what the opposition declares war on the referendum on the constitution calling for a piece of the budget after claims of widespread fraud. and of egypt and others continued to reel from the effects of the arabs during the revolutionaries now say that two years on things have only gotten was. the march of the medical workers thousands in spain protest of privatizing until sterrett actually it's called for more demonstrations again.

hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow our timeline story now the main opposition group in egypt its supporters to again occupy the streets and squares in a bid to challenge the first round of the referendum on a new constitution the national salvation front or peace told the weekend poll claiming it was plagued by an overwhelming fraud so i'm going from the results indicate that fifty six percent approve of the draft constitution which was drawn up by the islamists that would be backing out the president and the muslim brotherhood it's rigorously rejected the opposition who blamed the government for turning the constitution into an islamist code and there's still time for campaign is against the draft to turn things around before the polls open for the referendum second stage are such a day national salvation front spokesperson rudy is hoping the opposition's complaints won't remain unheard. 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 file asians are not going to be repeated particularly in terms of the lack of judicial supervision there were not enough judges yesterday to look into the or to supervise the vote we also complained about preventing our observers the preservers of 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. winsome to vote yes for the constitution claiming that voting no would that mean that you are an infidel or that you are against islam so we're still holding a lot of hope though that president morsi will listen to the voice of wisdom and considering that this is a draft constitution that's dividing the country. set of being circulated right now

it's not enough definitely in a country after the revolution to have a constitution that's approved by a fifty something just. there's also a hot topic at home there were asking you what future would be i would country phase of its constitution is adopted and so far over a third of you believe the country could turn into a hardline islamic state and might see an eruption oxic terror and violence if you are expect an uprising among those who believe the revolution has been hijacked some point out that the new constitution does not differ that much from the old one and a minority say egypt will face a new fight for power between the muslim brotherhood and in the tree so do go online to have your say. and as egypt continues to be greeted by instability is just one of the countries still feeling the effects of the arab spring the regional string of revolts has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and brought down several regimes with no sign of it stopping some of those who helped usher in the

changes then say they're no better off now going to chicago. it began here in tunisia two years ago when a poverty stricken fruit vendor set himself on fire in an octave just for a show and some say he was a hero others say he was a drunkard with a history of psychological problems whatever more hollow was uses real motivation was his act of self-immolation set up a string of events which became known as the arab spring decades old regimes were told bald what came to replace them is hardly what most of the people in these countries had in mind when they were doing the revolutions they wanted freedom of speech and free elections right and their jobs one thing that seems to be a very different result situation this war strived comparison to or. comparison to the before. the revolution. personally i don't feel

safe. when we see. all the violence of the police. are of the salafist. if unpoliced man are attacked by by some nationalist people. and there are less freedoms right now when it comes to and they were afraid i was there are attacks on individual freedoms every day i received so many messages from girls saying but they were. straight even by policemen more who didn't tolerate their or their way off dressing this is to me a common pattern in the countries that i share so for just two years ago hopes of transition from authoritarian regimes to new democratic forms of government seem to have yielded rising islam him economies in shambles and increased interest tend the

parent is the same in change in egypt where people are going out on the streets again with you when you asked the only months ago they were rallying in support of the muslim brotherhood and the freedom and justice party during elections a lot of people did vote for the muslim brotherhood in egypt did so because they wanted economic changes not just getting rid of mubarak or having morsi and morsi over though he's obviously you know a very different political figure to mubarak in terms of his ideology has carried on much the same policies in terms of economic policy in libya rising to bloody terror and one daffy in the country for over four years president holds and killed in two thousand over immunity and government has been struggling to control parts of the country going as far as besieging the entire town of bani walid for allegedly providing shelter to die while after supporters of the are using heavy machinery to demolish the demolished houses so it can't be using now

look the guys again it's just a feeling people children and now they're really. we've with the humanity of the world to. save our family. i got this time to make libya now the quirk of where no one can stop them and they have and limited money and we're going to the western leaders were quick to praise changes across the middle east they said it was the beginning of a new democratic era for the region but the model of democracy they may have had in mind doesn't seem to be the right fit i think it has to be a different type of a democratic system. the democracy that the u.s. would like to impose upon egypt tunisia and morocco and the other countries throughout the region and even libya where what was waged last year to topple the gadhafi government is not suitable to the people inside of that region in tunisia

even goes right. thousands of medical workers have marched in this punish capital against ones to privatized hospitals with more and he was terrified protests planned over the next few days hundred says the harsh financial measures are crucial to how the country climb out of a deep recession and restaurant advisor patrick young believes the government's approach to the crisis is what landed spain in trouble in the first place the problem is that the spanish government doesn't have any money and that's ultimately the problem the difficulty with the spanish government is that it hasn't actually wanted to to bite the bullet over the multiple areas in which it's been deficient for many many years admitted like one could say that was the previous government run rather than the current government however the truth is there is no money to pay all of these nurses and doctors there is no money for this lavish government infrastructure it has to be privatized sold off there have to be salvaged cultures

because truly spain 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 unfortunately while we can obviously say tragedy for the poor independent healthcare professionals there's just no way to manage to find the money to aid them in modern spain the biggest shock of the whole year hasn't doggedly been the fact that the euro was held together the european union is putting on a brave face it's throwing money around the place it's trying all manner of things to hold together a cracking and creaking facade and ultimately you know they might just manage to carry it off but ultimately i think the smart money is waiting in the wings and it's looking at the whole idea that we are going to see a euro break down even if it's not going to be as instantaneous as some of us might have predicted a washing out to come in the park green with and it seems a wall was in the big government sets out to boost renewable and

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well. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. you're watching r.t. live from moscow it's good to have you with. more violence has had the streets of bahrain's capital manami actually say police used tear gas on hundreds of poor reform demonstrators the clashes happened on sunday after the gulf monarchies came to me with his annual national day address calling for more humidity the country's

opposition is threatening more marches later this week as anti-government campaign is continue running again discrimination in october bahraini authorities banned all public gatherings in attempts to stem almost two years of nonstop protests in which up to eighty people were killed and thousands arrested last week from inhuman rise defendant in a bill or john had his prison sentence reduced but this wasn't enough to calm is who are calling on his immediate release hussein a from americans for democracy and human rights in bahrain says this is racial won't change as long as the government is bonded by the west. whenever they come under pressure from western allies like the united states or the u.k. they always talk the good talk but they never. do the walk and other wards recently they came under tremendous pressure from the united states to open up their political systems to start to see is there a lock to reform the political. situation however no such serious steps has been

taken for example we still see attacks on peaceful waters we still see political prisoners not the release torture still taking place human rights violations are taking place from being the basis the human rights issue is the going to be a long week or just in the first place first the law or the king came up with a law that basically banned any kind of peaceful protests that and so this is a violation of international law so when people challenge the law that's not illegal there is a clear double double standard when it comes to. u.s. foreign policy in the region especially. and syria where the rise well issues are measured in bahrain on daily basis over the week we hear nor can the nation from the united states and we would like to see a larger scale of. diplomatic pressure and international pressure on the bahraini

regime so it will basically start a serious dialogue release all political prisoners and hold the criminals responsible who killed and tortured citizens. across in syria bashar al assad's vice president says neither the government nor the rebels have the military power to prevail in the conflict. is calling for a peaceful solution through the creation of a unity government some rebel forces have said they're open to seeing shi'a lead an interim cabinet neighboring turkey which strongly supports the insurgents also considers the vice president a credible candidate to replace assad in a while damascus is on the defensive as al qaeda linked militants claim to have captured another loyalist base as the latest advance on the volatile field with russia while russia and china continue to lead calls against foreign intervention we believe that the matter of the. should be decided by the syrian people. not by the also force. also force you see that i don't live in the sky i want to

go to for the chinese god. because you are for when you don't like the leader of this country why should you side with who should stay who should go so we have a problem with. that comes statement. and you can watch that interview with c.n.n. for later on today goes or no right here on r.t. at six forty five pm trinity and to some other international news stories this hour the connecticut town that suffered the second deadliest school shooting in u.s. history is you to hold the still the funerals for school children massacred in their classrooms last week president obama traveled to a new town and gave a speech condemning the country's inability to protect children and demanded changes in the response to mass shootings the massacre has sparked calls for

tougher laws on gun control with these accessibility of weapons being cited by many as the main reason america suffers so many spree killings. leaders national assembly has temporarily seal's the country's southern front here imposing emergency law in provinces near the border it's in a bid to curb the flow of illegal migrants gangs and drugs coming in for four neighboring states the border region has been riddled with lawlessness ever since last year's uprising resulting in the ousting and death of more local duffy. north koreans are remembering king nearly all who died a year ago today hundreds of thousands of people led by the late leaders son and successor gathered to mourn in pyongyang the anniversary comes just days after north korea carried out and now the controversial rocket launch which was condemned by world leaders the communist country also remains economically challenged partially due to foreign sanctions. on them are said to begun

japan's next prime minister has spoken of a huge task ahead following what looks like a convincing drone your election victory the conservative liberal democratic party leader there are the faces difficult decisions on the economy and lander speeds with china it's going to be obvious second stint as prime minister after a spell in charge from two thousand and six two thousand and seven so exit polls suggest a landslide win with almost three hundred seats. liberal government is determined to go green it's aiming for fifteen percent of the country's energy needs to be generated by renewable sources by twenty twenty but those eco friendly ambitions crude come at a harsh cost for its citizens whose lower smith has been finding out for us. wind turbines turn in the breeze they might not generate much power but they're certainly putting people in a spin it's

a route that dividing david cameron's coalition government to get his energy minister says he's against wind farms and enough is enough while the energy secretary. he says he's got a home for them who speaks for the government the energy secretary or the energy minister or the prime minister but in this case he doesn't seem quite sure there's been no change to alter nubile energy but in the same breath he hinted the number of wind farms could be reviewed after current targets are fulfilled this would anger the liberals but greatly pleased those who say wind farms are an expensive waste of time such as london a philip merrick's who lives near little cheney caught wind farm the locals were united against it every single democratically local organization that's the councils were against it but of course the developers very careful they dished out a lot of money to locals and of course that bought a bit of support amazingly wind farms have got a p.r.

. campaign behind them that people do sing seem to think that they're helpful to the environment which of course they're not this one's been open since two thousand and eight and cheering that time output has improved but it's coming from a pretty no base that only twenty one and a half percent capacity in its first year to just twenty six percent last year. there are twenty six wind turbines behind me each one of which costs in the region of two million pounds to erect according to locals we've come on a good day all the wind turbines are currently working usually they say that's not the case and a lot of the time they're just standing there and that's the rub people need electricity twenty four seven not just when the wind blowing so wind power is still needs supplementing by fossil fueled power stations but despite its shortcomings the taxpayer folks out fifty percent of its running costs are subsidies the right

way to encourage an instructor mature or actual shooting i think what we're doing is we're rewarding in adequate technologies now and indeed with. the more infantilizing them we actually preventing growth what we really need to save these people yes well if you can improve and you can show that you've got a place you're welcome at the moment we're covering them with gold when in fact they're quite inadequate locals are quick to point out that less than eight kilometers away is a nuclear power station supported by the community as a reliable source of power and local employer unlike the wind farm which is controlled from germany but if david cameron refuses to be blown off course the government will stick to its plans and more than double the amount of on shore wind power by two thousand and twenty to meet european targets nor smith r.t. can't. and my colleague rory sushi i will bring you more news in about half an

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so-called fat tax governments all over the world and throughout history have pushed policies to shape behavior in the name of public health so should food be subject to punitive taxation. to cross off the so-called fat tax i'm joined by my guests in new york mimi rogers she's the president of national action against obesity jeff steer he is a senior fellow at the national center for public policy research and donica moore she's a women's health expert an advocate physician educator and a media commentator on cross talk rules and effect folks that means you can jump in anytime you want me i probably should lose a few pounds because of the food i eat so should that food that i eat be taxed to teach me to eat whether better and to be better health well studies show if we increase costs or put about a twenty percent tax on certain foods that you will see

a reduction in consumption i can imagine someone trying to float a twenty percent tax on anything right now i see it more than a sin tax or punitive i see it more as if a company if their production results in a waste of pollution then that company is responsible for those externalities i see it very much like that it's pogo view and if you make a person who says yeah but that decision imposes a cost on others then yeah we should tax that that's the case with obesity it's based on our personal choices our lifestyle the costs associated with that are not wholly owned by that person and we as a society are picking up the price picking up the bill on that escalating costs health care diabetes for one is you know goes on for decades and what we see is about three quarters of the health issues are the result of personal.