r.t. sarah firth is following events. it's not some uncommon site so this stuff goes straight in the year that's been boxed by widespread protests but this time the rallies taking place in the wake of the corruption crackdown that's what the government the threats to prime minister. not just in the streets but from within using hasi the turnout for the demonstration was significantly smaller than that it seemed to some of them the last of the clashes break out between these protesters but other times been in power for such a long time has maintained control a lot of people said that a lot of good things to the country right now the royal family actually it has become very good for protests. in the summer very slow going i. don't know that this is. big enough to. be to publicly out to the protests the prime minister remains defiant and continued to blame the corruption probe well the foreign conspiracy and the second wave of detentions may still be possible that the time being if that look for means that the police the pro

r.t. sarah firth reports on the high price of addiction. they're the high risk high stakes gaming machines this in the u.k. betting industry more than a billion pounds each year for. a short fix of. a machine. and to comply. to one hundred every twenty seconds this is a twenty second repeat cycle every twenty seconds. three hundred passed by children my wife my job my self esteem. ok. the government's two thousand and five gambling act limited the number of high street betting shops are allowed to have to four machines now more recently in response to both public and political concern. has released a voluntary code of conduct aimed at encouraging socially responsible behavior but we've seen evidence of among some leading. everyone seems to be playing strictly by the rules inside this labrat says a glass petition it enables the store to carry not full but eight for the machines which are the ones. that you. are. in a statement about the store said this shop was a concept shop and there are no plans to open any further shops of this kind. in

r.t. sarah firth joined one. in the streets and pumps of edinburgh and the festive spirit is alive and well as the rudest and with the city's bars and hay tells filling up the holiday season provides a much needed boost for the local economy. was that. right it was the right way. the scottish new year is known as hogmanay and the celebrations held in the city of renowned around the world the being a hot ticket. basically we have the tradition is that you're go round the houses and you take your ticket but glass of whisky and some gold to keep you warm and whiskey to to have a drink and i think new year's eve was invented by the scots but it's not cause for celebration ambulance and police start it's a busy period and in edinburgh this year number of schemes have been put in place to try and provide support for the people here corson a little too mary safety zane's and to say called these buses will be an operation to try to take the strain off the local services the scottish ambulance service says the buses will

r.t. sarah firth has more. well it's the festive season that's a tendency one parts of london in the talks mean well so much about his coming down your chimney but about what's coming through your letter box how dismissive for them council has sent this message out to seventeen thousand homes warning people to pay their rent and asking them not to solve around christmas now the council has defended their actions saying that there's little forty six percent of the tenants in rents raise and that is the time of year when people will be spending less and this is a straightforward message is part of a hard hitting campaign but with the cost of living quite in the headlines in britain at the moment and others have branded this message disgusting we've been talking to some of the people who live in this part of london to find out what they think i think what the reaction is. i mean if you go to. looks like people are caught between a rock and. you know they want to enjoy christmas and play you run. more impressed wit

r.t. sarah firth joined one.in the streets and pumps of edinburgh and the festive spirit is alive and well. and with the city's bars that hotels filling up the holiday season provides a much needed boost to the local economy i was. i think. the better way. to scottish new year is natives hogmanay and the celebrations held in the city every now and around the world the big ticket the old ways just its way but basically we have the tradition is that you're go right to the houses and you take your ticket but glass of whisky and some cold cold to keep you warm and whisky too to have a drink and i think new year's eve was invented by the scots but it's not all calls for celebration ambulance and police stuff it's a busy period and in edinburgh this year the number of schemes to be pissin place to try and provide support for the people he posted a little team every safety sayings and t. say could these buses will be an operation to try to take the strain off the local services the scottish ambulance service says the bu

sarah firth r.t. edinburgh was. is coming up to twenty five past ten in the morning here in moscow and up next is writing this. the parliament of yemen has put forward a motion to ban drone attacks in the country the motion is now waiting approval by the president and it's probably impossible to enforce unless they could build a really big net or something is a bit strange that now after years of drone strikes in their country the parliament just wakes up to the fact their systems are getting blown up from the sky to be fair yemen doesn't have a ton of cash and i could see how having the well equipped and funded u.s. military to take care of the al qaeda problem for them for free could be really entice and i mean it must be scary to be a politician with lots of power hungry terrorists about this would be the first time in history that a stronger foreign power for a weaker states battles for them but the problem is that according to the huffington post a former u.s. state department official in yemen says that every

sarah firth r.t. edinburgh. well as the end of twenty thirteen approaches art is breaking the set looks back on the main events that shaped this year. the most inspiring international diplomacy stories of the year an agreement with the wrong and six world powers of the development of the country's nuclear program and while it's only a tentative six month agreement a warm relationship between iran and western powers is a much needed step toward stability in the middle east finally the most inspiring story of two thousand and thirteen has to be edward snowden in this courage to come forward and reveal an out of control and unconstitutional global spying machine infiltrating all of our lives has changed the world as a result of snowden's actions and we now have documented proof of just how severely the intelligence community has violated our fourth amendment rights and now we have the knowledge we need to fight back. more news in just over half an hour from now in the meantime as promised the media stand movie on t

sarah firth r.t. edinburgh. one of the most anticipated competitions at the winter olympics in sochi is the ice hockey tournament and what's definitely going to be key to the action is the parks well the brand new equipment has just been presented to the bolshoi on the black sea coast by a man who knows how to deal with one of those vladislav tretiak was named the best player of the twentieth century by the international ice hockey federation and he was in the host city sochi helping make sure everyone is ready to face off when the action starts. looking. good save as the end of twenty thirteen approaches artie's breaking the set looks back at the main events that shaped this year. the most inspiring international diplomacy stories of the year an agreement with the wrong and six world powers of the development of the country's nuclear program and while it's only a tentative six month agreement a warm relationship between iran and western powers is a much needed step toward stability in the middle east finally th

sarah firth r.t. edinburgh was. one of the most anticipated competitions at the forthcoming winter olympics in sochi is the hockey tournament and what's definitely going to be key to the action is the pucks which are being presented to the public by a man who even in his sixty's knows how to deal with them better than most. this is how he stands. like this i'm ready to shoot. i haven't lost it. it's impossible to score one trick. one as you can see ledger to go to the slot tretiak who won three and then pick torments in ten world championship medals is still in very good shape he was at the black sea resort helping make sure everything is ready for faceoff when the action starts including those pucks that the teams would have to get to know very well if they want to take a limited gold in february. more news in just over half an hour from now. is next with his latest attack on high flying financial sky that's after the short break when i want to. see street interesting. strategic. cover team of journalists trying to