good morning from kevin owen here in moscow you're watching r.t. in our top story the violence in syria rages on seventy countries led by the u.s. are united in their efforts against a mask a spy agreed to step up sanctions the so-called friends of syria group also shown supporters of the assad regime who were invited to the meeting in tunisia and that's one of the reasons russia refused to return saying it cannot support a one sided approach to the crisis moscow wants a peace deal that involves both damascus and the opposition with no foreign pressure applied fighting between rebel forces and government troops is escalating with dozens reported killed on saturday ahead of a breakthrough poll in the country party's rif an ocean or is their. preparations for a national referendum are in full swing here in damascus on sunday people are expected to vote on the country's new constitution posters and banners calling on them to come and cast ballots out river where here in the capital and as far as the information minister has said for the first time it

hello is kevin owen here at r.t. tonight running a post tori's for the past seven days for you know when clicking on the top stories that the syrian people making the choice right now within the last hour voting on a new constitution which was heralded and to fifty years of single party rule polling closed after reportedly high turnout good results are expected on monday. souses have joined hands in a massive flash mob for fair elections here in russia the activists made a sixteen kilometer ring around moscow's city center a week before the country chooses its next president. and the un's atomic agency struggling to reach a conclusion about iran's nuclear weapons but the u.s. intelligence agencies agree there's no evidence that iran is building a bomb it's not stopping israel though from threatening a military attack on iran's nuclear sites. and sounds of students and teachers again march in anger at education cuts in spain as the euro crisis type lose its grip around the med greece is breathing a sigh of relief thou

a low it's certainly one pm here in moscow right now you're watching r t live with me kevin owen and our top story this friday night calls for tougher economic sanctions against syria are getting louder tonight at the friends of syria meeting currently being held in tunisia with the e.u. already preparing to freeze the syrian central bank assets next week it's among the new measures to cripple the assad regime being proposed by the u.s. and its allies as they gather there try to hammer out the syrian crisis let's get the latest now from our teeth from national is in damascus for us maria hi the meeting is not yet finished but we've already heard some strong statements coming out of that meeting what is being said bring us up to date if you would. well kevin indeed we are already hearing in a number of quite strong statements from other countries taking part in this meeting in tunisia the u.s. state hillary clinton has said that president bashar al assad will pay a high price for the violence against syrian people america has called for more economic sanctions against the regime and p

we could all do with a place like that to see if he is self right after a headline recap with me kevin owen here in moscow this early morning it's now coming to. a tell exactly one twenty six am. it's not going. well with. the piece of the looking glass at what will be the homes of the future where the walls might just be smarter than the residence every day trash protects you from the elements outside and the whole system works to save you. we shine the spotlight on the leaders of building projects all around russia technology i'm doing here on r.g.p. we've got to ensure. we have a war lords war criminals we have a lot of groups of the colors of the sluices all our views in the right you know for my mouth it was like when you had that knowledge that wasn't. the smadi when i was fourteen yes you can liberate other women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only effective social changes can be the afghans themselves afghan men and women we believe i'm going to stun them not to across. the patient it's up to the shop and construction to stop people in the obama administra

that's coming up next our recovery our top stories here in ten minutes mean time with me kevin owen before that r t heading to damascus next to discuss the ongoing political crisis in syria with alexei pushkov he's head of the russian foreign affairs committee. during your meeting with president assad you pointed out that russia supports only going to reform in syria and it goes as foreign intervention in syria's affairs will moscow stance remain a scene how would you comment on the recent statements by the secretary general of the arab league below a moscow and been shown signs that their position might. you know the most. obviously we're going to get off the statement made by the arab league's representative expresses nothing but his own opinion so far i see nothing that could make moscow in beijing change the firm stance on the issue expressed in the recent vote on the resolution on syria and so on in which they called for urging both sides of the conflict to stop using force rather than only the pro regime forces because i think we currently have every reason to believe the russian del

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eleven thirty pm moscow time i'm kevin owen with the top stories from r.t. a terrorist plot to kill vladimir putin after sunday's presidential election is being prevented by moscow and kiev two suspects arrested in ukraine of confessed to preparing. yes to reform the syrian people overwhelmingly approved a new constitution after voting on a landmark referendum for the e.u. stepping up the pressure with tough new sanctions on president assad's regime. iran's nuclear envoy tells us that his country is open to genuine u.n. inspections but accuses the i.a.e.a. of working for american embassy. was responding to the latest u.n. atomic watchdog report accusing iran of still not cooperate. and lawmakers in cash rich germany have voted to back a new rescue deal for greece despite worries it won't be enough to save the country some reading german m.p.'s are making fresh calls on greece to leave the euro zone . examines how the growth in oil prices is shifting the balance in the world economy these days it's right here on our. if you. want. a low end welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the price of

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very good evening from a kevin owen here in moscow tonight it's now just a little after eleven pm moscow time you're watching the weekly roundup of the top stories from the last seven days here at 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 s

i'm kevin owen here in moscow thanks a big with this tonight next our regular thursday night date with washington and the alone a show. i can with a lot of show we'll get the real headlines with none of the mercy or come alive in washington d.c. now tonight we're going to take a look at more details emerging from the a.p.'s investigation in the n.y.p.d. not only were they spying on muslim students but communities outside of new york as well so does this mean that their jurisdiction to spy on innocent people has no boundaries and the n.s.a. is claiming that anonymous might be a threat to power grids in the future but this is just more hype to make them sound dangerous and its reliance on drone use increases we have to think about where technology and robots will take us next what legal ethical social questions arise as we move into the future we're going to all that morphy tonight putting it this happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to me. today protests continue in afghanistan over the burning of korans at the u.s. run prison and considering that the u.s

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