polls close in the first round of egypt's referendum but as the votes are being tallied both the muslim brotherhood and the opposition are claiming victory. the u.s. mourns those shot dead in an elementary school massacre as the gunman targeted children reignites the debate over lax gun laws. dozens of demonstrators have been detained in moscow during a rally in marking one year since some of russia's biggest protests in recent history. four am in moscow. good to have you with us here on r t our top story the first

round of the vote in egypt's new draft constitution that's divided the country inspired two weeks of violent presidential protests is over the muslim brotherhood to release some early numbers claiming the new constitution is passed while the opposition has unveiled results to the contrary reporter bell true is in cairo with more. after three weeks of political turmoil that seen mass rallies against the president timed also bloody scenes in the streets of egypt's major come cities overnight the military apparently beat up security at the polling stations for people to come and vote they of course have been called in by the president to secure the nation during this time of political unrest and the referendum this comes after violence on friday and on xandra egypt's second city which saw clashes between rival protest groups to support the constitution and those against it including groups wielding machetes. also iron rods and around about

nineteen. possible. compounds yet this of course follows several weeks worth of buying seats on the streets of cairo the referendum is actually being held across two days as there are not so sufficient number of judges to supervise the process this opposition forces say is a major problem and could open up the referendum to vote rigging in addition civil society groups here questioning how that is possible for them to observe the elections to for electoral fraud since the head of the constituent assembly who drafted the constitution is also the head of the national human rights council you'll be overseeing the observation all the polling stations the constitution itself is a major point of contention also the opposition forces they have said that it is written by islamist dominated constituent assembly to be somebody when this mass will cross by liberal leftist and church and therefore it will only enforce a religious state it also they said would impose

a presidential dictatorship and neglect key rights and freedoms of expression so this constitution they say should be rewritten the constituent assembly should be reforged so we'll have to see with the results of the referendum the future of egypt and incidents of violence have accompanied the vote in egypt as beltre was reporting on twitter you see. and least four people have been injured in four different cities across the country since the start of the referendum check for latest updates being a retreat on us as that party underscore caught on twitter. page option opposition is already accusing the muslim brotherhood of massive vote rigging during the referendum this coupled with a lack of unity among the opposition itself is likely to revolt or result in a referendum not reflecting the people's real will cordon journalist and middle east analyst ahmed. morsi is not showing any signs of flexibility he's not showing any signs of building consensus and he is

shown to be a very stubborn person regardless of the outcome of the referendum the scene in egypt right now it's an indicative that there is going to be a mass. playing with the results there is already reports about money and sustenance is being given to poor people to encourage them to go out and vote favorably with yes for the constitution and on the other side the egyptians are still divided into different groups and democratization of the voters are not going as it should have been going so it's not really representative of the nations when or of the consensus that should have been existing. and the turbulence continues elsewhere in the arab world later sarwar insight from

an activist in bahrain where anti-government protests have been raging and one hundred feet it for almost two years now. but first police have identified all twenty six people gunned down in the connecticut elementary school massacre most of them being children between the ages of six and seven according to medical experts the victims were shot multiple times with a rifle artie's guided chickie on has more from washington. there's still lots of questions as to what happened at that elementary school in connecticut the shooter has been identified at this point it was adam lanza twenty year old who went into his mother's kindergarten class she was a teacher at that school and wiped out the entire class twenty children were killed in the carnage eighteen children died at the scene to the hospital the shooter also targeted and killed six adults and unless his mother the teacher was also found dead in her home she lived near the school the suspect it's three is the suspected shooter had three guns on him as he went into the school two handguns and one

semiautomatic weapon all reportedly registered to adam lanza's mother a witness said there must have been one hundred rounds fired after killing all these people adam lanza reportedly shot himself there has been a number of horrifying shootings at schools in the us in the past but never has there been a rampage that killed this many small children in two thousand and seven a student killed thirty two people at virginia tech we of course remember the columbine massacre in colorado where two students shot and killed thirteen people and injured twenty four but the children killed in connecticut were very very young we heard president obama deliver tearful speech this friday but nevertheless the white house has pretty much dodged questions on its gun policy and those are questions on many people's minds right now but the president did say it's time to take meaningful action to prevent mess occurs like this from happening again but

what action he did not specify is the fact of the matter is that getting a gun is fairly easy in the u.s. adam lanza's mother apparently had no problem purchasing and registering story guns one of them a semi automatic weapon and it's a powerful deadly weapon one of the policy goals of president obama was a ban on assault weapons but is thought to be a losing proposition for any politician in the u.s. to really seriously consider seriously take god. on the issue of attempts to regulate guns inevitably hit a wall and that wall is the second amendment the right of the people to bear arms some states here do have controls over gun possession but again very limited controls the state of illinois for example used to have a ban on concealed weapons but this week a federal court ruling struck down the country's last such poor vision as unconstitutional and ordered the state to craft a law allowing it so much for gun control in the us the state of wisconsin tossed out its bad on concealed weapons last year and it seems there is no way of arguing

against the amendment even despite the absolute horrifying and recurring incidents . this latest drugs use reopen the debate on what many see as we gun control laws in the us r t's lose wall went to an anti-gun rally in front of the white house. many people are taking their concerns to the front of the white house as you can see about one hundred people are gathered here holding signs holding candles trying to make their voices heard saying that now is the time to talk about gun control in the u.s. we spoke to some of the protesters here's what they had to say today we saw a roomful of kindergartners slaughtered by a guy who never should have gotten a gun. if our president can't talk about it the issue now as a father of two daughters young daughters i think it's time for him for a gut check in it's there's no more and no more excuses anymore this should not

have happened we should have measures in place before this to prevent people from accessing guns who are not fit to hold them also in my opinion i don't think something that is military grade as an assault rifle i don't think that should be in the hands of anybody it's not a toy and we can't keep our teachers and our children and our school administrators safe and in fairy day we can't keep people who are walking down the streets safe then that should be changed and to resign ourselves to the saying that this is a problem that has a solution is defeatist and we should we should take this on and change what we did hear from press secretary jay carney earlier this morning he said today is not the day to be talking about gun control we also heard a very emotional speech from president obama sending his condolences to the victims to the family is in newtown connecticut he did not talk about the issue of guns or gun control but protesters here say if today is not the day in the wake of this very tragic mass shooting they don't know when that time. and washington liz wall

are to. a rally in marking the year since some of the biggest anti-government protests in russia's recent history gathered several hundred people in central moscow dozens of the activists were detained for taking part in the rally that was authorized most of them have since been released. was there. did not sanction any rallies to be held in this place saying that there's usually heavy traffic in this area gatherings because some additional problems they did not hold long ago with the opposition before proposing other routes fields to reach an agreement as a result today several hundred people gathered in central moscow to mark one year since the start of government protests in the country we have seen some arrests including those of opposition leaders. they say that they were detained lawfully since they claim that all the people who gathered here this saturday are not taking part in any rally they're just outside for

a walk but all in all what's happening here today is really of no comparison to what we've seen a year ago last december when truly tens of thousands of people took to the streets while here we're talking just about a few hundred. tough economic times in the u.k. taking their toll on the british police law. on house prices and forcing many to say no to a healthy meal. and for the first time a european court described. terrorist suspects as torture siding with a german. fell victim. that much more. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new

york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children with the words drones protection when you least expect it written at the bottom these posters definitely reflect a lot of american fears that a big brother skynet will completely eliminate the very concept of privacy. free speech so to prove that americans live in a free country without any government spying the n.y.p.d. hunted down the anonymous artist and arrested him for expressing himself having arrested him at his residence they charged him with fifty six counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument grand larceny possession of stolen property and weapons possession for having a deadly terrorist weapon and unloaded twenty two caliber pistol although being in jail won't be pleasant perhaps arzt s m a t actually in the end it got what he wanted he proved to the world that big brother surveilled him and arrested him all for throwing up a few posters looks like he proved his point but that's just my opinion.

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thanks for staying with us on our quarter past the hour now tens of thousands of people marched in bahrain's capital as anti-government protests continue in the gulf monarchy the uprising has been going on for almost two years now and is often met with a brutal response by the country's security forces said use of from the bahrain center for human rights says the authorities are firm in their actions because they feel they are backed by the west. you know what it meant to have. them was to come to me so that's when they don't want to you want more than one hundred. thousand with. the thing. and what are you going to have. they're going to find it because they have to because. they don't want to humanize it.

we don't have. all you can do we got to. do which i'm going to so that's why the democracy and human rights killing people and then people who. don't. cia agents illegally abducted a german citizen sodomized him and beat him up these are the findings of the european court of human rights and its first ever ruling that the cia's guilty of torture of a court found in favor of a man who had failed for years to get legal of knowledge meant in the us and europe of what happened to him. he says he was kidnapped in two thousand and three and abused after being mistaken for a terrorist the u.s. is now being pursued for an apology and compensation but author and historian doug valentine thinks that's unlikely to happen because of the agency's clint destined culture and status. no cia officer. will ever be.

a prison a prison term even in the united states of convicted of a crime these people are simply above the law in fact the only thing that the cia does is to conduct illegal activities which is why it's above the law it's businesses doing things that are illegal so the fact that it's found guilty. or any place to do illegal things that simply call for gratian of what it. is not a pro bill of. those things without prior authorization from congress the president's national security officers everything that. is policy. many britons are readying for a scant christmas meal with soaring food prices forcing people to ditch the traditional holiday treats the cost of food up by a third in just five years leaving many families with slim pickings are poly boyko has more. do you know what you're putting in your shopping basket health conscious

customers might want to stock up on their fruit and vege but what if not getting too expensive for families in the u.k. the cost of that weekly shop has gone up by over a thud over the past five years and it's set to get more expensive still among the healthier fresh meat so you can find chicken breasts for five ninety nine per kilogram and you'll freeze and process dennis retailing at one twenty nine in some cases now if you're a struggling household with lots of mouths to feed it's a no brainer britain is now in the midst of a nutritional recession to go hand in hand with the financial one every million children in the u.k. are going without a daily healthy meal now the coalition government provides free free to move to schools and they supplement those on the lower income but it looks like the cheap meal deals are often more appealing than the government health warnings health

campaign to say it's time for the government to seventh a new plan to get britain struggling households took why not just the taste but also the means for a healthier diet turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe at least nine people have been killed and dozens injured after taliban fighters armed with rockets attacked the peshawar airport in northwest pakistan five militants reportedly among the dead the taliban claim the airfields military complex was their target defense facilities are frequently attacked by the terror group is they seek to undermine confidence in the country's army. iran has warned nato of triggering a world war by deploying patriot missiles on turkey's volatile border with syria it called on the military alliance to reverse its decision to station the defense system there nato promised earlier this month to provide manned missile batteries in order to shield turkey from possible cross border aggression. at least eighteen people are dead and nine missing after

a boat full of. and sank off the greek coast near the isle of lesbos the vessel reportedly set sail from turkey but moved into choppy waters tens of thousands of illegal migrants mainly from african and asian countries cross into greece each year before many make their way on to other european countries. thousands of people taking to the streets of lisbon protesting against next year's budget the new financial plan is one of the harshest in the country's recent history and will take away the equivalent of a month's wages for many workers portugal's government's committed to austerity measures as it struggles to meet the terms of its international creditors. a little more than a week to go until christmas and for many that means the excitement of what's waiting under the tree but while the shopping industry is ready to satisfy your every wish artie's resident new yorker asked locals the festive spirit could be turning into a shopaholic fantasy. why

have the holidays become such hellish days this week let's talk about that it's a commercial thing now everyone's sent to spend money it's not about what it really should be about how did that happen is that the media telling us to buy buy buy a absolutely it's everyone with their sales and absolutely i live on what people buy you know and i'm an independent sales rep so i depend on it so you're happy with this christmas i'm happier this christmas i sell luxury goods as long as people keep buying into a happy holiday that's it a way to stop that would be to go back to church to read the bible and to find faith and to remember what the holiday is supposed to be for what about people of other religions and it is there any saving for them i said i said to find religion . is there saving for them i believe in christianity but i think it's important that whether it's christiane to be or not that you have morals and values based on religious faith do you think there's a war in christmas no i don't think there's

a war on christmas i just think people shouldn't think that every year has to be the best christmas ever is that what we do we set our expectations too high think we do i think that we should just enjoy it that each year should be a nice christmas with a couple of presents maybe full of press that's right along with the feeling of safety and community with all these holidays also remind people believe or not it's just my opinion holidays remind people of their own mortality that we're not going to be around here very much longer and our lives are very short. because we tend to remember the people who have gone on the holidays as well and that's why we p.c. the holidays we just want to feel safe we want to feel like i'm extending my time here a little bit more and i want you to believe what i believe and maybe if someone other than someone else's believes makes us feel better and that's exactly telling the truth docents i'm approaching this fiscal cliff is not as much about. shopping this year as though the rest of the nine years since you're going to be a little bit different how you can do it differently.

is wishing people made christmas and calling it a day like whether or not the world has lost its holiday spirit the bottom line is it wouldn't hurt any of us to take a look inside to find our own private reason to celebrate this. and up next we take you on a tour of russia's northern port city of moore to minsk home to one of the world's only fleets of nuclear powered icebreakers stay with. the legacy no one should be proud keeps of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the

snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial. bergan archipelago don't make a pretty picture if the guiding principle here is the worse the better locals like to tell the story that back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they also an express lanes when it was and how prosperous the settlement was well times have obviously a change when they saw it lags say it's still attracting the region tourists or barons work i would then cons much needed cash that's why when business bad they're ruining our goal is common as was uncovered here a few days ago instead of throwing it away the local administration decided to paint the venue and put it at variance work central square that can do nine hundred eighty s. darwin's work was a burgeoning mining community that the soviet union was deter. to maintain at all costs. half way between north america and western europe the bergen archipelago is

part of norway but the special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the middle of the cold war it served as the useless hours westernmost outpost now it's one of the last preserved relics. it is essentially a picture of what would have happened to the soviet union if it was cut off from any financial support for two decades is a curious site for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russians travelers to keep its presence on spitsbergen film until all mine here but in terms of profit is far behind local souvenir shops. is a big hit the defunct are incurred still helps keep the money flowing. but. the local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards

these modernization efforts are not very popular with tourists if you come into a very authentic place like. it should stay the way it is that would be my wish i mean that's the part of the you know authentic tradition here. i should not like to have it in a shiny condition to be the time to change even for the better is not always good for business something that even a local band has become attuned to when they try to add morning russian songs to the repertoire the audience called all they wanted to hear it was a song comfortably familiar.

the once regionalize above the arctic circle and even for russia this is a tough climate to survive even when temperatures can stay below zero for eight months of the year. i'm standing on the outskirts of the city of more months it's right up in the far north of russia and it's been the starting point for many polar expeditions and i'm hoping that i'm going to get to try one or two arctic challenges myself. you have to be physically fit to survive up here and the people certainly seem to have a lot of energy one of the biggest annual events and moments ski is the northern lympics a collection of winter games that brings the population out in force and the cities are welcome to take two. now if you're going to be

an arctic explorer one thing you have to however is plenty of stamina so i have decided to enter alternate that sort of insurance on the cross-country market. and. i was blessed to be. here goodman thank you very much to your number one thirty one thirty which i think is about there's about a thousand people here. i'll make it the number one hundred thirty i'll be very lucky ok i'll go so if i'm torn as an experience i'm one of the race organizers and apparently i wasn't exactly in for a treat can you tell me a bit about the specifics of the race because it seems fairly true through the hard breathe you know here's a thousand gates and a bit more strange hill has about fifty killer the three. to. feel it's ok well i think if i make it past the first kilometer of the if out of my

so i think it's right i said to try so that. i may get said to go. as the other ski is zoomed off into the distance i try to get into a rhythm i don't have one of the go cross-country skiing and this time it wasn't an easy. road as a more energy efficient way to do this. come on. early for she lived alone as the. time they will want to technical issues will have to address. phone call go backwards. first lesson. at least i was able to be.