egypt is set for more protests from the opposition who threatened to storm the presidential palace and for a show of anger against the country's leader mohamed morsi. and earlier in the week similar scenes of chaos and violence could be seen on the streets of tunisia where the assassination of a prominent opposition figure ignited for so long the rest of the people blaming the islamist government for betraying the arab spring uprising. protests and cast calls confront a hopeful john brennan at a confirmation hearing i mean fears of where the architect of the targeted assassination program could take america's spy bureau. and russia countdown to the twenty fourteen winter olympics the games promised to be pretty unique and expensive with a huge overspend already costing a.q. organizer his job.

that evening on lucy catherine over here watching the weekly here on our team egypt's opposition groups are gearing up for more mass rallies against president morsy with the some even threatening to storm the presidential palace the protesters are demanding that morsi uphold the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago and what's increasingly becoming a similar scenario meanwhile an egyptian court has ordered the government to block the video sharing web site you tube in the country for an entire month so i think anti islam content those are true of ports the decision is only likely to inflame tensions as the of unrest continues. there's been a lot of condemnation of the by protest movements to see you cheap 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 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 opposition forces to be killed and a muslim cleric speaking to an egyptian channel justifying insects more 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 said 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 of dignity 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're pushed back by take us and water cannons and so bloody of violence in the in the governor with that's in couple

shake as well as violent clashes and. we have more protests some horizon with further expected violence we don't see this finishing anytime soon egyptian journalist and blogger while eskandar says many people in the country feel their freedoms are being cut back by president morsi and his allies but the muslim brotherhood right now is trying to do is restore autocratic rule and much like or. governing and i think the way the political actors see it is that mubarak was not ruthless enough and did not sign down on three times 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 of the 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 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 region did not die the symbols just changed we just have new people following the same rules. egypt wasn't the only arab spring country that plunged into turmoil this week a wave of violent protests have swept through tunisia following the assassination of a secular opposition leader dozens were injured and more than three hundred people detained during the rally which ended with anti-government demonstrators clashing with the police or desire for those who has been following the dramatic developments in the tunisian capital forty eight year old lawyer shockley ability to criticize the islam is to government for creating and really just state in tunisia and burying democracy now belied is dead but his ideas are not. the country's been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika how to

chone says it's been a year and a half 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 unable to protect its citizens to leave the. city with. some crime because billowy 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 accuse you of 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 of and you have to continue to get an eye test if they were not alive to do that police used tear gas immediately in such a case such

a siege is packed with people but slogans we're hearing are completely different. carry an 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 men didn't prove that people support and believe our party. or. 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 cruz and anxiety over possible for the split and fears are growing that the

political divisions may lead to even more victims always threaten to another guy from the opposition was attacked at the funerals i don't want to panic and exploit that person but there is a list of people those who fight for the revolutions principles liberty democracy dignity we're all in danger two years ago tunisia became the first nation to have an arab spring revolution which 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 noticed that has been moved 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.

t. g.'s. warmer air freshener still in tunisia and she's here bring us up to date with the latest on her twitter feed from there one of her most recent portrayer post reports on the political crisis in the country saying the prime minister still aiming to reshuffle the government of spite defiance relies on party that's promising to resign at the new cabinet isn't approved. president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced a senate confirmation hearing this week while lawmakers generally gave for john brennan is a right according to some members of the public did not. the session was interrupted several times by protesters against brennan as the driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists both american and foreign citizens as unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after the chairman ordered protesters to be

removed lawmakers question a ban on torture and shortcomings though seemed reluctant to challenge him and his answers scholar and author calling the cave wall says that given bread and views this confirmation it could set a troubling precedent. this is a complete our constitutional rights. and equal protection. and yet within minutes relation is doing here is they're usurping the. mind of just american citizens and so we can be judged jury and executioner we can do you know american citizens abroad without them having the. court we can say they aren't yours and we can get. dangerous this is wonderful and you look like ministrations we can determine who are the jurors and that means go anywhere. without

any trial without any publicity and that is a very dangerous precedent. john boehner is now up for a closed door hearing to iron out sensitive technicalities but the debate is already brewing about what direction he could take the cia sorties going to explains. 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 in their revolutionizing north america by allowing us to see and q. 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 touting 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 this young man in pakistan 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 as to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the us justice department suggests 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 kill the spite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote from. they're setting up new drum bases across the world has redefined war three intervention and he made the case that the war powers act didn't apply 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 queening 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 demonstrations 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. 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. the e.u. is under pressure for appointing a highly expensive attack against those who criticize the block on social media later this hour we take a look at why some say the measure could have violates the main principles of the european parliament also for a new u.k. government looks to expand its own citizens internet activity and mobile phone use saying the step could be crucial for national security that and more stay with us.

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welcome back all this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems unmoved by the crowd says it's committed to belt tightening measures that it struggles to dig the country out of its debt hole that a message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of ireland where thousands united in

a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to please ireland's creditors it's been relying on a joint international monetary fund loans since twenty. and then great crowds have been spoiling the mood of e.u. leaders as they celebrate a historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever it was sealed after hours of debates and bickering over the deal left the european parliament on impressed with its m.p.'s now planning to block it in a private vote economist james medway weighs in. constitutionally the well within their rights to reject the thing and send it back and have another go at writing this no whether they actually do that will probably depend on the fine print of the budget already reserved for you polly to said he would be able to support the steel in the heads of one of the major groups in the parliament the socialist group said that they were likely to be supported 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 no 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 two 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 discourses over the fact of course that he would have got anywhere in this without the support of the angle of 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. until on the other international headlines in brief now. a multibillion dollar missile defense shield that the u.s. is the playing in eastern europe may not be able to protect america from possible strikes from iran serious flaws in the system were of yield in studies that depends

department prepared for a congressional briefing russia has long been critical of the missile shield close to its borders that the u.s. insists is aimed strictly at preventing attacks from iran and north korea. and the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen an investigation into the dismissal of a police officer who is now on the run suspected of murder officials will look into the future to allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired. thousand and nine he is now wanted for allegedly killing three people after posting a manifesto online police said that he may have already target others have less. affected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a roadside attack in thailand we say a car bomb was detonated as a truck carrying the troops by the attackers that opened fire on the soldiers now security forces are frequently ambush in the rest of south where attacks have

claimed more than five thousand lives since two thousand and four. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly were buffered by president obama russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria italia churkin exclusive interview is coming our way later in the program but here is a quick look but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know about various terrorist groups were coming in the radical islamists so we're we're we're active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will draw your own force completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely

powerful country definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly the main source of weapons support for for armed opposition so the further they simply see themselves doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is happening in the. well privacy in the u.k. could be compromised if the government pushes on with its plans to spy on citizens' online document described as a snowbird charter would allow authorities to track people's internet activity and mobile phone use and the government explains that the bill was crucial for national security but the draft proposal has sparked fears among britons that's believe as some believe the monitoring of personal data is simply a step too far jim killer of the open rights groups thinks they'll be no place

beyond the reach of the state snoopers chances a bill that would allow the government to collect data about everybody online and data mining that data so it's not just about the guilty it's not just about records being kept it's not just about serious people serious criminals who need to be tracked is about the potential of illegal to use more important to get hold of any information about anybody just about anything that you do would be detectable through the information trails you leave we leave the home office of publish detailed proposals so that we can see whether there is a way workable what the damage would be and have a proper serious debate about values proposals so are people right to think these proposed laws as a serious prior invasion of privacy and go to our website and have your say and what you think would happen if the government about just a push the charger through. what looked like a distant

a limb big dream for russians has now become a very close reality account i was kicked off across the country marking one year before russia hosts its first ever winter games but celebrations and praise for the unique the syllabi built from scratch went hand in hand with harsh criticism for overspending and missed deadlines or days andrew former reports 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 picturing 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 hosted test competitions all hotels and limpid 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 us what's the overall but it was your initial we were assessing the amount of the long story 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 committing fifty billion dollars the sochi games will be the most expensive in in history they have cost ten times more than the

last winter games in vancouver and ten billion dollars more than the ferry she knew 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 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 crime the bolshoi i stuck. the bass to reno was she strikes spectacular skating show i was part of the countdown celebrations and in a year's time it will how you speak and then the ice hockey final in the she so tropical like the slogan for thought she twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because they didn't pick pockets than by the blacks in case their i'm cold because all the alpine events were tight places 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 bob sleigh track and a road a really well and i spectators to get from the mountains to the coast in just a few minutes so she itself has undergone massive upheaval as kilometers of road am rail lines that put in place a new hotel it's all 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 which causes traffic jams all the time however the residents are aware that it's necessary for their future brilliant future. then has been overhauled in just six years but the transformation most complete and the black sea resort believes it can

and will deliver the games to remember this time next year andrew farmer. soft chief. spirit also reached new york this week where un chains bunky moon joined the celebrations at the organization's headquarters for those of you who want to see the sochi games in person tickets are already on sale and available on line. an in-depth look at the occupy wall street movement after the break right here on r.k. . 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.