as many as one hundred one time when mates reportedly unite in a hunger strike against abuse by guards with some prisoners nice their coughing up blood. the bomb the queen the falkland islands and u.k. prove strong is the territories overwhelmingly to remain british while london comes under fire for being hypocritical in its overseas policies. and the european parliament is considering a ban of pendle in the name of gender equality that critics say could undermine online privacy. it's a national news and comment watching r.t. coming to life from moscow. most of guantanamo base prisoners are on hunger strike

that is according to lawyers of some inmates the protest comes amid claims of abuse by guards some prisoners is said to be coughing up blood while others are being hospitalized and force fed through chooks in their stomachs geo political analyst ryan dawson who's written extensively on guantanamo believes inmates they're desperate to draw attention to widespread human rights abuse. they really have very little other recourse other than a hunger strike it's not the first hunger strike they had it before in two thousand and five when the u.s. is denying that this strike is as large as it is and downplaying the strike saying it's only a few inmates by they've had to admit that at least five are being force fed food through tubes in their stomachs we could be far worse than that however the usually don't act in a rational way they're probably going to just force feed these people and did not honor strike for as long as possible of what happened before and they waited until

eighteen were hospitalized a lot of these men are detained without trial some without even charges it doesn't mean they're innocent but it doesn't mean they're guilty either and the problem is secrecy when you have this level of secrecy you just creating a environment for abuse because they are basically human beings with no rights and they can defer stronger strike was over beatings from the i.r.s. which is the end made response force this one again confiscating their items this is the little freedom they have and so this is a really a low point but i don't know if it's a new low point because it's continually low side with yet another piece scandal rocking guantanamo we ask you whether this might be the final straw that sees the infamous facility shut down and as the voting stands at the moment more than half of the sixty percent believe guantanamo will stay open around a fifth of you believe it will only close when america runs out of money to maintain it slightly fewer say guantanamo bay will only be shut down when another prison is available to take its place and just three percent say it will happen

when the u.s. to face terrorism all over the world so you have got time to cast your vote do you go to a call. the . falkland islanders have voted overwhelmingly to remain a british territory with only three votes against the idea in a two day referendum the u.k. prime minister david cameron has called on argentina to respect the landslide result when his aires maintains britain stole the islands from it two centuries ago

the continuing dispute see some critics questioning britain's overseas policies as r.t. sarah ferguson explains. protecting people's rights the felt the term and the way britain's late are huge amounts of movies and fuss over this when it comes to the folk and guidance referendum so you've got to read a lot about it today it's going to be in all of the papers it's going to be a mix of a nice channels a story you won't have heard about many kids indeed might never have heard of is that the take off i didn't snout the fact that you would have heard of it doesn't make it any less shocking take us i didn't posit the british indian i do think parents say and though grouping abideth the largest of which is the a garcia not many people know that the large u.s. military air base from which we see in the u.s. launch attacks on iraq and afghanistan but back in the one nine hundred sixty s. and that was home to a population of roughly the same as the folk and died in the round two thousand indigenous people that and the u.k. struck a deal with the u.s.

which flew them get a discount on all of us and so will the u.s. get diego garcia for their military base and that's where the population will they were forcibly a big. for that homes many of them would need to move rishis where they've looked out there dave enough to cope with it ever since and now we also have a number at the table side in this living here in the u.k. and i think what's even more shocking is that this isn't a partisan justice this is something that's been for white up till today the government today is still fighting the takeoffs islanders rights to return home it's very shameful governance in britain. if britain is to great itself around the world and supporting the rights of self-determination of those in the fall in the audience and what about the rights to try to solve this now i think what side this about that story is that many of the to go see and say here in the u.k. now all spirited women he simply want the right to return home and he put that in

stark contrast of what's happening in the front and guidance right now on the one hand you had put it by saying as many huge amounts of money sending troops to defend this that if he had actually this colony against argentina's came in on the other hand you have been spending equal amounts of money to stop to take a fight in this from returning to their home to the contrast really is a very stark a tale of two audience really and how different we've seen the chaebol side is treated to the folk and islanders when international business consultant bucci things argentina could find itself and i think it's dead if the dispute is militarized. it's like asking the old to right wing israeli settlers on the west bank whether they want to continue being israeli really want to become palestinian maybe they should open up immigration ima give twenty or thirty thousand argentinian settle there there we can have another referendum and see what happens as far as argentina is concerned just as argentina made a serious serious mistake in one thousand nine hundred two to take on britain and

the united states it is also making a rather ridiculous of making a fool of itself with its claims now because argentina has no military prowess or credibility whatsoever so britain in a way are laughing their way as they. seek out against an exploit this oil for those sixty six or sixty some odd billion barrels are just a rough estimate but the whole continental shelf which is very shallow or on the fore but mild venus seems to have really huge oil reserves and on top of that it is in an area which is not a hot spot for the united states and britain as the middle east is the us threatens to slap sanctions on its ally pakistan desperate to stave off an energy crisis forward with a joint gas pipeline with iran something washington says won't go unpunished we've got the full story in a few minutes. the european parliament could be set to introduce a ban on pornography it's part of

a broader non-binding resolution aimed at promoting gender equality but critics say it's a loaded gun that could be used to attack online privacy. reports. the proposal is aiming to eliminate gender stereotypes and you'd be hard pressed to find i mean who wouldn't agree that the this is a noble undertaking however the criticism is coming from a civil liberties fighters those campaigning for freedom of speech and expression as well as some politicians because they see it as an infringement of sorts so one of the strongest voices coming from the founder of the swedish pirate party here's what he said on his blog he says this surrenders attack on our fundamental freedoms of speech and expression needs action now well basically what the critics are saying is that in this proposal it is quite lengthy there are a lot of words there that are used that are quite vague and broad a such as the term media and therefore it could be abused this is really just a first step it's an initiative there's still going to be

a long process of debating it of our. approving so this is what it is to say that although this may not be legally binding at this point what happens is it could be shaping the thinking in the guards to matters of dealing with an issue versus infringing on certain freedoms again what critics would look at here is the fact that there's a control of the media that's not specified not giving details on what the power is to what extent those powers will extend and perhaps some worry that it would give policing powers to those companies when sanctions are imposed on them when there seem to be violating any laws. will influence internet related for years to come. the initiative undertaken right now is not legally binding but it's shaping the position of the european union for the next years toward the internet and i think it's very important to define

internet freedom and citizen ride on every step of the legislative process and brussels sprouts book. right now it's maybe just a mission to the next step may be a different kind of proposal and i think it's very important that we take from step and say that we don't want to have any internet censorship even if the idea behind it is very novel idea politicians on all levels are trying to find all of it there's a new or different ways to to control what is going on the internet and control the public and free opinion there are now germany is seen by many as a beacon of hope in the european financial storm but public money is being thrown around it's still weird and wonderful projects that have taxpayers asking if they are really getting value for money that's coming up a bit later on. pakistan could become a victim of american sanctions which are meant to target iran's energy sector the

u.s. is threatening penalties following the launch of a joint iranian pakistani gas pipeline it could be a fresh blow to already fragile relations between washington and islamabad which have been deteriorating because if u.s. train strikes and the massive civilian casualties they have brought r.t. studied know who did the explains why the risk of sanctions hasn't stopped pakistan . i understand are you seeing a very. big problems and very shortly be shortish and you know the six are there have been a lot of meetings between the americans and by the spanish when this issue study side has really reminded the americans to have them out on the no sheet to solve the energy crisis that they're facing since a few years they have been only a promise from the american side but they have said that we want to solve the problems even if we go with the iranians in spite of the sanctions so there is

a determination by the leadership in pakistan to call for this after all debate between the pakistanis and the u.s. which led to where. the president of the lobbying group pak nationalists for him says the u.s. won't proceed with its threats as long as it needs pakistan's assistance in the region the united states does not have much options when it comes to. they need to stand for the withdrawal of american troops and other nato troops from afghanistan and pakistan is the only way out and as long as they need this route it is not expected that washington will really force ahead with the with the imposition of sanctions and bucks but there would still it makes sense for them to make these a statements right now in order to maintain and sustain the pressure on the iranian

government and of course for the for the overall purpose of meeting their policy guidelines with regards to iran. also to come here or not to u.s. troops serving abroad might sing finally say hi to sweet honey in the future of washington's extensive military presence with experts believing recent reshuffles in obama's cabinet will sing many soldiers heading home and russia's prime yes it's the new york stock exchange for second time hoping to repeat it stylish two years ago we've got more not just office.

wealthy british soil it's time to. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines join into the report.

and i again welcome back the fourth largest and one of the fastest growing search engines in the world is hitting the new york stock exchange again russia's yandex plans to rate more than half a billion dollars this time around seventy seven percent of it shea is going off reports from the web giants headquarters. russia's leading search engine and the fourth most commonly use in the world and this is its second public offering and this time its chief technical officer in two investment funds are selling their shares that's around seven and a half percent of the company and are planning to earn up to six hundred million u.s. dollars on during its first public offering in the initial public offering in two thousand and eleven. earns over one point three billion dollars which is the second largest u.s. for dot com since google went public yonex was established back in one thousand nine hundred seventy it launched an english service in two thousand and ten and has been rapidly expanding throughout the years constantly launching the new projects new services like dropbox as maps and so on and this second public offering the

rubber stamps a young access position as a russian innovation success story. online few nothing to declare almost this treasure trove of diamonds as well as two hundred fifty i phones and other gadgets have been retrieved by a russian customs smuggler claiming he was just doing a friend a favor by carrying his luggage. was also there a simple facebook like reveal more than you'd realize a recent u.s. study has shown a skilled psychologist can tell your personality political sexual religious preferences and even you will race just by looking at what you're giving thumbs up to on social networks. and she wore activists have long been opposed to what they perceive as america's desire to continually expand its international military presence but after chuck hagel often described as a pacifist was appointed as new defense secretary two weeks ago many hoped

america's readiness to deploy the military could become a thing of the past are again has been going over the numbers. there's a lot of talk in washington about the need to make some cuts to the humongous military budget in light of this conversation which checked out the latest pentagon numbers on troop deployment around the world that you want to has boots on the ground in one hundred fifty countries that's around two hundred thousand troops. serving in there from parts of the world largest contingency include of course of ghana sensex the six thousand troops well that number is supposed to be half by the end of this year there you see vast presence in asia pacific japan south korea where the announced pivot to asia those numbers may actually grow in the gulf nations while you see kuwait bahrain the presence there has been growing since the withdrawal from iraq huge presence all across the globe so why all this this is more than fighting terror more than fighting anything colonel douglas macgregor is

with me today to discuss all those wise colonel macgregor let's take germany almost forty thousand troops why so many in germany before we run through the regions let me tell your viewers something that's very important up front because all of these numbers that you've posted are about to change you have a secretary of defense name chuck hagel and a surgery of st john kerry both of these men are committed to conflict avoidant everything that you've got post is going to change starting in germany where we've had soldiers for sixty years and we don't need them and haven't needed them certainly since nine hundred eighty nine thousand nine hundred ninety but for various reasons when the soviet state system collapsed and the soviet armed forces withdrew from eastern europe there were people in washington who set out to find new enemies a new new justification or rationale for our global below troop presence and

actually succeeded somewhat in expanding it as you pointed out with the global war on terrorism that period is now and what about this idea of. policing the world something that. that washington has been engaged in for for so long it has worked out it hasn't worked out has it it's cost us trillions of dollars tens of thousands of laws it's cultivated knew it abuse alienated hundreds of millions of people in the regions of the world so why would we continue to do that so these numbers are going to come down very very rapidly over the next thirty six to forty eight months and there are no forces in washington that would want to keep it the way it is of course but those are being drowned out by voices that say no we can't afford it we have to economize we have problems in the united states we must address and oh by the way as i just pointed out this hasn't worked out well for us thank you sir thank you the new chief of the cia john brennan when making

a case for drones last year said boots on the ground would not always be america's best defense because they irritate the local population create a lot of backlash as if drones don't but nevertheless even the new drone base is that the u.s. is setting up in different countries require troops on the ground to operate them recently president obama announced the deployment of one hundred troops in the share so we have in this pivot to drones doesn't mean no troops in washington i'm going to check out. a palestinian bed when the having to put up with garbage on the doorstep israeli authorities set up a landfill site next to a village on occupied land saying it's completely legal while the health and comfort of locals are rapidly going downhill the story coming up shortly. as many united nations continue to struggle in the economic crisis sweeping the bloc germany remains europe's biggest and most stable economy but some rather eccentric government investments are calling this reputation into question rif

notion it takes a look now at where the money is going. do you know where tax money goes tax the tea pay in this country not really precisely not really. i know it's going in projects i would hope that they will invest money into schools and the will give it to disadvantaged families would you be willing to sponsor a study on the educational benefits of comics or invest in virtual reality three d. software for yachts or how about buying into the production of purple carrots most wouldn't but these people are and most of them don't even know it at expos rights group in germany has revealed a number of controversial projects some costing millions of euros a coming straight from the federal budget the biggest problem we have is clearly our national debt we have to pay twenty three billion euros per year just on the interest the government should be wise with its money that's not sponsored these

bizarre projects the bundestag affection for cinema has cost the country some ten million euros with a state backed three d. adaptation of the famous tarzan story come into the world screens these summer german drama cloud atlas was also partially funded from federal reserves the irony is that this questionable state spending is exposed at a time when germany and go america personally is pushing other european nations towards the toff austerity since the start of the crisis the chancellor has been travelling from one hundred country to the next urging savings and second feis but it seems what was preached abroad isn't being practiced at home this is another one to start project bicycles germans are known as a cycling nation twenty five thousand euros to fund my courses including practice and theory on how to keep your balance how to speed up and slow down how to use

hand signals and not to use your cell phone while cycling so great isn't it so there is. and but in this program you must be a woman and an immigrant to qualify. germany has remained relatively unharmed by the crisis and the expression gad's may do what cattle may not could apply to europe's largest economy but it's an economy that contracted by point six percent of the fourth quarter of last year which might once have been a case of innocent squandering by the continent's powerhouse could actually now be one of the injuries neglect. r.t. germany. having your front door open up to a landfill waste site isn't exactly the image of an ideal home is it however some have no choice but to put up with garbage right next to where they live hundreds of palestinian bed wins in a village on israeli occupied land say jewish authorities are trashing their rights and damaging their health or the slip reports the remote hills of the west bank are

fast becoming an eyesore by the hour noisy garbage trucks dump waste from jerusalem and its surrounding areas here far enough to keep the stench of garbage away from city dwellers but close enough for some to conclude it's making the bed when tribes who inhabit these hills sick one hundred hussein is recovering from cancer he says he can prove the dumb caused it but suspects it did well made movie there are children playing next to the dump our animals in the nails in the garbage and later died we always smell garbage day by day the dump is getting closer to ahmed and his family because these radio authorities don't want it spreading to the expanding settlements on the other side israeli law says a land full should be two kilometers from where people live this one's a stone's throw away. there are a lot of people suffering from a lot of illnesses that we've never seen before some of them are skin illnesses there have been cases of cancer and people have died some of the garbage being dumped his chemicals and gases. and for as long as these hills fall into

palestinian territory they'll continue to fill up with israeli waste these paid when tribes were forcibly moved here a decade ago the one sim in america herders were compensated with cash electricity and water supplies this is a mountain of waste that's been building for seventeen years it's convenient for the israelis to dump their garbage here because it's not too far from jerusalem and this is after all contested occupied land these really health ministry has found that the dump is producing methane gas amongst others with long term health risks for the last few years talk to her son has been researching the health effects of bed with living near the rotting waste water getting out of of these dumping sides these waters just goes into the ground reaching the aquifers where we have the water drinking water we are well where were the people drinking water from these wells and we found during our research the heavy metals inside the

wells that land here is expensive and building a new waste site would cost money it's also not clear where these big one communities could move to the lack of building space means they forced to put up tents closer to the landfill site. it is not normal that we live in a dump it's supposed to be far away from people who all the time it's getting closer it's very hard to live here the only solution is to move this dump away from here. in its defense that your recent municipality says the site is legal but it has until the end of this month to respond to a court order to stop dumping here each day more than a thousand tons of garbage is deposited on ahmed stored step potentially a ticking bomb for people who live on the fringes of society. village in the west bank. with more news in half an hour's time after the bright day max

and stacey will be here first the goddess through the world's financial to. the month before the oscars and what annoys you with their predictions and the most after everyone complains about the results but it is a big talked about much as the few hundred people who gathered to protest the glamour filled awards show what part does the asker's you ask. well although the film life of pi won the oscar for best visual effects effects to you that made the movie look so amazing were the men hughes has filed for bankruptcy quickly after the film's release you know that seems like a bit of a discrepancy i mean the group that made the best visual effects in the world in two thousand and thirteen is flat broke how can that be this reminds me of how the

lead creators of call of duty modern warfare two were let go directly after the release of the game which to date is the eighth highest grossing video game of all time this was done supposedly to dodge paying them the royalties that they you know earned through hard work the problem is that we live in a world where only the bottom line count making as much profit as you possibly can damn the consequences it's just good business practice they say well it might be profitable but it's bad for society and it's very bad for visual effects and videogame artists but that's just my opinion.

i am max kaiser this is the kaiser report not only are there man eating seeing calls but did you know that there's a season for it and we're in the man eating sinkhole season stacy. well max i wish we were in a man eating sinkhole season up here in new york so he can suck us away into the heat instead of all this snow and rain and cold but i want to look at the ripple of . the supply chains around the world in this globalization system falling apart and as represented by wal-mart but i also want to look at the sinkholes that are the the very fabric of the markets around us as capital is thrown into the sink holes of ever increasing cost of extra.