egypt's muslim nor make a vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule. igniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion euros in aid for greece. the path to palestine the u.n. overwhelmingly votes to recognize it statehood despite fears opposition from the u.s. and israel. do you think that something. could ever happen again next year next year. what does the world's top with the sleeve. talks exclusively to r.t.

. you're watching r.t. live from moscow welcome now egypt's constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and has triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals the journalist has the details. the problem really stems from the concept itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly they said it was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution rights embody the key issues is the sharia law which many say the article is about sharia law leave open to interpretation to a very ultra orthodox interpretation and in addition the rights groups is saying

that some articles are really impinging on human rights for example the practice of military trials of civilians which is condemned under international law is actually included in the constitution which has been a point of contention for revolutionaries since january two thousand and eleven this document will go to president morsi today and we expect to see the referee referendum vote with a referendum in the next few weeks because they. pulled four million man marches across egypt and also they are continuing their sit in into her we really will see probably more escalating violence we've seen on the streets recently because of what they called a power grab by president morsi was referring to a very controversial constitution decoration we awarded himself sweeping powers rival protest groups pro and anti more tea and more see what is met on you tube streets really is that she was out of the fair amount of violence the last week including actually least one that she really people are gearing up for more protests specially as we now have this draft constitution that people rightly. or

the growing unrest in egypt as well as protests in libya and tunisia many analysts are now questioning just how much change the spring has brought to these countries and that's got a chicken farm down there are fears that instead of a better and brighter future these nations may actually be sliding towards a grim fate. less than two years after the gyptian people ousted the all powerful hosni mubarak mohamed morsi granted himself even more power than his predecessor had put this special to create president morsi make sure that no court challenges decisions. the president's power grab brought hundreds of thousands of egyptians onto the street with a shared sense that their aspirations were being betrayed. unfortunately replace the corrupt regime of mubarak with a regime that is more strict and violent the draft version of egypt's new constitution inserts new islamic references into the country's system of government

and keeps in place an article defining the principles of shari'a as the main source of legislation when they're not in power there are moderates. in the united states and washington the various islamic organizations that dominate in the us but when they come into power they put a lot of grip on power it is socially establish an islamic dictatorship the sense of betrayal and disappointment has not left so tunisia the first country to witness an arab spring uprising unemployment there skyrocketed in the wake of the revolution and is now at eighteen percent of our demands are the same as those that have been made during the revolution we want jobs development in the region and the equitable sharing of wealth we also demand the dismissal of the governor who has done nothing for this region but it's comprised the development here as the arab spring unfolded less than two years ago the obama administration jumped on the bandwagon of the revolutions hoping to forge better alliances with the new leaders

. in revia the u.s. prompted the change with airstrikes and arms supplies we've seen policymakers here in washington trying very hard to present the arab spring as a success story up until september washington had the revolution in libya check as a foreign policy victory for president obama after all the u.s. provided most of the firepower which led to the capture in the. killing of moammar qaddafi only after the tragic attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the murder of the american ambassador there did leave you come back into the spotlight and the chaos that we see there now flies in the face of that success story narrative protests frequently disrupt operations at the main oil refinery in western libya while the new government in libya has little or no control over the numerous militia groups the civil war has left the country shredded to pieces with radical islamic taking advantage of the chaos for many in the post-revolutionary north african countries this fear and violence have replaced the hopes of the arab spring in washington i'm going to. want to talk more about

egypt's new constitution we're joined live now he is a member of the egyptian current party thanks for joining us here on r.t. new constitution limits the president's time in power as well as introducing some civilian oversight of the military that at least must be welcomed as an improvement from the mubarak era when you say. absolutely the problem. it's not the issues. is mostly controversial but status of the military within that you constitutional draft constitution grants them a lot of power before more than before most of which is civilians being. tried in military courts and that is the problem most of columns in the past two years since the military council took over until the elections of president morsi. people wanted more. military rule to be to put an end to the military and

the military. demigod in the political scene in egypt but the the mists in the constant assembly argue that if the new constitution is passed through with a referendum that would ultimately prove its legitimacy would you agree with that. could you repeat that please yes i mean if it went through a referendum wouldn't that ultimately prove its legitimacy if the constitution is passed with a referendum. yes absolutely i mean if it gets a popular vote that means it's more or less the constitution that we would have told there's another critical mass that would allow for amendment however there is no mechanism to propose an amendment to the constitution after it passes through the referendum which means that there has to be enough change within parliament and

the hands of the non islamic parties so that they can propose such a change which seems to be a questionable how the parliament of the previous parliament wisconsin constituted forty three percent of the muslim brotherhood and twenty seven percent of the salafist so even if there is a significant changes and you have a fifty fifty percent parliament of. an islamic that still seems to be questionable that you have such a change if there is no mechanism then as you say what do you think would happen if the draft fails a referendum. all of the draft failed the referendum present most according to the declaration. the second declaration of the military council is obliged to form a new committee and. after form of this committee we have to draft the constitution and it should go through another referendum but very briefly then i mean hosni

mubarak supporters are reported to be joining those gathered in tahrir square is that a sign that the revolution has gone full circle in some sense. it is very sad that i see those who are responsible for the killings of many young egyptians into. and this is this something that i. you find boring and unacceptable however those interest in the demise of the brotherhood and the current president is somehow hand in hand with some of the movements in the us groves calling for the end of the most of all all at least for significant reform so more or less they see themselves. in the same position however it would not on the same grounds specifically the moral grounds by which each party calls for reform ok awkward like a member of the egyptian current party thank you for joining us. thank you well for

live footage from tahrir square the center of the egyptian protests and background to the unrest simply log on to r.t. dot com. now the world's top whistleblower jewel in the sun which has dismissed speculation that his health is deteriorating instead to reveal to r.t. that there will be a new it sensational explosion next year and she promises will send shock waves around the world our correspondent laura smith spoke to the wiki leaks supremes. as any journalist working in london now is i'm pretty familiar with standing outside the ecuadorian embassy waiting for julian assange is to come out and talk from the balcony just to my right here but this evening i've been inside an embassy to talk to judy and i saw he's recently written a book a book called cypherpunks freedom and the future of the internet and that's what he really wants to talk about at the moment and we did talk about that we talked about

how he sees this increase in state surveillance is hugely damaging for the entire fabric of society how companies and governments can minute the internet for data that is placed there willingly but unwittingly by citizens all over the world let's just listen into a little bit of what he said about that we all think of. some kind of public realm where we can throw ideas and communications with writers and books and there exist somewhere out there actually very exist. who are physically controls that controls the room of our ideas and communications and whoever is able to sit almost communications channels can intercept entire nations. julian assange has been cooped up in the embassy behind me for more than five months now and you may have heard reports in the media in the last couple of days that he's developed a lung condition but in fact his people are saying that there is no lung condition

although he does have quite a pervasive cough actually looks pretty pale quite thin but he seems to be in high spirits but the possibility the specter of a serious illness has raised questions about what the government of this country would do if he was ill with their loud medical help to go into the embassy would if he had to get out to go to hospital would they use that as an excuse to arrest him he at this current moment doesn't want to talk about his personal situation he's much more interested in talking about the he's just read. of the back of the program that he made for me but nevertheless that about his general health when i asked him whether there could ever be a leak as think mitt mccain cable gates of which me of course just in the two year anniversary he said that we should watch this space do you think that something is no it is cable kate could ever happen again and that would have a similar. kleenex. but what's the time next year

when you go into a. place that we should watch out for that you can see my whole interview with judy and ourselves later on in the program. nora smith there and her full interview with eunice actually coming up on air fifteen thirty g.m.t. well more news still to come for you head off the break stay with us. a lovely quiet morning a family gently sleeps in district heights maryland when fifty armed f.b.i. agents storm the house guns drawn despite the family pleading that they were unarmed the law enforcement agents opened fire on a weaponless teenager my usually thankfully sholay suffered minor flesh wounds but the key issue is that it rates unknown as to why the house was stormed so here in

america for no reason guys in black uniform storm someone's house all alone and some rounds i left with no justification or explanation yes the family still doesn't know why this happened the f.b.i. is remaining silent you know i understand that there are some very bad individuals out there doing some very bad stuff at home but if you don't even really know whose house you're storming or why you're storming it then maybe you should lay off the siege for a while you know what take a few minutes to think it over have a cup of coffee and. even do a little google search about the fourth amendment but it's just my opinion.

well. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. back now german m.p.'s have given their green knights the latest bailout deal for greece which remains at the center of the european debt crisis this comes amid a growing frustration in the e.u.

powerhouse among both politicians and the people about the costs the country has to bat for the rescue all of the reports from berlin. germany will be giving more financial aid towards greece we saw m.p.'s voting in the reichstag with four hundred seventy three saying yes to this aid package one hundred saying no and eleven abstentions now what this does mean though and it's being talked about throughout the week is in next year alone it could cost germany over seven hundred million euros but we are seeing the politicians at least giving their support financial support towards greece however that support isn't being particularly backed up by some of the electorate here people on the streets of germany suggesting that perhaps greece should be left to its own devices. that is enough because we won't see this money ever again. at some point it should be stopped it's high time they were capable of helping themselves we're ok for now but some day we

could also get a program there's arlen specter north i ignored out to vote this is all used to be an english we have already given at least so much more on the issue started already a lot going on on one of the stars. and there's nothing more is mine and i don't think that well they were people speaking just outside of the reichstag but that seems to be reflected across the country a recent poll taken by a german television station says that forty six percent of germans want to see greece left to default left up to its own devices however the politicians in here in germany have voted through this next round of financial aid put it wasn't smooth sailing we saw a very confident looking angle a merkel posting her vote but that belies some rumblings of revolt within her own party in her own coalition the worst people saying no no no we are just going to rubber stamp any things put before us you've got to prove this is in the best interests of germany of course all of this coming around as we enter what will be the campaigning season ahead of

a general election here in germany next year so it does seem that the german politicians at least. on the side of angela merkel and trying to give more financial aid to greece now that is there an increasing amount of the electorate who seem to be suggesting they should be cut loose because all of them well. according this latest great deal of breakthrough skeptics i'm convinced citing past failures let's discuss how long this agreement might time greece over nor has a deputy head of think tank opened in thanks for joining us here on r.t. how do you feel about greece getting almost forty four billion euros more in aid. and well i think a lot of that from this package and i'm convinced that even members of the wounded are being they one have to vote again. and and i think also if you look at the overwhelming support that they are. they might be strong reelection

consideration in play here and that a question that we have to keep in mind and ask ourselves is. what they actually believe and they believe in the power of bureaucrats or a delayed lead in effective. market mechanism the power of money whether the german finance minister signaled that this will be the last time germany will essentially bankroll the greek bailout fund how confident are you of that i think that if you look at the numbers and what is expected from this packets reducing debt to g.d.p. ratio in the one hundred twenty four percent by twenty twenty and very capable. and i believe unfortunately that this package is just another pleasure and a long term solution to greece's problems and solutions are need needed quickly and there are new figures this friday show record eurozone unemployment eleven point

seven percent isn't there a real need for urgency now. well i think that what these countries need and what europe needs are actually structural reforms because these unemployment figures are up to some structural problems of the labor market in flexible labor market higher labor costs so yes there is need for action but this need is to reform market and this is actually a task for many government of course some would say the bailout approach is actually working and with greece portugal ireland or being pulled back from the fault is it possible that it will all work out in the end was seen unfortunately that all the measures have only been temporary and as i said these countries need to really competitiveness are structural reforms and these are reforms that have to be taking by national governments taken under national level so.

yes. i think i believe they're the best. it would be best to rely on the market to put pressure for such political reforms is there and you know look for are the magic same or essential mechanisms coming from the market and not necessarily from. the political politicians the planet let's let's imagine then that affairs get worse in spain or italy for example what then would you see them default and leave germany exposed in the currency union. well the thing is as i said any one of these measures will provide more time for it. to kick in and this is what you should have and. what you. had been doing and so now it's about money in this poll so yeah i think it's what could actually

help and it's ok we'll see what happens. in policy group thank you for joining us. online now abuse in detention for the american soldier accused of revealing the military's crimes. bradley manning speaks for the first time about the brutal mistreatment he says is being subjected to. the task crackdown on free speech a poet to get a life in prison for writing a piece considered insulting to local leaders details or at r.t. dot com. unfortunate and counterproductive that's how washington describes the u.n. general assembly historic vote despite more than two thirds of the world saying yes to palestine's bid for statehood israel's prime minister called the move meaningless and when the press didn't people their drive would bring no change their lives more formalities put us there in tel aviv. these ladies certainly are

downplaying the significance of this vote although we have seen them would use the kind of rhetoric that they've been after enough of the past few weeks and months so they're no longer issuing the same kinds of threats that they were before presumably because they understand that this will only further isolate them in the international community the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has repeatedly said that this vote does not change the reality on the ground the israeli position is that it is a unilateral step by the palestinians they accuse the resolution of being one sided both the united states and israel saying that it's not going to change the reality on the ground in this despite the fact that we're hearing in some quarters of the international community and certainly from palestinians themselves that it is a significant step at the same time there is a concern of course within as well that the palestinians will now use the new status to go for example to the international criminal court in the hague where they can accuse israel of alleged crimes and of course these kind of threats in the

past has prevented some israeli lawmakers as well as military leaders who are traveling abroad because they're all concerned that could be a wasted over such issues the united states through its unflinching support for israel has alienated a lot of its old time allies in the united nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground to a grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that palestine is a state and yet talking to the average israeli on the street largely the response here is muted most israelis i've been talking to are actually by and large ignoring this

fundamental and historic occasion which is a far cry from the kind of reaction we witnessing on the streets in palestine. jubilance palestinians are celebrating their historic recognition at the un overwhelmingly brought them a step closer to an independent state gaza based to activist and filmmaker harry fair explains why the vote was so crucial for them. well this is this this increased recognition this increase in status in united nations is a manifestation of increased world international solidarity with the palestinian situation and this will actually bring hopefully a manifest improvement for the palestinians in respect of their access to international law and that ability to have the rule of law applied to their relationship with the state of israel so here in gaza where we just witnessed an israeli military operation exacted on the gaza strip in which fifty nine children were killed seventeen babies were killed palestinians are hoping that this increase

in legal status will deter. a another on sort like that in which palestinians believe that the crime of facing war crimes committed against the population here in gaza in the west bank they have a situation not with such sort of military violence but they have on the ground direct military occupation they have according to palestinians in palestinian terminology an illegal colonise ation process with illegal settlements being built so that what the hope is in both bits of palestine that is left there will be some practical improvement albeit a small one for them and for their lives. the editor at palestine chronicle dot com says israelis gave palestinians no room for maneuver forcing them to turn to united nations. netanyahu comes and says the only way of peace is direct negotiations from the point of view or someone who doesn't really understand what's

going on it sounds reasonable enough it sounds logical enough but the problem is israel has done everything in its capacity and its power to undermine any chances and any prospects for that for the so-called peace process to achieve anything since palestinians and israelis have been talking twenty years ago until today look at the reality on the ground. the settlements have doubled the number of settlers have should pull the number of wars that have been launched launched against palestinians have been so many of them thousands of palestinians have lost their lives what is do or have done to give the palestinians any sense of hope that in fact sitting face to face and negotiating is going to achieve anything as long as the israeli army is roaming palestinian streets arresting people killing people no this is not going to work. and the worries over freedom of speech is seeing british newspapers face the first major press regulator nor in three hundred years after

all given the deepest probe into the ethics leveson inquiry has accused newspapers of wreaking havoc on the lives of innocent people and calls for a new legally backed regulator prime minister david cameron doesn't agree they're putting him on a collision course with his coalition partners and victims of press intrusion inquiry was known to start a tabloid edited by cummins friend of america brooks and his former media chief the constant fact the voice mails of celebrities are missing schoolgirl was later found dead. the road to damascus airport reopened on friday after the real government said it had regained control over the area there had been fierce fighting between the army and rebels on thursday with several international airlines suspending flights to the capital syria is still cut off from the internet because of a battle with the government and opposition blaming each other for the. well ahead artie's cross-talk program finds out what's likely to change in the lives of

palestinians after their big day in the un. you can tell ordinary russian siberian appalled. in the blink of an i wrote one thousand nine hundred three anthropologist in those days siberians war different clothes different food. different animals. but what about now my journey began in two men but the big city was all shiny all funded skyscrapers and shopping malls much like any other prosperous russian post. so i decided to travel to. a small town just outside.