sure is that so much a part of it which of course you can work on if you believe the price of crude stubbornly hard and consumers feel the pinch but why are energy prices so hard news of the lack of supply insecure. polling stations have closed and slowed counting has begun and see where is referendum on a new constitution which could put an end stability years of single party rule. controversy over iran's nuclear program continues as the un's atomic watchdog says tehran has stepped up uranium enrichment while the leaked u.s. intelligence report see no evidence of bomb building. thousands of people have joined hands in a chain of protests calling for further lectures on russia actually it's formed at sixteen kilometer ring around moscow city center away before the country chooses its next president. and students march again in protest against education

confidence spain as the euro crisis tightens its grip around the med while degrees breathe a sigh of relief as a much needed a bailout gets approved. hello and welcome to our weekly review thanks for joining us in c. where the count has begun after the referendum on a new constitution is the most significant fall in the country for decades but the opposition boycotted the vote and made a bad drop of violence that's plagued the country since last march the results are expected on monday mary a few notion has been following the day in damascus for us. polling stations here syria have closed their doors for voters the national referendum on the country's new constitution is now officially over the interior minister has said that it will take hours before the preliminary results come out with the results so far is the

fact that this for a friend of actually happened live in fear is that those against the ballot could try to wreck the referendum they've been attempts to intimidate people reports have been circulated in local media about possible terror attacks at the polling stations the syrian opposition both the on base the bread and to help has not only boycotted the vote in but also has been repeatedly calling all people to go and try to take to the streets to protest against this referendum and against president bashar assad this referendum and this constitution has been considered part of a package of democratic changes to the proper forms promised by assad's government we've seen demonstrations both prayer and anti government here in damascus criticism and pressure from the international community has also been quite high the main concern was that the very chain comes amid a valance to continue in in the country especially in the besieged city of homs north of the capital damascus indeed we are receiving reports about people being

killed in the clashes between the opposition and authorities literally every day but the fact is that it hasn't stopped people from casting their ballots we have been able to speak to a number of voters and the feeling we've gathered is that people are simply tired of instability and unrest in that country and they say that if the results like chaz that this referendum and this constitution i were able to bring peace to the country it's worth to try this chance ballots instead of bullets musta missed trisha's and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year by. the syrian government desire calling for the people to show. their future together not only but it's a completely new era and all is good for everybody but even opposition can take part in its for all the amendments to the country's number one law have been among the key demands of the opposition this is the uprising began it starts with

eliminating both parties 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 with the shah there's a big contradiction with the article thirty three says the lady who had a great number that he says i you know muslims well can be a president had so what about the other turn percent or not here temporarily they have been living together for ages with 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 would said well why you take this article out clashes and protests almost every day but some

hope that the referendum will not only breed a new constitution it might even be able to stop the bloodshed refreshing r.t. damascus syria. and you can also follow maria on her twitter feed she is on top of the latest developments for us and in one of her latest tweets or says that tunnels have been discovered beneath the city of homs that stretches beyond syria's borders and opposition fighters allegedly used them to bringing troops and weapons. and the head of the vote an international coalition led by the u.s. steamed up against president assad this week calling themselves the friends of syria seventy countries agreed to slap new sanctions on damascus but buried based political analyst on martin a sharp it says that's counterproductive because it fails to address this syrian people's real needs. the direction is the worst politics and the worst don't plan to remove a president from office and they don't care at what cost if one wants to be really

caring towards the city of people really caring for the basic human rights and basic human preserving human life one should call for dialogue one should call for . more between the different groups within the syrian cultural diversity to come together and bring in a new solution and i think this step that was done today with devolved referendum for the constitution and the amendments is a step maybe a small step but it is a step forward towards that direction towards the conciliation and the true reform through democratic reform that can save the city the destruction that is being prepared for it apparently from some forces in the west and still ahead here this hour in its image towards the british capital of the u.k. the famous double decker buses advertise it with leading biography of the top candidate for russia's presidency ahead of next week's crucial road. before the and

the standoff over iran's nuclear program shows no signs of being resolved with the u.n. atomic monitoring official saying tehran has failed to cooperate and they have visited the islamic state twice this year and say iran has stepped up its uranium enrichment many western allies suspect iran is building a nuclear bomb but iran says it has a right to a civil nuclear program the country is currently struggling under harsh sanctions from the u.s. and e.u. while israel is threatening military action however u.s. intelligence has reportedly now said there's no evidence to support accusations that iran is the syrian nuclear weapons and khan hallinan a columnist at foreign policy in focus and i'm guessing says the west concern over iran's nuclear program is merely a pretext to take control of its vast enter resources. i think the nuclear bomb is really in many ways a smokescreen this is not about nuclear weapons if iran were to use a nuclear weapon say for against israel it would be an act of national suicide i think this has

a lot more to do with the politics of the middle east and the politics of the control of energy resources than one hundred seventy nine revolution in iran essentially remove the second largest oil resources and assert largest natural gas resources from direct control by western oil and gas companies and essentially made it independent now the west would love to get those resources back and they would love to also not have that kind of independent force in the middle east. israel has been repeating it threats of military action on iran's nuclear sites saying that slapping sanctions on the country is not working the u.s. and britain have warned against the move saying it would be disastrous for the region but as i. reports and hearing inoffensive as a ready and away. visitors 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 dating from iran. a potential israeli rather class looks more likely than ever 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 vacation you know pass or a vacation summer vacation possibly people are beginning to have one world is there going to be a war is something going to mess it up i think they're probably going ahead with it with sort of a thought we're back home or it would be nice if we could get a flight that we could cancel you know you know is that sort of thing is or has previous six. perience when it comes to putting an end to him bishan swished pose a potential threat in one nine hundred eighty 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 a fact of lee israel does not have u.s. support the 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 vary to be made up i think one of the things that 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. with the we have the capability. creating damage is 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's bold and there as it was 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 the what is this city figure back i think any any sane person realizes that there will almost guaranteed be missiles falling on israel and considering your own fault one of the twentieth century's longest voice against iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. the consequences could be far reaching and destructive. has or has been suffering some better 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.

and later this hour a full american presidential advisor tells us he how his country should give up trying to and while dictatorships and focus on its own interests rather than meddling in not is here's a preview. the idea that we're going to end tyranny in the world is utterly utopian we never are we've had tyrants from time immemorial and what the united states should do in my judgment in its foreign policies is build a defense establishment strong enough to protect our vital interests and our vital allies and when problems arise whether it's in zimbabwe or somewhere else the people there have got to deal with their own problems there no doubt about it that throughout history tyrants have arisen and seized power in one place or another and as long as they don't threaten our vital interests or threaten and kill our people the fact that they rule and or misrule certain countries is none of our business.

a ring of solidarity protests as a linked arms around the center of moscow calling for free and fair elections in russia thousands take part in sunday's action anticipation of the upcoming presidential poll he's correspondent on a list that the goal of sunday's demonstration was to form a human chain around the garden ring in moscow and i want bodies as a ring road that goes around the downtown area of the russian capital. now the activists who are organizing this event today had called on supporters to come out wear white and support of their cause which is to receive free and fair elections in russia though they were able to complete that journey around the garden ring that human chain around sixty kilometers from one end to the other so clearly masses of people coming out and taking part there there were also some supporters of the law to be uprooted for president who turned out it is

a week before that presidential vote and there were some heated exchanges at times between supporters of the various political factions here in russia all of them peaceful but a few raised voices at times all of this coming either say a week before russians go to the polls to elect the next president and we've seen a space of political rallies in the last week we've seen supporters of but to me a putin for president also through supporters of the the the leaders of the liberal democratic party and the communists as well as other groups coming out and showing their support for the particular candidate that they want to see take the top job. next sunday's presidential elections so in a week's time next sunday russians will pick their next president choosing from a number of candidates have been hitting the contain trail but they contend he's keeping a relatively low profile russia is creating something of a birth abroad as laura smith reports now from london. russians

a used to seeing bloody putin in all manner of surroundings not only in top lead. well 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 odd 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 from in the world at the moment and yes the right people who feel them belong toward supporting the rebels who while hume or those who do

want 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 today it's about it might be desperate or russia did a. little or so cozy probably a person who supposedly russia is i don't know that. the prime minister of russia but you've got a good deal to 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 used great but 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 will he change can he face the new

challenges and how does the recent protest movement affect his politics and his outlook. having his face on double decker buses would help to say this russian is prepared to go to the polls but love him or lose to houston's reputation as russia's strongman has captured the imagination of documentary makers and also here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's fame or infamy is an open question euro smith o.t. london. still ahead for you this hour seeking justice and i think policeman is hunted for killing american officials during widescale violent protest after u.s. soldiers burned copies of the koran. say students are refusing to sit quietly with thousands marching again mainly of a planned education cons but also after police came down hard on their last rally officers were accused of protons at a protest and it is week which left several people injured and more than forty rested far from reports now from the costa blanca we all know the problems that

face every day students lack of money face competition for jobs add to that spain has the highest unemployment in year two t. nine distance the sixteen to twenty four year olds unemployed in the country and factor in that they just had recent spending cause it is the fact that it occasionally bites a badly to some of these students to come to the streets say they haven't even got basic heating in the closings and well this is the result really thousands and thousands of people already out on the streets good to protest some of them that i gave you right the way along the main high street here in the city of valencia now some of the signs reading and now students are batted enough does to him by friends to the protests we saw at the beginning of the week where the police were condemned for their actions which were seen as being excessively violent scenes of than chasing and hitting some of the protesters spoke very fierce reaction from

a lot of the public and a lot of anger his guilt about these actions huge no. people joining in this protest a lot of anger and of course this part of the demonstrations we've seen happening in recent days. the all star it emerges that is being brought in by the new government has provoked this angry reaction. across the mishearing in greece managed to snatch it from the jaws of default this week it looks. it took months away to leaders eventually agreed the latest one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but it's at the cost of imposing further cuts and as an investment advisor patrick young told us the greeks are paying the ultimate price. the tragedy of greece is that two three years ago when it first came to light that their financial figures were a complete fiction and we finally knew the truth that we'd all suspected all along they really should be no need of the euro or that moment instead we've got these absolutely psychotic desire by

a group of frankly well academically literate people in western europe particularly within germany who are desperate to manage to hold this all together then we've got another group of people who are absolutely determined to try and keep greece in the euro zone which really credibly highly paid greek politicians and the poor greeks themselves are absolutely stranded why we are throwing good money after bad and why we're ignoring actually the good people of greece on the ground absolutely defines logic the people are absolutely fed up they see no possibility no end to this. in afghanistan seven u.s. soldiers were wounded when angry protesters threw a grenade into a military base it comes on the sixth day of anti-american riots across the country sparked by news that copies of the koran have been banned at a u.s. air base washington has apologized for that code a mistake and the afghan president is calm but how made karzai this sentiment in his country wasn't

a gentleman to reaction and call for those who believe the koran to be punished dozens of people have been killed and then rest since cheese day creating to see a u.s. offices and medical or a chef think tank direct in neighboring pakistan says that american is neither understand nor respect our culture. in the decade that the u.s. military has been in there but is done by the first time even if you have smaller places and provinces and towns wherever there is u.s. presence ordinary afghans are laying siege to these places even after two years it seems even merican don't know who they're dealing with they don't know you of get on very well the u.s. military are increasingly treated to what i would call anti islam so they're constantly sort of indoctrinated. into into into treating islam disrespectfully i fail to see how the u.s. military personnel and the of the east end of gun or army personnel would be able to restore the level of trust that existed let's see if i do see six days ago. the

american soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret military files to weaker lake's chose not to and during his fast court hearing on thursday bradley manning who faces twenty two charges also constant deciding whether he wanted to be trying by a military jury or a single charge and is convicted of aiding the enemy he could be given a life sentence with no chance of parole but he is considered a hero by many americans and is being nominated for the nobel peace prize and there are doubts over whether the whistleblower can get a fair trial after president obama publicly stated that he broke the little cabin the says manning is standing trial mainly for telling the truth. but this is a case of very low level classified documents in fact there's questions as to whether they should been classified at all we have to also realize that one. of the least the pentagon papers those are very high level secrets and even those were not

releasing any national security information that should have been to have secret all we're finding out from even the highs little secret the pentagon papers in the lowest level secrets that music used is high on ethical behavior misbehavior by the u.s. far by us foreign policy we're showing our corporations and the government we're closer together to support corporate profit rather than public interest we're showing all sorts of inappropriate behavior by people who like surgery say clinton who ordered us to mats to spy on u.n. officials when they came to meetings in the united nations that's illegal yet she's not being prosecuted manning who is accused of sexually telling the truth. is being prosecuted for using words in prison while people who commit war crimes and other crimes are not being prosecuted or. let's not check some of the top stories from around the world at least three people have been found dead and dozens injured after a passenger train derailed near the city of burlington in canada the express was on

free to toronto from the niagara falls area with about seventy five people aboard so two carriages came off the tracks close to railway station emergency crews are now working to free those who remain trapped in the wreckage police have yet to release further details of the accident. one man has been killed and one thousand injured after a night club shooting in the u.s. state of tennessee police say the incident was triggered by a dispute among club visitors evidence suggests at least three people fired one hundred guns into the crowd one of the victims is in a critical condition at a local hospital. a car full of explosives has been rammed into a church in nigeria killing at least three people and wounding several others the church was packed with sunday morning worshippers when the suicide attackers struck in the city of draws the radical islamist group boko haram is being blamed although no one has yet admitted carrying out that tack the sect killed over three hundred

people this year in its quest to impose sharia law. the numbers left we fork rebels have announced they'll free ten security officers held for fourteen years and they also promised abandon kidnappings that it's believed ransoms and drug trafficking are their main source of income three months ago four hostages were killed after being held for more than twelve years prompting massive protests against the rebel group of colombia. the hottest celebrities have gathered in hollywood for the annual oscar ceremony martin scorsese's hugo to the first of wards of the movie world's biggest night the best cinematography and our direction the best picture prize is still to be given away with a french silent drama at the heart favored and if it wins it all with the first black and white silent movie to win the prestigious award in the first oscar night more than eighty years ago. and coming up us from his before former u.s. presidential advisor part of buchanan with some timely advice for today's u.s.

leaders and the later we can support two or three true but before that other bark with a recap our top stories. we

have a lot of war lords all give him a note so we have a lot of illegal call groups of the causes and sluices also argues in the home or right enough to my marriage was like many other mileage but it wasn't forced marriage it's just maddy when i was fourteen yes so you can liberate other when and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only effective social changes can be the afghans themselves afghan men and women we believe are going to spawn cannot truly cross paths without a fish on its chemical pollution and better construction stuff people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan.

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more news today violence is once again flared up. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are on the day.