away jails to opposition activists for criticizing its mark on the web as the gulf state continues to silence anti-government voices. u.k. government make sure people from all walks of life are hit by a belt tightening with the country's most vulnerable now about to feel the pinch even more plus. well maybe just the beginning of the end of job let's get it out as the political vultures circle over venezuela washington is suspected of wanting a post office power play as a president cancels his inauguration over health problems.

this is our team coming to you live from moscow eleven am in the russian capital i'm marina joshua to the program now two years behind bars for a twitter message that's the verdict for two opposition activist in kuwait who criticize the country's rulers on the web the oil rich arab state has intensified its crackdown on the opposition with programs going on there for almost two years now author and journalist have points to striking similarities with other u.s. allies states in the region which have seen the so-called for god and revolutions. it's obvious that the united states and nato countries desire to keep their thousands of troops in kuwait and as we've seen of course there's been demonstrations in bahrain and of course saudi arabia which are not being covered on

any corporate media it's very difficult to cover the brutal suppression of human rights in these nato and u.s. backed dictatorships human rights groups themselves are in a sense a different subject because some of them are being knobbled by u.s. authorities but in fairness than been some human rights groups that have campaigned for the horrible human rights situation suffered by the elements the we do and people under a thousand of those stateless in kuwait and anyone really trying to look for greater freedoms in kuwait and sort of forgotten country in terms of the arab spring and in fact it is hosting at the end of this month a whole conference about syria and about humanitarian help for syria so it has love to say about humanitarian things in syria but it imprisons people that tweet anything against them even though it is one of the most democratic places in the persian gulf arab countries clashes between turkish troops and kurdish rebels in

southeast erkki have left thirteen people dad the three decade long conflict over self rule has already claimed towns of thousands of lives now turkey is also facing the emergence of an independent kurdish enclave in neighboring war torn syria as a revolution our reports by seeing our regime change in damascus ankara could be further inflaming violence at home. that's the turkey's prime minister may have shot himself in the food by openly supporting the syrian opposition the country's leader may have overlooked the thanked syria's political mayhem may have on turkey especially in the border areas largely populated by kurds some observers believe any turmoil in the region between un corralling damascus will have a devastating effect on to guns country. turkey now involved virtually in a war it's used as a base by the syrian rebels and now to the kurds of march this was

perfectly predictable but the dangers here argued early guns reasoning behind his support for the rebels can stem from lessons of the recent past. what do you. make of. the syrian opposition because they've made the same mistake in iraq with the kurdish region which is. now. i think the problem in syria but that could come as a dear cost. conflict between turks and kurds has been simmering for some thirty years with thousands of victims of both sides in fact the last eighteen months have seen seven hundred deaths from the confrontation between turkish security forces and the kurdistan workers party or p k k recognized by some western nations as

a terrorist organization some believe the thirty million kurds are ready to rise at a moment's notice to at least gain some autonomy if not reach their ultimate goal the kurdish state the syrian crisis may very well provide such an opportunity and uncross increasing animosity towards both kurds and damascus it may very well be turkey that will end up being the biggest loser in this call that. game kurdish representatives in the turkish general assembly firmly believe no matter the outcome of the conflict the kurds in syria are set for some sort of autonomy and they're eager to follow suit the syrian kurds so will have their own. autonomy for long years we are also struggling for democratic autonomy we want our identity to be recognized and we want. the khatami regional autonomy then we should have our south governance right but these desires seem to fall on

deaf ears within the turkish government within caracas kurdish conflicts coming under increasing scrutiny from human rights organizations accusations of rape torture kidnappings and use of chemical weapons against suppose it pretty separatists have been backed by independent groups the reports and investigations and are a major stumbling block on and crusade for e.u. membership the turkish government nevertheless seems determined to avoid the issue altogether instead turning its attention across the border into syria it in a ghost go r.t. . while our correspondents are closely following developments in iraq syria via twitter feeds so log on to check all the latest updates on this and other issues.

and as well as president which obviousness to miss his inauguration deadline postponing the ceremony indefinitely did a poor house his request past the national sam william and opposition claims that the move to satellite or a date isn't constitutional pepe escobar from asia times online told us there will now be mammy players willing to stand in his place. chelsea's war is not a monolithic saying like will dare to say the communist party in china there at least four or five different factions fighting for power and this is a lot of problems we have an unsteady situation in terms of chavez health because

there will be an internal struggle for power inside show this will make the same time we're going to have more possibility just a horror of interference trying to you know a louvered to this process and specially our friends in washington who told news he will see an opening well maybe this is the beginning of the end of just shut these books let's figure out what you are going to live from moscow still had for you the program. alleged that army week bradley manning gets one hundred twelve days off of his eventual sounds but could still face life imprisonment. plus the report on how sound british families are paying the price for the country's failure to counter a rising number of dogs at hacks that and much more. war bell tithing is looming for the u.k.'s parliament moves

a staff further to calve benefits a new bill seeks to limit an increase in welfare spanning to one percent a year and could see the most vulnerable being hit hardest and also comes against a backdrop of a staring measures britain introduced as it struggles to heal its ailing economy argues laura smith reports members of parliament have voted in favor of this bill which would. cap on benefits welfare benefits ministers say this cap is needed because the state's handouts have been rising twice as fast as pay as in pay in recent years this bill will now go through to further reading so it's not passed yet but we can expect significant changes to the welfare budget in the years to come it's all about this kind of what we've seen in recent weeks this is strivers versus skivers thing where the government says it wants to support people who are going out to work trying hard to make money versus the people who are staying in

bed all day and they say it's fair because public sector pay. is being kept and private sector pay is rising below the level of inflation so why should people who are on benefits get more money and the stories go all about having to support these people and the stamp out this benefits culture and make it more profitable for people to be working them for people to be sitting at home on benefits but again not everyone agrees obviously a lot of it job seekers allowance employment support allowance that does go to people who are out of work but a lot of it goes to in fact two thirds of it goes to the lower paid workers so people who are strivers these various tribes that we've been talking about essential workers nurses rubbish collectors people without whom the country would come down to its knees and that's what labor's talking about working tax credits child benefit those kinds of things and in fact a charity the children's society has come out and said that if you are single or single primary school teacher or a nurse with two children you are going to be losing four hundred twenty four

pounds a year by two thousand and fifteen under these new measures so certainly very controversial it says we're not all in it together in fact what we are what we governments proposing to do according to labor is hits households towards the bottom of the socio economic scale much harder than they hit households further up the scale the average person in the street is very keen to stamp out these skivers as the goal as the government sort of initially called them but now is backing away from. that people who are staying at home with the curtains drawn in bed while ordinary people while the strivers go out to work but the fact is that these measures according to labor would hit those poor people harder more children in poverty they say of the landlords association says it could contribute to more homelessness middle hit women particularly hard because they're the people who child tax credits go to for example and of course people struggling to pay for rising inflation rising fuel prices rising food prices and to put food on the table and then on the other side

of the coin we've got a tax cut for the rich that will be introduced in april unless anything happens if you earn over one hundred fifty thousand pounds a year after april you'll be paying five percent less touch at the moment you pay fifty percent forty five percent if you're earning a million pounds that's going to save you forty thousand pounds per year and people are up in arms about the. private bradley manning accused of sharing classified u.s. army files where the whistle blowing web side with leaks will get. one hundred twelve days cut from his eventual sentence the victory for he is the finance team comes after a judge ruled that manning's nine months in prison amount of two pretrial punishment and was excessively harsh retired colonel morris davis told us the military is just trying to spare its blushes. i think the government here is overplayed their hand if you recall when the wiki leaks documents were going to come out it reminded me

of the y2k scare everybody kind of braced and expected the worst and then when it came out not much happened and i think that the government really overplayed this i'm not aware of there being anything more than embarrassment that has been caused by the wiki leaks documents if there's been any operations that have been compromised or any individuals harmed i'm not aware of it but it certainly seems at this point this is more of a case of embarrassment than actual harm it seems to be that there are good leaks in there badly it's the administration has been accused of being more than happy to leak information that makes the people feel good or makes the administration look good they're supposed to be a congressional hearing with the movie coming out this week as zero dark thirty and are supposed to be a congressional hearing on whether the white house facilitated leaking classified information to the producers of the movie there's been other instances like the killing of osama bin laden of the internet attack on the iranian facilities

that you know when it helps make the administration look good in a leak is ok when it's an embarrassment like it is with bradley manning then you know it's a capital offense all very more information and analysis on bradley manning's case now website r.t. dot com so use your call our comment section to let us know what you think also we've got the story of a chinese father who's ordering his own sound assassination and find out more on a line plot fun turned to tragedy to thrill seekers roll off a slope and a store at a russian resort. well we're back with more news in a couple of minutes so stay with us here on r.t. .

the news today. again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joint operation to rule the day.

welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow how the u.s. senate is considering president obama's picks to lead the path of god in the cia is a candidate for the post of spy chief presidential counterterrorism adviser john brennan is a strong advocate of aggressive cia tactics and hasluck you are a conversational drone program as one of the agency's main tools for bradman american anti-war activist and author believes brennan's nomination can backfire on the u.s. . the message the president is sending is that i need to be able to say that i'm fighting terrorists for the short for my own short run political gain but in doing that he's sowing a world when which i believe will kill many many more americans and next decade

because where we're elevating so many muslims in terms of john brennan look at the first time he went public with this drone program and he said and this is a quote there hasn't been a single collateral death because of the exceptional proficiency precision of the capabilities that we've been able to develop now for john brennan to say that there are only two possibilities one is he's a pathological liar he knows that were murdered hundreds of civilians with the lies about it but i think the second possibility is much more serious and that is that he's delusional paul craig roberts a former assistant secretary of the treasury told us earlier he thinks of brennan is confirmed as the cia had the agency will further a span of power granted and is moving the cia into a more powerful position which the cia will like what you see here is the

movement of the cia away from being an intelligence agency toward being a police agency and a military force the. war on terror is becoming more and more directed at the american population it's the american population that's being spied on around the clock we now have drones flying here domestically all of this is coming home i hear spy drones and the unaccountability of these growing police agencies later today watch our istana report on people's growing discontent over police action against american citizens during protests. the government no longer represents the believe. the people are going to take the terms. are. we going to.

be. the way or are only. way. to. the starting line for moscow now tension between loyalists and police a bell says over the flying of the union flag are far from easing after progress for task force pelted security forces with petrol bombs for a six consecutive day now me along the m.p. for belfast is says the violence was

a planned action of those in charge should be held responsible. i think the problem is that there was political orchestration certainly in the initial stages of this particular on rest to try for example to use very emotive and inflammatory language around the position that my party was going to take kids enough of repping die in the flood when in fact we were opposing a host of from nationalists to take the flag diamond tartly there with direct targeting of myself as the m. pay for east belfast in all of this the way i'm not a member of for the council and do not have a vote so there was a political orchestration behind this and i think that those who worked up fear and tension which existed around this issue which is the motive i think of to bar some of the responsibility for the consequences of that and i was take a look at some other stories from around the world to me as released and the attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in the libyan city of benghazi for a lack of evidence the u.s. ambassador and three other americans were killed in the attack on september

eleventh last year the twenty six year old tunisian who was extradited from turkey was one of the very few people detained over the attack the u.s. has still failed to make any real progress in the investigation. a u.s. military contractor who is employees were accused of torturing and abusing prisoners in baghdad during the iraqi war will pay five million dollars compensation it's the first known case of detainees being compensated by american contractors for the abuse they received the mistreatment of prisoners in abu ghraib came to light in two thousand and four after a military investigation with graphic photos taken at the scene caused public outrage. one hundred people are still missing after a wildfire swept through southeastern australia so temperatures called on wednesday firefighters are still battling scores of ways and new here wave is forecast for the weekend a combination of soaring temperatures and dry windy conditions since last friday

sparked fires that burned vast parts of forests and farmland well for a merry of us a dog is man's best friend but where the rising number of serious attacks in the u.k. there is a growing call for more to be done to regulate these sometimes dangerous pets are just our first went to meet one family that's paying the price for britain's relaxed attitude to dogs. it was a nightmarish attack that lasted just a few minutes but one which these parents wake up to every day earlier this year anthony and stacy's two year old son kiran with viciously set upon by a neighbor's dog distraught. so doesn't that it's been six months now and still is ongoing in surgery. it's not going on here it was staying at his grand house when he managed to slip out and they test what happened

next very nearly cost the child's life we were looking grim. over the dogs got him so then we ran round the corner the dog was chewing into pieces. i think of a dog. the release there. when the dog started talking if i were to seconds earlier it would have happened if those two seconds later they say it was a pair but it's not it was a guard dog. also. an intruder. family maintains the attack happened in the alleyway next to their house and not on their neighbor's property the law in the u.k. only covers attacks on public land they say take place on private property are often impossible to prosecute even though that's when most occur the number of dog attacks in the u.k. is increasing more than six thousand people weren't mitta to hospital in two

thousand and eleven and the problems with the law go even further the dangerous dog act bans for breeds but organizations such as but docs say blame the owner not the animal but we believe in the principle of deed not breeds it's about what the. trained dog. in this country is not prevented to. actually take those aspects into account now we hear a loss about how dogs can but the truth is that rules are also hurting them every year countless innocent dogs are put down simply because of the way last year that we had to put to sleep just hundreds of dogs that arrived here on site it's just under two thousand dogs charities and politicians agree it's time control changed there appears little consensus on just how it should be done i think everybody. in government and in parliament cross party. to see

movement on this and we can't understand why it's taken so long somebody ought to get a grip on this i'm going to move on because what's happening is we're still having a dog's sort of big issue with irresponsible owners and meanwhile all the abandoned washing up in places like battersea dogs home and it's a tragedy for the government agency his remit this falls under ses is a situation. they're trying to rectify in a statement said compulsory microchip ing of pets and legal changes were under discussion and it will make an announcement. but that's little comfort to karen's family. day's wages. i mean his for his well being but. we've been in a situation where we have family and he won't be one of his own and he. oh changing

the rules it's too late for kiran and while the ladies drag on the how person handles its dogs another tragedy is simply waiting to happen. while coming up shortly here in r.t. after a short break of course as peter krause talks i do stay with us for that if we can . hold it. hold it. and over the speed.

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