the prisoner's hunger strike could go on time of day and as its third month we'll look at how the mass protests has put the infamous come back in the headlines and lead to questioning of washington's alleged commitment to detainees rights. also this hour rhetoric versus reality despite north korea ramping up with smalltalk and washington building up its military in the pacific experts say while both could benefit from mutual threats military confrontation is unlikely. meanwhile the british prime minister is using the korean crisis to push for the renewal of a costly nuclear deterrent despite evidence pointing to the facts the u.k. is well out of pyongyang's reach. that standard of arkansas or demand documents from the oil giant responsible for the drop should pipeline spill while the us federal sources restrict access and implement

a no fly zone over the disaster area. international news and comment life this is our see with me hello and welcome to the program. the prisoners hunger strike gone time of day has been continuing for two months now despite no sign of a conclusion the inmates protest has managed to bring the gun tunnel you sure bought into the spotlight after interest in the can but for by the wayside mainstream journalists are once again asking the u.s. authorities uncomfortable questions about the prison and i would say your show skit looks now at the latest the verbal exchange at the u.s. state department press briefing. when victoria nuland was asked the question about a russian citizen of one thousand or more. of the man who spent eleven years in the

prison for his alleged links to al qaeda and russia haven't been concerned with the situation right now in the prison where the hunger strike has asked a delegation to visit this detainee when a journalist asked if there are new and about how things were with him in gaza from the state of situation there was a very interesting exchange between the state department's spokesperson and the journalist let's have a listen mr mingles of has refused through his own legal counsel to meet with any russian delegation we've conveyed that back 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 ok so off the battlefield of course rudiment want all the trial but we're certainly going to respect his right not to see the russian. not to see the 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 victoria nuland went on to say that the invitation for the russian delegation to visit guantanamo still stands but the russian foreign minister says he knows nothing about this invitation this is. 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 and how exactly does the u.s. commitment to prisoners' rights correlate with the kind of strike that is actually entering its third month while victory. ulan says that rights of the inmates are being respected in every way but let's have a look at the daunting reality of how things are inside guantanamo now the majority

of the one hundred sixty six detainees at guantanamo have been held without any charges for nearly eleven years more than half of those eighty nine have actually been cleared for release but the authorities failed 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 the hunger strike according to lawyers at least three people have already been hospitalized and almost a dozen are being forced fed 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 instead camp officials have been already pressuring detainees to end their hunger strike by methods criticized by human rights watch dogs worldwide hunger strikers have complained of being denied drinking water and being forced to drink from the tap lawyers say that they further exacerbated their conditions and lead to health problems with their kidneys or nervous systems and stomachs in addition the prisoners claim to temperatures in

their cells were being kept extremely cold so you can see for yourself whether these facts actually correspond with what the state department spokesperson said at the press conference about respecting inmates rights. reports say there are more yemeni prisoners inside the jail inside the jail from than from any other country and he has spoken exclusively to the president of yemen who says it's hypocritical for the u.s. to keep the facility open while still promoting the idea of democracy and the full interview is here on out here later today but here's a quick preview. we believe that keeping someone in detention for over ten years without due process is clear cut tyranny and 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. 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. secretary general ban ki moon believes the nor has gone too far and has to change its course while washington says it's taking all necessary precautions but as he is of an impending war seem to grow so does the chorus of those saying if the last thing both countries want and john is a co-director of foreign policy in focus magazine now he 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 u.s. positions if these were to 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 the players there were spawning two sometimes unconscious cues sometimes to. 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 danny shanks a independent filmmaker and media critic believes he is of the north korean 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'll see a world we will see more of a war of the words and that's pretty intense we saw a best get ball 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 in today's breaking this. among other things how gassed will the u.s. gains from keeping north korea in between a peaceful solution and. the rhetoric from high level north korean 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 as a show of military straight including saying 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 as 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 an armistice has been side 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. want to do you ever seen anything like. now britain isn't ignoring the unveiling crisis citing the potential threat to pyongyang could pose to europe u.k. prime minister david cameron is calling for you all about submarine base nuclear deterrent system but it will come at a cost as aussies half ass reports now. while 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 meet a deterrent right now at a time of such global uncertainty tridents 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 for placement where these submarines in the trident system will be replaced at the signals 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 with phil perhaps a step too far 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. so despite david cameron's concerns that north korea's missile technology could reach the u.k. x. but say there's no chance of that happening and let's not take a look at how far the communist states most sophisticated missile systems can reach so you can see the range covers japan and south korea of course but not british and meanwhile a new system is development in development it will also be wide 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 ranges less than seven thousand and aussies contributor afshin rattansi says that even david cameron's own supporters down to 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 tritone missile system because of the ideas of super lawyers agreement means it's not under the control of the british government the united states controls this system that eighty five percent of people in scotland don't want anywhere near that area what we have here is david cameron maybe even going east seems to be saying that we need trident desperately to protect ourselves from north korea at the same time he visits a city where at one point there was a debate about whether areas of the city of drugs go had the sim a similar life expectancy to that 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. you're watching live from moscow and still to come later in today's program.

as the chinese economic powerhouse grows ever larger look at what expansion in africa will mean for the continent and beyond. meanwhile in europe i mean the region debt crisis a small minority have making quite a fortune but what does it mean for other details later this hour.

the international at the very heart of moscow. this is a sea welcome back with no end to europe's economic woes and science the majority of the population in crisis had countries of find themselves in dire straits but

for some it's smooth sailing the number of super returns on their op despite the economic turmoil that has put millions out of work case appealed it looks now at the growing gap between rich and poor during these times of economic uncertainty is comforting to know that the filthy rich are getting even a filthy or rich i should say the pay cuts so i'm not disrespecting these privilege folks but i'm talking about the euro zone's poorest a condom is portugal italy ireland greece and spain otherwise known as the takes according to forbes magazine there are now seventeen more billionaires than i was 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 was the new year a guy. with unemployment rates increasing and nineteen member states and for laying

in just eight so while the poor struggle to make ends meet the rich remain whole in a world where corrupt bank is get belle's owls and big corporations move label operations to third world countries to take advantage of cheap labor which means the task of getting a job even tougher so the debt crisis has hit millions of europeans hard but as a reporter online some have even managed to profit from one story being driven are to literally making money from seeing their raging so-called blue box and setting them on curious as to what they are and how the world had tortured dot com to find out more. also that it will fade a figure sure when you get blunt is experiencing another failure the cooling system for sprint atomic fuel has stopped working with the latest on line.

and stunning photos of russia's actually book a no boiling lava and forks of lightning it's all dire at r.t. dot com so that the more i catch in pigs. in the euros the attorney general is demanding exxon mobil provide documents about the oil spill which led to an environmental disaster in the city of mayflower no fly zone was imposed by the federal aviation administration in a move some believe helps keep the media away on his marina 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 that those have that have been evacuated are being provided the hotel rooms paid for by exxon mobil but at a community peat 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 howell 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 spoil spill accountable this is still a very disastrous spoil spill that's going to harm the community harm the environment and if the media does not and is not given access to cover this oil spill to cover the extent and 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. and to some other international news in brief now in india's city of mumbai at least thirty five people have been killed and scores injured after an illegally constructed building collapsed the first floor occupied with residents and business is at the time of the accident with the rest of the building under construction the exact cause for the collapses and rescuers continue to search for more casualties in the debris.

mexico our thousands of teachers have taken to the streets across the country angry at education reforms they claim the change to the change limited union the power to hire teachers causing fears over job security in mexico city and in these southern state of guerrero demonstrators reached billie's barriers and blocked traffic on key intersections. armed with spanish banks shares plummeting and people savings being wipes out one man has created a novel twist to the idea of keeping your money under the pillow pocket santals has developed a new safe inside a mattress which keeps your hard earned money away from buying so the first batch sold out in less than twenty four hours and although it may not open a line of credit or cash on an overdraft and it's kind of rest assured they won't

lose any sleep over the fate of their funds. all right china's economy has recently become the second largest in the world with the country now are aiming to maintain rapid growth and is africa's vast natural resources that beijing hopes will satisfy of these needs the asian giants growing investment has been met enthusiastically with african nations apparently eager to welcome no western backing and there's this could offer was now a chinese success in the region is due to its special approach to doing business. for centuries it was the continent that everyone in the west felt they were entitled to a slice off 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 writes very much everywhere china doesn't ask questions china's. politics china doesn't get involved in 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 roads schools hospitals and more all under it's win win policy for loans 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 there is simply been a complacent to see. their side some tribute. they haven't be in any other major how is coming in south africa and so now that china's come along and should and interest and also the new strategy of investing in africa. the west i think is suddenly very a lot of 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 go to school for south africa. and i had it's our report on the lives and troubles of palestinian families living right and israeli garbage and it's. what if one third of the population of a capital city of a small arab country took to the streets in protest why 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 francis 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 guard less the european union loves to educate the world about democracy and show that's 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 unions. 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 but that's just my opinion. wealthy british style.

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