these may not seem so serious. but this could be a real threat to. european extremists. the latest news in the week's top stories rights groups in egypt claim violations in the vote on a new draft constitution with unofficial results showing a narrow backing for it sporadic violence erupts on the streets. syrian rebels claim they are making gains in their push toward damascus while the u.s. is giving the opposition a boost by granting it official approval. and a launch of defiance north korea blasts off its latest rocket despite global condemnation saying it placed a weather satellite in orbit. five

am in moscow i mattress would bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news. rights groups in egypt are calling for saturday's first round of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations meanwhile unofficial tallies released by the islamist camp show a majority showing a narrow majority backing the charter the opposition which has been urging a no vote to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted that their opponents were leading with a slim advantage journalist bill true has more from cairo it's been a tense night here in the conflict in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution live in the results of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the most a brotherhood together with media outlets numbers and mounting up there saying

approximately fifty six point five percent voted yes forty three point five percent voting this will seem to be of course a major blow to the opposition forces particularly because in this round only two of the governorates in both to attend the very nicely voted as a nose to the constitution this particular stage of the referendum was largely seem to be the biggest chance for a no vote to the constitution as the governor is involved i've seen voted against the president during the presidential elections so really right now the opposition forces are going to have to you either drum up support in the next six days for the second round or final time to talk to you to do that campaign i think there will be heightened tensions of course. the idea that the referendum is split into two days with a week in the middle with these results coming out because of course people are going to react to them as we entered the late stages of the voting process which had been extended by several hours by the electoral commission because of high turnouts

there were violent scenes in the streets of cairo and. what the party headquarters the opposition position. were tapped by suppose it supports is of has an arbor is a man who is an orthodox salafist leader one time presidential candidate one party did i reports that ultra conservative islamists torched that headquarters talking with firearms until the security forces did report injuries so really will have to see if the next week what happens in the build up to the second round is crucial rounds as the seventeen other governorates going to vote on this constitution. would a spokesperson for the national salvation front claims there's been a number of violations while the opposition's also demanding a repeat of the first round of the referendum. right now we want the authorities the election commission to look into the violations and to decide by itself whether

this is big enough in order to repeat the first round and in case we are going to go to the second round we want to make sure that these violations are not going to be repeated particular needs ends of the outcomes of this is supervision there were not enough judges yesterday to look into the or to supervise the vote we also complained about the preventing observers the preservers or human rights groups from attending the counting process according to a decision by the judges we want to attend and be present during the counting and we also complaining about the fact that the muslim brotherhood members were continuing their propaganda inside the polling stations until the last minute trying to influence what was in trying to convince them to vote yes for the constitution jamie and that voting no would that mean that you are an infidel or that you are against this them so we're still holding a lot of hope the president morsi will listen to the voice of wisdom and considering that this is just an institution that's dividing the country even if we take the results that are being circulated right now it's not you know it's definitely in a country often that evolution to have a constitution that's approved by

a very small minority fifty something else. syrian rebels of captured an infantry base in the city of aleppo is the opposition is making gains across the country and their push toward damascus meanwhile a palestinian refugee camp in the syrian capital has been under attack by warplanes leaving at least eight dead this week the opposition got another financial and political boost within us recognizing the coalition washington says it's meant to isolate extremist groups while allowing the rebels to up their struggle against the syrian government. takes a look at who's fighting in the n.t. assad kept. they call themselves martyrs. all those you see around you the fighters you see are living martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a soul for this country but syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us out. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web

including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an assault supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground it's islamist groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr towie come meet was a member of a jihadi spoken ization twenty five years ago he later became a vocal opponent of radical islam that you have this have no problem to behead people alive you deal with people like bin ladin and there are because of al qaida who have no his e.t.a. shin feels any form of whip around to to really. control any place. religious believes an ideology the so-called friends of syria including the gulf states the u.s. the u.k. and friends met in morocco to throw their weight behind the newly formed syrian opposition coalition two thirds of the islamist dominated entire south coalition

has ties to the muslim brotherhood and cellophane is and their idea of freedom for syria what. it's a positive sign for us that our military struggle is characterized by being mostly islamic because martyrdom for the sake of anna has always been the main motive of people's freedom. in what's seen as a symbolic attempt to distance themselves from terrorists in syria washington has designated one of the rebel groups all nusra a terrorist organization but the same syrian opposition that the u.s. supports welcomes the efforts of groups like al nusra the decision of considering one of the. factions fighting the regime is a terrorist organization should be reconsidered. this is a demonstration of support for in syria with people heard chanting we are students of osama. people here in washington don't seem to understand that if you don't like the government in cairo or if you do like the government in cairo i

guess i should say then you will love the government the comes to power in damascus because you will see a sunni muslim islamised government a muslim brotherhood style government that is absolutely intolerant fundamentally hostile to the west washington has failed to officially denounce the many suicide bombings perpetrated by the rebels in syria preferring to focus on the wrongs committed by the assad regime alone the u.s. is also ramping up the rhetoric about the possibility of the assad government using chemical weapons against civilians something that damascus says would be suicidal on the other hand many rebels are not averse to the idea of suicide in the name of what they call holy war militants have recently taken control of a toxic chemical plant in the country's second city of aleppo a video was uploaded to youtube showing them testing chemical weapons on rabbits we could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage. you will die like these rabbits in its own words the assad government is fighting terrorists that

battle has claimed thousands of innocent lives the measures the syrian government was ordered to have been widely criticized but does that crisis mean the world should keep their eyes shocked at who's actually fighting for power in syria now in washington i'm going to check on. north korea defied the world wednesday when it launched a long range rocket that it says successfully placed a weather satellite into orbit but the claims were met with skeptical skepticism by the u.s. south korea and japan we suspect was in fact testing long range ballistic missile technology north korea's banned from such test by u.n. resolutions the security council condemned the launch saying it will consider an appropriate response while the e.u. use threaten more sanctions antiwar campaign or erik's iraq in those says talks are the only solution to the ongoing impasse. these are causing us to have more talks not less talks and the north koreans have been willing to attend talks other

nations have certainly russia has and other nations that have been involved in the six party talks and doubtless read are such as japan south korea the united states are less. willing to engage in talks when these things happen but what the un said was not only don't use ballistic missile technology it said we must have a commitment to a peaceful diplomatic and political solution to the situation there and that's what is really crying out and i think russia and other countries must finally say now wait a why does the look at the problem but i'm afraid that the united states is going to step back talk less isolate more of a military base that the united states will bring merrily south korea's building on july weren't it an effort to create a ring around china perhaps and to deal with north korea are all setbacks to peace what's necessary i think at this point in time is not is to step back from the

process and the outside countries the other countries around the world must say wait a minute a peaceful china south korea north korea japan has a region will have a huge impact on world east and i think that it's really incumbent that we put pressures towards peace and not toward amping up the conflict it anymore. well stay with us here on r.t. still to come the opposition in bahrain meets the latest attempt by the king to mute their voices with anger promising more protests despite the monarchy's ban on public gatherings plus. the u.k. be turning into an island of tax avoidance as a giant corporations get out of paying their fair share many citizens can barely make ends meet that and more after a short break. do

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thanks for staying with us here on r t fifteen minutes past the hour now thousands of medical workers in madrid have marched against plans to privatized hospitals the government insists is part of austerity plans needed to pick the country up out of its deep recession investment advisor patrick young says though that the government's yields years of failed policies left it with no choice other than biting austerity. the truth is there is no money to pay all of these nurses and doctors there is no money for this loutish government infrastructure it has to be privatized sold off there have to be salvaged cults because truly sabean has spent the last decade living on the never never it was built on the back of

a huge property bubble the bubble was unsustainable nobody managed to manage that and unfortunately while we can obviously say it's a tragedy for the poor independent health care professionals there's just no way to manage to find the money to aid them in modern spain here is a government that has effectively and an overall majority they can do absolutely anything they want and they seem to be absolutely determined to do more or less nothing and it's really a tragedy because they're not helping the spanish economy and they're not helping the people either. remember our web team is working around the clock to provide you with the best stories pictures online here's a quick limps of what's a click away right now what's in a name well the more than forty five grand could be one man merican man has earned that much money after selling someone the right to give him a new surname find out more at r.t. dot com. babysitting no easy job bawling twins drive their father to

despair as he calls police to help silence the little tykes the full story on our web site. activists in bahrain say police used tear gas on hundreds of anti-government demonstrators as rallies flared up following the king's annual national day address the opposition threatens more protests as the shia majority seek to improve their political standing in the sunni ruled nation tens of thousands marched in the capital manami friday continuing to defy of a ban on public gatherings bahraini authorities have been violently enforcing their rally ban jailing several key human rights activists in the process hussein abdullah from americans for democracy and human rights in bahrain say the situation in the gulf state won't change as long as the government would show its which itself as human rights feels it's backed by the west. only in bahrain when you protest peacefully you are artist and you are tortured and your rights are taken

away from you the king came up with a law that basically banned any kind of peaceful protest that's in itself is a violation of international law so the violence is coming from one side and that is the side of the government. the government is the one has the and the government the one has. the prison the torture the city the extrajudicial killings that is a clear double clear double standard when it comes to u.s. foreign policy in the region especially rain and syria where the violations are committed and daily basis we. condemn nation from the united states . turning out of some other stories making headlines across the globe and attacking a police station in the eastern libyan city of benghazi has claimed the lives of four officers and injured three more your silence killed a sale and killed one police man by firing a rocket propelled grenade at the compound then shot dead and wounded the others in

the ensuing battle the raid is thought to be linked to the recent detention of two men suspected of carrying out several assassinations of security officials in the city. a powerful cyclon has reached the coast of northern fiji several bridges and roads have been washed out with a few regions also losing power authorities say about thirty five hundred people have already been evacuated the cycle only earlier tore through the nation of samoa claiming at least four lives and forcing thousands from their homes. at least thirteen people have been killed and fifty seven injured after several explosions shook the northern iraq e. city of kirkuk no one has claimed responsibility yet for the attack the blasts come only a few hours after a car bomb hit the office of the patriotic union of kurdistan party north of the iraqi capital killing two security workers and wounding thirteen tension in the region's been rising of late with kurds increasing their demands for sovereignty

britain losing out on billions of pounds in taxes as some corporate giants are really in the way of paying their fair share it's angering the british public which is left to pick up the slack while also being weighed down with tough austerity as sarah furthur reports the government seems fine with the status quo. well people from all of them tend not to protect this country it's with companies like starbucks and apple and google at the moment it's really part of a much larger picture welcome to the world of tax avoidance the legal but morally suspect way companies and the wealthy have been dodging paying their fair share most people are due to discuss these companies do not the v.a. taxation which is a criminal offense but are void taxation basically use existing facilities and legal loopholes in the different regulation and taxation between different

countries to their advantage companies like amazon the head office is based in luxemburg which they claim is the center of the economic operations which is handy as luxembourg so well known in tax haven where companies can enjoy a low tax rate but hang on a minute we're here one of amundsen's massive this since and is based in the way in fact the reality is that many of our customers most of their employees and many will distribution centers like this why are in fact based here in the united kingdom so it's not hard to see that the relatively small luxembourg office is nothing in fact is they say at the heart of their operation and yet the u.k. tax system doesn't seem to recognise as ordinary british taxpayers who are losing out that's entirely on the face of it to run because you can register your transaction in different country and the place of great destruction is the place of

taxation whereas you can have your activities actually taking place here is legal. surely then in the midst of a flatlining economy the u.k. government would be eager to plug the holes billions of much needed tax pounds really count but in the chancellor's autumn statement last week and it was the pelisse on welfare he were in the government's firing line why has this government decided to clamp down on benefit the for clamping down on multi-million pound tax avoiders. well i think that the government is clamping down on that there's been a lot of money allocated by him but they were hunting down now that people know that. or doing that they're doing it now that people know that they've been

avoiding paying that amount of tax i mean it's no good doing it after not paying and there's a difference between people. who are of voiding tax through legitimate reasons and those who are illegally doing it there is a to do when we all know they're still avoiding paying where interested me again today let me actually answer the question once before you actually be legally tax avoid is ok to legally starbucks and amazon and google have been doing is ok's that you're saying there's a difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion tax evasion is illegal tax avoidance people are using the law to their benefit now if the law is wrong we need to change the law but for now the law continues to allow an exodus of profits made in britain meaning companies like amazon can keep getting away with paying less than the tax payers they're profiting from sarah ferguson r.t.

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more news today violence is once again flared up. from these are the images kobold has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are rooted a. coupe. evening the perfect time for a bold elegant ladies and gentlemen and even the emperor himself were ready to waltz but the grand a-k. soon interrupted by terrible news. that invaded russia. this is peterhof home to russia's most beautiful palaces and every autumn a glorious celebration marks the end of the fountain season today's event is dedicated to the war of eighteen twelve. this magnificent of museums and fountains is more than just

a remnant of peter the greats nineteenth century russia is also the scars of world war two. well there are three welcome to peterhof it is the most visited museum in russia around four point two million tourists come to peterhof every year why do people come here because peterhof boasts one hundred fifty fountains seven palaces and twenty three museums and of course the most important highlight of peterhof is its fountain system. first fountains go after. each day to live in a salesman's of tourist together in the lower gardens of peterhof to see for

themselves the fountain starter. takes twelve people to open all the bells and recently it's been accompanied by small petersburg's and some of. the idea to build best residence drug peter the great during his diplomatic visit to vs. however all of the fountains of course i were running with the help of pumps so they could only operate without human assistance for a very short period of time and then they had to be pumped on the journey. that is why peter the great use the italian gravity system. this means all the gram cascade fountains floats on there are. these fountains spread thousand liters of water per second.