judges in egypt called for a nationwide strike against president morsi is extensive new powers that critics say are. the. key vote which could potentially force a referendum on independence from central government. and politically. as foster children are torn from the couple caring for them as the social workers question their support for the u.k. independence party. and whether you're watching in hanoi or houston we're certainly glad to have you

with us egypt's top judges have accused president mohamed morsi of launching an unprecedented attack on the judiciary they're calling for a nation wide strike to force the president to reverse the decree expanding his powers this comes as clashes continue across the country between opponents and supporters of morsi cairo based journalist bel true has more. the clashes that have been going on for five days now of protesters against the president in particular the president's constitutional declaration which was issued on thursday which really gives him sweeping powers in addition there were protests organized by opposition forces in the form of marches to the supreme court of justice because a meeting was being held to find the judges of the country against this constitutional exploration because it really tells you mean the loss of power is of course when this march actually arrived at the supreme court they were actually attacked by an unknown groups of people identified as pro brotherhood and pro

president supporters really we're seeing continued clashes and key key marches and protests happening across cairo the opposition movement is actually getting it stronger every single day even though there are fewer numbers on there is actually tents going up because they've called a sit in for a week and they've also called for a mass protest on tuesday which the against this constitutional declaration made by the president as i mentioned on thursday which really does grow on the president's sweeping powers that of course the people have really dubbed him now a pharaoh and called his document a coup so really they're building their uniting for the first time against the president and against this document and creating process the marches into here and across the country for the next week the president is supposed to seem to have counteracted all the oppositional forces movements in the sense that as i mentioned there was this march to the supreme court of justice and it was met by pro president supporters whether or not they're actually affiliated with the president officially we don't know in addition the president although he's organization the

muslim brotherhood have called for their members to come to this to the streets in a million a round choose day in support of the president which is directly counteracting an oppositional protest on tuesday against this document and journalist are made fun t.v. believes opposition concerns over the future of democracy in egypt are justified. what have mohammad morsi done mobarak in the height of his power could not even dream of achieving morsi is part of the muslim brotherhood and islam or fascist group they have control over their members and their supporters it is very simple and the country was more than forty five percent of its population are illiterate to control them in the name of religion gyptian is are now seeing clearly the have replaced the military fascist style regime of hosni mubarak into the religious fascist regime of mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood egyptians have undertaken a revolution back in january twentieth levon calling for three simple things bread

freedom and social justice neither of these three. calls demands that they have called for and in their revolution have been achieved the state of the egyptian of qana me is in shambles this state of freedoms it's been marginalized people wanted to establish a democracy they wanted to establish solid to human rights they wanted to have social justice applied and not to turn it from the military to the religious fascism and of course we have in-depth coverage of the violence gripping egypt's streets as well as expert comments on the crisis that's available twenty four seven on our web site r t v dot com. the people of spain's most prosperous and most taxed region will choose a new parliament on sunday their choice could ultimately decide whether catalonia will remain a part of spain or go it alone after being stricken by the financial demands of

central government parties and a farmer has the story. there's a wind of separatism blowing through europe at the moment and it's reached the northeastern shores of spain catalonia is the latest region to officially aspirate independence is something people here have long felt in their hearts but now they're feeling it in their pockets. i think it's a good idea to be in the band them from. a country. which is in a really really bad situation it's a bargain for. it's a bargain for the good of the cats and i'm flags can be seen hanging from balconies throughout barcelona reflecting a growing desire for home rule under a drive to break away from the central government in madrid this weekend's local election is being fought on that issue alone catalan president for mass has made it

the centerpiece of his campaign this convergence union party trying to hold an independent referendum if they win and say free catalonia would be a cure all for the region's economic problems that have seen unemployment top twenty five percent the economic context in europe and in the south of europe has been a catalyzer of the is. the movement we can see in the sense that people in total believe that with our own resources human capital economic resources we could be better off if not being in the spanish estate and this is a reality that a lot of economic research has show many catalans find it a persuasive argument it's one of spain's wealthiest regions producing a fifth of the country's economic output but it pays around sixteen billion euros a year more in taxes than it gets back from madrid which has in turn insisted public services into austerity cuts. this is not fair i mean we are the ones who're

. doing our best in mccormick reasons we cannot afford the weight of this measure and the central government for us is the one who is spending the most and not in the best way last september barcelona witnessed one of the largest separatist rallies here since the nineteen seventies over one and a half million catalans took to the streets to call for independence but the path to becoming a new european state is far from smooth the proposed referendum is against the spanish constitution what's more withdrawing from spain could also force this region to draw back to the european union those against separatism believe it could do more harm than good. separatism for going alone or would be an economic disaster multi-national companies located in barcelona for access to the spanish work it and being in the e.u. that will be lost which more even of separatism does not happen just talking about

it creates uncertainty and that is the last thing the economy needs during this current crisis. with poll suggesting aftermath will win reelection barcelona and madrid look set free showdown the president of the spanish military association colonel leopoldo sanchez has even suggested it might lead to another civil war political parties dismissed that as extreme rhetoric but remaining catalans you have this weekend will mark the first step towards the breakup of spain. andrew farmer r.t. catalonia carlos del close a sociologist from pompei you fabray university in barcelona says that probably dependence politicians will not bring about any real difference to the way catalonia is governed. the unemployment here is around that twenty five percent that is the unemployment in the rest of the state and there's also over fifty percent youth unemployment i mean it wasn't too long ago that members of our to the

masses party told spanish catalan use you know go serve coffees in england and learn english because there's no work for you here now that generates a lot of rejection and we're probably going to see some manifestation of that in the electorial result it's definitely true that the lumia does have a higher g.d.p. for instance in the than other regions of spain but they have a lot more debt and they've been in acting austerity they enacted austerity year before the rest of the of the spanish state so there's not a lot of there's nothing really to suggest that it would be that much better to do the mass did say that you know the day after elections there are still going to be you know austerity measures and budget cuts and layoffs and people out in the street and what's been remarkable about this these elections is the degree to which appealing to the nationalist sentiment has completely trumped i guess the discussion in the public sphere about austerity and coming up later this hour no

good turn goes unpunished. norway appears to be suffering for its hospitality as radicalism is fast becoming a popular trend among the countries growing islamic community. and we explain how a scandal involving football hooligans is becoming a springboard for the possible creation of a brand new continental tournament. the sun rises over what seems like enlist forest here in the new directions quite hundred kilometers north of light of all stalk and in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. walkers both the. illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis we are on the hunt for illegal loggers and it's not going to be

easy the forest is enormous and our chances are slim now for now we can stay in our dreams but as soon as we find solid tracks we'll have to drop our wheels and get out silently in order not to scare the loggers off alexander someone in ca has been a ranger for over twenty five years he can spend weeks at a time tracking a single group of loggers easier to work when snow falls in autumn it's impossible to find human tracks and even transport tracks are hard to see after hours of driving we get sent in the right direction by word of mouth you can see that the ground just soft here which means that they have twelve the tractor trails are very fresh which fact means that we need to be quiet in order to not scare them off as we get closer. this team says they're legal but have no documents now xander can now call the police to take over his work here is done he is

overwhelmingly outnumbered there are too few rangers working in the promote the region and the w w f says the government isn't doing enough to stop it just. as no one tries to stop them in just five years the force will be gone what will the people who live after. it's a question more and more people are aware of today climate change in the safety of our environment as a whole are being discussed around the world and perhaps it's those small steps that might be a start to people living in harmony with nature. hidden sorrow. and hope for escape. barely surviving longing for a godsend. they live in

a search for gold. why doesn't it bring them wealth. live from moscow this is r t welcome back tolerant towards immigrants is something norway adopted centuries ago tens of thousands of people displaced by wars in their countries have found their way to the welcoming the land of the vikings however some modern migrants are being accused of taking their new home for granted if

national reports. tolerance is no way as well known trademark maybe even to well known thirteen percent of the country's five million population in remembrance but it seems it may be suffering from its own hospitality rather than district near term problems like every in the region but sometimes people call these optimistic see it started as if it's even going to mean a population for years has been home to a large number of outsiders who've been living in peace and many of these locals treated respectfully so decided it's not enough a while ago the radical islamic group demanded to make its independence from the city and the sharia law territory to feel literally. in a letter sent to some of the country's politicians and journalists and known extremists have threatened to carry out and nine eleven in no way if their demands are not met. that it's really something really i think it's more of the. stuff

of really to be taken serious but this is not the first death threat coming from noways muslim community in this we do know a pakistani born in mom preaches those not praying should be brought to prison those not fasting during ramadan decapitated is it possible to kill him in the river yeah. all weapon is made to kill we hear concerns over how some immigrants bring part of their cultures to no way from the head of the country's hunting union. our or something courses there were pending for muslims who seem to have more interest in. nature and helping attending courses is one of the two legal ways in no way to get a personal weapons license if you don't respect religion rules you want to. then you can go back to your country opposition party member. himself came to no

way as a political refugee in the late eighty's he says the ruling labor party is importing voters immigrants are indeed among the parties strongest supporters but the price is high how can you integrate minority when the minority is actually the majority in the society who is going to learn from who is well you are. such rhetoric is too familiar to every norwegian a homegrown terrorist killed seventy seven here last summer protesting against the takeover of muslim immigrants or someone to was one of those on that island last july his comrades and friends were killed right in front of his very eyes he says he survived to fight for what brave it tried to destroy the most important lesson is that we've never paid. grounded values for a ground. it's a fight we never win the fight for democracy or. for justice it's something that we

constantly need to focus on despite concern for the threat to kill made by some immigrants may be a real noways unlikely to give up its tolerant small toe in fact it's quite the opposite for many the only response to brave immigrants motivated massacre is seen immigrants embraced more than ever before marie for national r t no way. a local council in britain has removed three children from their foster family because of the parents' political views social workers accused the couple of belonging to a racist political organization due to their support of the u.k. independence party earlier my colleague bill dodd spoke to paul nuttall an m.e.p. from ukip who described the decision outrageous it's an absolute disgrace and i think it's a case of desperation really from the labor party we have a by election rather than exactly in the same area where this terrible incident has taken place and the council have gone ahead and persecuted this family because they

are members of ukip i'm not too sure whether this is a coincidence or not now your party is though critical of multiculturalism and political correctness is this incident an indication that perhaps you're being misunderstood in your failing to communicate your policies. absolutely not i think our policies are quite clear i think the fact that we're now around ten to twelve percent in the opinion polls goes ahead and shows that and the fact is that at miliband the leader of the labor party has come out and said there needs to be an investigation into this that michael gove the conservative education secretary has come out and said that this is a disgrace so we're getting backing not just from the people because the public is on the whole behind us on this they think it's a disgrace and it would also getting them back into the political parties as well so you agree with the whole idea that no matter what political persuasion couples are they should be able to adopt children. or look this corporal have been foster parents for the past seven years they have been given children homes and doing a good job what happens here is is

a case of persecution i think it's absolutely wrong the people who will suffer as a result will be the children because what will happen to these children now look up but it isn't isn't bringing children up in a political environment of consideration for example would you be happy to see members of the british nationalist party adopting or fostering children for a political party accused of racism. well look i think each case needs to be taken on a sole basis and we are not a racist party it's quite clear that's written into our constitution we actually van members who have been members of the british national party in the past we are completely in all three answered races could ukip see this is a political advantage and bring to the attention the fact that the adoption fostering laws in the u.k. really do need a shake up understand that seven out of eight parents are rejected the. possibility to foster or adopt it is that an area perhaps you could now pursue. well i think

it's something that certainly needs to be looked at i mean there are seventy thousand children in care in this country which quite frankly is obscene that is too many and what we need to be doing is getting these children out of jail and into good homes because you know the statistics don't rely on those children in care are more likely to grow up in prison and not to well at school etc the best place for children in care to be is with loving families and that's why this whole thing is obscene. now for some more stories making headlines around the world for you this hour. around ten thousand people have clashed with police in thailand during anti-government protests and officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd as they tried to break through barricades with demonstrators accusing the prime minister of corruption and holding an end time on a key stance authorities say the army could be called in if the situation gets out of control. the remains of the late palestinian leader yasser arafat will be examined on tuesday his sudden death in two thousand and four led some palestinians

to claim he was poisoned by israel which the country strongly denies the investigation into his death was renewed earlier this year after traces of polonium were found in arafat's personal items the samples will be examined by experts from russia switzerland and france. at least four people have been killed and ten wounded in a blast during the muslim holy day of shura in yemen an unknown man fired a rocket propelled grenade at a group of shia worshipers observing the festival authorities suspect a sunni extremists linked to al qaeda are behind the attack. rebels in the democratic republic of congo have continued of their offensive that is despite calls from african leaders to end the hostilities and un that now puts the number of displaced persons at one hundred forty thousand after militants seized the city of goma this has prompted fears of an all out humanitarian crisis as numerous armed groups continue the two decade long fight for the mineral rich country. the

boss of russian energy giant gazprom says that the company would support the creation of a brand new football league such an arrangement would see former soviet republics compete alongside russian clubs are cheese you've got a piece going off takes a look at whether the grandiose plans are likely to become reality. see it is currently the champion of russia and recently found itself in the center of a scandal when during a match with the team one of the needs fans through for a ride on the field seriously injuring the. do not bring his eyes to the match was stopped and his unit was punished with a technical defeat later with heard from the team's management who protested the penalty saying that me stop taking part in a russian football championship all together analysing it is sponsored by gas problem and the energy giants see miller has met with the team's management and he's now saying that he needs me start taking part in a whole new other tournament between states which currently doesn't exist but

miller says that if somebody started working on the idea then gas plant would definitely support it now gazprom is known to be quite a supporter of sports deputy c.e.o. alexander me to be there is the chief ideologist of the kontinental hockey league which is currently the second largest in the wall you know it's probably the strongest hockey teams in the whole area so the energy giant definitely has the financial resources to help create a new football tournament as well say between the former soviet republics but again this is all now being talked about not actually being worked on and it's also a question how successful such a project would be how interesting it would be to watch and how competitive it would be compared to other football leagues in the world coming up on our special report on how dreams of getting rich quick by prospecting for gold in kyrgyzstan

turned sour even leaving some unable to buy food that's just have to break right here are today. looters that takes your breath away a few tourists travel to these paul it's no prepackaged comfort but they joy is a while these guaranteed if gagne's a zoology professor he works in the u.s. and travels to these remote areas in russia every summer as he says he confines untouched landscapes like these anywhere else in the world. we're going off the list below sea line. if i go in the wrong the wrong and surprising and you'll go straight to the water and so we did our plan to get closer to the sea lion and shake its flipper failed. one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear

you can literally spot a grizzly here by every small weaver. where the bears are they have a very good sense of well the super will have to keep an eye a wind direction at. them. so we won't go yes to shell but people require. it. and quiet we went but the wind was not on our side and the bear got away and they're usually the first to avoid contact with humans but during spawning time when both people and bears go fishing people often shoot at them to scare them away and every year here in the region you hear about someone being killed by the predators. but at the mugger down nature reserve where we are no one disturbs the bears peanuts another local resident to haiti's peace being disturbed here is the calories sea

eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters ignace so only here in washington far east because of the bundles of salmon and sea gulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here the mara island it has the biggest colony of seagulls in the region and the climb up was tough. but the prize was worth it. if there was no security here it would go resold to day you'll have tons of people coming here now just to get some for only on the beach here nothing is guaranteed you have to struggle to get a piece of bread there is nothing really all you can quiet oprah did you have to rely on yourself and go watch your back so you know who's a bear so we're you know you have to be the fair well for it. may be for the

wildlife here the lack of physical years is for the better but when you stand on top of phenomenal and like this you just can't help wanting to share the beauty. why does our father. is the head of our family. our parents have five daughters and four sons they are tile a chimera elmira an hour to an hour. and coach emberg journey back. and.

my brother a kill me is go on he is not with us anymore. the back is thirty two his name means golden in the car good language as the youngest son in the family of gold mine as tradition demands that he must live in his parents' house but only a year ago that was his younger brother's responsibility he died this spring hill went up into the mountains and hanged himself no one knows why they really talk about akio now he's remembered only in their prayer as committing suicide is considered a sin and brings shame on a family but they have no time to mourn winter is coming so they must pan for gold before the rivers freeze over.

gold miners work by the river. and then make a purchase. whenever i can i exchange it for food. has taken this road from his home city of ocean. to the remote district many times the journey is long difficult and can be dangerous. for the road. come down to the. compared to america this is like alaska people don't come here unless they really have to. and certainly does have to he knows his efforts will pay off because an indian summer is the best time to buy the precious metal so miners are preparing for the coming winter they'll need money for food clothing and vodka.