the latest news on the week's top stories here in our c i reported at mass hunger strike in guantanamo bay's heading into its forty first day with more than one hundred inmates said to be taking part of that as u.s. authorities continued to deny the scale of the world. over seventy thousand killed millions left homeless and no sign of peace in the forseeable future a serious civil war and is a third year of bloodshed and while the u.n. struggles to end the conflict some european states trying to pour more alms into the water nation. of food the generation of leaders takes the reins of power in china after the once a decade power transfer was finally completed the new president and prime minister faces staying the country's economic growth and dealing with an ever expanding american presence in asia pacific.

this is the weekly on r c coming to you live from moscow thanks for joining us now the u.s. authorities continued to deny that a massive hunger strike is underway and growing tanabe is claimed more than one hundred detainees are starving themselves the protest was sparked by the alleged mishandling of the inmates korans by prison guards lawyers of the detainees say the state of the inmates health is getting close to life threatening autism or in a break nine hour reports. u.s. president barack obama began his first term announcing his intention to close the guantanamo bay detention center now just two months into his second term the prison enters its twelfth year of operation with one hundred sixty six detainees still

languishing behind bars and a reported one hundred thirty life threatening hunger strike and their hunger strikes are the only way they have of even making themselves heard years and years without any hope a release without any real charges this story has been denied by washington and essentially ignored by mainstream media outlets lawyers for the get more prisoners say the men began the hunger strike on february sixth to protest against the alleged confiscation of personal items such as photographs and mail and the sacrilegious handling of their car during cell searches the center for constitutional rights says they've received reports of detainees coughing up blood losing consciousness dropping more than twenty pounds and being hospitalized by day forty five medical experts say hunger strike participants can experience hearing loss and potential blindness and that's in addition to the psychological suffering

they've endured for more than a decade that context where we have individuals incarcerated isolated from each other and they don't know if they're going to get out tomorrow or never and that sets up a circumstance for extreme psychological stress it's really an abominable you know humanitarian situation where you're depriving these people of life liberty and for no really valid basis the director of public affairs for joint task force guantanamo captain robert duran released a statement to our teeth in it he denies all claims of a mass hunger strike or any mishandling of the koran duran says only fourteen detainees at the detention center are refusing all food. our understanding is that based on previous standards the determination of who is a hunger striker is a discretionary determination that one chinaman makes what those standards are what

the criteria are are questions that they need to be at you know how are they defining hunger striker and when are they just terminating that someone needs to be chipped that and if it is if the definition of hunger striker is entirely in their control and it is a matter of their discretion then i that explains how they are able to say that there are no more than a handful of men on hunger strike lawyers representing get more prisoners have sent a letter to us defense secretary chuck hagel urging him to help and the protest in the meantime organizations like the red cross have made attempts to check on the inmates welfare here's what a representative told r.t. the current tensions in guantanamo as far as we can see as far as we understand are really the result of the uncertainty is made to detainees in guantanamo and uncertainty linked to defeat what's going to happen to them you know there is

a lack of clear legal framework for detention many of them don't know most of them don't know what's going to happen and so has been our position and there needs to be a clear legal framework and a transparent process into the procedural safeguards for those detainees and it's to be transparent and fair to alleviate the strains really that emotional mental strain that this uncertainty triggers for the detainees of the one hundred sixty sixty teenie zakk kuantan i'm obey eighty six have been cleared for release now this week the un said that the us is of violating international human rights law by indefinitely holding prisoners at guantanamo without charge the human rights council is urging washington to pull out bring an end to these illegal practices by either prosecuting prisoners in civilian court or releasing them before me from new york very important i am heartsick. under one gone time of a gone to brandon needless says the dissension facility craved small pool rooms for

the u.s. from its souls. facility is a lot better but speak guards of been there over the last few years all the dream inside as far as the internal reaction force team and the way the crown is treated in a stuff like that or not much has changed maybe the outside is changed but inside hasn't changed too much are people forget that half these people have been cleared for release by not only the obama administration but also by the bush administration and they're going to be into definitely healthier who was along they don't know when they're going to see their families again or where they're going to go i think the fact that they don't know what's going to happen it you know is it makes them gross and this is their only one form of protest they have this to go on and the fact is that one whoever open the cameras out of hope and wants on one knew from the get go and that it was wrong that it was it was illegal meaning it was a violation of human rights and the fact is it has to be closed the fact is will never bring them into a federal court system because a lot of information they have gotten as mindy to have been have gotten out of the

use of torture so they can it's on a missile if the reports are still well we dropped the ball we have a system here and we have the opportunity to show the world that arse still and our way of life actually works and we dropped the ball in noonan and we've created more terrorists and enemies around the world than we could ever imagine and i said based on shame correction he said that a.p. us is serious about closing guantanamo it has to do its thing. inside america basically because there is no real. public resentment of what is taking place there most of the pressure that's coming is internationally yes you have some groups are working very hard in america to highlight the issue and to make sure that it stays on the agenda but unfortunately for the vast majority of americans they're quite happy for these detainees to have to continually detained without charge or trial basically a one time numbers over going to close it's going to be within these next four years. obama has the best interest to do that this is the second time he cannot

have both. you know where hoping. it might be misplaced or hope but basically he will try in use these last years of his presidency in order to do the right thing in a situation where the only thing that has ever happened is the wrong three. hundred now outside who want to know your take on the show every voice counts at r.t. dot com where you can tell us why you think dan tunnel is still open after more than eleven years so perhaps you think the u.s. is to blame for not keeping its promise to close the facility maybe china should never have released i should say cuba of course should never leave the base to america in the first place and maybe you blame other countries for refusing to go on time with detainees or indeed you may see the nine eleven terror attacks is the main reason that it's still in business and you can head online and and have your

say right now and actually there how you are voting so far with the vast majority of you blaming washington for failing to keep its pledges and almost equal it small numbers of you think that others are responsible for what's happening at guantanamo bay so do cancel your vote if you haven't done it here. syria is now in a surge of civil war between government and assad forces france and britain but then of us or with calls to better equip rebel fighters that's despite numerous reports of radical islamists among the opposition ranks is more of a notion reports the conflict has since seventy thousand people killed and millions flee their homes this part of syria known as mesopotamia between the tigris and euphrates rivers is considered a cradle of civilization has been home to many african religious groups living in peace and harmony for ages people here believe this diversity is serious strong point but some warn it could also be used against the country and that's something

to destroy. and the regime slogans in syria have been repeated to the longest of all the arab spring countries but assad didn't step down within weeks like the leaders of to measure and egypt nor did his regime fall within months like colonel gadhafi is in libya opposing sides have gone beyond demonstrations and clashes killings have become an everyday reality those wanting to go both at home and abroad have decided to target what hurt the most serious diversity pitting people against each other after every massacre and every killing rivers of blood have been joined by streams of mutual accusations and hatred. the first blow was dealt to relations between the country's sunni majority and the ruling shia minority a more ignorant position and sometimes. needed to

make a city and it's not them who wants that one again. give our unity in all of all on . gabriel a point from commercially livin in syria's north east all green sunni dominated turkey and mostly shia iraq says here in about six tarion intolerance is something new for syria and very alarming your. will feel this pressure for months now especially from gulf countries trying to drag us to this perilous share sunni game it's a big threat because a to society from the inside. and some say it's been feud from the outside it is part of the u.s. strategy and some of the western strategy is to destroy syria by syrians and by arabs and this they are doing successfully another blow followed with an explosion at palestinian refugee camps in syria and the cold blooded murder of palestinian

conscripts these drove a wedge between the two arab peoples previously on friendly terms they wanted to both weaken the regime and spread despair among palestinians. with kurdish villages in syria's north east targeted the kurdish syrian peaceful co-existence has also been endangered but a crook it's approval cations a pure and very dangerous syrian kurds want to be integrated into syrian society have rights and be respected some turkish kurds maybe do as early ones killing his own people we've never been treated like that of course when violence targets us it can't not affect relations. and fears are that those who wanted to see the fall of the regime will witness the country's fall instead. from syria. for a way to work and has been shaken by process and personal planning to stop later in

the program we'll look at the death of a block the hands of the new york police public outrage among the citizens that's after the break. they've been living this way since the seventeenth century. their rituals are strict. their communities are the selling of. the clearly missed english between their own and the alien. and guard their family and thinks the treasure. when their own country can't offer them a living even loving mothers sometimes have to leave their children behind. i don't

like to wonder just depends longer. is the dream of millions of migrants that their children might choose their motherland. is nice. i want my children to win over moscow. russia has become this stepmother land teammates migrants working hard to find a way home. technology innovation. developments around. the future. all right welcome back in cairo police have used tear gas and arrested a number of protesters near the headquarters of the muslim brotherhood attacks on drunk pond labeled sparks the demonstration the clashes come up to a group of activists who were rallying against islamist policies were assaulted by

an armed gang on saturday truism the egyptian capital with the details for us. we've had reports that tens have been arrested including one journalists as fierce clashes continue between anti-government protesters and security forces outside the muslim brotherhood headquarters here in the capital the police have reportedly been firing birdshot but it's tear gas hundreds who gathered today to protest against an attack they said happened against journalists by muslim brotherhood members groups with the rising at the area outside the main headquarters of the mission brotherhood arriving with sticks and knives on the journalist attempted to film anti-government protesters spraying anti brotherhood slogans on this main headquarters newly elected journalists in the had one who said this was another example of a crackdown on freedom of speech by the most brotherhood's he called on the supreme guide which is the leading spiritual figure of the risen brotherhood to apologize

the brotherhood for their part say that this occurred after groups attempted to break into the building it's still not clear how this story's going to end we're seeing significant unrest and loss of brotherhood sentiment across the country this protest happening almost on a daily basis and a lot of skirmishes even here in the capital by to her square on the banks of the nile we're seeing a daily fights between a youth anti-government protesters and security forces the president is fighting many different problems at the same time in addition the parliamentary elections have been suspended after the admission of courts said there was a problem with the electoral law putting the future of the political casting in doubt this economic problem is a major economic problem is the president is trying to secure an unpopular four point eight billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. which could see subsidies cuts and tax hikes that people have been protesting against of course you have a situation of poor saeed's and here the capital over this very contentious verdict in the port side football trial which saw several people die in the last few weeks

so what we're seeing really is continual protests continue on to government sentiments and with not any solutions on the horizon. the killing of a blank teenager by new york police sparks a seventh angry protests and the bar broken down. and wipe a day of racism and demand justice for the authorities clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement officials resulted in dozens of arrests of this nature can has more now on the story. sixteen year old kimani gray was killed by police shot four times in the front and three in the back the n.y.p.d. claimed the teen had pointed a gun at them however this remains uncertain that there was a weapon that no one saw and not his friends his family didn't know he had a weapon and there were a lot of witnesses outside who were able to see it that this individual to show a weapon or as these candles burn in memory of yet another killed youth an entire

community rises up night after night to demand justice and to police brutality for three nights in a row peaceful vigils turned chaotic clashes broke out. leaving one officer hospitalized after reportedly being injured with a brick a total of forty six arrests were made wednesday yes. but no violence erupted thursday night tensions however still ran high. i mean this is no different than it was. you know so it's like it's like another country a lot of people are just tired of the period with solutions to stop the violence nowhere in sight deeply seated issues between the police and the community remain unaddressed leaving many worried children parents are not supposed to bury their child in this absolutely honest party new york. remember you can always find more news and videos at our website assy dot com and here's

a look at some of the stories we have there for you perhaps not the best place for sushi the dangerous levels of radioactivity i recall didn't finish off the coast of the fukushima nuclear plant but devastating in japan's lucrative fishing industry more on those online. plus a top greek football player is bond for live from playing for the national team after celebrating a goal with a nazi salute find out why he did it on our website r.t. dot com. china's new president has called for the great renee science or the chinese nation he made this statement during his maiden speech to the country concluded its once in a decade transfer of power to their generation of leaders c.c.t.v. correspondent way told us the train's brings both challengers and hope. there used to be a superstitious believe almost in china about the eight percent growth rate of the national g.d.p.

for that little number has been slowed down to about seven point five percent it has to be a slow down number because china is doing this transition from a growth in quantity to a growth in quality many argue it is extremely important to do reform reform really has been the key word for the new generation of leaders coming into power recently mr lee could child who is the now the cut chinese premier he's been talking about reform is the largest division china can enjoy every sport for the for western values president mr xi jinping after being elected was calling him a delay to our president obama and he advocated the two countries could have mutual respect and openness to one another things can be better and he's been talking about a new kind of relations between new powers and that of course the definition is not being given by the chinese side however it seems that the u.s. has already got its own definition for example pivot to asia or rebalancing and as

a result there has been increasing number of territorial disputes and or disputes in other stores between china and some of the asian neighbors with the coming in of the united states might be a backup for them in the region but the chinese seems always want to have a peaceful neighborhood there seems to be a really believe the chinese have been holding over the history. so pain has inherited the world's second largest national economy and will try to keep the agent power house growing and listen for cost look promising a report from pricewaterhouse coopers predicts that china will count child would be us by twenty seven thousand before a head the new leadership has also promised to invest heavily in building up the country's defense capabilities this comes amid america's growing military expansion in asia pacific u.s. efforts to gain a stronger foothold there and the struggle for the regional influence has been causing concern in beijing and just days ago the pentagon announced a decision to put fourteen more missile interceptors along america's west coast and

deploy a radar tracking station in japan and they say it's in response to north korean nuclear threat in the meantime china's priority is economic growth rather than military expansion that's according to author and journalist martin jacques. relations with the united states so good to be getting more complicated and i think the reason for that is because before you know china was very much still a developing country a much weaker global power down the united states china its course has been growing like crazy is more and more present around the world different continents in different countries i don't think the chinese are going to be militarily aggressive i mean as not be first the chinese history and secondly actually the tradition of this regime especially since nine hundred seventy eight i mean you know it's the chinese military i mean we talk about the rise of the expenditure but actually

compared with the united states china is very very weak militarily what has been their great growth remains it which is the economic development. cyprus is working on a last minute deal to ease the pressure on small depositors eleven on their savings one of ten percent tax was agreed upon a part of the bailout package from the eurozone finance ministers and the i.m.f. some of the decision was short and rated a.t.m.'s which wound dry within hours people's frustration caused the parliamentary vote on the deal to be deployed to be delayed until monday and dr helen some of the leap from leading british think tank the british group believes there's little alternative for the island state they will have to try and make it go ahead because the really do desperately need the bailout money unless of course they do the alternative which is actually drop out of the euro and probably default at some point which will not necessarily be the

worst thing that can happen but that doesn't seem to appeal to any of the governments in question i mean we've had this problem with greece and we've had this problem with other countries that is how it's all been going on about the about the bailouts the way things have gone we see greece is that you know these these bailouts happen. try to produce a stereo and it never works and then after a while there is another request for another bailout. whether it will actually work or whether cyprus will be rocked into riots is something we shall see in the next few days. and some other stories making headlines across the globe this hour hundreds of people have gathered in the german capital to protest against the demolition of a part of the berlin wall coming from demonstrators opposed to plans to build presidential residential apartments on the locational de long it surviving a section of the wall they say it's a crucial part of the city's cultural history access from a small protests if the agreement with developers won't be reached. also

even forces have arrested five men over a gang rape of a swiss woman on a camping trip with her husband a total of twenty man were detained for questioning in connection with that time police say all the suspects have already confessed this comes amid a spate of such assaults and just three months after the fatal gang rape we knew daily that caused a nationwide outrage. over a thousand excess veterans and supporters gathered on saturday in the latin capital we get for their annual rally the event well went ahead despite attempts by the mayor to ban it a court overturned the decision fuelling tension between anti-fascists and both served with a lottery in units of the votes in s.s. the national park controversy with critics downing it as a glorification of the country's involvement with the nazis and exceed our chefs reports who was born in a prison in franco's fascists he and his parents were repressed by that regime so

he was hurt when he learned that the drones march through the streets of lobbyist capital riga. all of europe fought so hard to eradicate fascism in spain. where it was one state ideology you would now never see even if the stages which glorify now it's considered shameful what happens here in riga is totally incredible and outrageous. marches by former law. are nothing out of the ordinary since lottery became independent they've been held every year the men who once fought on the side of nazi germany are seen as freedom fighters by some here a view which divides society in this state for many years this march had been forbidden by the cities of dorothy's accord decision that overturned it and them are still so place this year the high court decided to strike first even before the mayor had to say the court said that the march must take place and force the mayor

to apologize for all the yes he had been banning this march the masterminds of this march lot as nationalists say they want the younger generation to embrace their history and recognize their heroes. i'm especially proud to see so many young people today this is proof that we're living in a free country which had been under occupation for many years. but many in europe simply cannot understand what appreciation of freedom has to do with three year olds walking alongside former nazi troops especially given that lot is a member of the e.u. which has no second opinion on fascism. as a member of the infamous and for remembrance of the locals and it's very difficult to say it's very easy to nonsense that on one side you are a member of such an unbroken organisation to remember what happened seventy years

ago in order to avoid our children to repeat the mistakes of the easter week and on the other side those people and to be the first you know the truly crazy chimp for the law to be as anti-fascist movement has been fighting these marches for a decade with no success they fear this movement is getting stronger as last year's economy gets weak and strengthening it is a well planned government tactic but it's easy to brew. up nationalist ideas to divert attention from economic troubles our parliament even wanted to make march sixteenth and national holiday of the latvian army this day had nothing to do with our army but in nazi germany march sixteenth was called a day of heroes praising the army this speaks volumes to what our government does about this lot is anti-fascist have sent petitions to the european commission many times to help get these marches outlawed with no response so far putting pictures

of nazi camps and lot to be where tens of thousands bearish then the nine hundred forty s. is yet another attempt to have their outrage recognized alexy russia fifty reporting from riga in law to be. and after the break will be taking a look into the secluded lives of a group of the neighbors who left last america to start everything i knew the children of this kids as just ahead stay with us here in our city. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story for you.