the muslim brotherhood had nothing to say about tahrir square. that is because the brotherhood would prefer the protesters to go home. they don't want anything to disrupt the progress towards elections on monday which is expected to be their victory. some brotherhood supporters went on from the mosque and too tahrir square. the leaders calculate that they are far enough to play it safe. >> elections would have probably taken the decision to go to tahrir square. obviously, we are willing to sacrifice some of our support to make sure the forces, this is the most important thing we are having. >> a third rally was going on in cairo in support of the armed forces and against the tahrir square protests. >> elections, he says, not tahrir. >> we support the army and police. >> if democracy emerges, it will be tested by the legacy of the dictatorship over mighty generals, intolerance, and bitter division. >> violence has marked the start of the american holiday shopping season. on black friday, retailers cut their price to get customers to go to their sh

we have been here before, cairo's tahrir square once again occupied by protestors wanting to oust theeaders they brought in just months ago. >> none of these protesters can quite believe they are back out on the streets of cairo over the political freedom they secured nine months ago, but here they are. >> super committee, super flop. u.s. lawmakers tasked with cutting the deficit can only agree on one thing, there is no deal. and these can does are headed to scotland. their main job, make more pandas. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and elsewhere around the globe. nine months after egypt's longtime leader hosni mubarak was driven from power, protestors return to central cairo. they say the regime that has replaced the old dictatorship has been too slow in handing over power. after three days between -- of clashes between demonstrators and police, the entire cabinet has submitted its resignation. >> outside dated interior ministry, a longtime symbol of authoritarian rule in egypt, third consecutive days of riot police. it has been seen around the globe on facebook, twitter

earlier was telling us, who has been working in a mosque in ut-tahrir square -- in tahrir square, there is a particularly bad form of tear gas. he was there in february during the protests that ousted hosni mubarak, but this year gas seems to be stronger than what was used in february. now, hate crimes after a spate of attacks on fellow amish members. the seven belong to a breakaway group and are alleged to have cut the beard of amish men and to have cut women's hair. >> in ohio, victims included a 14-year-old girl and 74-year-old man. they were allegedly held down while their hair or beard were cut off, and now, police have charged seven men with an amish splinter group with hate crimes. they described the leader, sam mullet, as evil. he allegedly has forced people to sleep for days in a chicken coop. and they were looking at cleansing people of the devil with sexual acts. tightknit, self-sufficient grounds. violence is rare, but these highly unusual attacks undermine the conventual image of a community living in harmony. bbc news. >> we have got some details of a court case in austral

let's look at the pictures coming in live from tahrir square. the egyptian health ministry said hundreds more people have been injured. we can see people gathering in some numbers. today police have continued to use tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disburse people using guns in tahrir square. they want military rule to quickly transfer task to a civilian government. elections are due in a week's time. more now from emily buchanan. >> it looks like guerilla warfare. this is a battle for the streets of cairo and the future of egypt. police fired tear gas while protesters hold back -- throw back stones and pieces of pavement. tahrir square filled with those desperate to stop their revolution from unraveling. activists believed the army could be their ally. now there is concern that an order earl -- orderly transfer to democracy has been broken. there is fear old vested interests still rule. >> the military council said after six months they would hand over power. well, nine months have passed, and there is no indication that they are doing tha

adjacent to tahrir square. some of the government ministry buildings, four to six people, according to some reports, hundreds have been injured. state newspaper are saying on their website that they've agreed in principle to be the national salvation government after meeting field marshalls and talking about this a lot earlier in the week. two people from the military, absolutely not. he's distancing himself from the regime of hosni mubarak. he has been suggested as a possible presidential candidate. lots more on all our top stories and the latest from egypt on the website. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles.

they had nothing to say about tahrir square. the brotherhood would prefer the protesters to go home. they do not want anything to disrupt the progress towards elections on monday. some brotherhood supporters went on from the mosque to tahrir square, but the leaders calculate that they are far enough ahead to cooperate with the generals. >> this is the popular thing to have done. obviously, we are willing to sacrifice some of our support in order to make sure they did this is the most important thing that we are having right now. >> a third rally was going on in cairo in support of the armed forces and against the protesters. >> elections, not tahrir square. >> we support the army on the police. we do not want tahrir square. >> is an egyptian democracy emerges, it will be tested from birth by dictatorships legacy. >> the arab spring has not had the dramatic and violent impact on iraq and that it has had elsewhere. morocco's elections have been brought forward as a result. there the first under a new constitution that gives power

the muslim brotherhood speaker had nothing to say about tahrir square. the brother would -- the brother and would prefer the protesters to go home. they do not want anything to disrupt the progress towards elections on monday. some brotherhood supporters went home from the mosque to tahrir square. the leaders think they are far enough ahead to play it safe and cooperate with the generals. >> this is the popular thing to happen. obviously, we are willing to sacrifice some of our support in order to make sure this is the most important thing that we are having in mind right now. >> a third rally was going on in cairo in support of the armed forces and against the protesters. >> elections, he says, not tahrir square. >> we support the army and the police. >> if an egyptian democracy emerges, it will be tested from birth by the dictatorship legacy. over mighty generals, intolerance. new blow to ital'y's government. bonds due to be repaid in two years' time hit more than 7.8%. that compares with 4.6% in the last seven months ago. violence clashes in southern

. >> protesters in tahrir square want to take back the square. week's demonstrations. >> what kind of injuries do they have? >> they go from convulsions and also in the eye, in the chest, in the head. sometimes cuts. >> reporter: are you angry at the government? are you angry at the generals? >> of course, of course. >> reporter: why? >> first of all, we had demands, not all of them, and maybe all of them are not achieved yet. >> reporter: is this a revolution right now? >> yeah, this is like a revolution right here. >> reporting in the clip, cnn's ivan watson, among those demonstrators for quite some time, reporting on the situation. he joins us live. ivan, just give us the latest on what the situation is like on the streets of cairo right now. they still look pretty tense. >> reporter: tense, but largely peaceful throughout the day. five miles from where i'm standing, tens of thousands of supporters of the ruling military council here. here in tahrir square, behind me, we've gotten to know so well, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands

some left the frontline and moved back towards tahrir square. it lasted until dusk, and then the violence started again. bbc news, cairo. >> for more on the scene in tahrir square, i spoke to another. it seems from jeremy's report their that the situation is tense and volatile tonight. >> there is just a huge war that goes up from this crowd -- a huge roar. protesters are moving up from the square. they are calling on the field marshal to leave in the same way they called for president mubarak to leave months ago. there was a very rare speech last night, where indicated he did not want to hold onto power, but even they see themselves as guardians of the protest. they are not going to leave 5t -- tahrir square until their demands are met. there is some criticism of the united states because there was growing concern about the tear gas that is being used. the wave of the ambulance does not stop. you can see behind me the tents that have been erected in the middle of the square, and on them, it is written, "made in the usa." they are wanting to kno

some left the frontline and moved back towards tahrir square. it lasted until dusk, and then the violence started again. bbc news, cairo. >> for more on the scene in tahrir square, i spoke to another. it seems from jeremy's report their that the situation is tense and volatile tonight. >> there is just a huge war that goes up from this crowd -- a huge roar. protesters are moving up from the square. they are calling on the field marshal to leave in the same way they called for president mubarak to leave months ago. there was a very rare speech last night, where indicated he did not want to hold onto power, but even they see themselves as guardians of the protest. they are not going to leave 5t -- tahrir square until their demands are met. there is some criticism of the united states because there was growing concern about the tear gas that is being used. the wave of the ambulance does not stop. you can see behind me the tents that have been erected in the middle of the square, and on them, it is written, "made in the usa." they are wanting to kno

and tahrir square is crowded with tens and thousands of people. some people will spend the tight night here. there was another demonstration, a counter demonstration. people who support the military council here. they say they are the silent majority here in egypt to have watched from their homes and on television as tahrir square has become a political stage in which they are calling for the military to leave power. they are attacking the interior ministry. these are the other egyptians worried about the country's economy, which is in very bad shape since the revolution. they are worried about the lack of law & order in the streets and they want to see the elections go on and they support the government. there are people here in egypt who actually do support this government. joe? >> so you're saying honest disappointment on point of view and not necessarily a counter demonstration that's been put out there by the generals? >> reporter: no, it would appear that it was in fact a sincere demonstration of those egyptians who don't sympathize, don't a

some of the friends are back out in tahrir square and have erected tents. police raid the tents and clear them up. but the anger of the protesters is far from over. they threw stones. the police responded with tear gas. the situation escalates. ali's girlfriend is caught up in the altercation. degas irritates her lungs. many of her friends are injured. many across egypt are discussed with military brutality. -- disgusted with military brutality. elsewhere and in egypt, there are protests, too. >> how can we talk about democracy in this country when people are beaten and killed by the security forces? >> battles that been raging since last saturday. on tuesday, ali was brought to hospital suffering the effects of tear gas. >> earlier, we spoke to a representative from the german institute for security affairs. we asked if monday would represent a new start for egypt. >> we can hope that election start on monday and that will be a democratic start. there are three rounds until march, and if the elections proceed, according to plan, we will at least know somet

then we saw the situation in tahrir square. with the expectations that we had at the beginning of this year and real changes in the region, are we overreaching? >> the optimism came from this dramatic notion that change will come instantaneously. overnight it will move from autocratic regimes to democracy. that is unrealistic. no one should be expecting t army to be a protector of democracy. it was clear that the image of the army as the protector of democracy in egypt is over and they will have to come up with a different plan and accelerate a takeover by the civilians. >> thank you very much for coming in. >> thank you. >> in other news, pakistan's ambassador to washington, husain haqqani, has resigned in the wake of the accusation that he was behind a memo asking for the u.s. to help. in cambodia, the deputy leader of the khmer rouge has told a court that he signed off on the murder of his countrymen for its own send -- for their own sake. now, the number two is standing trial in the capital. it is from there that we got thi

they were accused of taking part in the violent protests in tahrir square.officials said the students threw molitov cocktails from a rooftop during the admonition strag demonstrations. the students denied the charges. they are due home tonight. >>> violence reported

the tear gas in tahrir is american-made. protesters told me so are other supposed crowd control devices. he's showing me one of the shotgun shells and it clearly says made in the usa. in the square demonstrators prayed in defiance some wearing gas masks calling for the army to step down. as you can see, brian, there are still tens of thousands of people here in tahrir square. they set up tents. they are spending the night. they will be using these tents tomorrow when they plan to have a million man march in this city and once again the future of egypt and who controls it is at stake. >> so, richard, one way of asking it. last time we met there, you and i walked through there. it was a sunny afternoon. we met and talked to a lot of people. if we can go back and find those same people what have their lives been like. has it been suspended animation for them? >> reporter: they have put their faith in the egyptian army and the egyptian military to bring democracy here and bring a degree of prosperity. that was the deal that they

. >> tension in tahrir. another mass protest. the military insists next week's election will go ahead. demonstrators are calling on the generals to quit. >> welcome to "g.m. t. " also, syria in a standoff. are sanctions on the way? >> fears grow london's heathrow airport could grind to a halt next week. it is midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, d.c., and 2:00 in the afternoon in cairo where at least 100,000 protesters are again gathered in tahrir square demanding the departure of the military power. kamal gonzuri's forming a new government reports of this have not stopped the fury. we go live to our correspondent who is in tahrir square. what are you hearing from the square right now? protesters are adamant that the military council must go? >> indeed, that's the overwhelming feeling here in the square. it is loud and passionate here. but it is also peaceful. that's the key thing. the crowds have been building for an hour. we have about 100,000 people in the square by the end of the day . if this passes off relatively

ivan watson is in tahrir square right now. ivan, what's happening? it doesn't look good. >> they call it a million man march. i don't know if it's a million people. i'm going to get out of the way so you can perhaps zoom in and see. maybe not a million people, i can't tell from here, but certainly we haven't seen numbers like this in cairo very volatile tahrir square since those days when they brought down mubarak. i do have to say, though, this is probably marred by the fact this is the most violent days that egypt has seen since that uprising last november with nearly 29 people killed, most until cairo, but also in at least two other egyptian cities. we were in amid the street fighting earlier today. take a look at this brief report. these are the front lines of the running battles over here. the police have set up a barricade in this direction. they have been throwing rocks at them, but tear gas is coming constantly. you can see the corrosive effects of it. many are showing these shells that they pick up and many are claiming they're made in the u

square and there hundreds of thousands of people in tahrir.ry to step down immediately and want a civilian government to take charge. they don't trust the military. they don't trust field marshall to implement democracy as the government and the military has promised to do. what we are seeing is something of a showdown. the protesters say they will stay here and the field marshall said that the protests are illegitimate and they are trying to destroy the country's economy. the question now is will the egyptian military that has taken a stance against the protest offering some concessions. will the military now try to move in and break up the demonstrations which is what f the with you. >> we heard from richard about the conseg that is the military gone to the notion that next june they would have presidential elections and this next monday they had elections for the parliament. other parties say one that is not enough and two, it's loaded to favor the other part of the political spectrum and they are very, very disappointed in the military gov

they were accused of taking part in the violent protests in tahrir square.officials said the students threw molitov cocktails from a rooftop during the admonition strag demonstrations. the students denied the charges. they are due home tonight. >>> violence reported in at least nine states from black friday. a grandfather bloody during a shoplifting arrest in an arizona walmart. gerald noonan hit his head on

they were being watched by people in tahrir square. tahrir square, like the rest of egypt, was divided about how egypt should move forward or if it is moving forward. some egyptians -- some protesters cast their ballot. others stayed in the square and said the process is a sham, that it is not going to lead anywhere. the main demand in the square is the same. leave, the military must leave. >> to what extent does it mean at the end of this long process the military will really handover power? >> you know, there is something quite beautiful about democracy. just casting your ballot. it never fails to surprise people. all the people i spoke to when i went and talked to the voters who were waiting to put their ballots in the box said it matters, they want to be part of this. a lot of them talked about doing it for egypt. one woman said, "i want to bring egypt back to the great days, its old civilization." you have to remember these months of not just been momentous political change. is also so they can hold their head up high. is about --

there are then the protester rs in tahrir who are the protesters in tahrir now who have been sort ofo they represent? what is their world view and perspective? >> this is the core question that's been debated on our talk shows day and night. who are they? they are youth. they are young. people who weren't even born when this new prim minister was taken over. they are extremely fragmented, divided, there is no focus. no leader. no one who can speak for them. there is no way to say who represents egypt. egypt has 85 million people. think of it as 30 years of no political anything. no parties. politics wasn't even part of their kind of thinking and suddenly, you have a multitude of parties. all we knew is the muslim brotherhood. that's a different thing. refuse to be in the protests and they want to go to the elections. that poses a different kind of ideology. they've been considered a front-runner. that if we have this parliament, they're going to take over. it's created all these internal divisions within the party and that's worried a lot of egyptians who supported them because they

today in tahrir square, they hanged his effigy. and now caught up in this second revolution are three american college students on a semester abroad. egyptian television showed them looking sheepish, in detention, accused of throwing molotov cocktails at security forces. back in the square, by 4:00 p.m., hundreds of thousands packed in. this is the biggest demonstration since hosni mubarak was toppled nearly one year ago. it's also the biggest challenge for the military, which has dominated political life here for nearly six decades. they were promised democracy, it wasn't delivered. now they're determined to take it for themselves. but would toppling the egyptian military be good for the united states? the military is secular, it's u.s. funded. it defends the peace treaty with israel. and for decades, it's been the peace broker in the middle east. >> the main roll of the army is to protect egypt. and so far, and to this day, to this point in time, it is fully affecting the public. affecting the egyptians. >> reporter: in the eveni

today in tahrir square, they hanged his effigy. and now caught up in this second revolution are three american college students on a semester abroad. egyptian television showed them looking sheepish, in detention accused of throwing molotov cocktails at security forces. back in the square, hundreds of thousands packs in. this is the biggest dem demonstration since one year ago. it's also the biggest protest of the military. they were promised democracy, now they've vowed to take it for themselves. >> reporter: would toppling the eepg egyptian military be good for the united states? for decades, it's been a peace broker in the middle east. >> the main roll of the army is to protect egypt. and so far, and to this day, to this point in time, it is fully affecting the public. >> in the evening, a rare television address. but it was soon clear he wasn't stepping down. instead he said egypt will form a new government and have early presidential elections. the reaction in tahrir, the field marshall is a trader, he said. and clashes resume

taking on steel tahrir square once again. a shocking sacrifice in tibet. monks are committing suicide by fire as a sign of the growing frustration with the struggle. >> with china, talks are with a much quieter voice. >> and bat and down at the hatches. world whether could be getting worse -- world weather could be getting worse. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tahrir square is synonymous with the arab spring, and today thousands of egyptians returned there to air their grievances. months after president mubarak was ousted, new pressure on the military to speed up the promised handover of power. parliamentary elections are later this month. from cairo, john lyon reports. >> the demonstrators are back in tahrir square, the symbolic heart of the egyptian revolution. they are worried the military that replaced mubarak do not want to give power back to the people. this is where ordinary egyptians risked their lives to get rid of hosni mubarak earlier this year. that there is growing frustration that their lives are not getting be

. >> there are battles between protesters and security forces in tahrir square in a day that activists say will be a million man protest. >> hello and welcome. also in the program, new pictures emerged of seif al- islam gaddafi at the international criminal court. he could be tried inside libya. outcry in south africa as solid votes on a new information law that critics claim will suppress freedom of expression. 7:00 a.m. in new york, 2:00 p.m. in cairo, midday in london. in cairo, the tension has escalated. protests growing in cairo and spreading to other cities in egypt. the showdown between the generals and pro-democracy protesters has turned violent and there are fears of leading to classes with police. now to my correspondence. >> this is tahrir square, a gathering place, a place of protests, the focal point of demonstrators. many egyptians are calling this a second revolution. we see the confrontations between protesters and security forces unfolding. behind me to the right you may see the teargas. canisters are fired as protesters moved down towards the ministry of interior, the

reporter: the three were arrested last sunday, accused of throwing molotov cocktails near cairo's tahrir square. derrik describes first terrifying night in custody. >> we were in a near fetal position with our hands handcuffed by hide our back, and with our shirts still over our heads so we couldn't see anything even in the dark, and they said if we proved we would get shot. they would shoot us. >> the three were brought before cameras showing them with fire bombs egyptian authorities said came from their backpacks. derrik says these bottles might have belonged to egyptian, but not to the three americans. >> there is a picture of you holding what looks like a dasani bottle, but there's definitely colored fluid in there. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: what is that? >> they put it up against my mouth and threatened as if they were going to make me drink it. my best guest would be gasoline. >> reporter: today the georgetown student admits he may have been naive in being drawn to an area where protesters and police were battling it out. he says it was curious to watch egypt's struggle for polit

on the eve of parliamentary elections, demonstrators continued to fill tahrir square. we will have the latest on the protest in egypt. >> is a really good feeling. i am glad to be with my family. >> the last of three students arrested during the cairo protests is back on american soil. those details as we cover the >> protests continued in egypt today. people camped in front of the are part ofbuilding an the ongoing demonstration in tahrir square. they are demanding an end to military rule. they said they have no faith in the new prime minister. elections will be held over three months. the third americans did arrested in egypt during the protests is back home. luke gates landed in indianapolis last night. he is the third of three americans to return home after being accused by egyptian officials of throwing bombs near tahrir square. >> it is really nice. it is a really good feeling. i am glad to be with my family. i want to go home and have thanksgiving. >> one of the other students is denying all allegations and they were not on the rooftop and there were arrested. i

the shout in tahrir square was "the people, the army, one hand." the dramatic change that's happened in the nine months since then is really extraordinary to see the military slide in public opinion, to see the way it's really cracked down on protests that have erupted. the way it's imposed military tribunals, the way it's really tried to exert its control at one point sort of using some of the leverages of power to suggest that they would be immune to transparency and not put under the same level of scrutiny of civilian control, under a constitutional guarantee, sort of setting up a military state within a state. genuine fears, i think, by many aspects of the politic opposition. the religious muslim brotherhood and also the secular movements and the more liberal parties are together, i think, in their expression of concern on what is the role of the military going forward in egypt? >> suarez: you've got team of young reporters. what are they telling you about the mood on the streets of the country? >> we had on an extraordinary chance to work with

thousands gather on cairo's tahrir square for massive protests planned as a final call for military rulers to hand over power as the most violent rallies in egypt since mubarak's fall enter their second week. and once those regimes are overthrown the town doors polk's is open france's fresh initiative to set up a humanitarian corridor in syria seen by many as a first step toward military intervention in a country torn apart by violence. preparations in place for a possible escalation of violence in northern kosovo local serbs say nato backed forces have broken earlier agreements by trying to tear down a border barricade a move that led to fierce clashes. and in business russin bello a sign a landmark energy deal means it will get a heavy discount on gas pipelines in return gets one hundred percent ownership and that was the strength of the journey for more on that and other stories in our business bulletin it's twenty. seven pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story cairo's tahrir square again packed with people gathered for friday prayers with the threat

there are big protests in tahrir and adjacent streets. is there violence today?haven't heard of any violence. at least 41 people have been killed since the protest movement began on saturday. moments after the new prime minister, the newly-apointed prime minister addressed the nation in a televised address and swore that he would be afforded more powers, more authority than the successor had had, i heard the crowd behind me here in tahrir chanting meaning leave. i don't know if that referred to him or the ruling military council that this protest movement has been so against, but definitely, that has not had any affect on diminishing the people power protest movement that we have seen here in tahrir square. >> of course, the big question is in three days there are elections, parliamentary elections. the first of many stages in this electoral process and egypt and the question is how will these elections unfold? can they be held in the current environment even? >> reporter: that has been a big debate. the ruling military council says, yes, we got to go ahead. one

>> well, i wasn't hurt or arrested in tahrir square. in mohammed mahmoud street which is just off tahrir square. it is a street that leads into the square. i'm perfectly fine in the square. my only concern today was to stay away from the middle of the throng because of my cast, because it was so many people today. they were really packed in. so i stayed on the edges of the square. that's where i talked to a lot of people. that's where i stopped and took photographs with them, some of then wanted to take pictures of me. then i would ask well then in return would you sign my cast? i felt perfectly fine as long as i wasn't in the middle of it because i was just worried about the crowds and my cast. >> so egypt's interior ministry did respond after hearing your story, being told on many different occasions yesterday, different networks. they are now saying that what happened to you was an isolated incident, it must have been an isolated incident and they also said that the riot police wouldn't treat women the way in which you described you

ben, why the fighting now in the streets and why are these crowds massing in tahrir square again? >> what you see really, ted, this is a manifestation of the growing frustration and anger against the supreme council for the armed forces. that's the group that took over from hosni mubarak when he resigned on the 11th of february. the feeling is that they're not moving quickly enough to civilian rule, that they may harbor ambitions to hold on to power for the foreseeable future. another element is that these clashes began yesterday, when the police were trying to clear a fairly small number of people out of tahrir square, but they used fairly excessive force yesterday. one man was killed in cairo, more than a thousand wounded. this is really -- sparked more outrage because, of course, egyptians overthrew hosni mubarak's regime because they felt that the police had too much power, was too brutal, arbitrarily tortured and detained people. this is really a reaction to that. they don't want to see the same sort of regime coming back and staying yet again. >> well, it looks like the same

dead, protests continue in cairo in tahrir square. nuclear waste on its way back to germany accompanied by protests by environmental activists. the financial future of europe is at the center of a showdown between brussels and berlin over eurozone debt, and it touches on overriding issues like national sovereignty and the rights of individual parliaments. the president of the eu commission has launched a new push for eurobonds, criticizing the german government's rejection. >> the eurozone president hopes that brussels can convince markets that it can resolve the debt crisis, and he wants germany to reconsider the introduction of eurobonds as a solution instead of just rejecting the idea. >> frankly speaking, i do not think it is appropriate in our european union in respect of the prerogatives and duties of all the institutions to say from the beginning that it should not be helped. >> the european commission has proposed three possible forms of yourbonds. in the first version, current individual government bonds would be replaced by