of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest developments in the handling of the former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who's serving time for abusing power. and the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again very interview show right here on t.v. on tuesday interviews the new president. of the arab spring revolts. but that's it for me the news team for the moment i'll be back with more on those stories and. that's next which today focuses on the potential changes that the upcoming presidential elections in egypt will bring to the region stay with us for that. if you. want. a lonely and welcome to cross talk i'm peter all about countering revolution a little over a year ago the arab awakening started in quickly inspired millions in north africa and the middle east what is the current state of this awakening is democracy in civil society truly on the margins or are the powers of reaction again controlling the narrative and political outcomes. to cross-talk the counter revolution in t

here for us is the european union the party back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro twenty eight well football championship in ukraine and poland over the case of jail ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko more details to follow in a few minutes. also. we can leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on r.t. . julian quizzes the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising all that is has just ahead. international news and covered live from the russian capital this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day in syria a third bomb blast has rocked the city just hours after nine people were killed and around one hundred wounded in twin explosions that the government and the opposition of blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire and that's because maintains its fighting a foreig

kid of accuses the emir of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro twenty four championship in the crane it's the latest developments in the row over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko the serving time for abusing power. in the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very are going to be show right here on r.t. on tuesday june of us only to be the new president of chile is here where arab spring football speaking. for those stories in full with me in fifteen minutes from now the meantime pool's here with the latest action from the world of sport. thank you very much for the welcome to the sports headlines it was coming up on his way the russian football federation. that dick advocaat has to step down as manager of the national side following this summer's european championship. game maria sharapova wald number one victoria azarenka on the stoop all claim to claim her first title of two thousand and twelve. and the waiting game there's drama at the way in his russian middleweight champion to me pl

give accuses the back to the cold war brussels moves to boycott the euro twenty twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the row over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko who's serving time for abusing power. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again the host of his very own interview show right here on. the new president of. the arab spring began. well that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more free in half an hour from now in the meantime we meet a community who choose to go back to basics that's a special report next on r.t. . you cannot. be feared. it's easy to look out in society it's easy to look out at what's going on in politics or society and say well i don't like that like i want to protest against that or you know some political decision or whatever you know whatever happens there's things that it's good to you know the easy to identify a protest against but but there's got to be a flip side to say well here's what you're against but then what are you in favor of so we talked about

of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the row over the handling of the former prime minister yulia timoshenko who's serving time for abusing. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on r.t. on tuesday interviews the new president of. the arab spring revolts to get. those stories in full in less than fifteen minutes from now. with the sports. thank you very much bill welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up on his way the russian football federation confirmed to wate that dick advocaat is to step down as manager at the end of this summer's european football championships. net gain maria sharapova beats world number one victoria azarenka on the schoolgirl clay to claim her first title in two thousand and twelve. and a waiting game in the drama at the weigh in as russian middleweight champion dmitri piddled prepares to put his w.b.i. crown on the line on tuesday night. but first th

the cold war as brussels moves to a boy called. the latest development in the. former prime minister. and the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again the host of his very own interview show right here on. the new president of course where the arab spring. and you can. still. be. a lonely and welcome to cross talk i'm teetotal about countering revolution a little over a year ago the arab awakening started in quickly inspired millions in north africa and the middle east what is the current state of this awakening is democracy in civil society truly on the margins or are the powers of reaction again controlling the narrative and political outcomes. can. start. to cross-talk the counter revolution in the middle east i'm joined by v.j. prashad he's in chicopee he's a professor of international studies at trinity college in hartford and author of arab spring libyan winter in los angeles we have a rough day he is an ambassador for the national american rainy and council human rights activists and columnist for harvard international review and in

of yulia timoshenko the former ukrainian prime minister now serving a prison term for abusing power brussels claims the case though was politically motivated to michelle because currently on hunger strike the latest now from marquis of correspondent r.t. as i like to ski. what seems to be purely domestic case has received very serious international reactions with presidents of germany the czech republic the head of the euro commission as well as german chancellor angela merkel all saying they will boy call their land troops to ukraine in particular for the u. of twenty twelve football period as easily as if to protest against the treatment. of prime minister now even called on the german national football team to boy call it their participation in this tournament the idea which was even supported by the president of the champions league final this club byron munich now also reactions came from mosco with president medvedev raising his eyebrows over the treatment of you to saying that this these actions to throw serious shade on ukraine's reputation and are unacceptable for a democratic count

of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to a boy called the euro twenty twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the role over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko serving time for abusing power. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again the host of his very own interview show right here on our t.v. the tuesday julian assange interviews of the new president of. the arab spring the first to pick. up to date on the headlines but now the time for the sporting headlines with paul. thank you very much laurie welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up on his way the russian football union confirming to our teams that pick up the card is to step down as manager at the end of this summer's european football championship. never again maria sharapova big world number one victoria azarenka on the stuttgart clay to claim her first title of the year. in the waiting game this drama at the way in his russian middleweight champion dmitri pilger prepares to put his w b o crown on the line on tuesday night. t

harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the twenty twelve championship in ukraine this over the case of jailed yulia timoshenko. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very interview show right here on our. quiz is the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising. worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is are with me rule. in syria a third bomb blast has reportedly rocked the city of live just hours after eight were killed and dozens wounded in twin explosions the government and the opposition both blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks now the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped to broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary elections in just two weeks time but the u.s. and its allies are still calling for regime change jordan a base prefer a louche syria fell out of favor. playing by its own will.

shipments who have come from lebanon into syria so who's got time answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the what they know about about that ship if we follow where the facts lead in the coming days i think there's going to be a remarkable. result in investigation of exactly what's going on. and watching r.t. now the world's most famous secret spiller is here again to unleash further controversy with his shows next episode airing on r.t. this change of course julian assange she's already spoken to the hezbollah leader in his first international interview and over six years and brought together two political extremes from both sides of the atlantic laura smith now joins us live from london with the details of the next upcoming storm laura good to see you so what can we expect this time around who is the guest for songs on cheese today. well this is the third episode of the program and the guest this week is the first president of the new tune is the president. of course is where the arab spring first really kicked off and the jasmine revolution as it's come to be known was on

or have a have come from lebanon into syria so who's got time answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the way what they know about about that ship if we follow where the facts lead in the coming days i think there's going to be a remarkable. result in investigation of exactly what's going on. chris hedges author and u.s. war correspondent says under the guise of democracy washington is pushing its own interest in the region. i don't think anyone in the muslim world thinks that we care much about human rights or democracy we have since the first gulf war planted military bases some the size of small cities i think there is at this point absolutely no credibility i'm talking about within the middle east when the united states claims that it would like to bring liberty or democracy to syria my feeling is that everything should be pushed through to create some kind of a ceasefire rather than pass a resolution that calls for assad's removal or resolution. that calls for intervention or anything else there's no real formal opposition you know it's a sort of a mess and they just

brussels in eastern ukrainian city of slowly getting back to normal after its residents were left in a state of shock by a series of bombings friday thirty people were injured ten of them children while doctors continue to treat the injured police are sifting through c.c.t.v. footage of the blast sites artie's aleck's airshows q reports from q. for some residents of new bit of skin ukraine of their regular crime joran and through the city was cut short because the police and i just got up from my chair when i heard the explosion of the doors was smashed the windows shattered all remember that when i got up there was smoke and dust everywhere and women were crying. i was selling tickets when it came out of nowhere i grabbed my knees trying to hold on there was blood all over i got out sat down on a bench and like doubt it was a powerful blast the trousers i was wearing were all covered in holes i couldn't see if my legs were injured but it's not like it's a horror of previously unseen in ukraine's third largest city for homemade explosive devices hidden in trash cans detonated one aft

evidence in support of that regime change so who's got time answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the way what they know about about that ship if we follow where the facts lead in the coming days i think there's going to be a remarkable. result in investigation of exactly what's going on. political leaders of the syrian opposition have been calling for foreign military intervention but it's something people on the ground are refusing to accept as are his oxana boyko reports from damascus. almost everyone in syria these days is in opposition to something ready to lash out at opponents at any moment and seventy six year old my feet mohammad is in opposition to that he says syrians are so worked up about politics that it's become difficult to make people smile but he found a way. i like dancing in the street and i like the reaction it produces in people i feel free this way. even he can't stay away from politics when i ask him about his biggest concern his sass syria should not dance to somebody else's tune. we don't need any countries meddling in our food. while the pro

evidence in support of that regime change so who's got time answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato the way what they know about about that ship if we follow where the facts lead in the coming days i think there's going to be a remarkable. result in investigation of exactly what's going on the syrian conflict because balancing on the brink of civil war also costing the country's economy dearly alleged terrorist destroying industrial sites under the pretext of fighting against president assad or his ex on a boyko has more from the syrian city of aleppo. a lifetime of work burned overnight. this facility is one of a growing number of businesses in syria destroyed by those claiming to advance the cause of that revolution this factory was a classic example of syrian interpreter ship one hundred and fifty employees producing textiles for furniture it was never turning out a lot of profit but provided the decision living for its people all of which is now gone north routes no warnings one evening in fabry a group of young man threw molotov cocktails into the building the owner s

this vision and version of the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind their anti brussels candidates proposal supporting bad border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. it's an hour quarter past the hour here in the russian capital the eastern ukrainian city of the net profit off slowly getting back to normal after its residents were left in a state of shock by a series of bomb explosions on friday thirty people injured ten of them children and while doctors are continuing to treat the injured police are now sifting through c.c.t.v. footage of the blast sites with this report. for some residents of new bit of skin ukraine their regular tri majority through the city was cut short because of the earth and i just got up from my chair when i heard splosion but those were smashed the windows shattered remember when i got up there was smoke and dust everywhere and women were crying. i was selling tickets

still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still the r t brussels. r.t. is coming to you live from moscow it's good to have you with us today the eastern ukrainian city of inappropriate slowly getting back to normal after its residents were left in a state of shock by a series of bomb explosions on friday thirty of them ten of the injured were children now while doctors are continuing to treat the injured police have begun sifting through c.c.t.v. footage of the blast sites with this report now it's a. scam. for some residents of new bit of skin ukraine their regular tri majority through the city was cut short because of the last one i just got up from my chair when i heard the explosion but those were smashed the windows shattered all i remember when i got up there was smoke and dust everywhere and women were crying. beach i was selling tickets when it came out of nowhere i grabbed my knees trying to hold on there was blood all over i got out sat down on a bench and like doubt it was a powerful blast the trousers i was wearing were all covered in h

its vision and version of fear of the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind anti brussels candidates to oppose also putting back border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. now the first round of the french presidential ballot or so marina look pounds a national front do better than ever as it came in with almost eighteen percent of the vote a french journalist. will have to work hard to attract these far right voters in the second. i think the reason one of the reasons why a. high score which is the highest of party ever is partly because of rejection of nicolas sarkozy so this rejection those people who voted for that reason that would have to be overcome in the coming two weeks if he wants to sway them it's probably all that he will carry on as he has in the last few weeks trying to send messages more strongly on the issues of. security and immigration and will not like this kind of talk so it's

vision and version of fear of the obstacles or getting bigger from voters rallying behind their anti brussels candidates to oppose also putting back the border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as a populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. it's good to have you with us here and all to you today still to come in the program of. thousands are rallying in egypt's revolution roof square venting their frustration over the upcoming elections which they say will not represent their. detecting the truth russian m.p. on the very little boy takes a radical step roughish britain's accusation that he killed former security officer alexander litvinenko. on friday a series of explosions of the city of the in a property off script that's in eastern ukraine almost thirty people were injured when four consecutive blasts went off within an hour in public areas causing widespread panic that suspected terror attacks stoked fear not only among the locals but also abroad as the co

brussels. now you're watching r t live from moscow still to come on the program back on to one thousand rally in egypt's revolutionary square advancing their frustration over the upcoming elections which they say won't represent their voice . and texting the truth russian m.p.r. a little boy takes a radical step to rubbish britain's accusation that he killed former security officer alexander leave. on friday a series of explosions have hit the city of never trust in eastern ukraine almost thirty people were injured when four consecutive blast went off within an hour and public areas causing widespread panic the suspected terror attacks both fear not only among the locals but also abroad as the country prepares to host the euro two thousand and twelve football tournament in june i see your task in our reports. for some residents of you but if at all skin ukraine there are regular from jordan and through the city was cut short. list and i just got up from my chair and i heard the explosion that w

vision and version of here are the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind that to brussels candidates to oppose also putting back border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. you know what you are to live for moscow still to come on the program back on every year thousands rally gets revolution where are venting their frustration over the upcoming elections which they say represent their voice . and detecting the truth russian m.p. andre look at boyd takes a radical step to rubbish britain's accusation that he killed former security officer or example of any of. our friday series of explosions have hit the city of never a trough skin eastern ukraine almost thirty people were injured when four consecutive blasts went off within an hour in public areas causing widespread panic the suspected terror attacks stoke fear at all only among the locals but also abroad as a country prepares to host the euro two

brussels watching r.t. live from moscow and back on that we hear thousands rally in egypt's revolutionary square advancing their frustration over the upcoming elections which they say. their voice. detecting the truth russian and void takes a step to rubbish britain's accusation that he killed former security officer alexander litvinenko. on friday a series of explosions happened. the city of never been in eastern ukraine almost thirty people were injured when four consecutive blasts went off within an hour in public areas causing widespread panic the suspected terror attacks stoked fear not only among the locals but also abroad as the country prepares to host the euro two thousand and twelve football tournament in june. reports. for some residents of new but it also can ukraine their regular from jordan and through the city was caught short. list and i just got up from my chair when i heard explosion. the days were smashed the windows shattered all i remember that when i got up there was smoke and dust eve

those who've had their assets freezed fallen oligarch boris berezovsky living in exile in london or brussels correspondent tesser cilia has more. overseas property and back accounts of several individuals charged in the high profile criminal cases of russia have been seized this is at the request of the russian prosecutor's office some three hundred twenty million dollars worth of assets were confiscated in france switzerland monaco and ukraine and one of those individuals charge of these cases. is of course controversial with high profile all the guards and it's reported that about thirty million euros worth of his assets were taken in france and this is in connection with a couple of embezzlement cases leveled against him by russia his relationship with russia is strange to say the least but it does go beyond these high profile financial criminal cases in the past he had said that he is on a mission to bring down the putin and i quote by force and he has been seen as having a close relationship with some chechen militants in particular. who is wanted by russia on acts of terrorism but look