egypt is set for more protests from the opposition they threaten to storm the presidential palace and a fresh of anger against the country's leader mohamed morsi. there in the week similar scenes of chaos and violence could be seen on the streets of tunisia and the assassination of a prominent opposition figure it out bursts of public unrest people blaming the islamist government for the train the values of the arab spring uprising. protests and catcalls confront cia hopeful john brennan at a confirmation hearing and fears of where the architect of the targeted assassination program could take america. and russia counts down to the twenty fourteen winter olympics games promised to be the most unique and the most expensive in history and huge overspend already costing a key organizer his job.

last two days here in moscow this is artie's weekly. egypt's supposition groups are gearing up for more mass rallies against president mercy some threatening to storm the presidential palace the protest is a demanding that see up holes the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago and what's increasingly becoming a similar scenario in one of the gyptian quarters or the government to block the video sharing web site you tube in the country for a month citing anti islam content was artie's both reports the decision is to inflame tensions as the unrest continues. there's been a lot of condemnation of the by protest movement who 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 mind zation of egypt there's been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling opposition forces to be killed and a muslim cleric speaking to the ships in china justifying insects mob attacks on egyptian protesters in tahrir square you have a very restive country here in egypt in the last few weeks especially since the second anniversary of the january twenty five revolution when thousands gathered in the streets of egypt complaining that their president had mostly have not made key changes in demands of the revolution friday we saw more protests as part of friday's day and security thousands of protesters gathered across the main rallying points in this in the country which devolved into clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in the capital here by the presidential palace when groups talk to the building with molotov they were pushed back 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. we're just journalist and blogger one of so as many people in the country feel their freedoms are being cut back by a person and these are lies. but 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 barak was not ruthless enough and did not climb down on freedoms enough to sustain israel 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 where we're going to see more waves of protests and we're going to see more violence because if you look at the situation in egypt the regime did not die the symbols just changed we just have new people following the same rules. leadership wasn't the only arab spring country plunged into turmoil this week the wave of violent protests have swept through tunis in four in the assassination of a second opposition leader dozens were injured in that moment three hundred people detained during their rallies which ended with anti-government demonstrators clashing with police. has been following the dramatic developments in the tunisian capital forty eight year old lawyer shockley belied criticize the islamist government for creating and really just state in tunisia and burying democracy now delight is dead but his ideas are not an easy of. the country's been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika how to chone says it's been

a year in a huff but we didn't see any progress the death of all come right becomes the last straw. anger moved to the streets with protesters demanding the authorities and mabel to protect its citizens to leave the. city with. some crime because below he was a symbol of dignity and a symbol of the defense of the country this is a political assassination and that means the violence is not over because your people can use yeah the interior ministry said that one million and they have joined the ceremony that turned into a political manifestation people said that if the crowd reached the city center it would have been the last day of the government. as your attend the funeral of shockey belayed on friday after the seventy try to make their way to the city is made and you have to continue and seek i didn't protest but they were not allowed to do that police used tear gas immediately was such a such

a siege is packed with people but slogans we're hearing are completely different. carrion islamist flags people masterly in support of the ruling and not a party the local branch of the muslim brotherhood police were at the scene to protest and demonstrators this time this reverse gathering didn't pull more than five thousand participants but the government used this to illustrate that their position was still strong looking at the big man that proved that people support and believe our party. over but. they try to say face but don't have the choice they lost credibility and have no choice but to dissolve the government which is by de facto dissolved already. standing on the brink of a political crisis prime minister proposed to form a new cabinet consisting of neutral politicians his own party rejected the plan and

christenings idea of a possible further this plate and fears are growing that the political divisions may lead to even more victims because i was threaten to another guy from the opposition was attacked at the funerals i don't want to panic and x.y.z. that person but there is a list of people those who fight for the revolutions principles liberty democracy dignity we're all in danger do years ago tunisia became the first nation to have an arab spring revolution and it has been hailed as a success story praised for the minimal violence and turmoil but as we watch the country face a political implosion it may be only now that this brain that has been wound up tightly it's been sprung for three days clashes between police and protesters shook the country leaving many injured and cars burnt out across the city but it all finished as quickly as it started just hours later the capital looks empty and come and the loudest noise here at the moment is sound of birds twittering.

easier hear maria is still in tunisia and she's keeping us up to date with the latest from there via her twitter feed and the most recent post reports on the political crisis in the country saying the prime minister is still aiming to reshuffle the government despite defiance from isn't party is promising to resign if the new cabinet is not approved. of president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while lawmakers generally gave john brennan an easy ride some members of the public did not and the session was interrupted several times by protesters against britain. driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations the rights activists claim use of drones against suspected terrorists both american and foreign citizens is on norful and

needs to a high number of civilian casualties off the chairman or the protesters to be removed don't make his question the brennan on torture and cia shortcomings they seemed reluctant to challenge him on his own says scott a north korean cavill sense that given brennan's views this confirmation could set a troubling precedent. and this is a complete denial our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process of war and equal protection of the law and yet with the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizens and saying that we can be judged jury and executioner we can do you know american citizens abroad without them having their court we can say they are yours and we can kill them and the danger of this is when you look at ministrations we can determine who are

the jurors then that means they go anywhere any american citizen. without any without any problems and that is a very dangerous precedent. john brennan is now up for a closed door hearing to iron out sensitive technicalities but debate is already brewing about want to reckon he could take the cia is what he's going to check on experience. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers and 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 in their revolutionizing north america by allowing us to see and kill from half 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 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 the numbers should not come as a surprise considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo uncredited assassinations on the us justice department suggest the us government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america somebody

a us citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed the spite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote can. warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war. he made the case that the war powers act 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 john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war counts the new opportunities for the us

to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason the targeted strikes can be a wise choice to teach it 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. worry you is under pressure for expensive time against those who criticize the social media. take a look at why some say that could violate principles of the european parliament.

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. welcome back now this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger of education cuts but the government seems unmoved by the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig the country out of its debt hole the message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of island where thousands united a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to these are inscribed it is has been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund loan since twenty ten. crowds have been spoiling the mood of even leaders as they celebrate an historic budget deal cutting the blocks training for the first time ever it was sealed after hours of debates and bickering

described by some as a bizarre with a deal left the european parliament unimpressed that simply is now planning to block it in a secret vote economist james medway weighs in. constitutionally they're well within their rights to reject the thing and send it back and have another go at writing this now whether they actually do that will probably depend on the fine print in the budget or already present parliament to said he would be able to support the steel and the heads of one of the major groups in the parliament the socialist group said they're unlikely to support it so it's going to be a rocky ride i think this budget over the next few months cameron's right to talk about this being like a reduction in a credit card limits and of course you can have your credit card limit reduced and still spend carry on spending more money now that's almost certainly what's going to happen to britain over the next few years the amounts that britain is expected to pay into the main e.u. fund will increase as a result of increased payments to

a new member countries so he's going to pretend that this will show how britain can still be a force in europe how we can push the rest of europe around this glosses over the fact of course that he would have got anywhere in this without the support of angular merkel in particular so he can he can try to push that line that you know he knows what he's doing to europe and that we don't need to go so far as to step out of the european union but i wouldn't see the more euro skeptic members of his own party being particularly impressed by any of this. what are some other world headlines in brief. the multi-billion dollar missile defense shield that the u.s. is deploying in eastern europe will be able to protect america from possible strikes and run serious flaws in the system were revealed in studies the defense department and for congressional briefing russia has long been critical of the midst of close to its borders u.s. insists is aimed strictly preventing attacks from iran and north korea. in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen investigation to dismiss

a little this officer is now on the run suspected of how the officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for that really killing three people after posting a manifesto online so he has forty targets on his hit list. expected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a roadside attack and that they say a car bomb was detonated truck bring the troops. attackers then opened fire on the soldiers security forces are frequently ambushed in the rest of self attacks of claimed more than five thousand lives since two thousand and four. battles have erupted between government troops and it's honest militants in mali's northern city of gal the area was retaken from rebels by french forces a fortnight ago and here the city was rocked by two suicide bombings although only

the bombers themselves were killed in the attacks there to survive it says feeling fears of a jihadist insurgency from the french led military operation francaise its campaign in mind is almost complete of the rebels were pushed from their positions into the desert two weeks ago which are not wind from the paris institute of democracy in cooperation with the mali intervention could be part of a wider campaign western domination of africa. and the two main factors in this are france's own desire to strengthen the her role on the international stage in particular piece of you know european partners and also the american strict egypt plans for africa it's important to know that america which strongly supports france in this mali and intervention has plans for establishing a military presence in the military control over the whole of the african continent some people speculated that used the phrase that this was america leading from

behind that america decided to put forward its european allies to do as it were it's just the securing of energy resources is one of the key factors behind many if not most political developments today and that's why i say that the of course the issue of hydrocarbons and uranium and other energy sources is a key and may even be the decisive factor. what looked like a distant olympic dream for russians has now become a very close reality the countdown has kicked off across the country marking one year before russia hosts its first ever winter games celebrations and praise for the unique facilities built from scratch went hand in hand with harsh criticism for overspending and missteps lines what is under far more reports now from sochi. fireworks lit up the sochi sky this week marking exactly a year to go before the winter games begin since two thousand and seven piece by

piece the city has been putting its elim featuring together in 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 host of test competitions all hotels in the olympic villages are in the final phase of construction being referred to and furnished the show jewels to open in the autumn we plan to complete construction long before the end of the year said 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 are the costs of this whole facility costing what's the overall.

initially we were assessing the amount of. what's a rough estimate. this initial price of one point two billion now it's a. 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 committee at fifty billion dollars the sochi games will be the most expensive in nearly history they have cost ten times more than the last winter games in vancouver and ten million dollars more than if she knew somebody gains 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 pennies all within a stone's throw of each other to host the curling the skating and the ice hockey and this is the. in the qur'an the bolshoi i stuck. the bass to reno was she strike spectacular skating show i was part of the

countdown celebrations and in a year's time it will house the and in the ice hockey final in d.c. me so tropical like ation the slogan for thought she twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because they don't pick pockets them by their backs in case their i'm cold because all the alpine events or take place alone just forty kilometers away i can . progress is rapid up that there was a poor result has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of alpine skiing by athlone in cross country courses have also been created along with the bob sleigh track and the road to really well and i spectators to get from the mountains to the coast in just a few minutes sochi itself has undergone massive upheaval as calamities of road am rail lines are put in place a new hotels are built but the man 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 on the disc and we certainly have many inconveniences because there's not a single street in sochi without renovation going on the roads are regularly dug up there but 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 complete in the black sea resort believes it can and will deliver the games to remember this time next year andrew farmer. softy. well you don't pick spirit and anticipation also reached new york this week where u.n. chief ban ki moon joined the celebrations at the organizations headquarters and just to remind those actions of his amongst you who want to see the sochi games in person tickets are already on sale and available online.

now it's time for our special report gaming for life. saudi arabia has ordered its retailers to construct one point six meter tall barriers in the middle of their stores a rather unusual demand is that something related to everyone's favorite buzzword terrorism no it is to keep male and female coworkers separate saudi arabia is pretty infamous in the west for its laws regarding the sexes and their segregation activists always want to go to other countries to convince them to adopt western

attitudes that deep down in their hearts they secretly want but often they miss things like the fact that it was saudi women who ask for the segregation feeling uncomfortable while buying products from men according to a.f.p. you know some people in countries like saudi arabia or north korea might actually like living a radically different lifestyle and even if they don't like living that way well it is their job to fix it not by some sort of western intervention when i want to live in either of those countries not really do i want to live in a country with the saudi arabian concept of gender no not really but part of having freedom of choice means being able to choose things that i may think are backwards or illogical you know let them have the walls in the stores if they want western civilization you know if it's truly the end all of human evolution then they'll take those walls down eventually on their own but that's just my opinion.