chris von sharif abdel kouddous.k from cairo. -- correspondent sharif abdel kouddous but he is just back from cairo. >> he is the first democratically elected president and egypt, and it really marks a victory over the lingering of the ex party officials, media figures, state bureaucrats who really rallied around ahmed shafiq and a desperate bid to support his presidency and beat the muslim brotherhood, but they failed. morsi himself -- history is not one typical of leading brotherhood members who had years of imprisonment and sacrificed to the organization. he graduated from the faculty of engineering from cairo university and 1975 at a time when there was a rise in islamist politics within campuses. encouraged by said not to counter the left, which was big and capitalist at that time. he pursued his ph.d. in southern california. he worked as assistant professor in northridge. his children were born in the u.s. and entitled to citizenship. he returned to egypt in 1985. this marked the beginning of his slow ascent in

correspond sharif abdel kouddous.talk about what has developed over the last 24 hours in egypt. >> these court rulings have really dealt the final fatal blow to a military managed transitional process that has been so different as to barely make sense anymore. egypt is in the state right now where there is no parliament, the constitution, or even a clear process for drafting one. and a presidential runoff that will leave egypt to the roller who will be a very divisive president. the rulings release of shock waves. this is the cover of the privately owned newspaper. it says, "as you were." the constitutional court returns of power to the military, it reads. there were two landmark rulings yesterday, the first of which was called a political isolation law. it was passed by the parliament in april, initially intended to target omar suleiuman who put themselves as a nominee in the race and was mubarak's first and only vice-president and longtime intelligence chief. he was disqualified for technical reasons from the race.

we will have more on the latest in egypt with sharif abdel kouddous after headlines. wikileaks founder julian assange has taken refuge in the ecuador embassy in london and asked for asylum. assange and the move tuesday in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to sweden over sex crime accusations. earlier today police in london announced assange is now subject to arrest because his decision to spend the night at the ecuadorian embassy violated the conditions of his bail. assange is seeking asylum because he fears extradition to sweden may lead to his transfer to the united states or he could potentially face charges relating to wikileaks. we'll have more later in the broadcast. syrian forces continue to shell the besieged city of homs despite pleas to allow the free exit of trapped civilians. speaking at the united nations, the assistant secretary general urged the regime of bashar al- assad to stop attacks on civilian areas like homs. >> the situation in homs is particularly alarming. the tragic human suffering resulting from the as the lead in conflict calls for urge

in afghanistan has improved you can only take into consideration places such as harrow to missouri sharif and kabul. in the provinces in the villages the situation hasn't changed on the summit yet women are still victims of violence and rape. good morning i'm laura bush and i'm delivering this week's radio address to kick off a worldwide effort to focus on the brutality against women and children. to terrorist network and the regime supports in afghanistan the taliban. regime is now in retreat across much of the country and the people of afghanistan especially women are rejoicing and women are the bush administration with blatche on to the issue of the oppression of women now women were oppressed a long time and you never heard anybody talk about it but when the us wanted to invade all the women they cared so much that president. bush because of our recent military gains in much of that in a stand women are no longer imprisoned in their home they can listen to music and teach their daughters without fear of punishment the fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity

leadership then he would be a very president otherwise all right thank you for your insight dr omar sharifin the institute of arab and islamic studies university of exit. well stay with us here on r t still ahead in our business bulletin. all the details from they still in the st petersburg economic forum and putting all the multibillion dollar deals that's coming up in the business update shortly. moody's has slashed the ratings of fifteen of the biggest banks in europe and the u.s. in the latest slap to the face of the ailing financial sector those hit include goldman sachs morgan stanley the world bank of scotland adore your bank but actual powerhouses domestically and worldwide the move could make it more expensive for the banks to attract funds and the fear is downgraded and it's also fear the downgrades could trigger a fresh market panic and a flight to go but actual expert max kaiser says politicians might try to exploit the downgrade to push through their own plans. they of course will use this opportunity to put forward more global governance more centralized government more comma

russian times, but i remember right after the liberation, i went in and i drove between kabul and mosar sharif. and halfway through there was a school tent set up. and i have to admit to you one of the most inspiring sights i have ever seen were those kids in that school and where you had little girls and little boys both, and here they had just come from a society where educating a girl would have meant they would cut the head off the teacher, and these people were committed to teaching their children all of their children the basics that would permit them to live a decent life. that was very inspiring. and helping schools and health care can't go wrong in that regard, unless somebody is pilfering all the money like i suggested when i was in vietnam, i noticed that -- >> congressman you lamented that the house of abdul hawke and commander mesud, and i think a lot of people do, but i'm inspired when i go back by the young people who look up to those men and their peers and who appear to fill their shoes. and one of the things that excites me about the education programs in particular, and it w

president in the election runoff their choices between the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed mercy and sharif shafique he's hosni mubarak's last prime minister the ballot comes after the co. three supreme council dissolved parliament the same fate could now face an assembly appointed earlier to draft a new constitution thousands of people chose to boycott the vote say neither candidate represents the egypt they were fighting for in last year's revolution. rights activists nuno also believes the choice is an inspiring. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either the older morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent. obviously he is a worse candidate simply because he represents the mubarak regime that the destroyed egypt for decades but this is the muslim brotherhood are also losing huge amounts of popularity with every day because of their political decisions what is next yes many people will return to the streets and lots of alternatives will be formed especially in this upcoming period in response to the horrible situation w

for regime change admits there are plans for military action let's get some thoughts on this and sharif. top political journalists neil clark he's a contributor to britain's guardian newspaper is on the line from oxford via skype hi there thanks for being on the program but why do you think than a significant body like the un human rights council is already apportion blame before the results of international probe well i think it's very unfortunate i think this is due to western pressure because you think back seven days ago right from the very first time we heard about this massacre the lives of the us and britain was the syrian government was responsible for any evidence it had and i'm afraid that there's been a lot of pressure put on the of the u.n. h.c.r. this week and that's behind their statement which is a very helpful. position here is that it's saying that it believes these are attempts by several countries to use the who are trying to further their own interest undermine kofi annan peace plan what do you think about the statement i think is absolutely correct i think what we'v

liberation and back to the irruption times, -- right after the liberation, drew from kabul and moser sharifhalfway through, there was a school tend said appeared to have to read it to you that one of the most inspiring sights i have never seen were those kids in that school where you have low girls and boys, both, and they had just come from society where educating negro would have meant that they would cut the head of the teacher -- educating a girl would have meant that they would cut the head of the teacher. that was very inspiring, helping schools and health care. unless somebody is the offering the money, like a suggestion. >> congressmenan, i am inspiredy the young people who look up to those men and their peers and aspire to fill their shoes. one of the things that excites me, young afghan men and women will not be led blindly into bad ideas, of 80 governance ideas are some other maligned doctrine. -- be they governance ideas or some other maligned doctrine. they will be better citizens, a better business people -- >> and these schools, are they in the southern part of the country as