week's top stories from palestine moved up in the international arena becoming a un recognized observer state which could israel over claims crimes. these are live pictures now from the west bank where triumphant of president mahmoud abbas has arrived after his victory in new york. egypt's power struggle spirals forces gather strength in a showdown of the draft constitution and the president's supreme authority. and watch this space there are more wiki leaks on the way. more ground shaking revelations next year as he talks exclusively to r.t. .

you're watching our. carry johnston welcome to the program the palestinians moved a step closer this week to being fully recognized as independent u.n. voted to upgrade the station's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state a middle east correspondent reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations of the national law and its violations of the

rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight or the birds does it's not a step forward it's a step aside or even you know a step. burke that's really a pity the international community gives hand to this violation the us was also quick to cast a cloud over the palestinian party mood the unfortunate and counterproductive resolution at the united nations general assembly are that just passed today's grand pronouncements will soon see. and the palestinian people will wake up

tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has separated from some of its longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that have led nowhere what has changed has been the continual failure of the us controlled so-called peace process to lead to any kind of end to occupation and what i think was the catalyst here is that political pressure on other matters in on. the palestinian authority from their own population from their own people who were saying you know what we've had twenty one years of failed diplomacy we're not looking for twenty two we want something different and that something means a real shift in policy first and foremost the consensus on the international stage is that israel needs to stop building settlements deemed illegal by the un certainly being around community are you know is

a horse. a provocation which heroes are cars. so god. it was a little more than a year ago that palestinian president mahmoud abbas came to the un in a bid for statehood since then tel aviv and washington's approach to the middle east conflict has gained them an ever shrinking minority of supporters the irony is that the bid was passed on the watches of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing foreign minister avigdor lieberman it was last year that lieberman boasted in the united nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv but within hours of palestine's newfound status israel committed to build a new settler homes in east jerusalem and other palestinian areas the u.s. is now trying to direct them both back to the negotiating table but there's been no

headway so far for palestinian leaders that's because israel is literally building hurdles to peace. the current israeli government on the political scene right now in israel seems to be a lot more interested in investing in the occupation by way of constructing illegal settlements and more bypass roads creating facts on the ground that undermine and eliminate a step by step the prospects of having the two state formula actually practicable and. logical for implementation this step scares the israeli stablish mint because it confronts its occupation agenda with the peace agenda that the world adopt the palestinians like all other peoples of the world deserve the freedom the life of freedom dignity and independence that other peoples enjoy and the leadership has a responsibility to see that through how month start the islamic jihad all palestinian factions to quart this step and they realize that the agree amongst one

another that the priority domestic priority now is for rebuilding and for reinvigorating the democratic institutions of palestine consolidating this reconciliation and moving forward as the state of palestine towards steps on the ground that would reverse the israeli occupation and entrenched independence. egyptians are supposed to decide on their new constitution in two weeks' time but if this week is anything to go by it won't be easy it was widespread anger as the president granted himself sweeping new powers while supreme court judges couldn't rule on that midget in a sea off the draft charter partly because supporters of the stop and getting to the chamber artist on barton whose income right. unrest returns to the streets after the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak after the election that brought in mohamed morsi egypt is in turmoil once again these round the clock

protests have been going on for over a week now it resembles early two thousand and eleven when hosni mubarak was removed from power but that was nearly two years ago shouldn't the revolution have ended by now the mood on top risk where became defiant again after last week's to creep by president morsi meaning his decisions would face no legal challenge we had the revolution to get rid of a tyrant the dictator. in order to do that we made elections and we rid of illusion and with elections to choose someone to the present us and turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself however morsi claims his new powers are only temporary nor any of the big hitter in the world hitler will be will tell you it is a temporary thing it is full immersion see it told us the serious the same thing sift usable under president obama and we stayed under emergency law for seventy years opponents say egypt's new constitution is too islamist and could set the

country on the road to religious dictatorship but some sections of society are keen to show their support for morsi and their scorn for judges who would block the constitution and i'm here to support the first the morsi from the operation might it be for them is our position from the constitutional court. or most of us knows that since it is the most. you see is that they got elected by the people when it was that they fired for his failure the rifts in society are undeniable and perhaps more even than or for a tarion ism the fear is that chaos will tear apart any gains made by the revolution this is something new in egypt that's why it's it's more city thing in a way where you'll find that people are facing each other in the streets in the ministrations and facing that type of violence from islamic groups egypt's president its government its courts its very constitution are now matters of heated

debate one of the few things most of gyptian do seem to agree on after the long night of mubarak a new day is proving elusive tom bottom party. were present claims is almost absolute power is temporary but some observers are warning that egyptians can expect further oppression from the post back machine. the fact of the matter is that everything is going in the opposite direction of what the revolution is called for the constituent assembly itself is a reflection of how unwilling to share power the muslim brotherhood are and along with mohamed morsi. he says that he will give back powers as soon as a parliament is elected but he's not allowing the gyptian to share in writing the constitution so this to me seems like a false promise about giving back power because the one thing he can do is allow dictions to write their own constitution and share power and he's not doing that the judiciary have been a tool for the mubarak regime but if we come to think of it when people protested

mubarak they were protesting police brutality and we see that morsi is giving promises to the police that they will act with impunity and does not want to bring anyone to justice for the crimes they've done. during the sanjay's a promising some new shock revelations to rival the hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic cables published by we can leaks two years ago in an exclusive interview with our t.v. editor of the whistle blowing web site also claims the u.s. is becoming a top ten state for the help of social media. the problem is that all the time everyone nearly everything they do on the internet is permanently recorded every web search do you know what you were thinking one year two days three months ago or you don't know but google knows it remembers the national security agency intercepts the requests that flowed over u.s. border it knows will be. national security agency whistleblower who was the research head of the national security agency's signals intelligence division

describes this as turning key totalitarianism that all the infrastructure has been built for absolute totalitarianism it's just a matter of turning the key and actually the case has already been turned a little bit and it is now affecting people who are targeted for us drone strikes organizations like wiki leaks. national security reporters who are having their sources investigated is already partly turned and you know the question is would go all the way. and you can watch the full interview with you in the sun and on our web site r.t. dot com. u.s. army private bradley manning the man charged with handing over classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks spoke out for the first time in over two years saying he considered suicide while in detention will join his pre time trial hearing the

twenty four year old said his detention conditions triggered undesigned to attacks made him want to hang himself manning has been locked up for more than nine hundred days the longest pretrial detention of a u.s. soldier since the vietnam war the chase madara the lawyer and author of a book on that ng says even members of the military are supporting the imprisoned private. both opinion in the military and intelligence and law enforcement is quite divided about this i am not going to lie most people in the military have a very strict by the book attitude towards many of the rules not all the rules but many and would like to see many convicted but i have talked with infantry men one of whom who is caught on camera at that infamous collateral murder helicopter video who sees bradley manning is a hero who sees the leaks of the iraq war logs including that helicopter video as an unqualified good because now americans can finally see how that war is actually

going to end ditto for the afghan war logs there are also people in the f.b.i. who think such a thing is we can weeks which is very good for national security including the former director of the minneapolis office of the f.b.i. for lead roundly who is a time magazine's person of the year in two thousand and two and i have a long interview in my book with the former top cia analyst ray mcgovern who also sees that public knowledge of this benefit to the public debate about our wars can be immeasurable good so there is disagreement that the military and intelligence communities about this. election turnout has tumbled in kuwait if you paid off a few minutes we'll tell you why changing the rules made this. last a minister the press looking for brad damning ethics inquiries britain's media used

to be in the details just ahead. if you're passing through rushes to be a regent you really can walk on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoilt countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive the heart of just u.s. forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find

a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. this is what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island a chance to get up close and personal with the locals and it's these guys going to act as pasta parents for the next generation will come here using the old awards as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs whose parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolf's reputation

in russia but the keepers here hope their research and dedication will mean that wolf island remains a place where visitors can truly understand the call of the wild. about the program now in kuwait a pro-government candidates have won the lion's share of seats in parliament after saturday's election but isn't this lead opposition which boycotted the vote playing the turnout was there was it six percent dismissing the lawmaking body as illegitimate opposition has a valid protests until the u.s. backed monaco dissolves polland parties after the reports from kuwait. polls are closed doors olds are in but the battle over kuwait's political future has only

just begun as expected the new parliament is largely consisting of folks who are considered to be closely allied with the ruling power but that is because the opposition didn't front any candidates in a boycott of the vote they've even questioned the outcome before the last ballot was cast voter turnout varied widely from polling place to polling place but with a very low numbers at some locations the legitimacy of the results are certainly bound to be questioned now the crisis was sparked after the islamist dominated parliament it was dismissed over a row with the ruling power of the situation was then brought to a boiling point after the emir issued a surprise decree changing the country's complicated voting laws critics allege that it was a move in order to force a more compliant parliament which had sparked massive street battles as well now the political rift is only likely to deepen the question is whether the opposition is now going to take their fight to the streets and what of the monarchy will respond with

a heavy hand force what happens here has implications far beyond kuwait's borders as an opec member any sort of unrest is bound to affect oil markets the country is also a hub for the pentagon's ground forces with thousands of combat troops stationed here as a military counterweight to iran now the gulf monarchies have been struggling to fend off possible instability from the arab spring with varying degrees of success kuwait is largely seen as the most tolerant of the countries in this region but the worry is of course that the trend could be reversed recent months have seen as collating clashes between a position groups and security forces with used tear gas stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse crowds of political gatherings of more than twenty people have been banned and activists are complaining of a clampdown against the center authorities and did allow thousands of protesters to gather for a peaceful rally on friday but the worry is. that the next few weeks are bound to test the limits of the government's tolerance as well as the self-control displayed

by the opposition what happens here in kuwait could very well write the next chapter of the arab spring. r.t. kuwait's. well some of this regime will have a staying power as always it enjoys the support that comes with being a key u.s. envoy. the most important element in all of this is whether or not the opposition is able to stand up against this family the ruling class the ruling class in kuwait and most importantly standing against u.s. imperialism kuwait in and of itself is not terribly important but when seen in the context of the g.c.c. and seen as one of the most reliable u.s. allies particularly juxtaposed against what is happening in bahrain then we understand that the united states in the western powers cannot allow the saw family to fall you have to see that kuwait is a launching point in a possible war against iran so all of these taken together really shows that the united states has both political geo political and then of course social reasons

why they want to maintain the status quo. britain's a free press and it could face its toughest regulation three hundred years the cross the line when quote hacking the voice mails of royalty celebrities and a murder victim. reports now on the inquiry that exposed the seedy relationship between the paper's police and politicians. revelations that the british press phone hacking sparked a wave of public revulsion and one of the big media scandals. at the time that. not just story. but downing street as well as the allegations went all the way to the heart the british government to douse the flames number ten ordered the creation of the leveson inquiry in order to investigate the claims and now two years in the making after a chorus line of celebrity witness says and millions in taxpayers' money the

leveson report damning about the press and heavily critical of both the police and the government for what it says was that cozy relationship with the media cameron has been shown to be hunt to have been actually batting for the murdoch empire was part of all of this so you know i think you know there needs to be. a bit more of a focus on the failures of the police to actually do anything about these criminal acts lord leveson his recommendation is behind standards of self-regulation by the press in forced by legislation and that's what critics fear could stifle the already declining newspaper industry and deal a huge blow to the freedom of the press in the u.k. is there any way in which you can be a little bit censored or a little bit monitored and most people say no with britain now in the midst of a post leveson the hangover is the country's two top politicians who are likely to be the most embarrassed david cameron might be suffering from some uncomfortable

flashbacks back in october the prime minister promised to support the leveson recommendations as long as they went bonkers cut to last week i have some serious concerns and misgivings on this recommendation they break down into issues of principle practicality and listened to but david cameron's change of heart regarding the inquiry's findings would be causing him half the headache that nick clegg might be nursing at the moment the liberal democrat deputy prime minister used to talk about liberal democracy a labor previous essence will be will be remembered as the government who took your freedoms away we want to be remembered as the ones who gave them but not anymore here he is off the leveson published their report i have always said that i would support lord justice leveson reforms providing they are proportionate and workable and i will come on to why i believe that is the case as far as the report's

corporate core proposal is concerned namely a tougher system of so for a glacial supported by new independent checks recognised in law recent polls suggest that over two thirds of britons have little or no faith in the newspaper industry anymore and with revelations about the strong links between the police. the politicians and the media it's not only trust in fleet street that's when dealing i think through the word you know obviously we've been very worried about murdoch and his press for some time i think it's always gone on between should keep an eye on it and be aware of it. with opinions raging for and against new legislation it's turning into a no win situation for those in power by questioning the results of the inquiry david cameron looked to his critics like he abandoned the victims of media intrusion for some good press which is what got the government in trouble in the first place. r t london. german lawmakers overwhelmingly

back to giving greece its next pay out battle to keeping the country from sliding into bankruptcy means athens can now pay wages and bills this month proved package for us other things slashing interest rates and releasing cash chancellor angela merkel acknowledged the wariness softer emmons for the case but insisted the measures helped to bring stability to the usa. trick young says the german italian was frustrated with the greek government. i think there are a considerable number of people who would like to cut greece loose at this juncture a because it's probably the most humane thing to do but second of all because ultimately the greek government has simply field to do anything that it has really been supposed to do in terms of privatisation and so on many times it's enacted legislation but field to follow through the taxation system in greece is broken all of these sorts of horrible things lead us to the fact that greece is governed in

a third world fashion at the moment not in a first world fashion and that ultimately is causing a huge amount of frustration with a great many e.u. finance ministers some of them because they've got lots of money such as state germany and poland and so on some of them because they've actually taken their medicine for the poor irish. twenty five thousand people on the streets of dublin at the weekend complaining about your stereotype medicine they did not hear if you're going to get all manner of concessions in order to be allowed to get through the next hurdle to get their next meal light that's not fair it's very unreasonable of a lot of people and that's leading a huge number of politicians to be increasingly fed up with the whole situation. the russian gas could soon be flowing directly to the u.k. energy giants b.p. and the gazprom talking business as britain seeks to bolster its energy security the nord stream pipeline could be extended to be u.k. by twenty sixteen the deal said to be signed in the middle of next year right now

the pipeline that runs from russia to germany on the baltic sea it would need to be extended six hundred miles to reach britain project or here's the u.k. government because it offers diversifying gas supplies that are mostly coming from the middle east. now britain's the trade unions are promising a tough winter of strikes and industrial action the most activist leaders is crow later this hour he tells r t y walking out. the reality is. public sector workers. more you must i sorry for no pay was for two years they've seen their pensions go up by three percent. then they're seeing their child benefit from all of them being stopped and what that really means is a massive attack on the standard living where inflation is going up by about normal the same as some of these people but no priority to. be. on top of that they've been asked for for the next two years to accept one percent over the next two years

as well so we're not supporting a win of this consent to call disruption. it's about it's own that workers say the nuff said nuff those people the public sector lost their job those are their children if you stop those people or their pensions put up on. it is very very bad for them and for these kids these young kids now leaving school what kind of wanting for them is on the dough and even if they go to university and get a fifty thousand pound ran the nick fish student where they get up where they're going to go home always a pension going to be when they would sell out there was no hope for these young kids we feel is a bad call the future out there. in silicon valley is testing out the talent of the break we explain why there is now no place for the use of help america's digital innovation.

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