as many as one hundred one time when maids reportedly unite in a hunger strike after abuse by guards in some prison is now so sick that coughing up blood. the bomb the queen the falkland islands and the u.k. pretty strong is the territories overwhelmingly vote to remain british while london comes under fire for being hypocritical in his play with these policies. pakistan may become the next target of u.s. economic sanctions with building a joint pipeline with iran in order to stave off and the g. crisis washington says it won't tolerate the deal despite it's a real peril to the alliance with islamabad.

and i welcome you watching our take life from moscow. protesting against abuse most of guantanamo bay as prisoners are on hunger strike according to lawyers for some inmates several prisoners is said to be so sick that coughing up blood while others are being hope hospitalized and force fed through tubes in their stomachs authorities a dam playing the strike saying no incidents of abuse were recorded but political analyst ron dawson who's written extensively on guantanamo says these aren't the first strikes of this type they really have very little other recourse other than are under strike is not the first hunger strike they had it before and giles and five in 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 it could be far worse than that however the usually don't act in a rational way they're probably going to just go. these people and denied on the

strike for as long as possible happened before and they waited until eighteen were hospitalized a lot of these men are detained without trial some without even charges that doesn't mean they're innocent but it doesn't mean they're guilty either and the problem is secrecy and how 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.f. this 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. and with yet another abuse scandal rocking the my we ask you whether this might be the final straw that sees the infamous facility shut down and as the voting stands more than half of you that's about sixty one percent believe guantanamo will stay open fifty you believe it will only close when america runs out of money to maintain it slightly fewer say

guantanamo will only be shut another prison to take its place and just three percent say it will happen when the us defeat terrorism all over the world so do go to r.t. dot com to cast your vote. falkland islanders have voted overwhelmingly to remain a british territory with only three votes going against the idea in a two day referendum u.k. prime minister david cameron has called in argentina to respect the landslide

result but when his aires maintains britain stole the island two centuries ago the continuing dispute some critics questioning britain's overseas policy says r.t. sarah firth explains. protecting people's right to help determine the way britain's late. amounts of us over there for in it comes to the folk and islands referendum you going to read a lot about today it's going to be in all of the papers it's going to be on both of the nice channels a story you won't have heard about many given the job is that the trade off now the fact that you won't have heard of it doesn't make it any less shocking cause i didn't possibly work in. indian i did see parity and though grouping of violence the largest of which is the ag garcia not many people know that as the last u.s. military air base from which we seen the us 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 guidance around two thousand

indigenous people back and the u.k. struck a deal with the us which flew them get a discount on arms and saw the us get diego garcia for their military base and most of the population were they were forcibly evicted from their homes many of them will move to move rishis where they've looked out by dave in object poverty ever since and now we also have a number at the table side and is 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 of today is still fighting the takeoff's islanders rights to return home it's very shameful governance in britain. because britain is great itself around the world and supporting the rights of self-determination of those of the four 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 with what's happening in the front and violence right now on the one hand you had put it by saying i spend huge amounts of money sending troops to defend this that eva sees how she this colony against argentina's claim and on the other hand you have been spending equal amounts of money to stop to take a fight and this from returning to their home so the contrast really is a very stark a tale of two islands really and how very different we seem to take our side is treated to the folk and the islanders for international business consultant agency bucci things argentina could find itself out of its debt if the dispute is militarized. it's like asking the old to right wing israeli settlers on the west bank where they want to continue being is really really want to be comparison to me and maybe they should open up immigration of twenty to thirty thousand argentinean so we're there we can have another referendum and see what happens as far as

argentina's concern just as argentina made a serious serious mistake in one thousand nine hundred two to take on britain and the united states it is 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 the. stone exploit this while 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 forbidden by wieners seems to have really huge oil reserves and on top of that it is in an area which is not the hot spot for the united states and britain as the middle east is. coming up u.s. troops serving abroad my scene finally see home sweet home the future of washington's extensive overseas military presence is in their experts believing recent reshuffles in obama's cabinet will see many soldiers heading home and in germany public money being thrown at all sorts of weird and wonderful projects that

have taxpayers asking if they're really getting value for money or that coming up a bit later on. pakistan could soon become a victim of american sanctions aimed at iran's energy sector the u.s. is threatening penalties following the launch of a joint or a new pakistani gas pipeline could be a fresh blow to already fragile relations between washington and islamabad which have been deteriorating over mass civilian casualties caused by u.s. drone strikes artes to dick moore who you deem explains why the risk of sanctions isn't preventing pakistan from pushing ahead with the pipeline plans. protestants are facing a very big troubles and very short every shortish and you know every six hours there have been a lot of meetings between the americans and by the standards when this issue will be back stateside has already been managed by the americans to help them out on the

no g. eight to solve the energy crisis that they're facing since a few years they have been on the promises 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 sentence so if there is a determination as bite me that these are the leadership in pakistan to call for this after all debate between the pakistanis and the u.s. which led to where. president of the lobbying group pak nationalists for the says the u.s. won't proceed with its threat 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 for the withdrawal of american troops and other nato troops from. talks on is the only way 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 box but they would still it makes sense for them to make these 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. goes for the again russia's prime minister engine hits the new york stock exchange for a second time. we've got more on that for a quick break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else. and realize that everything you. are welcome to the big picture.

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but i welcome back the fourth largest one of the fastest growing search engines in the world is hitting the new york stock exchange again russia's yandex plans to reach more than half a billion dollars this time around selling seven percent of its shares are to peace cannot reports now from the web giants headquarters in moscow. russia's leading search engine and the fourth most commonly use in the world and this is its second public offering this time as chief technical officer into investment funds are selling their shares that's around seven and a half percent of the planning to earn up to six hundred million u.s. dollars on during its first public offering of the initial public offering in stars and eleven. earns over one point three billion dollars which is the second largest u.s. for dot com since google went public 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 new projects new services like

dropbox as maps and so on and this second public offering a rubber stamp a young access position as a russian innovation success story. online for you right now nothing almost this treasure trove of diamonds as well as two hundred fifty i phones and other gadgets have been retrieved by russian customs the smuggler claiming he was just doing a friend a favor by carrying his luggage plus a simple facebook like can reveal more than you'd realize a recent study has shown a skilled psychologist can tell your personality political sexual and religious preferences and even your race just by looking what you're giving thumbs up to on social networks.

antiwar activists have long been opposed to america's apparent desire to continually expand its international military presence but after chuck hagel often described as a pacifist was appointed his new defense secretary two weeks ago many hoped america's readiness to deploy the military could become a thing of the pie. and 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 says boots on the ground in one hundred fifty countries that's around two hundred thousand troops. serving in the from parts of the world largest contingency of include of course of ghana's that six 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 assertive st john kerry both of these men are committed to conflict avoidant everything that you've got posted 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 one thousand nine hundred ninety nine hundred ninety but for various reasons when the soviet state system collapsed

in the soviet armed forces withdrew from eastern europe there were people in washington who set out to find new enemies 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. policing the world something that that washington has been engaged in for for so long it has that worked out it hasn't worked has it it's cost us trillions of dollars tens of thousands of was it's cultivated do it abuse it alienated hundreds of millions of people in key 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 the 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 there so even this paper to drones doesn't mean no troops in washington i'm going to check out. my palestinian bed when one having to put up with garbage on the doorstep israeli authorities set up a landfill site next to even a gentle pipeline saying it's completely illegal while the health and comfort of locals are rapidly going downhill we've got that story.

as many e.u. 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 notion and i takes a look 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. well 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 a tech space 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 molly does not sponsor these bizarre projects the bundestag affection for cinema has cost the country some ten million euros with the 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 angela merkel personally is pushing other european nations towards the toff austerity since the start of the crisis the iran chancellor has been travelling from one hundred country to the next urging savings and sacrifice 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 one 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 with cattle may not 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 danger is neglect. germany. let's have a look at some international news in brief now one hundred fifteen cardinals are entering the conclave in the sistine chapel where they will elect the new pope

they'll vote for times a day until there is a two thirds majority for. single candidate earlier they attended a final mass that st peter's basilica this comes two weeks after the former pope benedict the sixteenth retired from his position as head of the catholic church. the strange neighbors sudan and south sudan have come to an agreement to resume or production the deal also includes troop withdrawals from the contested border areas and the reopening of vital border crossings both nations are highly dependent on oil export revenues but were unable to agree on films which saw oil production shut down a year ago. having your front door open up to a land filled waste site isn't exactly an image of an ideal home is it but some have no choice but to put up with garbage right next to where they live hundreds of palestinian bedouins in a village on israeli occupied land say jewish authorities are trashing their rights

and damaging their health. reports the remote hills of the west bank off fast becoming an eyesore by the hour where 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 of not hussein is recovering from cancer he says he can prove the dumb cost it but suspects it did well mad money there are children playing next to the dump our animals in the nails in the garbage and later die 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 here has chemicals and gases. and for as long as these hills fall into palestinian territory they'll continue to fill up with israeli waste these bed when tribes were forcibly moved here a decade ago the one similar magic 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 reedy 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 his son has been researching the health effects of bed with living near the rotting waste water getting out of as an extra of these dumping sides these waters just goes into the ground reaching the aquifers where we

have the water drinking water we have a well where were the people drinking water from these wells and we found during our research that there's some heavy metals inside these wells but land here is expensive and building a new waste site would cost money it's also not clear where these people in 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 the stump 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. and we'll have more news here not say in about half an hour's time next though if it is i'll be martine's. the month before the oscars and what annoys you with their predictions and the month 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 protests they are askers 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 for them and 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.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous and like i've said. i mean. i know that i'm. really messed up. and we're all very closely the. worst cheer for the thing. like i'm sick of the. radio guy for a minute scrubbing. what he called for about fifteen years you never seen anything like this i'm cold. what's going on guys i'm having martin and this is breaking the set so as we know

john brennan has just been sworn in as the new director of the cia like every other presidential appointee running out to decide what documents he would use for his own cording to the white house brennan shows the first draft of the constitution you know all of it all the way back to seventy eighty seven which still contains handwritten notes by george washington himself and it sounds pretty cool right well here's an interesting tidbit this version of the constitution is so archaic that it even predates the bill of rights you know all those amendments that guarantee our rights of freedom of speech press due process and a trial by jury it's funny you would think that this would have gotten better thought out given the controversy surrounding brennan's and torrijos careers the drone assassinations are now hold on the symbolism here is blatant i'm sure this is all just a coincidence here's the sad truth though all of this doesn't even matter because the systematic assault against our rights and liberties will curb regardless of this minuscule formality and that's why i'm breaking the set. a little.

or she's going to be like. oh. today marks two years since four nuclear reactors at japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear site were struck and nearly destroyed by a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami event tragically transform the area into one of the most contaminated places on earth two years after the fact of radiation levels at the site remain dangerously high and ongoing environmental disaster that will continue for decades it's far from contained according to a study by the woods hole oceanographic institution the radiation from the nuclear plant that was directly released into the ocean quote represents the largest accidental release of radiation to the ocean in history the effects of which are vastly unknown to discuss fukushima.