the latest news in the week's up top stories here on r.g.p. are more accusations of a clamp down on freedom in egypt as a popular social networking site used by the end to regime movement is shut down amid fresh demonstrations against islamic government. while similar scenes have been unfolding in the birthplace of the arab spring tunisia where protests against the government away ignited by the murder of a prominent opposition figure. thompson protests smart cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing while senators shy from probing his extensive history of drones torture and targeted executions. i do one server and a top negotiator each you budget was some graveling with the european parliament threatening to veto the austerity ridden package. rushes blacks' us

the result of soul she celebrates one year to go before the start of the most expensive winter olympics ever a major major reshuffles among the game's officials will be key organizer fired. from moscow this is archie with me to say. it's been another restless week for egypt with the plumes of smoke and tear gas covering the country's main cities following street battles between anti-government protesters and police thousands of people armed with stones and petrol bombs have been unleashed the anger against the chinese president mohamed morsi political turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the view sharing website you cheat for months for

osun a controversial and to islam film which is built through ripples from the capital cairo on how the motion has been received. there's been a lot of condemnation of the banned by protest movements to see you tube as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam is ation all egypt has been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling proposition forces to be killed and a muslim cleric speaking to the ships in china justifying sex mob attacks on egyptian protesters in tahrir square what we really feel here in egypt is this will only fuel for the violence on the streets we've had a very restive country here in egypt in the last few weeks especially since the second anniversary of the journey went into five revolution when thousands are gathered in the streets of egypt complaining that the president had mostly have not made key changes in demands of the revolution friday we saw more protests as part

of friday's day of dignity thousands of protesters gathered across the main rallying points in this in the country which devolved into clashes between protesters and security forces in the capital here by the presidential palace groups the building with molotov there pushed by take us and water cannons and so bloody of violence in the in the governor with unconfirmed deaths in couple shake as well as violent clashes and. we have more protests on the horizon with further expected violence we don't see this finishing anytime soon. egyptian journalist and blogger why you ask and says nothing has changed since the revolution which overthrew the autocratic rule of president mubarak two years ago what the muslim brotherhood right now is trying to do is restore autocratic rule and much like the mubarak method of governing and i think the way the political actor see it is that mubarak was not ruthless enough and did not climb down on

freedoms enough to sustain his rule and this is what they're trying to remedy the you tube verdict comes in light of. you know many other decisions that clamp down on freedoms and it's no surprise that they will try to install the infrastructure necessary to clamp down on. various websites that they see as a threat to their rule one other thing we've seen as well is admins on facebook pages who are critical of the muslim brotherhood are being targeted and we've we're seeing more of these kind of clampdowns either in the physical realm and now they're moving on to doing it technically through you know through you tube and various other sites we can expect more of that. another country that's still looking for stability following the arab spring is to meachem the country's witness public fury this week following the assassination of a q opposition figure on wednesday crowds of protesters from the streets of the capital tunis they're pinning the blame for chalky believes murder on the islamist

government the demonstrators made a tough response from riot police to attempt to move the things out the prime minister has pledged to form a nonpartisan government next week ahead of a snap election the bozo was however rejected by the country's ruling and nada party international relations professor mother ellman says the government will now struggle to survive. to this it had been presented as the nearest thing to a success story there hadn't been too much violence but unfortunately as i say these decision disappointments with the failure to make life better life we got worse and the sense that there is a trick true that takes many people away from the home did it strike you one of the places will be violent in the far western as in iraq you're being presented as an islamist but it seems from the. attack you know of the party so there may be deep resentment against what may have been the biggest single or two but not mobile majority and i think the general feeling is that its level of support is

slipped since those election returns about the coming elections and whether we will get to those elections without a real political crisis on the streets and perhaps changing our. battles rage or closer to the heart of the syrian capital still ahead rebels and government forces let's say the control of a vital supply road after almost a week of fierce combat that the opposition says it's preparing for a final assault on the seat of bashar assad. a champion of drone strikes and barack obama's pick to head the cia john brennan sais his senate confirmation hearing this week the session started hard but it wasn't lawmakers who were the most vocal probably on. set get is and catcalls erupted from the audience until the judge ordered the protesters to be removed lawmakers then poked and prodded the brennan on torture say a shell cummings and targeted executions though simming are reluctant to challenge him on his nonces but it given his performance at the senate activists and author

david swanson a surprise it was nominated in the first place is going on someone who was deemed unacceptable four years free v.s.p. close of his involvement in torture and rendition is now acceptable the closer you get to see a program of murder and the goodness of the murder outweighs the bad list of the torture recent polls found that while only twenty four percent of americans support killing americans with drones eighty three percent support killing nine americans with drones there is a clear bias you can do the math and see what percentage of americans are bigots were i dragged before us court charged with mass murder i could not say your honor i have a memo was drafted explaining why this is ok and a president should not be able to do that either but that seems to be where the debate is going to. occur searing now awaits john brennan in order to sensitive technicalities but already speculation is rife over what direction he

might take the cia but on the issue. you can report his confirmation could only broaden the horizon for america's unmanned fleet. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and kill from path a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using remotely

piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use of this young man in pakistan he would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone up more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in many cases children with no evidence whatsoever that they're involved in any criminal or terrorist activity so the numbers should not come as a surprise considering the broad definition the obama administration gives as to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo uncredited assassinations from the us justice department suggests the us government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come to the lift you might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought

crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against you know. added states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the un raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the us is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war there and intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a pride because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new

opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there is another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the drone makers to present them as america's next best thing john brennan if confirmed will soon be at the helm of the cia and no one doubts that under him the program will expand even further in washington i'm going to go. well drones are and the only thing about this a cause and controversy at the moment still ahead for you this hour thousands of americans are forced to take lie detector tests to keep their jobs often having to answer very intimate questions. a twenty five hour marathon of

talks snobs and haggling have left you with a new budget a do one that's been described as perfect when nobody coming in at nine hundred sixty billion euros it's the first time the blocks spending plan has been cut in its history the differences of opinion were visible along a joke laughable divide with traditionally wealthier countries from the north led by britain calling for cuts in reflection of the continent's white austerity but france and korea e.u. states resist with spots between opposing leaders threatening to undermine the talks and robert also jailed the brogues think tank says it always very bad the disunity within the. we've seen the limits of integration here we have different national interests clearly colliding and there is the situation the national governments are having to impose austerity across europe not just in the

eurozone but also in britain because of course there's just not the money available but of course there is also another issue to do with the budget and that's to that's to do with the fact that eighteen years now the european court of order to is. we haven't been able to sign off of the the accounts because a lot of the spending is goes on wasteful projects but of course more alarmingly it's also subject to a great deal of force and corruption and that's why literally eighteen years the accounts haven't been fully signed off. well the deal in visions or sweeping cuts into a number of the e.u. projects including integration and infrastructure but millions of euros are reportedly still allocated for thought called p.r. blitz i gave the block critiques on social media websites euro skeptic imagine for roger from the independence party says that the project would violate one of the main principles of the european parliament but they decided that they got to train in house staff in the run up to the european elections of twenty four team those

people to go online to look at facebook twitter and other social media sites and to correct that's their word not mine to correct any misapprehensions that may exist about the european union and i have to say the fact that it's a parliament that is doing this that is using taxpayers' money to do this says a lot about the institutions that all brought about parliaments is the person is it's him a chair of parliament he's the speaker in westminster he's the chairman in other parliaments around the world but he has all the rest of his staff are supposed to be neutral they're not supposed to take any political position at all and the fact of the parliament has decided it's going to spend money time and resources doing this shows you that frankly they're no better than a banana republic. abuse and neglect of the most vulnerable patients in a major you can hold the bill bear the brunt of

a lackluster case from health care professionals when they needed most xcel relatives of victims of medical history. and a coming up in just a couple of minutes a tracking you down the u.k. parliament is considering a new goals that would that authorities my into the private internet communications of the british public. will. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. the government no longer represents the . people we're going to take the terms. we.

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become don until the beginning of the sochi winter olympics the black sea resort through a spellbinding celebration marking one year until the games get underway i would use engine fall month except the construction already completed and how much work is still ahead. fireworks lit up the sochi sky this week marking exactly a year to go before the winter games begin since two thousand and seven taste by taste the city has been putting its elim picturing together and the company in charge of construction says russia will be ready and. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start training facilities are ready practically all of them of hosted test competitions all hotels and limpid villages are in the final phase of construction being referred and furnished the shuttles to open in the autumn we plan to complete construction long before the end of the year so personnel can train a managers can gain experience in providing a good service however such

a vast undertaking has not been without its problems presentation was in the region this week to check on progress and was taking no prisoners the ski jumping center the only venue not yet up and running and it sparked this exchange with russian olympic officials of the costs of this whole facility because. what's the overall. initially we were assessing the amount of the. story what's a rough estimate. this initial price was one point two billion. dollars one point two billion has turned into a billion yes well done good work let's move on. it resulted in the sacking of a key member of russia's limp dick committing fifty billion dollars the sochi games will be the most expensive in italy history they have cost ten times more than the last winter games in vancouver and ten billion dollars more than the genie some against however the results can already be seen and they are impressive if you do

take a quick look around you can see what money can buy at the center of the olympic park which is six venues all within a stone's throw of each other to host the curling the skating and the ice hockey and this is the jew. in the crime the bolshoi i studied. the past arena was used for a spectacular skating show i was part of the countdown celebrations and in a year's time it will host the olympic ice hockey finals in the sheeny subtropical like ation the slogan for thought she twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because the limbic park is them by the black sea coast here i'm cool because all the alpine events or take place alone just forty kilometers away. progress is rapid that there was a resort has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of alpine skiing biathlon cross country courses have also been created along with the bobsled track and

a road and rail league for the last spectators to get from the mountains to the coast in just three minutes sochi itself has undergone massive upheaval as kilometers of road am rail lines are put in place a new hotels are built but the mayor believes the region will reap the benefits for years to come our residents are aware of the conditions they have to face during changes especially in the disconnect we certainly have many inconveniences because there's not a single street in sochi without renovation going on the roads are regularly dug up which causes traffic jams all the time however the residents are aware that it's necessary for their future those brilliant future. then has been overhauled in just six years but the transformation easel most complete in the black sea resort believes it can and will deliver the games to remember this time next year andrew farmer. softly. there limp experience even reached the new yorker this

week as un chief ban ki moon joined the celebrations at the organizations headquarters and just those action lovers among you who don't want to miss the game state is already on sale and now available online. there could be a clampdown on online privacy in the u.k. that's if the government has its way and you just feel all snoopers charter as the thing that would let authorities check people's internet and mobile phone use is in the name of national security but there are serious concerns that it's a step too far executive director of the open rights group jim kill out says if the bills introduced the government could get its hands on any information it wants. to

snoopers charters a bill that would allow the government to collect data about everybody online and into data mining that data so it's not just about the guilty it is not just about records being kept is not just about serious people serious criminals who need to be tracked is a right the potential of anybody in law enforcement to get hold of any information about anybody just about anything that you do would be detectable through the information trails you need we need the home office of publish detailed proposals so that we can see whether they're in any way workable what the damage would be and have a proper serious debate about those proposals. so are people wrong to think of these proposed laws as a serious invasion of privacy. it's completely absurd to think that there should be this new form of communications that should somehow be

exempt from these sorts of measures go online and to argue dot com to get both sides of the story and to vote on what do you think the consequences of this meet this chart to beat. the syrian capital damascus this week saw some of the heaviest fighting in months as rebels advance on government strongholds the latest battles where over control of a key highway leading north by the opposition forces they've also see several army checkpoints moving within the mile of the heart of the capital the rebels say they're preparing for a decisive assault on damascus that a satisfactory result is unlikely even if this push that sees in toppling the president says a doctor and the mohammad from syria website. i mean it's just like there was this will be lighter and the sun will be nicer ones different than it is now and that's not really you know if he cannot actually control victims and

they try even when the you do this list to. pass it on it's black lives with another of defending it because they know they're going to control it should we only be able to do the work its founder and main financing. entity will ask them to do it and if they don't do that they will lose this financing with the support so they have to do this in the same time they don't know how to hold and they cannot because they are not united and they don't have the same if you will so it's a big mess and the west would like to see this big mess fall in the country. your financial state your sex life and personal relationships apparently all that information is relevant to us national security according to the cia thousands of people in america have to answer very interesting as well taking obligate re polygraph tests every year are just worried about ny and looked into the story. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as

a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some strong opinions about the nation's lie detector policy too many honest people are too many people who should be passing their tests aren't and i and there's no there's no accountability for that. last year more than seventy three thousand americans were reportedly required to undergo polygraph tests in order to get or keep jobs with the federal government according to an investigation by mcclatchy newspapers a growing number of u.s. agencies are asking employees and applicants intimate questions that extend way beyond the realm of national security probing matters such as sexual conduct financial matters and past personal relationships a woman was pressured to talk about her experience being molested as

a child and when the polar bear for said that he refused to go on with the interrogation he alleges that he was pressured to go back and continue interrogating our scientists found that polygraphs aren't reliable enough to prevent innocent people from failing and deceptive candidates from passing i think it's important to understand that the polygraph is not just. for screening it's an interrogation tool lisa ribicoff is an independent polygraph examiner and investigator who uses the polygraph program designed by homeland security she contends that it's ninety eight percent accurate i do think that there are some questions pertaining to some emotional aspects and personal situations should not be included but i do understand why they're included on the basis of that the government needs to see how exactly what their breaking point is however applicants who are denied a coveted position after failing up. holograph are prohibited from accessing the

records of their interrogation and are often barred from contesting the results were filing complaints in federal court in two thousand and four the cia veteran who conducted lie detector interrogations for thirty one years failed his own screening there was absolutely no question in my mind the test was rigged. was a terrible test sullivan lost his security clearance and was denied a job with a federal contracting agency he claims his examiner falsified the results possible retribution for solving his book detailing america's polygraph system the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or accountability meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of national security bring up or nine part.