from pundits to. t.v. dot com. with the un expected to take action on the syrian crisis activists in the country. as hundreds are allegedly killed by government troops in the flashpoint city of homs. violent protests against the police and the military government escalate in cairo and across egypt with several people killed and hundreds injured. as election fever hits moscow with just three months to go before the presidential vote tens of thousands are expected to demonstrate from the streets of the russian capital a little later on saturday.

with the top news headlines and commentary from moscow to you this is our team glad to have you with us the u.n. security council will meet later on saturday with a vote due on a draft resolution on syria the text has been softened at russia's request dropping demands for regime change and fresh sanctions this comes amid unconfirmed reports from syria of a new crackdown in the city of homes with hundreds allegedly killed. has more from new york. by friday morning the russian foreign ministry issued a statement saying that it could not support the revisions of the draft resolution as it was because it's not dress address all of moscow's concerns a lot of sentences leave room for interpretation and i think that is the issue that russia has with the text of this resolution it does not want to leave any doors open for regime change in syria because basically russia china and many other

countries have vocalized the fact that the security council should not be used as a tool to impose regime change in any country around the world in this case in particular to syria it should be the security council should be new moving towards coming to a peaceful solution where both parties see in part in the conflict should come together at the table russia has its main concerns in the aftermath of what took place in libya it is not going to see repeated circumstances in syria in the meantime there have been reports from opposition groups in syria that roughly two hundred people have been killed in renewed violence in the city of homs according to the syrian observatory for human rights the army is shelling the city now fresh asha's in other cities for syria house also been reported clearly this violent conflict is garnering attention from all parts of the world as the international

community continues to find a way to reach some type of consensus on how to garner and lead to a peaceful solution in syria or to use miniport there reporting from new york and you can get her latest updates on twitter and also check out our to news stream to stay up to date on the events in syria. over in egypt now police used to tear gas and fired shots at protesters who have been trying to storm the interior ministry building for two days seven people have been confirmed killed as violence grips cairo and several other cities the unrest was sparked when more than seventy football fans died during an after match clash three days ago protestors accuse the police of failing to prevent the tragedy thousands of demonstrators in cairo are also calling on the ruling military council to give up power middle east analyst walid says the rejection people are furious that many of the ousted president

mubarak's generals are still in place. the main recipient of criticism now in egypt is the military council because it is really have powers and they are demanding the door will be transferred quickly either to a government or two and that the president and the military council is still very hesitant and i link this to something that happened a couple weeks ago when the military council ordered the security forces to go and shut down democracy agencies both and education n.g.o.s and international n.g.o.s u.s. based n.g.o.s all of that indicates that the military council is very has been in transferring power to democracy forces they want to cut that deal with a force which most likely will be the muslim brotherhood there is something very odd about the fact that egypt broke down and we're going to carry an invader and yet some of its agencies are acting as if they are again regime is going to wrap

what is happening right now is that large segments of civil society specifically the youth of egypt who began to revolt and that revolt was taken away by other political parties including the muslim brotherhood and that sort of as those youth are angry at the government because they want the military council to transfer power to them or actually to their representatives and they fear that egypt is moving towards. well of course as always we would like to know what you think about the latest events in egypt today we are asking that has not yet returned to the country following last year's revolution to our website r t v dot com to take part in our latest poll. so far almost half of you believe it's because of the allies of leader hosni mubarak are still in power almost a quarter say it's in the interest of radicals to maintain. seventeen percent believe the reason behind instability is that many protesters still have no jobs

and a minority suggested that every revolution creates its own. to cast your vote. when you are with our teams still ahead for you this hour the debate over copyright. the anti-piracy treaty designed to protect intellectual property has it europeans in revolt find out why they say it violates their basic rights. plus an unusual attraction. unlocking the hearts of men. on exactly a month from now russians will head to the polls to vote for their next president but this saturday in moscow tens of thousands are expected to demonstrate for fair as well as rally in support of and against the current leadership. has the latest. well we're going to see today is

a. go to through the road exactly behind me. square where a rally will take place now this is a rally of people who are protesting against what they see is irregularities taking place during the the parliamentary elections here in russia which took place on the . tens of thousands already expected however i can tell. it is bitterly cold here in moscow that is expected to have some kind of effect on the the amount of people coming out of the authorities are on board with it however they have said that protesters must remain within the letter of the law and one thousand police officers will be deployed in order to keep the peace here now in terms of who will be attending we've heard from. the independent candidate for president to they said that he will be at the meeting however he said that he doesn't plan to give any speeches as far as the other candidates go those the other names on the presidential ballot nobody else is expected to get to attend the protest this isn't

the only demonstration it will be taking place on saturday elsewhere in the city there will be pro-government protests going on these people who expect to go to other squares in the in moscow to say that they don't want a revolution that they don't want to see turmoil in russia again they don't want to see going back to the days of the early ninety's since the elections in december we have seen that to be approved one united russia the ruling party follow through on some of the promises they made to you to make changes to the electoral system we've seen well the very expensive program of putting webcams into polling booths every at polling stations every polling station in russia is now being fitted with a a webcam allowing them to allowing people to to log on at home and to watch him become if you will your an armchair observer at the at the election so that's been put in place before so seen independent league of all of this said to monitor the

elections that will take place on the fourth of march and we've also seen but to me putin say that one of the criticisms that the protesters had of him were saying that he was on television and on radio and in other media far more than any other candidate now going to be approved and said that he's going to slash the amount of air time he's on the air in order to as he says give the other candidates a fair crack of the whip. teaser peter all of our reporting for us there and of course we're going to hear more from him throughout the day as events unfold and we're also closely following the pre-election developments in russia online go to our t.v. dot com to get all of the latest information along with the background on presidential candidates and analysis of the protests here's what else you can find on our web site right now. notorious activist a group anonymous has found out what the f.b.i. thinks about them and leaked to the audio recording online listen in on what was said on our site. also online for you america's first lady gives everyone an

impromptu lesson in keeping fit during an appearance on a top chat show watch the video on our t.v. dot com. as humanitarian groups accuse libya's new government of abuse in the country's detention centers it's been revealed that a former senior official may have been the latest victim of torture libya's ambassador to france has died in custody twenty four hours after being detained by a militia group reports a claim that photos of sixty two year old omar show evidence of bruising and other wounds rights groups say that torture and executions have become commonplace in makeshift prisons run by former rebels middle east expert and a journalist shandon says death is in the spotlight for political reasons because

the same militia that allegedly killed him is also holding colonel gadhafi son. i don't think the militia responsible for that they're likely tortured to death amongst the will be held account but there's a lot of interesting political games going on in libya it seems to me very clearly . is that why this focus now on the on the militia is because there's a tiny militia there's entirely people holding saif al islam and the west especially the i.c.c. very fearful about what this one tiny militia are going to do with saif al islam saif islam doesn't have access to see this as far as i know and he hasn't said anything publicly so i think for this entirely is that saif al islam in their custody is the biggest power play that they've got to use in libya so i think this is the great agenda of what's going on right now with this latest development but nonetheless mr bush does seem to being tortured to death who is the former

ambassador to france. protests have been raging across europe against the last two weeks signing of a new copyright treaty which enforces intellectual property law on the internet opponents say the international act document enforces censorship and is a violation of human rights and as artie's tom barton reports more demonstrations are expected over the weekend. the streets may be snowy but here in sweden the heat is being turned up in that most modern of political debates surrounding internet freedom protests have been called here in the capital as part of a wider reaction in europe and the u.s. against laws perceived to infringe on the public's access to the internet but target this time actor the anti counterfeiting trade agreement signed by countries around the world the people behind the law point out that it's important to try and protect the copyright of the people who make music to make video and distribute it

around the world if you say well everything should be free well perhaps no one will write any books produced music or fields etc. it would disappear but much less because it's not profitable for those against it say it's a wolf in sheep's clothing a way for governments to control their access to the internet and that it was held in secret but it was designed to be very punitive to those found breaching copyright rules the next generation has grown up with the ability to say anything to anybody else on the planet today ideas that lit out for themselves to have a freedom of speech never before imagined we don't need to ask anybody's permission to present new ideas and. all of a sudden corporations want to take that away because it inconveniences them and

millions of young people are rising up in anger at the formation of pirate parties not just here in sweden but elsewhere in europe is evidence of how high the status of those internet freedom campaigners has risen and there's politics not just in the european parliament but also on the streets internet freedom campaigners are urging people to put their views across before the european parliament votes on this in june to try and stop the legislation before it's made but whether it's done in parliaments and in political boardrooms or on the street few expect this to be a calm debate. artie's tom barton reporting for us there now coming your way this hour accepting old friends the new way. new branches of religion attempt to change the face of the nation with some saying the transition could have dangerous consequences. and now for something completely different finding the

time to connect with loved ones can be a struggle in today's hectic world but now men are being given the chance to have a lasting relationship with a doll doesn't demand too much time or attention to can reports the future of relationships around the world could soon look very different. when toys for boys become more than toys originally when i first got her i call her my synthetic girlfriend but it's actually progressed to the point where it's like you know my she's my wife thirty seven year old dave cat from detroit says he's been in a relationship with his sex doll for more than ten years and it's in it or in her that he found his better half slippers perhaps not even worth getting out of bed at this point these days dave cats bond with a dog seems like a joke to many but according to a british artificial intelligence researcher dr david levy in

a few decades romance between humans and robots will be a common thing i'm completely convinced that within about forty years people will be falling in love with robots and even marrying them and this could be the great grandmother of the future perfect robot mate meet roxie america's first sex robot talks and senses touch what are you wearing. will you know this is. the real. issue. you want. by the way. is he touching her. artificial intelligence engineer doc hines believes that he created the perfect alternative for those who for different reasons can't or are too busy or too lazy

to connect with human beings we created like a bridge that gap between you know going in maybe going out with someone else you know just meeting someone in a bar or what have you and just randomly maybe picking up a social disease instead of dealing with it you could have the sex robot that would be your companion and not only listen to you talk to you interact with you public opinion about sex robots now is well mostly. that's what it's for robotic sex when i wait a minute isn't that marriage i mean by would that be the saddest christmas i thought you could be i but doc hines seems to be very serious about his creation the japanese are even more serious about robots in. every new model there looks more lifelike. with the surge

of interest in robots lawyers are starting to look into legal implications of the possibility that these sex robots can break up marriages psychologists in the meantime warn robots could transform human notions of love and sexuality forever and we're going to ask people on the street what they think about the prospect of having a relationship with a robot no never that's just wrong and stupid. human woman you know can you imagine a relationship without kitchen fied. oh it out no one talking back to you. yeah but there's never going. to go for a robot. but definitely in the future if it was allowed. yeah. while most of us feel that the possibility of having an affair with a robot is something very distant future for some it's already reality i'm going to

reporting from washington. i guess sex robots in washington could reduce the amount of political scandals i guess but speaking of which as the u.s. presidential election heats up the contenders are competing hard to make it to the white house up next online journalist laurie harvest went to find out what people in new york think about the race for the office. in the u.s. republican presidential hopefuls are duking it out with the gloves are off what does the world's make of these candidates this week let's talk about that do you think there's any difference between mitt and newt no i think they're both. church who are sort of exclusionary and don't think a lot about the people they're supposed to serve in there big difference between mitt romney and newt gingrich republicans so there's no difference ron boswell republican thing here there's a difference with him not really the same for the much. better business room. he's

done a lot and was somewhat companies in the period yeah but he's also like gotten a lot of people out of jobs with his business he's been a little bit ruthless in his business and so you've got so much money so why would you trust him to represent you in represent the common man oh i don't trust him at all gingrich i don't like either. he's a little funny or his rhetoric is funny to watch entertainment is that important in a presidential candidate. i'm not going to vote for either one of them so it doesn't matter if you had to choose someone to run the u.s. who would you choose. the wrong person ask i really like and if you candidates yeah but we got a big one we got to choose one area i really don't know i honestly dying good luck to us teresa good luck do you think the rest of the world should care about what who becomes the next president thanks by just by some of your marks of global superpower figure one should feel as what's going on have you seen any coverage at

all in scotland or yes but so in the news. and when you see it what do you think. will. yet read a bunch of talking heads. so it seems like here in times square today people have mixed emotions about who should be the next u.s. president let's see what u.s. citizens have to say about it coming over. time to look at some world news in brief for you this hour. iran's supreme leader has threatened to retaliate against the west over sanctions that include an oil embargo and increasing threats of the speech came as a response to the statement of u.s. defense secretary panetta who said israel was likely to bomb iran within months the u.s. and e.u. have imposed a number of financial and oil sanctions against iran over its disputed nuclear program which they suspect could be used to make weapons. at least thirty

seven people have been killed in south sudan during a shootout at a peace meeting gunmen and trucks arrived and began shooting indiscriminately after a fight broke out at a gathering the meeting was designed to bring an end to recent violence over stolen livestock hundreds have been killed in recent weeks as a result of disputes about cattle. europe's worst cold snap in decades has now claimed the lives of one hundred seventy five people one hundred have died in ukraine alone many from frostbite and hypothermia the extreme temperatures even caused the black sea to freeze off the coast villages in remote areas have been cut off with trucks are unable to transport supplies the heavy snowfall has led to the closure of schools and airports across europe. there is a clash of cultures in kyrgyzstan as moderate forms of islam that have traditionally held sway are coming under threat from more radical alternatives it's

led to fears over the effect on everyday life in the central asian republic a land prone to instability after two revolutions in the last few years a lot. of reports. on who are all. kneeling down but standing tall tens of thousands of man praying at the country's central square just underneath the lenin monument even in this bastard years the communist ideology couldn't bring to the streets as many people as islam does nowadays. the fist of sacrifice is one of the most important rights for all muslims. can almost be a lot and lifestyle differences that exist among the various branches of this one here in kurdistan over the past two country has become a testing ground for islamic missionaries of all kinds some who have been lost in

common with each other than they do with christians or jews who just people converted to islam in the seventeenth century but they were never designed us about it mixed with germany's and the magic customs they could use a version of islam has long been learned a moral code then the religious doctrine is how cheap a society will remain just as active and ambitious as man and when religious. went hand in hand with good education but that is starting to change. after the collapse of the soviet union kurdistan has seen a very fast growth of islam some of it is the message driven poverty poor education corruption mistrust of authorities all of that is prodding people towards religion but much of it is also driven from abroad countries like pakistan saudi arabia kuwait a very generous when it comes to building mosques here. islam is on the rise across all of central asia but only in kurdistan have there the rich is adopted and open

door policy. these are followers of the to believe. a group of islamic missionaries originated from pakistan its members have come up in many terrorism investigations and as a result the group was labeled extremist by many european governments in kyrgyzstan that community is growing fast. teach people heart of fun happen it's hard to believe your life in accordance with his wishes and by teaching of us with. one gender is that becoming increasingly separated in public women and not left out in fact there at the forefront of these lama christer gins in kurdistan. or all the more than half of students in this islamic academy a female and their number has tripled in the past few years. when they graduate

still get a diploma in arabic studies and sharia law there's a lot of interest in this area and if they decide to work it shouldn't be difficult finding a job for him missionaries are not only spreading the word but greasing their palms to. this man who claims to be a healer raft from yemen he sees three to four patients every day and for a modest reimbursement claims to clear their ailments with a. prayer. and i know some feel. these changes encourage a society has many opponents some of them claim that saudi or pakistani versions of islam corrupt the country traditional values this long wooden cord when first islamic missionaries arrived here three centuries ago they were respectful of our customs that's why islam in kyrgyzstan has been very much in degraded with our indigenous culture and the version of islam that's being pushed on nowadays with his jobs and restrictions it is not only foreign to us it's aggressive the

countries authorities are not oblivious to the ongoing islamisation and sasa just are even trying to harness said here to distance top officials are praying alongside the crowds they claim full religious freedom is the best strategy against radicalization. the results of the arab spring have shown that secure governments a crushing under the pressure of political islam muslims are enormous human resource the one who knows how to manage this force of the streets. and for kyrgyzstan which has seen two revolutions in five years there's hardly anything more pressing than finding an antidote against all how breaking lose again come by car to see kyrgyzstan and that does it for the news this hour the kaiser report is just ahead of before that though a reminder of our top habits. old

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