north korea. foreign embassies in pyongyang to evacuated citing critical tension. for the regime reportedly ordered another. hole in the face of encroaching. on a lot of the escalating muscle flexing between north korea and the u.s. says it needs a nuclear arsenal citing a threat which critics don't really believe in. treatment the no food among the guantanamo bay. prison. here's caused by six. we investigate whether it's being blown out of.

world wide news live. with me. good to have you with us today north korea has all foreign embassies in pyongyang to have. rising tensions on the peninsula it follows reports the north. with an unknown payload just on the east coast of the country and washington and south korea meanwhile say they're taking all precautions dispatching more ships systems towards the north let's get more on what's exactly happening now. joining us here live on the program. old foreign embassies to evacuate that's a pretty serious warning isn't it pretty serious. these escalating tensions we have

confirmation from the russians russian foreign minister sergey lavrov that north korea has in fact asked foreign embassies including russia and britain to evacuate their staff as it concerns britain in fact we know that they have asked to evacuate embassy staff from pyongyang saying that north korea will not be able to protect the staff in the event of actual complex from a proton on the words it certainly is a tense situation there although we've heard from diplomats saying that tensions on the ground within the north korean capital were rather calm at the moment what we know from russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is that the russians are currently considering the proposal but there's been no decision made as of yet to whether to actually evacuate the staff we know that the russians are in close contact with other allies in the region and let's take a listen to actually what the russian foreign minister had told r.t.

when asked about his worries in this rather tense situation. let's listen because cuba you are in close contact with all chinese american and regional partners were highly concerned about the buildup of tension which is so far been verbal we're trying to understand why we've been asked to evacuate and whether it's in order or just advice or you know it's good we can see there are staff are still considering this proposal this has been a force or rather tense situation north korea has said that nuclear conflict could break up at any time on the korean peninsula and really what has been escalating the war of words over the past month we do know as you mentioned at least according to south korean press the north koreans had moved to intermediary range missiles sort of getting them ready for a potential conflict but at this point no one at least in the diplomatic community really believes that this could lead to an all out break. war this as these kinds

of tensions happen forced taken place in the past and diplomats at this moment are simply looking at this escalating rhetoric as opposed to actual potential of conflict although we should of course mention that the united states had deployed military assets to the region and it certainly didn't help but these tensions when last week the americans and the south koreans have held joint drills it in many ways angering peel and yang so of course we'll have to keep a close eye on the situation as it develops but so far we do have confirmation that the staff have of course been asked to evacuate but no no confirmation yet whether any embassy will actually take them up on their suggestion and use something a fair amount of people are saying that we should all be very calm about this as you were mentioning lucy a moment ago under the leadership of kim jong il there was so many years of saber rattling but now his son his successor kim jong un he's going about it all a bit differently will have to see how to pounds. in moscow thank you very much indeed. well the danny schechter in the meantime an independent filmmaker media

critic believes fears over north korea stem from stereotypes and years of the regime being demonized. we are just listening to our own fears and our own voices based on stereotypes and historic reactions you know to the nasty commies in north korea i think there is something else going on here that we're not seeing we also have to recognize that in the korean war we called the police action in the fifty's last third of the north of korea the people who lived there were murdered of killed in this war this is a situation with historical roots that we need to understand to 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 in a country that's peninsula that still divided all these years later oh it's divided

by by war dictatorship the aftermath of the second world war etc you have to get a little bit into the history and understand where they're coming from if you want to talk to them and communicate with them and not just feel good by denouncing them north korea also features in today's breaking the set where the host i mean martin explores who gains from provoking the communist state to the brink of war. the war 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 sending b. two stealth bombers each of which cost taxpayers more than three billion dollars but wait before you run for your bunkers it's important understand the legitimacy of these threats and the context of why they're happening in the first place. like . you've never seen anything like.

oh. do stay with us or break in the site later today here on out say for now britain is looking to pull billions of pounds into cementing security by upgrading its nuclear deterrent the country's prime minister is citing what he calls the evolving atomic threat from north korea which is certainly topping the headlines with its american dr. takes a closer look into whether david cameron's initiative could be welcomed by british taxpayers. he made the case in a news paper 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 well the prime minister was in scotland on board the hate victorious which is one of the four vanguard submarines that make up the

tritone twenty four hour around the clock nuclear deterrent that always sees one submarine out and not try to quite an old system it's being full bank on submarines bringing being they've dug out by twenty twenty and the conservative government the prime minister arguing for a like for like for placement where these submarines and that's why didn't this will be replaced out of the fission is 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 he questioned in the article how anyone could now at this time talk of surrendering the nuclear deterrent well funny hundred someone should have told the liberal democrats and no one can argue that we're not going to have much to

talk about or way of course people to argue yes that's true i mean i think that the lib dems will be completely blindsided by cameron's approach to cause they clearly want to cheaper time too so those sort of slave forty and comers basically using the current crisis in north korea to say we have to take this step because look what's happening in north korea and i think it's kind of disingenuous because north korea does not even have me the capabilities to even cameron says in his article so you know we are basic. giving them far more credit than they deserve yeah i mean we've actually got a graphic that i think we can get up to do is to look at that say he's a kind of top of the range of the missiles capabilities that north korea is maybe has maybe doesn't have an operational about three thousand kilometer is in development six thousand clematis u.k. nine thousand kilometers away nearly i mean why why we waiting into this debate well i suppose i mean that's exactly right it's not

a conflict however you could argue not so what the prime minister is arguing is that this is a long term decision to make and so in about ten years time if north korea does have that capability then we have to take precautions against that the north korea is not a threat you know we have other threats purely mostly from small terrorist groups for example those are the ones that we should be focusing on so we're focusing on the wrong enemy and i think thank you very much for joining us here huge amounts of money that we're talking about half the something that many people say could never be used especially something to ponder as a british taxpayer could well in the not too distant future be being asked to stump up that vast amounts of cash are to correspondents or a fourth right now north korea's rhetoric has dragged attention away from another nuclear bogeyman that iran later this hour here on our board on where international efforts to diffuse what some see as the dangerous of topic potential of tehran

currently standing. and for now two months without food but still retaining a big appetite for justice the hunger strike among guantanamo bay prisoners has managed to bring the issue of human rights in america's anti terror facility right back to the spotlight and as uncomfortable questions are being thrown towards the u.s. state department likes you know chefs and the weather officials they're prepared to wants of them. a russian citizen of one time 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 with the hunger strike has asked a delegation to visit this detainee when a journalist asked if they're new and about how things were with him in gaza friend 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 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 it's ok so off the battlefield of course rudiment want all the modelo troil 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 including the right to refuse visits by individuals 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 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 talks worldwide hunger strikers have complained of being denied drinking water and being forced to drink from the tap lawyer say that they further exacerbated their conditions and lead to health problems with their kidneys their 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. and still to come here on the billions revealed presidents international celebrities and captains of industry are all implicated in a. tax evasion scheme laid bare by millions of leaked e-mails from the british virgin islands. the u.s. open sore attorney general is demanding exxon mobil pays for an oil spill that's the small town of mayflower after the no fly zone over the area is lifted to allow media access is coming up after this short break.

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international airport in the very heart of moscow. from moscow this is r t with me will receive a part of the trillions of dollars hidden in tax havens by the world's most powerful and influential it soon to be a matter of public knowledge leaked e-mails about stashed money in the british virgin islands has already implicated the friends of french president francois hollande american politicians the entire arab ruling families and international all of god's. has more on the leak and just who's behind it. let's just look at the actual league we're talking about two hundred sixty jigga bytes of documents here two million e-mails and about one hundred thirty thousand people from one hundred seventy countries could be implicated in this massive leak this information was passed to the a washington based international consortium of investigative journalists in

collaboration with the u.k. is the guardian newspaper and other media information was given by an anonymous whistleblower now already this has really caused a lot of effects we're talking about a money stashed in the british virgin islands and you know it's not illegal to set up a company in the british virgin islands there are a mammoth of reasons why you could be doing so personal reasons to keep your wealth discreet however where when we're talking about possible criminal offenses such as tax evasion or tax avoidance that certainly would be coming to light and already there's been some embarrassment we're looking at the front wall and close friend for example also his campaign manager during the presidential elections and now he had been forced to to reveal his in the name of his chinese business partner and to acknowledge that he has offshore investments also and this is a embarrassment afonso alone because a lot is so staunchly against clamping down on tax savings also we've seen a number of a politician saying that they may already be thinking of leaving their post because

of this investigation we see russian oligarchs names public public officials from the u.s. from the u.k. basically around the world now what does this all mean it's really interesting to see that we've seen a slew of whistleblowers or citizen journalists making use of technology to reveal important information and in fact it has really put. if you will then the government's or legal systems in place around the world when it comes to clumping down or looking for transparency and governance pursuing those values of course and revealing information we have to acknowledge that it is a double edged sword however when it comes to really going after those in high positions who may have been hiding information that should be made known and should be criminally or publicly liable the rules of the game has certainly changed with that with this way of technology and whistleblowers and leaks of information and the what they thought they could hide forever from public view may not be the case anymore. now u.k.

based business is set to make a one billion dollar investment in energy that's off the final russian company that enough gas to fill nearly seven million lympics sized swimming pools and almost two hundred million tons of oil reserves those details on the website dot com. and the u.s. may have done its best to destabilize former venezuelan president hugo chavez and ship them out of power it's all spelled out in the original memo you can find on our website. a second round of talks over iran's nuclear program has begun with tehran again reiterating the peaceful nature of its atomic energy project a previously the world powers that offered it a choice the lifting of some sanctions in exchange for a hole to new iranian production and offer iran refused on the grounds that it was unfair professor side mohammad marandi from the university of tehran explains why.

the demands are basically. they run against iran sovereignty and iran's independence. both individuals and nations they are innocent until proven guilty the iranians. have been open to the i.a.e.a. the iranians actually halted nuclear enrichment enrichment for about two years they . allowed that this will no protocol to be implemented in iran for extra inspections and insights that iran. didn't have to allow them into for those two years and there was no evidence at all ever found that iran's nuclear program was anything but peaceful. we are coming to learn from five twenty. a temporary no fly zone over the city of mayflower in the u.s. state of all console which she was suffering from an oil spill has been lifted the federal aviation administration says it is

a allowing media access to the site for now meanwhile the all consorts tony general demond exxon mobil provide documents about the oil spill which led to an environmental disaster and locals worry they may not get the compensation they deserve as aunties marina portnoy investigations recently spoke with a fellow mayflower resident chris howell mr howard told us that he has not received any indication of any kind of compensation or settling settlement offers from exxon mobil mr howell 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 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 howell told r.t. that the major concern for many people in the neighborhood is the longer term impact from the spill both environmentally and financially what will this circumstance do to property values in that area of course this oil spill taking place 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 spoils spill accountable this is still a very disastrous for oil 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 or and rolled up a time now here in our starting with an eight story building under construction in the indian city of mumbai has come killed with forty five including eleven children authorities say it was being built illegally and work was under way despite the fact the first four rules were already occupied rescue was still on the scene. to top professional officials have been killed in a blast in southern highlands and it will happen is a car was passing by of the yellow provinces deputy governor you've been heading with according to a festival in a rural village some five thousand people who killed in the country's muslim dominated southern provinces since two thousand and four. years ago. bird flu panic is spreading across china and its neighboring countries many

thousands of poultry have been slaughtered in markets close to prevent the spread of the virus six out of fourteen of died so far raising the alarm over a possible outbreak. thomas has more. there is evidence of a localized type or panic specifically regarding the h seven n nine strain of the flu virus if you look at what's happening in china twenty thousand birds slaughtered from one market there from a place where the birds tested positive live birds tested positive in hong kong the stock market shares dropped particularly in relation to chinese airline companies because they want to restrict travel vietnam bans poultry imports from china japan puts health posters up at points of entry from people coming from china taiwan raises the corn to level alert and us in canada they decide that they're going to move to develop vaccines specifically for the h seven n nine virus just to be on

the ready now all of these moves are localized it's not coming from the world health organization in fact of the world health organization on the other hand they are saying they want a more measured watchful response in fact they are saying they're not going to be mass producing any vaccines they're not going to be making recommendations for trade restrictions and they are not recommending special screenings for one thing if they stop what they're doing and do you know this h seven n nine vaccine then they're going to have to put regular flu vaccinations on hold and they're also pointing out that there's no evidence of the disease spread easily between people and that you actually have to have contact with a disease bird in order to contract that so here's where it gets interesting leading vaccine companies the top three where the money is being made and where it gets controversial they're all in the ready they're saying hey we want to do this we want to make sure that this happens let's go through the swine flu back in two thousand and nine first case in mexico march seventeenth april fifth epidemic mention for the first time in the news twenty seven first confirmed deaths from

that time until may third the swine flu is the most covered story then from may each day new countries getting on the bandwagon and if you break it down back in the thirtieth of june forty million expired doses had to to be. of a us order of two hundred fifty one million doses that was eighteen billion dollars of profits for the drug companies made in just the course of a few months to put this in perspective the c.d.c. says that the united states country of three hundred fourteen million about thirty six thousand deaths from regular from the flu so given these small numbers looks like a lot of hype over nothing now at home right now we've got an online poll ongoing certainly has been ongoing for the past hour or two gauging your reaction and the worldwide reaction about the whole bird flu issue in china is it really all is trumped up to be perhaps it's a case of panic stations the numbers are changing though fluctuated up to forty two percent for this hour the majority of our voters from ati dot com saying it's just

a chance for the big pharmaceutical companies to cash in was no surprise there nearly a third of all voters saying it's just a flu it shouldn't be hyped up you can see it down to the third position here is dangerous it mustn't become an epidemic or pandemic and now the minority saying well it's just going to harm economies but it will stay in asia we're still taking your votes at r.t. dot com right now is the bird flu in china a real crisis or perhaps a bit of hype log on to r.t. dot com for that right now coming your way in just a moment though another documentary an introspective look into the lives of the palestinians this being called good garbage live from moscow this is art. 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 cardless 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 times 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 but that's just my opinion. so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter with your mobile device. so you can watch all see any time anywhere. from.