over r t. l you're with r.t.l. coming your way in a matter of minutes all of that out of love as you saw is for parents to sue one of wiki leaks publishing the guardian for libel there are claims that these paper redacted the cables in iraq with its editorial agenda. and a look at the plight of the iraqi christians were forced to flee their homes to escape sectarian violence. now this week we thought leaks founder julian assange faced extradition hearings in london well the verdict on whether he will be handed over to sweden for questioning over sex assault allegations is expected later this month and with the u.s. reportedly preparing its own case against assad many are seeing a fair conspiracy between the two cars. trees artes and the somali has more of the law lasting us swedish cooperation. so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states the country that gave us our but flat pack furniture for d

thank you sir that's r t sarah for three porting from moscow. and european stocks. rising with london's footsie just about to break the six thousand level imperial tobacco group is the top gainer on the footsie surging five percent on reports of higher net revenue and a fifty percent dividend payout mining stocks are also on the day with xstrata rio tinto and b.h.p. billiton all over two percent and finally pharmaceutical giant asteroid zeneca is down over three percent despite the news of approval of its new children's book flu vaccine. and in russia the r.t.s. and my sex are positive posting strong gains energy shares are higher with oil above the one hundred dollars per barrel mark. meanwhile rising oil prices are sending energy shares higher gas prices and lukoil are seeing approximately the same gains adding on average two and a half percent mining shares are also among the leaders on the my sex with severstal and also nickel both climbing slightly over one percent gold is inching lower slightly over half a percent as gold prices have come down. and that's your

fled italy's southernmost point lampedusa close european shore to the troubled region that's where r t z or piskun of joins us with more. we don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see a tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighty miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and world leaders sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still managed to remain a peaceful isolated ruled populated mostly by fishermen and holiday makers who just recently the peace was disturbed after the recent revolution in tunisia in just two weeks the island became flooded with refugees many spend their entire days do some wandering around town there have already been reports of thirst and vandalism and several have been arrested we've been talking to the locals and some of them are even afraid to come out on the streets when it's dark it takes around three days to seel from tunisia to lampedusa and these are some of the actual boats used by the refugees to get here and you can

at seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live with me and he said now way first up this hour sectarian violence has forced the rocky christians to seek haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled there in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and that sebastian meyer reports from iraq those who've stayed there are continued target of extremist. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdish region because they become targets of extremist groups in the country in two thousand and seven miriam was hit by a bomb that was planted outside her house the lack i went out with my arm just to buy some chocolate and come back i went out and didn't see anything i just heard the bomb and i fell to the ground miriam was lying in the street with her foot dangling from her leg her father i had rushed outside but. i saw my daughter lying like a grown

new bigger wave of refugees can flood not only this tiny island but the entire continent is going off r t one to italy but eight years discussing imposing sanctions against libya for a violent suppression of opposition protests some experts believe the measure could also help stop the flow of illegal immigration even before all these. things the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial and we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do it depends on the ability of actually cordy meeting among some of the governments that are most affected the instruments. of eligible to the international community in the short term are very limited i mean imagine if in two months time coral gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done and clearly one obvious thing to do or one immediate thing that could be done is a visa ban on the

in the r t. essel ahead for you this hour the very first leg of the race i'm not at this time a candidate for the presidency i will decide by june whether or not i will become one we take a sneak peek at who might be the potential candidate for the twenty twelve u.s. presidency and what their rhetoric might mean for the country and the rest of the world. and the landing on mars just hours away the crew of the longest space flight simulation in history preparing mankind for a real trip to the red one. well if there's one thing the twenty ten south african world cup will be remembered for is the constant lead of the us what some are determined not to be outdone by the infamous horn with ukraine and poland set to host the two thousand and twelve european championships locals have decided it's the perfect opportunity to promote the european cousin artie's alexei or ships he has the story. remember the whole mark sound of last summer's football world cup the distinctive droning of the traditional sout

stay with us here on r t coming up a virtual trip to space we take a look at a unique way to journey to the red planet by a multinational through and what it could mean for real space travel. plus about the opposition on the head that's a recipe for a stable country according to the president of bellaver stay with us for some analysis. first though a new wiki leaks revelations appear to show washington attempting to pressure nato a diplomatic cable released by the whistleblower says the u.s. went as far as snooping on the alliance's top official or he's catarina czar of a reports on the allegations. cat among the pigeons whistle blower strikes again this time at the very heart of nato according to documents published by two european newspapers a u.s. mole was planted right in the office of the alliance's secretary-general several of the cables revealed by wiki leaks indicate america is trying to control nato from within reporting confidential information back to washington this point of view is supported by some of the documents allegedly sent by u.s. diplomat jeff rafter. when under

r t sitting down with professor johan galtung an internationally recognized founder of peace studies and author of more than one hundred fifty books his most recent book is titled the fall of the u.s. empire and then what professor galton thank you very much for sitting down r.t. today my pleasure in two thousand you had predicted in forecasts that that the united states would fall apart would crumble in twenty twenty five and then after.

for welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is r t with me and he said now way it's two pm here in the russian capital of eleven am in london protesters in yemen are reported to have taken over the country's second largest city on the tenth day of turmoil there it's chaos red throughout the arab world wide witnesses say police have disappeared from the streets of the port city of aden where looting has begun in libya over eighty people are reported killed from violence surrounding anti-government protest the capital tripoli is relatively calm but the east of the country has been overwhelmed by clashes.

will really trust the alliance at all gas trainers are about r t. wave of anti-government protests that started in tunisia in egypt continues raging across the greater middle east thousands have been clashing with police in yemen's capital for a full week now and libya at least twenty people have been killed as police are appointed moved higher arms in various cities and in bahrain mourners chanted anti-government slogans after security forces dispersed thousands of rioters from the center of the capital manara the opposition reports at least three were killed and more than one hundred injured mideast expert. says that although the region is in turmoil it's hard to say just how fundamental the changes will be. these are revolts and not revolutions yet people's mindsets a revolutionary they want change they're fed up with these are revolts until the structures in place change it won't be considered revolutions in order for democratic position to occur people need to elect their officials right now we're not seeing that we're seeing the status quo in

watching r t at nine pm moscow time on kevin owen with a top story for you tonight and gun fire has been heard on the streets of the libyan capital as hundreds of opposition protesters gather to call for an end to colonel gadhafi is ruled there are also reports of pro-government forces launching airstrikes on protesters in other parts of the country artie's played all over is keeping across developments from neighboring egypt for us let's cross to him now pedro evening to you what more can you tell us about how things are escalating in libya tonight. well the situation at the minute is on monday resort hundreds of protesters on the streets of tripoli protesting against the gadhafi regime has started after a funeral of one of the protesters who had been killed by a pro gadhafi militia last week we are the reports that the mercenaries may have fired at those protesters also that security forces fired shots to try and disperse the crowds now colonel gadhafi is certainly embattled at the moment he is not in control of anywhere in libya pretty much outside of the capital tripoli the oppositio

while you're watching r t it's good to have you with us today and we have plenty more ahead for you this hour including you can find out why the. wiki leaks and. libel charges following whistle blowing web site. look at the iraqi christians. being continuously targeted by extremist groups. well this week one of the world's most wanted terrorists claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on moscow's busiest airport last month the deadly bombing drew attention serious security lapses at transport hub switch as president of discovered himself haven't all been addressed. reports. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives have been taken by his deadly complain j h in-born said this week he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the idea of the airport when one of made the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website he described the suicide bombing as his special operate and promised more terrorist attacks security experts say the massachusetts enforces why he's no longer described as just a chechen warlord but as an international terrorist g

r. t. washington d.c. . and whoever becomes the next u.s. president one of the main challenges they'll face is the growing budget deficit but his reports show in january it rose almost fifty billion dollars seven billion more than last year but the struggling. color me and suffering its twenty eighth consecutive month in the red some wonder if the u.s. might end up going broke when her show the resident laurie hard finished hits the streets of new york to find out of people really think america is on the brink of going bust. the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now were something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's always been laid up on not say

over r t. l you're with r.t.i. coming your way in a matter of minutes fallen out of love in a song there is to sue one of wiki leaks publishing partners the guardian for libel . or death or the cables in the wind with its editorial agenda. the legal drinking age in russia is eighteen years old so how easy is it for a teenager to get his or her hands on some hard liquor or we sent our hidden cameras to find out what fuels altering booze addiction who is to blame. well this week regular leaks founder julian assange faced extradition hearings in want it all the verdict on whether he will be handed over to sweden for questioning over a sex assault allegations is expected later this month and with the u.s. reportedly preparing its own. case against assad many are seeing a fair conspiracy between the two countries and he said now it has more on the long lasting us swedish cooperation. so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relation

max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on r t v faced this is not a provocation but a warning of. a full of shit and you should see a scary thought you showed us a pretty picture in space and they have no idea about the hardships to face it. they wanted to says it all to two minutes and for any army the life of a using them is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. victory one nine hundred forty five dot antti dot com. brightened a few moments from phones to. meet friends don't talk t.v. don't come. in the czech republic is available in the hutto as sorious central. will stand by you to mature. in bosnia and herzegovina. and the children of each. but you know what you know. photos your. toes. in serbia multi-user very little in regency. protesters in the middle east and north africa refuse to back down while europe's under threat of trouting and away from the state of emergency already declared on one.

six am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story russia's security services have briefed the country's lawmakers on the investigation into last month's bombing of moscow's domodedovo airport up to seven suspects were named in a connection with the attack during a closed meeting this comes as al qaeda linked terrorists doku umarov says he ordered the attack authorities believe he was also behind last year's moscow metro bombings and the two thousand and nine bombing of a moscow to st petersburg passenger train he's a catarina got a house. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more human lives have been added to his deadly account chechen born daughter kumar of says he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the idea that the airport might have made the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website he described this you said bombing as his special open ration and promises more terrorist attacks security experts believe the mass it shows the world that the man should no longer be described as just a chechen militant but as an interna

dean of the soft r. t. washington d.c. . well no matter who becomes the next president one of the main challenges they'll face is the growing budget deficit latest report so it's risen to almost fifty billion dollars leaving some analysts to warn the us has passed the point of no return our very own new york resident laurie hart finessed hit the streets of the big apple to see if people really think america is bust. the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's. not saying that everything's alright rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're po

nine am here in moscow this is r t welcome to the program now violence and intimidation have forced hundreds of thousands of iraqi christians to flee their home what experts view them as one of the biggest victims of the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion with a minority group a continued target of extremists sebastian meyer reports that every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdish region because they become targets of extremist groups in the country in two thousand and seven miriam was hit by a bomb that was planted outside her house the lack i'm going to put my arm just to buy some chocolate and come back i went out and didn't see anything i just heard the bomb and i fell to the ground i mean. it was lying in the street with her foot dangling from her leg her father i had rushed outside. i saw my daughter lying like a groans it was eleven. my daughter was lying me growing and people were running on shouting everythin

next an r t a live business update with kareena stay with us. and welcome to business good to have you with us all prices have climbed to the highest level in more than two years as the crisis in libya fuels concerns over school supplies blend has risen as much as ten percent in less than one week now trading at around ninety three dollars per barrel libya which is africa's largest oil reserves has cup surprised by fifty thousand barrels a day with the opposition threatening to stop cold with the lives examined as are all from metropole believes oil prices could spike much higher if the in the rest of the beach and spreads. if it will not stop in the next couple weeks we probably see the. price at about one twenty. i'm afraid if we see some conflicts in iran we've probably. won fifty maybe in. eve conflicts will stop and you know that peace will be there for a long time and think will come big little known to you know in the short term. compensation from b.p. if their deal to jointly develop rich arctic fields fails that's according to the wall

r t. all year with r.t. and coming your way in a matter of minutes teenage kicks the. legal drinking age in russia is eighteen years old so how easy is it for a teenager to get his or her hands on some hard liquor we sent our hidden cameras to find out what fuels other age groups addiction is to blame. and germany's chancellor is quizzed over the deaths of dozens of afghan civilians in an empty taliban airstrike two years ago. now this week a week of leaks founder julian assange faced extradition hearings in london the verdict on whether he will be handed over to sweden for questioning over sex assault allegations is expected later this month and with the u.s. reportedly preparing its own a case against a son many are seeing a fear of conspiracy between the two countries and he said no it has more on the law lasted us swedish cooperation. so we didn't a quiet little neutral scandinavian nation the current foreign policy establishment in sweden has a remarkably close relationship with the united states of the country that gave us our but flat pack furniture for dollar m

the full interview with the widow of russia's first president boris yeltsin log on to our web site r t v dot com there's also plenty of other news and else is available for you there and here's a taster of what's online right now. infringing on civil liberties the u.s. authorities are trying to renew the country's patriot act which gives them sweeping powers to legally spy on people. and russia's black caviar is heading back to european markets after a long standing ban to find out more on the story had to our website r t v dot com . and listen take a look at some other stories from around the world and three million people in ukraine's capital kiev have been left scratching their heads after their eccentric mayor has gone to a wall and he has not been seen in public for six months and even by his standards that he turned a vet's case behavior is radek how even the country's prime minister has to manage to know his whereabouts. investigates the case of the missing mayor. main gear for green that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a bad place to live in but locals are

r t. still ahead of the program moneymaking medicine pharmaceutical companies in west our list of creating and marketing illnesses and treatments that all fit and up and dangerous the lives of patients. and a piece of art has been removed from a new exhibition at a gallery in washington after the government's intervention. it was a case that shocked russia's southern city of volgograd when a nineteen year old student apparently tried to execute the cold blooded murder of her own family well she carefully planned the assassination of her mother and brother allegedly to gate ownership of their apartment but luckily the diabolic scheme failed. he has more. hands against the wall criminal police were you doing here i've come home she came home to check that her family's dead the claim of detectives organized this thing in which this nineteen year old woman tried to mastermind the cold blooded murder of her mother and brother she's admitted her guilt but is awaiting trial for sentence volgograd

well coming up in just a couple of moments here on r t it's a religious affair in rome russian president dmitri medvedev visits the vatican and we have all the details of his meeting with the pope and how it could change the relationship between the country's church and. also still the wealthiest woman finds herself in the middle of a multimillion dollar theft scandal you get all the details later here on r.t. . but first u.s. congressmen and pentagon officials are debating how best to trim the country's fourteen trillion dollars national debt president barack obama has already proposed cutting the massive defense budget by seventy eight billion over the next five years well the pentagon is making sure the cut doesn't come at the expense of america's ability to wage war all non-essential programs are being slashed the proposed budget will actually see the pentagon spending grow this year we cannot cross live to the u.s. capitol and talk to me she's from the national security center for american progress thanks very much indeed for joining us here on our team the defense secretary robert

well still to come on the program this hour on r t a brain drain in the baltics. lithuania has one of the highest levels of emigrate should it be you many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of country we explore why the educated youth of lithuania is looking abroad for opportunities. germany's chancellor is quizzed over the killing of dozens of afghanistan civilians in an anti taliban strike two years ago. a story still to come on r.t. but first sectarian violence has forced iraqi christians to seek haven in the relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled in the years following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and sebastian minor reports from iraq those are continued targets of extremists. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are. christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdish region because they become targets of

life from moscow this is r t it's two pm in the russian capital and one pm in cairo the egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down ending a standoff lasting more than two weeks broke obama welcomed the move saying that the voice of the people had been heard but since america back before we dictator and his thirty year regime there are those who question the sincerity of the u.s. sentiments are you going to can reports. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy for gyptian said made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day. the u.s. congress. gyptian for getting rid of a repressive leader it's a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have they been doing for the previous thirty years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force with barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of pow

assange from the united states of sweden merica and let him keep blowing his whistle and using now a r t stockholm sweden. so i have a program losing teams exposed under-age alcoholism in russia will by the lack of stringent laws to prevent youngsters from being able to buy booze without need to show id. and with the recent signing of a start treaty it is now the task of russia and the west and minimize the threat of terrorists getting hold of a nuclear arsenal. as the u.s. president's impending budget announcement looms there are some would say will slash going to poverty reduction programs but with many u.s. cities are running on threadbare service levels already it's a cut they can ill afford artie's lauren lyster has more. right it's the reality america cannot escape with the city's roughly two hundred eighty million dollars debt more and more people are talking about bankruptcy news of debt like that hitting cash strapped cities and states all over the country altogether it could amount to two trillion dollars and a bill many may not be able to pay the problem of the state and local

will really trust the alliance our own gas trainers our of our r t. the arab world is shaking as the wake of anti-government protests started in tunisia and egypt continues to rage across the greater middle east thousands have been clashing with police in yemen's capital for a whole week and now they're watching archy's exclusive pictures from there showing police taking on demonstrators in libya at least twenty people have been killed as police are reporting to having to fire on various cities in bahrain security forces this first thousands of rioters in the center of the capital the opposition reports at least three dead and more than one hundred injured mideast expert marty darian says that although the region isn't her region is in turmoil it's hard to say just how fundamental the changes will be. these are revolts and not revolutions yet people's mindsets or revolutionary they want change they're fed up with these a revolt until the structures in place changed it won't be considered a revolution so in order for a democratic position to occur peop

get their skis on an annual cross-country race to find out more about this event head to our web site r t v dot com. and former u.s. president george w. bush has canceled a visit to switzerland over planned protest of the visit and calls for a warrant for his arrest human rights groups have been calling for the swiss government to arrest bush for the authorizing torture of a suspected terrorist and going tobe a journalist if she were tons he believes it's unlikely bush would be held to account by an international court. my understanding is the center can constitutionally writes has a two and a half thousand page document they're releasing in the next twenty four hours in geneva but it's difficult to know where to start with george w. bush because it's an entire car drove people it's dick cheney it's called rumsfeld is dick cheney's chief of staff we don't have rumsfeld's memoirs this is about illegal wars and so on but this case i think centers around two individuals in particular one of whom i've met cameraman for a qatari satellite t.v. channel who was incarcerated in guantanamo for yea

and wisconsin governor scott walker with a warning of pink slips are the protesters going to give up r t correspondent as they see a chicken they will give us a live report from wisconsin and we'll look at the bigger picture with this heated argument as union protest spread to other states there's also a lot of pushback coming from republicans and the tea party what should this be a moment for american workers to join together and they're somehow just missing it the young turks and his ferry and will join me for that one next we'll speak with author laura dickinson on her latest book outsourcing war and peace now despite the gruesome stories that we've heard about blackwater and the like the government continues to award multimillion dollar contracts to these farms so it's all reliance on private contractors here to stay and if so what can we do to make them accountable then we'll discuss the case of raymond davis the diplomat who was ultimately exposed as a cia contractor in pakistan but the question here is why do we have to learn about this from the british press should the u.s. media

actuates depending on what kind of impact occurring world events can have on america just as in turkey i t v r. i t live from moscow coming up on the program kidnapped by the system a russian woman fights to feed her daughters from stories have allegedly with the girls away without warning r t investigates the cakes. and rushes marking the eightieth birthday of the man who took perestroika to its limits and introduce democracy following the collapse of a soviet union as remember most for his sweeping reforms and free market aspirations but four years after his death the legacy of the first president of russia still divides many parties accountable reports from his home city. the main event is the opening day and availing of the a monument a wide marble all bill is that you can see behind me but in addition to that a lot of advance a planned across the country of iraq concerts will take place here and he may put in more of a series of photo exhibit. a tennis tournament for children tennis was of course the favorites for the more sales and but this isn't your office is of course this is the. for

eleven am here in moscow this is r t thanks for joining us now unrest in the arab world a showing no sign of letting up as over eighty people are reported killed from violence surrounding anti-government protests in libya. the capital tripoli is relatively calm but the east of the country has been overwhelmed by clashes with some reports suggesting that riders have taken control of the third largest city some of the police are said to have sided with the demonstrators involved the army opened far as thousands took to the streets to demand reforms and the ousting of the king many people have been injured during the protests in the western backed state.

r t. which martial arts has been all this is nothing new and other stars from its hat into the ring for that particular title kudo of the sports world cup taking place in moscow this weekend but it's time for them to get to grips with it in hybrid. most martial arts have he stories that stretch back centrists this one however is just thirty years old the mixed martial art of also known as furious claims to have incorporated all the major fighting techniques. pointers from boxing. pics taken from. throws and submissions gained from judo some ball and jujitsu. this is how the human body turns into present two of unarmed self-defense according to the handbook the sport was founded and developed in japan although it's russians who have donated the coup to matt in recent years in particular the country's undisputed five time world champion syria get out of the gulf and we could up with him demonstrating his stunning coma skills in downtown moscow so people may get a little confused thinking koo

find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on r t.after spending a fair bit of my time in penza getting went cold and out of breath i was more than ready to visit somewhere which got me out of the snow. so when you're dealing with a long winter course you need plenty of things that you can do in doors like this now. i know pretty much all the rules too. even though not all that great for that but the russians have got their own version but there are all the fun. of let's do this meets competent not in this case a prince of denmark but the undisputed king of pens is russian billion scene the former champion is head coach of russia's under eighteen billion team and he's had plenty of success. over the past four years they have achieved impressive results some of them take part in national and international competitions i also teach kids here. the game takes elements from both snoop and me but it's considered to be much more difficult than both especially when you're trying to pull off shots like these . oh oh oh oh. oh i'm going to atte

sport is next here on r t with kate. hello welcome to the sports news on this action packed saturday and here the headline is go to the season wayne rooney's won the strike and she has united go seven points clear at the top of the english premier league after beating sixty two want in the month. while top of the world comprised as faces her first challenge in world number one she takes. the semifinals of the parasite. tasting victory the cleveland cavaliers pine least not yet b a's longest losing streak with an overtime victory against the l.a. clippers. and her tons of russia's top m.m.a. fighter general young cup starts his quest to regain his place as the world's best . start with english premier league football and wayne rooney schooled the win that with a brilliant overhead kick as united beat city to want to old trafford in the monster davi that result sees sir alex ferguson's men go seven points clear of the top of the table ahead of the other results not dead on just because of time then drop it still but to let

five am in moscow i'm going to have you with us here on r t our top story three people have been killed two injured after a gunman opened fire on a tourist minibus in the russian republic of korea due to walk area a few hours later a cable tower at a ski resort of terror school of terror school was blown up now hotels in the center of the busy tourist village have been evacuated after a suspected car bomb was discovered artie's catarina as are about has the latest details despite the fact that it is of course located in russia's volatile north caucuses it has been perhaps one of the most calm and stable republics so these events that have unfolded in the last twenty four hours are certainly very stressful what originally started as an ordinary ski trip ended in tragedy when five people were making their way from a mosque out to a resort in the russian republic of korea on their way from the airport to the actual resort.

on r t. half past the hour here in the russian capital and you with r.t. now of our top story a tidal wave of illegal immigration is threatening to drown europe as people flee the unrest in north africa and the middle east as many as three hundred thousand libyan refugees could knock or into italy. western nations are debating a multi-billion dollar aid package for the region hit by a revolt to help promote democratic and. transformation but many argue money is desperately needed back at home where people are struggling crippling cuts. in other news. patients' health ministry of banking on the. high level corruption and mismanagement of health in the balance with medication in short supply. by now let's get some more insight into the continuing unrest across the arab world and his recent article published in the wall street journal edward luttwak right around u.s. military strategist said the removal of egypt's hosni mubarak would lead to either keep or islamists coming to power to him to get some more insight that interview is coming your way next. thank

economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on r t. s. c. really you believe it's science and technology from the rooms. we've got this huge earth covered. projections are triumphant of weeks of mass on the rocks finally see hosni mubarak step down leaving the military in power but there are concerns that the country's future is now under the control of a force largely financed by washington. as the twenty two all presidential race nears the u.s. nears in the u.s. i should say the republican party's biggest gathering of the year has given us a sneak peek at who might become the next american leader millionaire adamu trump was among those running the country's top job. and i'm a loaded alternative to south africa who they was ukraine's getting bready to follow the example of last summer's world cup hosts they plan to introduce rounds of a twenty twelve euro cop to an old one big instrument that will have spectators at fever pitch. reeking of the pitch kids here next with the latest sport. hello welcome to the sports news live from auss

in the sauce the r. t. washington d.c. . no matter who becomes the next american president he or she will have to face the growing challenge of a massive budget deficit it's carving topping one trillion dollars and some analysts say the u.s. is pas the point of no return also is new york resident lori haas honest to the streets of gotham to find out if people really think america is set to hit rock bottom. the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you at the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it to much invested in dollars to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. not right now but if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. that soulsby laid up on not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you

and coming up later in the program here in r t hungry for change as spiraling food prices are seen as a key trigger behind the rally is rolling up around the middle east for a look at which countries could be next. and with speculation of a change at the top among the occupying forces what makes what mistakes rather are still prevailing in afghanistan. the uprisings in tunisia and egypt have triggered a domino effect of protests calling for reform across the arab world and he added riots continue for a fifth day between thousands of pro and anti-government demonstrators demanding the country's u.s. ally president step down to protesters in bahrain were killed and several others wounded while in stay there. he's had to use tear gas and baton to disperse the crowds in iran members of parliament called for the execution of opposition leaders they say orchestrated protests on monday that saw two people killed president ahmadinejad also allowed to punish the organizers while the u.s. strongly backed the opposition egypt itself is gripped by labor strikes we're entering power is now in the

this is r t you coming to live from the russian capital within twenty four hours a day on the way this saw oil shock investors fear that the anti-government uprising in libya will disrupt global supplies of like gold or analysis of the situation with the markets in business update for you just under ten minutes from now. also find out why doctors are being accused to jeopardize. peoples lives in ukraine and what hiv has to do with. a and. good samaritan. excellent professional. medics travel much possessing an extra ordinary car. the doctor who helped many people in his country. the political criminal responsible for thousands of deaths. was it an attempt to repent. or just escape a fair trial. the other line twelve around among. on our team. the grandest nutrition and this is products on the price of healthy eating. lead to testes food toxicity allergenicity immune response lower nutrition in for environmental contamination don't you feel like a law brought some consider the experiment in human treatment i believe significant differences between the g.m. felt that they both at the g.m

stay with us here on r t still ahead a wizards' on likely resting plans. might make up the demo that we visit a cemetery where harry potter himself may be buried alongside william shakespeare find out how their graves ended up in israel of all places if you manage. russia witnessing a crackdown on organized private police cover up and then reveal behind brutal murders but some fear the corrupt officials might still get away with it. but first opposition in belarus will be quote bashed in the head unless it stops in stabilizing the country this according to the country's president alexander lukashenko comments come just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests in minsk a bestselling powerful and powerful was scheduled was sentenced to four years in jail thousands of opposition activists took to the streets and that's because the polls closed in the country's presidential election in december more than six hundred protesters were arrested more than twenty putting several presidential candidates face trial a political analyst from rus

you're watching r t still ahead for you this hour one woman's plight to win back the daughters she believes were taken from paula broadwell scam what are coming up in just a few minutes. unfriendly that's how moscow's described ireland's decision to expel a russian diplomat topping claims stolen identities of six irish citizens were used by russian agents uncovered last year in the u.s. r.t. if you got it was going off reports from moscow. the russian foreign ministry has called iowa's decision to deport its diplomats an unfriendly move which will have serious consequences these are these are the all the comments to troops from moscow also for after dublin accused to the russian intelligence service of stealing real existing irish identities you know to forge passports to cover up its secret operations in the united states irish authorities say that this is a result of an investigation which started right after last summer spy scandal between moscow and washington with a group of people who were arrested in the united states and found guilty of being secret russian agents all the more deep

for more on those overall as well as the crime problems in russia's capital r t sophie shevardnadze sat down with moscow's police chief to miracle a culture of the interview coming up next stay with us. that is the weather mr god quite so thank you very much for joining us today with the low that's what we're calling the recent clashes at the mine as an esquire in moscow what measures should be taken to stop growing extremism and intolerance that we are observing at the moment. which is there is no universal measure we need a set of measures to improve the current situation we need to find an overall solution involving firstly family secondly school and other educational institutions to foster tolerance to other nationalities at the same time the law enforcement system should not lay down obligations so that the reaction of the law enforcement agencies to any kind of wrongful acts committed by people from other regions and nationalities will be equal to the deeds and misdeeds. just talking about the state of crime officials often refer to illegal migrants and non residents is this kind

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and watching r t eight am here in moscow welcome to the program now much to the anger of the crowds of protesters on egypt streets president hosni mubarak has once again vowed to remain in office until september well in a televised national address he promised to transfer some power to his vice president omar suleiman but not step down himself and as mubarak pointed out that the demands of the protesters were just and legitimate hundreds of thousands gathered in their square shouting for his removal the eighty two year old also cited his reluctance to bow to international pressure something many believe he's done on a regular basis artie's has more from washington d.c. . the u.s. wants an orderly transition as they say president obama said hosni mubarak statement on the transition of authority was not clear and needs more explanation mubarak basically said in his address that he was not going to run for president is a member and egyptians will have the chance to elect whatever leader they choose but a little meantime is that he was not going anywhere we spoke with senator ron paul earl