let's get more insight on the story no i talked to paul ingram executive director of the british american security information council thanks very much indeed for joining us now the state duma added its own interpretations to the deal as did the u.s. so people are asking how can this possibly work if they both have different interpretations. well the interpretations from the russian duma exactly reflect but in the opposite direction. from the senate in the in the end it's the same treaty the same text and these interpretations i think both mean it sounds as if they are contradictory but they are both accurate in the sense that there is clearly a link in the preamble of the treaty between defensive and offensive forces and. russian duma is quite correct point to that link the us senate has said that there is nothing legal preventing the americans from developing missile defense both for both the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should should they deem their security to be threatened and and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's it's not that th

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paul ingram from the british american security information council says despite some disagreements over the text of the treaty it's an important confidence building move for russia and the us in the end it's the same treaty the same text and these interpretations i think both sounds as if they are contradictory but they are both accurate in the sense that there is clearly a link in the preamble of the treaty between defensive and offensive forces and so the russian duma is quite correct point the u.s. senate has said that there is nothing illegal preventing the americans from developing missile defense but if the right the russians certainly have a right to withdraw from the treaty should they should they deem their security to be threatened and and these are points of fact of the treaty so it's it's not that they are ratifying two separate treaties the same treaty is there and in the end i think it's quite right to say that this is the first step in a very long process of confidence building and he said. after a day of discussions members of the council of europe have adopted the organ

well that was paul ingram from the british american security information council that. antigovernment protesters in egypt are ramping up the pressure on the battled president hosni mubarak as violence has been a raging since tuesday more than a hundred and fifty people are believed to have been killed in the uprising with looting spreading across the country as the army struggles to restore order. reports from the egyptian capital cairo. thousands of protesters remain in the city center into here every square now they have been joined by hundreds of judges at the same time and joined by opposition figure mohamed el baradei he is the former chief of the international atomic energy agency and he says he will be prepared to head an interim government i've asked to do so i spent most of sunday at chickaree square and i can tell you that the mood there is a very volatile and we were busy interviewing people and if they can is that changed from talking to one of anger when we ran to the car we jumped in the com people were banging on the windows and how many were in on the ca