plus bahrain's war and its sliding into a spiral of repression and violence by amnesty international which can damage the country's ongoing human rights abuses and its broken reform promises more on that after the short break. british live demo minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies it allows men to pass them up on the letter to power essentially children are a setback for women who want to be successful and equal to men so they want to give men the option of taking maternity leave or would that be paternity leave out of a kind of see the logic of her view but my question is featherstone is why exactly is success in the corporate world the primary goal of life for men and women as a feminist i would think you understand that wanting to fight your way up the ladder to buy a big car to replace your shortcomings is a very male way of judging success are women who choose to have families failures or at least unsuccessful in your book even as a man i know that my pocket is really empty after having the first of hopefully many kids but i don't see our child as a fina

plus a human rights blow for bahrain is amnesty international publishes a report showing torture and oppression getting worse said the king. good evening i'm kevin zero in thank you for choosing to see we're starting with that breaking news of just been talking about israel and palestinian group hamas have agreed to a cease fire in gaza after a marathon peace talks in egypt's capital cairo israel's been pounding the palestinian toe true with missiles from both the air and sea for more than a week now in response to how mosts cross border rocket fire let's go live to what is middle east correspondent paula paula this is only just broken really within the last hour or so there's been various rumors coming through from various news agencies what more do we know at the moment what are the details of this truce as you know it. what we're hearing from the egyptian and palestinian sources that a ceasefire agreement has been reached between israel and hamas within the last half hour or so there was a press conference between the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and the gyptian foreign

during the 1990s at amnesty international charged the united nations -- charged the united states air force with serious violations of the laws of war during the bombing campaigns in kosovo and yugoslavia. they brought these charges before a u.n.-sponsored international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia which uses protocol i, so amnesty international decried the consistent failure to give effective warning to civilians before bombing. human rights watch complained that the u.s. air force was too concerned with insuring pilot safety. these were american lawyers writing this, complaining about the american air force, too worried about the safety of american service members. so these are the global rules. when people talk about global rules, these are some of the global rules. this is also an example of transnational politics. it's a new type of politics. so these so-called violations of the laws of war were based on protocol #-r. during the current afghan war, also there were american lawyers from human rights watch, amnesty international charging americans with war crimes onc

amnesty international says if confirmed, it constitutes a war crime. we are asking whether this is something new. >> it has happened before. but now it is becoming more and more obvious that the rebels are committing killings like the regime, and at the same level, both of them. it is just days before a big conference in doha where the opposition is asked to unified under one group, in order to bid but to lead the rebels on the ground, because there's a big discrepancy between the political leadership and the rebels on the ground who are fighting, in their aspirations, in the way they are conducting their rebellion. >> are they out of control? who is funding these groups? whether it coming from -- where are they coming from? clerk this is a rebel informed by several groups. this is not the regular army. it happened in many revolutions, review have small groups fighting, and they're coming from nowhere. there are many suspicions that al qaeda and some extremists are infiltrating the country from several orders and coming to fight and for jihad against t

during the afghan war, the current war, also, american lawyers from amnesty international, human rights watch charging americans with war crimes again, this time bringing it to the international criminal court, which the u.s. is not a member and doesn't recognize, and also on the basis of protocol one rules. if you're following the geneva conventions, you have to know which ones. conventional ones like the world war ii or new rules of 1977 which privilege terrorists? what we just described, what i just described are transnationallists, some of them americans, waging what we call law fare against american liberal democracy. lea fare could be defined as the misuse of law for purposing of litigation, harassment, propaganda to achieve a political strategic purpose. what's the purpose of human rights watch? what do they want to achieve? well, they say this in all the literature. they want to achieve the supremacy of global law over national law. .. and the united states of america. well, what the disgrace. how can the united states be a world leader on women's rights and not sign this treaty

and a human rights blow for bahrain as amnesty international publishes a report showing torture and oppression getting worse and making. good evening and thanks for joining us if you just have one aims kevin zero in this is r t broadcasting live from moscow and a cease fire then between israel and hamas has just come into force something being hammered out during marathon negotiations hosted by egypt israel's been pounding the palestinian territory with missiles in both the air and sea for more than a week in response to hamas says cross border rockets a correspondent in tel aviv reports on the much sought after troops. a ceasefire has been announced and agreed to by both israel and hamas this is the second time in two days that we've heard such an announcement but this time it so does seem as if it's accurate it was earlier at a press conference between the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and the egyptian foreign minister at that press conference clinton said that the u.s. was committed to making sure that these raids face an increased safety and security situation and also to improvi

bahrain sentences twenty three medics for treating protesters injured in mass demonstrations and amnesty international warns of the country's worsening human rights record. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie european financial wrangling in brussels could lead to no deal at all the german chancellor seems to have lost faith and members abilities to work together s. talks and a second day at stake is the trillion euro funding for the club with countries battling over whether the bloc needs to tighten its belt or poor in more cash pushing hardest for cuts as britain's prime minister s r for us now explains. still a lot of wrangling going on over the sea budget as the talks continue of course the countries like britain like the netherlands that have very much pushing for the cuts are up against the other side of the euro zone countries such as great such as spain really need that money and say the mall cuts that they managed to achieve within the budget itself the less likely it is that the european parliament will have preferred and so calls you can see these talks even tho

have slammed bahrain for reneging on its promises of reform and for rounding up repression amnesty international accuses the gulf monarchy of failing to free political prisoners investigates torture allegations and implement political changes as prescribed by an independent commission that investigated a crackdown on protests the push for democracy has seen more than eighteen months of anti-government rallies some deadly but unlike other arab uprisings bahrain has gone largely unnoticed abroad amnesty international also a way to end to the west for failing to back up concerns over its ally with action adding that washington risks enabling abuse at the charity only sees things getting worse. well we have is that actually the situation is much worse than it was months ago it's really the terror eighteen we're talking about at least twenty four people being killed after the bombing the pentagon firing issued its reports last year a ban on protests at the end to fucked over and only a week ago there were occasional national till thirty one opposition activists were also talking about continuous hara

locks up twenty three medics for treating protesters injured in mass demonstrations after amnesty international warns of the country's worsening human rights record. is eighty and the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie now europe's leaders are locking horns in brussels at stake is the trillion euro funding for their club poorer countries are battling to keep subsidies going but the germany led group who pay in more than they get back say it's time the bloc tighten its belt pushing hardest for cuts is britain's prime minister who faces pressure to save the money for troubles at home etc first now explains. still a lot of wrangling going on over the c. budget as the talks continue of course the countries like britain like the netherlands that have very much pushing for the cuts are up against the other side of the eurozone countries such as great such as spain really need that money and say the mall cuts that they managed to achieve within the budget itself the less likely it is that the european parliament will have preferred and so calls you can see these talks even thoug

medics sticking to the hippocratic oath and treating protesters suffer a damning report by amnesty international revealing the human rights situation is getting worse in the kingdom we've got a report lined up for you this half hour plus russian activists ramp other attempts not assume a doner this time claiming the material girl's failing to behave like a virgin is a cup of the stories after this quick break. was . in the glow of russia's not far away from civilization in a three hour helicopter treat from the nearest village. he's still one family have been living here for a long time in tents made of reindeer skins. lodging runs in aid signal and minutes they also grew up in the two but left it at the age of six and never returned they now live in the city in apartment building but still remember their regions. was planted here is a dancing teacher. was. still his den says he tells the stories about his mother lang. lives in a repeat in there has a one thousand strong reindeer had when the enemy only saw the light can and most around you it is gather their tens and move to another pasture the

for keeping to the hippocratic oath and treating protesters that's after a damning report by amnesty international reveals the for human rights situation is getting worse in that ten. plus a look at india's tourist hot spots where holiday makers get the best conditions while locals have to pay for it with the most basic comforts this and a lot more for you in just a. british lib dem minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies it allows men to pass them up on the letter to power such a children are a setback for women who want to be successful and equal to men so they want to give men the option of taking maternity leave or would that be paternity leave i don't know i kind of see the logic of her view but my question is featherstone is why exactly is success in the corporate world the primary goal of life for men and women as a feminist i would think you understand that wanting to fight your way up a ladder to buy a big car to replace your shortcomings is a very male way of judging success are women who choose to have families failures or at least unsuccessful in your book even as

bahrain's sentences twenty three medics were treating protesters injured in mass demonstrations as amnesty international warns of the country's a worsening human rights record for. world news live from our moscow headquarters are watching r t with me lucy tough enough let's get straight to our top story european leaders are arriving for their second day of budget fighting in brussels but all the financial wrangling it could be for nothing the german chancellor seems to have lost faith in the members abilities to work together and so it seems as the british prime minister who is pushing the toughest for the cuts let's get more on this now from artie's laura smith who is live for us in london laura welcome back to the program on the merkel herself as an optimistic that a deal could be struck in brussels this time around what's behind the pessimism. i think nobody's very optimistic at this stage that these talks will result in anything other than everyone just walking away from the table and saying we'll come back early next year and talk about it again the proposals the e.u. president herman van rompuy is

sentences twenty three medics were treating protesters injured in the mass demonstrations as amnesty international warns of the country's worsening human rights record. news live from our moscow headquarters you're watching r.t. with me to see catherine of let's get right to our top story european leaders are currently arriving for a second day of talks in brussels but the e.u. financial wrangling could lead to no deal at all the german chancellor seems to have lost faith in members abilities to work together and so has the british prime minister who is pushing the toughest for all those cuts at stake is the trillion euro funding for the e.u. club with countries battling over whether the bloc needs to tighten its belt or poor and more cash or to sell for a thousand more. still a lot of wrangling going on over this the budget as the talks continue of course the countries like britain like the netherlands that have very much pushing for the cuts are up against the other side of the year as in countries such as great such as spain really need that money and so the mall cuts that they managed to achie

last year along with more than seventy other health care workers this comes one day after amnesty international issued a highly critical report which states the bahraini government broke its promise to improve the human rights situation there on the contrary the finding suggests torture oppression and police brutality against the protesters are all on the rise demonstrations have been ongoing for more than eighteen months tell all that they've been largely unreported by the international press coverage on the compound worked on your part told us of our findings. will we have that back to the situation as much or spend it was months ago it's really the terry rate we're talking about at least twenty four people being killed after they were being dependent from bahrain issued its report last year a ban on not protest at the end to october and only a week ago there were occasional national to thirty one opposition activists were also talking about continuous harassment or human rights and one of them is now being the president of the famed center for human rights that was ten times the summer two t

price for this jailing of the jailing of these latest doctors medics comes right after the amnesty international report we're talking about it yesterday exposing ongoing human rights violations in bahrain indeed the report says go worse what does this ruling suggest about the government's ongoing willingness or not to embrace the findings of the report. well obviously this is one of syria's are lots of reports detailing the hunger of the human rights violations and behave but today willingness of their team to obey for this or despondent pressure is obviously issues the other direction to continue repression and suppression i don't see it's a change much on reality do you see any light at the end of the tunnel here these reports are released bahrain says it's going to do something doesn't seem to do that much and now we're hearing it's going to see any light at the end of the tunnel well you know unfortunately as long as these dictatorship regimes are backed up by international forces and power and they're protecting them and their allies with the united states and britain who don't see any chan

protesters and taking part in rallies that comes after a report by leading human rights group amnesty international which concluded torture and oppression are on the rise. although we have is that actually the situation is much or spend it worse months ago it's really the terry right in we're talking about at least twenty four people being killed after they were being dependent on the firing issued its report last year a ban on not protest at the end of october and only a week ago there were occasional national to thirty one opposition activists were also talking about continuous harassment or human rights and one of them is now being the president of the fein center for human rights that were sometimes peace some are two three years increased and marilee for having access it's right to freedom of expression and we consider him to be a prisoner of conscience and we are talking about hundreds of hands and hundreds of allegations of torture that that happened especially since the beginning of two thousand and eleven and international community has not enough pressure on that one man to ensure that. a

brain sentences nearly two dozen medics in jail treating contestants just a day after amnesty international revealed the worsening human rights record. international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. on kerry johnston well our top story now the cease fire agreed between israel and the palestinian group hamas late on wednesday has now held firm for more than twenty four hours but the truce had a shaky start with several rockets fired from gaza immediately after the deal was sealed the main question now is whether israel is going to ease its blockade of the palestinian territory as artie's put us there reports from tel aviv. some of the fighting we've witnessed in the years between israelis and palestinians if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spine now from what we've seen eight days of heavy bombardment at the same time it brings with spikes to roughly a million israelis who live in the south of israel and who've been on the receiving end of constant barrage of rockets but i say if it holds because it is p

ready court for treating protesters and taking part in mass rallies it follows a report by amnesty international condemning the gulf kingdom for it sliding into a downward spiral of repression the medics were among nearly one hundred arrested last year during an uprising against the monarchy the court ruled they could pay fallings to have their prison term suspended by previous in bahrain have been clashing with the sunni led government for nearly two years of two eighty people have been killed and thousands put behind bars during the protests calling for more reforms equal rights and opportunities one of the doctor spoke to me told me what she had to go through after her arrest. i was involved in treating the injured patients to us there's testers are not it doesn't really matter. as a punishment for not being the authorities to abandon these patients all the doctors who were involved in cheating the kids just surfaced there where i listed myself personally i was at a state of ducted from my house at three in the morning and i was badly mistreated i lost tortured later on after being jailed for

and let's now go to some other international news in brief now amnesty international has condemned the brain saying the country hasn't delivered on promises to improve its human rights record a report claims the gulf kingdom has climbed down even harder on protesters calling last year's r.t. government uprising public rallies and gatherings have been banned while there are ongoing reports of torture the borrowing authorities say escalating violence has forced further clampdowns. two suicide bombers have attacked a u.s. base in afghanistan's capital kabul killing to are going to guard apparently tried to reach the gate by detonators their devices one police spotted them local reports say the taliban claimed responsibility for that attack couples trying to be far the city's security ahead of a holy day this week in. and some of the heat from the conflict in gaza comes to us he's crossed ochs studio only minutes away. the sun rises over what seems like analyst forest but here in new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all stalk as in much of the world it's disappearing

and also online recent reports by amnesty international say foreigners without documents are being exploited and even tortured in the bia with the situation getting worse and the ousting of gadhafi. three of the world's most recognized brands a starbucks google. and imus or now facing investigation in the u.k. over depriving the nation of hundreds of millions of pounds the companies are in hot water because of that toxic practices that have already been dubbed in moro point a boycott has more on the growing public outrage in britain. these are three companies that dominate the u.k. economy they have billions of pounds worth of turnover but it looks like they pay very little corporation tax to show for it and now m.p.'s are outraged by the fact that through very eager loopholes these companies that they say are acting in an immoral way are managing to dodge millions and billions of pounds worth of tax every single year and they want to try and put a stop to it now it's about getting clever accountants that find countries with more favorable tax rates to base a u.k. headquarters in so for exam

court for treating protesters and taking part in mass rallies this follows a damning report by amnesty international which condemned the gulf kingdom for quote sliding into a downward spiral of oppression the medics were among nearly one hundred who were arrested last year during an uprising against the monarchy the court had ruled that they could paint fines in order to have their present charms suspended activists and behind have been clashing with a sunni led government forces for nearly two years now up to eighty people have been killed and thousands put behind bars during the protests which called for more reforms equal rights as well as opportunities now r.t. spoke with one of the doctors who was arrested and she has explained pardon me exactly what you have to go through. i was involved in treating the injured patients to his distillers or not to does it really matter. as a punishment for not obeying death or it's easy to abandon these patients all the doctors who were involved in cheating the kid testers where i just did my sense of their sin and i was at a state objected from my house at th

court for treating protesters and partaking in latin mass rallies now this follows a report by amnesty international that condemns the gulf kingdom for quote sliding into a downward spiral of oppression now the medics were among the nearly one hundred arrested last year during an uprising against the monarchy and the court ruled that they could pay fines to hopper a prison term suspended activists in bahrain have been clashing almost daily with a sunni led government forces for the past two years up to eighty people have been killed and thousands put behind bars during the protests for more reforms equal rights and opportunities well r.t. spoke to one of the doctors who explained exactly what she had to go through following her arrest. i was involved in treating the injured patients to us is just as or not it doesn't really matter. as a punishment for not being death or it's easy to abandon these patients all the doctors who were involved in cheating the testers where. myself personally. i was at a state of ducted from my house at three in the morning and i was badly mistreated i lost later on to be

now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world amnesty international has released a report can damning bahrain's government for failing to improve the human rights situation in the country the documents as a gulf modesty has expanded its oppression of to say and since last year's uprising when police brutally clamp down on demonstrations so violence and bahrain has been repeatedly criticized by human rights groups really poor is the first official condemnation of civil rights abuse in the country. the un security council has unanimously decided to sanction armed rebels in the democratic republic of congo has five earths have easily capture of the resource rich eastern city of gone more than twenty three group forum after accusing congo of flouting the peace agreed after a decade of conflict with neighboring rwanda which saw up to five million people die by the un statement fail to mention one or uganda which congo claims support the rebels. two suicide bombers have struck a u.s. base in afghanistan's capital killing two guards the attackers apparently try to reach

oath and treating protests as the job at the end of the day will suffer a damning report by amnesty international feel he would like the situation is getting worse because he got a report coming up also reporting two of the russian activists now ramping up their attempts to sue madonna this time claiming the material girl is failing to behave like a virgin it's just one of the stories not long after this break. british live demo minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies it allows men to pass them up on the letter to power essentially children are a setback for women who want to be successful and equal to men so they want to give men the option of taking maternity leave or would that be paternity leave out of a kind of see the logic of her view but my question is featherstone is why exactly is success in the corporate world the primary goal of life for men and women as a feminist i would think you understand that wanting to fight your way up a ladder to buy a big car to replace your shortcomings is a very male way of judging success are women who choose to have families failure

it says these were violations or it's great to public safety and this has been condemned by amnesty international which states it is a violation of freedom of speech and freedom of expression what the is interesting is that bomb sent target civilians has launched the until now been quite uncommon in bahrain although we are seeing these protests that have not actually gone unnoticed in the international we know that the ruling family there has a close ally. well the united states let's stop and look forward as the reasoning as to why the one place that has been in this country for at least two years is not the look which ones fissioning. live from tel aviv with the latest developments artie's policy while the protests in bahrain are the only country washington's being accused of double standards over. us does not want to see its control over the region slip away by something as a good leader as the democratic aspirations of the people the white house turns a blind eye to thousands of protesters in kuwait while at the same time praising the opposition forces in the countries such as syria. russia's

intensified its crackdown on the opposition the author of the document the bahrain research should amnesty international covered on google account but told me the pressure is getting worse in the kingdom. well we have is that actually the situation is much force than it was months ago it's for you terry right we're talking about at least twenty four people being killed after the beheading depending on the firing issued its reports last year a ban on not protests at the end of october and only a week ago there were occasional nationality of thirty one opposition activists were also talking about continuous harassment of human rights defenders one of them is now the president of the bahamian center for human rights that was sentenced these summer to three years increase and marilee for having exercised its right to freedom of expression and we consider him to be a prisoner of conscience and we are talking about hundreds of hands and hundreds of allegations of torture that that's happened especially since the beginning of two thousand and eleven until now the international community has not put enough pres

new gruesome footage of what appears to be government soldiers being killed by syrian rebels amnesty international says if confirmed it could be a possible war crime the brutal scene reportedly occurred in the north of the country and resulted in the deaths of twenty eight troops the video which can't be independently verified supposedly shows opposition fighters are raiding the soldiers as they're lying on the ground they are called assaults dogs before multiple rounds are fired into their bodies this comes as one of the rebels principle backers of america ditch syria's main opposition group the national council saying it will have greater influence to militants on the front line the s.n.c. lashed back at washington claiming the us is undermining the revolution geo political analyst eric draitser thinks the move could be a prologue to military intervention. which happened in recent months as the. from the syrian military as it has developed what we've seen is that they have no real backing on the ground that is to say the manufactured opposition and so the united states in their imperialist proje

in a court for treating protesters and taking part in mass rallies this follows a report by amnesty international that condemned the gulf kingdom for quote sliding into a downward spiral of oppression the medics were among the nearly one hundred arrested last year during an uprising against the monarchy and the court had ruled they could pay a fine as to how their present time suspended activists in bahrain have been clashing with a sunni led government forces for nearly two years now up to eighty people have been killed and thousands put behind bars during the protests called for more reforms equal rights and opportunities now one of the doctor spoke to our team that explained what she had to go through i was involved in treating the injured patients to us here's jesters are not to doesn't really matter. as a punishment for not obeying the authorities to abandon these patients hold the doctors who were involved in treating the contest yours where i listed myself their sinhalese i was at a state of ducted from my house at three in the morning and i was badly mistreated i was told to read later on

to some other international news and review now amnesty international has been done in the rain saying the country hasn't delivered on promises to improve its human rights record a report claims the gulf kingdom has quieted down even harder on protesters following last year's anti government uprising public rallies and gatherings have been banned there are ongoing reports of torture the bahraini authorities say after waiting violence has forced further clampdowns. to suicide bombers have a target a u.s. base in afghanistan's capital kabul killing two are going to god's their parent may try to reach their gaze but detonated their devices one police spotted them local reports say the taliban claimed responsibility for the target of all trying to be five the city's security ahead of a holy day this week. and in a few minutes violence against women in afghanistan and the future hold for an attempt to stop it. mushers that so much given to a huge musician apparently finding the mark when the carnage continues in gaza and israel claims its bombardment of the gazans is in self-defense at the