rhetoric versus reality despite north korea ramping up its war talk and washington building up its military in the pacific experts say while both could benefit from mutual threats military confrontation is unlikely. while the british prime minister is using because a real crisis is the push for the renewal of the costly nuclear deterrent despite evidence pointing to the fact the u.k. is well out of pyongyang as reach. out that turn to china or console demands documents from the oil giant responsible for the ruptured pipeline spill while the u.s. federal authorities restrict access and implement a no fly zone over the disaster area.

and welcome to. news live from moscow my name is you know our top story now the hype around north korea's nuclear threats is being fueled not by reports that pyongyang has moved a mid range missile to its east coast closer to the u.s. your own secretary general ban ki moon believes the north has gone too far and has to change course while washington says it's taking all necessary precautions but as fears of an impending war seem to grow so does the course of those saying is the last thing both countries want and drones are for is a co-director of foreign policy in focus here now. north korea basically is trying to get the united states back to the negotiating table and its missile range is frankly not reliable nor long enough to make it to the u.s. positions if these were two rational actors i would say they would have already made that decision to back down unfortunately in

a situation like this it's really not rationality which governs the actions of players there were sponsoring to sometimes unconscious cues sometimes to non-rational factors but you know north korea is not a suicidal regime and of course the united states is not particularly interested in any kind of conflict at this point especially with cuts going through and military sector well north korea unfortunately has been alienated from its allies for some time china has never been enthusiastic about north korea's nuclear program nor is it been enthusiastic about north korea's decision not to follow chinese economic reform so the alienation is set in. the real question is at what point does china say hey it's not worth it any longer and we're going to pull the plug the plug in this case is considerable back anomic assistance to north korea up until now china has made a calculation that it's much better to have an unreliable ally as opposed to chaos

collapse which is unpredictable and could have dramatically bad impact on chinese economic development and same dependent filmmaker and media critic believes fears over north korea stem from stereotypes and a lack of understanding. what they're actually saying and what we're reading may be very very different the p.b.s. news hour recently interviewed a member of the cia who specializes in north korea releasing actually developments there a positive from an american point of view the korean military is less involved less engaged with the new government and there's a promise and a possibility of a breakthrough there i don't think we see a world we will see more of a war of the words and that's pretty intense we saw a best fit for war with dennis rodman you know meeting the head of north korea and the harlem globetrotters playing the north korean basketball team and only tying

them which is amazing because they're that's a team that could beat most american professional basketball teams so this other stuff happening in north korea that we don't know but perhaps we don't want to know because they're more convenient as a faceless brutal enemy than as a possible partner in the region. and today's breaking besides abby and among other things have gassed all of the u.s. gains from keeping north korea in limbo between a peaceful solution and a food on. the war rhetoric from high level officials is not letting up and as a result the u.s. announced that in a precautionary move they'll be speeding up the deployment of advanced missile system defense to the region in the next few weeks this following a series of u.s. training exercises in south korea's a show of military straight including same b. two stealth bombers each of which cost taxpayers more than three billion dollars but wait before you run for your bunkers supported understand the legitimacy of these threats and the context of why they're happening in the first place you know

i just read today that north korea's actually proposed continued efforts for a peace treaty in the past it kind of flies in the face of everything that we're told that north korea is this hostile nation and if this is true why isn't this proposed peace treaty come to fruition well because the united states is interested in peace i mean as we know many people in america do not know one of the key negotiating points for the north koreans has always been the side of peace treaty only the armistice has been cited the united states refuses to sign a peace treaty because they feel they have no interest in a peaceful resolution of north korea the north korean issue because their north korea would be free to not spend all their money on the military not have to be consistently concerned with being invaded by the united states and so by keeping up the pressure on north korea militarily and by sanctions it sort of forces them into a fortress like mentality which makes it look like the least desirable place in the world to live and that's very valuable to us propaganda in terms of saying to other countries you should do what we. like to. do your job or she or anything like.

and now britain isn't ignoring the invading crisis the potential threat to pyongyang could post to europe u.k. prime minister david cameron is calling for a renewal of its submarine based nuclear deterrent system but it will come at a cost as what he saw first reports. the prime minister was in scotland today on board the hague victorious which is one of the four vanguard submarines that make up the trident twenty four hour around the clock nuclear deterrent that always sees one submarine out now he made the case in a newspaper for renewing britain's nuclear deterrent saying it was underlined by what's happening in north korea at the moment and the escalating tensions and he said it would be foolish for anyone to think of scrapping that needed

a tyrant right now at a time of such global uncertainty now tried and quite an old system is being full vanguard suddenly being phased out by twenty twenty and the conservative government the prime minister arguing for like for like replacement where these submarines are not trident system will be replaced that the citizens going to be made in just a couple of years time and it's thought it's going to cost the british taxpayer tens of billions of pounds going up hundreds of billions over the lifetime of that new project the liberal democrats have argued that they want to see a cheaper alternative there's a review ongoing at the moment so quite surprising that he came out with these very strong comments today many were built perhaps if that the five he said he questioned in the article how anyone could now at this time talk of surrendering the nuclear deterrent huge amounts of money that we're talking about here for something that many people say could never be used is certainly something to ponder

as a british taxpayer could well in the not too distant future be being asked to stump up the vast amount of cash. despite david cameron's concern that north korea's missile technology could reach the u.k. x. but say there's no chance of that happening and let's now take a look at how the star the communist state's most sophisticated missile systems can reach and you can see the range covers japan and south korea of course but not britain meanwhile a new system in development will also be one of the mark when it comes to the u.k. so the distance between london and pyongyang is nearly nine thousand kilometers and the missiles potential range is less than seven thousand and thirty contributor afshin rattansi says that even david cameron's own supporters doubt the credibility of his recent statements. even a newspaper here that supports the ruling conservative party questioned what cameron was saying whether there was some extra intelligence here that no one else seems to know about or whether he had just misspoke and in any case the system

because of the. means it's not under the control of the british government the united states controls this system eighty five percent of people in scotland don't want anywhere near that area what we have here is david cameron maybe even going. to be saying that we need trident desperately to protect ourselves from north korea at the same time he visits. at one point there was a debate about where the areas of the city of drugs go had the similar similar life expectancy of people in afghanistan one in four more than one in four of children in this country living in poverty and yet this hundred fifty billion dollars is required to fend off threats from iran and north korea. it's almost ten minutes past the hour so come on the program. as big chinese economic powerhouse grows ever larger we'll look at what its expansion in africa

will mean for the continent and beyond. and while it may be a raging crisis a small minority are making quite a fortune but what does it mean for office details later this hour. if you. eat. the. prisoners' hunger strike gone tandem obey has been continuing for two months now despite a lot of progress on solving this is here the inmates approaches has managed to bring the guntown of the show back into the spotlight after interest in the count

appears to fall by the wayside mainstream journalists are once again asking the us authorities uncomfortable questions about the prison and. is in the studio with me with more details like say great to have you in the studio as well as always so you as department of state spokesperson victoria nuland actually appears to be quite a nerd when this guntown of a topic appeared again so why was that there was a definitely a priceless press conference and the interesting part came when there was a question about a russian citizen who has been detained in guantanamo for almost eleven years now now when a journalist asked the question about gaza for russian citizen has been detained in guantanamo for allegedly. the spokesperson of the state department was really put off by his question and let's have a listen to how it happened at the press conference mr mingles of has refused

through his own legal counsel to meet with any russian delegation we've conveyed that to the russians so we're not able to facilitate the interview that they requested because we have a longstanding policy of not forcing such interviews if they're not voluntary so. so off the battlefield of course rudiment want to look for oil but we're certainly going to respect his right not to see the russian. not to shoot a russian delegation we have when work is interesting which wrote to you we have been we have been working hard as you know to. meet international humanitarian law standards at guantanamo. indeed the russian moscow asked continuously to provide access to. the prison the spokesperson had put in the and said that she would welcome and she already sent invitations to the official

nations to the russian delegation to come to guantanamo and have a visit something of course where mr lavrov russia's foreign minister raised his eyebrows and how exactly. it's been ten years since we started trying to get access to the russian citizen to be honest i see no such invitation as i've been traveling but if it's true we would certainly like to make sure the russian citizen is held in acceptable conditions. so how exactly does the u.s. commitment to prisoners' rights actually correlate with the hunger strikers. and hunger strike that is entering the third month now ok victoria nuland the saying that every right is being respected and that human rights are being completely respected let's have a look at how really the reality is in this case the majority over one hundred sixty six detainees at guantanamo have been held without charge for nearly eleven years more than half of those eighty nine have actually been cleared for release

but the authorities failure to either send them home or close the facility altogether has led to the current act of ultimate desperation with one hundred thirty inmates now on hunger strike according to lawyers at least three people have already been hospitalized and almost a dozen are being forced through a tube but the authorities who worry about inmates right to accept or reject a meeting with the country's delegation seem to be taking no action at all to bring this protest that could turn fatal to an end in camp officials have been allegedly pressuring detainees to end the hunger strike by methods criticized by human rights watch dogs worldwide hunger strikes have complained of being denied drinking water being forced to drink from the tap and lawyers say this further exacerbated their conditions and lead to health problems and with their kidneys systems and stomachs in addition the prisoners claimed temperatures in their cells were being extremely cold so this is how the reality is and definitely doesn't seem to be corresponding with the statements made by victory in the world at that press conference i see.

here of course in their life alexei many thanks indeed. and while reports say there are more yemeni prisoners inside the jail than from any other country r.t. house spoken exclusively to the president of yemen who says it's hypocritical for the u.s. to keep the facility open while still promising promoting the idea of democracy so the full interview is hale and hearty later this hour but here's a quick preview. we believe that keeping someone in detention for over ten years without due process is clear cut tyranny it will be difficult to rehabilitate someone who's been through such an excruciating experience ten years of imprisonment without due process the united states is fond of talking democracy and human rights but when we were discussing the prisoner issue with the american justice secretary he had nothing to say.

they said and we're back with more international news in just a few moments. the

international airport in the very heart of moscow. this is also a lie from moscow welcome back with no and say europe's economic woes and slice the majority of the population crisis hit countries find themselves in dire straits but for some it's smooth sailing the number of super riches on the op despite the economic time all that has put millions ottawas case he appealed it looks at the growing gap between rich and paul. during these times of economic uncertainty is comforting to know that the filthy rich are getting even

a filthier or richer i should say the pay gets so i'm not disrespecting these privilege folks but i'm talking about the euro zone's purchased economies portugal italy ireland greece and spain otherwise known as the pegs according to forbes magazine there are now seventeen more billionaires and they were back in twenty eleven with an increase in net worth of more than ninety billion dollars but the reality is the poor are not improving their situation at all three of these countries have the highest unemployment rates in europe with rates even while than a year ago with unemployment rates increasing and nineteen member states and fully in it just eight so while the poor struggle to make ends meet the rich remain whole in a world where corrupt fine kids get bowed out and big corporations move labor operations to third world countries to take advantage of cheap labor which means

a task of getting a job even tougher. well they did crisis ahead millions of europeans hard but as we report online some have been managed have managed to profit from the financial turmoil one enterprising german artists is literally making money from a stint at creating so-called blue box and selling them on curious as to what they are and how they work hard to r.t. dot com to point out. also got stunning photos of russia's actually volcano boiling lava and forks of lightning that's all that so had to autoconf or more i catching pigs.

in the u.s. the consorts china journal is demanding exxon mobil provide documents about the oil spill which led to an environmental disaster in the city of mayflower a no fly zone was imposed by the federal aviation administration in a move some believe helps keep the mazy away. as the details. the federal aviation administration they say that the indefinite no fly zone which they're calling a temporary flight restrictions was put in place as a hazard warning officials say this is so emergency support are able to respond to the disaster immediately now the f.a.a. online posting noted that only relief aircraft operations on operated under the direction of mr tom sir off are permitted in the area now according to his linked in profile mr serrano lists himself as an aviation adviser for exxon mobil he is not an emergency expert or

a safety officials this of course has caused many critics to speculate that the real reason behind this indefinite no fly zone is to minimize news coverage that can further damage the reputation of exxon mobil r.t. recently spoke with him a fellow mayflower resident chris harrell now mr howard told us that he has not received any indication of any kind of compensation or settling settlement offers from exxon mobil mr harrell said that on sunday when he went home briefly for easter here in the states he received a letter on his front door from exxon mobil that apologized quote apologized for the inconvenience mr howell said of those have that have been evacuated are being provided the hotel rooms paid for by exxon mobil but at a community peak a meeting that took place over the weekend with some exxon officials mr howell says that very few answers were given and all those in attendance were very frustrated very angry exxon mobil has not indicated how long cleanup will take mr harrell told

r.t. that the major concern for many people in the neighborhood is the longer term ing impact from the spill both environmentally and financially what will this circumstance do to property values in that area of course this oil spill to police in arkansas is not as big as the one that took place in the gulf of mexico a few years back but the concern for many people especially residents the that. are directly affected by this oil spill is that it's not going to receive the coverage that it needs to receive to find those responsible for the oil spill accountable this is still a very disastrous oil spill that's going to harm the community harm the environment and if the media does not get given access to cover this oil spill to cover the extent of the damage and the circumstances of it then there may be less accountability that is the major concern and at the end of the day those that are affected by this and i think citizens all throughout the united states want to know

why it took place what could have prevented it and if someone's responsible for this they should be held accountable some international news in brief. at least twenty seven people have been killed and schools injured after an illegally constructed building collapsed the first full flew to the residence and business is of the time of the accident with the rest of the building under construction the exact reason for the collapse is unknown rescuers continue to search for more casualties in the debris. of the thousands of demonstrators who run it in indonesia's problems of people voiced their support for a bid to adopt a separatist flag as the staunchly islamic province is official emblem the flag was used by the now defunct free movement. separatist war against the indonesian state until a peace deal was struck in two thousand and five. china's economy has recently become the second largest in the world with the country now anything to maintain rapid growth and it's africa's vast natural resources that beijing hopes will satisfy these needs the asian giants growing investment has been most enthusiastic early

with african nations apparently eager to welcome. he reports. for centuries it was the continent that everyone in the west felt they were entitled to a slice of today most of africa's vast natural resources still go to europe and america but for the last few decades a new ambitious players also managed to secure itself a place under that hot sun where china operates very much everywhere and china doesn't ask questions china's local politics china doesn't get local leadership on like the united states on the western. allies oil gas diamonds gold to uranium copper iron ore and more you name it africa's got it but china isn't only looking for resources it's investing in new infrastructure projects and not only gas pipes but roads schools hospitals and more all under it's win win

policy for a long allow african politicians to use the new infrastructure projects to promote their image among the locals while the locals are more than happy with the opportunity to make some extra cash of course chinese companies are often criticized for being overly demanding compared to the rest of the world but the figures speak for themselves with thirty two bilateral investment agreements and some fifty billion dollars worth of direct investment china is ready to work almost with any government in any state unlike its rivals certainly in terms of trade china has passed the united states it is africa's largest trading partner today but there's more china is also taking part in the creation of special economic zones in africa for example in more issues beijing wants to create a trading hub which would give it more access to the indian ocean and southeast asian markets taking competitors by surprise with the west and former colonial powers that had such a monopoly over trade with africa for so long that i think is simply being

a complacent to see. their side some day because they. being any other major powers coming into africa and so now that china's come along and shown an interest and also a new strategy of investing in africa the west i think is suddenly very alarmed beijing and washington already have a complicated relationship with economic rules cyber attack accusations and the u.s. is increasing military presence in the pacific region and with the hunger for energy only set to increase in the future africa me very well become the next stage for confrontation you've got this going off south africa. and can we have that interview with the president of yemen on the country's future as i said political and financial ties with russia.

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 isn't 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's capital and even though the police said that half those numbers for a city of less than two point five million people this was a huge protest for a card less the european union loves to educate the world about democracy and show that liberal values around and yet that 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 voices who disagree with you before you keep promoting policies against possibly the will of the majority of ash just my opinion.

about international landlords in the very heart of moscow. mr president welcome to r.t. hello. mr president what subjects to do you discuss with the russian president vladimir putin during your meeting in the. first of all i'd like to thank artie's arabic channel for what it's been doing for the arab world as a whole and yemen in particular this is my first visit to russia since i was elected in two thousand and twelve i came to thank the russian government and mr putin for supporting the people of yemen at the time of the crisis in twenty eleven yemen was on the brink of civil war but his political forces the ruling party opposition parties together with our social youth and women's organizations agreed that we should take the way of peace and.