the venezuelan the supreme court rules delay in hugo chavez's inauguration is legal supporting the government in the fight was debility in the latin american state. the president of the european council had men from wrong by business ireland as it takes up with a rotating e.u. presidency while experts are question whether they're in the desert country will live up to the task of going on the blog out of the financial crisis. and packs of walls are closing in on residential areas in russia's republic of the uk with d.l. forcing all four g.'s to declare war on the dead live at. those

of four pm here in moscow you live with us on r.t. it's good to have you with us time to ban would say the postponement job the inauguration date for venezuela's hugo chavez is illegal according to the country's supreme court meanwhile the country's vice president has called for people to gather in front of the presidential palace to honor the ailing leader who said to be recovering from cancer surgery lawyer evil injures says a despite joint after the president's protracted absence could still it destabilize the country. article two thirty one of the venezuelan constitution does leave open to interpretation the issue of inauguration when the elected president cannot meet the date of january tenth before the national assembly which is the parliament what

the article specifically says in a second clause is that in the case of unforeseen circumstances then the president elect will be sworn in before the supreme court but it doesn't give a date for there is another article in the constitution as well under which president chavez was authorized to leave the country for more than five days back in early december in order to undergo surgery here and that article allows him to be absent from the country for it ninety days which can be renewed for another ninety days the issue is whether or not he's now incurring those first ninety days or is he under just the initial authorization now it's really way is it is going to be determined sooner as well because it's there's no question that the president has now been out of the country for more than a month he's been absent from the spotlight there's not really a crisis at this time the opposition is trying to say there's a crisis and there is no doubt they're calling for national strikes all kinds of protests as there are already asking for the organization of american states and

the united states to intervene that's going to be ongoing and yes the longer that chavez is away the more time that will give them to prepare and to further progress with plans to the stabilize his government and try to create some situation where new elections can be can mean the president of the european council men the fun romp why has held top level goals in dublin as ireland takes over the e.u. rotating presidency european teams have voiced their support for deal which is designed to reduce the country's banking debt as a match was a big dublin must get their own house in order before taking up the challenge of putting the european union out of a financial ditch. island has its own economic problems which are continuing it course has the economic problems which been happening ever since the euro which created high inflation there and then of course exacerbated the faster they had ready to take on the presidency of the european council is of course very large

piece of work not just for the senior politicians in the government but also for many of the civil servants and be better off spending their time really trying to address arlen's economic difficulties rather than trying to solve the problems within the european union which are very great indeed of course unemployment now in the you is alarmingly high and of course the thing is that arlen when he says all of this there is a reason that on and supposed to for austerity means that the irish people are not protesting and taking their protests as people in spain and greece have done because we know that austerity at this time point actually work last year in the euro in the single currency it will create more economic problems that's why we see unemployment across the eurozone rising quite alarming for you so he's very happy that arlen is getting on with the use policy of austerity but actually it's actually the long policy this time the i.m.f. top economists appears to be backing backtracking on earlier stating forecasts

admitting failure to see the grave consequences which the financial measures brought on we countries such as greece for more on the subject we can now talk live with which are probably a london based financial adviser and wealth manager most of the report to admits that the forecasts are significantly underestimated the increase in unemployment and to a surge of protests have been raging on across europe for years now how come it took the economists so long to admit to their mistakes. i think the first thing to say is that. economists generally. focus on their own then models and. economic forecasting models are best they shot in the dark and it seems to be that they got their multiplier effect numbers wrong and the impact of the austerity have been much underestimated the

reality is of course in most ways western governments which includes most of the southern european countries the level of state involvement in the economy has grown substantially over the last few years and what happens is of course that any significant austerity measures will have a massive impact on on the economy. that you know how does this recent apology flagged on the professionalism of the i.m.f. that's as well as the other groups such as a european commission and the european central bank people one on says it's ok to say you know we've grown substantially in terms of growth in economics but the people are still suffering so how do they also do that. firstly very hasn't really been growth beanies debt accumulation and that's the same in in the u.s. and most of most of europe there is continuing massive accumulation of

sovereign debt. for some point and that's the first thing to say thing to say is people reach far to march into economic forecasts most economic forecasts when to be. from the central banks will be on form banks best. guess. not too much should be read into these three how can the trust in the funds be reinstated then. i think that they're trying to do their their best. realistically. this was a plan through. through the european central bank through the germans and the european community that has imposed these these massive austerity measures on some european and peripheral countries of course and

it's not the people's follow. the government has overspent it's not the people's fault that the banking system has failed and needed to be held back but it's the people who have to deal with the debt through higher taxation and. enjoy all these these massive. we're going to have to leave it right there markovitch up any thank you very much financial advice and wealth manager live from london with us. on the way eleven years of indefinite detention we discussed the ramifications of washington's decision to keep the notorious guantanamo bay military prison open by barack obama's long running pledge to shut down. the river says rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah drive to overcome their differences we look into how

israel's occupation policies may have brought the factions closer together all that after the break. the official. yourself. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television on. your mobile device so you can watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. good leverage or. to build a new most sophisticated. fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything. to teach me the creation of why you should care about human

to. this is why you should care only. human rights groups are calling on the us president to deliver on his promise made more than four years ago and shut down the notorious guantanamo bay detention facility but barack obama recently also why is the military to keep holding terror suspects there without charge or trial as get more remains in business eleven years since it was open let's not get some reaction from activist maggie out who's been

campaigning for the closure of guantanamo. miss manny or what's washington's reasoning for ruling to keep the facility open and how was the move being received we understand that the american government in within the congress and the senate there's two different parties in the parties keep arguing over kuantan him obey whether it should be shut down whether it should be kept open a lot of that is really just false rhetoric just to keep the prison open. after eleven years has got immense symbolic power and all things it represents human rights campaigners people who believe in truth justice and the rule of law it represents injustice before the americans it gives them a raise and it gives them a system within which an extra legal system within which they can continue their. illegal detention arbitrary detention torture drone attacks all the other bits of the past that we've seen over the past eleven years from the american

administration so what the so called a war on terror ongoing the u.s. is bound to take certain precautions and deal with terror suspects as they see fit would you say. yes but there's also a structure called the international law and more and more states are bound by particular the signatories to which the u.s. is so the united states which has signed torch conventions has signed the geneva conventions but is trying to work outside of them by calling torture enhanced interrogation and by calling their prisoners of war enemy combatants is trying to create a completely new structure which in some part it has succeeded in doing over the past eleven years simply because almost the rest of the world the so-called international community is quite happy to play along but that doesn't mean that the united states or anybody else is above the law eighty six detainees have been cleared for release from guantanamo but they remain at the facility why is that what what other legal grounds for the release and where are those supposed to go

from the. well the united states government part of the signing of the n.d.a. twenty thirteen was that they couldn't be released to the united states mainland and that's been quite a big issue over the past so many years of where to send the prisoners the problem is that once you've been held at guantanamo bay you're tarnished with the brush of being involved in terrorism activity so whether or not you have been in the vast majority of cases they haven't been if they are returned to the original country the chances are that they will be then sent to jail face further torture and abuse to give an example there's a man. who is an algerian national he's been in guantanamo bay for the last eleven years he was cleared for release in two thousand and seven that was in february so almost six years ago he's been free to leave guantanamo bay he cannot go back to algeria because the evidence that the united states used to hold him initially in guantanamo bay was an accepted as as lawful by the algerian government they used evidence in the trial against him in two thousand and nine and convicted him for

twenty years in absentia for membership of a terrorist or terrorist organization abroad the united states has since said he was involved in absolutely nothing but he can't go back to algeria because he will face further persecution he used to live in the united kingdom when he tried to claim asylum in the one nine hundred ninety s. when there was a civil war going on in algeria they fled the country in the first place because of the threat of persecution that he faced in the united kingdom is refusing to take him back and he's one of the people that our campaign the london guantanamo come page is campaigning for their release saying that the reason behind other countries refusing to take on detainees from guantanamo and the u.s. refusing to take them in within the u.s. is the fact that they're taking precautions i mean once you've been there there's always kind of a label as for you as a person that you've been to good more so no one wants you how can they solve that how can they solve that problem. well it comes back again to very basic legal

principles that you are innocent until proven guilty whether or not you've been held at guantanamo bay there's no real exception to that rule anywhere it's not true to say that nobody wants these people but half of those eighty six people who are cleared for release come from yemen the yemeni government would like them back however in twenty ten president obama a place a moratorium on the return of prisoners to yemen and so they haven't been able to return one of the examples of the despair faced by the yemeni prisoners was a series of poems and letters written by for harm that none of the letty who was a yemeni prisoner who died at one time or base a special circumstances in september last year. washington often lectures other countries about civil liberties and democracy so how credible does the u.s. stance look when indefinite detention and good mall remain prevalent. well the problem is it's not just washington's problem it's the problem of the international community is the problem of the countries that facilitated the

journeys and the travel of these men to guantanamo bay in the first place not everybody was in afghanistan or pakistan or fighting the americans at all it's also the countries that are not taking about their own nationals for example there's two kuwaitis still in guantanamo bay even though the rest have been released there's a shocker the last british resident in guantanamo bay who the british government continues to say we are trying to get him released to this country he has a family here four children the youngest of whom he's never met he's not he hasn't after eleven years and we haven't been given credible reasons why he hasn't been returned so the united states doesn't seem to have a very credible position but unfortunately it's not just united states that has failed on this issue it's the whole international community through their collusion in continue to keep guantanamo bay open and on top of that they've actually exported many guantanamo this. this regime of indefinite detention has actually been exported to other countries and they use it not quite the orange jumpsuits and

not quite the american military cause i don't think they can quite explain but countries have actually created their own little mini guantanamo's as well as an activist what do you want to see happen. well president obama one of the first things he did when he was first elected president back in two thousand and nine he signed a presidential decree to say that guantanamo bay would be closed by january twenty ten what we would like to see happen and as with other activists around the world we know there's also approach organizing protest in london the protests in the united states and in australia tomorrow just those are the ones we know of we would like president obama to take the opportunity that he will be given by his second term as president which will start just over a week this anniversary tomorrow to actually just do something constructive close guantanamo bay down and actually ensure that all of the men are released to countries where they will be safe and where they will not face further persecution unfortunately in a number of cases including men who've been released to european states they have

faced further persecution and that shouldn't be the case when in fact they were innocent what we're what we're looking for is justice we're looking for the safe release of all of the hundred sixty six prisoners who remain there live from london that was activists i sure many thank you very much for joining us here on our team thank you rod will be bringing you more coverage of the eleventh anniversary of the one ton of mowbray on the air and on our web site at r g dot com. your borders on the courts eleven years on the guantanamo remains open for business our team looks at the interrogation nerve center of america's war on terror. the future of afghanistan is up for discussion as the country's leader prepares to meet top american officials in washington late on thursday. talks with the u.s. defense she view and panetta and secretary of state hillary clinton as well as his

one on one summit with president barack obama could provide answers to why dreamed of crucial issues including the number of american troops said to remain in afghanistan of the majority pullout in twenty four team and their possible role washington hasn't finalize his decision on the matter and doesn't rule out a complete withdrawal or that scenario is unwelcome by the afghan government his position is increasingly fragile amid the strengthening how about insurgency patricia. six professor from new york university says it's no one's interest for the u.s. forces to leave right away. there's a lot of talk about not leaving any troops there at all however i don't think the u.s. can afford that leader in the region because there's still quite a bit of violence going on there so i think the president will probably leave some troops there for some time but i would assume president karzai is going to want

that out because it gives him more. or it makes him look more powerful on the negotiating table and within the context of his own constituency however he also needs some protection so it will be a little bit of a catch twenty two situation for him i think probably hopes to achieve a few things a one his continued military support for the afghan troops so they can maintain their own military and army if you will and the second is can continue to. monetary support in some development efforts their. arrival palestinian groups fatah and hamas on trying to bridge their divides the leaders of both on jesus met in cairo on wayne state to discuss implementing a unity agreement signed two years ago the reason easing of tensions has already brought good results for one family in gaza previously torn apart by political strife and as policy reports they may have israeli policies to think. it's been

five long years since this family was together one thousand eight hundred days since a mean a muslim last saw her son his crime belonging to a group the gaza government was opposed to except this time it wasn't the israelis who forced him into exile but hamas and other brands are at the other either with emily and house in gaza and headed for the west bank but it was only after the negotiations began that seventeen of us were given approval to go back home. it was back in two thousand and seven in a surprise coup that a must to control of gaza from wyvil faction group fatah one hundred sixty one people were killed and more than seven hundred injured when the dust settled the palestinian people were divided a mass was in charge in gaza fatah called the shots in the west bank hundreds fled their homes from both in fear of their lives like other fatah supporters from gaza mohammad took refuge in the west bank waiting for the day we conciliation would

come. all denied i prayed to god to protect my son mohamad i prayed for his safety and asked god to bring him back home safe and now for the first time reconsideration between the two sides looks promising each feels boosted by recent successes and is more willing to compromise her muscles capitalizing on the recent conflict with israel despite the heavy cost fattah who's claiming victory after president mahmoud abbas successfully upgraded palestinian status at the united nations as her mustn't fattah move closer together the irony is that they getting help from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his right wing policies and rhetoric are winning the palestinian support and sympathy on the international stage it was on that on yahoo's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel has floundered it was also an attorney a whose watch that u.s. is revelations reached their lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that

palestinian unity seems plausible for. for her it's a long term interest of her for us to think of as a cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that the worst will be and probably part of the political structure which defacto right now is the case leaders from both sides have a new day course for reconciliation if you think that of course. between hamas and the catastrophe it's proof for that doesn't mean peace etc etc but for this family nothing can detract from the feeling of gratitude and joy of a father and son coming home a tears and smiles it could a hope that a new chapter is also about to open in gaza political life police here are on the israel gaza border some other world news in brief and in israeli police are treating a car bombing in central tel aviv as a criminal not a terrorist act some of the way injured in the blasts went off near

a bus station not far from the israeli defense ministry headquarters of the it is believe it was an attempt to assassinate a local crime ring leader political violence has also not been ruled out as it is that into comes less than two weeks before the parliamentary election. three female crew dish independence activists have been found did of from gunshot wounds in her eyes one of the victims was the co-founder of the could has done work as party known as the p.k. k. in an armed struggle for separation from turkey forty thousand people have so far been killed in the twenty five year battle for independence and karrar has risen to begun to also with the party's jailed leader to try and persuade the organization to disarm. in baghdad at least five people have been killed and fifteen wounded in a car bomb blast at a busy bus stop the attack happened during the morning rush hour explosion occurred

in the mainly shia district of the iraqi capital the bloodshed comes amid growing discontent among iraq's sunni population over alleged discrimination by the shia led government. russia's republic of iraq with dia has declared a war on wolves scores of the predators are reported to be closing in on several residential areas in the region posing a serious threat to life style and earlier art is tom barton explained to my colleague marina joshie while the region is currently in a state of emergency it is a very serious situation. here is a vast territory with a very low payment population but a lot of the people who live there rely on reindeer for the for their livelihood and on the horses they used to travel with those herds of reindeer and those reindeer what the wolves are desperately trying to get to driven by hunger because

they are normal food stuffs are like rabbits a lot more scarce this year so they said some of these pictures show this is a wolf in a zoo but some of these other pictures show wolves in the wild in siberia usually they would stay well away from these reindeer herds but they're being driven there by hunger bickel sixteen thousand. reindeer last year that's simply too much the numbers of wolves have reached three thousand five hundred new kuti now and the president of the republic says that's too much that the attrition rate as it were on the reindeer has reached it now too expensive they're losing too many reindeer and that's become a serious problem sure it does sound like a serious problem and like you said it probably happens because there is an imbalance of other animals in the forest and that's why the wolves are driven out of the forest and exactly closer to the people so what is the solution to the problem under the circumstances is there any at all solution is as you might probably think relatively simple just step up a hunting of the wolves a sort of

a natural cole as it were of these planned cull of the of these wolves so that the president of the public has really really gone for that and said rewards will be offered hunters six figure awards for the top three hunters the aim is to kill three thousand of the three thousand five hundred wolves. in the next three months starting in a in a few days time and that hopefully will bring the numbers down to what experts say is that should be the natural level about five hundred wolves or not three thousand five. coming up it's the kaiser report. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big

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just see them on a little bit and i. get a. little mouse run i'm a little. welcome to the kaiser report max kaiser to be honest stare or not to be that is the question whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the austerity sandwich about ray just stolen fortune or to take arms against this.