robbery the russian prime minister speaks out against those behind the signed 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. involvement in the. public awaits autopsy results which could show what killed the four billion. to join a u.n. investigation into an alleged deadly chemical attack in syria following reports in the western media implicating rebel forces top stories.

international news and comment line from. this is twenty four hours a day. 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 about one hundred thousand euros and the country's two largest banks will be raided. reports now from nicosia. the. country will essentially be. a good bank bad bank so what will happen is. the one hundred thousand euros in the. 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 the small to medium sized enterprises with money. so they will take the taking a big loss and. result in jobs loss and. hundreds of. protesting here aside from. the biggest blunder is not out of the. let's remember that there are still capital controls in place which means. restrictions on the amount of money that citizens can take with 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 and the reaction here is. still very disappointed. 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 really bad message to people they've lost confidence in whatever government or detroit. i have cash i have a job i have savings and these questions for them are not. that their government has agreed with. you're 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 victim 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 crowds as a class one hundred 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 impacts russia's prime minister spoke out against those behind the controversial rescue deal calling the decision robbery of what has already been stolen my colleague spoke to r.t.

news editor of across the above 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 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 as an expression of how he feels about it they're very unhappy with that 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 in that time a couple of delays at the russian. russia 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 closed or 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 there was a two hundred euro limit on what they could take out of the a.t.m. is now there's one hundred euro limit if the a.t.m.'s are running at all so despite this freeze on capital controls being applied to the other by your group the

reports are this morning that capital from flight. 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 or are using the term casino economy that's right to try legitimize what it is that they're doing in cyprus. big to the point to work making that the easy 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 well it's max of desperation i want to get more analysis on the separate issue as well as the latest updates head to our web site r.t. dot com.

the mystery behind the death of could become clearer within hours following an autopsy the body of the self exiled tycoon in kremlin opponent was found in his bar for the weekend been suggestions the former billionaire took his own life but police say he left no suicide note behind authorities have also ruled out any third party involvement but as our city 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 crime and analysts martin mccauley i spoke to an unlikely he's been covering russia for decades says a massive thorn in u.k. russian relations has been removed. i think you go down as a band of capitalist to gawk who was more concerned with power than money its political judgment was very very poor because during the new year he seemed to be

writing very very hard to the. bridge of school to go down as a man who became a dollar millionaire on the cover. he became billionaire under-used but for him tragically bush judge the situation after president putin came to power and ended up perhaps a relatively poor man people are very important and the national interests in fact seem to come down to the relations between two countries regarding an individual west remember that because of call for the physical overthrow of president believe putin when he was in power. that's pretty serious and he made many accusations. that were assessed nation attempts against his life he play moscow he blamed russia for that and so on and that poisoned relations between moscow and london we could find it always in english press with his name came up. people expected

a scandal and said what it what is he going to say now about moscow and what is what is going to blame putin again for something else. now with him gone that's gone as well hopefully we can move forward and if you like some of the poison has been taken out of the relations. on the way this seeing no evil we investigate why the us mainstream media is sending a blind eye to the developing hunger strike crisis at guantanamo bay. for gets tough on immigrants amid a stagnating economy with sweeping restrictions on welfare payments health care and social housing. that's all the stories just ahead. well. it's technology innovation all these developments from

around russia we've. covered. 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 that everything you thought you. are welcome to the big picture. is he. says.

he continues her naughty russia and china must be part of the un investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons and a deadly attack near aleppo in syria that's according to a senior russian diplomat in while rebels have stepped up their accusations against forces loyal to president assad the details now from middle east correspondent. the syrian opposition says that forces loyal to the syrian president bashar assad fired what they are claiming a chemical weapons at 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 to 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 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 osce 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. 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 being 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 is what we see more and more is that the rebels are able to organize themselves that i'm able to consolidate the military and political bodies and increasingly it's clear that there's no direct link between the fighters on the ground in the coalition that is the involved of rule which is the concern now is that more radical islamist groups might fill this void that is being left by the resignation 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. political analyst to come or was no spoke to me a little earlier he believes that moscow is right to demand to be paul told the investigation into the alleged chemical attack. those country cannot be trusted today the headline of the new york times speak very clearly one hundred sixty five cargo full of what threatens been shipped to the opposition these borders are open turkish qatari and the sooty been moving all kind of weapons into syria there is

a great indication that the opposition have been actually the one who use these chemical weapons the president of the united states just have one hand if you use 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 is using chemical or . chemical and what he would do about the opposition that he knows very clearly that a member of al qaida a member of terrorist organization that's ok it was my administration because. now they're fighting on their side so there is no problem now it's time for the americans to look carefully and be accountable for what has taken place in syria as the u.s. military continues to deny mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay the information blackout is being fortified by the mainstream media and more lawyers 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 stories of these 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 adding that 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 do not know to you know i had no idea you know 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. both dogs 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 knowledge and 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. to update the facility where one hundred sixty six detainees are still languishing you know that more than half of the team at guantanamo have been cleared for release i use the

areas. you know i didn't i had no idea that. i did not. 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 prison lawyers are talking about and i think you know hearing about how the lawyers and 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 it they don't want this story out 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. artsy new york. they get to log on to a website at r.t. dot com where we've got the latest news and analysis including surprise obstacles find out what was unable to fork out for a special spy unit against cyber attacks. and also in a vet sound the alarm saying a british ride is a too fat for the horses trade sending them out into. the stores and others for it all to britain plans to squeeze immigrants who are

already trying to cope and 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 he will have e.u. restrictions on travel and work lifted next year on his political reports on the crackdown. part of new measures unveiled 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 you stand a chance of actually finding a job also that your english is good enough 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 their home country and the housing system is also

going to be limited in that way so migrants david 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 kerry day from the charity world rights kerry high to 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 man 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 prop up the health service and do a lot of jobs that this government has also used to make the point to a lot of british people that they're somehow lazy because migrants a prepared to do these jobs they're not prepared to do so i think it's a panic i think we are seeing first and second class citizen. shit but we've already got that britain we know treats overseas students as a cash cow to prop up the university it also locks them up for being people lock people up for being born on the wrong lot of land so we already have second class citizenship it's definitely a panic about variance for example which is a very very small country and very few will probably come i think there is something in this idea that you know brits are nice supposing attract all these benefit frauds when in fact i don't know having people even want to come to britain lots of tough talk on immigration why do all the political parties talk about

immigration right now i think all the political parties are absolutely bereft of ideas for solving the problems the level of the really calling me and the turn to a very very easy scapegoat which is migrants really are not responsible for any of the shortages housing rules or crappy health care that we all experience in britain and i think turning the tables on them and forcing politicians to have a serious discussion with us about the real problems is where we need to head. south africa is making final arrangements for some of the world's fastest developing economies known as the brics group which is due to start on tuesday the heads of government of brazil russia india china and the host nation convene for a fifth time with the group being hailed as a potential game changer for the international arena sure i'm charlie a professor and dean of the school of international affairs believes the book has gone far in the five years since its creation. from the early days when it was seen as an upstart that was still getting its act together and resolving and ironing out

some differences we have come a long way in five years the fact of the summit center continuing to be held all of the light some of the critics who said that this was just a marriage of convenience or just a short piece i don't for a photo op and nothing more what we're seeing now is that their agenda is quite advanced especially the economic economic integration and long latin america asia and africa is being spearheaded by the legal of the brits definitely russia and china or i would say the central pillars of bricks if you remember that you know they weren't the only candidates on the concept and many of us brought along so to africa india and brazil to play a larger ruler and also russia and china are much more global in their overall approach towards the world order and trying to transform the world order the other three are i would say a little more studious school east although they do want of a move towards more people already.

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle almost twenty years after the genocide some claim that rwanda is not only on the mend now but also could be considered a development model for other african countries to follow what accounts for rwanda's turnaround is it due to good governance or is it because of western foreign aid aid some say is given because of a guilty conscience. to discuss the situation in rwanda i'm joined by on the revolt check in nairobi he is a novelist filmmaker and an investigative journalist in washington we have anthony kim he is a senior policy analyst at the center for international trade and economics and in london we crossed to michael amoa he is an expert on africa at the london school of economics ok anthony if i could go to you first how would you describe the situation in rwanda because there's a lot of positive news coming out but there's a lot of political news.