it's judgment day for georgia's ruling party challenge popularity slump and a united opposition as voters out there are saying parliamentary election it's. not medics in bahrain lose an appeal to help their prison sentences overturned in a case that's been slammed as politically motivated. hundreds of people staged demo's at a us military base on the japanese island of okinawa as washington again problems off its presence in the asia pacific.

island thank you for joining our team on screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week on karen terror oggi now georgia's ruling party and a united opposition alliance are going head to head as the nation votes for its next parliament president saakashvili his party is desperate to hold onto its made majority in the chamber after its popularity plummeted in the wake of a prison abuse scandal parties alexander shot skiis in the georgian capital. voting continues into what promises to be a crucial election for george and it's more than a history this election will show whether the people are happy with the current political regime with business really and his united national movement party but in a way more wider picture of the party which wins this election will be able to then appoint a prime minister and when the constitutional amendments take place next year when secretary of state is down which will allow other prime minister to have just about the same powers as the president had then this party would be able to appoint the prime minister and basically have the georgia's future in its hands fourteen

parties are running in this election but the main battle will be between the united national movement party the ruling party of the president saakashvili and the party georgian dream run by a tycoon whose fortune makes up almost half of the country's national budget mr even is silly according to all the surveys the ruling party is in the slight lead with about forty percent but the party georgian dream still has a very good chance of winning this election on saturday we saw nearly the largest political rally in the history of modern day georgia with over one hundred thousand people in the streets basically voicing their discontent against the current political regime but what really concerns many in georgia and many in the opposition is that legations that the country is gradually turning into a police state now many have been accusing the current president of the of cracking down freedoms of speech and basically suppressing all kinds of opposition on television the traditional system is being pretty much under the thumb of the

current president of the current ruling party his former allies many politicians who are now in opposition have been describing him as a totalitarian ruler and they are there in the opposition to oust the present saakashvili and to change the system this is something mr vanish really the leader of the georgian green party is destined to do as he said in politics in georgia so with all the better roads economic prosperity many believe that this still a facade. for a very to tell it's aryan rule and my colleague got the skin off found out what georgian image is really like now at the moment. for and he will decrease banks restaurants and a western style facelift in general is definitely something georgian authorities can be proud of class was in police stations and many other new government buildings aimed at creating an image welcome we transferred state system but is it merely an image the recent footage of alleged torture and sexual abuse of inmates in prisons has shocked the georgian public many are comparing it to cases from

guantanamo except it contains suspected terrorists and these are ordinary georgian inmates. you were the former senior staff member of one of the prisons who leaked to forage claims president saakashvili is perfectly aware of the torture thousands took to the streets in protest demanding the arrest and prosecution of all those responsible while a burning broom has become a symbol of the opposition since this is what the authorities are accused of using for torture in some of the videos i mean this will not be tolerated opposition activists dachas i go to your claims over six hundred people have been tortured in prisons and nationwide many died he says. our goal is to make sure the election is without provocations and the people who committed these crimes are punished especially mikhail saakashvili duchy was arrested by traffic police the day after

we met officially for resisting orders he was given ten days in prison meanwhile to save face president saakashvili was busy sacking the police chief arresting all the officers shown in the video footage and substituting the staff in all prisons with the police but both his and the ruling parties readings still dropped when you least twenty percent. a large portion of the government supporters used to come from settle sir. you know many of them are resigning in a crossing over to the opposition with an average salary around four hundred euros dollars a month is another issue sparking public disapproval in shiny new buildings. here in georgia a change is going to happen first the question is how bad the georgians want them to go to school all of the. operations host court has rejected appeals by nine medics who were hand at present terms for their legit role in the pro-democracy uprising the original case drew criticism from the un and outrage from

international rights groups with many calling the verdict politically motivated they maddux a treated demonstrators mourned it in clashes with police who brutally crack down on this for growlers last year a military court earlier found the defendants guilty of attempting to overthrow the government one of the medics will serve five years and the rest between a month and three years they are going protests in bahrain have seen dozens killed in clashes with police as demonstrators continue to call for democratic reform as well as the resignation of the on the elected prime minister exile bahraini political activist saeed she harby says the country's rulers are using oppression to same power. so far none of the significant figures who may have given or does all are getting the actual physical torture from. members of their own military has been brought to justice so. this fire is

a continuing only last night. a great amount of. spray on the people and also shotgun as well as using extensively three days ago i young boy of seventeen years over. there was killed by a shotgun used by the police this is of the one world. of the other g.m.'s of the show she was appointed a member of the consultative council of the on rights council so i think this is the way she is there that the people are continually visited will we hear what are the issues are continuing and also the killing why did it seem has not stopped. it seems to me that it is not going to hold anyone accountable for those tortured for torture or for exclusion of leadership getting because it depends on killing people it's things that it would only remain if the arises. you can get

more on the ongoing protests in bahrain at r t v dot com or you can read up on the background of this notorious case of the jail it's. also on line accused of breaking the commandment about child not steal the pope's former butler awaits a court decision on charges of theft after private vatican letters were really. in moscow court has imposed a ban on the notorious anti islam movie the innocence of muslims defining it as extremists the controversial u.s. made film is often blamed for sparking huge protests across the middle east and north africa they began with an armed assault on america's consulate in benghazi libya on september the eleventh let's now get more details from our office on a boycott sun and this is obviously a very symbolic decision what are the implications of it well karen to be on as the

decision doesn't really change that much because even before this court's ruling access to this movie in russia was very limited if not blocked altogether only into a previous decision by a court in church now it's found a content of this movie extremist and inside inciting ethnic and religious hatred now even before that through a link in number of internet providers in russia to their own initiative blocked access to these movie for their own users as the you tube under some pressure from the russian minister of communication which threatened to suspend the entire you tube side in russia if it would choose to carry on with this movie now what's interesting about the reaction to this film in russia is that despite the fairly large percentage of muslims in this country according to some assamese the account for up to fourteen percent we're talking about many millions of people russia hasn't seen any violence of the stored that spilled onto the streets in some arabic

. trees and asian countries and the plaintiffs in both cases both in moscow in kitchener cited this care of that violence as one of the key arguments in trying to persuade the court to ban access to this movie in this country. are our keys our boy thank you. the u.s. has deployed six all spring hybrid planes to its base on japan southern island of okinawa with six more aircraft due to be transferred there japanese police had to forcibly remove hundreds of people would gathered outside the american base to protest the deployment of the jets demonstrators say the aircraft safety record is not up to standard following a series of crashes of the parents that were also calling for the marine base which is in a densely populated area to be shut down piece campaigner and human rights activist ryan dawson says their calls are unlikely to be met. these bases cause

a lot of problems not only for safety but noise issues and a lot of conflicts with the servicemen themselves in the local areas but the u.s. isn't going to budge in that position they've been dragging their feet now for six years so i think it's highly unlikely bases will close nobody wants any of their bases there but for them to be bringing these in the twenty two osprey from boeing is very dangerous they crashed as recently as june in florida that could fall on someone's head but that's not an exaggeration of these seeing they're a hybrid helicopter airplane and they haven't got the bugs out of them yet they always say they're building up a presence because of north korea and maybe part of that is true but i think a lot of it's about and certainly in china as well it's like world war two never ended and there's still bases in germany as well there are unnecessary the residents don't want them but this is u.s.

geopolitics they are never somewhere temporarily once the u.s. comes somewhere with one exception is saudi arabia and they put a base they never ever leave. so i have a sour ridding itself of bad publicity. that the number of cases where the government has tried to shut down court hearings these proposals if they are positive will sweep away hundreds of years that the british legal tradition we look at how the british government is considering new legislation which critics say is simply to hide its involvement and wrong doing such as prison torture. plus the russian prime minister adds a famous friend on facebook but he didn't have to go online to do that as the meter from our business desk and i'll explain those rights to be german vet have met personally with mark zuckerberg the head of facebook who is in moscow and media speculates that he is here basically for personal headhunting to look for

programming talent to work and facebook as happened in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight by when bill gates was in moscow the people's microsoft talent but others say mark zuckerberg is here just for sightseeing or maybe to create some kind of affiliate of facebook as a receptionist to go to moscow where we'll talk about the. finances day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of story hundred sheep in the mountains and plains of. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but she dishes unfamiliar dictated that he would take on the can of these animals after his father. he's just made camp at their winter farm stage setting up his ute traditional to fenian round tent

made of diskin. his p.c. back amongst his family his job is a lonely one and tough going out in all weathers braving streams of plus to minus forty degrees celcius says that i'm with them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and i miss mountains when i'm in town and i spend a lot of time here. so all most of us is simply carrying out the work that his father did and his father before him nothing has changed over many many centuries and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't want to come into the industry now and that's where they fit their could die out altogether. it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their heart they hurt the cattle truth of skittles and with more people leaving than coming to the

countryside the region's government is having to act making the life of the herd and more attractive than promising largest subsidies for produce and livestock and organizing cooperatives for the sale of day products to ensure the herd it gets a higher fair price i sympathizes with those youngsters leaving for an easier more profitable life day in their publics capital. but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pastoral way of life now looking for a helper who shares his enthusiasm with more time on his hands he says matter of fact you can start to look for a new wife. brought them back to our teo carol. well an appeal by the russian punk band pussy riot against their president arm has been a journey after one of the group members told the court she had fired her lawyer

they were jailed for two years in august for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after they staged an infamous stunt at russia's me cathedral artie's sean thomas has the details. court has wrapped up for the day and this is coming after you cut that you know somewhat so you have it's the oldest of the three women requested a new lawyer and the court has granted that request which means she needs time to prepare the appropriate documents in the papers in order to let this specific hearing go through a new court date has been set for that hearing that is october tenth now again today many people here to see inside the courtroom it was packed in fact it spilled out into the corridors of the courtroom so that people could watch on television to see what was happening inside the courtroom outside the courthouse itself as many more people both pro and against a pussy riot coming to let their voices be heard showing that this case specifically still has wait a minute still resonates inside russia

a little bit about the details on february twenty first pussy riot performed what they called a punk prayer at christ the savior cathedral in central moscow they were arrested in march a trial during the summer and then in mid august they were sentenced to two years and this is part of the appeals process today which has now been delayed until october tenth well certainly this incident has sparked a lot of international attention support for the group of media frenzy as well as calls for leniency for the group major artists like bjork of madonna and the red hot chili peppers have called for the government to be lenient as well as other western governments have said that they need to find a punishment that is more fitting to the crime of what they say is more fitting to the crime now prime minister medvedev has said that he doesn't see any reason for this group to spend any more time in jail that the time that they have served is already punishment enough for the crime president putin has said that he is completely staying out of this he does not want to interfere at all there's also been many copycat incidents around russia as well as in other countries as well in

ukraine one woman took a chainsaw to a crucifix and destroyed it in cologne germany in a cathedral there three people got up in the middle of a service and had a protest there they were arrested their trial starts this week as well in russia this country is very divided about the subject as seen here today this country is a very religious country and many people were offended by what happened in the country's main church. all right time now to check on some other news from around the world heavy gunfire followed by several explosions has been reported on the outskirts of damascus syria troops clashed with rebels meanwhile the finding continues at the country's border with turkey where at least twelve people have been killed this comes a day after syrian state t.v. claimed government forces have carried out a successful operation in the country's commercial hub aleppo. euro zone

unemployment has hit a record high of eleven point four percent that's according to the e.u. statistics agency that means over eighteen million people are effectively out of work but the number of jobless young a cause of alarm for european governments meanwhile protest against raging unemployment and growing spending cuts continue throughout europe with frustration turning to violent clashes with only. ten buddhist temples and forty homes have been torched by muslims in bangladesh with dozens injured in the unrest it happened after a photo of a burnt koran appeared on a teenager's facebook page the boy says the photo appeared on his account by mistake his parents have been arrested and then vest a geisha launched. while the issue of religious conflict and freedom of speech is also a hot topic at r.t. dot com where we're asking for your opinions paul and right now the majority say that nothing should stifle free speech slightly less think there should be

a compromise between religion and freedom of expression eleven percent believe that the country's culture is what matters at exactly the same say religious beliefs on sect party dot com is where to go to cast your vote. is suicide attack on a joint nato foot patrol in eastern afghanistan has killed at least fourteen people and insert injured dozens of taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the blast a man on a motorcycle packed with explosives. ran into the security patrol in the city of khost being one hundred thousand strong coalition forces are due to pull out of the country by the end of two thousand and fourteen political analyst aka med quote i she thinks the ongoing violence in afghanistan is not surprising given the years of foreign presence and flawed policy there. it's quite obvious that the united states military is leaving behind a new our faction or a new militia in afghanistan in addition to the dozens that already exist in

a move for him to the of gun national army at least parts of that are well trained by the us military and this national army is now turning against its their benefactors as mentors of god national army is is one of the blunders of the us military in afghanistan in addition to. the midst of created a country over the past decade three thousand american citizens died on nine eleven the u.s. military blunder resulted in an additional two thousand americans dying out of one is done over the past decade and these are the american soldiers in afghanistan this mess basically belongs purely to the u.s. military to pentagon to the cia because of the understand has been their baby. plans for a new justice and security bill in the u.k. has sparked criticism the country could expand its system of secret courts it's claimed the move could help the government dodge allegations of complicity in the abuse of detainees abroad. looks into how westminster is trying to take advantage

political advantage that is of the proposed legislation. nipping charges of complicity in the bud that's what the u.k. government admits it's trying to do with its plans for secret courts ministers have argued that more secret courts the need is to protect sensitive information and the workings of security agencies but in documents seen by the guardian newspaper the government acknowledges it would benefit politically able to defend itself from allegations like complicity and torture without the details ever becoming public there have been a number of cases where the government has still been government lawyers have tried to shut down court hearings and have been heard in private a minute has transpired through the judicial process that what they were really trying to cover out was a lot of government embarrassment about wrongdoing in the media agencies that these proposals if they're passed will sweep away hundreds of years of

a british legal tradition the proposals follow a law suit brought by binyam mohamed who was held in guantanamo and all gude the british government was complicit in his rendition and torture mohammed won the case to the d.p. merely a shouldn't if the government and now they're trying to change the law so the government often a party in these matters would decide if a case should be heard in secret it wouldn't just be kept from the public if the proposals go ahead neither the defendant nor the defendants legal team would be able to hear the evidence against the human rights lawyers are concerned it would trample on the principle of a fair trial. in fact a large chunk and presumably a very important chunk of the keys you're trying to run a behalf your client you're going to be. they're going to be behind closed doors closed sessions that you were not allowed access to so if there is an inherent on furnace there is a huge scope for. future miscarriages of justice evidence am i five and m i six

knew that britons were being tortured in guantanamo m i six helping to deliver libyan dissidents into the hands of gadhafi secret police critics say that's the kind of information the bill is designed to suppress so beg who was held here alleges tortured in by graham and guantanamo has a special interest in making sure there are no more secrets remember the discussions that were taking place at the time it was very old former guantanamo prisoners on one side sixteen of us and a whole bunch of government officials on the other side having a discussion negotiating a settlement we would have been able to do that basically we would have been able to certainly try to take the government to court but we would have to do it with our hands tied behind their back even the government admits that black and asian muslim men will be disproportionately affected as it stay who are most often

involved in cases where sensitive information is being considered and still the bill rolls on the plans for so-called secret justice proven so deeply. it's like a bad penny they keep turning up and every time they do it gives human rights groups or not the opportunity to work. legislation goes against one of the founding principles of the british legal system not only that justice is done but that it seemed to be done laura smith. all right to bring you the latest updates from our business desk in just a couple minutes. download the official application to cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's now a t.v. is not required to watch on t.v.

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lone woman welcome to the business updates on see the head of facebook mark zuckerberg is in the moscow media speculates reasons why he has come here in person whether it is for head hunting or to open a subsidiary of facebook and boost its presence of eaton's. there are few names better known in the world of social media and technology than mark zuckerberg and he is today indeed in the russian capital facebook is not in fact the number one social network in russia it's another social network called contact which means in contact and he may well be here i'm sure part of the reason for his visit is to try and boost facebook's p.r. in russia and its market share but there has been another idea floated by the russian media quoting russian computer companies who say that he may well in fact be here to try and headhunt talented russians programmers and they're not happy

about that prospect they point to one thousand ninety eight when russia was in a financial crisis and microsoft received similar accusations of poaching talented russian programmers and taking them back to the u.s. was never the real reason that he was here he still managed to find time to pose for photos in red square in his trademark red hoodie and to go into mcdonald's for a bite to eat so it seems that although the main message is technology it's not all about business. move over to the markets and we start with the united states where everything is looking pretty rosy after manufacturing came out on a b notes as actually after the first time in four months and therefore we're seeing the dow jones up more than one set over in europe unemployment figures are showing a record number of unemployed people eighteen point two million in the in the e.u. but at the same time.