thank you next to the first large party to be revealed later today off to and historically high turnout for the no four from cairo in just a few moments. russia votes against the right council housing most condemning violence in syria saying there were more than i give the full picture as unbalanced and politicized. no way out germany's angela merkel admits europe's debt crisis here to stay as leaders and their hope yet another last minute deal to stave off financial meltdown. and only a loophole in the u.k. allows thousands of foreign criminals to stay in the country convicted rapists

murderers and paedophiles use it to escape just punishment for change from. watching aren't we going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program egyptian officials say turnout for the opening round of parliamentary elections has been the highest ever in the country quote since the faroes announcement follows a two day delay in publishing the outcome and no clear winner is likely was the vast majority of candidates now set to go into a runoff but as artie's polis leader reports even these figures may be put into question. well we're going for the military council representatives will be announced today saturday but this is the third time that such an announcement has been made those even some results were first exposed to be given on the winds gate we also know hearing from the commission that the voter turnout they gave that

stood at sixty two percent which suggested that more than eight million people turned out that that figure is under the view off to some questions were raised about irregularities and the way that epicenter of sixty two was actually reached so we might actually hear later today that the voter turnout is significantly lower we haven't yet heard the results of the political parties who scored in these elections but there has been a lot of talk a lot of initial exit polls and a lot of rumors that has been bandied about it does seem as if the muslim brotherhood's political party the freedom and justice party will come first with a standing off between forty to fifty five percent and not a second position is likely to be ultra conservative some leftist and the latest figures have put that at some thirty to thirty five percent now this is a group that has said that it will push for stricter controls in the parliament there and of course how much power the parliament at the end of the day is given

this is in line with the trend we've been witnessing across hoof africare that in recent years has seen as an honest parties coming to the fore now what is significant about these results in particular is that the voting at this stage was done mostly in urban areas particularly men in cairo and in that xandra so when islamist parties have such a strong showing in urban cities it does fit the stage that in the next two phases of these voting the islamists will merely continue to do as well because their hold and their popularity in those kind of areas is much higher it also sets the stage for a coalition to be formed with a significant majority in parliament who come before me isn't on this party's not next week we'll see the second phase of voting this is for. house of parliament the third phase will be in january and then there will be voting hold for the house of parliament well certainly there is a significant number of egypt's ones who are against these elections most of them have been taken to the streets of the past two weeks and months earlier this year

they say that these votes. they say that they did not change a real reality on the ground and the writing course you tell in the square does remain the same and that is for the military to step down immediately the concern amongst these objections is that it doesn't really matter whether you hold elections or whether you change the face of the government it is still the military who are pulling the strings behind the scenes now today saturday we do expect the announcement of the new covenant that is being formed by the new prime minister come out all guns will be he has already named some of the cabinet at least a dozen ministers one of whom are actually ministers from the previous regime in the same portfolios this includes the same foreign minister at includes the same information minister and while they will be new manes who will be forming part of this government the fact that such a significant majority remain part of the previous government is just merely more ammunition for protesters in tahrir square who say that nothing is changing. the un

human rights council has passed a resolution condemning gross violations in syria the decision is based on a recent report detailing abuses during the government crackdown on protesters and urges the broader un to appropriate action a special investigator has also been appointed to monitor how the government's copes wedding and rest in the country russia and china were among those who voted against the resolution in moscow says the u.n. report which led to the vote wasn't fully objective and the international community is hearing only biased accounts of what's happening in the country. what we don't understand is why if that can be done in yemen that cannot apply to syria in serious imo from the outset the message which has been set for from some quarters some capitals is that no way they can help those who go into dialogue they should stop it immediately that there is no future in the arab league initiative we believe that this is something very counterproductive and this is something which

has exacerbated the situation in syria but what can be a general attitude and principle is that the international community is not there to smell blood and to offend confrontation but the international community is there to prevent further bloodshed and to encourage it encourage dialogue this is what the united nations is about this is what the security council is about. well for more on what may lie had for syria i'm now joined live by professor young galtung rector of the transcend peace university thanks very much for being with us here on the program sir now as we know russia has expressed concerns about the report saying it's not a balanced assessment why is that in your pain. it's an artificial country and it's a typical product those who wish to own colonialists after the first of all to gain steel to make empires just like libya just like iraq in other words italian

english french colonialism where it is egypt and tunisia owed countries where the arab spring could work it still hasn't varied completely it is two jobs to do with the military but in these countries you have endless amount of fault lines so contradictions between sunni and shia for instance more than fifty of us and certainly between kurds and a say and the i love is related to the shia would be about thirteen percent then you have christians you might or might soon have jews the minority is very much afraid. three day out afraid of that and the i love is kind of protective hand over them so there you have the thing going on inside. going back to the u.n. how likely do you think is it that the resolution could provide an incentive for the and security council to respond. i think it is very relevant i'm not sure it

will succeed i mean quite obviously what should have been would be to step down some type of coalition government could be the case years ago and almost put in your argument is minorities and the de centralization of the country not splitting into four folk trees which may be what the western powers want but the centralized in other words if it was rationed keeping syria to good but not as a unitary state. now you understood lucian is in that direction but i think. well i don't know where the incentives. well we also heard the human rights of. calling rather for urgent action to protect civilians in syria while it might sound like theirs are so doesn't address the libyan scenario and your opinion. is libya being played again. that would probably cost much more many more civilians

than the loaves that will protect and it will set the tone for the award will go on for a long time in the beginning nato will win and then the real war starts like it probably will be in libya and like it would in about gene vincent for syria i don't think that's the solution at all. well you know there are the so-called free syrian army is openly fighting against government troops but it's also been sad that international community chooses to ignore armed militia groups operating in syria so how much of this is true. difficult to tell what we know is that the major countries siding with this one is will of course be saudi arabia and so part of saudi arabia iran controversy and the muslim birth and the western intent is of course to split of pseudo completely from any raney and connection as

they see it cutout plays an important role is of course military live in a small country but has played a leading role because of the demise of egypt too in the last decade or two so it's difficult to tell what the lineup really is but it is set foot in major civil wars which could be towed but now to add to the civilian world with nato siding with one of the part is i can understand the logic and it could maybe stop some action but the long term consequences could be much much much worse than muslim tries to prevent. i would like to see the international community sending one thousand mediators into the country enormous amounts of it and trying to talk with all of them and trying to get them together and trying to persuade us to dedicate himself to his profession as a doctor. well mr golden we've seen our internal on rast in man and bahrain. bides the west and no action there so why such an intense focus on syria.

i think the difference is in yemen the west is with the leadership and against the opposition. in syria with the opposition and against the leadership cutting it much too sharply it is not that black and white the situation in any of these countries is again the very problematic countries from the point of view a unitary state to you so i think that's important when it comes to but a level of course against the leadership and they were in favor low saudi arabia. against brain from that point of view were successful so it's a question of where the big boys so the big boys which group are the big boys siting and just a very big race that votes yes just very briefly the time that we have left we know that both syria iran now things international isolation backed by western sanctions

so could it be that these countries might be the focus of a broader agenda in the region. redesigning the region rearranging the map is that right to do. you see or cause this protection of israel even as i am is the expansionist is threat they are protecting just want to have to it's not and i didn't sixty seven israel more modest you also see your cause the russian bases in syria sort of effect or it and exactly what kind of game playing i think is to a large extent siding with the. source or you portray no it's now although it is some time back it wasn't just send one thousand mediators to the mascot's. are present rector of the transcend peace university thanks very much for your thoughts here on our team my pleasure thanks for inviting

me. also coming up later in the program nailed down to the wall it's two decades since the soffit union collapse put pressure on the russian speaking minority dystonia shows no signs of easing community members say they will never give up the fight for their basic rights. what do you make of the first egyptian election since the revolution. so well what do you think is the importance of it. what's on your mind that you jumped. over the global holiday getaway as a resident asked people to weigh out their seasonal thinking shopping or world news . of the euro crisis is here to stay and there's no way around it so says german chancellor angela merkel warning that it will take years to solve the walks debt ridden economic woes her words akko a growing desperation in the e.u. as weaker economies struggle against a looming default amid an unprecedented credit squeeze earlier the european central

banks lot of the blogs financial institutions with extra cash which are themselves being starved of money by fleeing investors leaders now pin their hopes on a last minute deal at a euro zone summit next week in the hope that germany will put its economy on the line to bail out the e.u. but yeah new haven from the european school of management and technology believes that will only happen if they give up their sovereignty to berlin. european nations have to face either they'd like to have the european currency and by definition requires in the end to fiscal union and that requires transfer of national sovereignty. if there is something that is too far for for some countries and i think it's logical to opt out of the euro structure i think that's what we now see is basically it's coming to the surface the problems of the creation of the euro as a currency and now they try to fix it and actually some countries have to face

tough decisions on that in ways that have been unthinkable so far and i'm going back to its right to point out that there are no easy fixes for the for the current crisis. meanwhile british pm david cameron has blasted the french and german plan for bureaucratic make over saying they're dreams of a founding that would help the situation and according to robert oulds director of the brewers group policy center his stance is also hypocritical but david cameron was concentrating on the british economy in trying to get the economy moving within the united kingdom and him to be calling for fiscal union is a great mistake the u.k. is already contributed seven billion to our than nine billion to help with greece and this is costing the british taxpayer money that is deeply unfair and it's something that britain can actually afford to do in the situation in britain is a great deal of debt in britain and the british government is having to borrow money from the financial markets on the one hand the british government is telling

banks to loan out more money on the other hand the british economic policy is for banks not to be loaning out money and to build up there was a so there's a great deal of confusion at all levels not only within the european union but also within british economic policy. in the u.k. even a murder may not provide enough of a reason to deport a foreign criminal a loophole in the law is touring the country into an asylum for many immigrants who have committed serious offenses artist laura smith explains. the right to a family life is not an absolute right and it must not be used to drive a coach and horses through our immigration system. article eight an innocuous sounding element in the human rights act but which means having children can stop illegal immigrants being kicked out of britain no matter what they've done pull he used to knows what it's like to have your family destroyed his twelve year old daughter amy was killed in a hit and run by an iraqi who was banned from driving was crossing the road mr

abraham the driver of the car the wrong or. current on the corridor look below the car and. she became trapped under the wheels of the car and. he basically for the scene unless it's a guy trapped under the wheels in the water car amy's killer asso mohammed ibrahim already had a string of minor convictions even before he moved her down and fled but because he subsequently thought of the two children by a british woman he still lives in the u.k. it's article eight that keeps him here oddly enough it was one of these that catapulted the issue into the headlines the home secretary seizing on claims that an illegal bolivian was allowed to stay in this country because of the emotional trauma of separating him from his pets not quite true but it got people talking and noticing much more serious cases including

a rapist who successfully argued asylum for his social life and a killer who lived with his parents. in may this year it was revealed that nearly four thousand foreign criminals was set free from detention centers because it was decided they couldn't be deported within a reasonable time among them dozens of rapists murderers and paedophiles separately last year nearly six hundred people used the human rights act to avoid deportation the vast majority citing the rights to a private and family life in the case of amy's killer a series of bungles and delays by the authorities meant that by the time abraham came up for deportation he appeared to have created a family despite flimsy evidence about his parenting intentions he was allowed to stay yet human rights campaigners argue britain's status as a haven for the persecuted is sacred these are very hard back hundreds of years

they're they're embedded in international law you know that we have torches in the aftermath of the second world wars make sure that we always in a very india's over in society and those principles that we hope to hear through a grieving father like pull that's missing the point what we have a special we articulate him in right facts we have criminals terrorists. birders. crow bailiffs oh usually human rights act as a shield to hype hind until well into stone contra. i haven't got a problem with a genuine asylum seekers about some kind of body house but what we don't want to say is we don't see people abusing or wrong and i think no one needs to be addressed amy was pulls only child he now lives alone spending his time campaigning against our sickle eight and wondering why the rights of his daughters immigrant killer outweigh his own laura smith r.t.

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country's still vast russian speaking community a minority that's long been threatened with the mother tongue band now plans to fight to the bitter and for a language freedom here's artie's like he or she. a russian speaking fisherman catches a magic fish it promises to fulfill all his wishes in a stony and but he does not understand the language and he dumps it this social ad urges the russian minority in a stony to learn estonian in a rather amusing fashion the reality is no joke at all. old state officials are obliged to know the estonian language in the course of their work this is written in our language law it also applies to people working in the majority of public services. just like other post soviet baltic states estonia has its own language inspection the body which oversees how the language law is being observed at times laying it down quite harshly the language inspection has the

legal rights to conduct spontaneous checks on anyone working in any sphere and should a person fail this tony language exam the body may then initiate the sacking of this employee human right activists say this has turned the language inspection into a punitive body. it is not that they have nothing to say it's just that they believe their voices are being silenced estonia's three hundred thousand strong russian minority has been protesting at what they describe as the language inquisition some of these people either lost their jobs or are on their threat of doing so because they are forbidden from speaking their native language soon if you're through the so often cursed soviet power never applied any restrictions on languages historians were free to educate in their language nowadays the authorities have almost banned the russian language from schools besides some russian communities don't have qualified teachers who can teach physics or chemistry in

a stone eon is the latest twist five workers at an orphanage were fired for not being able to speak a story into the children that's in a town where ninety six percent of the population are ethnic russians. i don't want to sound rude but as long as we leave in this country we have to leave by the lord and i fired those people because they had been warned but did nothing. human rights activists acknowledge the rule of the law but stressed that in the language case it is not applied properly the law doesn't put any difference between narva where almost everyone sees russian as their native language and other parts where most of the people speak a stone ian and with such disproportion we can talk of direct language discrimination and indirect ethnic discrimination activists in another baltic states a lot of have been gathering signatures and holding a referendum to make russian the second state language and many say they have a strong chance of pushing it through as stony despite being criticized by amnesty

international for its language policy is adamant and it seems the russian minority would not catch the magic fish granting their wish anytime soon. see reporting from tallinn in a stone. now take a look at some other stories from around the world one person has been killed and two dozen wounded in clashes between rioters and police in southern peru furious demonstrators blog the pan-american highway protesting against the expansion of the local prison the violent skirmish flared up when police arrived at the scene to disperse the crowd and clear the way for vehicles is a country second violent protest this week twenty were injured in peru's north and a demonstration against a mining project on tuesday. rain diplomats expelled from the u.k. have arrived back home early saturday morning they were told to leave the country after aggressive protesters stormed british diplomatic compounds in tehran western officials blame iranian leadership for allegedly sanctioning the attacks chanting

and nato slogans crowds of hard line students gathered at the iran's airport to give the returning diplomats a hero's welcome. hundreds of thousands of southern california residents have been left without electricity after fears hurricane strength winds strike the u.s. west coast an extensive cleanup is underway with emergency workers clearing away scores of uprooted trees toppled power lines despite the wind subsiding several cities have maintained a state of emergency as authorities warn it could take another two days or our lives completely. now these days world shaping events can be tracked in every detail through a variety of media from old fashioned print to instant internet but how many people are really interested in looking further down there in the years shopping mall harkness better known as the resident asked if people in the streets of new york even know what's in the news.

are people aware of what's going on in the world this holiday season are they only interested in shopping this week let's talk about that what do you make of the first egyptian election since the revolution so no it is about us as well what do you think is the importance of it i don't know anything about it or what's on your mind that shopping do you agree with britain's choice to pull out of its embassy in tehran. we don't follow the news these days so i'm not so informed about what do you follow these days. only trip around the city to how do you think the european union should handle the greek situation but hear me out so that the really don't follow that closely now what are you guys been following the news. knowledge of. and he watches the news i watch the good. what is that h.d.t.v. and the cooking channel did you think nato had a right to pakistan this is getting very political i'm on

a five day holiday i don't not going to get to try to political discussion i don't mean the sit down not worldly but i'm being more tension that was having over here there was a bit in another country that is somewhat not affecting us do you think that's what most people feel probably what about to you probably whether or not you've crossed everything off your list this holiday the bottom line is you might want to consider taking a break from shopping to find out what's going on in the rest of the world. and in just a few minutes artie's moscow team headed by martin or is delves into the secrets of the bosphorus here after its historic rebirth before dadullah bring it up to date on this hour's headlines so stay with us you can.

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