Erstellt am: 23. 12. 2011 - 08:59 Uhr

The violent Arab Winter; the Euro Crisis & Security

Reality Check today: a fourth day of clashes in Egypt; the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; how European militaries are responding to the Euro Crisis.

APA

An Egyptian walks next to wall graffiti and the word reading in Arabic 'revolution' in Cairo. Photo: MOHAMED OMAR/ EPA

Egypt

The Egyptian revolution seems to turning increasingly sour, with the fourth day of violence in a row and a death toll since Friday of 13. The military are turning on the media, confiscating cameras from teams trying to film from apartments around Tahrir Square. But pictures of the violence, in particular the kind perpetrated against women, are getting out and causing an impact. An update from Karim El Gawhary in Cairo

Syria

There are accounts of more bloodshed in Syria with army deserters being massacred as they try to flee their base. Meanwhile an advance team of observers from the Arab League is preparing to travel to Syria for a mission that the Syrian government agreed to this week. Riem Higazi speaks to Mousab Azzawi of the London based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Euro Crisis and Security

While European politicians grapple with the Eurozone crisis, the military men are quietly drawing up plans for what to do if security breaks down. Major Charles Haymann says that would be a worst case scenario and isn’t likely but military strategy is always to be prepared

Black Hole

Astronomers have discovered that a gas cloud in our galaxy is being sucked into a black hole and for the first time scientists are able to observe what happens when matter gets close to a black hole. An interview with Stefan Gillessan of the Max-Plank Institute for Extra-terrestrial Physics

Tim Minchin

The British-Australian performer best known in the UK for provocative comedy songwriting has now co-written a family musical based on Roald Dahl’s novel “Matilda”