in the spotlight once again oscar winning movie argo has outraged iran which is planning to sue over hollywood fear mongering. all change in china as the new party chief prepares to take control wiser on whether the revamped leadership can keep the growth going to surpass america's economy in a few years. contentious referendum the saw the fold when islands choose to remain british brings to light the story of another island residents had no say when britain deprived them of their land.

it is a.t.m. of the russian capital you're watching with me marina joshie the oscar winning blockbuster argo may have been bathing in gongs and glowing praise but now it's getting some attention its makers probably don't want iran's apparently planning a lawsuit over the movie which chronicles the storming of the us amber c into iran in one nine hundred seventy nine calling it a distorted and unrealistic portrayal of the our country now here's let's hear cesky on the drama that's now being released. you won't see such at the oscars every year none other than the us first lady announced the best movie award and ben affleck could not hide his delight at scooping the top statue for argo not forgetting though to stick another boot into iran's backside right at the ceremony and we think canada our friends in iran living in terrible circumstances right now but will affleck is probably still celebrating his triumph his movie set to be based on the real cia operation spark fury in iran needless to say argo has been

forbidden for screening in the islamic republic but a closed circle of iranian officials and critics watched it and described it as cia propaganda aimed at moring the country's image this episode the storming of the u.s. embassy caused particular fury witnesses of the nine hundred seventy nine event say only students took part whilst affleck chose to portray them as bloodthirsty terrorists holywood just trades on the spirit types and loves it remember borrett such a baron cohen's comedy that depicted kazakhs as uncivilized farmers a comedy for some but kazakhs definitely were not laughing borat was heavily criticised but it never went beyond that this time iran may go one step further iranian media report that controversial french lawyer is a player is now in tehran preparing an unprecedented lawsuit the islamic republic versus hollywood affleck himself is yet to respond to the accusations but with such strong statement of intent coming from iran soon enough hollywood produces may have to argo defend themselves. and iran is planning to take on hollywood at its own

game by reducing a movie with to ron's version of events described in argo more details than that at r.t. dot com. now human rights activists are sounding the alarm over what they're calling a humanitarian crisis unfolding at the guantanamo bay prison camp it's around one hundred inmates are on hunger strike over fresh claims of mistreatment their lawyers say some are close to being in a critical condition the prison is the words insist just a few inmates are involved. is following developments more than one hundred on top of the detainees at the camp six prison there reportedly began their hunger strike approximately three weeks ago to protest what their lawyers say are conditions of confinement and the alleged confiscation and desecration of their personal items including the koran now the prisoners more of how for whom have been cleared for

release told their attorneys that since early february get more authority as have been confiscating items including their razors their toothbrushes their books family photos letters and illegal mail now according to the center for constitutional rights authorities had also restricted exercise for the detainees seemingly without provocation or cause the prisoners also allege that arabic interpreters have desecrated their korans when they have searched the holy books for contraband now one hundred sixty six men are still. in camp six houses around one hundred thirty prisoners those prisoners are considered ones that don't pose disciplinary problems and aren't regarded as a particular risk now according to attorneys everyone in that in that camp six prison except for the silk or the elderly is on a hunger strike in the center for constitutional rights says that they've received reports about the hunger strike detainees coughing up blood losing consciousness being hospitalized now being forced that. c.

is the center for constitutional rights says the situation is a rapidly deteriorating and reaching a potential critical level however robert duran the director of the public affairs for the joint task force kuantan m o denies claims of a mass hunger strike he says only nine detainees are engaged in hunger strikes five of whom are being fed through tubes inserted into their stomachs so clearly there's a discrepancy in the reports here but if we're going to listen to the civil rights attorneys and the all the attorneys representing these men it's more than a hundred of these prisoners that are now refusing food for more than three weeks this is. in many respects back in two thousand and eleven more than fifteen prisoners at guantanamo protested and went on hunger strike to protest indefinite detention order signed by u.s. president barack obama in two thousand and seven more than a dozen prisoners subjected. to hunger strike and had to be force fed subsequently had to be force fed two thousand five hundred twenty eight detainees went on hunger

strike for more than a month and in two thousand and two nearly two hundred inmates at guantanamo bay went on hunger strike so clearly this is a pattern that continues repeating but it is quite a dangerous pattern because any human being that goes without food for a long period of time can in evidently lose their lives. jam political analyst ryan dawson has written extensively on going time and believes confiscating personal belongings is only the tip of the iceberg with inmates mainly protesting over their indefinite detention it's hard to get lower than guantanamo bay 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 and you have this level of secrecy you're 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.

this is the inmate 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. well it is of course not the first time and mates have endured severe maltreatment out in the tour is going to prison and remember no one in there right now has faced a trial we're asking you if you think this could be the final straw that leads to the infamous facility being shut down now let's take a look at what's happening on our site dot com and how the viewers voted so far as you can see a little more than half of those who voted think that this facility will stay open no matter what and almost a fifth thing is that it will only close when it becomes financially viable to maintain it well slightly fewer than that say guantanamo will only be shut down when a similar prison in operation. is an operation alice were just about to proceed and

believe it will be closed down only when the worldwide terror is defeated well ardita com is where you can go to let us know what you think on the issue. now there's a new war of words between the u.k. and argentina after folk and islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain a british territory argentina also claims the islands and denounced the referendum as irrelevant but british prime minister david cameron said his country will always stand for the full wenders his words are in sharp contrast to the country's

treatment of other islanders as sarah first now reports. this issue of protecting people's rights to felt determine their own future and britain's made a huge amount of movies and fuss over this when it comes to the folks in guidance referendum so you got to read a lot of that today it's going to be in all of the papers it's going to be on most of the nice channels a story you won't have heard about many viewers indeed might never have heard of is that of the takeoff's iron snout the fact that you would have heard of it doesn't make it any less shocking take us idence possibly british indian i deceive parity and though grouping of violence the largest of which is the a garcia not many people know that as the large us 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 there and the u.k.

struck a deal with the us which threw them get a discount on arms and saw the us get diego garcia for their military base and most of the population when they were forcibly evicted from their homes many of them with me have to move rishis where they've lived out there 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 today is still fighting the take us islanders right to return home it's very. tough words in britain. if britain is to great itself around the world those supporting the rights of self-determination of those the four gardens what about the rights to trade some of 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 felton guidance right now on the one hand you had pointed fighting. spending huge amounts of money sending troops to defend. that actually this colony against argentina is claiming on the other hand you have been plenty equal amounts of money to stop the table fired from returning to their homes for the contrast really is a very dark side and truly and how. we seem to take our side in this created to the folks in the island is an international business consultant told us argentina could find itself out of its downs if the dispute is militarized it's like asking the ultra right wing israeli settlers on the west bank whether they want to continue being is really really want to be composted me and maybe they should open up immigration and give twenty to thirty thousand argentinian settle there 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 also making a rather a 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 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 mildness 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 well britain's overseas policy as well as whether the focus referendum will make any difference to the bitter dispute between the u.k. in arjun time all this up for discussion in our t's crossed are coming up later today. the views and folds of the island is a completely and absolutely irrelevant as not true the worse the wishes and the will of the islanders is very important here this is what it's all about it's about

what do the people the falkland islands want to live under do they want to live under the crown of the united kingdom or do they want to be part of argentina the reason a debate about sovereignty two countries claim these islands and they should get together and have a discussion about what might happen and that is what the british absolutely refuse to do. you believe we. also have for you this hour here in r.t. it's not just people's pockets there am talking and recession ravaged europe italian universities seen a dramatic drop in student applications we'll look at that and talk to some students who see their graduate future as graham. and why washington is now threatening pakistan with sanctions after trying to ease its crippling managing crisis by sealing

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with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report on our. welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital now china's new leader is expected to formally take over from incumbent who jintao layer this week the world's got a close eye on the a once in a decade power transition in a fast rising global player and second biggest economy. beijing's been rapidly growing over the last two decades at a speed which has brought a close to the traditionally major economies including the u.s. and even allowed to surpass europe's powerhouse germany that slowed down a bit recently but china is still expected to overt. the u.s. is the world's biggest economy in twenty seven team now for more on how the new generation the leaders are going to try and fulfill this task of course live now to

beijing based correspondent. thank you so much for joining us here on our t.v. well it looks like there are some sleepless nights ahead for the new chinese leadership tell us more. that's right as i said to steam power this thursday and there are a lot of hopes for change in a sense revitalisation and jean king a lot of palmer a prominent human rights activists labor reform activists people for in all different walks of life here and china are hoping that this new administration will follow through on some of these sorts of spoken promises by many chinese leaders over the year here such as the labor camp reform bill reform of rule of law diminishing the gap between rich and poor improving social welfare like this like the country's schools and health care system so hopes are very very high that this new administration actually be able to usher in this change the challenges though for doing so even even if these new leaders attempt to bring in this change are

immense. all right well thanks very much for this update sharon and that was a regime based correspondent shannon pham son. i don't look now at some of the world's other headlines audio of bradley manning telling a military court why he gave classified data to weaken leaks has been released by the freedom of the press foundation is the first time the public's heard manning's voice since his twenty town arrest for allegedly leaking u.s. combat video and classified state department cables and recording manning is heard saying he wanted to draw public attention to wrongdoing in u.s. foreign policy and military operations abroad. round two in a conclave which is trying to elect a new pope black smoke rose from the sistine chapel signaling that one hundred fifteen cardinals have failed to bring so far they'll vote for times a day until there is a two thirds majority for a single candidate although there is no clear front runner to replace the retired

benedict the sixteenth to lead the world's one point two billion catholics. twenty five year old man has been shot dead and two others wounded by israeli troops in the west bank according to palestinian medical officials that man was among a group throwing stones at a clash with israeli forces at a refugee camp near the city of hebron have become increasingly enraged in recent weeks over israeli soldiers using live rounds and tear gas against unarmed civilians there's been no comment from tel aviv on what's happened. getting a decent education in italy is proving to be either an affordable or a fruitless countries major a money troubles have seen tuition fees pushed out of reach for matty and those who do have qualifications can't get jobs reports it's causing a slump in university applications. italy was once an abode for thinkers philosophers and artists known for its splendid universities and schools now

however the tables have turned as more and more students choose not to receive higher education but the simple reason of not being able to afford it and i couldn't make say no one but the government is to blame the country's national university council estimates in roman to italy universities dropped by nearly sixty thousand applicants in ten years that's equivalent to losing an institution the size of the university of new lawn in the last six or seven years we had. diminished from twenty percent. to the access to university anyway twenty percent in five years that meet young people understand that even if they go to university they would not find a job propped up on the scaffolding art history student and restore to research continues from work even during our interview for her long working hours aren't a burden but a blessing. it's very difficult to combine work and school i used to spend four

hours just getting to work but i can't complain i'm actually very lucky that i got this opportunity because it's hard to find a job as it is and situation fields have gone up i have to have a job otherwise it's impossible to continue with school although italy and art are considered to be synonymous with one another teresa says an art historian like her is likely to be doing something entirely different after graduation i meant that he might be in this my specialty is restoration i'm going to get a diploma yet i will look for a job in other fields as it's hardly possible to get a job in this area there's a very slim chance to get a solid long term contract so i'll be looking for other ways to make money at. the displacement is something students seem to share with the faculty who have an equally dismount perception of the situation. but i feel quite awkward talking about it but we the professes have really felt the strain we haven't had

a cellular raise in a decade but we have it easy and can't complain in comparison to the students and normal families who don't think of higher education as a stepping stone for the future it's no longer considered a wood investment and a lot of families can afford the occasion for us for a country with a glorious past where at times people were literally ready to die for knowledge this trend does not bode well for a bright future in rome in a ghost called r.t. some dodgy luxury luggage has proved to be an eye opener for russian customs officers this incredible whole time and says well as two hundred fifty i phones and other gadgets were seized the suspected smuggler claiming he was just doing a friend a favor by carrying his bag got the story online. also they are the nine year old schoolgirl left stranded in a freezing moscow cold for hours after a bus driver wouldn't let her board because she had no money the full stories are teed off.

pakistan could soon become a victim of american sanctions aimed at iran's energy sector is because islam about sayyid up to a joint iranian pakistani gas pipeline to ease its had a crisis it could be a fresh blow to the already fragile relations with washington which have been deteriorating over a massive million casualties caused by u.s. drone strikes are the story community and explains why the risk of sanctions isn't preventing pakistan from pushing ahead with the pipeline plans. by this time these are facing a very. big troubles and very short a big shortage and you know the six hours there have been a lot of meetings between the americans and by just an islam decisional by study side has already demanded it but the americans still have them out on the no sheikh

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 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 our reza marashi from the national running american council says it's taking to the deal with iran will be a challenge for pakistan given that washington is unlikely to ease up on the pressure. so many other deals that the iranians signed with numerous countries around the world you know signing the deals and operationalizing them are two very different things so the weeks and months ahead are going to be very indicative of what the pakistani approach is are they trying to raise the stakes of these to be the united states or are they actually trying to address very real energy shortages by pursuing sweetheart deals that heavily sanctioned iran can offer if there were

legitimate alternative energy sources that the pakistanis could pursue chances are the united states would have already pointed them out by now and the united states will continue to try to point them out going forward but even if you find those alternative sources few are going to be able to offer the terms that the iranians are offering the iranians put up five hundred million dollars of a one point five billion dollar project loan to the pakistanis and you know the construction is already halfway done so it's going to be tough to get the pakistanis to this completely but the united states isn't going to let up the pressure going forward. well i'll be back with more world news in around thirty minutes time before that abby martin is breaking the senate in just a few minutes. world

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