the north korean army says a nuclear attack on the us is imminent but they officially have been also rise to strike. north korea does not want to commit suicide however some say beyond young's a war mongering rhetoric is actually a desperate cry for negotiations i mean increased american interest in the region and. also fresh tensions between israel and palestine sponsored by the death of a former high ranking for the scene a security officer in an israeli jail are struggling by the caring or at least of at least to protest as in the west bank. a third man died from a deadly virus not as avian flu in china will look at the media frenzy accompanying the latest development that.

and welcome to the twenty four hour news line from my name is you know. welcome to the program. north korea's military says it's now officially authorized to wage a nuclear attack against the u.s. to counter what it calls a washington's aggression so young ones an explosion is imminent and war could break out today or tomorrow and south korean based journalist jurors of came has more now on the latest in a series of threats that. we see that they used words like the attack has been clear the attack has been authorized as well as the beginning of the warning they say we formally inform washington so we see that this rhetoric has actually been repeated by north korea and north korea has used this in

a way to actually say we want to start dialogue it's and lag period which pyongyang uses into getting washington to come and perhaps get on that dialogue table we keep hearing from other people such as secretary-general one hundred moon or secretary u.s. secretary of state john kerry that dialogue is the next step while both north korea and the united states seem to be interested in dialogue it doesn't seem that either side are wanting to back down now with april fifteenth in april fifteenth it is going to be north korea's founding father cutie's hong kong is birthday and we've seen last year that they did their first satellite launch attempt so i can i predict and i think as well as many experts they say that something might happen in mid april whether that will be an attack or whether there will be a celebration easing of the tensions we aren't quite sure yet but it can be seen

that historically they've done celebrations to mark to mark certain things to happen whether it was the anniversary of condolence death that was the third nuclear test so we can see that something will probably happen in the next week or so so the latest warning came out of the pentagon as the deployment of a missile defense system and go on to provide against a possible axon but while adding a soldier is deemed highly unlikely in the u.s. many are questioning whether washington's actions are proportionate to north korea's directrix well he's going to check on the explain. to north korea's bellicose threats washington responds with an even more intense buildup of military power in the region to that north korea responds with even more threats even though defense secretary chuck hagel called north korea real and clear danger the white house says they haven't seen any large scale movements from north korean military forces suggesting that it may be just rhetoric but while north korea talks washington acts apart from f.

twenty two fighter jets and other bombers that it sent to the region for the ongoing military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying an advanced missile defense system to guam a major u.s. military base in asia north korea the north korean army has announced that he has the final approval for a nuclear attack on the u.s. as they tell us north korean rockets can't really reach the u.s. mainland but they can potentially attack u.s. bases in the region there are twenty thousand u.s. troops just across the border in south korea so could we see the worst nuclear standoff since the cuban missile crisis between the soviet union and the u.s. even though the rhetoric is probably as hostile as it's ever been no one really believes that north korea is actually going to carry out an attack north korea itself knows that if it did it for the attack the united states it would be committing national suicide the united states would retaliate in a tremendous fashion north korea does not want to commit suicide i believe north korea is doing all this sure it can get to

a point to actually negotiate some kind of peace agreement with the united states in the u.s. media to you have all pundits basically saying the same thing that north korea is not going to strike because they know it's a suicide that they want to reach some kind of a deal with washington but they're not going to get it you have former officials experts all saying that but with all this war talk from north korea and with u.s. military buildup in the region some say all it may take is for one of the sides to snap or some kind of a mistake before everything spirals out of control in washington i'm going to. as always you can log on to r.t. dot com and have your say on what the reasons behind the rising tensions on the korean peninsula are and let's now take a look at how you're voting at the moment so most of you believe this is a part of a u.s. strategy to destabilize china and east asia around forty eight percent voted like that about a third believe it's dangerous brinkmanship and it could well escalate just twenty

one percent of you eighteen percent say it's north korea's attempts to build a power base at home and there's a small percentage of you who think it's beyond young's way of demanding a from seoul and the west so do had to ask it of com and have your say that. the backlash from the death of a palestinian prisoner in an israeli jail increasingly threatens their friend child peace between the neighbors so the fallout includes thousands of hunger strikers an israeli low carbs rocket exchanges between hamas and israel and now fierce clashes in the words the bind that have already turned deadly at least two teenage palestinians were shot dead by the israeli military who find live rounds in response to stone throwing and fire bombs and as also reports now from the west bank more violence is expected as a deer will be laid to rest later on thursday. we're expecting more riots and uncertainty in the middle east as my sorrow to some d.n.a.

is being buried today in his hometown of hebron now there was of course that there were protests in hebron as well as a lot for the entire west bank area on wednesday as well as on monday foley news of his death while in prison in israel and a lot of palestinians accuse israeli officials of not doing anything to help the sixty four year old man who has first complained about his illness in the summer of last year he was however diagnosed or rather informed about the diagnosis just in the day at the end of february of this year and literally he was told that he has terminal cancer and has only days left to live that of course has made a lot of folk people extremely angry palestine this is not the first time that iran senior prisoners dying while in an israeli prison something similar has happened just in february of this year when a thirty year old palestinian prisoner died of a heart attack in israeli jail now palestinians are saying that israeli officials

could help provided medical help to the two of you some idea but they chose not to and of course this has prompted a very angry expressions from. the president of palestinian authority mahmoud abbas and also from the didn't is just for it the prisoner affairs of palestine who has called on international community to carry out an investigation into this case but rise as i have said continued for the last several days among palestinians there was also a very strong reaction among the palestinians for actually in israeli jails they have declared three day hunger strike as well as they have staged initial protestant on hearing of the death where they were throwing various objects and banging on their cell doors and have actually caused security in some israeli jails to use tear gas against the inmates we're getting reports that at least twenty four people however received various injuries during clashes. an israeli eye with an id and on wednesday however how things will turn house today on thursday of course we

have yet to see we do expect clashes to happen during the funeral which will be followed by protests in hebron and of course we will bring you more as we get it and. to the eldest son of the petite and president whose death led to the initial riots hunger strikes and even a rocket exchanges between hamas and israel and here's what he had to say he was left and delis death without any treatment or anything he started to complain last august from a swell in his neck and severe and hoarse and his voice and the neck and nothing is being done to him actually us sent to one of the clinics and he was surprised at us and up to me tourists in his stead o. for someone a specialist to do to see is getting nothing has been done to him not

a single treatment bill and he said that they as if there is an old us for the doctor to announce it cute or he in the prison or but only to give him pin kilo's i think that. my father's case give us a message to the self-conscious of all the palestinians be goes if it chilled to us demi gelati over who is who has to be all supposed to be very human the doctors the doctor was an excellent the doctor was in israel. the palestinian be shunts like b.s. then with whom are we making peace. this is our see and still ahead for you this hour u.k. iraq war veterans come out with shocking accusations of a secret torture camp in baghdad. would best to gauge what went on at the facility and how the ministry of defense is a reaction to the revelations. and also america's growing use of drones that is

sparking protest action where in new york where a month long campaign against them kicks off. a third death from bird flu in china has sparked concerns the virus could become a pedantic if no immediate measures are taken so it's not the first time such concerns have swept the country aussie has decided to take a look at how the flu is spreading not just across the population but across the media and here are some of the headlines from previous cases of variant few epidemics of flu epidemics and the a panic they caused bird and swine flu have both emerged in recent years storming the media apparently causing more panic in the press than at hospitals. ski has spoken to me. in almost a decade the bird flu has claimed three hundred seventy one lives the swine flu of course killed far more people but if we look at the statistics of common flu which

happens every year it kills almost half a million people every year and this is not a one off it happens every year and it's not a single epidemic and moreover the common flu has vaccines has no medication against it but still people are dying in huge numbers and nobody is ringing any bells about it not to mention of course scores of other diseases which are not causing concerns by the media and by the societies worldwide certainly the numbers the huge difference in numbers between deaths from a common flu and the swine flu and bird flu has caused many to believe that this is being orchestrated by the pharmaceutical companies in two thousand and ten german m.p. was going to describe the epidemic as orchestrated by major pharmaceutical firms and described it in fact as the biggest scandal in the history of medicine in two thousand and ten also the british medical journal and the daily mail published a list of people there were twenty people there who worked as advisors to the world health organization at the same time they had financial ties with pharmaceutical

companies even last year an independent research suggested that the the death toll from the swine flu was exaggerated by as many as fifteen times there were also cases when the tamiflu drug known to be the something of a remedy against the swine flu and the bird flu was burnt because there were too many of it myself which is the situation in ukraine in two thousand and nine when there was an epidemic of the swine flu there and the stores of pharmacies the shelves of pharmacies were emptied by the people panicking rushing there to buy medication and there was even an episode when the prime minister of ukraine back then you arrived personally to the airport to meet huge shipment of the tamiflu drug which eventually didn't solve the problem but still this was pretty much telling on how big the panic was involving the officials and the state media so definitely we'll have to wait and see whether this situation in china will become another case of huge worldwide caused by the epidemic of the of the flu.

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the book about international and war in the very heart of moscow. it will change all sea life from moscow welcome back to. the war in iraq has seen its share of abuse and military misconduct scandals most of them involving u.s. troops but a recent revelations by u.k. servicemen have put the british army in the spotlight soldiers who served at a secret detention facility and by the done have made allegations of systematic prison abuse and torture but as plenty boyko reports now also with his apparent

reluctance to make the information public. it was reportedly one of the most brutal u.s. run military facilities in iraq during the war but a new report by the guardian newspaper reveals the extent of british involvement at the secret facility speaking anonymously personnel from two arieh squadrons and one army air corps squadron admitted to having what to count nama one british servicemen recalls seeing a man having his prosthetic leg being pulled off and being beaten about the head with it before being thrown onto a truck others described prisoners held in cells the size of dog kennels reportedly called hotel california by u.s. army personnel allegations include detainees being routinely hooded and subjected to electric shocks the story of the secret camp nama prison is a watershed moment for britain's involvement in the alleged abuses in iraq this time it's not just alleged victims talking about their old deals it's former soldiers talking about what they saw there the problem is the people sitting in

here in britain's ministry of defense don't want to hear it and those form a sub this man that have openly tried to blow the whistle on what took place at camp nama have been gagged i do have an intimate knowledge of the activities of the charge force that i mentioned in the recent report but unfortunately due to a high court injunction it was taken out by the ministry of defense in two thousand and i. os he got in touch with the ministry of defense and despite ben's public allegations about what took place at camp nama this is the statement we got. we have carried out searches of our records and this is find no record so far of any complaints made by u.k. service personnel about the treatment of detainees by u.s. personnel and come to the chain of command any further evidence of human rights abuse should be passed to the appropriate authorities for investigation camp nama isn't the first time the ministry of defense has had to ward off accusations of

abuse i think the u.k. government is embarrassed by fighting all if it's to get to the bottom of things all the government is doing is holding up the country to see signs posted around the camp nama prison a set of proclaimed the warning no blood no foul as long as an interrogator didn't make a prisoner bleed he wouldn't face disciplinary action revelations about the u.k.'s involvement in the tories facility unlikely to raise fresh questions i think it's right that the british public who've got this idealised view about the british army and british soldiers should know the reality of what is being done in iraq these people are criminals. and criminals and you know they should be hounded there should be charged until the true nature of them is brought into the light. r.t. . and most stories online for you this hour including

a senior prosecutor supports the release of classified documents laboring the legal process against the founder julian assange tremendous and saying he's feared extradition to the us lack legal ground learn why. and also that an indefinite no fly zone over the oil spill in the u.s. state of all kinds all sparks concerns some suggest it's not all about security for company x. on. it's overseas drone strikes on the surveillance use at home trying to bet tension

a box of its groups across the u.s. political spectrum say this tribes breach american rule and the country's international standing month long onto drunken pain has kicked off with a protest in manhattan or in a park nihilist after. a month long nation wide anti drone campaign has kicked off in the u.s. and here in midtown manhattan dozens have gathered to protest washington's use of drones for targeted assassinations overseas and domestic surveillance here at home organizers say the aim the goal of this month long campaign is to bring the widest possible public attention to the ways in which drones they say are being used to violate sovereignty due process privacy and freedom of assembly how dare they even talk of bad dreams on a domestic guess they were being reassured constantly that oh it's surgical precision bombing it's not that's an outright lie it's supposed to target

terrorists but sadly too many civilians have been killed by bestrode says well and that includes children and women we need to come to peace and you can bomb the world to peace the u.s. has a reported one hundred drone basing sites and critics say the biggest problem is a lack of transparency campaign received an unexpected boost last month when washington's drone campaign came into question with john brennan's nomination for cia director reporting from new york marina r.t. . the drone strike and pain is in his crosshairs today's today as she looks at how the program affects president obama's peacemaker reputation that. the most controversial aspects of obama's presidency has been his escalation of drone warfare across the muslim world a practice that will cement obama for ever as a war president which is perhaps why it's so astonishing that this is the same man who also won the highest accolade for peace in the world yep it's been almost four

years since brock you say obama won a coveted nobel peace prize now one might say that obama's use of killer robots in perpetuation of many bush era war policies is merit and nothing to revoke the prize and as of yesterday their efforts to do just that a new campaign is underway that's kind revoke his piece of board that nobel peace prize got a order to obama because he wasn't george w. bush well that's a sort of a low hurdle to get over he did get over that low bar he's certainly not w. but he is somebody who has been expanding the claims and proud of that is the work here state of the united states and one of the ways that i think you can evaluate whether it's ok for you to do something is whether they'd like to have it done to them and how they would feel about a cruise missile or a drone strikes being exercised impunity inside their own borders from another

country. looking for a secure future ever seen anything like that. i think you. know news from around the globe now three days of mourning have been declared tina the flash floods killed at least fifty two people the capital been a series along with the city of the plants that were hit by one of the heaviest storms ever recorded sounds of people have been moved from their homes and will have a done pulls out expected on saturday. three focused on a security officers have been killed and three more wounded after a grenade attack on paramilitary troops in karate the pakistani taliban wing is claiming responsibility saying they targeted the security forces for conducting military operations against them the latest that time highlights concerns that militants could increase atomics ahead of pakistan's parliamentary elections

shuttle twenty six months. ahead we'll see looks at the world of medical experiments and often and reported that's an off label use of the brain. what if one third of the population of a capital city of a small arab country took to the streets in protest while the mainstream media would scream the people of nation x. are crying out for democracy we have to intervene and take their oil i mean help them but the earth shaking a large protest is an arab country it's in paris france and for traditional marriage yes protesters in paris claim that they had eight hundred thousand people

on the streets of france as capital even though the police said that half those numbers for a city of worse than two point five million people this was a huge protest for guard less the european union loves to educate the world about democracy and showed its liberal values around and yet the e.u. doesn't really seem to listen to the citizens very much who want to stop the madness of waves of illegal immigrants bailing out members on the dimes of other nations and for focusing the union's national attention on social issues like gay marriage instead of creating jobs to the e.u. officials out there who claim to believe in democracy maybe. it's about time you actually try you know listening to a few we disagree with you before you keep promoting policies against possibly the will of the majority but that's just my opinion.

he. ordered in this newsletter which is titled i hold it up it's called the i'm guessing as i write the guinea pig zero. explain the title i write about the history of human experiments and news stories about sometimes abuses and things that go wrong in experiments and so not only did you do the experiment but you're the investigative journalist as well within the industry you could say that i keep on them honest keeping them honest because they have to because the guinea pigs themselves can't do it and they all doped up.

you know. you start are all. going to have to sort of. aviation. as a person gets more work done when they take him for me. it's the scientific definition . this is a humane animal trap. this is for a fairly small animal like a possum or raccoon or a cat a stray cat and i got it so that i could catch. animals on the idea that i might eat them and i wanted to be ready to know how to get food get me down the table was because i had no money and over the age of

forty five and that's the cutoff date for drug experiments when there's no money there's no money so i have to do something that doesn't cost anything. in my little world part of the complexity i take a drug to help me continue my writing and research and i also have a lot of problems with the way the drug manufacturers go about their business and make front test of profits my work helps to address some of the contradictions in my life as a healing effect on the world i think and some modest degree and they are all this help me produce my writing. the relationship is not complicated to me it just works

this is the educated trial. all the churches that i see do not stand at the major leagues and it's a good thing that i. am my own case manager. it's true. keeps me on a tooth i can see all right now she would feel really strongly that she's doing the right thing of course a lot of the medicine she takes to have these sort of things. always mitigating sometimes but not dealing really directly with the problem in this instance. so it seems to me a long time. i did get hospitalized for probably pharmacy all kinds of drugs from prescribed and i got very sick and had to be asked flies. but took to leave.