fifty days and counting the hunger strike could get most threatens to turn fatal with at least three inmates hospitalized ten being forced back. are ready to die the question is how and when will they die lawyer for one of the detainees tells our team many hundred strikers prefer the idea of death to indefinite detention. the biggest emerging economies uniting to challenge the world economic order with a deal set up set up a bank that would rival western backed by natural institutions. who want to become british will have to learn fallon's of facts about the country's history and it is that even some members of the u.k. parliament it's.

eleven am in moscow i met très a good having you with us here on r t our top story the biggest hunger strike kuantan him obey prison as seen in years entering its fiftieth day with no signs of abating so far detainees protest over mistreatment and definite detention growing daily with u.s. military now saying thirty one inmates are refusing food at least three of them are in the hospital defense attorneys who claim the numbers are much bigger are increasingly concerned that the strike may soon turn deadly artie's marine important explains. lawyers who have recently met with or spoken to their client still languishing at the island prison say more than a 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 to now on 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 a 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 alleged confiscation of their personal light ups and the a legit sac religious handling of their korans now u.s. military officials deny the qur'an of the inmates have been mishandled in any way 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 in guantanamo being exacerbated by the fact that many of the hunger strikers are actually ready to die so as u.s. federal public defender carlos warner we're talking earlier with my colleague bill dodd who shared a statement recently made by one of his guantanamo clients for. really the ultimate desperation of the most of the detainees so they feel. 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 us must take off its mask and kill us that was his statement as of today i saw him last week i represent more i have many clients there but i did see him last

week and 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 shortly 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 the seven weeks thunderstruck has been going on artie's been gathering statements from lawyers activists prison officials and international organizations but on our special timeline r.t. dot com for a full picture of the guantanamo situation and see where the sponsor protests is invoked so far. another day of close banks and cyprus anger growing over the bailout deal with the e.u. and the i.m.f. thousands of students have been protesting in the capital against the painful rescue cuts and their ramifications the deal to avoid bankruptcy will see large depositors losing up to forty percent of savings a move seen by many as quote legalized theft author and journalist afshin rattansi says a cyprus turmoil is an indication of an fading 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 is what has already created panic and that's the name of the bank governor and there isn't. the euro countries are 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 there in the bubbles up to the plate this summer and destroy the chinese coolie western.

challenging the way the world economy is governed that's what the world's five biggest emerging economies say they are trying to do with a deal 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 i.m.f. aren't adapting fast enough to reflect their newfound clout or he's eager piskun are reports from their summit in the south african city of durban is the final and most important 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 organization and there's lots to talk about like the future of establishment of a joint development bank possibly with a starter capital the around fifty billion u.s. dollars. seborrheic summit in new delhi one to five partners decided to conduct all of the payments between each other in their national currencies to protect their economies from things like 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 lights 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. of 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 reaches 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 new york university professor of economics and finance an elite thinks many of the brics groups are triggered by the establishment's resistance to its growing influence. they certainly are growing in more influence they're growing in wells perhaps down the road their political power 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 enough. cohesion enough common interests to do so in the car and the strength to do so. coming your way in just a few minutes of big brother is watching washington seeking ways to track citizens using an increasing number of drones but the move now with stark opposition from several states. and why the arab league is legalize sending arms to syrian rebels this and more after a short break stay with us. you

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that's for staying with us fifteen minutes past the hour the arab league's given the green light for its members to send arms to syrian rebels despite fears of the syrian opposition is being increasingly infiltrated by foreign jihadi fighters. from the pad african newswire says the arab league is pursuing its own agenda and extending support to the rebels. we also have to understand the political composition of the arab league has been dominated over the last several years by the gulf emirates these elite forces are 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 i heavily with the united states and the north atlantic treaty organization so it's really not surprising that in kata you would have

a situation where the syrian government i 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 obstinate in regard to negotiating any type of political settlement to the conflict in syria to be see it as a legitimate government of syria. the syrian conflict is increasingly spreading beyond its borders finding itself the crossroads of foreign interests on the table for debate peter lavelle's cross talk program coming up this hour take a look. see the supply. side they have to the iranian regime. saying that iran is not seriously need to drop the ranters and they want to settle in the situation and it's just it's not true iran's role in the syrian uprising is really negligible because at the present

moment that is the western powers of the us france britain the other month. before getting to the levels i mean the same time that parting petrol on a fire at. the sky could be the limit for u.s. law enforcement with aerial surveillance drones set to be used to mystically capitol hill is met some stiff resistance to its plans artie's guidance yon takes a look at some of the 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 the flea 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 are first on 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 knowledge

that could shield people from surveillance drones over the phone the developer did not offer any details but said this for not disabling their cameras or anything like that we are not doing anything physically to the drones we are simply not allowing their cameras look at areas. also in the battle for privacy a designer in new york came up with an anticipated clothing line with a garment of designed to be firmly reflective. which means that he bounces off it and he does what's he was for thermal imaging 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 in these particular locations three days two hours four minutes ago and when i actually show you exactly what i have there 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 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 check out. and take a look online now battered and bruised self-inflicted an autopsy report showing adopted russian child not seen suffered repeated injuries before his death in the

u.s. but a medical condition led him to harm himself by the details on our team and poles apart a lucky chinese driver miraculously escapes death. as a lamppost smashes through the windshield of his bus video in full and much more stunning footage on our you tube. immigrants who want to become british now after study hard after the u.k. government introduced its citizenship test requires an applicant to know as many as three thousand facts about the country's history and attest that even many british natives can't pass or has more from london. well since cullen the famous british

landmark in london's trafalgar square no commemorate admiral nelson he died in the past or to fall in eighty nine by this also now we are first to one of the questions that 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 for 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 were in the past have been prominent members of the government were being asked questions like who was the british king who expel the danes for. i'm guessing completely and hopelessly wrong and yet his discipline suits these. they must first say that by putting british culture and history at the heart of the system that

they're ensuring that those who want to settle in britain. 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 got some of these questions to members of the british public to find out how they fare which landmarks a prehistoric monument which stands in the english country of will. the name of the admiral he's got a monument here in trafalgar square a lot notion yes that's right ok we've got another one feet because this is an assistant ship ties what you call the second largest party in the house of commons conservatives it is the opposition. hugo one of the to the name of the admiral he died in battle in one thousand nine hundred five and has a monument here in trafalgar square. well. maybe i'll give you guys.

than i only know that this is old school two questions i've gone through them it's not as if these questions are good. 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 bit they see once the path the test will need eighteen of the twenty people questions correctly and the need to learn details it's the background if they want to become the thing and many people do you last year more than a hundred and fifty thousand people took the test nationally almost eighty thousand of which were here in london. putting out of some other international stories sectarian violence continues to rise in mar where more curfews have been imposed on attacks as attacks on muslim communities edged closer to the largest city rangoon a state of emergency is in force in central regions with some forty deaths reported

since unrest 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 of since fled the predominantly buddhist region. north korean long range missiles and artillery have been put in combat readiness and targeting the u.s. mainland plus hawaii and guam the pentagon has condemned the threat saying it's ready to respond to any contingency tensions between washington and pyongyang killing yang remain high following u.n. sanctions on the communist state after north korea's third nuclear test last month . and the former director of the cia general david petraeus has apologized for the conduct that led to his resignation last year betray a step down after details of an extramarital affair were revealed he made the apology during his first public appearance at the university of southern california the audience including many military veterans. still to come syria's ongoing

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hello and welcome across top of things are considered i'm peter lavelle a dangerous neighborhood and it's only getting more dangerous syria's grinding civil war now involves a wide array of regional and global powers all with their own agenda including israel what are tell of us goals in this conflict what are the risks of failure and will anarchy be the only winner in the syrian civil war. to cross talk the war in syria i'm joined by dan arbella in washington he is against scholar at the sob in center for middle east policy at the brookings institution and of former israeli diplomat also in washington we have now he is

a political analyst and in london we cross to. he is the president of the arab lawyers association in the u.k. our gentlemen crossed cycles in effect it means you can jump in anytime you want daniel if i can go to you first in washington what is their sales agenda in this war right now because we hear maybe a buffer zone could be created into syria. is not intervening in the conflict taking place in syria but it's watching the situation unfolding very very closely israel has many concerns regarding what's happening in syria today first and foremost the chemical weapons held by the assad regime and there's really concern that may fall into the wrong hands or may be used. as a last resort second this is been the quietest border along israel's borders for forty almost forty years and the concern is for a possible spillover of the situation in syria to the area of the girl on her it through to the syrian israeli border like we start this so.