welcome back today's news under review of the week on r.t. people in the water in syria choosing their new constitution to intentionally end five decades of one party rule referendum comes amid ongoing violence position trying to boycott the ballots. sixteen u.s. intelligence agencies agree there is no evidence turnarounds building nuclear weapons but israel increases the pressure the continued threats of which to strike its phone calls from washington and london to allow new sanctions time to work. and the eurozone tightens its belt greece is saved from the brink of collapse that even approves the new bailout of the cost of a massive new wave of cuts all students in spain lash out against their own lack of funding. now the very latest in gadgets and gizmos for the home it's technology update. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're taking a look at a topic that hits well close to home in russia many innovations in terms of new building materials have come from the country's tiny tech leader. and at an exhibition in moscow recently t

today's news on or a few of the week on r.t. people in war torn syria are choosing their new constitution to potentially end five decades of one party rule referendum comes amid ongoing violence with the opposition trying to boycott the ballot. sixteen u.s. intelligence agencies are agree there is no evidence tehran is building nuclear weapons but israel increases the pressure with continued threats of a military strike responded to calls from washington and london to allow the new sanctions more time to work. on the eurozone tightens its belt greece is safe from the brink of collapse since the e.u. approves the new bailout the cost of a massive new wave of cuts for students in spain lash out against their own lack of funding. for the sports news now with. hello and welcome to the sports headlines here's what's coming up. blue is the color of manchester city big black bird three nailed to go five points clear at the top old chelsea clinched their first win in six in the english premier league. poles apart poland's are less going to adv

r.t. asks people in how they feel about their country's controversial nuclear program and hears from students who volunteer to do atomic research. also anonymous strikes again as hacktivism bring down several u.s. government websites in the latest protest against online sunset. is. the official delegation. from the. video. and. now in the palm of your. home. the u.s. defense secretary has hailed afghanistan's involvement in peace with the taliban president hamid karzai has confirmed u.s. and afghan efforts aren't legal cheating peace but artie's military contributor says karzai continues to avoid the real issues that prevent stability in the country. interview to a wall street journal was the most important public relations event for the president of afghanistan it was rather strange when mr karzai during this interview quoted unwittingly the former soviet president gorbachev referring to stand as the bleeding was in full display of political correctness mr karzai was careful this spared from answering two most important challenges facing afghanistan right now that is there rampant corruption

r.t. asks people in toronto how they feel about their country's controversial nuclear program and hears from students who do volunteer research on atomic research. and also anonymous strikes again as hacktivism bring down several u.s. government websites in the latest act of protest against online censorship. russia and china came under international fire when they refused to take sides in serious conflict and vetoed a u.n. security council resolution that's just the most recent example of the two standing largely on their own in the international arena is resident in new york went to ask people in the big apple whether the two countries should be feared and why. if you believe the news media you should fear china and russia this week let's talk about why if they wanted to china could wipe out the us in probably three minutes but anyone with an atomic bomb could true so why china in particular. chinese people are very dangerous why are they what is made you think bad have you ever been personally threatened by a chinese person no so why do you feel that way. they know kung fu i don't think w

r.t. the syrian people voting on a new constitution the most significant poll for forty years and the backdrop of violence plaguing the country since last march the opposition though is boycotting the vote or he's worried if it has the latest. but we've been hearing lots of alarming reports on possible terror attacks and provocations and strikes here in the capital damascus and everywhere in syria for that reason clearly security has been tightened up and police officers are literally everywhere we've seen many of them today patrolling the streets trying to watch the situation their position has indeed been boycotting the vote but not only that they've been calling actually on all people to go strive not to go cast ballots and to take to the streets to protest against president bashar assad and to ask for him to step down the violence is continuing in the country with reports on people dying in a literally every day but as for the vote actually it is progress thing we've been able to visit to polling stations here in the capital damascus and people there are people there are voters we've been

r.t. . cells and people have been running across russia to support prime minister putin as political course in his bid for presidency next month in the premier's native some petersburg some sixty thousand people gathered in the center of the city they chanted slogans and brandish russian flags and banners in support of putin a number of the city's prominent citizens also addressed the crowds demonstrators spoke out against social disorder and a revolution in the country saying they wanted the strong and stable xhosa the country also sore several mass rallies against the current leadership of the last december's parliamentary elections which protesters claimed were rigged tens of thousands are expected to gather again to call for further actions at the end of february. time now to talk to some other news making headlines around the world this hour police in senegal have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds of protesters the demonstrations were against the current president of the labor party running for a third term as head of state constitution and two stretches in office but a court

r.t. that gyptian people have already made it to. what you see is more or less pressures on the street. very much reflects the frustration of the protesters with the mismanagement or the management of the transitional period by the i think the supreme council is willing to be followed in the and but with very strict conditions conditions that ensure that it has reserved a means of power in terms of national security policy in terms of foreign policy in terms of legal and constitutional immunity for its leaders and in terms of the economic interests and the economic the budget that establishment owns during a meeting with a top u.s. military officer in cairo egypt's chief general the fan of the clampdown on u.s. and other non-governmental organizations the country's armed forces want to restrict the work of n.g.o.s and have ordered a probe into their conduct claiming some are working to destabilize the country or even off in their reports from cairo. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and they may want is why now the groups many which funded by washingt

r.t. talks to people in iran for their perspective on the country's controversial nuclear program and get an inside from iranian students who volunteered to carry out a nuclear research. activism bahrain were targeted with tear gas as they mark the first anniversary of a shia led uprising on tuesday despite promises of police reform last year just as before officers responded with force although this time many of the tactics and weapons came from bahrain but not from the. reports. tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests will crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned i want to britain's former top cops john yates used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he is there to oversee police reform the police have borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cans of tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to de

r.t. special report on peoples around the world forced to stand strong to preserve their culture amid political and often violent suppression of their aspirations for a separate homeland. sure my. feet. here's one of the largest rivers in the world the plan is to dam all the major tributaries of the amazon river. there will be immense pressure not only on ecological reserves but also on the communities and the territories that are used sustainably by indigenous people. meanwhile agribusiness is encroaching illegal logging is taking place and so the shingle basin is now at a crossroads and this is there's a resistance against this dam project that was going on for twenty years. who had gathered here to defend all waters as it on demand so right. to finish these energy will power and the big al-ameen in companies and on mining companies. well house and resources. the. the the. people due to the grief and anxiety that the indigenous people are suffering. i don't think this story will end well. there will be a lot of conflicts. why did we choose belmonte for a dam to work we need height and lots of

r.t. . while some people embrace the winter and all the frost filled with teas that come with it others like to hide and was staying in from the dark nights and zero temperatures. sleep and relaxation just like various animals that hibernate is an escape for many yes but still outside life carries on however cold the weather gets away from noisy traffic and the chaos of city center living reality checks can be a good thing. well it's fresh. in texas size that we need to skate this is a wrap up warm and venture outside. hello mahsud here now it seems every day that i get invited to various parties a lot of events by different organizations and people but i have to admit it just gets tiring after a while so i thought i want to travel outside the certain sense of come face to face with nature and explore the truth for someone so. bright white planescape so scientists know just the name james and breathtaking nature frozen in time just take a look at these beautiful sights. as the largest country in the world to see it in magnificent scenery people flock to this country each year to enjoy the in

r.t. the syrian people make the choice voting on a new constitution which would herald an end to fifty years of single party rule. thousands of people joined hands in a massive flash mob for fair elections were trying to the so-called moscow city center a week before the country chooses its president. and thousands march again in protest against education cuts in spain as the euro crisis tightens its grip around the med while greece breathes a sigh of relief as a much needed bailout gets approved. you are watching the weekly with me kevin zero in here on r t it's the round of profile top stories from the last seven days and first tonight syrians have been voting on a new constitution in the most significant poll for decades the opposition that refused to vote amid a backdrop of violence that's plagued the country since last march the first results are expected on monday. a report from damascus now. security has been tightened up and police officers are literally everywhere we've seen many of them today patrolling the streets trying to watch the situation there was issued and has indeed been

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of suspicious activity the government's expanding powers remain the biggest threat to the people security. r.t. new york. well some more news in brief for you in world update coming up open for a bus in northern pakistan killing eighteen and injuring seven the victims were from the country's minority community the ambush happened in a mountainous village in a district dominated by sunday tribes the taliban has claimed responsibility. for. an explosion at a chemical plant in northern china has left thirteen dead and forty others injured the blast nearby buildings and shattered windows and surrounding houses chambliss caused by the incident could be felt in several nearby villages the plant specialized making chemicals to fuel spice rockets. lee. bailey of sun police in riot gear cleared the occupy camp in london a high court with decent paul's cathedral site to be taken down twenty arrests were made as a protest to try to prevent bayless from moving in the demonstrators have been camped else since mid october and it was one of the larger surviving sides of the occupy movement against corporate

others unexplained are simply left out the media has gone from informing to misinforming the people and. r.t. new york earlier i spoke to wrest baker investigative journalist for who what why dot com and author of the book family of secrets he explained has risen in the reasoning on my he thinks the media's coverage of the syria crisis has been one sided take a look. it's even worse i think than the coverage of libya if that's possible and why do you say that well you know. we've been studying these things very very closely and we find a complete absence of journalistic due diligence essentially just to give you an example i'm looking at a piece from the new york times from today and they could extensively from an opposition group talking about how many people have been killed atrocities a military massacre of fifteen detainees cetera et cetera et cetera and then at the end it says these accounts could not be independently verified and that you have to ask the question well what is that worse certainly if the syrian government makes a claim i think those are treated with a real skepticism an

of suspicious activity the government's expanding powers remain the biggest threat to the people security. r.t. new york. all right in about five minutes time is the business news but for now the oxy world update some of the global headlines in brief will start with pakistan a gunman opened fire on a bus in the northern part of the country killing eighteen injuring seven the victims were from the country's minority shia community the happened in amount district dominated by sea. bready the taliban has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a chemical plant in northern china has left thirteen dead and about forty others injured the blast flattened nearby buildings and shattered windows and surrounding houses tremors caused by the incident could be felt in several nearby villages still on the scene rescue teams at work. and the police in riot gear have cleared the occupy camp in london came after the high court gave the go ahead to remove the protest outside the st paul's cathedral the twenty arrests were made the protesters tried to prevent us from taking down the encampments makeshift barr

r.t. brussels. tens of thousands of people have been running across russia to support prime minister putin's political course and his bid for presidency next month in the premier his native son petersburg some sixty thousand people gathered in the center of the city that he wanted slogans and brandished russian flags and banners in support of putin a number of the city's prominent citizens also addressed the crowds the demonstrators spoke out against social disorder and the revolution in the country saying they want to destroy and stable russia the country also saw several mass rallies against the current leadership after last december's parliamentary elections which protesters claim were eight tens of thousands are expected to gather again to call for fair elections at the end of february. turn out updates on some other news making the headlines around the world this hour in a world update police in senegal have to ghassan rubber bullets of crowds of protesters the demonstrations were against the current president running for a third term as head of state the constitution allows for only two stretche

taking libya's resources and giving it to the libyan people well on our website r.t. dot com you can find out how the shock waves of the arab spring are still being felt here was. something. where protesters took to the streets calling for democracy reforms we're confronted with a part of this crackdown. that also one life for you vandals with taste find out the security measures needed to protect boston as the west vending machines sell for that caviar touch of a part. of greece has fulfilled at the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but that cash injection may yet prove to be elusive question the final cuts on wednesday are committed to a written promise to stick by a steady after elections but that's still not enough for the e.u. which now wants financial moderators for the terms of the bailout are being followed or the greek president got on the spot pull us lashed out at the e.u. questioning what right countries like germany holland then fell and had to criticize greece british m.e.p. says it's all part of an

r.t. dot com. tens of thousands of people braved subzero temperatures to ensure their views on russia's politics are heard. protesters here came out in demand are fair elections ahead of next month's presidential elections i love the part of both good people gathered to voice their support for the current leadership. russia's foreign minister warns of chaos in international relations as he criticizes the resolution on syria promising a security council detail of the vote on saturday. and europeans demanded free internet people to flood the streets in protest against an anti being signed across the continent. costing lives twenty four hours a day your watching r.t. tens of thousands have gathered in moscow on saturday for a day of protests seen in the capital so far one group demanding fair elections marched through the central streets to square the scene of the sender's rally against the parliamentary election results others are ready to support the current leadership correspondent. jake agree saw the gatherings firsthand. despite the better of bone chilling cold temperatures here on bolotnaya squar

r.t. about the syrian conflict interview coming your way later this hour here's a preview. large crowds of people have taken to the streets of moscow today supporting opposing candidates in the upcoming race for the presidency several mass rallies happening in the capital in a spike of political activity ahead of next month's election it's going out artie's peter all are standing by in central moscow with more so here what kind of messages do these demonstrators want to get across. all thursday's been a day of political rallies across the russian capital the largest of those rallies has been taking place well just where i am right now at the lucia nicky stadium now this was a rally by the groups that want to see a lot of the of putin elected as the next president of russia the prime minister addressed the crowd to receive the raucous reception as he stepped on the stage from the tens of thousands inside the luzhniki stadium originally. this rally having fun to be held on many when the center of moscow right next to the kremlin however organizes say they expected around one hundred thousand people

r.t. brussels tens of thousands of people have been rallying across russia to back prime minister putin for the presidency next month in the capital thousands of supporters took to their cars and circled the city's gardening chanting slogans and brandishing a russian flags and banners while in the premier's native st petersburg some sixty thousand people gathered in the city center along with a number of prominent citizens who addressed the crowds r.t. if you got a piece going off as. the last few months we've seen a real jump in public activity with various kinds up around these markers and drive taking place across the entire country for example like this drive with the car owners and drivers gathering in central moscow on saturday many cars are decorated a lot of flags sometimes music and it will be nice and. really turning into so want to go on the road sometimes and resembles perhaps celebrations always successful game by the national hockey team but in fact this the drive has been organized in support of prime minister and presidential candidates like an important head off the upcomin

r.t. about the syrian conflict interview coming your way in the next hour here's a pretty. large crowds of people have taken to the moscow streets today supporting opposing candidates in the upcoming race for the presidency several mass rallies have been taking place in the capital in a spike of political activity ahead of next month's vote argues peter all of our reports from central moscow. well to say we're seeing a day of political rallies across small scone i'm here at what's the largest event taking place today this is all of the groups that want to see the plan to be approved be the next president of russia now this event taking place at the luzhniki stadium usually the home of a top flight football in fact russia's national team huge stadium in the center of the capital this is because well the organizers of this event said a one hundred thousand people could attend now thursday is a public holiday here in russia which you've got to explain why so many people have come out and they're having just come out and support a lot of me and putin also seeing events taking place by the supporters

r.t. some of russia's richest people they soon find themselves subject to a one off tax plan is a push and says a way must be found to close the subject of unfair privatization as in one thousand nine hundred he suggested tycoon took control of the country's resources to pay something back acknowledges that the process of privatization after the collapse of the soviet union was dishonest and there are one hundred fourteen billionaires in russia may have made their fortunes from commodities i say more of the softer steel magnates says pushes idea will be difficult to implement. but. it's very important to understand how this idea can be implemented in reality who should pay the tax current all news all the ones who privatized the assets back in the ninety's plus many large enterprises approach it was millions of people this issue must be addressed the question is though how exactly this can be done. the russian finance ministry says the move to increase taxes last year turned out to be the wrong decision even though wages rose and economy grew income tax take drop point three percent and de

people. well website r.t. dot com you can find out how the shock waves of the arab spring are still being felt a year old case of deja vu in bahrain where protesters who took to the streets one of the democracy reforms confronted with a harsh police crackdown. also online vandals with taste of the security measures needed to protect most please mr vending machines for coffee are. greece has fulfilled the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but that cash injection may yet prove to be elusive and i think push through final cut some wednesday and committed to a written promise to stick by austerity after elections that still enough for the new year now once financial monitors to ensure the terms of the bailout being followed the greek president in this. new questioning countries like germany holland in finland criticize greece and its m.e.p. national farrar says it's part of an effort to bring athens to heel. the e.u. is now doing it's trying to influence the o

r.t. and first voting has ended in syria tonight where people have been having this say on a new constitution in the most significant poll for decades it's thought turnout was high and the first results were expected on monday the opposition though refused to vote amid a backdrop of violence that's plagued the country since last march. reports from damascus. security has been tightened up and police officers are literally everywhere we've seen many of them today patrolling the streets trying to watch the situation there was issued and has indeed been boycotting the vote but not only that they've been calling actually on all people to go to strive not to go cast ballots and to take to the streets to protest against president bashar assad and to ask for him to step down the violence is continuing in the country with reports on people dying literally every day we've been able to visit to polling stations here in the capital damascus and people some of them have said that yes we know that there are armed groups in the countries who are trying to make provocations who are trying to prevent us from

people. today here on r.t. this is news is next with marina. hello and welcome to business here and i think al the price of flights to europe is about to get more expensive and efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions the block is imposing a new carbon tax on any carrier that flies inside or to the region and this is being strongly opposed by nearly every other major nation and his diplomats are currently meeting in moscow to discuss their response and business and it seems to fit in with erica is there for us. a trade is brewing in the skies over you like many conflicts before this is over both ideology and money. forty three nations including the largest economies in the world are fighting the lateral move to charger lines for carbon emissions the international air transport association which unites all major passenger and cargo airlines says the system isn't as it should be imposed globally not to region the airline industry already pays enormous taxes in europe we're supposed to be to cover the environment that's the airline perspective but

r.t. tens of thousands of people braved moscow's bitter cold to ensure their views on russia's politics are heard one group demanding fair elections marched through the streets and others rather than support of the current leadership. russia's foreign minister warns of chaos in international relations as he criticizes the resolution on syria promising a security council vote later on saturday. and europeans demand a free internet set to block the streets in protest against an anti piracy act to being signed across the continent. financial guru max kaiser discusses the theft of american assets wealth and jobs because the report is next. the report. the vapors. manx the vaporized and the. it's the american soap opera money from m.f. global feared gone nearly three months after m.f. global collapsed. officials hunting for an estimated one point two billion a missing customer money increasingly believe that much of it might never be recovered the finding so far suggests that a significant amount of the money could have been vaporized yeah it's vaporize there one point two billion may have been

r.t. dot com. dozens of people were injured in clashes outside egypt's parliament car on choose day where protesters gathered to demand an end to military rule they were stopped from reaching the doors of the building by supporters of the muslim brotherhood which holds the majority of seats dr yousef said i'm an intern chief of the christian would turn a newspaper in egypt told me earlier that he thinks incidents like this show the future of the country is still unclear. we are on the road map to the transition. yet christians and moderate muslims are concerned about how the coming months reveal because as we all know according to the constitutional amendments that took place last march joint committee will be formed from both floors in the parliament the shura council and the people's assembly and this committee will be our sign to write a new constitution. bearing in mind the make already entered majority of christians and moderate muslims are like skeptical about who will be represented in this committee and what will be the criteria of the coming constitution seen continuously reveals demonstrat

r.t. . if you. come across people about remind you we're talking about the under arrest in syria. and you can. go back to jim in a while in washington d.c. with the failed u.n. security council resolution jim what do you think the possibility is now on am very hypothetical again that we can we will see some kind of settlement on the ground instead of outside elements playing a role i mean does this give an impetus now i know the violence is horrific there but does it give it a new impetus to have the parties sit down somehow the russians are trying to mediate and we can see where that will go you know if there isn't hopefully i don't like to see an international solution with the use of force but telling the syrians that you have to start drawing lines and you have to start talking because every conflict is resolved with the gauche ations eventually. well i will make a prediction and i do think in this situation what's going to drive internal events within syria as opposed to the extra pressure syria is in libya. is kind of the end of the world nobody really cared about his regime he was very

people down and to win back a shred of credibility. here if you know. cairo. if you can stay with us here on r.t. in six minutes cross talk with people over for now though it's katie and the business. that welcome to the program well renowned scientists futurists have been as are in moscow discussing the russian economy and its prospects of becoming a global financial hub most of them believe russia has the results is to succeed but as marina culture of all reports not without reform. the auditorium was jam packed with business owners and experts hungry to get an outside view on russia's investment climate a walk can be done to improve it all the foreign specialists agreed on the one thing and that is that russia has a lot of potential but the problem is how to realize it more investors are online emerging economies like russia right now because they're seeing us the best place to support cash given the economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. at the moment of russia locks the global competitive edge and many of the russian experts here today said that the country has many internal problems whi