as resisting attempts to move them to solitary cells to brave young goalie hunger strike. also this hour list for list a major thorn in relations of washington releases the names of russians it labeled as human rights violators sparking a symmetrical box clash from moscow. starting afresh in venezuela the nation heads to the polls on sunday to lecture you president after the death of the country's county's macho long time leader hugo chavez. also the u.s. says it may scale down its forces in asia if north korea abandons its nuclear weapons program in apparent attempts to encourage china to put pressure on pyongyang. cyprus extends a financial quarantine that's why it's hard billions of savers money as bureaucrats rushed through in a mattress a bailout to rescue teatrino economy. the

latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the weekly on our c with me you are welcome to the program. first inmates at the gone time obey prison have clashed with gods during an attempt to end a two month long hunger strike their offices try to forcibly remove detainees from communal living quarters and isolate them in individual cells non-lethal rounds were fired at the prisoners as they resisted with improvised weapons get a count brings us the details now. this was apparently a pre-dawn operation that took place hours after the delegates of the international committee of the red cross left the island left guantanamo a statement released by the u.s. military says the guards at guantanamo have fired four rounds of prisoners from non-lethal weapons they say the detainees covered surveillance cameras windows and partitions to prevent the guards from observing them during the ongoing hunger

strike the guards allegedly clashed with the detainees which military officials say led them to move the captives from communal to single cells the military says the detainees used improvised weapons to resist the transfer they say that's when the guards started shooting at the captives as if now we have one side of the story that of the u.s. military very soon we'll hear from the lawyers of the detainees and what they have to say that is of course if they have by now managed to get in touch with their clients it's not clear if having moved them to single cells prison officials have also not imposed other restrictions on the prisoners too we don't know that guantanamo prisoners have been starving for more than two months now trying to bring public attention to their plight because they sense the administration would rather forget about them the state department closed the office that was working to transfer the remaining captives half of them have been cleared for release their attorneys are saying that the president has been doing all possible to stop the

hunger strike they've been force feeding the strikers they were claims that they brought down the temperature in the cells to make it harder to endure the strike and now we hear that they put them in solitary confinement and shots of being fired . at one of the detainees on hunger strike as measures like so to treat confinement only aggravates the problem that could be at least partially sold by simply respecting the prisons regions. michael counsel who represents abidal or derek poteat visited him just a few days ago at guantanamo and obeidallah described camp six as looking like a village which had been decimated by some sort of attack with men just walking around very feebly very weak barely unable to have any energy to even communicate with each other it's a very very sad difficult situation and the reaction of the u.s. is the opposite of what it should be this strike approach as could have been

resolved with not violence but by simply agree to allow the men to return the qur'an says the u.s. government to surrender them so that they did not have to watch them continue to be desecrated and searched and his commanders from count who appear on the radar screens of russian authorities which filed a list of american human rights violators on saturday so the man named now fallen to travel and economic sanctions it comes in direct response to washington's publication of a list of russians even banned from entering the united states again due to what it claims to be human rights breaches and let's now get more insight on this from. joining us now live from central moscow igor very nice to see you so it's been a tit for tat exchange between moscow and the u.s. so please tell us more we're actually happened. what we're witnessing now is really game of political pingpong first washington published

a part of its so-called kill list eighteen russian official suspected there of being connected to human rights violations they have been subjected to various economic and travel sanctions including the ban for them to enter the united states and shortly after this list was published a symmetric reaction came from moscow which published a part of its blacklist of eighteen american officials linked to human rights violations at the guantanamo bay detention center and the violations of the rights of russian citizens outside the center but since both lists have been published only partially we may expect morning to be put on them yet over this the critics say about the deterioration of relations between washington and moscow how damaging according to moscow is it for relations between the two world powers. well the american whose character was by american lawmakers at the end of last year and was named after sort of an employee of the

hermitage capital investment fund he was suspected of fraud he got himself a claim that he had uncovered a massive corruption scheme but he died in prison in two thousand and nine before a court could make a decision on his case moscow has been accusing washington of using his unfortunate death as a political tool to apply pressure on russia the foreign ministry has called the market and unfriendly use of four week a lot we've heard from prime minister dmitry medvedev saying that u.s. authorities have the full right to deny entry visas to anyone without even having to explain why not to mention passing any controversial wars or black lists and many or most russian lawmakers believe that the magnitsky act harms america's own interests. is like shooting oneself in the leg so i don't really see the rational for this from the point of your bomb administration which claims to be. ration that is paying attention to multilateralism to international partnerships

it was definitely a blow to the relations between moscow and washington and now all this is happening amid a head of a visit by a senior international or you worse advisor to moscow on monday for talks and while it's pretty clear that these lists are definitely not going to make his job any easier. of their lives igor thank you very much indeed for that update. and stephen f. cohen a professor of russian studies and history at new york university feels the diplomatic fallout is due to the incompetence of the u.s. congress. the act by congress was of course provoked by russia for being forces in the united states congress is itself is not russia which is just uninformed it knows almost nothing about russia most members

of congress have no understanding of their national affairs or national security and with a lot of us repression on the majority members of congress and this was a bipartisan a big so called liberal democrats progressive all support of the magnitsky act as much as it did reactionary riyad grow and republicans you end up with a bill like this it's not about russell vote it's about it's about a lack of knowledge it's a bad thing legislature to pass laws on subjects they know almost nothing about now it's true that the obama white house did not want to make this clear but he didn't use its powers were to leadership to stop. and so that's what you call a combination of a buildup in congress and a lack of leadership from the white house. and of course it's your opinion always interested and so today at altitude of call we ask about the fallout of the war of the list between moscow and washington and here is our online poll right now so far

the majority of you forty three percent of you who took part in the side vote saying these parts will lead to more. tough measures on both sides around a fifth believe it will not affect the cut of the country's corporation at school and just others have split between two less optimistic options as some say they were nations will be severely hit while others saying the route is the death knell for the u.s. russia reset so-called reset so submit a line if you haven't already or use our common section if you have more thoughts on this story. and still ahead for you on air and asian turmoil a decade on since the fall of saddam hussein so long convulses in the throes of terror and uncertainty while the scars left behind by years of occupation are passed on to a new generation. also the u.s.

secretary of state john kerry isn't china on the latest leg of his emergency tour to try and defuse tensions around north korea's nuclear threats and in a news conference he suggested america could remove its newly bolstered missile defense in the region if young young abandon its nuclear weapons program and it's believed that other might encourage china to put pressure on north korea something it's been reluctant to do so far and earlier this week a pentagon report released by mistake claims the north already had the capability to launch a nuclear missile the white house however quickly dismissed those findings as promote sure nevertheless america japan and south korea have continued to build up defenses with seoul saying is braced for the north's missile test any time russia has warned against the escalation of the crisis as our season exceed our ships he reports now. the city with a population of around seven hundred thousand people is the closest russian big city to the border with north korea literally two hundred kilometers is the place

where the russian the chinese and the north koreans meet at the same course the escalation of tensions on the korean peninsula has led to some serious concern. in moscow as well because should anything happen between the two koreas especially if nuclear weapons would be involved russia would be one of the first countries affected. by the possible consequences of a nuclear war if we remember the. traces of radiation were felt. which is also just a stone's throw away from here so all the latest developments in the north korean conflict in the escalating tension. serious. concern from the russian president. and for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. because we are neighbors and if something happens there.

but of course not only russia is concerned with the current situation on the korean peninsula the u.s. secretary john kerry said that. if it decides to hold. it no longer wants to listen to the international community the most interesting day here clearly will be monday when. the birthday of the late korean leader. kim jong some reports are suggesting that it's. actually conduct. japan has warned it will shoot down any missile heading in its direction responded by saying should that happen japan will become its first star get if this is began and who acts with brian back i believe the tension is playing into washington's plans to separate north korea from this historic ally china the obama

administration is taking the bush administration policy of provocation escalation increased tension to a whole new level they want to create pressure on china to break china away from its historic relationship with north korea by creating a military confrontation or in your confrontation the united states is saying to the chinese look the stakes are very high time for you to change time for you to abandon your your ally in north korea and i think they think that there could be the the prescription the precursor to regime change in north korea if they could break china away china doesn't want to do that although you can see the debate going on right now within the chinese establishment. in the weeks and the day's news stories coming up after the shoulder.

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this is the wiki on aussies good to have you with us let's move on now venezuela is bracing itself for the first election fourteen years without its buoyantly to hugo chavez whose death last month left the country at a crossroads and although his nicolas maduro appears to be a frontrunner the gap between him and the opposition is slim. following developments in caracas for us. the polls are about to open here. million citizens are expected to cast their ballots and choose their next president. now as expected really the legacy. huge part in these elections it's as much about the past as it is about the future of this country and there are two main candidates are running for that top position you have on the one hand. he is

running on a continuing everything. in this country especially when it comes to social missions really the cornerstone of his popularity among the masses and the poor people are also says that he wants to tackle crime and government inefficiencies and be wrong and that basically though he wants to keep in place everything that's already set this country on the other hand you have. one who is running on a platform of change and innovation he says he wants to introduce a more free market economy in the country more pro-business policies at the same time maintaining those social spending these two men have very different views on where they want to take this difference really can also be felt on the ground when you talk to the citizens on who they're going to vote. pickling crime and violence the biggest challenge is to convince the population. that has the opportunity to succeed. and no one. but we need to continue

pursuing his policies. and we will see the difference. but the venezuelans i've been speaking to tell me that one of their main concerns is crime they want to see whatever is empowered to tackle this to bring the crime that level down the country they want more security they also mention problems of inflation the be economy and job security but at the end of the day it really boils down to two things for those who are supporting mughal it is out of loyalty to childlessness paullus is the so-called socialist revolution they want to see this continue for those supporting it's all about change they're just part of the current state of the country and they want to see something different will very soon the world is going to see that mill face who is going to be at the helm of venezuela after fourteen years this. under gregory will pat a co-founder of venezuela analysis dot com says the china my no be something this soft american nation is a need oh well i would challenge the notion that there are massive amounts of

problems i mean if you go to the us well actually you know our infrastructure is doing quite well in my opinion i go there almost every year are sometimes twice a year and the comparison really the relevant comparison is to our premier preach of his era it has enormous amounts of reserves and it has actually made tremendous achievements in terms of reducing poverty by more than half during which i was presidency and to reducing inequality i'm going to still going from one of the most income equal countries in america to one of the most equal ones in the past fourteen years and that's something that you certainly can't say about any of the other oil producing countries. campaign and again venezuela chooses a new president chavez choice runs against a free market poster boy for possible venezuela choose after coming down face down self-styled socialism or free market model venezuela votes fourteenth.

a decade on since the u.s. led overthrow of saddam hussein bombings bloody power struggles and uncertainty now permeate every day iraq in life from resurgent al qaeda to sectarian rivalries even in the highest halls of government and it's all taking a terrible toll on the people with more than a thousand casualties last month alone and as an she's this account of her falls for many feel delayed dictator has been replaced by the horror of their no. the iraq war is supposed to be over but these pictures tell a different story chaos and confusion the aftermath of yet another deadly blast here into your kook. this oil rich city has been described as a raucous a symbol of the country's most intractable escalating violence the conflict among

ethnic and religious groups and the fight over iraq's resources roadblocks and concrete barriers to find the new iraq checkpoints like this one are a dominant feature of life and they are everywhere aside from the house they're also frequent target of attacks for us it was a blatant visual reminder of a country still very much at war. but it has been a flashpoint for years now and in the city's center it's clear that life doesn't stop just because of the threats we were expecting empty streets but people continued to go about their business as normal vendors seemed busy families did their shopping beneath the surface there are scars today kirkuk continues to be an incredibly dangerous place shortly after the city without the help of a military escort residents here say that a toxic happen at any time in any place in fact it's not really safe to stay here for too long so let's get inside. we need car want to his family there kurds who say they're happy that saddam is gone but their fear of political repression has

been replaced by fear of the unknown. you know. we don't know who the enemy is when the next bomb but it's a daily fears we've got used to it you know i do small things to feel safer like driving a car windows down that way if there's a blast at least the glass was heard. such precautions didn't help sixty year old mood who says that a decade of war has ruined iraq he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. a bomb blast went off injuring his leg for him daily life has become a painful struggle to buy the only problem i perceive what benefit did the work bring democracy only explosions shooting and killing people should feel free to go out and come back safely where is that a job i can leave but there's no guarantee i'll come back our soldiers you. know it's not about the sectarian differences unfortunately it's book the black the oil

and behind this is the hidden interests of politicians pawns in the political game playing with their livelihoods and lives for conflicts not of their own making the iraqis we met didn't hate their neighbors or care about who controls the oil just like they simply want the peace of mind of knowing they can go out and return to their loved ones alive. r.t. iraq. and the war may be over the destruction wrought is now reaping havoc on the country's most vulnerable and literally its future so birth defects in iraq today stand at higher levels than in their world war two atomic bomb cities of hiroshima and nagasaki so the blame is being put squarely on the us which leveled depleted uranium and chemical arsenals to temper and ashleigh surges so shells laden with spent nuclear fuel white phosphorus bombs and internationally condemned

cluster bomb munitions were all dropped on some of the iraq's most populous cities so horrifying birth defects are now commonplace in cities like fallujah and according to dr omar. they will last long into the future and you might find some of the following images disturbing. it's clear that though the u.s. folk of their help provided to iraq after the invasion notably reconstruction education and investments their so-called help resulted in the use of weapons banned by article fifty three of the geneva convention it prohibits any kind of weapon which if used where there is war can affect areas environment climate and water resources the things that occurred in one thousand nine hundred one and then in two thousand and three are true catastrophe and all types of munitions were used of and the plane dispenser weapons boss present munitions depleted uranium and chemical weapons all these types of weapons were used intentionally and on

a mass scale in iraq this testing out of weapons had disastrous effects in terms of environmental contamination not to be compared even with hiroshima. this is by no means an exaggeration this is not my opinion that you can look up human rights watch in world health organization reports on the internet radiological monitoring held on the international level your points a radioactive contamination of southern central and even northern areas of iraq and despite repeated calls and all the reports published by iraqi scientists the us turned a blind eye on the issue. it's been a week of intense fire fighting for the eurozone with the single currency blocks ministers approving it and not a bailout to keep the secret economy from collapse by the flames and out here with it now emerging nicosia is going to need a lot more money than i originally thought so

a ten billion euro lifeline has now been greenlighted for cyprus who is a request for even more money was flatly rejected the casino needs to come out with thirteen billion euros more which will try to amass by draining the bank accounts of savers it separate banks the very idea of raising deposits is still sending tremors through the eurozone despite your quite assurances the bank accounts are safe but professor of political economy jack ross once thinks otherwise. what you're going to see is a severe depression in cyprus as government raises taxes cut spending sells off assets what are you going on the private side you're going to see and we're already seeing major money hoard demand for cash balances money caution is absolutely and as they get their money out you know you're going to see capital flight so the situation in cyprus is going to get much worse you're going to have you will be ill and even more people of those over one hundred hundred thousand euros were asked to

play more or maybe now they're going to have to start going after those with less than one hundred thousand that's not only happening in europe there was a leak in your report last december and it showed that both the u.s. and the u.k. are now considering maybe making depositors this thing is a reflection of the growing banking instability. some international news and read this hour some two thousand people have much sure they sent over scotland second sixty calling for money spent on britain's nuclear defiance arsenal to be spent on public services the so-called squab trident coalition joined the rani by politicians and trade unions and says the funding should be diverted to health welfare and education submarines that holding nuclear weapons are kept in a naval base just outside of glasgow. and science has plummeted down a ravine in the north of period leaving at least thirty three people dead it was travelling west from a small town nestled in the n.d.s.

mountains to the regional capital so it's not had clear what caused the crash heavy rains have lashed the area in recent days. you know many people have to fly into space but in russia space flies to you coming up next our special report from the heroes which was hit by a massive meteo later this year. with oil pipes bursting in arkansas people across the us are starting to realize that they are moving towards what the atlantic calls the infrastructure cliff in short america's infrastructure start to get a bit old and according to infrastructure report card dot org the u.s. cities about three point six trillion dollars of infrastructure spending by twenty twenty to turn things around the site sponsored by the american society of civil

engineers gave all aspects of american infrastructure like bridges and drinking water in schools several some pretty bad grades except for solid waste removal for some reason in their opinion everything in the us is going to crap except for america's ability to throw solid crap. i'm not trying to sit here and scare you there is nothing to fear this is a big challenge but it is a verb. us will want to accomplish according to cost of war dot org the last ten years of war of cost about three point one trillion dollars just cutting wars in half by fifty percent could put a huge dent in the infrastructure spending and what about all those billions in bailout that were spent you see the money is there it just gets wasted if the money stops getting thrown away and starts getting spent or well planned infrastructure then the infrastructure will start paying for itself rock'n infrastructure creates wealth so don't fear the infrastructure cliff just stop wasting money or allowed politicians to waste money and everything will turn out to be just fine but that's just my opinion.

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