sour r.t. spoke to the voice of the us streets and activists in a political rapper am one who says everything is in place for every ball to happen in america. the same set of conditions that existed in cairo exist in new york city exist in miami florida they exist in los angeles you have a ruling class with abuse of power i was recently in cairo. and i was there on a humanitarian aid mission to help the people in gaza in order for us to get to gaza we had to jump in so much. and we began to understand that not only did the government but the controlled by bureaucratic politicians in. israel have a huge stake in making sure that. the state of egypt was the way that it was and that is definitely the situation in the streets look at what we have inside the united states. russia's most wanted terrorists martyr of claimed he orchestrated the deadly suicide attack on moscow's double yet of the airport last month well the incident she was attention to serious lapses in security at transport hubs which as th

and moscow have been rocky of late with many unresolved issues still hanging over that too well r.t. spoke to the new russian ambassador to britain alexandre you go about how he expects the relationship to progress that interview is coming your way next. today i'm at the russian embassy in london talking to mr alexander of the m.k. who's just taken up the post as the new russian ambassador to the u.k. he was formerly of the press department at the ministry in moscow thank you very much for talking to us he congratulations on your new pasting and a very warm welcome to london now who took up your first post as a diplomat in one nine hundred seventy six how do you think that working for the diplomatic service and diplomatic relations between countries in general have changed since then i think since that time you know there were quite a serious changes. first of all if you look at the gender of the leaders of the countries and the agenda of the negotiations between the ministers of foreign affairs you can find you know thirty thirty five years ago. more than fifty percent were the by little

and iraq and ongoing financial slump american policymakers are facing a glut of pressing problems r.t. spoke to brant scowcroft former u.s. national security advisor about the challenges ahead for the country. mr scowcroft thank you very much for joining all t. you belong to the school of foreign policy realists that's what they say that they say and you're republican and with a career stretching across five american next administrations so i would like to discuss several foreign policy issues with you in your view what are the consequences for the u.s. middle east policy after the toppling of mubarak in egypt and ben ali in tunisia you know one is always caught off guard by revolutions. because there are a surprise if there were a surprise to president ben ali and to president mubarak it's hardly unusual it would be a surprise to the united states. and the instabilities in the region are of course obvious and have been for a long time the question is can maybe handle it can it be dealt with. in a thoughtful sensible way or does it have to involve. unrest and violence and i think. we have to

to see was a part of a film called distant neighborhood based on the japanese manga comic well r.t. spoke to the lead actor and you can find out what you have to say on the web site r.t. dot com. the pentagon is denying rumors that the us commander in afghanistan will leave his post by the end of the year the british press earlier reported that general david petraeus is due to leave afghanistan along with a large share of u.s. troops washington's promise to pull all of its forces out of the country by twenty fourteen quote come hell or high water when our military contributor says the u.s. failed to learn from the soviet campaign there. american occupation of afghanistan has already exceeded all possible saw that mistake in that contrie and accomplished even more than that in a negative sense and simultaneously having missed all the positive developments that were triggered and promoted by the soviet union intentionally or not in afghanistan i'm not going to justify the soviet military campaign in afghanistan however i do believe that the current american military campaign in afghanistan

egypt's hosni mubarak would lead either to anarchy or to muslim extremists coming to power well r.t. spoke to him for more analysis on this and that's in an interview next week on r.t. . edward luttwak thank you very much for being with us. who do you think pulled the rug from under mubarak and pulling the strings right now well spoiling the strings nobody's pulling the strings because this is a crowd action crowd this is the popular insurrection it's not the revolution it's not the coup it's not some clever colonel who takes three tanks and takes two powers this is a real popular insurrection which is people are living under a government for one and ten and twenty and thirty years and one day they all gather because of an incident something happened in this case of you know it didn't happen in egypt it happened to me one person was pushed around burned himself there was a crowd and they overthrew tunisia so this is the true popular uprising quite a special event that was so very interesting to observe how states turned their back on. quickly because they were allied for thirty years but t

the removal of egypt's hosni mubarak would lead to either autarky or islamists coming to power r.t. spoke to him to get more insight that's in our interview next. edward luttwak thank you very much for being with us today who do you think pulled the rug from under mubarak and who is pulling the strings right now well it's pulling the strings and nobody's putting in the streets because this is a crowd action the crowd this is the popular insurrection it's not the revolution it's not the coup it's not some clever criminal who takes three tanks and takes two pounds this is a real popular insurrection which is people are living under a government for one year and ten years and twenty years and thirty years or more they all get it because of the needs of the something happens and in this case of as you know it didn't happen in egypt could happen to me when one person was pushed around burnt themselves there was a crowd and they overthrew to me so this is the true popular uprising quite this special event there was some very interesting how the united states turned their back on mubarak i feel

and moscow have been rocky in recent years with many unresolved issues still hanging over to an r.t. spoke to the new russian ambassador to britain alexander about how we expect the relationship to progress well that interview is coming your way in just a few moments and i'll be back with a summary of our main news in about eight minutes from now. today i'm at the russian embassy in london talking to mr alexander who's just taken up the post as the new russian ambassador to the u.k. thank you very much for talking to us he congratulations on your new pasting and a very warm welcome to london on a human level relationships between the u.k. and russia are very good lots of work in russia russian culture is widely celebrated tear but on a diplomatic and political level they're not so why do you think that well i think it's the task you know for the diplomats and for the political leaders you know to get the of course. to do their best to have. political relations and as far as the russian britain rationed i would like to say that the last year was very fruitful from that point of view there w

let's get more insight into the continuing on the rest across the arab world r.t. spoke to you again a former russian foreign minister and expert on the middle east who says the revolts are a social explosion against authoritarian regimes. super michael thank you very much for finding time to talk to us. speaking of the recent uprisings in north africa and in the arab world.

america turn to blind eye to rampant corruption and human rights abuses in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab league. believes the unrest in egypt is just the beginning of a region wide up evolve. the arab world is in a state of change in the mood to change in a mood of change with different degrees of change and different interpretation of the world change. the end of the day it is a change if you want is for. us as a as it is the job event in the history perhaps not only are we. history of nations but it is an uprising of the people and by the people. it is new in this part of the world it happened and in some countries before but not with this intensity. here with our team live from moscow still coming up in the program for you a brain drain in politics. with u.a.d. has one of the highest levels of every great 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 the country where more widely educated youth of lithuania is looking abroad for opportunity. u.s. politicians don't often

in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab league a mare mohamed morsi who says that the unrest in egypt is just the beginning of a region wide a people the arab world is in a state of change in a mood to change in a mood of change with different degrees of change and different interpretations of the word change but in general i depend of the day it is a change everyone is feeling for the. demonstrations as a as it can be reduced to preventing the history perhaps not only. history of nations but it is an uprising of the people and by the people. it is new in this part of the world it happened and some countries before but this intensity. well you can always find more analysis on the developing egyptian crisis on our website that's r t dot com and online for you now trouble in egypt is likely to bring horrible consequences for the u.s. find out why in our blog from american expert and religious conflicts jake deliberate oh keep track of the latest developments of this and other top stories j

r.t. spoke to swiss journalist al burke who thinks there could be apple let acoa jannah behind a sonorous case where the u.s. driving it he says there is a long history of american influence in sweden the full interview is coming up in about fifteen minutes time here in our team. it's always had a big influence at least since the great wave of immigration of sweets states in the nineteenth century and i created a kind of a reservoir of goodwill interest in all things that are really major turning point was entry into the european union. and european union as you probably know is in terms of foreign policy and military intelligence the subordinate to the united states really and nato is completely infiltrated you know so as soon as the social democrats announced that they were going to lead the country into the european union. you started to see very clear signs that. sweden was adapting its foreign policy to. the needs of nato the interests of you in the united states and so forth. russia's firs

coincidence a popular video game released before the attack depicts a terrorist siege at a moscow airport r.t. spoke earlier with the man behind the grand theft auto series. about the line between violent video art and reality. the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of a moslem students to not. be running one thousand seven hundred demonstrators in the american embassy there. are teams sitting down with the man behind this video game one nine hundred seventy nine revolution as well as many more director producer and writer of documentaries and video games for over fifteen years as well as the mastermind of the groundbreaking grand theft auto franchise movie and the thanks so much for joining us thanks for having me the video games that you have created are hmong the most popular in the world and i want to ask you if you know any numbers in terms of how many break ups or divorces some of your games have cause for people who got so hooked they couldn't stop well actually when i was casting vice city one of the actors that came me and he said this and that was this for and we explained to them

achieve its goals especially as ties are forged in many other ways including pumping gas into europe r.t. spoke with denmark's defense minister about how this can all be achieved. defense minister it's great to have you with us today mary clicks from a security perspective what does north stream gas pipeline represent for a down market and from here actually i think the north stream gas pipeline is another way of getting gas from russia to europe and russia and europe is so much interlinked if we talk about the gas market because the. greatest buyer of russian gas and therefore the north stream pipeline will make sure that we can actually have gas delivered without any troubles which we've seen before and from a danish perspective we have said that according to international rules. the environment of course. had a very pragmatic and very you can say it a business minded focus on the pipeline and i look forward to have it your country was to first to allow the use of the politics here about falling place gas pipeline why i think it was because we said look we need the russian gas from the europe

the attack that killed dozens at moscow's main airport brutally depicts a terrorist siege well r.t. spoke earlier with the man behind the grand theft auto series navid consol about the line between violent video art and reality. differently it's sad situation what took place in russia that the airport and disobedient game aspect of it happens i think coincidentally in terms of what's happening with games where people are actually jumping on top of controversies i think it's foolish for us to not recognize that controversy and when it comes to game selling when it comes to movies when it comes to anything when it comes to ticket sales is something that drives people to jump on such marketing campaigns. well you could watch the full interview with the influential video game maker in the fifteen minutes time here on our team. and of course there's always more news and analysis on our website that's r t dot com and let's look at what's online for you right now switzerland spends billions of dollars on its army and even has compulsory military service as a country is never involved in conflict

goes to military contractors right here and never to the people of egypt in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab league amir mohamed morsi who says that the unrest in egypt is just the beginning of region wide upheaval the arab world is in a state of change in a mood to change remember too much with different degrees of change and different interpretation of the word change but in general at the bend of the day it is a change everybody is feeling the effect of. the most vicious as a as a problem it is a major event in the history perhaps not only only to history of nations but it is an uprising of the people and by the people. it is new in this part of the world it happened and in some countries before but not with this intensity. more on the developing. and. other top stories. when it comes to. foreign affairs even when it's obvious they haven't done their homework. on capitol hill. reports it's the american people who have become the butt of the joke. advising other countries on democracy seems to be a must for any u.s. politician and some of them get so ca

also wants him on charges of espionage r.t. spoke to swedish based journalist al burke who thinks there could be a political agenda behind that interview is coming your way next. thanks for sitting down with us today here in stockholm in the work that i've had a chance to read of yours you seem to think the u.s. . has a growing influence on sweden in bigger and bigger ways tell us more about that well of course it's always had a big influence the least since the great wave of immigration of the united states in the nineteenth century and then created a kind of a reservoir of goodwill interest things underneath. all.

went so far as to threaten military involvement in the event of a coup in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab league. who says that the unrest in egypt is just the beginning of a region wide upheaval. the arab world is in a state of change in a mood of change in a mood of change with different degrees of change and different interpretation of the word change but in general i did the end of the day is a change everyone is fighting for the. demonstrations as i tell you it is illegal event in the history perhaps not only. history of nations but it is an uprising of the people and by the people. it is new in this part of the world it happened and some countries before but not to this intensity. well still ahead for you this hour people leaving a different country for an entirely different reason. the u.a.e. has one of the highest levels of immigration in the u. 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 one baltic nation is in the grip of a dangerous braintree that's in a f

also wants to charge him on charges of espionage r.t. spoke with a swedish based journalist al burke who says the prosecution may be being driven by politics stay with us. you're. thanks for sitting down with us today here in stockholm in the work that i've had a chance to read of yours you seem to think the us has a growing influence on sweden in bigger and bigger ways tell us more about that well of course it's always had a big influence at least since the great wave of immigration of streets states in the nineteenth century and then created a kind of a reservoir of goodwill interest in all things then underneath. all the time certain interests in sweden have been developing stronger and stronger ties with united states and that is especially true of the military conservative elements of society helping out a number of also been conservative elements in the democratic party who've been very pro-u.s. very pro-military especially those. unions that are involved in the arms industry but a really major turning point was entry into the european u

america turned a blind eye to rampant corruption and human rights abuses in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab me. who believes the unrest in egypt is just the beginning of reason why people in the arab world is in a state of change in a mood to change in a mood of change with different degrees of change and different interpretations of the word change but in general i depend of the day it is a change if you want is for you can be effectively so. demonstrations as i can do it is illegal event in the history perhaps not only only to. history of nations but it is an uprising of the people and by the people. it is new in this part of the world it happened and in some countries before but not with this intensity. coming up in the program here in our brain drain in the baltics. if you wait he has one of the highest levels of immigration you many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of country we might be educated you know. looking abroad for opportunity plus. out of thirty people in this village twen

while r.t. spoke to swiss journalist al burka who thinks there could be a political agenda behind us on just case with the us driving it and he says there is a long history of american influence in sweden the full injury is coming up next hour . it's always had a big influence at least since the great wave of immigration of sweets states in the nineteenth century and that created a kind of a reservoir of goodwill interest in all things then underneath this all the time certain interests in sweden have been developing stronger and stronger ties with the united states and that is especially true of the military conservative elements of society helping out a number of also been conservative elements in the source of democratic party who have been very pro-u.s. very pro-military especially those. unions that are involved in the arms industry but a really major turning point was entry into the european union. and european union as you probably know is in terms of foreign policy and military intelligence. a

response and went so far as the threat really terry involvement of a coup in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab league and here home it also says that the arm rest in egypt is just the beginning of a region wide peaceful. the arab world is in a state of change and a mood change in a mood of change with different degrees of change and different interpretation of the word change but. the end of the day it is a change everybody is feeling the effect of peace. as a as a problem it is a major event in the history perhaps not only. history of nations but it is an uprising of the people and by the people. it is new in this part of the world it happened and some countries before but this intensity. with r.t.t.y. from moscow still have the sour for you people leaving a different country for tiredly different reason. if you or anyone has one of the highest levels of emigration you many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future. beyond the borders of country we explore why one baltic nation is in the grip of a dangerous brain drain that's co

also wants him on charges of espionage r.t. spoke to swiss journalist al burke who thinks there could be a political agenda behind us not just case. thanks for sitting down with us today here in stockholm in the work that i've had a chance to read to viewers you seem to think the u.s. has a growing influence on sweden and bigger and bigger ways tell us more about that well of course that's always had a big influence the least since the great wave of immigration of three states in the nineteenth century a very creative.

r.t. also spoke with author william and doll who says that mubarak's demise is now a u.s. priority after the longtime washington ally dropped his support for america's middle east policy. mubarak's government realized that the u.s. was preparing a regime change that along the lines of the so-called color revolutions in georgia ukraine and so forth. to the united states sometimes received in the state department sometimes at the national endowment for democracy or freedom house these are all quote unquote private and she also specialized training for washington and. what's going on is really a major enough destabilization of u.s. ally mobile iraq has been opposed to most of us policy views of you rather use of the persian gulf nations and these are eleven. over the last several years so he's become in effect a thorn in the side of washington's greater agenda since two thousand and one where friday is expected to see the largest protest since the unrest began more than two weeks ago former cia officer and needed not told r.t. he thinks mubarak's reluctance to go makes the si

driver of global growth over the next few years that's the opinion of joseph stiglitz who spoke exclusively to business r.t. the renowned economist also says western countries will continue to struggle with the consequences of the financial crisis. it's very clear that. for the next many years. europe and america are going to be facing problems that we aren't going to be able to solve those problems we may be able to grow but growth will be so when you meet that we won't be able to get our unemployment rate down. and it won't be the kind of robust growth that would be an engine for global growth of course high commodity prices are good for russia but bad for the united states a slowing down economic growth is the solution the problem of global imbalance is that we say too little. before the crisis household savings rate in the united states. was zero some quarters negative that's obviously not sustainable. since the crisis since the money up. but still not enough to mohali so savings have gone up. five percent. public saving cisco hand-out national deficit better risk of deficit of around ten percent so in

r.t. new york now earlier i spoke with russell baker the founder and editor in chief of who what why dot com for a wider discussion about the relevance of nato today he questions why so much money is going into the american military industrial complex. ultimately we have to look at what the military power is back and of course a client states like saudi arabia puts them in a difficult position what are they going to do is media would intervene to stop the saudi rulers from bombing their own people would be right up like the others do the world is changing so fast now and things are so destabilized as we see one country after another rising up now there are demonstrations in iraq itself i think all of these things are in play and i think people are going to start asking questions of like the people rising up in those countries and people now here in our country in wisconsin they're going to start asking all these questions and i think the biggest question of all if i may is is why is so much of our money going into this incredible machine that just eats it you know we're all struggling here i

spoke to former u.n. chief lucky about a new five year plan aimed at eradicating drug production in afghanistan and that interview is next on r.t. . thank. you thank you very much for being with us today very well here here now it tore to afghanistan. do you agree with american ambassador eikenberry who says that president karzai is brother is a major afghan opium trade or when i was in the missions this guy was already known as a major trafficker so it's true course it is true but this is just one. out of any problems whatever you work so closely with afghanistan that's why i'm asking revelations for example in diplomatic cables to u.s. diplomatic cables it dry disastrous picture afghanistan for example is it true that afghan minister arrived to dubai with fifty million dollars in cash or like other cabinet members have privately last in palm trees already in dubai is a true absolutely true. but this is just one the piece of the truth you might have a part that you would find many figures. and one important figure is this that out of forty billion dollars that lived in afghanistan for the civilian aid only eight of these forty