fifty days and counting the hunger strike in guantanamo bay threatens to turn fatal with the least three inmates hospitalized in ten force fed lawyers now saying many prefer the idea of death to indefinite detention. because emerging economies uniting to challenge the world's economic model with a deal set up to a deal to set up a bank that would rival western backed by natural institutions. immigrants who want to become british will have to learn thousands of facts about the country's history and ways that even some members of the u.k. parliament fail to pass. eight am in moscow i'm at present good having you with us here on r t our top story

the biggest hunger strike one time them obey has seen in years is entering its fiftieth day with no signs of coming to an end detainees protest over mistreatment indefinite detention is a growing with the u.s. military now would meeting thirty one inmates are refusing food at least three of them hospitalized defense attorneys who claim the numbers are much bigger are increasingly concerned the strike may soon turn deadly artie's marina port has more . lawyers who have recently met with or spoken to their client still languishing at the island prison say more than one hundred men are participating in the hunger strike and many have lost between thirty and forty pounds those are accounts are in addition to previous reports of the hunger strikers coughing up blood and losing consciousness three of whom have been hospitalized ten of the hunger strikers are reportedly shackled to chairs and being force fed through tubes and one sunday

activists around the world launched a week long fast to raise awareness of the hunger strike and to protest the existence of the kuantan m o prison and america's use of indefinite detention according to the center for constitutional rights the hunger strike began on around february sixth when prisoners decided to protest the legit confiscation of their personal light arms and the allegedly sacked religious handling of their korans now u.s. military officials deny that the qur'an is of the inmates have been mishandled in any way archie has reached out to the white house for for comment but a spokesperson for the white house referred us to the pentagon currently there are one hundred sixty six detainees still languishing at the island prison more than half of those men have already been cleared for release and many of those men most of them have been held there for more than a decade reporting from new york. r.t.

. the situation there being exacerbated by the fact that many of the hunger striking inmates say they're ready to die so as u.s. federal public defender carlos warner we're talking to my colleague bill died earlier he shared this statement recently made by one of his guantanamo clients. really revealing the ultimate desperation he says most detainees are feeling. i scare myself when i look in the mirror let them kill us as we have nothing to lose we died when obama indefinitely detained us respect us or kill us it's your choice the u.s. must take off its mask and kill us that was his statement as of today i saw him last week i have represented more i have many clients there but i did see him last week and it was it was a shocked to see what i saw he was

a man who was down over thirty pounds from less than a month ago he refused all nourishment his cheeks were sunken he was exhausted and could not stand. it was a scary scary meeting for me and his messages respect all kilis will his wish come true or will he now be prepared to die but i think that many of the men in the ones that are indefinitely detained they have zero hope they have no hope because of the ministration i think many of them are ready to die the question is how and when will they die they have no hope of being released from that place and until being had some hope it's very difficult to live everybody in guantanamo is indefinitely detained nobody is being released cleared for release or not why nor joy give me surely and explain the u.s. must have a justified legal reason for keeping these people locked up. yes the

reason very simple and it's at the foot of president obama and this is a broken promise one that he has chosen to not abide by it he looks at the republicans in congress he says it's their fault well as of today there's not one person in the ministration i can contact to redress these problems there's nobody in the entire obama administration i could call and say let's stop the hunger strike these are men they're not animals that are people that we have grown to know and respect and i don't want to see any of them die i don't want to see them die over this or any other protest they should get process there at the end of their rope if and it's not if it's when people die if the strike is not ended then sure there's going to be more attention but let me tell you as a human being i do not want to see my clients die and the fact that they're in this

condition is one of the most heart wrenching things that i've had to experience as a lawyer for those seven weeks longer strikes been going on artie's been gathering statements from lawyers activists prison officials and international groups head to our online database timeline with our team dot com for a full picture on the situation of guantanamo and the response the protest has gotten so far. cypriots waking up to another day of closed banks as anger is mounting over the valid deal with the e.u. and the i.m.f. thousands of students have been protesting in the capital against the painful rescue plan and the ramifications of it the deal to avoid bankruptcy will see large depositors losing up to forty percent of their savings a move seen by many as quote legalized theft author and journalist often retired she says the cyprus turmoil is an indication of a fading a western economic model. the main thing about cyprus is this is a clear example of the euro zone elite and let's face it right from the start of

the euro zone project was an elite system at the expense of the poor and the poor out there demonstrating in nicosia because they see that the confidence of the banking system is about confidence the initial panacea that they had to put to the poorest people in cyprus as it were has already created panic and that's the name of the bank governor and there is no and the euro countries that we're looking at right now and of course in the united states the government acts as a quasi private entity in itself and along with that kind of private profit idea within the banking system they have in mind the bubbles of the cli because it's summer and this destroy the chinese coolie western. more thoughts on the cyprus crisis and projections of where it will ultimately lead as well as updates and pictures check it out.

challenging the way the world economy is governed that's what the world's five biggest emerging economies are aiming to do with the deals to set up a new global development bank the so-called brics nations brazil russia india china south africa say institutions like the world bank and the international monetary fund aren't adapting fast enough to reflect their newfound clout are easier piskun of reports from the summit in the south african city of durban. it's the final and most important day of the brics summit here in south africa on tuesday the delegations mostly met separately then today on wednesday brazil russia india china and south africa are all sitting down together to discuss the key issues and challenges facing the organisation and there's lots to talk about like the future of establishment of a joint development bank possibly with a starter capital of around fifty billion dollars also after last year said bric summit in new delhi when the five partners decided to conduct all of the payments

between each other in their national currencies to protect their economies from things right currency wars or the consequences of the change of the dollar rate there is also an idea of forming a joint bank for international payments and also in light of the latest turbulence in the global economy and especially new problems in the euro zone there is also an idea of establishing a joint anti crisis fund of up to possibly of two even two hundred forty billion u.s. dollars now the potential of brics as an organization really can't be underestimated for the last two decades its members have clearly shown to be the most rapidly developing economies in the world in two thousand and twelve the average g.d.p. growth. in the five member states of brics was around four percent if you compare that to g. seven it was less than one percent but it's really not about the economy and nor is it about the fact that the combined population of all the member states of brics

uses nearly three billion people but it's also about politics and the fact that all the five member states of brics share the same point of view on the key international affairs including the iranian nuclear program and the crisis in syria russia and china have been constantly defending these positions points of views at the un security council the key idea of brics is not to oppose other international organizations but to work together with anyone willing to do so and to promote the bipolarity of the world actually one of the countries showing strong interest in becoming a member of brics is egypt its president is also here in south africa monitoring what's happening within the framework of this emerging geopolitical giant. professor of economics and finance at new york university and leave things many of the bricks groups moves are triggered by the establishment street resistance to its growing influence they certainly are growing in more influence they're

growing and wells perhaps down the road there are political powers will also be stronger certainly the western countries have been resisting that and this is part of the reason why you see them trying to create their own version of a development bank so that you know they don't have to feel that they're just excluded from the western club that they can now start their own club because they have. no. cohesion enough common interests to do so in the car and the strength to do so. and stay with us here on our t.v. coming your way in a few minutes big brother could be watching washington seeking ways to attract citizens using an increasing number of drones but the movement by stark opposition from individual states. and we take a look at why the arab league is backing

a move to send more weapons to syria's opposition despite reports rebel forces are increasingly infiltrated by radical islamists this more after a short break. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of kandahar. operation to rule the day.

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technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia. the future covered. the arab league has given a green light for its members to send arms to syrian rebels despite fears the syrian opposition is increasingly infiltrated by foreign jihadist fighters the main opposition groups also been granted syria's official representation at a summit and katara in a symbolic move as a kiwi from the pad african newswire says the arab league's pursuing its own agenda and extending support for the rebels. we also have to understand the political composition of the arab league has been dominated over the last several years. the gulf emirates these elite forces on operating in

countries that are not democratic themselves therefore they have no real moral basis for criticism of the government in damascus also on these arab emirates in the gulf heavily with the united states and north atlantic treaty organization so it's really not surprising that in concert you would have a situation where the syrian government would be attacked and that you would have these opposition forces who are heavily divided themselves who have no real program for the future of syria and who have been reluctant and even absent in regard to negotiate any type of political settlement to the conflict in syria to be seated as a legitimate government of syria how the syrian conflicts increasingly spreading beyond its borders finding itself the crossroads of foreign interests up for debate in peano of elle's cross-talk later today take a look. of course if

a syrian responsible regime comes into power i'm sure that israel will be. interested in. gauging in a dialogue to see if peace is is is possible i do is really. to deal with the regime what are you talking about bills comments regarding. the bill or about the us role in this i think it's absolutely critical in the us steps up its efforts aiding the opposition and the usa well said design out of many a position they want a particular opposition that is going to be their opposition they cannot be for instance from another that they cannot be from al qaida they cannot be islamist they cannot be shiite they cannot be with hezbollah they cannot be with you around so they want to change the regime but they want to design out a made the regime. this guy could be the limit for u.s.

law enforcement with aerial surveillance drones said to be used to mess to clean but capitol hill has met fierce resistance to the plans artie's guy has more any attempts to fight back against the federal project. one point this documentary on u.s. public television touts the technological capabilities of drones and their new super sensors this image was taken seventeen thousand five hundred feet above quantico virginia and covers fifteen square miles if we wanted to know what is going on in any spot along the seam i'd say near this building at this intersection we can generate a moving image that shows what's going on in the area the state of virginia was the first to stand up against this kind of surveillance in early february the state legislature passed a two year moratorium on the use of drones but the bill is yet to be signed by the state's governor who is known to be very supportive of the spy aircraft. in charlottesville virginia police have never used drones but the city council has

nonetheless restricted their use just in case these this technology is already being heavily marketed to local law enforcement agencies and other groups and there's even one county in virginia that already purchased two drones for surveillance and so we know it's coming and we just we want to get out ahead of it at least twenty seven states are now considering legislation to outline how drones can be used by law enforcement or to ground them all together but there are those who believe the lawmakers at first not the rise of the spy planes so they're taking the matter into their own hands a company in oregon says it has developed and will soon start selling to acknowledge that could shield people from surveillance drones over the phone to develop it did not offer any details but said this more not disabling their cameras or anything like that we are not doing anything physically to the drones we are simply not allowing their cameras that area. also in the battle for privacy

a designer in new york came up with a mantissa valence clothing line with a garment of designed to be firmly reflective. which means that he bounces off it and he does what's use for thermal imaging and particular this technology is used a lot on drones and you refuse but it's doubtful that this designers gear however creative could compete with the cutting edge spiked acknowledging now being developed for government use a million terabytes of video a day which is the equivalent of five thousand hours of high definition footage so you can go back and say i would like to see what happened at this particular location three days two hours four minutes ago and it would actually show you exactly what happened and you feel watching it there is actually enough resolution to be able to see people waving their arms or walking around with those things

where as a number of states try to restrict the use of drones at a federal level there's a great push to expand their use the federal aviation administration projects that in seven years there will be thirty thousand new avi's flying over the u.s. there's absolutely no way of knowing if we are being filmed at the moment so we might as well wave to big brother up there in washington i'm going to. take a look now at some of those stories on our web site the u.s. said to alter the cyber a law about the family of late activist aaron swartz a drove him to deadly despair but to the disappointment of internet freedom activists advocates the changes will only bring harsher punishments. and the story of a russian man who tried to make friends dream of immortality come true by occasionally exposing him to radiation but on our journey dot com to find more on that.

immigrants who want to become british now off to study hard after the u.k. government introduced its new citizenship test it requires an applicant to know as many as three thousand facts about the country's history and a test that even many british natives fail to pass our furthest more. well since cullen the famous british landmark in london's trafalgar square don't commemorate admiral nelson he died in the past. in eighty nine by this also now be on first with one of the questions one person has. already is being criticized focusing too much on historical information and not enough on practical knowledge it's become

a standard joke and i mean you know something which is supposed to be taken seriously and you know when it was first announced we were involved in a few little quiz sessions where even you know prominent members of the people who in the past being prominent members of the government were being asked questions like who was the british king who expelled the danes for. i'm guessing completely and hopelessly wrong and yet he says. but i'm also say that by putting british culture and history at the heart of the system there ensuring that those who want to settle in britain permanently fully understand british life those criticisms about the test being overly complex and focusing too much on historical information do the questions really represent what it means to be british was a find out we did some of these questions to members of the press is public to find out how they felt which led looks of prehistoric monument which stands in the

english country of well. the name of the admiral he's got a monument here in trafalgar square below the notion yes that's right ok we've got another one for you because this is an assistant shit test what you call the second largest party in the house of commons conservatives is the opposition. you go one of the to the name of the admiral he died in battle in eight hundred eighty five and has a monument here in trafalgar square. well. maybe i did give you guys. than and i only know that this is old school two questions i've gone through them it's not as if these questions are. people going to be done online and they get to have plenty of opportunity to look through a very thin book but frankly for it if they can't do that then i think that's a little. they see once the pot the testimony. of the twenty people questions

correctly and the need to learn the thousand background if they want to become. and many people do you last year more than a hundred and fifty thousand people took the test nationally almost eighty thousand of which play here in london. turned out of some other stories making global headlines this hour sectarian violence continues to escalate in myanmar where more curfews have been imposed as attacks on muslim communities edged closer to the largest city rangoon state of emergency is in force in central regions where some forty deaths have been reported since the interest started a week ago trouble broke out after a reported argument in a shop between a muslim and a buddhist at least twelve thousand muslims have since fled the predominantly buddhist region. north korea the long range missiles and artillery have been put into combat duty posture and are targeting the u.s. mainland as well as american islands of hawaii in guam the pentagon has condemned

the thread saying it's ready to respond and i quote to you any contingency tensions between washington and pyongyang remain high following western imposed sanctions on the communist state after north korea's third nuclear test last month. and seeing the light this chinese bus driver miraculously saves passengers after his bus was hit by a falling lamp post the pole smashed through the windscreen leaving the driver almost no time to react despite being nearly crushed the man shifts gears until the bus bumps into guardrails and stops according to local media no one was seriously injured in the accident. more international news in about a half hour's time but coming up abby martin and breaking that said stay with us.

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which bans same sex marriage in california the supreme court ruling is not only significant to californians if they ruled it's unconstitutional it could be the impetus to ban this kind of legislation anywhere else in the country are going to huge victory for the l g b t community so here's to hoping that today signifies the beginning of real progress for gay rights and somewhat sadder news i have an update on some the palestinian political prisoner who's been on a hunger strike in an israeli jail for over two hundred days right now samara has a heart rate of twenty eight beats per minute and doctors are saying it is hard to stop at any moment think about this chilling fact for one second. and although these two stories are. very different from opposite sides of the world they share raw commonality they both represent a fight for equality justice and pursuit of freedom and those are principles that you stand for to join me and break the set.