to a divided the opposition pledges a boycott of the parliamentary vote while mass protests slam a decree limiting voters' rights. more than a hundred thousand protesters rally in egypt angry at the hastily pushed through draft constitution which many see is discriminatory. and israel's rush to approve thousands of new settler homes is seen as a step back peace talks a day after the palestinians have given nonmember observer status suddenly went. pro casting live from moscow twenty four seven this is r.t. the opposition in kuwait is valid to boycott today's vote on

a new parliament already the second this year comes at a time of ongoing political unrest in the oil rich gulf state with anti-government protests denouncing rolled a crazy which change the voting rules the opposition says the new rule discriminates against them and see it as corruption by the ruling monarchy reports from kuwait. i'm certain he is one way to describe the mood here in way today as the highly controversial parliamentary elections skate off now the opposition has refused to back down from a boycott of the voting in protest of what it sees as 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 and thousands a few leaders have taken to the streets in a largely peaceful protest march to express their frustration with what they see as . some version of the cold war 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 got a chance to speak to some of the protesters and here's a look at what they have to say i have a problem is that the government doesn't need neither the constitution nor democracy and they always start to talk about dialogue whenever they need a temporary alternative but in practice they are defying democracy the main problem is that since one thousand nine hundred seventy six the development of kuwait has stopped because the government started thinking of how to change the constitution and get rid of it the growth of the country has stopped and the government is unable to change the constitution or to continue with the development process as a result the situation has got to where it is now let's walk down this issue of hope that my point is that should result in a lower voter turnout which could in theory directly undermine the actual outcome of the elections and potentially they send 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 overage country has seen recently violent street battles between opposition groups and security forces which have used steer gas stun grenades as well as rubber bullets in order to disperse. the previous gatherings now western countries are of course. as well as the rest 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 plans to use the rich nation as a hub for its get ground forces in order to build up a countering force to the perceived threats by iran of course is home to three u.s. military bases and one does think peace in. the goal of winning withdrawal from afghanistan was strong. you see captain of r t two eight.

what in egypt is the mists of backing of president morsi have taken to the streets to show this support for the leader this government protesters continue to rally against what they describe as an oppressive regime where your position to block a new constitution seen as undermining democratic freedoms auntie's tombaugh to reports from current. protesters have been camped out into a square since last week since gyptian president mohamed morsi if you decree granting himself sweeping new powers that kicks off a wave of protests by the more liberal sections of egyptian society not just here in cairo but in cities across the country some of those spilling over into violent protests we're seeing take astro and stone exchanges between the protesters and police a number of protesters have died hundreds more have been wounded across the country

in most protests the clearness of it the roots of it a constitutional crisis here people in the basij when they have their revolution nearly two years ago to overthrow hosni mubarak last week after this declaration of how much more see the current president backed by the muslim brotherhood said that the reason for that was to try and get a new constitution last in a process that dragged out for a long time for egypt however the constituent assembly that drafted that is dominated by the muslim brotherhood many other representatives of more liberal representatives coptic christians and other groups that have withdrawn from that assembly in protest so there is the fear that that new constitution which has just recently been drafted is too islamist as is true will lead to slay conservative doesn't make enough provisions to protect minorities coptic christians women here in egypt from society mohamed mursi for his part ses he went to compromise he wants

to protect the revolution and today it is the chance of his supporters he is supported by large sections of the egyptian population and he did win the presidential election they will hold a huge rally they say here in cairo as well today to show that they he does have support for his decree granting himself to powers. m b new constitution these protests will continue in tahrir square as well i'm hearing of this shows that the constitutional crisis and the battle to try and get egypt's revolution and the right track on a track that egyptians can agree on is far from over. opposition the claim they may also march on the presidential palace to stop mercy from calling the referendum on the draft. from the egyptian current party says if the new constitution passes a referendum it would further cement the islamists grip on power if it gets

a popular vote that means it's more or less the constitution that would have filled there's another critical mass that would allow for an amendment however there's no mechanism to propose an amendment to the constitution after it passes through the referendum which means 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 with how the parliament of the previous parliament was consequence to forty three percent of the muslim brotherhood and twenty seven percent of the salafist so even if there is significant changes and you have a fifty fifty percent parliament of one islamic an islamic that still seems to be questionable that you would you'd have such a change. u.s. has criticized israel for approving a settlement expansion directly after the u.n.

recognize palestine as a nonmember observer state washington says it's a step back for peace talks for 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 unilateral recognition not a solution through talks the palestinians in turn are demanding that all settlement building stopped before negotiations resume one hundred thirty eight states voted to upgrade palestine status with nine us voting against forty one abstaining political analyst says israel is losing american support. what israel does. pressure is trying to get tough it's been able to get away with that knowledge temporarily but increasingly it can no longer do it diplomatically so this action i think is you know considered is rejected everywhere even and why

shouldn't time be separation between the american and the israelis are you live of between them and their and the rest of the world plus the gulf are causing our vision probably q two by i think you're out in america and it's going to be really heavy heavy you are big remember you know the merican pull all sorts of right here on you to stand by because i didn't do what i think it's changing changing times and that's what we are we witnessing you know first of all remember the americans are are fixed you know and you have to call what would have been the e.u. the benefit for now at the international community wasn't happening at a crossroads on this issue it's going to be up to obama and the americans to decide which way they're going to go because the international community is frankly are losing patience. what sort of fellow nobel peace prize laureates don't believe the e.u. does a. to stand side by side with past winners so the previous recipients are demanding

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hundred years. to get. the world into the true science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. welcome back this is r.t. the e.u. doesn't deserve its nobel peace prize that's according to several former witness who are demanding the block be stripped of the award they've written to the

foundation saying that doesn't fit with the prizes and values saying a committee has lost its founders vision on the sarah ferguson. in that letter they said that the twenty seven nation blocks getting this award contradicts the valley's safety ated with the prize it was a one story happening is one point seeing million dollar prize money not be awarded this year and they also said that the clearly not one of the champions of peace a consensus here amongst the significant indeed among many many people when this award was announced it was really the awarding of the price you have to me we're not in the shooting of the spirit of the nobel peace prize the prize was awarded at a time when the e.u. is they think the biggest crisis it's faced since its creation we're seeing huge seychelle of rest and you know what a lot of people are saying is that the european union at the moment really for a lot of people. come to represent divisions within society we see those divisions

between the rich and the pla 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 the 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 he does provide a huge amount of aid a nation but i think i will be seeing happening in the in the last year really has been very far from the idea of you know a peaceful new year two thousand and nine we saw were awarded to see president obama many people feeling that was being awarded the yankees activities we might get some point in the future i guess very much learning from playing with the would we are to have actually got the reactions of the brain to this latest piece of information about it being contested we had an m.e.p.

jared bason say it's highly devious was the. rules under which you wanted to give it i mean really very strong reaction for the price being awarded to as he said a project the many people feel represents the total opposite to peace. of course all these stories and much more on our website including supermarket sweep i would like to take it one italian job could get you full time employment details online. as the mayans predicted doos days apparently approaching but some russian entrepreneurs on losing any time cashing in on me and of the world can learn more about how to survive that dot com. so they can valley has long been a symbol of all things high tech in the u.s. and the rest of the world while the majority of those who helped create the digital haven are foreign object in the us america has become increasingly reluctant to welcome new talent from abroad but in the culture never report

puts the silicon valley. lots of sharing helping each other or even competitors will help each other some of the biggest brands on the planet and all instantly associate with 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 an 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 springing up left right and 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 now the words they want to succeed they're driven the valleys the biggest price 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 mid ninety's to the mid two thousand and had founders born abroad believe this research says there is a case to one for him born inventor behind three quarters after a new page and and like for many others getting impatient for a start up is what brought julia to palo alto her project to school 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 it's 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 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 didn't understand why. because they don't because i think 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 i do not question the artsy. take a look at some other news making headlines this hour beginning with some images you may find disturbing syrian rebels forty uploaded a video showing them executing ten and on remand prisoners are seen pleading for their lives before being shot or the gunman is heard referencing an al qaeda linked group responsible for several suicide attacks in a country a pro-government forces have been fighting over the last this airport which disrupted flights this as a large scale internet and phone systems blackout in the country is now into its third day. well nato has opened a military base in neighboring turkey the western province of. the command center will replace two of the headquarters in germany and spain as the balance troops crossed what i was asian is also valuating turkey's request to deploy

a patriot missile system along the border with syria ankara claims the move is for defensive purposes that many see it as the first step towards creating a new forms of. tension is mounting in slovenia ahead of sunday's runoff presidential election as protesters clashed with authorities after trying to storm the country's parliament demonstrators threw rocks and fire crackers or some spawn of tear gas and. thousands also gathered the using the prime minister and his cabinet to fraud and corruption and demanding the resignation of the country's facing one of the worst recessions of. and the pretrial hearing has been shown a noose made from bed sheets with which u.s. soldier bradley manning apparently intended to hang himself with edged sword where was charged with causing thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks and speaking publicly for the first time since his arrest two years ago he told the court that his detention conditions were doomed age

animal suicidal thoughts his lawyers claim the charges should be dropped because of his jail ordeal. well coming up on r.t.e. are the most. in the talks about the bradley manning case and discusses the inhumane treatment he claims he suffered during his detention that's on the breaking sands stay with us. all. in all sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything

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you. if you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so many i mean i have my hands down finally as i'm sitting here listening to a really messed up. and we're all very sort of personally apologize if that. worst you are going to say no flat out sick of

a day radio guy and club mail is minutes from a kick off if i want to watch quote we're about to go because you've never seen anything like this i'm cold. 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. the law. there are going to be like oh oh . 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 this 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 a feature from firedoglake and titled abby spar a slayer by edward teller just to give you the context of spar 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 as far as 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 challenger of israel's aggression is abby martin a t.v. anchor for russia's r.t.s. station it's a performance worth watching for its fearlessness and confronting israel directly which american journalists and the american government lack the courage to do. that is so dope to be quite the most vocal challenger of israel's aggression but at the same time it makes me kind of sad that no one else with a platform such as this is calling out such glaringly obvious truths i mean i just call it like i see fit i try to speak the truth no matter how unpopular it may be because i feel like it's the right thing to do i've never known any other way what this really shows me as more than anything else how controlled the media really is their hands are tied by the corporations that fund them furthermore it shows me how scared journalists are to address israel in any sort of confrontational fashion because often times when you simply speak out against the policies of the.