starving to death or languishing in cages that's the choice for guantanamo inmates as detainees lawyers exclusively tell r t the week's long hunger strike is fueled by the fact prisoners say they've been robbed of legal process and the right to defend themselves. biggest ever cyber attack of its kind disrupt internet access globally after a clash between a spam filtering company and a hosting the firm ripples across the way. banks open doors in cyprus but little relief for people with and wallets the strict cash limits set to avoid a run for safety. in neighboring greece the crisis takes an extreme form with a bomb blast near the country's main tourist hot spot.

ten am in moscow i match reza good having you with us here on r t our top story the hunger strike in guantanamo prison going from bad to worse detainees who've been refusing food over mistreatment for weeks now claim they're being denied drinking water by guards this image growing concerns the strike may turn deadly with several inmates already hospitalized arche spoke to u.s. air force lieutenant colonel barry when guarded military lawyer in guantanamo now and he told us about his client's desperate condition. i've never seen anything of her in almost five years coming one kind of. speech more than fifty times i mean we talk about you know you forget whole. part of poker playing this week he went from one forty seven down to one hundred seven i mean it was only one

third of his body weight and he continued. i can you know if you want whether or not he prepared to die but i can tell you that after eleven years of the region charging in an opportunity to defend himself it's a very low point here in one town i'm not. sure of the movement the way he performed think anybody of the hundred sixty six individuals out here even the cleared individual or no way in any process of any relief from what i know. you told me here on hundred. only. one country we support. the radio. the people of all of that mean that they're there. if it turns out that people begin to die here they don't want to make a difference but i just hope that it doesn't come to that people. are we've been robbed of all profit we were told if we get military commissions well

you know we don't even have trouble let alone an opportunity to get him out represent him only because the former is an industry we don't really have any crime try but now he has no charges for me to defend i can totally try to keep all of apartment complete complete straight up an extension of the concept and then will. for the rest of their lives without ever having an opportunity to defend not one leader of a country come to an indefinite detention will be applied to guantanamo bay well that's when you try. to break. fears for the lives of the hunger striking prisoners have prompted the red cross to send a delegation to check conditions at the facility earlier than planned cab officials say more than thirty detainees are refusing food lawyers and activists peg that number at more than one hundred thirty speaking with r.t. a spokesman for the international committee of the red cross in north america simon

shore no said poor legal regulation in guantanamo is to blame for the situation from our observations of the eagles tensions and and this anguish that the needs are experiencing ease clearly related to the lack of a clear legal framework in guantanamo and this is now a real impact and as an impact forty three days for some time on their mental health on their emotional for us would be the issue beyond just what you know we are seeing right now going on tunnel is this issues that lawyers are talking about the issue of the legal framework that regiments the detention at guantanamo and this is that you should the administration must address meanwhile the white house for the first time has broken its silence commenting for the first time since the strike started almost seven weeks ago a spokesman saying the obama administration is closely monitoring the situation and remains committed to closing the facility but former u.s. assistant secretary of state for public affairs under obama p.j. crowley tells r.t. the president's hands in this case are tied. having worked for president obama i

thought that president obama had the right policy approach when he came into office in two thousand and nine to close guantanamo within one year the united states civilian justice system has for decades been able to handle terrorism cases we've had a number of them in recent months and years however as the president had signed an executive order pledging he had to close guantanamo congress has prevented him from doing that there was a secondary effort through the state department for those. detainees who were judged to belong to no longer pose a threat or had been mistakenly brought to judge quantum in the first place to transport those back to home countries third countries and that has simply had tried that over time made the challenge smaller unfortunately the state department has been forced because of funding issues to close that office down so it really is the u.s. is congress that has basically frozen you know the situation in place the president

is right now unable to move forward to reduce the population close to population and obviously that's having an effect. remember you can find our timeline to the dot com and get more a spoiler to get response to the guantanamo situation plus we're just getting your take on the issue in our online poll we're asking what the result of the ongoing protest you think is likely to beat the opinion stacks up so far more than the house who voted think the deaths are among the hunger strikers are eminent and that only a token policy change will result fifth more optimistic saying conditions for prisoners will improve as a result of the protests a little less think the u.s. will close the base to save face but carry on with indefinite detention and seventy percent in the bad press generated from the story will put an end to the policy of detention.

a cyber war raging across the internet millions around the world thought to be affected by disruption and loss of speed in their web services and security experts call the biggest denial of service attack in history interruptions come after a spat between a major spam fighting group based in geneva and a dutch web hosting company web producer andrew blakers explains it to my colleague bill dodd about how the battle turned global. this is actually just a fight among two companies one geneva based spamhaus which is a nonprofit but has bases all over the world they actually provide security services to keep bad things from going through the internet they actually protect

one point four billion e-mail accounts across the entire world than the other side we have cyber bunker a company a dutch company who is very open about being able to do whatever they want on the internet they can host lots of material and they don't like being told what they can and can't do online and what has erupted is a battle on the web that has in some instances actually crippled internet traffic internationally i know earlier you guys actually spoke to someone from from cyber bunker who you know didn't go ahead and actually credit himself with that with this attack but kind of defended it and said it was a stance that was existing so that they can go up against this big international nonprofit who so they claim can actually control what goes on the web. and should be either effect ok or. we're going to say which were the job into position where they can just go to the website and it would show up and do

it on a regular basis if people do not comply to demand they just young guy or internet provider of to which all the groups. that they go no one recent email so you can see here this isn't a case of like a particular government saying what can and can happen on their internet this is actually a company a nonprofit within thirty eight headquarters across the world i believe thursday i'm sorry thirty investigators in ten countries across the world protecting a huge chunk of the internet so that spamhaus and cyber bunker is saying like i'm sorry here but you can't just be you know in charge of the internet and if you think you can do that we'll show you just how powerful you are but the thing is you and millions of all that uses the internet around the world to be affected by this all they just how bad all these. attacks i mean this school that is affecting everybody one interesting thing that we should say here is that these attacks now if they're actually taking down parts of the internet that are used for communications in the united states for example the telecommunications sector is

actually considered a vital in critical part of the nation's infrastructure so once that goes down that is actually considered a purge nato's definitions of cyber war so i think we're seeing something that's a little childish it's between two groups who just don't don't quite get along what's happening as a result of this is the whole internet is slowing down and so it could have some pretty dangerous repercussions of that happening for an entire week now and is you know under investigation and as we saw earlier when we were talking to cyber bunker it seems like that that group isn't exactly ready to just sit back and go ahead and throw in the towel here. of the cyber attacks proving once again of the perils of the internet but remember you can safely log on to our t dot com where we've lined up more stories for you from across the world wide web including google successfully pushing the swedish government to remove the term on google from its official dictionary the phrase means something a user can find using the giant search engine now plus. breaking liquid

gold almost to report on a russian man who spent three years meeting in a tunnel to siphon crude oil from a pipeline but an r.t. dot com learn why a life of riches for him remains only a pipe dream. the world's biggest emerging economies have agreed in principle to set up a new development bank that could rival established financial institutions the brics nations brazil russia india china south africa calling for reforms to the world bank and the i.m.f. also saying that they don't reflect the new balance of power in the world are to contribute see things although the bridge project is yet to be finalized it could pose a challenge to how the global economies government. the i.m.f. and world bank for decades have acted as bad to quote good call as it will we mustn't forget how historic day which is being said the potential for this is in fit for decades the world bank would also money to developing nations

and the i.m.f. would threaten those nations we just have to speak to a guatemalan or a teeny and or an african to know how the world bank operated for so many decades and killed so many millions tens of millions of people using their policies in giving aid only dependent on their particular brand of washington consensus quoting to people like former i.m.f. when you wrote i think the book is a meme was an economic hit but the fact that right wing people like david frum in foreign policy can be so quick to deal breaks the axis of asymmetry shows how behind the times people in washington really are. still ahead on r t a bomb blast strikes the center of the greek capital sparking fears more violence could fall was the country dives deeper into recession with people desperate over the state's financial future plus. biological

experiments weightlessness and a record breaking journey still to come for the crew of the soyuz rocket as they ready for their mission of the i assess report on that and much more after this short.

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images we're seeing on the streets of canada. for asians rule the day. and for staying with us quarter past the hour now and nail biter for europe with cyprus banks due to reopen after being paralyzed for nearly two weeks little relief in sight for cash strapped citizens with severe restrictions imposed on how much money they can withdraw limits are set to prevent a bank run making in cyprus the first year ozone country to introduce capital controls are these tests are cilia now reports on the anger and despair on the

ground cypriots try to adapt to a new reality. like many in cyprus need us this is simply stunned at the speed and manner will finish the banking crisis in his country seems to be spiraling out of control he shows us his wallet yo cash only lottery tickets a single parent unemployed and caring for his sick mother raveling of cyprus's financial woes couldn't have come at a worse time and i feel shame that i live with the pension of my mom all of your life is coming up so i don't you make a plan for the future for the people the young and the old. you care about the economy of your country or in the park system is. so. you standing with an empty hands. a sentiment echoed throughout the tiny island nation.

scenes like these becoming a daily occurrence another day in nicosia cyprus another protest though this one in particular is a gathering of black appointees of the country's largest lender the bank of cyprus but they're worried that the company is headed for collapse and they may eventually lose their jobs though many cypriots told me that they are well aware that this is just the beginning of a long hard road i believe that. europe. germany strolled because we're a small economy they felt that the consequences would be minimal what they don't know is that the president has been said and what happened today in cyprus could easily happen tomorrow to italy to front choose to spain we just want to be left alone to pick up the pieces and get on with our lives supper's is part of your peer european union system files and for. paying the money through the

european union who have to stand by the other two contras new members like those in the main yeah. no but is that cyprus have problems or it's because you know economy or suffering as economic drama continues with politicians and bankers drawing a painful measures to execute the years old i have a back to the bailout plan it's all too clear to ordinary cypriots who is going to be very deprived need us as mother for example have her monthly pension cut from one thousand one hundred eighty nine year olds to just over one thousand a month ago why they cut from people who have special needs they cut from the people for his part allies question all cypriots would like answered as well. yes or sylvia our team make a c.s.i. course. as the cyprus protests intensified by the day engulfing people from all walks of life some predict it may spill into violence it is financial governance

over europe i don't think they care up with the citizens of europe the five enemy people of european continent feel about how this crisis or these crises are being and it is governed by crisis to the extent extreme you know they were polite and said we're going to get you early on in this crisis for five years ago and now they're making a very bold statement they're not asking any more they're just going to take it if someone's trying to rob you then it would make sense that it could certainly lead to violence i mean that is the ultimate outcome if somebody is trying to get access what is theirs you know their money so they can put food on their table and they're being told no you can only take out three hundred time or you can transfer around the to your friends or family around the world if you go b.k. she can only take three thousand dollars i could certainly see an tempers flare and still to come max kaiser and stacy herbert turned their attention to the cyprus crisis that they described as nothing but a full fledged war. in greece and papa grayle stole money from the greek people put

in his mom's account is suddenly showed up in switzerland how did that get there who now are saying it with the leadership in cyprus stealing money from people we've seen this story before there's a war going on there's two sides there's the corrupt banking bank stirs and then there's people who are trying to hold on to what they have and i think if i'm not mistaken a bomb went off a couple of days ago in cyprus look for more of those types of things happening because this is a bloody war. and this latest gloomy prediction by max seems to be coming to reality in greece a bomb exploded in athens near a famous hot spot the acropolis which apparently targeted the house of a shipping magnate who also used to sit on the board of the bank of cyprus is the latest in a series of bomb attacks have been plaguing the country since this economy sunk into recession reflecting the people's growing outrage artie's tom barton reports.

the bomb planted in a backpack exploded just hundreds of meters away from athens is i comic across two lists the police did manage to evacuate people from the area because of a tip off given to a greek newspaper just twenty minutes before the bomb was planted outside the house of nichols sat horse a rich figure owning a greek shipping company he is also recently reportedly been on the board of governors for the bank of cyprus greece has seen numerous small bomb attacks in previous years but there is a fear that there could be growing political violence linked to the effects of austerity and people's reaction against that a bomb was set off in cyprus on sunday there have also been bomb attacks in greece in january one of those a softening sent another targeting the houses of five journalists and now this

we've also seen violent protests over the past couple of years as greece's politicians have tried to struggle with their financial crisis and the ensuing need for austerity many people here are looking at the road ahead as a bleak one and it's feared that there may be people turning to more desperate means to express their frustration with the current situation. turning out of the rational news clashes broke out in dresden germany where hundreds of national democratic party activists gathered for the deportation of foreigners who commit crimes in the country trouble started as an opposing left wing group reach protestors police used tear gas to disperse crowds the location of the rally was symbolic next to a spot where a german man was attacked by a foreigner last week. hundreds marched through the chicago streets protesting against the closure of more than fifty schools due to budget cuts the protest organized by the chicago teachers union more than one

hundred demonstrators were given fines after staging a sit in on one of the city's main streets local authorities claim they'll save more than ten billion dollars or more than a billion dollars rather over ten years but the move is forcing more than thirty thousand students to find new schools. britain's home secretary has lost the latest bid to deport abu qatada the alleged al qaeda link cleric wanted in jordan over terrorists are does the court of appeals rejected the attempted deportation citing human rights saying he wouldn't get a fair trial the u.k. has been trying to deport the radical preacher earlier described as osama bin laden's right hand man for five years now he remains in the u.k. prison for alleged breach of bail conditions but would soon walk free if no charges are brought against him. and north korea's cut off a key military hotline with its southern neighbors claiming quote war may break out at any moment it was the last form of communication between the states military drills conducted by washington and seoul plus u.n.

sanctions over north korea's latest nuclear test have ratcheted up the tensions pyongyang earlier ordering artillery and rocket units into combat ready posture aimed at the united states. less than a day before the soyuz spacecraft embarks on a record breaking mission it'll be the first ever six hour flight that takes the new russian american team up to the international space station which is andrew farmer takes a look at the ups and downs of the latest developments and what they mean for this crew rolling at what will be and historic mission the iconic sillies rocky will set another record from by canoe this week taking three crew to the international space station in the fastest time ever it was slashed the journey from two days to just six hours and we achieve it by. just full times instead of thirty the full docking that off the coast and it was decided they needed less time to adjust to weightlessness. one of the bandages will be to reduce weightlessness you can

operate quite normally if you're a witness in the first few hours another advantage is that you can take biological experience to the station very quickly also it means we're going to bring ice cream to the space station before it melts the russian in good spirits as he spoke behind glass and in quarantine at the crew's last press conference but they also admit the new express route will bring extra challenges less laps of the earth means less room for error the rocket must take off just as the space station passes overhead within ten minutes the soyuz will begin its first orbit and we're five boosters to catch up and dock with the i assess a few hours later this workhorse of a spacecraft is ready for yet another loan from the step of kazakstan and when it does dock with the space station each tree will begin one hundred sixty eight days in orbit now there is nothing particularly new for the experienced power going to get out of or chris cassidy they have been on previous missions and so know all

about the hectic shojo of scientific experiments and space walks but it is new territory for alexander will be making his debut in space what can i expect of the most exciting journey not just in my life but the life of any individual it is difficult to put into words i hope the excitement will remain to route the six months of the voyage and the hard work will not prevent me from feeling the thrill of such an epic adventure despite the thrill there are obvious dangers and the crew have prepared for every venture ality simulating a crash landing in a forest for three days was part of their training but there's also a monday inside to being a spaceman on a six month mission they also have time time and need place to fill it current i assess commander chris hadfield took that to a new level by releasing a single in space last month or though that's not something this next mission is likely to repeat fortunately all the musical talent left earth. december i only

sing in the shower and we don't have a shower i was very. good humor and a photo cool ending months of preparation for a mission that aims to beat a new fast track to this and open up a new highway to the international space station andrey fama. kazakstan. and coming up heading over to our washington studios for breaking this set with abby martin stay with us. plans to create a war medal for cyber warfare have been put on hold by the new defense secretary chuck hagel but should they have been put on hold i mean hackers a drone operators do play a real important role in modern militaries and there are already u.s.

military medals for things that don't involve people shooting at you the antarctic a service medals given by the department of defense for service between fifteen and thirty consecutive days in antarctica although the cold down there is potentially deadly no penguins are going to storm the base with kalashnikovs the homeland security distinguished service medal has also never been issued to anyone on a battlefield because thankfully for america there haven't been any invading armies in the homeland so is there precedent for a medal like cyber warfare medals i mean yes just there is but when you think about it giving someone a medal for using a mouse to blow up blips on a monitor really seems to devalue the medals of the guys who are brave enough to storm the beaches on d.-day or slog through disease and sneak filled swamps and vietnam so maybe for the sake of the prestige of the of their medals let's just let the cybersecurity one go but that's just my opinion.

to live on one hundred thirty. three bucks a month of food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so. i mean i can wait and see attitude and i believe that i'm seeing the team really miss . the old story so personally. it's. worse for the little thing the white house or the. radio guy for a minute. i want. to give you never seen anything like this until.

you guys walk into breaking the set i'm abby martin so while the supreme court was in its second day of oral arguments around gay marriage today the justice is always also sent down a unanimous really in favor of rights for another group of individuals prisoners that's right in the case of millbrook versus the western justices ruled that the federal government cannot be sued over prisoner abuse claims against their guards it's not time prisoners had some rights considering the u.s. house is one point six million adults in state and federal institutions around the country and course we can't forget that the u.s. has only five percent of the population of the world that holds a quarter of the world's prisoners so guys this is a good move by the highest courts of the land so let's hope that they make the right decision when it comes to same sex marriage two on that note let's break the set. a little harder. to do their job or should i mean.