angle's story. you hear. the spanish. visit. the day's news on the week's top stories egypt's new constitution enshrining islamic law looks set to pass as most back the draft in the referendum preceded by weeks of this protest. the only thing that stops. is a good guy with a big gun lobby logic sense to millions of americans calling for tougher controls as a country pays its final tribute to the infants and teachers killed in last week's shooting massacre. a step closer to banning americans from adopting russian children response to washington sanctions

on russian officials. we can expect some new year revelations to. leave no government untouched. you're watching our weekly news review live from moscow welcome to the program now egyptians have had their say in the historic vote on a new constitution that's revealed a deep divisions within the country and sparked violent protests the majority said yes to the document but the opposition claims the referendum is riddled with fraud and promises to appeal the results. the preliminary results are

in for egypt's contentious constitutional referendum egypt appears to voted for the constitution sixty four percent say yes. thirty six percent have said no this comes after mass to send in the streets across the country with a cast three weeks against this constitution opposition forces say force a presidential dictatorship and was drafted by an islamist dominated assembly of the twenty seven governors that went to vote in the last week only three voted against the constitution. this in the last round is largely due to the fact that in the last seventeen governments they went to vote a large amount of them are rural governorates who with large muslim brotherhood supports places their opposition forces for their part to say that the reason it is a yes is because of electoral violations they say they've seen a number of instances of possible vote rigging including missing judges

unsupervised polling stations missing ballot papers stuffed ballot boxes and also campaigning by the mr brotherhood groups also ultra ultra conservative salafist groups with in the polling stations telling people to vote yes the biggest news of the day however is the resignation of the vice president mohamed mickey this is largely seen to be perhaps because in the draft constitution as it currently stands there is no post for the vice president this comes in the background of deepening violence across the country on friday we saw clashes between rival protest groups limits rallies in egypt second city xandra in support of the constitution there was rock throwing and also burning of cars the police had to intervene with tear gas that comes just one week after similar clashes and xandra and of course three weeks after very bloody scenes here in the capital cairo we saw ten people die when

rivals. outside the presidential palace with a deepening political crisis in neither side backing down now the constitution is likely to be put in place we can only expect dissent on the street and possible violence across the country. he talked a while in the gyptian journalist and blogger who voted against the draft constitution he explained why the document is bad for the country but was passed nevertheless i did vote myself and i voted no for the constitution and i think that this is not about the constitution but about the legitimacy of the muslim brotherhood and the direction they've taken the country the constitution itself is a very flawed it takes away more freedoms it gives police powers to detain people for more than twelve or twelve hours and cement the military role in egypt something unprecedented in all of egypt's constitutions the numbers so far in the

past results have indicated that this constitution or the amount of voting irregularities confirm that the regime is determined as well to. while egypt supposedly reaps the rewards of its arab spring revolution protests in another country struggling to get this started later on in the scrum rallies in bahrain and why like elsewhere in the arab world rising there isn't getting support . in the heartbreaking week of farewells in newtown connecticut where all twenty children and six adults have been laid to rest after one of the worst mass shootings in american history the massacre reignited this debate on gun laws critics say make it too easy for the public to access military grade weapons he's going to chicken out on whether america is ready to change its treasured second amendment. a week after the tragedy at the elementary school in

newtown president obama made the same pledge as when he became president four years ago to try and get assault weapons off the streets of the u.s. it's a pledge he has failed to deliver on this is not the first issue the first incident already gun violence of your four years. where if you think the administration indicates this time it's different this time they're serious it will take commitment and compromise and most of all it will take courage shooting this bill and it's a it's an important part of our hearing the debate taking place at the moment suggests a national consensus on the issue is far down the line and the dialogue between those who support and those who oppose such a ban comes down to this with guns come safety if the guns are in the hands of the good guys that you know believe will be stupid man on the praful special interest group in washington the national rifle association has successfully fought any form

of gun control legislation for years and the solution they offer to the epidemic of gun violence that has plagued us is more guns. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. constitutional lawyer roger pilon things along the same lines than suggest arming teachers to prevent massacres like the one in newtown connecticut you're always going to have people who are going to be doing these kinds of evil deeds what you need to do is protect yourself against the weapons in schools and you go to a movie theater you have to carry a gun because there will be there maybe someone with a semiautomatic you know wiping out the entire theater. as we have seen is that what you're suggesting. where do you put it provoking to flee like that what i'm suggesting most people movie theater yes because the police cannot be

everywhere there are almost three hundred million privately owned firearms in the us around ten thousand americans die in gun violence every year the gun murder rate in the us is almost twenty times higher than in the next twenty two richest and most populous nations combined. we have three hundred million guns in america but also the population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and if more guns were actually the solution to deterring shootings it many times it would have this problem in the first place the gun adam lanza use to kill twenty young children and six adults at the sandy hook elementary school was an a r fifteen semiautomatic rifle it's a military style rifle that can shoot hundreds of rounds at a record speed it belongs to adams mother who he also murdered nancy lanza a teacher at the same elementary school owned six guns numerous types of assault

weapons are readily available for purchase in the u.s. at gun stores at gun shows and online after the newtown tragedy many americans are calling for change again. make it inherently make it worse. because you can't create previous meaningful attempts to change a wall and that wall is the second amendment of the constitution the right of the people to bear arms skeptics say the most can do is require background checks. but again adam lanza's mother a teacher at an elementary school would have probably passed any of those checks on her military rifle would have ended up in the hands of her son anyway that constitutional lawyer i spoke to seemed very certain that nothing major is going to change when it comes to. america does that mean more massacres like the tragedy in newtown in washington i'm going to. tell us what you think can be done

to reduce the number of gun deaths in the u.s. here's how your views stack up so far today thirty five percent think the media should be forbidden from overhyping message has slightly fewer say nothing can be done on the second amendment is in place about a fifth of respondents new gun laws restrictions percent increasing security in public places of your say and having to. there have been a series of tit for tat moves between moscow and washington this week including a ban in progress to stop americans adopting russian children which was approved by russia as their house of parliament thousands of americans responded by asking the

white house to consider imposing sanctions on russian or makers on a russian ban which is also split the public within the country. rather than just nation meant to target those who abuse the right solutions on board. by washington imposing travel and financial restrictions on russian officials suspected of involvement in the death of lawyer said in magnitsky died in custody two in the massive tax fraud investigation three years ago when president putin says the us should look at its own record before criticizing others for human rights violations . our us partners and their lawmakers say they are concerned about human rights in our prisons and that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable to prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages legalize torture inside their own country if something like that

happened here it would cause an international outcry if all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing out our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. and we think well president putin's comments came during his first major news conference since returning to the kremlin you watch the highlights of that q. and a session later today here in r.t. . in spain on thursday thousands attended a mock funeral march for the country's finances after a series of mass protests failed to stop a new batch of cuts what's been labeled the a budget of hunger and misery includes some thirty nine billion euros worth of

extra austerity investment advisor patrick young says madrid's burden is a result of years of government mistakes 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 so law there have to be salvaged help because truly been 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 under not helping the people either well more of the week's world news is on the way stay with us.

looking at some dogs you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strand in canada and the us i come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like a laska and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here probably a stray and now must come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail are amazing but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the tough.

grazing who set the trail of place but to none and for all for those who brought their dia to life. five years ago mother pressed care about bill to dog kennel in the village kids from the local open age came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their full legged friends but mother per square also encourages her kids to become dab hands on the computer and internet the boys regularly updated their website and they're in touch with the busy mother twenty four seven on the phone itself. but children are the most important thing my only interests not play any role anymore and regardless of whether parsky has hoskins win the race or not she hopes the competition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the

children it really is not the weaning but truly just the taking part that counts. thanks. what about you watching artie's we can usually. it will be a nervous new year for governments around the world as wiki leaks promises to publish more than a million secret files over the next twelve months releasing information it claims will affect every single country in the world where the pledge came from the whistle blowing web site's founder julian assange delivered a christmas address to supporters who've gathered outside the door an embassy in london the speech marks six months since the sound went in to seek political asylum and point extradition there ever since facing arrest if he steps outside kristinn

hrafnsson from wiki leaks insists sound his predicament won't stop the site on its drive for truth and transparency. act what we know about the ongoing. investigation secret grand jury you know sandra in virginia there is. an ongoing attempt to find an angle to bring charges against julian and possibly all those working for we believe as a very serious matter of course very shameful for the obama administration not to stop that for the man who was right even taken four years ago to increase transparency and what we have seen is. the opposite witch hunt against whistleblowers. that has no first place in history will continue at work as we have done despite the difficult situation that you has been in the ecuador embassy now for six months but probably it was the house arrest that hasn't stopped us we have

continued to work. the economic blockade has not stopped us either even though we are getting into a dire situation financially but that's a battle that we have to cite it. all out war and i'm sure we'll have a victory there as well in the new year. while some retarded limpin chose a career others took a very different path this is a three time champion now having a very saucy second job. find out more online. world watch out it seems the data on we're getting is apparently only been delayed and that you dot com details of how and when the world could turn to dust.

russia's foreign minister says western states are losing control over the syrian rebels and would not be prepared to intervene in the country's civil conflict so the lover of also said that during private talks with western officials he got the impression that the us and its allies were quietly praying for russia and china to carry on blocking intervention at the un work on trees have repeatedly vetoed such resolutions on syria spoke exclusively to the foreign minister who described the international community's failure to them rebel atrocities as worrying. groups of that position which are several which are not united on this single comment they also result unacceptable methods absolutely contrary to international humanitarian law. they can cause to just. the staging terrorist attacks and it is very disheartening that our western call digs in the

security council started to refuse. condemning terrorist attacks in syria saying that yes there isn't as bad but you must they can click on the overall context of what is going on in syria and the white people the result the terrorist attacks it's absolutely unacceptable and this logic we will mike leave us if we follow this logic might lead us to a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world. and the west would start would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists. now thousands of protesters held a series of rallies in bahrain this week demanding a transitional government and the removal of the prime minister who's been running

the country for about forty years some demonstrations turned violent police fired tear gas and arrested activists one of them for posting on twitter about the protests his tweets describe security forces directing pepper spray testers faces and is accused of giving out false information in the gulf has repeatedly been criticised by human rights groups for its crackdown on the opposition movement which has seen eighty people killed in almost two years of unrest it's called scientists kannan cavallo says that unlike other arab uprisings western governments are not particularly interested in what the bahrain authorities are getting up to. trying to crack down on the opposition. really have left the protests but at the same time they are. being just as they are jailing free corners of the population or oppose them and the relation is no longer.

relation wants to leave. the country they want democracy they're tired of two hundred thirty years. here why is silence in the united states when the by relation of human rights is so gross i just mean and generally quiet it is completely partisan and of course you and everyone else no matter the reason and the fearfully based in bahrain. well you through some of today's world needs now is starting with india where hundreds of people have clashed with police defying a ban on protests following anger over the gang rape of a student on a train dozens of people including several families officers have reported been injured in the latest violence of the testers and demanding the death penalty for the five suspects accused of attacking the girl mergence the surgery after him police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators women tried to

breach barricades in the center of new delhi. thank you brains have christmas for many people in cape what's supposed to be the getaway weekend has left many stranded as floods ravaged parts of southwest england cutting off communities and canceling trains home for the holidays and it's not over yet forecasters predict yet more heavy rain more than five hundred flood alerts and warnings have been issued nationwide. south korea's defense ministry believes the north korean rocket launched earlier this month was a ballistic missile so claims a long distance rocket could reach the u.s. after examining parts of the debris which landed in its waters north maintains it was only launching a weather satellite. well there was an infinitely more popular rocket in the us this week three new crew members successfully blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan on wednesday and after

a two day trip they docked with the international space station to begin their six month stint in orbit more than one hundred scientific experiments along with space walks and taking cargo shipments on the cruise tight ship to tom barton as the story of. a farewell guitar music was in the air as the next crews the international space station said their last goodbyes to. it'll be in the cockpit to do so as the eye assesses next commander chris hadfield and actually when we're sitting on the launch pad inside or so years there will be music playing both too to warm up our bodies and to warm our hearts well the music will be a comfort there is months of work ahead on the station. like technical and scientific symphonies. for the mission and for their spirits these crew might be better things. for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is

exciting chris hadfield's wife say she'll still feel connected to him while he's up there again through music but i think really if you're here if you're going to be playing music. that part of their life and then you work life you know they were sure they will play lots of. surveys that yes there's a spec corner only i assessed for a trustee guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas surely that is hard to cope when i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i want to. to open up my guitar and. play songs that are important to me we shouldn't. i feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music they'll be able to look down on earth as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings from our sweet sounding spaceman merry

christmas. happy new year. tom watson r t baikonur does extend. by the couple of minutes the profits off apocalypse for him doomsday means payday stay with us. deadly rivals the decades. if you had fifteen thousand people killing each other

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