i'm welcome to the big picture. public fury with hundreds of thousands ready to cry out against. egypt's opposition groups call for nationwide protests to challenge the outcome of the first. early results showed backing for the islamist constitution. and. the situation there has spiraled out of control of the nation going through the worst political crisis in its modern history.

it is a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm live in the russian capital. now hundreds of thousands of people set to march in spain to protest against the government's cuts and reforms the demonstrations have been called by the country's top labor unions and social groups on sunday thousands of health care workers marched across madrid to make their feelings clear about plans to privatized hospitals and the government insists it's part of the austerity measures needed to pick the country up from its deep recession and the protests come as a unit is agreed on closer integration in brussels french president francois hollande said there's no doubt about the integrity of the eurozone which will no longer be taken by surprise but investment advisor petro young believes the euro's continued existence is

a facade all spain has simply run out of cash. the problem is that the spanish government doesn't have any money and that told me the problem the difficulty with the spanish government is that it hasn't actually wanted to to bite the bullet for the most of all areas in which it's been deficient for many many years admitting 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 loutish government infrastructure it has to be privatized sold off and there have to be stoppage culp's 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 health care 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 has undoubtedly 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 cracking and creaking facade and ultimately you know they might just manage to carry it all but ultimately i think the small. 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 let's turn our attention out of out of egypt where the opposition groups of called on their supporters to stage a nationwide protests to challenge the outcome of the first round of the referendum on the new islamist backed constitution they claim the vote was mobbed by widespread violations with rights groups calling for a rerun of the saturday's poll early results suggest fifty six percent of egyptians approve of the draft constitution which is supported by president morsi and the muslim brotherhood but the opposition says the document is poorly drafted and turns the constitution into an islamist code and the biggest opposition alliance the

national salvation front has called on people to take to the streets to defend their freedoms ahead of the referendum second stage this saturday and the group's spokesman khaled the wood is hoping the opposition's complaints will not remain and . 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 violations 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 muslim brotherhood members were continuing their propaganda inside the polling stations until the last minute trying to influence voters and tried to convince them to vote yes for the constitution

claiming that voting no would that mean that you are an infidel or that you are again is this then so we are still holding a lot of hope though that president morsi will listen to the voice of wisdom and consider that this is a draft constitution that's dividing the country even if we. results that are 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. now the arab spring that shook egypt and other countries in the region was sparked two years ago by the self immolation of a protester in tunisia it has since claimed tens of thousands of lives and brought down several regimes and is still ongoing in some countries but as artie's reports many of those who helped to usher the changes in two thousand and ten say they are no better off now. it began here in tunisia two years ago when a poverty stricken friends vendor set himself on fire in an act of desperation so i'm saying he was a hero others say he was

a drunkard with mr and psychological problems whatever more holland 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 toppled what came to replace them is hardly what most of the people in these countries had in mind when they were doing the revolutions he wanted freedom of speech and free elections reading little tables and one thing that seems to be very different result situation this war strike on comparison to or. in comparison to the before. the revolution personally i don't feel safe. when we see. all the violence of the police. or of the salafist. if unpoliced are backed by some nationalist people.

there are less freedoms right now when it comes to under their own freedoms there are attacks on individual freedoms every day they received so many messages from girls saying but they were horus the. street even by police men. who. tolerate their or their way off dressing this is to become patently countries that shared the so-called arab spring just two years ago hopes of transition from authoritarian regimes to new democratic forms of government seem to have voted rising islam as economies and shambles and increasing just content pattern is the statement in egypt where people are hearing out on the streets again with renewed. sest though only months ago they were rallying in support of the muslim brotherhood and the freedom and justice party during elections i think a lot of people did vote for the muslim brotherhood in egypt because they wanted

economic changes not just getting rid of mubarak or having morsi and morsi over now he's obviously you know 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 the uprising to bloody terror moammar gadhafi from within the country for over forty years was deposed and killed in two thousand and eleven the mirriam government has been struggling to control parts of the country going as far as beseeching the entire town of bani walid for allegedly providing shelter to die her supporters are using heavy machinery to demolish the demolished houses secondary using no. guys again it's just a feeling people children and now and dad got really sick an evening we would then humanity of the water the police had us save our family in saigon already i got this trying to make leave yet they had

a quantum bit where no one can stop them and they have unlimited money and we've been 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 was waged last year to topple the gadhafi government is not suitable to the people inside of that region in tunisia even though it's right. and above cry. opposition says the kingdom is experiencing its worst crisis in recent times says the authorities once again use tear gas on another peaceful rally during a national holiday coming up shortly here nazi will be taking

a look at why the gulf states government has maintained its violent stance despite calls for change and pressure from western nations. and the u.k.'s plans to go green could prove too costly for the people of the moves also splitting views and pollen but as we report after the break. we'll do the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. if. he has.

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it is a pleasure to have you with us here on out seats a day i'm rule research i live in the russian capital. now bahrain is suffering the worst political crisis in its modern history the stoop to

a dictatorial regime which ignores human rights and towards the country's development that's according to a statement released by the kingdom's leading opposition groups and comes as the government continues a violent suspect suppression of peaceful demonstrations protesters are threatening more marches later this week after a rally on the national day holiday was tear gassed by police a bahraini authorities have banned all public gatherings they did so two months ago in attempt to stem almost two years of unrest during the past two years though eighty people have been killed and thousands have been arrested leading human rights defender bill about job did have his prison sentence reduced last week but this was not enough to calm activists who are calling for his immediate release hussein abdullah from americans for democracy and human rights in bahrain believes the situation won't change as long as the government remains supported by western powers. whenever they come under pressure from western allies like united states or

u.k. they always talk the good talk but they never. do the walk and other wards he said he they came under tremendous pressure from the united states to open up their political systems to start to see the lock to reform the political situation however no such status the steps has been taken for example we still see attacks on peaceful course we still see political prisoners released torture still taken place human rights violations are placed on the end of this is the human rights issue is the go ahead not allowing just in the first place first the law of the king came up with a law that basically banned any peaceful protests there so this is a violation of international law so when people challenge the law that's not illegal that is a clear double your double standard when it comes to you. foreign policy in the region especially rain and syria where the rise while issues are committed them

behind 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 quarter past the hour moscow time environmentally friendly energy looks like a reasonable solution where natural resources are running low and exploiting them becomes more dangerous the u.k. wants fifteen percent of the country's energy needs to be covered by renewable sources by two thousand and twenty without could prove too costly for the public as artie's laura smith reports. 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 his energy

secretary says he's going home for them to speak 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 towards a new 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 landowners phillip 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 bore a bit of support amazingly wind farms have got a p.r. . campaign behind them but 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 is blowing say wind power is still need supplementing by fossil fueled power stations but despite its shortcomings the taxpayer folks out fifty percent of it's running costs is the right way to encourage an instrument or actual shooting and i think what we're

doing is we're rewarding inadequate technologies now and indeed with fossilize in the more infantilizing them we're preventing growth what we really need to save these people yes we can if you can improve and you can show that you've got a place you're welcome. covering them with gold when in fact i 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 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 powered by two thousand and twenty to meet european targets nor smith r.t. can't. while the u.k. needs action because it could soon fall into fuel poverty and that's according to a brand new report predicting thousands of people mainly pensioners the disabled and children may not be able to afford to keep warm by two thousand and sixteen

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a police checkpoint need to create killing five law enforcement officials and wounding five more a roadside bomb in a village north of baghdad has taken the lives of three soldiers i want a car bomb north of mosul and another similar blast nearby at a place of worship ended with twelve deaths. and in japan the right leaning a liberal democrats have won resoundingly parliamentary election victory putting former prime minister shinzo back in office he spoke of a huge task ahead promising tokyo won't concede china one millimeter of japan's islands and vowed not to give up in the dispute between them. last prime minister for a short time between two thousand and six and two thousand and seven and this time though he won in a landslide with almost three hundred seats. and president obama has said he will do everything in his power to prevent more mass shootings as the first

funerals for the victims of the newton school tragedy have been held twenty children aged six to seven and six adults were shot dead on friday when adam lanza went on a rampage with an assault rifle the twenty year old killed his mother prior to carrying out the massacre he later turned the gun on himself the tragedy has sparked calls for tighter gun control laws including a ban on military grade assault weapons. now fully declared and apparently legal reports are emerging that shoot amounts of gold are being flown out of afghanistan according to airport personnel most of it's headed to dubai which has long been considered a haven for laundered money a political analyst and former afghan m.p. sultanzoy says this is just a new incarnation of a trafficking racket carried out with the connivance of the afghan government national you when you're trying to stem one. from flowing away there will be other ways of doing it and actually called is that is be used not only in lieu of dollars

to leave afghanistan but also it's a very very interesting change for money launderers for drug smugglers and also there's. another angle to this which would be the dumping of gold. regional players and even beyond the region because around afghanistan there are some central asian countries and as far as russia after russia a good producers of gold the drug. money that was coming into afghanistan or other bartering was taking place gold is taking a new shape in it and it's easier to carry and also the central bank of afghanistan is totally oblivious to these things and they're always act after the fact the same way that they acted about after the failure of the afghan one of the afghan banks they are also always behind the curve. now bashar assad's vice president says neither side can win in syria's conflict. called for the creation of

a national unity government in order to settle the crisis some opposition fighters have said they're open to seeing him lead an interim cabinet and that neighboring turkey that strongly supports the rebels also considers him a credible candidate to replace assad and this is damascus is on the defensive all qaeda linked militants claim to have captured another loyalist base there the latest advance in the field of battle and while russia and china are leading calls against foreign action in syria calling for a political settlement instead. we believe that the matter of this. should be decided by the syrian people not by the outside force. force he stated i don't live in the sky i want to go. two for the chinese are these eastern dots upset. because that you are following you don't lack that either of

these countries why should you decide who should stay or should go so we have a problem with these that comes statement. and you can see the full interview with a member of china's foreign policy advisory committee at eight hundred forty five g eight empty for now though coming away in just a moment how to put a stop to the obesity pandemic spreading across the developed world across talk tackling the issue after a break. to least be told language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the p.r.p. interviews intriguing stories for you here. in trying. to find out more visit our big teeth.

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hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle all of me should watch what we eat but should we be taxed in the name of health when it comes to food this is one of the aims of the 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 out the so-called fat tax i'm joined by my guests in new york meanwhile

she is the president of national action against obesity jeff steer he is a senior fellow at the national center for public policy research and danica more she's a woman's health expert an advocate physician educator and a media commentator on cross talk rules in effect folks that means you can jump in anytime you want mamie 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 wetter better and to be have 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't imagine someone trying to float a twenty percent tax on anything right now i see it more than a syntax or punitive i see it more as if a company if their production results in ways to pollution then that company is responsible for those externalities.