in the spotlight once again oscar winning movie argo has outraged iran which is planning to sue over hollywood fear mongering. claimed hunger strike over a maltreatment by guantanamo prisoners is turning the camp into humanitarian crisis with lawyers saying inmates conditions are close to critical. all change in china as a new party chief prepares to take control all eyes are on whether vamp leadership and keep the growth going to surpass america's economy in a few years. that contentious referendum that saw the pope an island choose to remain british bracewell why the story of another island there's residents had no say when britain deprived them of their land.

now let me out of the russian capital you are watching r t with me marina josh the oscar winning blockbuster argo may have been bathing and 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 u.s. embassy in tehran and nine hundred seventy nine calling it had a stored and realistic portrayal of their country here's let's hear chefs on the drama that's now being released. you won't see such at the oscars every year none other than the u.s. first lady announced the best movie award and ben affleck could not hide his delight at scooping the top statue for our goal not forgetting though to stick another boot into iran's backside right at the ceremony and i think canada like our

friends in iran living in terrible circumstances right now but well affleck is probably still celebrating his triumph his movie set to be based on a real cia operation sparked 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 us embassy caused particular fury witnesses of the nine hundred seventy nine events 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 uncivilised 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. at iran's planning to take on hollywood at its own game by producing a movie with to ron's version of events described in argo more details and that he 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 maids are in hunger strike over fresh claims of mistreatment their lawyers say some are close to being in a critical condition the prisons authorities insist just a few inmates are involved are just more important eyes 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 disapprobation 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 most artie's have been confiscating items including their razors their toothbrushes their books family photos letters and legal mail now according to the center for constitutional rights authorities also restricted exercise for the detainees seemingly without provocation or cause the prisoners also allege that arabic interpreters have desecrated their grounds when they have searched the holy books for contraband now one hundred sixty six men are still incarcerated at get mo and 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 force fed and the sea 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 in 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 deja vu. in many respects back in two thousand and eleven more than fifteen prisoners at guantanamo protested and went on hunger strike to protest the

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 geopolitical analyst ryan dawson who's written extensively young one time all believes confiscated personal belongings is only the tip of the iceberg with inmates mainly you 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 when 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 starstruck 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 inmates have endured severe maltreatment and torrie is one time of prison and remember no one in there right now has faced a trial well we are asking you if you think this could be the final straw that leads to the infamous facility being shut down let's now take a look at how some of the viewers voted today and we're asking the question well will get moby closed as you can see more than half of the u.s. which is sixty two for c.n.n. say the u.s. has no interest in closing it and almost

a fifth think that. when it becomes financial and viable to maintain the facility of the prison will close now slightly fewer than that say guantanamo will only be shut down when a similar prison in october is an operation elsewhere and just to proceed and say that after the defeat of global terrorism isn't the facility will be closed also you can no let us know what you think on this issue by logging on to our team dot com and casting your vote there.

china's new leader is expected to take to formally take over from incumbent to jintao later this week the world's got a close eye on the once in a decade power transition and a fast rising global player and second biggest economy beijing has been rapidly growing over the last two decades at a speed which has brought it close to the traditionally major economies including the united states and even allowed to serve past europe's powerhouse germany now that slowed down a bit recently but china is still expected to overtake the united states as the world's biggest economy in twenty seventeen well the economic rivalry comes amid the battle for influence in asia between the two countries and beijing based correspondent shannon when someone says foreign policy is another hurdle the new leadership faces. the obama administration announced a pivot to asia last year which means an increase in military spending on military military resources by the united states being focused in asia so that's very

significant and china is really increasing its own military spending it's developing its military they have appointed a couple of few senior diplomats in charge of china's foreign affairs one person who's been the point person on japan for a long time another person is very familiar in dealing with the united states so how this will affect. leadership going forward particularly in terms of these territorial disputes china's been very assertive and sometimes even bellicose over the last year when talking about these territorial disputes and they seem to really want to show their strength in terms of talking about these issues that just increasingly china has the military strength now to back up some of these more bellicose claims and territorial claims and these parts of asia. it was hard to coming to live from moscow still have for you this hour it's not just people's pockets their am ting in a recession ravaged europe italian universities have 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 a try to ease its crippling energy crisis by sealing a deal with iran. little .

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live live live . welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow know there is a new war of words between the u.k. and argentina after four when i honor is voted overwhelmingly to remain a british territory argentina also claims the islands and denounced the referendum as relevant by british prime minister david cameron said he's country will always stand for the focal enters but that's in sharp contrast to the country's treatment of other islanders as our first now reports. this is the story of an island a proud and spirited people displaced i think government he put it devastatingly high price on paradise shockingly many it will be the first time the story's ever

been heard. of the happiness that we were leaving to each other in the way when been treating here we discover a moment it's very hard to go says a british colony in the indian nation and the largest of the chaebol silence as a population of roughly two thousand people about the same as the folk and. good memories. there you go it's a home a real paradise today they da gusty is one of america's biggest military advices because we it's our plan. it's not for them. you know when you see them you got this anger because they are enjoying the island. we are suffering back in the one nine hundred sixty s. and it is shrouded in secrecy bush cynically to loan the islands to the us but

there was a problem the island had for generations been inhabited by the chikezie and people they'd built schools hospitals a whole life and what did the british government they simply pretended none of this existed by fixing the entire population from their homes secrets lies deception dishonesty always rooted in facts in one thousand nine hundred eighty as a person went to war protecting the folks and islanders from argentina in training first sums of money in costing precious lives the exact same time it was also using extensive resources preventing the people of the chakan silence from returning home the falkland living in the homeland and they have a choice to stay where they if they wanted to stay under. the rule of the british or if they wanted to go to the fork argenti time rules they have

a say but with the stock which i would not have the city he gave me the impression that there's not just this event a british government is the one like you every now and then used you here in the news talking about human rights justice social justice and so on but they are the one that many people in the justice that she can see in community have been fighting for their right to return to the islands ever since they winning some of their cool cases pushed. government have continually appealed blocking their progress every step of the way how differently the chikezie in people have been treated there's been a government balloting or knocking on doors on their behalf or asking what they want the h word comes to my mind age four for how long are you going to punish us for how long we're going to leave this life. we don't want to be here

we don't want this life. we want to go back home. where we belong that's i would. send us back or perhaps the most shocking thing about this story if this isn't simply something that happened decades ago this past injustices have been compounded by successive british governments right up to the coalition of today he continued to fight against the church returning to their island and so their stories remain largely consigned to the shadows and yet that you can see in people continuing to bravely fight to return to their home. says. sarah. well britain's overseas policies as well as whether are the falklands referendum will make any difference to the bitter dispute between the u.k. and art in time all this are for discussion an artist crossed are coming up later

this hour. the views and thoughts of the island is a completely and absolutely irrelevant that is 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 of 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 there is 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. see. a further night of dangar and brooklyn as hundreds continue to van their anger at the gunning down by police of a sixteen year old boy officers claim the teenager pointed

a guy at bell more rallies are expected after a heavy police presence turnout at a candlelight vigil racial equality act as car dick says america is upside down by justifying police brutality instead of providing security the police whenever they murder or kill a black or latino youth it is always dealing justifiable homicide the witnesses tell a different story this happens again and again we live in a society where those who are in trusted public security and similar risk their own lives in mordor injure an innocent person but it's the other way around this is why people are upset and they should be upset people are frustrated people are angry and i am not going to condemn them for standing up and expressing anger because the real violence in this case begins with securing it to keep money. now look at some other stories from around the world

a full audio recording of bradley manning telling a military court why he gave classified data to weed leaks has been leaked despite a core ban magnus heard accusing the us army of not valuing human life in iraq and comparing servicemen to children torturing and with a magnifying glass is the first time the public's heard manning's voice since his two thousand and ten arrest pleaded guilty to misusing secret interiors but rejects more serious charges including aiding the enemy. north korea has confirmed that it's breaking the peace agreements with its southern neighbor and says its next step will be a military retaliation against so earlier threatened now of five a cease fire if south korea and the u.s. continue with their joint military drills also falls the u.s. slapping more sanctions on north korea for reason your test. it's round two in the conclave which is trying to elect a new pope black smoke rose from the sistine chapel signaling the one hundred

fifteen cardinals have failed to agree so far the vote four 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 dad and two others wounded by israeli troops in the west bank according to palestinian medical officials a man was among a group throwing stones at a clash with israeli forces at a refugee camp near the city of hebron palestinians have become increasingly ranged 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 affordable or fruitless the country's major money troubles have seen tuition fees pushed out of reach for many

and those who do have qualifications can't get jobs as records it's causing a slump in university applications. italy was once an abode for thinkers philosophers and artists known for its 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 rome and 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 iran in the last six or seven years we have. 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 reset 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 fees have gone up i have to have a job otherwise it's impossible to continue with school although it's only and are considered to be synonymous with one another teresa says an artist dorian like her is likely to be doing something entirely different after graduation i meant that he might have been 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 is 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 distant perception of the scituate. but i feel quite awkward talking about it but we've the professors have really felt the strain we haven't had a solar arrays 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 worthy investment and a lot of families can afford them occasionally for a country with a glorious past where times people were literally ready to die for knowledge this trend does not bode well for a bright future in rome in a ghost r.t. . pakistan could soon become a victim of american sanctions aimed at iran sanity sector it's because islam about signed up to a joint iranian pakistani gas pipeline to is it's an addict 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 just aren't more you do explains why the risk of sanctions isn't preventing pakistan from pushing ahead with a pipeline plans pakistanis are facing a very. big troubles and very short a big shortage and you know the. there have been a lot of meetings between the americans and pakistanis on this issue but study side has the money to buy the americans to have them out on the narrow street to solve the energy crisis that they're facing since a few years they have been all here promises from the american side but they have said that we want to solve the problems even if we go with the iranians and it's spite of the sanctions so there is a determination by the start these are the leadership in by the start to call for this after our own all debate between the pakistanis and the u.s. which led to the where all reza marashi from the national rate in american council

says sticking 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 for the united states or are they actually trying to address very real energy shortages by pursuing our deals that heavily sanction 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 if you 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 go on this completely but the united states isn't going to let up the pressure going forward. well i had the twelve thousand kilometer question as brightness claim on the folk once comes up. in a couple of minutes here in r t. these are decent faces of freedom fighters. and.

they're ready to clean up a new sort of. that. and bring you liberty any time if so loot play free flow. not. like to be treated this way. cherian diary on our t.v. . news. is a. following welcome to crossfire we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the residents of the falkland islands or mohit as i have spoken to.