she way divided the opposition pledges a boycott of the parliamentary vote while massive protests create limiting voters' rights. over one hundred thousand protesters rally in egypt angry at a hastily pushed through draft constitution which many see as discriminatory. and israel's rush to approve thousands of new settlers homes is seen as a step back to the peace talks a day after the palestinians given nonmember observer status at the un. i was welcome you watching r.t. live from moscow now the opposition in kuwait values to boycott today's vote on

a new parliament already the second this year it comes at a time of ongoing political unrest in the oil rich gulf state with anti-government protests denouncing a rule to create a limiting voters' powers the opposition says the new rule discriminates against them and see it as corruption by the ruling monarchy lucy catherine off reports now from its. i'm certain is one way to describe the mood here in way today as the highly controversial parliamentary elections kick off now the opposition has refused to back down from a boycott of the voting in protest of what it sees as a move towards authoritarianism opposition activists say that this is an attempt to produce a more compliant parliament that will allow the government to pass laws without appropriate oversight from the legislature thousands of a few leaders have taken to the streets in a largely peaceful protest in order to express their frustration with what they see as. the subversion of the rule of law there's also concerns about

a potential clampdown on dissent as many activists who have spoken out both against the emir and the political situation here have been jailed now we had a chance to speak to some of the protesters and here's a look at what they have to say more democracy in a community. wants to. go through great because you know we've. been. told that. the opposition hope that my point is that should result in a lower voter turnout which could in their abuse directly undermine the actual outcome of the elections and potentially hasten the dissolution of the most recent parliament we also spoke to opposition activists to say that they are going to be stationing their own observers at each of the polling stations in order to do an independent count of the voter turnout the rich country has seen in the city

violent street battles between opposition groups and security forces which are used to steer a gas stun grenades as well as rubber bullets in order to disperse the previous gatherings now western countries are of course keeping a close eye on the olds as well as the unrest here in kuwait of course as an opec member any sort of unrest on the streets is bound to have some sort of an impact on oil prices as well as the pentagon's plan. to use the world which nation as a hub for its get ground forces in order to build up a countering force to the perceived threat by prime force to weight is home to three u.s. military bases one that's the peace of the earth. the fall of the coming withdrawal from afghanistan was struck. by the sea captain of r t two eight. meanwhile protesters are rallying in egypt against what they call an oppressive regime firing to stop a new constitution seen as undermining democratic freedoms the draft was hastily

approved by an islamist dominated assembly on friday which added fuel to the political crisis sparked last week when president morsi machined sweeping new powers journalist bell truly explains why protesters are opposing the draft so strongly they say is that first of all it's drafted by the islamist dominated assembly it doesn't represent egypt on top of the answer of course is the sharia law and i've been to it although the initial wording is actually similar to the seventy one constitution the problem is that other articles defining sharia law even open to ultra conservative interpretation in addition to that a human rights watch actually. had a report today that highlighted the problems of women's rights within the constitution in addition there are articles saying things like you cannot insult an individual which could be widely interpreted and misused and of course one of the main issues is a military trials of civilians this is the practice is illegal under international law and when the subject of many campaigns by revolutionary forces and he's allowed

in the constitution we expect a referendum in the next two weeks but with this continuing disturbance on the streets and more protests expected really we're not sure how is your back before ending if you go ahead certainly on to create the chance that i heard you were against the constitution they were also against the president morsi is a power grab last week when he made this contentious constitution that duration which basically awarded him supremes. it was really people are saying they don't want this constitution they want morsi actually to leave at this point. while the u.s. has criticized israel for approving settlement expansion directly after the un recognize palestine as a no member observer state washington says it is a step back for peace talks three thousand new settler homes have been given the go ahead in the west bank and east jerusalem less than twenty four hours after the un vote israel has accused the palestinians of seeking you know that recognition not a solution through talks the palestinians in turn demand that all settlement

building is stopped before negotiations resume one hundred thirty eight states voted to upgrade palestine status with nine including us to games forty one abstaining political analysts for this then he says the palestinians could now take action against israel from global institutions. this gives one more indication that for israel the settlement construction process is thoroughly political it's this in this case it was designed explicitly to punish the palestinians for having the audacity to go to the united nations something that ironically the israelis call a unilateral act when of course going to the u.n. is the ultimate act of multilateralism but i think that what we're looking at is really a continuation of what we've seen all along the settlement construction that has gone on for many many years in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem there are now over six hundred thousand illegal israeli settlers living on occupied territory

which means they are they are breaking the law every morning simply by waking up that hasn't changed this is going to make it worse what this does i think is two things one we heard earlier it will give the palestinians the possibility of going to join either the international criminal court which could allow some level of accountability for israeli war crimes addition. only it means they could have the possibility to join the international court of justice as a member as a state in which case they could do what countries do in the international court of justice all the time bring a lawsuit against another country in this case the state of palestine could sue the state of israel for its illegal occupation. fellow nobel peace prize laureates don't believe the. stand side by side with past winners several previous recipients the man the block is stripped of the award as it as its values don't fit with what

alfred nobel had in mind that is ahead for you plus the u.s. close the door to high tech innovators from abroad despite foreigners previously spearheading the country's digital revolution is coming up official. 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 asian huli thankfully sholay suffered minor flesh wounds but the key issue is that it remains unknown as to why the house was stormed so here in america for no reason guys in black uniforms storm someone's house oh loads

of rounds and 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 maybe even do a little google search about the fourth amendment but that's just my opinion. well to the. science technology innovation all the rest of the. elements from around russia we've dumped the future covered wealthy british stock.

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documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn a different angle this story. here. troy told pti spanish to find out more visit actuality. i welcome back you're watching r.t. you doesn't deserve its nobel peace prize that is according to several former winners who are demanding the block is stripped of the award they've written to the foundation saying the e.u. doesn't fit with the prizes values and the committee has lost its founders vision

r.t. sarah firth explains in that letter they said that the twenty seven nation blocks getting this award contradicts the values safe with the pricing what they want to see happening is the one point three million dollar prize money not be awarded this year and they all say said the clearly not one of the champions of peace a consensus here among the think if indeed amongst many many people when this award was announced this year was that really the awarding of the prize the european union not in the keeping of the spirit of the nobel peace prize the prize was awarded at a time when the e.u. if they think the biggest crisis it's faced since its creation with think it's a shell of the rest i mean what a lot of people are saying is that the your opinion here at the moment is really for a lot of people. come to represent divisions within society we see in those divisions

between the rich and the plough poor between those who employ it those who run employed you know the people that we've spoken to in these countries really feel very very let down the vision of the european union was about peace and democracy and that's certainly not what people feel that they're getting now through committee praised the for voting after the second world war and spreading stability to former communist countries promoting peace and stability within the e.u. you know it's not all bad the e.u. does provide a huge amount of aid a nation but i think what we see happening in the e.u. in the last year really has been very far from the idea of you know a peaceful union two thousand and nine we saw were awarded to see president obama many people feeling that was being awarded the peace activities he might do at some point in the future again very much not in keeping with the will we are to have actually got some reactions that they're writing to this latest piece of information about it being contested we had an m.e.p. jerry back in say it's highly devious was the even fulfill the rules under which

the award should be given i mean really very strong reactions for this prize being awarded as we said even a project the many people feel represents the total opposite to peace. well you can find all these stories and much more on our website including a supermarket sweep a lot to get from one italian shop could get you full time employment more details are online plus my predicted doomsday is approaching but some russian entrepreneurs don't lose their time and cash in on the pop apocalyptical mess learn more about surviving the end of the world at r.t. dot com. now silicon valley has long been the symbol of all things high tech in the united states and the rest of the world and while the majority of those who helped create the digital haven are foreign entrepreneurs america has become increasingly reluctant to welcome new talent from abroad medina never reports with

the silicon valley. lots of sharing helping each other or even competitors will help each other some of the biggest brands on the planet n.l. incenting associate church where the america and surprisingly the majority were created by foreigners. jerry yang who was born in taipei surrogate britain whose parents came from russia when he was six or pierre omidyar and iranian born in paris silicon valley has thrived thanks largely to immigrants people who came here with their dreams and had the drive to make them a reality they transformed this plays into an unrivaled for high tech development the birthplace of global pioneers one person who helps those outsiders to get a foot in the door is german born and how it could blend struck she says the valley moves so fast that it seems skilled foreigners spring up left frightened center

that she average day and there is a simple reason such success is coming their way so many of the of the indians and chinese that come in the others they make these great companies and then they hire people so they are really giving work and i think they're hungry for the words they want to succeed they're driven the valley's biggest rice came with the boom of immigrants in the ninety's that brought innovations in software and internet services the numbers speak for themselves just over half of the companies found it in silicon valley from the mit ninety's to the mid two thousand had founders born abroad believe us research says there is a case to one foreign born inventor behind three quarters off after a new patient and like her many others getting impatient for a start up is what brought julia to palo alto her project is called smart wall and works is a messaging tool for those who want to avoid social networks most of the people that are that i see are foreigners and also there are

a lot of americans that are not from here so they're also coming it's it's not a matter of nationality here is a matter of the real skills that you have but there are some clouds on the california sky currently over half of foreign born inventiveness face visa hurdles the end. knowing economic recession has broad deep fears at home and about much needed jobs going into hands that have come from abroad making it hard for many to understand that foreigners can actually bring benefits to times when america so desperately needs them but i think that's something that white america doesn't get they don't understand why. because they don't because i think that a lot of the fears are still oh they're taking our jobs away america prides itself on being a melting pot of a country where thousands flocked for a better life but u.s. immigration policy may put an end to all that my you know question artsy. time now

to take a look at some other news making headlines this hour and i do warn you we are about to show images that do contain very graphic content syrian rebels have reportedly uploaded a video showing them executing ten men of prisoners are soon pleading for their lives before being shot one of the gunmen is heard referencing an al qaeda linked group responsible for several suicide attacks in a country pro-government forces have remarked the fighting me and damascus airport which disrupted flights while a large scale internet and telecommunications blackout in the country is now into its third day. tension is mounting in slovenia ahead of sunday's runoff presidential election is protesters clashed with authorities after trying to storm the country's parliament demonstrators threw rocks and firecrackers that police who responded with tear gas and water cannon thousands also gathered early accusing the prime minister and his cabinet of fraud and corruption and demanding their

resignations the country is facing one of the worst recessions of the seventeen nations in the euro. more people have been killed after a cargo plane crash landed in a residential area in the capital of congo the aircraft was attempting to land at a nearby airport in skidded off the runway into houses in the bar before ending up in a ravine the accident appears to being caused by a violent storm reports claim all crew members on board were killed along with up to thirty people on the ground. american soldier bradley manning charged with giving thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks has told a pretrial hearing that his detention conditions made him feel like a caged animal and provoked suicidal thoughts he was speaking publicly for the first time since twenty ten a bank his time in confinement waiting for trial the army court was shown a noose made from a bed sheet which manning admits he made his lawyers claim the charges should be

dropped because of his jail or deal. well manning's notoriety was caused by cable gate two years ago when linked wiki leaks released a number of american diplomatic documents were on the anniversary of the project laurie half an east has taken to the streets of new york to see if his public support for the disclosure of top government secrets. it's been two years since wiki leaks released with now known as cable gate the world's largest leak of classified u.s. material so has it changed the world much this week let's talk about that i'm kind of a thought what i don't know doesn't hurt me so if your government is killing innocent people you're ok with that i'm not saying i'm ok with that but. i know i'm contradicting myself but i obviously don't want my government to kill innocent people in the same boat. how do i know they're innocent but the government full of

people we should know would go nor would. they keep secrets of the secret is only for them i think is only going to they're not acting for our best enter. if you have a government and you live or you run a business this is a business and everyone from your employees to the person who's the janitor know everything about your business something's going to come back you know what you know maybe you shouldn't do anything that would want you. that. you have a good point knowledge is power right so we found out some information so that's a positive thing but i don't know if it's changed anything you don't think it's changed the way the government might. i think if they broke through some sort of firewall to get this information they probably built a new firewall that they can't break through quite as easily they have to do what they think is best for the country and if this is going to upset people and cause a lot of it had to be done i think but do you think we have a right to know if we're doing if they're doing things like holding people that are

innocent. well i guess i think i just know that so i don't think i it's changed anything i think the government is going to make it more of a secret you know as long as there is money power involved i don't think anything's going to change the information has since the printing of good will burke at the fortune said tree. the public is allowed to have information what about the government are they allowed to have information about us certainly yes so what about the people who protest that the government is using the internet to spy on us . well i want to spy on each other just look at today just to minutes ago syria just closing the internet so is that a government the i think of the government especially the what america is the world was ultimately is by going to about it whether or not we feel like wiki leaks has changed the world the bottom line is governments might now feel like they have their own big brother watching and hopefully that's a good thing. well

coming up next here on r.t. abby martin talks about the bradley manning case and discuss his new humane treatment he claims he suffered during his detention that he's on right here this. morning used today. violence is once again flared up. these are the images cobol has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are the day.

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to give you never seen anything like that armstrong. was up guys on how do you martin well after nine hundred days of being held with no charges whistleblower i mean private bradley manning finally took to the stand yesterday to speak for the first time in his case and today he did the same thing provided more details on his harsh treatment on confinement manning spoke of his experience in leg irons which are handcuffs that essentially chain your legs together and his treatment in solitary was locked up for twenty three hours a day so it was so traumatizing that when he was finally transferred to a medium security prison in two thousand and eleven he felt uneasy moving freely around his cell block manning was subjected to additional restraints story a nine month period where he was confined to scratching suicide prevention bedding

and every night he was forced to strip down naked even being made to remove his eyeglasses and reading material from his cell but yet the military contends the treatment was proper. that's interesting that one government's proper treatment is another man's torture so let's break that set. of the blocks that were about to do their job or seem anything like i'm drunk. so guys i know that troll is going to troll and is going to hate but instead of calling out the trolls today i want to highlight some of the awesome coverage breaking the set has been getting check out this article feature from common dreams and titled r t's abby martin accuse israel of war crimes for targeting journalists by juan cole which says quote abby was the was the victim of a smear attempt by the israel lobby which accused her of support for terrorism

because she dared called illegal israeli actions illegal if more journalists stood up to such smear campaigns with her feistiness the world would be a better place watch her let her detractors have it thank you for that one that's awesome and yes if more journalists did call a spade a spade and didn't let fear reign supreme over the truth the world might be a better place moving on the next articles of future from firedoglake and titled abbey slayer by edward teller just to give you the context this far refers to pro israeli propaganda and the article teller states that my reports on gaza may have been the best on american television and welcomes me to the battle well thank you man i'm on at the props and also please to take the title of us tara slayer awesome finally one of the most read online news publications the huffington post recently featured an article about gaza written by linda in the laws which said quote the most vocal to.