holy war with. heard in his own words bradley manning explains he gave classified documents to wiki leaks to provoke debate on u.s. foreign policy in a recording leaked despite a court back. in the spotlight once again oscar winning movie argo has outraged iran which is planning to sue over hollywood fear mongering. change in china is the new party chief prepares to take control all eyes are on whether the revamped leadership can keep the growth going to surpass america's economy in a few years. and a contentious referendum that saw the four can dial and choose to remain british brings to light the story of another island whose residents had no say when britain deprived them of their land.

and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now a full already a recording of bradley manning telling a military court why he gave classified data to wiki leaks has itself been leaked despite a court ban manning is heard accusing the u.s. army of not valuing human life in iraq and comparing troops to children torturing and with a magnifying glass more on this now from artie's tom barton. he did use very strong words in the manning when describing the material he gave to wiki leaks what exactly did he say hi there on the he did he used emotive language is especially as he worked through this over an hour of all the of his statement to the court describing his feelings we've taken a couple of edited excerpts of that one of them concerns this video from the cockpit of an apache attack helicopter over iraq the two pilots very eager to.

gauge a group of what turned out to be civilians on the ground killing twelve of them including two reuters journalists a van then comes to try and help those shot in the first burst of firing and the helicopter then engages that van as well let's have a listen to what he said about that it was not me that's me is me it's a great. hero. we really have even if you did you will see only you. right here on c.n.n. . now for national. work. for me this is so much which i don't even know. bradley manning was shocked by what he saw in the video in two thousand and ten he took the decision to upload hundreds of thousands of documents on to the internet that were then released by wiki leaks

now what he said isn't new is it in the respect that there was a full transcript when he said it in court but this is the first time we've heard him say why is that how has this happened and what difference do you think that might make to the case if any yes there's been really strict reporting restrictions and great secrecy surrounding this trial no video no no photos and no transcript as well out of that court although one transcript how's already been released from that in contravention of that reporting ban followed by this audiophile east by the freedom of press foundation about the statement he gave a couple of weeks ago i think for many people it will be the first time they will have heard bradley manning's voice and they'll hear a little bit of the man behind all of this controversy help to make up their mind about it and i mean it is interesting isn't it to hear the man's voice himself what have you learned anything or what what will journalists learn or people learn when

they hear and they'll be surprised how he says and i think as an individual the quality required to recording isn't great but you can hear the way he comes across i mean he's reading a statement most of the time but he's not maybe this stereotype you'd think of a booming sergeant coming in and railing against the system he seems like a thoughtful slightly more gentle character he's a man isn't he accused of endangering u.s. forces by his lakes has faced grave charges but how does he explain his actions. you have there is two sides to this many people in the u.s. do not take kindly to what is didn't quite frankly consider him a traitor as for him he has said that when seeing videos like like we saw and seeing many of the things like the covering up of human rights abuses and civilian casualties he really started to question what the wars in afghanistan and iraq were all about that helped to push him to this decision he tried official whistle blowing through the army he was rebuffed he says and then he decided to go and leak

this information as he explains. it and said it. was. so it should just be said as far as his trial goes at the moment he is has twenty two charges against him he's pleaded guilty to ten of those not guilty to the others some of those others include more serious charges such as aiding the enemy if he is convicted bradley manning could face up to twenty years in prison ok thank you tom let's artist tom barton and just remind you the full recording of manning statement is available on our website at r.t. dot com. the oscar winning blockbuster our go 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 u.s. embassy in tehran in one nine hundred seventy nine calling it

a distorted and unrealistic portrayal of their country is a legacy of ski 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 we think canada would like our friends in iran living in terrible circumstances right now but all affleck is probably still celebrating his triumph his movie set to be based on the real cia operation sparks if you re 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 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 bill payer is now in tehran preparing an unprecedented lawsuit the public 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. danny schechter he's an independent filmmaker and editor at media channel dot org says argo reinforces decades long antigone's in between iranians and americans. it's probably get there but it's probably get not so much against the run but even that of americans to sustain their fear of iran and also

works that most political garbage is also with its attack on how you would show so the whole hollywood culture is in the coming market this phony movie that the client is sort of based around you know this is just a movie with a paddock all over again you know trying it it is hard graft and it basically is is again looking forward to see a more then i guess iraq because iran has been treated wonder and shortly for years going back to the hostage crisis i think this whole battle this is really not about argo but it's about policy american policy sanctions against iran the hostility between the two countries which this movie can reinforces unfortunately iran is planning to take on hollywood its own game by producing a movie with iran's version of the events described in argo more on that and the

details you can find them at our take dot com. china's new leader is expected to formally take over from incumbent huge in-town later this week the world's got a close eye on the once in a decade power transition in the fast rising global player and second biggest economy beijing's been rapidly growing over the last few decades at a speed which has brought it close to the traditionally major economies including the u.s. and even allowed it's the past europe's powerhouse germany that slowed down a bit recently but china is still expected to overtake the u.s. as the world's biggest economy in twenty seventeen the economic rivalry comes amid the battle for influence in asia between the two analysts james corbett explains how this will develop under the new chinese leadership. we've already seen how this is starting to play out with the confrontation for example between china and japan over the at the sink islands and we've seen some some indications of how this is

going to happen through u.s. proxies in the region rather than a direct converse that confrontation between the u.s. and china and i think that that plays into everyone's interests at the moment because no one is really that interested in upset in the entire table it at this point in time i think that's something that could potentially develop some ways down the road and i think that's what china has their eye on at the moment and that's why they're steadily and quietly just continuing to build up their military forces we're seeing for example the deployment of new drones new aircraft carrier lots of new technology that they have are developing right now that is certainly not at any point at this point certainly not a rival to american military dominance in the region but one could imagine that extending from here into see it becoming a real military power and i think there's no question that that's where the chinese leadership wants to take china. steph you this hour it's not just people's pockets that are emptying in recession ravaged europe italian universities are seeing

a dramatic drop in student applications we look at that and talk to some students you see that graduate future as graeme. just. hundreds take to the streets for another night in brooklyn could be deadly police shooting of a teenager and other stories after the break. thanks . to some people the extreme cold is the chilling threat to

life for women of this it's a cooling if you look you can see that the water in the rates in my body feels really warm now this is good for you. they plunge into icy water to make themselves stronger you can't get used to the cold or what you can tolerate it and you can struggle with. people of snow and ice victims of frost. surviving the cold. but i welcome back now there's a new. war of words between the u.k. in argentina after folk and islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain

a british territory argentina also claims the islands and announced the referendum as irrelevant british prime minister david cameron said his country will always stand for the falkland but that is in sharp contrast to the country's treatment of other islanders and sara first reports. this is the story of an island a proud and spirited people displaced and like government he put it devastatingly high price paradise shockingly for many it will be the first time this story ever been heard. of the happiness that we were living to each other in the way when been treating here. we discover a moment it's very hard digger says a british colony in the indian nation and the largest of the chaebol silence has a population of roughly two thousand people about the same as the.

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 learn 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 s.

britain went to war protecting the folks and islanders from argentina in training first sums of money and costing precious lives the exact same time it was also using extensive resources preventing the people of the chakan silence from attending her 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 folk. and time rules they have a city. would not have the city. give me the impression that there's not just this event the british government is the one now like you every now and then you see you here in the news talking about human rights justice social justice and so on but they are no one that many people in the justice that she can see in community have been fighting for their right to return to the island ever since they winning some

of their court cases pushed. government have continually appealed blocking their progress every step of the way how differently the chikezie and 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 for the proxy for how long we're 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 all we're trying to 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 continue to bravely fight to return to their home. says. sir arthur. britain's overseas policies as well as whether the falklands referendum or make any difference to the bitter dispute between the u.k. and argentina are up for discussion in cross talk later this hour. the views and thoughts of the islanders are completely and absolutely irrelevant that's not true the the worse the wishes in the world 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 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 refused to do. human rights activists is sounding the alarm over what they are calling a humanitarian crisis unfolding at the guantanamo bay prison camp is still 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 prisons authorities insist just a few inmates are involved artie's marine important 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 disaggregation of their personal items including the koran now the prisoners more

of how whom have been cleared for release told their attorneys that since early february get most already 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 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 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 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 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. it is of course not the first time in mates have enjoyed severe amount treatment at the notorious kuantan m o prison and remember no one there right now face has faced a trial so we're asking if you think this could be the final straw that leads to the infamous facility being shut down and well or more than half of those voting on our online poll believe that one time i will stay open no matter what almost a fifth think it will only close when it becomes financially viable to maintain it slightly fewer there say that guantanamo will only be shut down when

a similar prison is in operation elsewhere just two percent believe that it will be closed down only when worldwide terror is defeated now you can cast your vote at r.t. dot com of course would be good to hear from. a further night of anger in brooklyn as hundreds continue to vent their anger at me gunning down by police of a sixteen year old boy officers claim the teenager pointed a gun at them more rallies are expected after a heavy police presence turned out had a candlelight vigil racial equality activist col dick says america is upside down

by just by justifying police brutality instead of providing security. the police whenever they murder or kill a black or latino youth it is always deemed justifiable homicide the witnesses tell a different story this happens again and again we should live in a society where those who are entrusted with public security sooner risk their own lives in murder or injure an innocent person but it's the other way around this is why people are upset and they should be us that people are frustrated people are angry and i am not going to can dampen them for standing up expressive at anger because the real violence in this case begins with the killing of kimani gray. a look now at some of the world's headlines catholic cardinals have so far failed to agree on the next pope as indicated by

a plume of black smoke rising from the sistine chapel chimney one hundred fifteen cardinals will launch another attempt this afternoon the so-called conclave votes four times a day until a two thirds majority agrees on the candidate so far there's no clear front runner to replace the retired benedict the sixteenth to lead the world's one point two billion catholics. north korea has confirmed that it's breaking the peace agreement with its southern neighbor and says its next step will be a military retaliation against so young yang earlier threatened that it will nullify the cease fire if south korea and the u.s. continue with their joint military drills it also follows the u.s. slapping more sanctions on north korea for february's nuclear test. a twenty five year old man has been shot dead in two others wounded by israeli troops in the west bank according to palestinian medical officials the man was among a group throwing stones in a clash with israeli forces at

a refugee camp near the city of hebron palestinians 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 has happened. getting a decent education in this release proving to be an 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 is the reports it's causing a slump in university applications. italy was once an abode for thinkers philosophers and artists known for its lending universities and schools now however the tables have turned. is not to receive higher education but the simple reason of not being able to afford it and academics 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 iran in the last six or seven years we have. diminished from twenty percent. to the access to university twenty percent in five years they 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 since tradition fees 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 theresa 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 situation. there but i feel quite awkward talking about it but we've the professors have really felt the strain we haven't had a cellular raise in a decade but we have it easy and can. 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 the occasional fees 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. . a bad feeding twelve thousand call into question is britain's claim in the falklands comes up in cross talk in a couple of minutes. it's. all . wealthy british style. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on

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