u.s. intelligence agencies agree there is no evidence tehran is building nuclear weapons but israel increases the pressure with continued threats of a military strike. and eurozone tightens its belt greece is saved from the brink of collapse at the cost of a massive new wave of cuts are students in spain lashing out against their own lack of funding. the day watching ortiz weekly news of you welcome to the program first today millions of people across syria are expected to have their say on the country's new draft constitution the referendum which promises a multi-party system comes amid ongoing violence with most opposition groups are vowing to boycott the ballot as artie's were for national reports from them ask us some hope the vote could bring about an end to the conflict. ballots instead of

bullets mass demonstrations and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year by. the syrian government desire calling for the people to shape their future together by taking part in a referendum on the country's new constitution fulfilling its pledge to reform. feels very excited that he'll be able to decide his own tomorrow. it's a completely new era is good for everybody even opposition can take part it's for all the amendments to the country's number one law have been among the key demands of the opposition says the uprising began and the draft seems to cover the most pressing issues. it starts with eliminating baath party supremacy which have ruled the country for the last fifty years introduces a multi-party system and sets a two term limit on any future president however even these reforms

a cause in controversy jihad that his friend odin flower shop in damascus he says this new document draws a line between him and his muslim business partner just a shout there is a big contradiction the article thirty three says well equilibrate a number that he says can be a president so what about the other ten percent that were not here temporarily and been living together for ages of those who want to be counted. now maybe ten ten percent of the people they speak about this ok but maybe if we was removing this article from the new constitution the ninety percent who said well why you take this article out. public debate on the draft constitution have been organized to bring the people and the authors of the two documents together they don't trust me they don't se the sailors are specific. you work for

hire if you leave your city as governor says becoming one but some say the reste a long way to go to that new syria and they don't believe the government will follow through with the reforms i'm afraid if i were a goes the constitution somebody will in the world will shoot me clashes and protests almost every day but some hope that the referendum rule not only breed and you constitution it might even be able to stop the bloodshed. there are people who want to improve and develop but also others who want to divide syria it is this it was shouldn't help them but we should go and vote for. the draft of syria's new constitution has been made. public ten days before the national referendum fourteen new and forty seven amended articles are all here with comments and details the baser also on t.v. and the internet never in the country's modern history for its residents so close

to policy making which many here on the ground fear that the ongoing violence could marry any hope of reform reform r.t. damascus syria. where as many syrians vote on the future the so-called friends of syria have already made their position clear on friday the group of states led by washington recognize the credibility of the syrian opposition insisting i said must go germany government consultant christophe also believes the nato allies are taking their ways you can change strategy from libya to syria. with this kind of friendship syria needs no enemies it is very very clear that what happens in syria is breaking any law or any international carter the current of the united nations this grass interference if they talk about whether they should you know militarily act in syria they are doing that nato is doing that right now under the

table with the help of some corrupt arab states what we face here is some kind of you know prefabricated agenda that agenda is helpful you know if we see if the west is starting an uprising in iran it is helpful if they start uprisings all of the arab world of the northern africa and libya for example where the cia started it from scratch from zero here there was no such uprising against gaddafi and then the you know further with international allies and western media propaganda and now they are trying the same agenda and syria but as we notice everybody in the world who is watching closely notices with this kind of agenda simply doesn't work here opposition in syria is so badly this united there is so much you know in trouble with each other inside this opposition that there is no real thing we can do nato can do politically right now when washington could start supplying arms to syrian rebels despite previously shying away from further militarizing the conflict the us

administration says if a political solution to the crisis is not found he might consider other options this amid warnings that america's stance sees them siding with al qaeda fighters what is going to chicken reports. i meet bloodshed in syria more extremists are penetrating the country to help bring down a song that's according to u.s. intelligence which says all current affiliated fighters were responsible for a series of deadly suicide bombings in damascus and aleppo targeted at syrian military and intelligence facilities we've seen evidence of. extremist sunni extremists i'm not can't label them specifically as al qaeda but certainly a similar ilk who are infiltrating the opposition's groups. while fighting in syria continues the violence in neighboring iraq has dropped in

some areas by as much as fifty percent in the last few months this as an al qaida leader iman al-zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in syria. he said these men who call themselves the mujahideen say they're on their way to fight a holy war against the song. in washington senators asked the head of america's intelligence james clapper you think what happens if assad falls here long are we prepared for the situation of a possible failed state we're enjoys a safe harbor and refuge in which from which to coordinate attacks his response bears no optimism there would be kind of a vacuum i think that. would lend itself to. extremists operating in syria which is particularly troublesome some as

a different question is the u.s. on the same side as all critics syria and whether its policies are indirectly aiding the terrorists or american strategists would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing not to ask the question if it. good for al qaeda can it be good for us and not to look at say he may be a ruthless dictator and what he's doing on but what comes after him when he falls i think al qaeda does its best work or it works best when it finds a country that is fundamentally a failed state this is why i'm against putting weapons in and aiding the anti assad resistance because an all out war there could be a disaster which leaves a failed state and syria even for many of those syrians who are not supportive of their president the fear of the alternative is far greater why are they sitting on the fence or why they are not in the streets with that is supporting the movement

and they are often two figures is that one is that poses that they'd be the slightest and pushed aside that would be the kit was the opposition in syria is very fractured they don't seem to be under anybody's control this concerns voiced by top u.s. intelligence officials about anti. washington has failed to widen its calls to include armed opposition and therefore basically ignoring the fears of a huge part of the syrian population who don't want radicals gaining momentum and directing the country into chaos i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. well u.s. intelligence community has dealt a fresh blow to washington's claims that iran is pursuing nuclear weapons and assessments by america's sixteen spy agencies suggest there is no evidence that tehran has decided to build a nuclear bomb while the u.n. you to agency says tehran has expanded its uranium enrichment and the i.a.e.a.

also criticized iran for not having its inspectors into a key military site countries facing tough u.s. and e.u. sanctions and threats of an attack from israel over its nuclear program which it insists is peaceful. from the national iranian american council and a former u.s. state department officer says to resolve iran's nuclear issue the u.s. and its allies should change their approach. the american intelligence agencies and for that matter the israeli intelligence agencies and many other foreign governments intelligence agencies are saying that iran is not made the political decision to pursue weaponization and that leaves time for diplomacy to be pursued to find a peaceful solution that's beneficial to all parties involved the primary sticking point the primary truck problem that we see is that nobody trusts one another people in the people plus one don't trust each other iran doesn't trust anybody in the p five plus one so in an effort to try and move things forward and shift that

paradigm from the negative to the positive you know we need to get creative and international leaders need to find ways to take risks for peace anything from broadening the agenda to discussion issues not just focus on iran's nuclear program but things that iran is also interested in regional security energy security things of that nature just of bringing in some outside actors who the p five plus one and iran do have trust within turkey in preserving to keep samples of the parties that are played a kind of mediating role if positive inducements are not offered to iran and if the west doesn't seriously consider whether or not offering those positive inducements to iran are in america's interest europe's interests i'm negotiating will fail because iran will not like. one country that doesn't seem interested in the case with iran is israel which has repeatedly threatened to attack tehran's nuclear sites well coupled with accusations that the islamic republic is behind attacks on its diplomats abroad israel could already be committed to military action but

artie's going to go now reports. israel's leaders are actively drumming up the military rhetoric. iran is the biggest terror exporter in the world the israeli government and its security forces will continue to act forcefully systematically and calmly against international terrorism eating from iran. a potential israeli rocket clash looks more likely than never there is speculation a preemptive strike against iran's nuclear sites could happen as early as spring or summer although that's not causing undue concern in israel i think possibly people you know they make their plans for a vacation you know pass or a vacation summer vacation possibly people are beginning to wonder well is there going to be a war is something going to mess it up or i think they're probably going ahead with it with sort of a thought we're back tomorrow it would be nice if we could get a flight that we could cancel you know you know is that sort of thing israel has

previous experience when it comes to putting an end to you kim fissions which pose a potential threat in one thousand nine hundred one is jets wiped out reactors in iraq they struck again in two thousand and seven hitting sites in syria but with iran's nuclear program things may not be so simple if israel attacks iran it will not stop iran forever from getting nuclear weapons the only postpone it for a relatively brief amount of time the. installations are too diverse and far flung to destroy factor fully israel does not have us poor white house secretary advisor was in israel warning against a move on iran saying it was better to wait for tougher sanctions to take effect in the coming months but mines may already be made up i think one of the things that to create this aura of inevitability is to shut them up to shut up opposition at home and of course to convince the united states and europe that this is an inevitability it's going to happen. don't oppose it in fact why don't you help us

out there is a question mark however over whether israel has what it takes to carry out the mission i doubt whether we have the capability. of creating the images to the extent of the mediating the program and even if israel's military prowess will allow it to carry out a strike on underground facilities in iran chances are it won't and there are as you know saddam hussein and bashar assad by the time they knew what was happening was over and could just you know grumble without having to fight back you imagine iran sitting still you know all day day after day day after day what you say is really critical back i think any any sane person realizes that there will almost guaranteed be missiles falling on israel and considering iran for one of the twentieth century's longest wars against iraq and the one nine hundred eighty s. it consequences could be far reaching and destructive. israel has been suffering

some bad weather as of late but it's likely that even the strongest winds will blow the country's foreign policy off its course and when it comes to israel's forecast for iran the storm clouds seem to be growing ever darker in tel aviv r.t. . well still ahead few days out in the western spotlight the presidential election approaches interest in the candidate his personality which is fever pitch overseas . two weeks after he was nominated for a nobel peace prize bradley manning is at its first court hearing that the suspect was supposed case just a few minutes. now cash strapped spanish students and teachers have the streets of fillin sit angry at the government's education cuts they also accused police of heavy handed tactics at previous rallies where protesters were charged down and beating several were hurt and more than forty arrested some of them minors sara

first reports from finance it. it's been dubbed the land spring and you can see thousands upon thousands of people that have fanned out. in the for a. couple days in a. little . while because of the job of. the young. boy. by now living. like they say the braves and.

the braves as. long a lot. of love a lot of. regional. southern a lot of the public. love. that. you cover. the sun even. if you love. to get. out of. the population. of the one right. in the country of the. red cross. it's a massive budget cuts is still dominating greece which avoided

a painful default this week. the leaders had left athens hanging on for months as a part of you conditions before finally clearing the one hundred thirty billion euro bailout the cost of the rescue is weighing heavily on the greek people who have paid the price with huge cuts and job losses economists shakespear says the whole system needs to be completely overhauled the plain fact of the matter is these are manipulations the justify the banking occupation of greece the greece people revolt because they are being smashed into the ground their sovereignty is being destroyed their property. assets are being sold off they're being put into poverty and debt. not just for the rest of their lives but for their children and their grandchildren's lives the whole thing is a fraud all that they need in fact is a new policy that policy must start by controlling the banks which create money out

of nothing put it at compound interest and do not put it into the real economy and in particular to the spreading of the real economy. then you open up an interest free supply from your own national bank but to do that greece must get out of the euro and take its own destiny forward in the same way as iceland is now doing and during very successfully. when next sunday russians will choose their president for the next six years while the media is abuzz with other candidates promos the front runner ever has kept relatively low profile but it's a different story of broadway interest and coverage surrounding his personality he's growing will smith reports from london. russians a used to seeing bloody mayor putin in all manner of surroundings not only in top level meetings also out in the wilderness and even singing to

a hollywood a list crowd. but there are always new heights to scale and you currently find him looming large on a london icon the double decker bus. is coming it proclaims so may find the wording of the slightly sinister but it's all to do with a new book which analyzes putin the man not the politician the books the results of a six year collaboration between a british author and russian journalist alexander caught up put in is probably the most interesting political in the world at the moment and yes the right people who feel and belong toward supporting the rebels who love him or those who do but the most important thing is that sort of. can see that they don't. although as it turned out that wasn't quite true you know it's about it might be desperate or

russia you know it may. be posing probably a person who supposedly russia is i don't know that. i'm minister of russia but you got it the authors say friday's book release isn't connected to next month's election in russia but it does come hot on the heels of two separate british documentaries involving putin one a look at the controversial political youth group nationally and the other a critically acclaimed to full part counter through relations with the west during his twelve years at the top there will be the world's attention on him again and people want to know is this a man we've seen before or is he changing. can he face the new challenges and how does the recent protest movement affect his politics and his outlook having his base. helping. you go to the polls but love him

person's reputation is strong man has captured the imagination of documentary maker and all things here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's infamy it's an open question. what ahead of elections but in the region has been publishing a series of articles outlining key international and domestic issues you can find them on our web site. read his latest statements. national pressure on iran and relations with washington the missile defense also on line few today. show villages in brazil witness what they think is a u.f.o. fifty kilograms. from the sky front of unsuspecting residents reveal the story. and afghan police officer is being sought for the killing of two u.s.

military advisers at the interior ministry in kabul has withdrawn all the personnel from afghan ministries to avoid further attacks. on protests have continued for almost a week in afghanistan sparked by the burning of copies of the koran at the nato air base dozens of people have been killed and wounded in the clashes protests to set fire to un office in the northwestern city. this time to obama and nato officials apologize for the incident saying the desecration was unintentional. a political thing time to bring back a stone says the u.s. that the nuns will be hard pressed to store its reputation. in the decade that the u.s. military has been in no one's done for the first time even if you do smaller. places and provinces and counties wherever there is u.s. presence ordinary afghans are laying siege to these places until now the americans would be seeing the resurgence of resistance groups got tired of them but now after

this incident here see the ordinary of dance of force pitched against the u.s. will be present but also u.s. trained police men and u.s. trained soldiers now an ordinary american working you know what it's done today he doesn't know whether he should expect a bullet from afghan taliban or front and afghan policemen or an up down soldier than he might have trained earlier even after ten years it seems even merican know who they're dealing with who don't know very well the u.s. military are increasingly treated to what i would call anti islamism they're constantly sort of indoctrinated into into into treating islam disrespectfully i fail to see how the u.s. military personnel and the other east and afghan army personnel would be able to restore the level of trust that existed let's say five days or six days ago. plus

some other world news stories in brief for you now a suicide car bomber attacked a church in the city of justice in central nigeria two people were killed and several more injured in the bombing the church was packed to the worshippers at a time when hundreds have died in the city as a result of ethnic and religious bonnets in the past is. also going to break the target of the extremist group boko haram which has been blamed for killing at one of three hundred people nationwide this year or. so it goes present today while they're seeking reelection for a third term on sunday he defied opposition efforts to block him from taking part in that six people attending the protests have already died in clashes ahead of the polls demonstrates a say his can of the seas. illegal due to term restrictions in the constitution but the president argues that the brits were brought in after he started his first period in power so don't apply to him. and pakistan as we go in demolishing

osama bin laden's hideout he lived for years before his assassination the compound was located not far from the country's elite military academy the northwest town of about about officials had warned there was concern the house could become a shrine to supporters of the deceased al qaida leader bin ladin the shot dead last may by u.s. special forces. bradley manning who's accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret military files to wiki leaks deferred his plea at his first court hearing on thursday he's already spent nineteen months of us today without being formally charged money is facing life in prison if found guilty of aiding the enemy many americans consider him here it is with nominated for a nobel peace prize but there are doubts that he'll get a fair trial president obama said lisa blair had broken the door jambs of kishore from the socialist equality party says manning is merely bait to get really expand

songe who's been a thorn in the u.s. administration's side. the treatment of manning as a whole is. brutal inhumane according to amnesty international amounting to torture according to many top u.s. legal scholars i mean there's many reasons behind this but i think the u.s. government certainly sees the treatment of manning from the beginning both as an example to anyone who would seek to expose the crimes of american militarism abroad as well as a fairly transparent attempt to get out of songs the founder of wiki leaks they are you know the u.s. government is seeking to eventually extradite a saw and they're certainly trying to trying to go after waking leaks for the release of the documents you know really must be stressed that this is really devastating exposure of the obama administration the treatment of this young man for all the talk of democratic rights and freedom abroad this is how the united states treats opposition here. here at home. the week's headlines in

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