well for more on what's happening in egypt on are joined live by yvonne ridley a journalist who's in london for us yvonne to you wrote the arab world has finally woken from its slumbers after years of being drugged and mugged by the west but the latest batch of wiki leaks documents that we've seen it claimed the protests in egypt were backed by the united states what's your take on that. well i think that now the sleeping giant housework i'm not going to be sold. which is why so many turned to. the strong protested tahrir square but more than four million across egypt. to rally to protest they will continue until mubarak is gone everybody realizes that apart from barak and it's who will fill that vacuum. the good sign is the turn strong committee that is part of the muslim brotherhood part of the fire mohammed. was mentioned before but the egyptian people are very very suspicious of anybody who is also supported aided by america and you can't blame them we mention alberta died there and as you say gyptian is are now united against a pro-american hosni mubarak and die who headed the un

yvonne ridley there in london thanks so much for joining us well it's a remarkable development of events there in karachi less than twenty four hours ago the president the power up there he was vowing he was going to go nowhere so what do you think changed his mind so suddenly. i think that he had a phone call from the white house that persuaded him to leave the problem facing a dictator like mubarak is that when you have many billions stashed away. he obviously had to seek assurances that wouldn't be frozen much has happened in switzerland to save hurt already there are lots of things that i think he's had to sort out in the suburbs they've been a lot of deals going on behind the scenes but at the end of the day the victory is with the people they got their way i was in tahrir square just on tuesday and it was and the electric atmosphere the scenes from last night i really. felt for the people but today they got their rewards. that patience paid off but will it pay off in the future as we're listening to our correspondent in washington a little earlier there are some people who liken wh

and british journalist and war correspondent yvonne ridley gave me her thoughts as to why hosni mubarak finally decided to resign i think that he had a phone call from the white house that persuaded him to leave the problem facing a dictator like mubarak is that when you have many billions stashed away. he obviously had to seek assurances that wouldn't be frozen as has happened in switzerland to see if heard already there are lots of things that i think he's had to sort out something a lot of deals going on behind the scenes but at the end of the day the victory is with the people they got their way i was in tahrir square just on tuesday and it was an electric atmosphere the scenes from last night i really felt for the people but today they got their rewards that patience paid off. refers to the western influence on the events unfolding in egypt and the situations developed in the past three weeks. barack his history his steely determination not to resign. as he finally stepped down as president seems a celebration marking an end to the leader's thirty year regime and a new start for th

and british journalist and war correspondent yvonne ridley says hosni mubarak delayed his departure to take care of his multibillion dollar fortune the problem facing a dictator like mubarak is that when you have many billions stashed away. he obviously had to seek assurances that it's also wouldn't be frozen as has happened in switzerland to suit heard already there are lots of things that i think he's had to sort out and this obviously been a lot of deals going on behind the scenes but at the end of the day the victory is with the people they got their way it was in tough you square just on tuesday and it was an electric atmosphere they got their rewards that patience paid off and coming up for you in a few minutes here on r t learning from mubarak's downfall doubt how karzai is using the events in egypt to solidify his power and protect himself against similar uprisings in afghanistan. and european leaders are one by one denouncing the policy of multiculturalism the latest fail stab came from the french president nicolas sarkozy who said he doesn't want people to pray in a quote an

nonsense they started doing this probably two days ago not thirty years ago and british journalist yvonne ridley told r.t. that egyptian people will no longer let the us pick the leaders for them. the egyptian people are very very suspicious of anybody who has been endorsed supported or aided by america and you can't blame them they also have made it quite clear that they do not want any more meddling from the u.s. and america has. one point three billion dollars of aid every year the ordinary egyptian people don't see one cent of doubt so they're not bothered if america does withdraw this fund because they certainly do not benefit from it i really hope that the western powers don't underestimate the egyptian people yet again you know very intelligent very politically aware. they will choose the people who they want and if america doesn't like it well it's going to be. well what's behind this uprising and what lies ahead for egypt is the topic in the latest edition of crosstalk that's coming your way in about twenty minutes time . the muslim brotherhood yes it's the best organized opposition but

there are still those who think he isn't courting the support of the west or british journalist yvonne ridley believes that his recent talks with u.s. officials have done little to clarify his possession. what is interesting after that meeting with the u.s. ambassador the u.s. state department put out an all to call in all americans to get out of egypt so i'm not sure how well that meeting with the u.s. ambassador went i don't think barrett i actually sees themselves as leadership material he probably sees themselves as a bridge to the egyptian people form the government a unity government that they want and he's prepared to broker back to you but i really hope that the western powers don't underestimate the egyptian people yet again and what we're seeing in egypt today we will see i predict right across the arab world and staying with egypt now where mass protests and violence continue to dominate world headlines r.t. is alice it chicken or examines how some western media choose to betray such events in a manner that suits their own political agenda. riots and outrage have the same face no m

some think he doesn't identify himself with the west versus journalist yvonne ridley says that even his first visit to u.s. officials didn't go so well. what is interesting after that meeting with the u.s. ambassador the u.s. state department put out an order to call in all americans to get out of egypt so i'm not sure how well that meeting with the u.s. ambassador to the violent i don't think paris i actually sees themselves as leadership material he probably sees himself as a bridge to help the egyptian people form the government a unity government that they want and he's prepared to broker back to you but i really hope that the western powers don't underestimate the egyptian people yet again and what we're seeing in egypt today we will see i predict right across the arab world. now russia is commemorating the man who presided over the fall of the soviet union and the country's turbulent transition to democracy tuesday moment of what would have been a better sales and eighteenth birthday remember for his sweeping reforms his legacy four years on days death still has many russians divi

been a step or two behind throughout this entire process british journalist and war correspondent yvonne ridley says hosni mubarak delayed his departure to take care of his multibillion dollar fortune. the problem facing a dictator like mubarak is that when you have many billions stashed away. he obviously had to seek assurances that his are wouldn't be frozen as has happened in switzerland to save hurt already there are lots of things that i think he's had to sort out and this obviously been a lot of deals going on behind the scenes but at the end of the day the victory is with the people they got their way i was in tahrir square just on tuesday and it was an electric atmosphere they got their rewards that patience paid off and coming up for you in a few minutes learning for mubarak's downfall of find out how karzai using the events in egypt to solidify his power and protect himself against similar uprisings in afghanistan. all american billionaire donald trump could be the next u.s. president as a twenty two a presidential race nears he joins possible republican challengers who've been trying

choose their leaders based author and journalist yvonne ridley. the egyptian people are very very suspicious of anybody who has been endorsed supported or aided by america and you can't blame them they also have made it quite clear that they do not want any more meddling from the u.s. and america has no well we can one point three billion dollars of aid every year the ordinary egyptian people don't see one cent of that so they're not bothered if america does withdraw this fund because they certainly do not benefit from it i really hope that the western powers don't underestimate the egyptian people yet again very intelligent very politically aware. they will choose the people who they want and if america doesn't like it well it's going to be. well for more analysis on this i'm now joined by professor so you had mohammad marandi from the university of tehran. right this time around the world the u.s. has tried in the past to overthrow a medina jazz regime but they did succeed how is the u.s. playing a similar role in egypt's politics now. i think i