and i was hackers calling the u.s. public to stop the controversial cyber security act from passing through the senate claiming the bill is a blatant violation of privacy and civil liberties. unemployment in debt ridden spain hits new record high threatening to fuel public protests amid fears that lawful demonstrations will be mad by a brutal police response. and a string of blasts in ukraine that left more than twenty people injured challenges doherty's ability to tackle security issues out of the upcoming euro two thousand and twelve football championships. one pm the russian capital you're watching r.t. outcry from internet users over the controversial cyber security act to spill into

the streets the hacker group anonymous is hitting back in response to a bill by launching what it calls operation to fans phase two. we are calling upon the citizens of the united states to physically protest since by having passed the u.s. house of representatives on friday is now a step closer to becoming a law it's now heading to the senate as the white house continues to threaten a veto of the bill the act would allow internet companies to legally share sensitive user information with the american government a move critics say infringes on privacy and civil liberties journalese david seaman explains how this bill puts everyone at risk. here going after people before they've even committed anything that's illegal. in the case the adage that a moment where they added that now they can do this to protect children to protect minors this could be something is very does you know somebody who is seventeen years old if you have a cousin and he or she is seventeen. that's enough for the government to read

through all of your e-mails potentially all of your facebook messages every website you visit and do all of these things without telling you and b. without obtaining a warrant or getting any kind of court involvement full before hand they can just go on this fishing expedition and see everything you've ever done online and then take it from there it's just profoundly scary i don't have a problem with spying on bad guys i have a problem on spying on people who done nothing wrong and doing it in the name of protecting children and protecting us from cyber security threats that i'm not convinced are even real there are already a lot of mechanisms for the government to see what you know bad actors are up to online this is just a gross invasion of the everyday person's privacy and for what i don't understand what the tradeoff is here i don't understand what we gain as individuals in exchange for giving the government this free pass look through all of our activities like samuel from online magazine spike thinks the bill as one of the latest attempts by the u.s.

governments to limit the first amendment rights of its citizens. can anyone actually name a significant act of cyber terrorism that has happened in the west ever know because it never has done it's an imagined threat and it's an imagined threat which now threatens our freedom online i don't think this is about internet security i think it's about national security generally i think this act is more likely to be used to control and monitor efforts to organize terrorist attacks offline now the danger with that is that in america specifically we've recently had arrests of individuals for encouraging al-qaeda sympathies now that used to not be possible in. the american legal system because of the first amendment because of these recent cases there's a radical reinterpretation under way of the first amendment and more broadly free speech is position in american society so i don't think we should be concerned about those that small minority can let you know try and shut down master card for

another half an hour we should be concerned about the americans the american government will drive to control not just our freedom online but our freedom to publish ideas more widely. now web site r.t. dot com we've put together an extensive background on for you who supports it and what separates this bill from other cybersecurity acts all the answers available online and there you also find parties to encourage take on the issue. sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tombs mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only. well spain has plunged into what the government calls a crisis of huge proportions whether its jobless rate rising towards

a record one in four boasting the highest unemployment in europe the country's deficit and the deteriorating economic situation are only likely to be met with a backlash from angry spaniards but as jake agrees reports the more public frustration grows the harsher of the authorities response becomes. the spanish police forcibly arresting a student whose main crime filming what he interpreted to be police brutality. by the police as usual stopped a family of immigrants began to beat a nineteen year old woman i took my cell phone and started to film it is an action that he paid for. them what they made you know i was threatened with death beaten and locked up in a cell i was out of touch for thirty nine hours i was told i missed in prison for three years. you know cases of offices allegedly abusing their powers on the drawings for a long time such scenes have remained relatively unknown but now the spate of mass

demonstrations gripping spain bringing officer's actions to the forefront this crowd is not bringing the tails off now so that represents the problems facing the right seat. is that a message that feingold isn't going away if anything is increasing as it does so to the i called ations of police force out of sync despite popular anger levelled at austerity it's only recently there's been an apparent holiday and a response by police especially since the new conservative government took charge late last year in favor of protesters felt the strong arm of the lord valencia what started as peaceful demonstration was met with batons tear gas and rubber bullets i sure never said if we can't allow young men to be hit in the face while handcuffed because the only thing that slaps in the face here is democracy and then the anger within parliament foods on deaf ears at the top my daughter but of to the majority

of meetings in february we're not legal it means that there is no reason to institute proceedings against any policeman because he took it on but this is no isolated event over in barcelona after last month's general strike there yet more clashes with police arrested made that very few became public knowledge and as prime minister in spain there is an obsession to consume the crime statistic no one knows it except the governments yet and we always act according to police good advice raised on this we know whether to be. the last one out of on the receiving end of public outcry and more and more people on labeling the police as protect as a pumpkin a policy with offices increasingly accused of breaking the very laws they're supposed to uphold. to here greece madrid spain. and the us critics also claim just as really served when it comes to matters of police were tally a recent report by an international human rights group blames the persistent use of

tasers by officers for five hundred deaths in america over the past ten years tim cavanaugh the managing director of reason dot com says strict national guidelines are needed to protect the public from extreme police measures. there are questions about our situations that in the past might have been resolved by you know let's hang back and wait till this person comes down let's. pick them up at the next block. runs out of breath or something like that become situations where officers clearly move in and just try and take possession of a person in a way that they wouldn't have in the past we have a lot of video of that that is the big question of and we why do we have to have this kind of force against people who are not owner of the one of the people is a guy in san bernardino county named alan kept part this gentle guy that you know the whole community knew him as you know almost like

a forrest gump figure he was tasered to death he was tasered nineteen times by. you know there were probes in his flesh to prove it there's a civil case going on the officers were all excuse all he is accused of apparently and the police reports are so opaque that it's been very hard to figure it out but apparently all he did was honk at a sheriff who may or may not have cut him off in traffic having violent offenders afraid of them is fine i don't know that all of the population should necessarily be afraid of the police. so i have for this hour here in our t.v. the ongoing struggle for acceptance we talk to a community who returned to the land of the early ancestors in israel only to find their spiritual home was one of discrimination and social injustice. and with the russian family so big they can all fit into one picture and say the main problem they come across is remembering everyone's birthday. more than twenty

people remain in hospital after a series of explosions rock the crane see the troughs a total of thirty were injured one fourth consecutive blasts went off within an hour in public areas causing widespread panic this is specter terror attacks stoke fear not only among the locals but also abroad as the country prepares to host the euro two thousand and twelve football tournaments in june reports. for some residents of europe at all skin ukraine their regular tri majority through the city was cut short because of clear thought i just got up from my chair when i heard the explosion that those were smashed the windows shattered all i remember from when i got up there was smoke and dust everywhere and women were crying. i was selling tickets when it came out of nowhere i grabbed my knees trying to hold on with you when there was blood all over i got out sat down on a bench and blacked out it was a powerful blast trousers i was wearing were all covered in holes i couldn't see if

my legs were injured but it's not that it's a horror of previously unseen in ukraine's third largest city for homemade explosive devices hidden in trash cans detonated one after another a tram stops even doctors admitted they were startled to see so many senior injured . that we have been treating people mostly for shrapnel injuries to the back chest or face of it this is some of what we've removed from the patients audi's sadly one man's arm was almost completely ripped off from the blast and this is being on beaches with you after are unable to save it he is the most serious injuries of all the doctors were treating them with been for many hours the city was gripped by panic people stayed in their offices fearing more lost public transport was suspended cell phone connection was down twitter was flooded with messages of not four but ten explosions which proved to be mere speculation given the well

coordinated nature of the blast authorities had no doubt this was a terrorist attack. the system only it's another challenge for us for zero country so we're going to think of a proper response to it which will find a way to tackle it we'll have the best investigators working on this case ukraine is not known to have any terrorist. organizations operating on its soil in all of the oceans in the past were treated as an act of hooliganism by the authorities the timing of this attack just could not be warse not only the country is going through difficult political times with some already using the bloss to gain points but is also about to welcome many guests from a broach. the attacks are still being investigated but they already have very serious implications we are only forty days away from the start of the euro twentieth well football championship in ukraine and poland and the authorities are

now under severe pressure to reconcile the hundreds of thousands of football fans who will be coming here. reporting from kiev in ukraine. more pictures and video footage of the string of blasts in ukraine are available on our website had to r.t. dot com for the very latest details. there lies. possible.

u.s. secret service agents will have to tread carefully from now on after a sex scandal forced bosses to crack down on bad behavior the new conduct rules

were issued in the wake of accusations that american personnel brought prostitutes to their hotels during foreign trips among the allegations or juicy details involving agents and white house staff in the heart of the russian capital i just saw martin as more and this was a new restrictions. the new conduct rules include a list a ban on heavy drinking and agents have to stop drinking ten hours before the next go to work there's also a prohibition on visiting disreputable establishment or from bringing foreigners back to hotel rooms and chaperones will accompany agents on trips to keep them in line this all comes after twelve agents were suspended after reportedly bringing prostitutes back to their rooms in colombia ahead of the visit by president barack obama he called the agents in question knuckleheads and the congressional investigation into that incident has also been expanded to include another incident

in two thousand and eleven in el salvador of a similar nature all of this suggests that official comments that what happened in colombia was an aberration may indeed not be the case and it appears that here in moscow the scandal may have spread here as well on this central street it's famous for its entertainment venues bars and clubs and one club in particular may have become connected to this scandal the american newspaper the wall street journal quoted informed sources are saying that in june two thousand american secret service agents reportedly visited the hungry dark night club a very raucous place noted for its wild parties and i was ahead of the visit by then president bill clinton it became famous for its raucous nature of the hungry dark especially its ladies' night including a mass strip tease by nine hundred twenty women hungry duck closed in two thousand

and nine after years of problems with your fora tease but all of these stories are going to do little to calm the swirling storm of controversy around the u.s. secret service. now don't forget we're also covering all our stories online at r.t. dot com so let's look at what else is there for you right now. one of delicacy becomes fast food a black caviar eating contest has been held in the russian capital attracting crowds of foodies eager to participate. childish behavior u.s. security services closed down the entire airport after discovering that a baby wasn't scary in properly all the extraordinary details at r.t. dot com. now they consider themselves descendants of an ancient tribe in existence in the promised land for thousands of years however returning to home soil they have been

faced with government oppression and struggles to be properly recognized. her their story deep in israel's negative desired other women and so of an ancient people trying to build a modern homeland but these mostly black americans are not jews nor do they profess to be instead they call themselves african he is relights descendants of ancient israel we sang about the river jordan we didn't sing about mali or song timbuktu we sang about jericho jerusalem and canaan's land. and the songs were passed down through the generations born and brought up in the united states they believe that when the ancient jerusalem temple was destroyed by the romans their ancestors fled to east africa from where they were taken to america as slaves in one thousand nine hundred sixty six chicago steel worker ben-ami been used well had a vision that it was time to return home everyone is called according to their portion and our portion was you know to establish the kingdom of your and the

kingdom of your represents a new idea upon the planet and so been a me set forth with some four hundred people who much like moses in the bible spent two and a half years wondering in liberia before reaching the promised land when bellamy arrived here in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine just under half of those who had left america with him had managed to finish the journey this was to become their home here in the negev desert but successive israeli governments made their lives difficult because ironically while the country is founded on the so-called law of return these were tyrannies are not seen as jewish although many feel the issue runs deeper than that when you go into it the worst you have a problem with color. just a matter of course. and so these people of color are often dismissed by mainstream israeli society for years their children could not attend the local schools they had no healthcare they were marked for deportation but despite the obstacles and

the ongoing struggle for recognition they take point a tradition is we understand the dynamics of what is taking place there polygamous strict make sure everyone follows an exercise program and are big supporters of preventative health care we are an integral part of the state of israel this was the vehicle that was used to bring us to the problem. and it's here in the desert wasteland that the community has multiplied more than sixty fold since it first came to the native they say their intention is to be an example of peace and light to other nations and worship god not religion. dimona. taking a look at other news from around the world now in ukraine a trial for a pm an opposition leader yulia tymoshenko on fresh tax evasion charges has been delayed until late may the court ruled the case could not be heard in the absence of two shango who refuses to hand the trial citing health problems she's already serving a prison term for abuse of office on friday photos emerged of bruises on to

a chunk of the body which he says he received while in prison and earlier online video showing a woman thought to be the walking freely raised questions over her alleged ill health. i mean a satellite image appears to show north korea is preparing to test its nuclear capabilities earlier this month south korean officials reported the digging of a new tunnel near the north nuclear facility which led to believe. planning a third test north korea has already been condemned by the one security council for a failed long range rocket launch on april thirteenth and could face tougher sanctions if it goes ahead with another test it's unclear when did nation might take place. for me and government has collapsed following a no confidence vote the second to be unseated in the country in three months and it is sturdy policies and the country's president named a left wing opposition leader as the new prime minister it's subject to

parliamentary approval two years of cuts have led to widespread frustration and protests in recent months. at a steady measures lead to the fall of yet another european governments some are beginning to question if this is a global recession or something even worse a resident laurie harvest is in new york to find out what people there think. are we let me do just that great depression and just don't know it this week let's talk about that do you think it's the second great depression where im. well that's a hard question i hope is not maybes for some places they easily agrees hopefully not very easily either but i wouldn't say that these only is a great depression do you think it's worse in some places and better than others sure it's the worst thing since the great depression probably the second great

depression it will be known in the future as the second worst of the depression yes why are we calling that it that now i don't know do they call the great depression the great depression well is happening exactly where they don't want to use the word the big deal where depression because a by the phrase i once depression happened to hold their money and we've been taught so strictly to spend spend spend spend so we stop spending because depression then things get worse so they don't want that to happen so they'll wait for the history books to call this officially depression yes if we admit that we're doing things wrong which we should do everybody else will you know everything else will take two so they want to be getting out of it as soon as we admit it. we just need to admit there's a problem it's always the first step. whether or not we're living through the second great depression the bottom line is probably no one's going to have the nerve to call it that until it's over.

baby boom blues recent figures show that only three percent of russian families are choosing to have more than three children however are to call them at the household bucking the trend boasting a brood that's more like a family forest than a family tree. they did read that i knew ethan was trying hard to prove he knows all of his one hundred and eleven siblings and cousins my heart out of which only fourteen brothers and sisters are his and two that all of the aunts and uncles and that's one family a bit difficult to keep track of. putting names to faces no problem the most difficult thing really is remembering everyone's birthdays every other day we sometimes even have three or. under a says that parents had only thirteen children but each of his siblings and it up with many kids of their own so the reality of having children for the chaparral family is taken to a completely different level. i didn't even look at anyone having one

child who doesn't really count having two that's guessing the three now that counts as having a child he can get this is the largest family in the clan has fifteen children to me especially when i was asked as a child what i wanted to be when i grow up i always said i'm a mother now our legal one he grows up he'll be a father so the tradition continues and here is the happy grandfather of the one hundred and twelve as well as the great grandfather of another ten great grandsons i think the polish says his secret is loving everyone what allow others. what garceau mushing there are people who are happy not buying a car or building a country house that's fine by me but my joy is internal i look at all of them they are my riches that neither moscow nor australia eat away no secrets steal from and

since his memory is far from being as good as that of a dear friend salim. all his records were. thorough you attack accuse everyone. from my first grandson in nine hundred eighty two with those written in both our boys telling girls i'm not ashamed of how i live my life i want you know mine and it wasn't easy the you know what i knew i had to raise them all so i still want to help them and do something good will be remembered forever. and while his grand kids fight for attention to being run down the rate of the day it's turned out pretty much impossible to get into one shot with your birth to go to war they say once children grow up and leave home the empty nest syndrome often hits their parents hard so it seems the only guarantee to never feel alone is having more children daria pushed over r t k but already. now

we're up to that here in our team and recapping our top stories coming your way. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread to shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of europe. and the shadow is i'm approaching up on all of. the early twenty first century

military bases the network of military bases all around the forms of the new empire that the united states is trying to do that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases set up all around the world. we don't have foreign bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean bases we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in there in cross bases of a lot of the don't noises our noise of those ball to us at all because they're our bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these people a day since the into world war two the spaces i've been. working here to provide

a safe and secure environment for everybody. to questions any of thing else if you get everything you needed. is he it's. nice to. see.