on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer. when the presidential elections are shared judy but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date and cairo based journalist boucherie says egyptians have every right not to trust them in the tree. people are unsure about whether you actually transfer power in jeanne so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was exemplified by the football disaster a few week

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council but they want to see the council step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections are shuttle but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date. journalist true gyptian have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they actually transfer power in jean and so far the military really minute you count so has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since he came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police and i was simply fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago

well still ahead here on r.t. a year since the toppling of mubarak stead of celebrations across egypt a general strike as people feel betrayed by the military rulers and want change that still hasn't come on. the group of political activists russians take the matter of election transparency into their own hands but organizing a vote is leak. story still to come in the weekly but first iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking on the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad's said tehran would never stop enriching uranium iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful energy purposes but united states and its allies the e.u. and israel suspect iran could be pursuing nuclear weapons have been piling up sanctions against iran but from a dinner jihad warns that europe's planned oil embargo will backfire spain one of the biggest consumers of iranian oil says the sanctions would hurt it more than any other european state based journalist we go on your manado believes the embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to run the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they they're blocking reforms the military side it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date kyra based journalist who says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was exemplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago

on the first anniversary of the ousting of board president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they they're blocking reforms the military side it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date kyra based journalist true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether or actually transfer power in june so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises but that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police and i was exemplified by the football disaster a few w

on the first anniversary of the ousting of president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for general strive to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military side it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date and kyra based journalist about. to have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether or actually transfer power in june so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was exemplified by the local disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy f

on of the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists of called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date cairo based journalist bel true. every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether you actually transfer power in jean and so far the military and the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot i'm aiming protesters it's been absolutely no reform of the police is it simplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for general strive to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military side it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date and kyra based journalist says addictions have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether you actually transferred power in june so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters the people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was simply fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw ov

yes it is the toppling of mubarak but instead of celebrations across egypt at general strike its people feel betrayed by the military rule is and won't change that still doesn't come. under the politically active russians take the matter of elections transparency into that own hands by organizing the voters lead. that slate about the fallout iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program and speaking of the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad said tehran would never stop enriching uranium it will insist its nuclear program is to serve its domestic energy but the united states and its allies the u.n. a zero suspect tehran could be pursuing nuclear weapons and they've been piling up sanctions against it. was that europe's planned all the bangle will backfire spain one of its. biggest consumers of iranian oil sanctions would hurt it more than any other european state and madrid based. believes there has been forced upon. what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never wanted t

but instead of celebrations across egypt a general strike as people feel betrayed by the military rulers and want to change that still has yet to arrive. and a group of politically active russians take the matter of election transparency into their own hands by organizing a vote his lead. it's tough new cuts on already struggling greeks or an imminent default as the country's prime minister warns failing to get more bailout cash will be catastrophic the parliament is set to vote on the unpopular new austerity bill that e.u. creditors want passed in return for the one hundred thirty billion euro rescue package the cabinet has quit the plan after some debate but lost six ministers or deputies in the process some coalition m.p.'s are threatening to vote against it if it goes ahead though a fifteen thousand civil servants will lose their jobs and the minimum wage will be slashed thousands of greeks have been protesting the deal throughout the week there have been clashes with police who fired tear gas to disperse crowds and more rallies are expected later on sunday when the parliament votes

egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential election is assured but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this day cairo based journalist bel true gyptian solve every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police and i was simply fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little

is trying is starting to use the same measures as countries as mubarak has done in egypt or even the greek government has done to its very own citizens over the general strike but just how dangerous all these chemicals supposed to be want to think could they have only. income past. nerve gas as it is as it is called has been used against protesters in the june general strike in greece and amnesty international condemned the use of that tear gas in normal language it's called choking gas and has said that the greek government has waged a chemical warfare upon its very own citizens now you can actually die from the from the gas is being used against protesters against larger crowds is there evidence of that people have actually died as a result of that. well in the in the general strike in greece what we have seen is that one of the communist trade unionists who was on the streets for several hours on that day actually had a long asphyxiation due to the chemicals being used on greek streets and so it wouldn't surprise me if similar cases were if if chemical if these chemicals are being

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum will transfer power in june when the presidential elections that many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date based journalist build true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was simply fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which

on of the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists of called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date cairo based journalist bel truce says adoptions have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since they came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot i'm aiming protesters it's been absolutely no reform of the police is it exemplified by the football disaster a

egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential election is assured but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this day kyra based journalist belled true gyptian salve every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police. to fight by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little reform s

on the first anniversary of the else thing of former president hosni mubarak egypt activists who call for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it would accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections show july that many people feel they will remain in power beyond this date based journalist bill truces egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about where they'll actually transfer. and so far the military really minute you count so has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since they came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police as if they're to fight by the. disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy four

on the first anniversary of the sting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum will transfer power in june when the presidential elections that many people fear they will remain in power beyond the state car a british journalist bill true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether actually transfer power in gene so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since they came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police. provide by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy

egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military has said it won't accept any ultimatum to transfer power in june when the presidential elections assured but many people fear they will stay in power beyond those days kyra post journalist bel truce says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is shots i'm aiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was simply fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little re

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for generals try to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military who said it won't accept any also late and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date. journalist says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether you actually transfer power in june so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since you came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police and i was simply fired by the local disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy four people die

on the first anniversary of the sting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum will transfer power in june when the presidential elections a shuttle that many people fear they will remain in power beyond the state based journalist bill true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police. provide by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's ousted is have called for generals try to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military says it won't accept any ultimatum and work stands for power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date and cover based journalist truth says egyptians have every right now to not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether i actually transferred power in june and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police and i was terrified by the football disaster a few weeks

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for generals try to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military is said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date and journalist says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether actually transfer power in june so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police and i was simply fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy four people die

on the first anniversary of the el sting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military says it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date based journalist bill truces egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police. were fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy fo

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum will transfer power in june when presidential elections as scheduled many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date card based journalist build true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since they came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters or people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police. fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over

imposed mubarak egypt karo says washington's threats to hold military aid won't change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s. that sit to the news continues with my colleague sean thomas in less than half an hour from now here in r.t. in the meantime people have asked his guests about the stock market flotation of the world's biggest social media site facebook debate next in crosstalk. oh. oh. oh. oh oh. oh oh. oh. oh oh oh. oh oh oh oh oh. oh oh in the welcome across. the face folks initial public offering is being called a very big deal and many hope the i.p.o. will lift the entire tech sector but is the i.p.o. a good one public.

well the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying that blocking reforms the military said it would accept any ultimatum to transfer. presidential elections as many people fear they will remain in power beyond this thing called a generous build true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since they came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police is it exemplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy four people die so esse

on the first anniversary of the el sting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date. truce as egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is shots i'm aiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police and i was fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy four people die so

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want me council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june presidential elections are scheduled many people fear they will remain in power beyond the state government's journalist bill true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the really minute you count so has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since they came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is shot and maiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police was provided by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw seventy f

and post mubarak egypt or it says washington's military aide won't change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s our top stories this hour. international news or comment live from moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day the syrian opposition says the city of homs has come under the heaviest attack yet in days of intensive fighting between armed groups and government forces activists say hundreds of people have been killed by the shelling since friday the government denies the assault local journalist on and then says that reports from homs are very difficult to verify but it seems like the situation hamas has been asking way to do for the last five days with fear of fierce fighting between now what they call themselves the free syrian army and the military forces by the series now for a moment the syrian government has a warning to its own.

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's ousted is have called for generals try to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and well transfer power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date and kyra based journalist about truth says egyptians have every right now to not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether i actually transferred power in june so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police i was provided by the football disaster a few weeks ago w

egypt we are. united states was slow to embrace the protesters but then when they did of course it was still the arms that were. in contention which were hovering over the entire situation and which still cover the entire over the entire situation in egypt where u.s. most them are u.s. built because we give a lot of military aid to egypt and it seems like from what i'm reading that you know right now yesterday just in the last twenty four hours we have heard a group a bipartisan group of senators it's funny what actually brings that you parties together it's been when i john mccain and joseph lieberman and they're asking and they're calling on. they put forth a proposal to start arming the anti regime people in syria and so it's just really interesting i mean how do you think this looks from the outside looking in when the u.s. criticizes countries for selling arms to cover. they don't like but they're willing to arm the people they're fighting us government well you know a lot of times you know th

and post mubarak egypt cairo says threats to halt military aid won't change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s as a military delegation cut short his visit to washington. in a recent report the bureau of investigative journalism uncovered countless deadly drone strikes carried out by the u.s. in pakistan it also highlighted several quotes from president barack obama claiming the strikes only target terrorists are not civilians however the report found hundreds of civilians have in fact being killed by these cia led aerial attacks chris words to compile the report things it won't be long before the legality of using unmanned drones in that way is tested in court. cia has been saying for some time now that it hasn't killed a civilian in pakistan since at least two thousand and ten every news agency. pakistan every credible news organization that's looked at this is finding that that's not the case we know that civilians are being killed pakistan is clearly very unhappy with the strikes there's an interview in a british newspaper today with the pakistan high commissio

and post mubarak egypt cairo says still hold military aid won't change its position on the so-called crackdown on western ngo's gyptian military delegation cut short his visit to washington. in a recent report the bureau of investigative journalism uncovered countless deadly drone strikes carried out by the u.s. in pakistan it also highlighted several quotes from president barack obama claiming the strikes only target terrorists are not civilians however the report found hundreds of civilians have in fact being killed by these cia led aerial attacks chris woods to compile the report things it won't be long before the legality of using unmanned drones in that way is tested in court. the cia has been saying for some time that it hasn't killed a civilian in pakistan since at least one of them an every news agency. every credible news organization that's looked at this is not the case we know that civilians are being killed pakistan is clearly very unhappy with the strikes there's an interview in the british newspaper the. pakistan high commissioner to london describing the drone strikes

for the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum. presidential elections. people fear they will remain in power beyond this thing. generals build true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether i'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since they came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters with people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police as it exemplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw over seventy four people die so essentially we've seen ver

imposed mubarak egypt current says washington's threats to halt military aid change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. within twenty four hours a day the syrian opposition say the city of homs has come under the heaviest attack yet in days of intensive fighting between armed groups and government forces to say hundreds of people have been killed by army shelling since friday the government denies the assault local journalist down and says reports from homs are difficult to verify. it seems like the situation hamas has been asked to wait here for the last five days with fear fierce fighting between now what they call themselves the free syrian army and the military forces by the syrian government the syrian government has according to it's of little forces has reported many casualties on the ground. in the last few days almost it's really hard to determine what's really going on on the ground there because of safety issues to reach the place and confirm. definite numbers of peo

and post mubarak egypt caro's says washington straight stalled middle create won't change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s. about the not that fourteen fifteen thirty minutes from now in the meantime we cross to washington to take a look at where business and politics meet in the capital account with lauren lyster this is. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and ben bernanke testified on capitol hill again today the big question from the media how would last week's good u.s. jobs report affect monetary policy while bernanke he actually said the numbers understate weakness in labor but is the debate over the monthly jobs numbers simply moot ronald reagan's former budget director says the numbers are made up so is the b.l.s. the emperor with no clothes and if so why are markets in the media going along with it and greece has agreed to lay off thousands of public workers as talks are scheduled to continue over more cuts over meeting more terms to get its next dose of troika money politicians and media are bracin

on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want me council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military said it would accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june presidential elections are scheduled many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date carbines journalist bill true says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer. and so far the military the really minute you count so has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters people expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas.

and post mubarak egypt says washington's threats to halt. change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is twenty four hours a day the syrian opposition say the city of homs has come under the heaviest attack yet in days of intensive fighting between armed groups and government forces activists say hundreds of people have been killed by army shelling since friday the government denies the assault journalist down and says reports from homs are difficult to verify. it seems like the situation hamas has been asked for the last five days with fear fierce fighting between the what they call themselves the free syrian army and the military forces by the syrian government the syrian government has a warning to.

and the first signs of a rift between the us and post mubarak egypt as washington's threats to hold military aid won't change his position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the syrian opposition say the city of homs has come under the heaviest attack yet in days of intensive fighting between armed groups and government forces and activists say hundreds of people have been killed by army shelling since friday the government denies the assault local journalist done and then he says reports from homs difficult to verify. it seems like the situation hamas has been asked to wait for the last five days with fear fierce fighting between now what they call themselves the free syrian army and the military forces by the syrian government the syrian government has according to its official sources has reported many casualties on the ground that have fallen in the last few days almost it's really hard to determine what's really going on on the ground there because of safet

and post mubarak egypt caro's says washington's threats to. change its position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s. i'll be back with an update for you in fifteen thirty minutes from now in the meantime we cross to washington to take a look at where business and politics meet in the capital account with lauren lyster this is. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and ben bernanke testified on capitol hill again today the big question from the media how would last week's good u.s. jobs report affect monetary policy while bernanke he actually said the numbers understate weakness in labor but is the debate over the monthly jobs numbers simply moot ronald reagan's former budget director says the numbers are made up so is the b.l.s. the emperor with no clothes and if so why are markets in the media going along with it and greece has agreed to lay off thousands of public workers as talks are scheduled to continue over more cuts over meeting more terms to get its next dose of troika money p

and post mubarak egypt says washington's threats to military aid won't change his position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s our top story this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the syrian opposition say the city of homs has come under the heaviest attack yet in days of intensive fighting between armed groups and government forces and activists say hundreds of people have been killed by army shelling since friday the government denies the assault the local journalist done and says reports from homs difficult to verify. it seems like the situation hummus has been ask a lady who for the last five days with fear fierce fighting between know what they call themselves the free syrian army and the military forces by the syrian government the syrian government has a warning to its official sources has reported many casualties on.

egypt we are united states was slow to embrace the protesters group then when they did of course it was still the arms that were. in contention which were hovering over the entire situation and which still cover the entire over the entire situation in egypt or us almost a more us bill because we give a lot of military aid to egypt and it seems like from what i'm reading you know right now yesterday just in the last twenty four hours we have heard a group a bipartisan group of senators it's funny what actually brings the two parties together it's being led by john mccain and joseph lieberman and they're asking and they're calling on. they put forth the proposal to start arming the anti regime people in syria and so it's just really interesting i mean how do you think this looks from the outside looking in when the u.s. criticizes countries for selling arms to governments they don't like but they're willing to arm the people that are fighting us government well you know a lot of times you know the opposition people take the arms but there are. so leery of u.s. intentions and in fact i

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up next, one year on from the fall of hosni mubarak, egypt gets its bloodiest outbreak of violence. is democracy doomed fail there? what in the world is right back after this break. imagine if you could always see life [music] in the best light. every time of day. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it is meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. >>> dozens of egyptians were killed in a soccer stadium brawl this past week. this was the deadliest outbreak of violence since hosni mubarak was ousted exactly one year ago. the violence didn't stop at the stadium, and it begs the question, what has egypt gained since its revolution? take a step back and ask, what has the arab spring achieved in the last year? has people power failed the people? what in the world is going on? in egypt the military might be more entrenched before, and parliament's seats has gone to an ultra conservative group of islam it'ses. only 2% has gone to women. consi

egypt or in ben ali's tunisia and so on. and i'd like to kind of, you know, learn a little bit more about that. and i also want to ask whether any of the documents that you've looked at or possibly the documents that are there -- because i think there are, you know, over a million, two million or so -- would tell us anything, would reveal anything about some of the specific, major decisions and the decision making process of the regime, whether it was the decision to invade kuwait on august 2, 1990, or the decision to lie to the international community or deceive the international community about the absence of wmd and so on which, of course, tragically or one of the things that tragically led to the invasion of iraq in 2003. the last thing i'll ask about, and there are many questions that, you know, fascinating questions that come to mind after reading the book, has to do with to what extent was this regime based on a familial system, right? and to what extent was it really based on party and a kind of more institutional sy

the egyptian government using egypt to support mubarak and suppress the people. that switches around. we're on this side of it. now you have assad who is taking money from somebody else. the issue in the middle east is there's a rampant hypocrisy. is there any path through this carcus that's developing that anybody can see that moves towards not killing each other, which when you break it down when you see any of these governments or individuals, government orb otherwise, killing one another. >> i have no problem slamming the russians and the chinese for vetoing this resolution. this was not even a resolution calling for regime change in syria. it was saying let's stop the slaughter and try to come up with a solution within syria. that was a bridge too far for the russians and chinese. really interesting column on this on friday. he said one of the key issues in this entire game is iran. of course, russia and china are aligned with iran. iran has a major stake in syria. that's their top arab ally. >> so do a little try angulation. >> part of the problem is that n

and a new post mubarak era in egypt's history it's been marked by a rise of is the law missed politicians something that it comes at the expense of the secular movement that finds itself increasingly cornered critics say the growing trend is being ignored by washington middle east expert walid far as comments on the shrinking liberal movement in the country. it is unfortunate that after a year and one month from the beginning of the spring egyptian arab spring that the current situation is one suppression of demonstrators civil society minorities and one also a suppression of international n.g.o.s so that is not something that one can consider as a positive outcome the first few days and weeks of the revolt clash here we clearly saw that these were used secular laptop people facebook people women minorities middle class but once the heavier square was consolidated than the regular physical forces came in including the muslim brotherhood the difference was that the muslim brotherhood have support from the gulf petrodollars they have satellite support they are well organized when election w