but already see egypt's first round of elections are seen the highest turnout ever but the results are delayed with forecasts suggesting the islamists winning. the un condemns human rights violations in syria although russia votes against the resolution saying the motion is one sided will only aggravate the conflict. and the legal loophole in the u.k. is being used as a shield for convicted immigrant criminals saving them from deportation and turning britain into a safe haven for serious offenders from the top stories this. international

news and comment around the clock around the world this is the egyptian officials say turnout for the opening round of parliamentary elections has been the highest in the country since the pharaohs the official results are still being delayed but predictions give the lead to the islamist muslim brotherhood party to more election stages are to be held by january. this report. well we're hearing from the military council record results will be announced today saturday but this is the third time that such an announcement has been made those election results were first supposed to be given on wayne state we are also now hearing from the election 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 their view off to some questions were raised about irregularities and the way that that the same type of sixty two was actually reached so we might. if it makes it today that

the voter turnout is significantly lower we haven't yet heard the results of the political parties who stood in these elections but there has been a lot of talk a lot of initial exit polls and a lot of that has been badly developed it does seem as if the muslim brotherhood's political party the freedom and justice party will come first with a standing of between forty to fifty five percent in second position is likely to be ultra conservative enough its own and the latest figures need to have that at some thirty to thirty five percent and 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 africa that in recent months has seen as an honest parties coming to the fore now what is significant about these results of the particular is that the voting at this stage was done mostly in urban areas particularly the same in cairo and alexandria so

when islamist parties have such a strong showing in urban cities it does set 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 to come for me isn't on this policies not next week we'll see the second phase of voting this is for the house of parliament the third phase will be in january and then there will be virtually hold for the upper house of parliament also be there is a significant number of egypt since who are going to these elections most of them have been taking to the streets of the past two weeks and months earlier this year they say that these votes all illegal they say that they did not change a real reality on the ground and the rubbing cord into the square does remain the same and that is for the military to step down immediately the concern amongst these egypt is. it doesn't 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 cabinet that is being formed by the new prime minister come out all guns or we 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 force this includes the same foreign minister i think it's the same information minister and while they will be new names 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. well paula is monitoring the situation there in cairo and you can follow updates from her on our twitter feed we can see you know that in her latest tweet she reports that hundreds continue their sit in on the top here square claiming the vote is illegitimate and the turnout is significantly lower than the government posts you

can follow r.t. underscore and get the latest from current. u.n. human rights council has passed a resolution condemning violations committed by the syrian authorities the document appoints a special investigator to look into the government's abuses during a month long uprising and calls for the main u.n. bodies to take action russia and china voted against the resolution saying it might lead to a foreign intervention under the pretext of human rights with moscow and beijing believe the motion ignores crimes committed by the rebels will only aggravate the crisis. we think that it is that all of the international community to help resolve internal crisis through promoting dialogue what don't understand is why if that can be done in yemen that cannot be applied to see it in syria as a mile from the outset the message which has been set forth from some quarters capitals is there is no way dialogue can help those who go into dialogue we should

stop immediately the 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 the international community is not there to smell blood and to found confrontation but the international community is there to prevent further bloodshed and to encourage it encourage what this is what the united nations is about this is what the security council is about. well syria's main opposition group has found to cut ties with iran has been hannahs if the current government goes professor at your hand galton the rector of the trends and peace university told r.t. that agenda goes very well with the regional interests of some other countries the western intend this of course to split of syria completely from any reigning in connection as they see it in yemen the west is with the leadership and against the

opposition. and in syria there with your position and against the leadership cutting it much too sharp so it's a question where the big boys sound a big voice which group and the big boys citing the big west advice so typical. is libya being played again we have heard a tune before. that would probably cost much more many more civilians than the lives that will protect and it will set the pattern for a war that will go on for a long time. still to come this here in r.t. unemployment falls in the us a sign of recovery all the figures. these are real jobs this is a plantation economy. we look at whether the recent drop in joblessness reflects the real state of things in the american economy. plus we investigate how the russian speaking community in the former soviet republic of a stone is falling victim to what they call

a language inquisition often losing jobs for speaking their native tongue. in britain an article of the human rights act ensures the right to a family life for those who live there but what sounds fair on paper is being used in reality by criminals because they can overturn decisions to deport them for their offenses by using the legal loophole that allows them to stay smith explains the rights to our family life is not an absolute right and it must not be used to drive. 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 houston 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 as she was crossing the road

. the driver of the car the runner or. encourage on the corridor on the apollo the car and. she became trapped under the wheels of the car. he basically for a guy a truckload of the will from the old 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 fathered 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 pet not quite true but it got people talking and noticing much more serious cases including

a rapist who successfully argued asylum his social life and a killer who lived with his parents in may this year it was revealed that nearly four thousand foreign criminals were 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 use the human rights act to avoid deportation the vast majority citing the right 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 even him came up for deportation he appeared to have created a family despite the limbs the evidence about his parenting intentions he was allowed to stay yet she would rights campaigners argue britain's status as a haven for the persecuted is sacred these are very hard back hundreds of years

they're embedded in international law you know the real torch is in the aftermath of the second world war so make sure that we always. going to go into society on those principles that we hope to. through a grieving father like poll that's missing the point what we have a special we articulate human rights facts we have criminals terrorists murderers paris drug dealers or using the human rights act as a shield to hide behind and so on to stonewall contra. problem where new genuine asylum seekers a think anybody has but what we don't want to see is we will see people abuse and that's what's wrong and i think not what needs to be addressed amy was pulled only child he now lives alone spending his time campaigning against article eight and wondering why the rights of his daughter's immigrant killer outweigh his own laura

smith r.t. lancaster. remember you can always find more stories on our website dot com let's see what's lined up there right now hacking in but helping out you can find out how to groups of crack computer whiz kids known as anonymous and teen poison are joining forces to steal from banks and give to the poor. plus a brand new cosmodrome called east is set to be built in russia's far east discovered the astronomic amount to be spent on the cutting edge space shuttle launch site all that and plenty more online all the time at r.t. dot com. russia's independent election monitoring organization is becoming broiled in scandal on the eve of the country's parliamentary poll the company says it's going

to sue russian television channel n.t.v. for violation of privacy there are began when the channels journalists went to the offices of the n.g.o.s to ask questions about the fact that receives funding from abroad but the reporters were forced out and told they didn't have permission to film and t.v. says it's puzzled that these forceful reaction to the questions asked by its crew and a court ruled on friday that the channel should pay a fine of a thousand dollars for violating pre-election coverage laws such a day is a day of political silence in russia on sunday millions will be heading to cast their ballots in the parliamentary poll. and on sunday that's tomorrow you can join us for extensive coverage of those elections will be bringing you the results the reaction and in-depth analysis. a complete closes. the people prepare to speak. in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of has won the hearts and minds of the russian people are to.

european leaders are planning what's being described as budgetary intervention in the running of e.u. member states german chancellor angela merkel is pushing for the creation of a fiscal union of euro zone countries it would mean that the financial policies of e.u. nations would have to be approved by brussels with penalties for countries which break the rules the move would require changes to the e.u. treaty. bruges group warns that creating a fiscal union would put an end to democracy within the e.u. . if there is a fiscal union which will take years to build in the u. that will mean that there will be the end of democracy within europe it will mean that countries will be effectively governed by the european central bank and germany cannot make thinking and the interests of a very few. european elite based in brussels it's really dangerous i think to centralize power the euro has created

a great deal of economic problems get thrown and it going to have you know cap more problems on to that by creating a fiscal union which will mean that government's tax and spend policy will in a sense would be wrong form brussels and frankfurt that is a new deeply undemocratic and further trouble in the future with the problems are with the euro and they really do need to recognise that the euro should be broken up into more manageable parts and countries have control over their own economic policies again and that way they can get growth back into europe at the moment the european economy is just stagnating because they're stuck in the straight jacket of the european single common. as the global economic crisis rages artie's financial pundit mexico is it continues his mission to expose the shadowy figures behind it his revelations in full are coming up in the next hour but in the meantime here's a brief preview for you. german finance minister says big bazooka not ready would not stem crisis even if it was this suggests to me that in fact

wolfgang schauble is meeting in private with goldman sachs bankers and telling them to short the heck out of europe right now because the plan is to pull the rug out from under them when we saw that in the greece an area remember john paulson the hedge fund manager was in greece in athens shortly before the crisis took called there and was meeting with the government and instructing them on how he was going to rip that country down using massive short sales so this financial terrorism using weapons of mass financial destruction to destroy academies and impose austerity measures is that now taken to a much wider level they want to take down the entire euro zone. because a report coming your way in the next hour here on. unemployment in the u.s. has dropped to its lowest level in two and a half years according to the latest official figures and what it could bring to

barack obama in the run up to elections republicans are unimpressed saying the jobless rate is still higher than when he took office trends forecaster gerald celente thinks the democrats are simply spinning the numbers so their own advantage when you look at the real numbers in who got the jobs it's. food stamp employees oh there were jobs created in retail you know those wonderful jobs we take people's money and you say have a nice day and there were jobs in hospitality that's another word for cleaning up some bodies were all when there were jobs in health care you know working in nursing homes making sixty to fifty a week why that's why i'm after taxes you know so these are real jobs this is a plantation economy and the big law that no one's talking about as they pump up this week number you need a hundred twenty five thousand jobs

a month just to account for the new people moving in to the economy and population growth so that leaves all the people that have lost all these jobs since the great recession hit still out of work. but as many americans are struggling to find work how does a busy planning christmas shopping but is there a place for keeping up to date with world events on the lists for health and this has been the conferences on the streets of new york. 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 well what do you think is the importance of it. 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. all the trip around the city how do you think the european union should handle the greek situation but hear me out so that they really don't follow that closely now what are you guys empowering the news. knowledge. 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'm not going to get into i think political discussion i don't mean the sit down now world with you but i'm being more tension there was having over here it was happening in another country that is somewhat not affecting us do you think that's what most people feel probably what about 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. or in new york isn't about what else is making news around the world if you're interested iranian diplomats have returned home to a hero's welcome after being expelled from the u.k. they were told to leave the country after protesters stormed british diplomatic compounds in toronto western officials blame iran's leadership for allegedly endorse. in the attacks crowds of students gathered at tehran's airport to show their support for the diplomats and chant anti british slogans. clashes between rioters and police in southern peru have seen one person killed and another twenty wounded furious demonstrators blocked the pan-american highway protesting against the expansion of a local prison the skirmish flared up when police arrived at the scene to disperse the crowd and clear the way for vehicles if the country's second violent protest

this week twenty were injured in peru's north in a demonstration against a mining project on tuesday. police are prepared for rights in south africa as thousands of protestors begin gathering in durban to raise awareness about climate change billed as a global day of action the demonstrations come as a summit on the topic reaches its halfway mark in the city negotiations a focus on how the next period of agreements will be shaped who will participate and under what rules the top u.n. official says she's confident industrial countries will renew goals to cut greenhouse gases after their current commitments expire next year. two people were killed and more than fifty injured after a stampede at the close factory in the bangladeshi capital dhaka thousands of workers rushed out of the building after rumors of a fire a staff run for the exits many were trampled underfoot officials said they couldn't find any trace of a fire labor rights groups say safety standards are inadequate in many of the country's factories. it's that part of

a soldier's life that can never be forgotten or undone when the politico with another man in their side a close look at the american troops who struggle with the morality of killing in combat is coming your way here on r.t. and you can watch our special report later today but in the meantime here's a brief preview. i had to go through a ten year old boy over there. we train them how to. develop the orders for them so. we never explain to them why it's ok. most people at the point of looking down in time to pull the trigger became conscientious objectors. i don't remember squeezing the trigger i don't remember seeing him go down when i remembers that we shot at him.

the other side are soldiers too and soldiers do this all the trying to kill us we're trying to kill them and that's just the ugly face of war just. nothing honorable and killing. my word to the war zone and i started seeing how i need to change. the only way to do the arrival and kill another person that's why i'm applying for. the. and that's coming your way in a couple of hours from now here on. over two decades since the collapse of the soviet union the russian language is coming under pressure in estonia it used to be

an official language there but has since faced a clampdown by the authorities the vast russian community is not worried that they'll be forced to favor a stony and over the native tongue. has more. a russian speaking fisherman catches a magic fish it promises to fulfill all his wishes in this tony and but he does not understand the language and he dumps it this social ad urges the russian minority in the stone to learn estonia 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 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 the 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 sim is just over it so often curse soviet power never applied in restrictions on languages dystonia is were free to educate in their language originality is the authorities have almost banned the russian language from school besides some russian communities don't have qualified teachers who can teach physics or chemistry in a stone ian that 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. and i don't want to. hundred but as long as we have in this country we have to leave by the law and i fired those people because they had been warned but did not. win rights activists acknowledged the rule of the law but stressed that in the language case it is not applied properly because of the law doesn't put any difference between our summer almost everyone sees russian as their native language and other parts where most of the people speak it stony and not them and with such disproportion we can talk of direct language discrimination and indirect ethnic discrimination which they describe as activists in another baltic state law to be 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 a stone despite being criticised 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. let's see russia ski odyssey reporting from thailand in a story or. i'll be back to recap our top stories for in just a few minutes from mel stay with us for that if you can this is a latino life here in moscow.

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats party leader gennady zyuganov types the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his approach mall with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stamps in passports party success story second in all presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and a discontented industrial working class. for its red flags with the hammer and

sickle the communist party of the russian federation duma election two thousand eleventh on r.t. . well into the future of science technology innovation and all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. in cleveland.