the first exit polls from georgia suggest president saakashvili is ruling party is facing a crushing defeat in the country's parliamentary elections. nine medics in bahrain lose an appeal to have their prison sentences overturned in a case that's been slammed as politically motivated. and hundreds of people staged demo's of the u.s. military base on the japanese island of okinawa as washington again props up its presence in the asia pacific. hello a very good evening for me kevin owen here in moscow tonight it's eleven pm you're

watching our first exit polls from georgia's parliamentary election suggests the president's ruling party is staring down the barrel of a humiliating defeat tonight the indication so far that it would lose its majority in the chamber with the opposition georgian dream block instead taking its place as the major force at his lectures eskies in tbilisi with the latest. well in fact it still could change this is the only exit poll results it's never an official result we are certain to be waiting for the official result to come during the night presumably at three o'clock three o'clock in the night local time the first results will come out but i was told that the exit poll results said early on. in parliament the majority area and seats in parliament have not been counted have not been included into the exit poll results and the situation may still change but definitely with already a conceding defeat the situation is looking very interesting and the mood here in central beliefs is already a celebration with thousands already here in the streets driving their cars it at

a fast speed their horns in celebration of what they believe to be a very crucial victory in a very crucial election i'd like to remind you of us that the pats huge gains majority in parliament following this vote will then be able to appoint prime minister next year when he steps down and according to the new changes in the georgian constitution the prime minister will have just about the same powers as the president so definitely the path of the party which the alliance of parties which wins the majority of parliament will definitely have the future of georgia in their hands very very turbulent political campaign ahead of the election because in september the web. video video footage of a prison to usher and sexual abuse released to the public in georgia this caused massive public outcry and that is the one of the reasons why some of the political analysts believe the ruling party's rating dropped as much as by twenty percent it's interesting because the. dream which was founded last year by.

crucifixion makes up almost half of the country's national budget that party was for everyone said that the opposition stood absolutely no chance of getting anything out of this of this election that the ruling parties regime was too high for anybody to compete with that now according to the exit poll results they could be winning this election which is as. somewhat of a sensation in georgian politics and definitely will be very interesting to see how the country's internal and domestic and international policies will change should the opposition gain the majority in the georgian parliament certainly we are following the situation and we'll bring you over latest results as we get them during the night. but will a lecture and she ask you reporting bahrain's highest court rejected appeals by nine medics who were handed prison terms for their alleged role in the pro-democracy uprising the original case true criticism from the un and outrage from international rights groups with many calling the verdict politically motivated now the medics treated demonstrators wounded in clashes with police

crackdown and peaceful rallies last year a military court earlier found the defendants guilty of attempting to overthrow the government one of the medics will serve five years the rest between a month and three years the ongoing 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 elected prime minister a member of the country's largest opposition party. told me the protests are about the only way. to deliver their message. the whole judicial process is sort of. on the direction of. and what happened to their station. and all of this is just. an extension to that are. only going to be extended to the people so there is no talk about justice in the parliament because

you know just the. judicial are controlled by so even though we are present which we've been they're called by change only are they given they can stay on important laws like. electoral law women issued a lot. to learn this not. so that's why. we are doing is. being with our people our people doing. media political. international reach out and monitor what's happening to. some sort of that is although those activists politicians who are clear vision to the national community know what's happening inside. while we vote you get more the ongoing protests in bahrain on our website r t dot com you can read up on the background vista tori's case of the jailed medics what

you're online to accused of breaking the commandment not to steal the pope's former butler awaits a court decision on charges of their private data connected with leaked. peace in syria depends upon a coordinated effort not just from damascus but also from neighboring states so says the country's foreign minister who addressed the un general assembly as fierce fighting plagues his homeland is more important with the latest from new york. well he. spoke at length about the ongoing eighteen month civil war taking place in his country he accused the u.s. france turkey saudi arabia and qatar of inducing and aiding terrorism in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the calls that western countries are making

for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he says it's also a blatant interference into syria's domestic affairs he said success of any international effort in syria would require countries including turkey saudi arabia qatar and libya to stop arming funding and training the syrian opposition and to rather encourage dialogue so the syrian foreign minister will lead of course to addressing the world body on the last and final day of the un general assembly he says that he is calling for a political solution and syrian led dialogue to agree on a roadmap to a more plural florists tick and democratic syria as as we've been reporting for the past week everybody's talking about the crisis in syria but it's not clear how to accept the dialogue and the disagreement hasn't changed all that much we have heard us president barack obama first call for. president bashar al assad to step down

and then his sentiments were echoed by britain and by france obama said that just as the u.s. he says stood by supported and helped liberate the people in egypt in libya he would like to see this. in syria but on the other hand you have many other countries such as russia china brazil and so on and so forth saying that there can't be. any outside intervention into what's taking place in syria this is a crisis that needs to be decided in ended between the parties between the syrian government and the opposition and russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov addressed the general assembly saying that the only way to solve this is through the six point peace plan that was outlined by our former joint special envoy kofi annan many months ago and one of those six points calls for an immediate cease fire but

the syrians are saying the syrian government is saying how will the opposition put their guns down if the western countries are calling for assad to step down the syrian government believes this is only provoking the opposition groups and the rebels to fight even harder. well we walid syria's self heavy gunfire followed by several explosions. scores of damascus as government troops clashed with rebels fighting also continues at the country's border with turkey were at least twenty one to been killed it comes a day of the syrian state t.v. claimed government forces have carried out a successful operation in the country's commercial. world news unemployment's hit a record high of a level point four percent according to the e.u. statistics agency that means that over eighteen million paper affected the other work with the number of jobless young a cause of alarm for european governments time protests against raging unemployment and growing spending cuts continue throughout europe the frustration turned into

violent clashes with police. and appeal by the russian punk band pussy riot against the prison terms been adjourned after one of the group members told the court she'd sector lawyers they were jailed for two years in august for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after they staged an influence antiproton stunt to russia's main cathedral thomas reports. court has wrapped up for the day and this is coming after you got 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 again suppose he rioted 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 at 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 it 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 of the time 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 the service and had a protest there they were arrested they're trying. it 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. still ahead this ridding itself of publishing. have been a number of cases where the government has tried to shut down court hearings things proposals that ponced will sweep away on trips of years that look pretty slick with tradition we look at how the british government's considering new legislation which

critics say simply to hide its involvement in wrongdoing such as prison torture is just. looking at some jokes you simply do not believe they const peak and good news how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the us they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here from australia now a straight out come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail ira mazie but even more amazing

is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the top. grazing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for all friends who brought their idea to life. five years ago of a bill to dock kennel in the village kids from the local open age came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their full legged friends but smother her scare also encourages her kids to become depth hands on the computer and internet the boys who regularly update their website and they're in touch with their busy mother twenty four seven on the phone. but children are the most important thing my only interests not play any rule any more and regardless of whether parsky has huskies win the race or not she hopes the competition will take place in the village next

year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the winning but truly just the taking part that counts. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our.

hello been watching r.t. from moscow with me kevin zero in this monday evening a moscow court imposed a ban on a tourist and he islam movie the innocence of muslims defining it as extremists the controversial u.s. made films often blamed for sparking those huge demonstrations we saw across the middle east and north africa that began with massive protests in cairo on an armed assault on america's consulate in benghazi libya on september the eleventh that is exam the boy has got the details for you. this 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 inciting ethnic and religious hatred now even before that's ruling in number of internet providers in russia to their own initiative blocked access to these movies for their own users as 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 ask them as they count up to fourteen percent we're talking about many millions of people russia hasn't seen any. of the stores filled onto the streets and some arab

countries and some asian countries and the plaintiffs in both cases both in moscow in it in chechnya cited this cure of that violence as one of the key arguments in trying to persuade the court to ban access to this movie in this country. the u.s. has deployed six military aircraft to its base on japan's southern island of okinawa sparking protests among locals opposed to the base there demonstrators say the safety record of the plane helicopter hybrid as it is known as the osprey puts them at risk for a series of crashes in the past japanese police had to forcibly remove hundreds of people had gathered outside the american base to protest activists have called for it to be shut down peace campaigner and human rights activist roy indorsement says their wishes are unlikely to be met though. these bases cause a lot of problems not only for safety even 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 necessary the residents don't want them but this is u.s. geopolitics they are never somewhere temporarily once the u.s. comes somewhere with the one exception is saudi arabia and they put a base they never ever leave plans for

a new justice and security bill in the united kingdom a spot of criticism of the country could expand its system of secret courts it's claimed the move could help the government dog gelug ations of complicity in the abuse of detainees abroad of his laura smith looks into how we're supposed to try to take political advantage 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 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 the government's lawyers have tried to shut down court hearings and have things heard in private as

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 these proposals if their past will sweep away hundreds of years that the british legal tradition the proposals follow a law suit brought by binyam mohamed who was held in guantanamo and all the british government was complicit in his rendition and torture mohammed won the case to the d.p. million and if the government and now they're trying to change the north 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 effect a large chunk of very important chunk of the case you're trying to your client

you're going to be. they're going to be behind closed doors closed sessions you are not. so if there is an inherent furnace there is a huge scope for. future miscarriages of justice evident. am i thought i even m i six knew that britons were being tortured in guantanamo and my 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 begg who was held and here alleges tortured in background and guantanamo has a special interest in making sure there are no more secrets theory i remember the discussions that were taking place at the time it was very all the 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 if they were most often involved in cases where sensitive information is being considered and still the bill rolls on the plans for so-called secret justice are proven so deeply controversial that they've been delayed but like a bad penny they keep turning up and every time they do it gives human rights groups another opportunity to rail against proposed legislation they say 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 london has cultural ties prisoners now twenty three minutes past eleven annoyed her dmitri market update for us now google has ups and downs over the past but where now it's become the second largest tech company in the world year that's right it's up one point

seven percent and it's worse worth more than a microsoft for the first time number one is of course. c.e.o. and founder tim cook has just apologized for the latest. glitch that's also been driving up all shares higher so all together we are seeing a positive picture in the united states with manufacturing up for the first time in the war months and that's keeping investors happy over in europe investors are ignoring the fact that the number of unemployed has come to a record high in the eurozone eighteen point two million people and the positive sentiment is driven by the mining sector where extracting blame for merging and in the currencies the euro is stronger versus the dollar losing some of the positions while the russian ruble managed to gain some of some value against both the dollar and the euro at the end of the session while it was mixed throughout most of the

day on monday and on the russian markets we've seen the r.t.s. and my sex catching that positive sentiment from across the world up but two percent very strong session especially for his burbank and to gazprom burbank has finalized this deal to purchase turkey's denice bank and gas from a security twenty year deal to supply liquefied natural gas to india so we have time for today but tomorrow morning eight twenty am of course the business will be here we'll look at who is going to get b.p.'s fifty percent stake in the third largest oil company which for a bit amounts to more than twenty two things or so much surely much closer time just a couple of minutes away paid to labelling is guess cross-talk whether we're going to see an air of winter.

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you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is all you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. live. the to take a. story. into. a low and welcome to crossfire but i'm here live from the arab spring to the arab

winter where does this great liberation project stand in the arab middle east and where's it going are the forces of reaction including the western powers again in control of the pace of political change and is it inevitable that we will have to accept the idea of islamic democracy. i mean. to cross out the winds of change i'm joined by the idea of houston and now washington he's a research director at the such a foundation in berkeley we have shapiro he is a freelance journalist and contributor to salon dot com and in london we crossed to naseem he is a senior researcher at the palestine return center all right gentlemen crossed the girls in effect you can jump anytime you want and i see if i can go with go to you first i mean where is the arab spring going we're literally in the fall right now is there a winter approaching for the arab spring.