hunger strikers a guantanamo bay prison are allegedly pressured to and their weeks long protest while the u.s. military failed to address the situation that increasingly threatens to turn deadly . british intelligence chiefs from war in iraq a could face terrorist attacks by u.k. citizens that have been aiding rebel forces in syria as a government calls for the right to see an arms to the opposition. and a russian so you spacecraft carrying a crew of three successfully docks with the international space station following a record breaking flight just six hours.

one pm in moscow you're watching r.t.m. marina joshing welcome to the program how are strikers and one time a bay are accusing authorities there of pressuring them to and their protest by denying them drinking water and keeping their cells of frigid temperatures at least eleven inmates protesting mistreatment and indefinite detention are being force fed practice their lawyers say is highly controversial at the same time no movement and the weeks long strike has been seen at a high level where the pentagon completely ignoring the situation at its latest briefing are just going as you can was there for us. not a word from defense secretary chuck hagel on the situation in guantanamo i was at a news conference with the defense secretary this thursday at the pentagon he never to my question i frankly don't know why i was right there in front of him raising my hand as everyone else as you know half of the men in guantanamo has been cleared for release many of them years ago yet they're still there locked up stuck in this

limbo desperate and i was going to ask when they will let these men go one whether it would make any difference if somebody died in this ongoing hunger strike again i never got the chance to ask that question the pentagon has just requested almost two hundred million dollars to renovate the guantanamo prison that kind of investment may suggest that they're not planning to shutting down anytime soon at the beginning of the year the state department closed the office that was in charge of closing the prison i went to a state department briefing earlier this week again never got a chance to ask the question it's either they watch our t.v. or the media person they're just didn't take questions from anyone who is not attending to the briefings on a daily basis which i don't one way or another our questions remain unanswered they're the only person who's been responding to our inquiries about the situation with the detainees was robert during the spokesman for guantanamo but the only comments he can offer are about the health of the detainees which is apparently deteriorating and also the latest numbers as far as how many detainees are on

strike at the moment the latest we have from him is thirty one person but that's it there's complete silence on the most important questions about the future of the prison what's going to happen to these people president obama spokesperson said the president's team is closely monitoring the hunger strikers guantanamo bay and i can tell you that the administration remains committed to closing the detention facility at guantanamo bay but at the same time offering no specifics as to weigh in and how and how are they going to do that if the pentagon is requesting millions of dollars to renovate it. now for the weeks the hunger strike has been taking place r.t. has been badgering not only authorities in the u.s. but also international human rights groups and the detainees attorneys for a four accounts of the situation for all the information we've gathered head to our special timeline section on r t v dot com. british intelligence chiefs are warning that u.k. muslims fighting in syria could soon return and carry out terrorist attacks in

britain the home office says hundreds of europeans who are fighting alongside syrian rebels are gaining experience from groups like al qaida the warning comes as the british government pushes for the right to supply the syrian opposition with weapons. takes a closer look at the growing terrorist threat. the first annual report on the counterterrorism strategy and in it they highlighted the growing security threat from syria where al qaeda affiliates were tracking hundreds of fighters from europe now let's take a look at some of what the report says and they said as in when u.k. residents for ten there's a risk that they may carry out attacks using skills that they've developed eva sees no these are concerns that only been highlighted by the british government but also being highlighted by the european members as well recently we saw the dutch

heighten their security threat level as they said that they thought they had around one hundred foreign fighters that had gone to syria and these are also concerns that i think have been echoed by france as well say assessing not just a problem concerning force in the one obviously that we've seen highlighted in this counterterrorism strategy reports and certainly i think a lot of concern amongst a virtual thirty foot with seeing these young british people fighting in the war zone now i'm joined by freelancer in journalist money thank you very much for joining us we were speaking about this subject a couple of weeks before the report was released and obviously this is something that is already going on in the know you've spoken to the friends of the young british man he was actually the first confirmed british fighter he died over in syria can you tell us a bit about that well you know. it was only twenty one when he died in syria and already he was the books of all for the libyan war against gadhafi and just what

he's going to be it's quite difficult to begin with is not very much. the sons that i've spoken to is very much very british in many ways is along the border. that i think you found. in syria very attractive fish authorities are very concerned you see. highlighted in this count terrorism report how worried should they be how much of a threat do you think this is to britain well i think that the report said there were probably around one hundred fighters i think the real numbers probably higher would be most concerning for the british security services are british muslims of asian descent. of the pakistan you bangladesh or india who might go to places like syria because they're the ones in the past ten years or so who've been involved in the most dangerous terrorist threats in the u.k. thank you very much for joining us and he described the tsunami i don't think anyone could have had any idea of just how complex and how far reaching

implications of what is happening in syria right now be we have the u.n. envoy to syria speaking today calling for the desperately urgent need for all sides to come together once again trying to find a resolution to the conflict now way were n.p.t. for birmingham khalid mahmood says the u.k. saw similar terror threats before the conflict in syria i'm glad this is. their horizons because once you put people out there. they get that sort of training they get the ability to use the weapons that are available to them one become back here one to start to feel discontented disquiet about particular issues then resort to that and that's happened before we know topple and certainly not gonna stand in iraq and we want to learn those lessons and we have the those lessons. wired dot com we have more on the impact the syrian conflict is having on other nations also on our website how the country itself has been completely

transformed by two years of violence while gone to see striking photos from the city of derive daubed the city of the dead. i. think. i. see brianna tabin curing to take her cash as the country's banks reopen after a nearly two week long standstill strict limits have been imposed including a cap on daily withdrawals of three hundred euro per person restrictions which cyprus say will last for a month but he'll want it all rebuilt editor in chief of the trans magazine thinks they're likely to stay for much longer before get away from the bail out scenario

to the bail in scenario and do it in there you go first of all to the shareholders of the banks and then the insured deposit told us and it's first tried out and i know here in cyprus you also have installed now capital control mechanisms which are indeed totally new in this situation they are contradictory to the very principles of monetary union and when they last only for a few weeks well we'll have to wait and see what happened then if they last longer and really the chances are much larger that there will have to be kept intact over a much longer period than a few weeks then the ballgame changes then we have a new situation and we will have just to wait how markets how bombed all those all deposits all those are we investors react to the fact that one country becomes an isolated country within the euro zone in fact creating two separate euros.

and while the e.u. decision makers are so far failing to stand the contagion disappointed students all across europe team up to tackle the problem we reported at later this hour. plus the power of radical hamas gains momentum in the west more and more palestinians accuse their government of failing to resolve the political deadlock with israel that more after a short break. and in sochi the oldest city in europe on the host of the twenty fourth she withdrew the figure. she. thank you. so much. thank you. dr these. days it. it's so true.

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welcome back an hour russian soyuz spacecraft pass excessively docked with the international space station after a record breaking journey it took the crew of three just six hours to get to the eye assess a cosmic cut compared to the usual today flight artists on thomas has more now from russia's mission control center now that the hatch has been opened and the astronauts and cosmonauts have agreed to do it march at the very beginning of it i assess expedition number thirty five which will last for six months the crew of three that have just come with the soyuz capsule that will be making the crew of the international space station a full six man crew in fact this particular crew is consisting of pawel been a good out of the this is his third trip in space he's the commander of the soyuz capsule the rookie of the flight alexander me sort of him it's his first flight and then christopher cassidy who's not only an experienced space shuttle astronaut he's

also a movie seal as well this is his second flight in space this is the first time that the series council has it used this new fast track method that was developed by the russian space agency now there have been one hundred seventeen at launches total of thirty spacecraft but again this is the first time this new launch process which cuts the time significantly from two days to six hours the time it took is less than it takes to get from moscow to new york on in transatlantic flight so historic flight historic mission ahead of them and they'll be there for about six months and then come back home to earth and of course we'll be here covering that for you as well. china has been closely watching the series mission from blast off to docking and instantly posting updates on twitter so you can catch all the details by following an add sean thomas underscore r.t. . now web users online communications may be bout to get a wider and possibly unwanted audience the f.b.i.

is seeking more powers to spied on people's emails and internet chats in real time the proposals have already been met with criticism that they are a complete breach of privacy as are his merino porton i now explains. an estimated six hundred million people use skype to chat with family friends and colleagues i'm using the video ip service to talk to you right now and this year a top priority for the f.b.i. is to gain the power to be able to monitor internet chats e-mails and basically all on line correspondence as it is taking place washington is working on legislation that would force email cloud services and chop providers like skype to install in surveillance equipment within their networks that equipment would give the u.s. intelligence community the ability to monitor online correspondence in real time basically the same way that the f.b.i. could listen in on phone conversations with court approval under love coca leaves

the phone companies were required by law to implement technology that allows this wire when you're looking at something like skype or some of the other networks those laws do not apply to these places and the f.b.i. saying we need to change that law because when we go to a company sometimes we get cooperation and technical assistance sometimes we don't and that's just not enough courtesy of the electronic communications privacy act the f.b.i. can already out says archives of emails tweets and transcripts but clearly that's not enough for the agency to keep tabs on what criminals would be terrorists and dissidents are saying online the problem is where we are today so the way that we communicate is really not limited to telephone companies and sort of the old fashioned you know picking the found in calling someone you have i mean g. mail google voice dropbox according to google's latest transparency report the

united states is the world leader when it comes to requesting user data on its own citizens f.b.i. general counsel andrew weissman says the agency is working to expand its internet spy powers by the end of the year and by then a skype chat between two people may include a bigger audience reporting from new york. r.t. . on line for you and some guard for russian troops as the country's military rolls out for as of warships hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of soldiers for a sudden massive baby drill details on more food at r.t. dot com. also they're a not so official take on the daily news and world affairs and our web site is cartoon section so head there for some catching illustrations.

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download free blog plug in video for your media projects a free media r t v dot com. welcome back here are with r.t. coming to life from the russian capital how is your role has reopened gaza border cry. after being close following a rocket attacks from the palestinian territory last week during president obama's visit to tel aviv our policy looks at how a lack of high profile dialogue is causing even more of a sand in the rest of region. anger on the streets of ramallah against a palestinian government people here say is to be inactive to bring peace after years of negotiations between the two sites contain protest as israeli settlements have only expanded and the occupation. of the palestinian authority is part of the problem and not the solution present a bass is

a servant of the israeli occupation israel wants from the palestinian authority two things the security agent and a financial agent so it can control the palestinian people the palestinian authority does this for jamal juma organizes regular demonstrations against the palestinian authority he says if there was one thing that would change his opinion it would be if he saw real progress from palestinian israeli dialogue but the two sides haven't sat down together since september two thousand and ten many moderate palestinians are losing faith and looking across the border for inspiration the more the by the syrians this prayer of the more hamas will again if they don't believe in with. hamas is achieved with violence. what does not appear. so simple as that president abbas says he won't talk of tel aviv and if there's a freeze on israeli settlement construction something prime minister netanyahu

won't agree on especially now in lieu of his new right wing coalition government the army by refusing to talk with the p.a. netanyahu is helping squinting israel's arch enemy have massed what has that inthe and the position of hamas and all opposition and palestine is the failure of all still. remember that twenty years have passed almost some sort of agreement was signed what is the outcome more settlements more segregation apartheid ward shake mahmoud abu tir once cut and lonely for game he was among a minority of west bank palestinians who supported him as he spent seven years in an israeli prison he says because he won a seat in the palestinian government on hamas ticket he blames the p.a. as much as israel. we hamas have roots in historical depth we are more strong in the west bank than in gaza since the elections of two thousand and six in spite of all the arresting and all the harm that our youth suffers in the

palestinian authority prisons people are convinced of our way our truth we worked and we are working for the people we are helping them and because of that they arrest us. but chip is not worried about being arrested again despite his intention to stand again for palestinian parliamentary elections due to be held later this year he says he doesn't even have to come pain he merely has to sit and wait while television promotes his cause although no date has been saved for the next palestinian elections people here are starting to think about who to vote for and while hamas will never be as popular in the west bank as it is in gaza city giving the other political candidates a run for their money. t. ramallah. and i'll take a look at some of the stories from around the world north korea iran and syria have blocked a new entry aimed at the regulation of the international our history un secretary-general

ban ki moon earlier a span of the meeting hoping to persuade them to go back on their decision iran claims that the draft true north legitimate demand to prohibit the flow of arms to those who commit aggression in order to come into force the draft needs to be supported by all one hundred ninety three when member states. well at least six people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in northwest pakistan the bomber apparently targeted one of the country's senior security force commanders after checkpoint in the city of peshawar he survived but eleven others were reportedly want to by the explosion. the funeral procession for a bahraini activist who was killed in clashes with police has been dispersed by security forces authorities use tear gas and stun grenades against them or nerves and according to reports matthew were injured during a crackdown the gulf marcie has been accused of using excessive force against protesters seeking more rights and freedoms since uprisings began in two thousand

and eleven. in chile is to demonstrate terror and violence when thousands of protesters clashed with police around sixty people were arrested and one police officer was injured this was the first walkout in two thousand and thirteen by chilean students who have been demanding three high quality education from the government since two thousand and eleven. pope francis has washed and kissed the feet of twelve young offenders at a juvenile detention center in rome during a holy thursday ceremony the ritual of representing the twelve apostles before christ crucifixion for the first time included two women earlier the pontiff urged priest to do less soul searching and engage more with their parishioners. amid widespread disappointment in debt ridden europe and new movement is becoming more and more popular in its challenge to brussels handling of. students from all

over the continent are teaming up to express their ideas and how europe should shape up or all over reports. europe it's got food it's got culture it's certainly got history but it also has an increasing number of young people that feel that their futures have been sold from underneath. this group of students for liberty is seeing its membership swelled by young people dissatisfied with the status quo they believe in a hard line of capitalism and their ranks are growing and growing and growing this weekend we have four hundred students here from forty five forty four countries i never thought it was possible it is very exciting to see this growth all over europe and the demand is huge for these ideas so i'm very optimistic for the future there conferences are organized by young people for young people they aren't financially backed by any political party and everyone who made their way here did so out of their own pockets they haven't got an overnight fix for europe's woes but

they say it's time for the new approaches i think it's quite a dangerous situation because that means that you have politicians and bureaucrats ruling over nearly five hundred million people and so on not necessarily do they know always what the best things are for us the changes they want to see include more freedom to do business less interference from bureaucrats and the d. centralization of power away from brussels today's europe the most important problem with it is the over extension of the unit chill call. they were designed to to maintain peace have a free market to make sure people could move freely around europe and they have started like building a new nation or trying to build in as the next generation they want to contribute to europe's future something they believe they're being denied at the moment and i

think it's a expression of the fact that people young people in europe feel stripped of their own power. you know their own right. i mean we have fifty percent unemployment among young people in spain how can you feel empowered when you can't get a job and it's that feeling of being left behind that pushes this group of young people to look for a way to change their situation these are all over r t live in belgium. well brings us up to date here in our team and the news continues at the top of the hour in the meantime stay tuned for technology update here on our to.

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