theory is that the country, already in recession, it is being locked into a downward spiral. >> george galloway has one the election inflecting a sharp defeat on the labor party, will the constituency since 1974. mr. galloway representing the party that he said up, polled 18,341 votes, a majority of over 10,000. he said he had been a proud member of the labor party for more than three decades and calls for them to change their political direction. >> they must stop taking their supporters for granted. they must stop imagining that working people and poor people have no option but to support them. >> are correspondent says the results of this election is astonishing. >> this is an extraordinary result, not just his victory, but the margin of his victory. some beginning to say in and around the campus center that this was looking close. perhaps it would be close or a margin of victory. george galloway arrive shortly before midnight. categorically, i have one. clearly, he had a sense from his colleagues, activists, that things were looking good. from his perspective, they wear. 18,341 votes, and m

maverick politician george galloway claims 8 victory in the u.k. by-elections. >> arab leaders meeting in baghdad to assess the un-backed police plan. and the battle for democracy in burma. a shift in power. it is 9:00 in the morning in singapore. >> and it is 2:00 in the morning in london. broadcasting to yours in america and around the world, this is newsday. hello and welcome. spanish police have fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd during demonstrations backing a general strike. on friday, but reforms will be announced, adding to cuts that have already squeezed public services. spain is in its second recession and has the highest level of unemployment in the eu. >> the cry, and joined the general strike. spanish unions are angry over plants making it easy to hire and fire workers. protesters burned bins to block roads. in barcelona, rioters threw rocks at banks and started firing. -- and started fires. the police responded with rubber bullets. hundreds of thousands joined the demonstration in madrid tonight. spain is the country causing mos

in other news, the outspoken anti-work critic george galloway has won a by-election in the u.k. in a huge shock for the opposition labor parties. he won his seat for the majority of more than 10,000 votes. he is known for the strident opposition to the u.s.-led invasion to afghanistan and iraq. japan has officially ordered its military to shoot down in north korea rocket directly threatening japanese territory. p'yongyang is pushing ahead to use a rocket to launch a weather satellite. in eastern afghanistan, shot dead nine of his colleagues as they lie sleeping inside a checkpoint. his motives unclear. afghan officials blame the taliban. demonstrations are taking place across israel and the palestinian territories to mark the loss of arab lands to israel in 1976. these are the scenes live on the west bank. organizers said they wanted this process to be peaceful after friday prayers. there have been running battles, you can see, with security forces. tear gas has been fired. also, rocks thrown by demonstrators. let's go to john, who is on the non border.ba this is commemorated ev

well that was a very good question because here in britain we just had our radical m.p. a way to george galloway who was criticized for being supposedly a friend of dictators you know there are no if we got rid of friends of dictators or british house of commons and eventually you know one way we had david cameron going to saudi arabia the royal family is very close links to the british establishment the so it is despite that record you talked about and of course despite saudi arabia's involvement in bahrain in suppressing the document democracy movements and protests which will be taking place in the east you know the west has almost overworked the sody humanitarian agenda the question of civil rights inside saudi arabia what it's doing to its own people and what is done to the people of yemen bahrain and other countries around it because business is good with saudi arabia the lavish weapons on in return for revenues from oil trade they go to realize that elsewhere for hospitality and they come very very coarse connections and the british establishment in the american establishment never let hu

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