robbery the russian prime minister speaks out against those behind the cyprus bailout deal rescuing the country from bankruptcy but will see scores of depositors set to lose a huge portion of their life savings. to british police ruled out any involvement in the death of russian tycoon but. the public awaits autopsy results which could shed light on what killed the billion. to join a un investigation into alleged deadly chemical attack in syria following reports in the western media implicating rebel forces the top story the.

international news in coming live from studio in moscow this is twenty four hours a day. has managed to reach a last minute deal with its creditors on a ten billion euro crucial to prevent the country from bankruptcy the rescue package however comes at a steep price deposits above one hundred thousand euros in the country's two largest banks will be rated. reports from nicosia. the. country will essentially be. the one hundred thousand euros in the transfer. country and. more than one hundred thousand euros of uninsured. those that are not. guaranteed.

would be taking a huge very significant loss and this will really hurt those with of course their life savings or those with. money in the bank so they will take the taking a big loss and. result in a loss and. also let's remember that there are still capital controls in place which means. that citizens can take the amount of money they can move around and this is really creating a credit crunch a cash crunch everybody trying to hold on to those five. hundred euros reaction here is.

still very disappointed. that. the feeling of the people here is that a red line has been crossed remember the suggestion that they will be dipping into . even small a deposit holders this is a very bad message to people. in whatever the government ordered. to have cash. have savings and these questions for them are not. that their government has agreed with. john laughlin the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris believes that the developments in cyprus share their roots with a number of historic revolutions cyprus is yet another of the i would say power and ideologically crazed determination of the european elites to keep the single currency intact against all the odds i genuinely

think that i'm not given to exaggeration that europe today is in a situation comparable to that of the french revolution all the logic revolution i mean by that that an entire class of people are going to be expropriated and treated as if they were criminals it is just as in the two revolutions i mentioned arris to crass as a class or what hung up from the lampposts because it was decreed that their property had been criminally obtained this is a very very bad precedent because it means that deposits which are private property are no longer safe in europe in backs although the propaganda is absolutely deafening particularly in the german media about how all the money is held by russians and how all these russians are criminals and therefore to serve to have their money taken away there will ultimately be some other people's interests and other nationals who also have bank accounts with more than one hundred euros and if that money is exposed created stolen as it is going to be then the effect on

cyprus's banking system will be absolutely catastrophic russia's prime minister spoke out against those behind the controversial rescue deal calling the decision robbery of what has already been stolen according researcher spoke to r.t. news editor of across the about the depth and the ramifications of the cyprus problem. prime minister medvedev last week used the term expropriation which was a reference to what the the bolsheviks did in the past he today has followed up that statement. we've been discussing what's going on in cyprus from what i've heard they continue to steal what's already started to figure out what kind of ramifications this situation will have and the consequences it will bring the international monetary system as well as our own interests that's a reference to cyprus is off shore status of the russian economy and well thirty nine other economies at least and yes an expression of how he feels about it they're very unhappy with so we have that so we have type of reaction then from the

russian. i mean i've if you can take us back for a bit if you will because it's been what almost a year in the making that cyprus bailed out how it was it was nine months ago that cyprus asked for a bailout they asked for seventeen billion euro which is about one hundred percent of g.d.p. . there was a general election cyprus during that time a couple of delays of the russian. russian refused to get involved the eurozone wanted to wanted to. foist the cyprus problem on to russia russia said it was eurozone problem anyhow what happened eventually was that we came down to the wire as usual as is the case with pretty much every euro group decision it becomes more of a debacle than a. decision at all where the country's second largest bank will be closer thousand jobs will go either what do you know about the capital but from what i understand it's flying out of cyprus right yeah yeah there's been reports this morning frankfurter allgemeine zeitung reported despite the freeze this is quite

a story the euro group froze the retail banking sector of an entire country people could not of them there was a two hundred euro limit on what they could take out of a.t.m.'s now there's a one hundred euro limit if the a.t.m.'s are running at all so despite this free zone and capital controls being applied to the other by your group the reports are this morning the. from cyprus doubled the regular traffic about two hundred million euro a day doubles the euro group have really managed a debacle they've got a lot of egg on their face that's for sure. at the same time we see that a lot of the euro group talking heads are are using the term casino economy that's right to try to legitimize what it is that they're doing in cyprus. big to the point to work making the e.c. be vetted cyprus for euro zone membership in two thousand and eight right and gave it a go ahead into that thousand and eleven they perform a stress test on the bank of cyprus and like a bank and said things were ok to turn around now and say that there's been

a form of casino capitalism been going on there i think it's most of desperation or to get more analysis on the separate issue is one of the latest updates to our website r.t. dot com. the mystery behind the death of bodies but as of ski could become clearer within hours following an autopsy the body of the self exiled tycoon in kremlin opponent was found in his bath at the weekend has been suggestions the former billionaire took his own life but police say he left no suicide note behind authorities of also ruled out any third party involvement but as i ask you made an immense fortune back in the ninety's it's widely believed he took advantage of the chaos gripping post soviet russia coupled with cozy relations with president yeltsin in a circle the tycoon later moved to london to escape multiple charges of financial prime time now to discuss this a little further with author and analyst martin mccauley who's been covering russia

for many years he joins me live in london even with the police now ruling out third party involvement that certainly hasn't stopped conspiracy theories has it why not do you think. well first of all he was the thorn in the flesh of the kremlin he made a lot of enemies he was a type of man who was more concerned about power than money so therefore he was always in conflict rather high profile court cases think about a bit more which he made enemies everywhere and the story was that his his fortune would when he was selling property in surrey he was selling property in the south of france and so on so things were going badly so therefore put that together with all the enemies here in the in the kremlin and you could put together a conspiracy theory that. he was liquidated or he in fact liquidated themselves

but it's certainly not every day a man found dead in these bars would result in nuclear testing teams being sent to the scene what does that actually tell us then about russia's image in the u.k. . it's very bad because the average person would say. if there's radiation at his place and so on what does that really mean. whether radioisotopes there and so on and that wouldn't reflect very well in russia but now with the disappearance of. hopefully this will remove one of the barriers to better relations between moscow and london because preserve it was a thorn in the flesh he was always there the case. because he he called for the physical overthrow of president putin he was notorious in that sense he always made headlines in the english press now he's dead hopefully be laid to rest and we can move on and that barrier one of the barriers to better relations with moscow would

have been removed one of those pairs of course does exist and that's the continuing mystery over the litvinenko death and of course that man did die of polonium poisoning in london now that's going to continue to be a major stumbling block surely just because he's gone now still relations are going to be very patchy over this other case. it bears of he's gone and remember that because of skin employed litter in ink of rifle. that he was on his payroll and presumably he was funny got impatient for him so therefore the two are linked very very closely but hopefully the little mental case somebody lucian can be found because it doesn't seem to looks as if neither side will move because ace the not involved. no way they were connected with his death ludden says yes we have evidence that people must go people in russia were involved and so on and there's really no meeting of minds at all there's no court case and so on so hopefully that

can be laid to rest and if those two cases with those two men now dead unfortunately for them they're dead and they can be put that those two cases can be put to rest then we can move forward and hopefully improve relations between england and russia talk about him not having many friends plenty of enemies but of course he was a significant part of russia's recent history wasn't he was the man one of the many put putin into power what sort of legacy would he leave behind what sort of mark on russia's history has he made. i think you go down as a band of capitalist under snow oligarch who was more concerned with power than money he was a brilliant mathematician and when it came to doing business he was brilliant. but his political judgment was very very poor because during the last year he seemed to writing very very hard and he can go back to nine hundred ninety six election of president. he was one of the seven bankers who in fact bankrolled yeltsin's

presidential campaign and one can say that he helped to keep them in power and because of that he was toast of the family as the years the group were called and then he was the king maker one of the king makers who selected believin appointed now the key question is why did he completely misjudge lithium and put him he thought that he could continue as he had under yeltsin that he could in fact manipulate him and so on continue with his business interests and also play a major political role but putin outmaneuvered him now to do the very very quickly and he completely misjudged the situation so the. result school didn't go down as a man who became a dollar millionaire undercover trophy he became a billionaire under years but for him tragically misjudged the situation after president putin came to power and ended up perhaps a relatively poor man martin very interesting to hear your thoughts on this matter

mccauley author and analyst live in london thank you very much indeed for joining us. on the way seeing no evil we investigate why the us mainstream media is turning a blind eye to the developing hunger strike prices at guantanamo bay. and britain gets tough on immigrants making a call to me with sweeping restrictions on welfare payments health care and social housing more analysis on the best i'm glad of all the stories just ahead. we'll look at. leeds technology innovation hall believes developments from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew. welcome to the big picture. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images cold world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are ruled the day. continues here naughty russia and china must be part of the u.n.

investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in a deadly attack in aleppo in syria that is according to a senior russian diplomat meanwhile rebels have stepped up the requisitions against forces loyal to president assad the details now from all these middle east correspondent. the syrian opposition says that forces loyal to the syrian president bashar assad fired what they are claiming all chemical weapons as rebels surrounding an army base in the town of address on the outskirts of the syrian capital of damascus now the reports we have all that two rebel fighters were killed and some twenty two people were wounded it comes in light of accusations last week in which both sides accuse the other of using chemical weapons in any mysterious explosion near the city of aleppo which killed some twenty six people and wounded dozens not of that incident was swiftly labeled by western intelligence agencies as a chemical incident perpetrated by forces loyal to the syrian president assad the syrian regime asked the united nations to launch an investigation the russian

ministry has said that if there are reasons to believe that chemical weapons in fact were used an international group comprising of permanent united nations security council members has to be saying to syria the american president barack obama he has constantly in the past put the issue of chemical weaponry on the table saying that a red line needs to be do go on and when he was here in the region recently he was quick to make harsh statements towards the syrian president over allegedly uses of chemical weapons once we establish the facts i have made clear that the use of chemical weapons is a game changer i am deeply skeptical. any claim that in fact it was the opposition that used chemical weapons we now have information to the contrary regarding the incident last week in the lead israel's leading daily newspaper ha'aretz whites that it was definitely not a chemical attack carried out by the syrian president assad what we're seeing more

is that the syrian opposition is deeply divided the leader of the opposition was hot tips resignation comes just months after his election now his decision to leave is things seen as a blow to the diminishing moderate wing of the uprising against the syrian president bashar assad there have in the past been an alarming number of resignations within the coalition itself by top opposition figures what we see more and more is that the rebels are able to organize themselves and i'm able to consolidate the military and political bodies and increasingly it's clear that this no direct link between the fighters on the ground in the coalition that is being built aboard the concern now is that more radical islamist groups might pull this void that is being left by the basic nations of the leadership and at the same time it looks increasingly like no one is particularly interested in sitting down and having dialogue with the syrian president bashar assad also the u.k.

and france recently suggested that a weapons in bargo on syria has to be lifted to the rebels as we see now the initiative hasn't been given any kind of green light so growing concerns what is happening inside syria. well for us and for the perspective let's not talk to a couple of wasn't he's a political analyst joining us now live in beirut so moscow saying they want representatives from china and russia to take part in this u.n. investigation but very about of course russia and china have been continually blocking u.n. sanctions do you think we will see that sort of cooperation. i think there must show the corporation because the west those country cannot be trusted today the headline of the new york times speak very clearly shipment of weapons helped by the cia by qatar and by so would you have rabia over one hundred and fifty of one hundred sixty five cargo full of what ben's been shipped to the opposition in syria

somebody who is actually engaging in the war against the syrian people cannot be trusted i think the russian the chinese are rightly so they should be involved if any investigation if use of chemical weapon especially there is a great indication that the opposition have been actually the one who used these chemical weapons when the chemical weapons come from not really trust where would these chemical weapons come from well obviously. well there are a few a few here about one hundred and sixty five cargo full of weapons coming into syria from qatar and. sue turkey then you don't have to ask the question these borders are open and turkish and the qatari and the sooty been moving all kind of weapons into into syria but but but it actually is a help i leave it to us to geisha or to in trouble washington is and the west made

it very clear that if assad used chemical weapons i'd be harsh consequences now even the western media is reporting the fact that these rebels could have well used chemical weapons so what sort of reaction we get from the west. if it's true well that's the that's the exact the exact my exact point the president of the united states just have one and something if that assad used chemical weapon whatever the opposition use a chemical weapon then what the president of the united states has to do about that why doesn't he mention the opposition that they're the one who's using chemical or used chemical and what he would do about the opposition that he knows very clearly there was a member of al qaida a member of terrorist organization been talkin civilian in syria killed an islamic figure like a booty been involved in explosion and that's ok it was my administration

because those al qaeda now they're fighting on their side so there is no problem but when it comes to the life of the american hello has to freeze over then this is a double standard that american are walking this road and the world has to be on their side on their watch but the syrian can die every day nobody will question that so now it's time for the americans to look carefully and be accountable for what is taking place in syria there's a lot of deaths and i think the cia has indicated today and the new york times they clearly shipping weapons to continue the war. in a country that deserve peace and stability that america and the arab sponsor cannot be trusted i think we need the chinese we need the russians and we need those independent honest people to say who is using that chemical weapon and how it's

used coming towards me political analyst thank you very much indeed for your thoughts live here on alt. well as the u.s. military continues to deny our mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay the information blackouts being fortified by the mainstream media and more laws for more than one hundred captives sound the alarm over the failing health of their clients most americans are simply left in the dark about the story so it is more important explains. in the world of twenty four hour news no country knows the power of media better than the us hard to believe it's been ten years since the shock and awe campaign that launched the iraq war we could have removed saddam hussein in another way that would not have been so damaging to america i mean a man had to go ten years later the killing continues in iraq without also continuing without end the mass hunger strike at the guantanamo bay detention center but that topic remains off the radar of mainstream news and hid it from the american public

no i did not notice i had no idea. really according to the center for constitutional rights one hundred thirty kuantan no prisoners began a life threatening hunger strike nearly seven weeks ago to protest treatment and conditions at the island prison a prison america's president promised would be closed at the start of twenty ten do you think that that's a topic that should be reported by u.s. media yeah i think so. because they are being kept in prison by the u.s. so it's only fair that they get their views expressed that's what the whole country's built on the freedom of information to do that i mean i just think it's the right thing to do time square is otherwise known as the mecca of media messages millions walk through here on a daily basis flooded with information through news seekers plasma screens and advertisements but as we've learned even the most important stories can be ignored

that nobody else is talking about this subject if this were happening in russia if people had disappeared into a legal black hole in russia and were facing indefinite incarceration without trial without charge without. would never hear the end of it the western media would be full of it human rights watch on this day international they'd be screaming from the roof. of westminster behind me but because this is an american crime because it's an american crime they're allowed to get away with it because the people who control the so-called mainstream media are fully on side with the agenda of the obama administration top u.s. general down calling for hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade the u.s. detention facility when c.n.n. finally turned its focus to get this so-called worldwide leader in news ignored the hunger strike is there anything wrong with trying to improve it fix it spend

a few hundred million dollars to get it ready for maybe a new generation of terrorists instead focusing on the money being requested to update the facility where one hundred sixty six detainees are still languishing you know that more than half of the detainee at guantanamo have been cleared for release i used the area. no i didn't i had no idea that. as more than one hundred prisoners reportedly could see their hunger strike the u.s. military continues to dispute the figures however when r.t. first broke the story on march twelfth u.s. officials were denying that a strike was even taking place as you recall they started off by saying no one's on a hunger strike just the five or six people who have been on a hunger strike for many years you know then that figure was revised up to fourteen and now we're seeing the figure steadily increasing but to nowhere near the extent

that the that the prison lawyers are talking about and i think you know hearing about how the lawyers are not being allowed to visit plus this big gulf between what the lawyers are saying and what the administration is saying is indicative of the administration still trying to clamp down on me and they don't want this story aired and i think that that means that there is a very big story going on but in the business of broadcast news u.s. networks have to prioritize which big stories deserve the most attention that's right the canadians are using farming to combat smoking nancy grace first of all i want to express my condolences what happened to your necklace former president bill clinton gets his way actress ashley judd will never be a united states senator. art new york. britain plans to squeeze as immigrants who are already trying to cope in tough financial times while heavily reducing the numbers of those allowed in prime minister david cameron says this will include restricting welfare payments social housing and health care the

measures largely target migrants from romania and bulgaria will have restrictions on travel and work lifted next year. reports now on the crackdown. part of new measures on vale today is a cap on unemployment benefit for instance so if you're a migrant and you've been living in the u.k. and you've been out of work for six months your benefits are going to be cut you're also going to have to prove that you've been seeking work very actively and that you stand a chance of actually finding a job also that your english is good enough so there's also the national health system that we're going to be looking at they want to introduce a system called reciprocal billing whereby migrants that are out of work and are treated on the n.h.s. well that should be billed to that home country and the housing system is also going to be limited in that way so migrant status cameron said today shouldn't

expect to get a property as soon as they arrive in fact for at least two years after they arrive they won't be eligible to get onto the waiting list for social housing now to talk about all these new measures i'm joined by carrie dingle from the charity world writes kerry hi so begin with are these measures fat in your opinion absolutely not i mean i don't think you could talk about immigration policy without having complete freedom of movement or open borders and what we have is very far from the case and basically it sets up the idea that migrants people who want to come and live in the u.k. are all just hungry miles who are going to consume our resources our health service and take benefits and not do anything for servicing them as they really are creative beings who are very aspirational in fact pop up the health service and do a lot of jobs that this government has also use.