure jobs perfect but they creating them in the wro

oxfordshire. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead pill too big to swallow president obama urging voters on lawmakers in the u.s. to back his job creation an economic stimulus package but some say he's fighting the wrong battle in his war against the point. and we'll look at what's behind the reshuffle in the u.s. highest ranks of general david petraeus takes the top job at the cia. but first the israeli embassy in cairo has been attacked by dozens of egyptian protesters they destroyed part of the wall surrounding the building and tore down the israeli flag replacing it with enter gyptian one hundreds of demonstrators have been injured with police using tear gas against the crowd the israeli ambassador and his family were flown out of the country anger swelled last month after security forces corresponding to across the border a militant attack mistakenly killed five egyptian police officers the protests also come at a time of change for the country even months after the popular uprising that ousted hosni mubarak from powe

oxfordshire and still have for you this hour a pill too big to swallow president obama urges voters and lawmakers in the u.s. to back his job creation and economic stimulus package but some say the spiting the wrong battle in his war against unemployment. now egypt's police have been put on a state of alert as protesters remain on the streets after attacking israel's embassy in cairo they destroyed a wall near the building and tore down the israeli flag replacing it with an egyptian one but at least three people have died and over a thousand were injured during clashes with police and army troops israeli embassy staff including the abass are and their families have been flown out of the country and were sold last month after israeli forces responding to a cross border militant attack mistakenly killed by egyptian police officers the protests come at a time of change seven months after the popular uprising that ousted hosni mubarak thousands have gathered in the capital so here square urging an end to military rule and pressing for urgent reforms the president of the arab wars associatio

afghanistan has been on the rise since the us occupation began in two thousand and one nor am it oxfordshire. egypt is on high alert after a night of riots and cairo left at least three people dead and over a thousand injured them instruction for reform of the country quickly turned violent as protesters vented their anger against the israeli embassy a mob tore down a wall filled the high rise building and ransacked parts of the embassy which was virtually unstoppable at the time well after hours without intervention riot police used tear gas to disperse the protesters who responded by throwing petrol bombs israeli diplomats and their families have been flown home style of it condemned the attack the incident comes less than a month after israeli forces killed five egyptian policemen in a border clash presidential candidate also television has only itself to blame for the embassy assault. as they use have been attacking and b. if you talk lately their sponsors of the egyptian government didn't respond positively to their demands even modest but given government also was really lenient with i

afghanistan has been on the rise since the us occupation began in two thousand and one you're at it oxfordshire. three people have died all over thousand have been heard in fierce writing in cairo during which the israeli embassy was a large demonstration demanding faster political reforms turned violent egypt has declared a state of high alert with most of the embassy staff leaving and the israeli ambassador being recalled to tell of their israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says his country will stick to its peace treaty with egypt this time policy reports now from tel aviv. israeli officials have condemned this in the at most terms the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu saying that it is simply unacceptable now israel has withdrawn all its embassy staff with the exception of one person that it's keeping in cairo in the hope that it can maintain some kind of diplomatic relations between both countries the egyptian prime minister has offered the resignation of both him and his cabinet to the high military council and this is almost as a form of apology for the fact that the police

afghanistan has been on the rise since the us occupation began in two thousand and one nor am it oxfordshire. greek prime minister george papandreou has promised to save these that stricken country from bankruptcy and present head with vital reforms in a key speech on the economy quote police fired tear gas to discuss an angry crowd to protest protestors in the city of pass along the cape thousands of officers in the largest ever deployment of police in the country ireland's to stand by with large until stary to protest this weekend's recreate says are accusing athens however of being too slow in counting jobs and privatizing state assets the eurozone will decide by the end of the monthly of big government is growing it is doing enough to get the next eight billion euro bailout installment crucial for the greek economy to staff load but antony while at the political web site the daily dot com says the greek people should not tolerate having the will of humor and he's a.

spraying the main question is why are we destroying crops and then having to grow poppies in fields in oxfordshire is being used by the american and british government repeatedly one of the so-called soft arguments of the liberal arguments is that they're fighting a war on drugs this is completely opposite it's not true it's not what the war is about and we should all not it's easy to understand why afghan farmers can grow then sell opium to the taliban there's an effective distribution network and they can make around seventeen times more profit per hectare than they could on wheat despite the obvious economics farmers are still being encouraged to grow other crops questions m.p. frank field think that policy has failed but the americans would punch america and we're following this behind them. and makes a nonsense of what this relationship which when you're putting regime lives at stake not to be able to use it as a bargaining position with the americans to rethink a strategy which i think most people think. if we look historically has probably try and turn it frank field and his group poppy rea

afghanistan has been on the rise since the us occupation began in two thousand and one euro and its ati oxfordshire let's take a look at some other news stories dominating headlines around the world every start with benghazi the cradle of the country's revolution where hundreds of people have walked out of the streets to protest the actions of the new libyan government little rebels are pulling back a bloody walid one of four really encouraged afy strongholds as nato airstrikes reportedly start in the area towns held by loyalists have been given until saturday to surrender to the new libyan leadership as the rebels continue the search for the fugitive leader colonel gadhafi is audio messages he's still in libya despite reports of his family and some associates crossing the border into night year. at least one hundred sixty people have died and over one hundred more are thought to be missing after a ship sank off mainland sounds near authorities say the ferry carrying more than five hundred passengers capsized after leaving port heavily overloaded rescuers are struggling to search for survivors in t

afghanistan has been on the rise since the us occupation began in two thousand and one nor end it oxfordshire. to our top story coverage of the tenth anniversary of nine eleven and the event was the worst act of terrorism on american soil and the spark that ignited the war against al qaida but despite the killing of osama bin ladin the scars of the bigger will remain to this day is already half of us found out who she spoke to the people of new york. i take it after the horrible nine eleven terrorist attacks on the us how is the world change this week let's talk about that there were i would say more dangerous but it's more like our tick saw things are predictable you know what what's going to happen next to life is much intense i think so no. every day can can be the last and you think people around the world feel this way. i think in europe in america i think so i don't know you kind of more aware of a threat just more on the lookout do you think that people around the world still keep that a chill and ten years later probably not as much as we did five years ago do you think that the amoun