the macmillan family in canada has decided to defy time itself and keep their family trapped in one thousand nine hundred six sort of like new age only for one year and not their whole lives so to live in one thousand six the family forbids the use of any technology developed after the mid eighty's they want their children to experience the world they grew up in when you had to read books and if you're outside no one could call you and there were no tablet computers to stupefy children at a moment's notice as a paradigm some sympathy with this idea because i like all of you have seen that technology is dumbing us down a lot i mean how often do you have to memorize a phone number nowadays and we've all seen bad parents just sit their kids in front of the technology and ignore them to chat on facebook about what they saw on netflix but on the other hand for the first time in human history you have the

power of knowledge at your fingertips there is an instructional video to do anything you want on you tube and getting basic information on any scientific or historical topic is one click away if you find the idea of the self-made man romantic the now is your time because anyone who has the will to learn can learn you know i don't come from money without the internet i would definitely not have this job and i'd probably be worshipping at the feet of rush limbaugh deluded by the mainstream media modern technology can make your mind with information or break it with cat videos and dumb trendiness but that's up to you and this is just my opinion. the loose of search for justice should individuals including government officials be legally held to account for starting aggressive force like in iraq is it. that bush or officials be given immunity from prosecution if they're accountable not held. includes ultimately responsible.

welcome back you're watching r t in the week's top stories it's claimed britain squeezing out most of the population from one of its smallest remotest outpost essential island in the south atlantic it's apparently to make way to the u.s. military base let's have a look at where we are what we're talking about and where it is this tiny spot you just seen on the map well over a thousand kilometers from any were but it's home for just under

a thousand people whose community has thrived for more than a century now they say they are being unceremonious ramon cast out laura smith reports on how it's a trick the u.k.'s pulled off before the tiny island in the mid atlantic made of volcanic rock and covered in pitch and guano but to eight hundred people it's hope but now the story of attention island has all the hallmarks of big mill the diego garcia the british owned indian ocean islands whose inhabitants were forced to leave to make way for a u.s. base despite having lived there for generation. good memories. it's not for them. you know when you see them you got this because they are enjoying the. islanders accuse the british government of.

operating families who have been there for more than a century ten years ago it all so different person was promised a democratic institutions for the islands a legal right to live and to own property it wanted a viable community that but today the population's already decreased by a quarter with communities replaced by contract workers were tired or unemployed people over eighteen had to leave and the similarities with diego garcia and the dominant feature on the island is you guessed it an american base heavily used during president obama's recent trip to africa there are also satellites and submarine tracking stations and one of those now infamous listening posts run by g c h q the british government now conveniently insists ascension has no indigenous population and many residents believe they intend to evacuate the island completely

and abandon it to the americans far from the dreams of a permanent home they had a decade ago. reduced to paul in the special relationship. found david lindsay's family comes from the island and he says it's outrageous that british citizens depend on the us military ambitions. most people on ascension out of the sage of indian origin in my family seven years ago i was born there there is a very very strong sense that ascension of his being one might almost say starve to death there is a precarious character of political representation there is the absence of property rights are due to very much probably roads and it is a serious question to be asked about why on british territory british citizens living there these are all british passport holders of why these peoples are being treated like this for the sake of a station a base which is almost certain you might know more of the details of this in fact

it gauged in the activities that have been such a huge global story in terms of spying on pretty much everyone but that is happening on british north american british population there is being mistreated. look at some other stories from around the world more deadly terrorism in pakistan special are seen this time a car bomb near a police station in an historic market has killed at least thirty seven people in introductions the force of the explosion destroyed shops vehicles and left a crater at the blast site it's only a week since suicide bombers killed eighty people outside a christian church in the same city while a friday a bus explosion killed seventeen government employees. a cargo boat which was also ferrying passengers has capsized in a storm on the river niger forty two people have drowned in this thought the vessel was overloaded with double its sixty person capacity when it split in a fast moving high waters rescue teams are searching for one hundred people who are

still missing after friday's tragedy. now ukraine is approaching american energy giants to develop its shale gas fields and desire for an agenda panacea on the high price of gas that kiev is currently paying to russia are said to be behind the move but the supposed benefits from the proposal have left some in doubt as reports so them no celestial see ok that's some way to introduce oneself not only did the new u.s. ambassador to ukraine congratulate ukrainians on their independence day in their language but he also made his embassy employees sing a traditional song. to bring more sweet music to ukrainian ears mr piet said the country's european integration will be his priority as will ensuring an easy passage for american oil and gas giants into its markets exxon mobil and chevron the two companies

interested in cooperation with ukraine they will bring american technologies know how money into ukraine it will be good for the country and will help it become energy independent. mr piet certainly knew what strengths to pool as the energy issue has been one of the most intensely debated in ukraine which has long been unhappy with the prices of the gas advice from russia ukraine has been fighting for its energy independence since the nine hundred ninety s. and when the first stock of the country using its shale gas reserves came up many breathed a sigh of relief but as the time passes by this optimism seems to be waning while ukraine's energy minister was visibly happy with the shale gas initiatives once it's operational we will strive to fully meet our domestic energy needs and to even become an exporter some raised a sensible question would the country actually win by letting foreign companies handle their resources enormously administration of ukraine's western ivanna from

course krege and said no to chevron's shale gas operations on their soil leaving the company would simply rob them. under current conditions our region will not receive anything from these gas extraction this display of unease matters little though as energy experts expect gas corporations to lobby a lot to let parliament issue such permissions instead of regional authorities and while ukraine's west is being defiant the east of the country has already given up recently key a finalist a ten billion dollar deal with shell for the exploration and extraction of shale gas a former press officer for ukraine state gas company enough the gas says the issue has been turned into a major political power play here although it's still unclear how much gas is there and whether it'll be possible to extract it yet everyone makes such a big deal of it it's like looking ahead which hasn't been caught not even knowing if that had actually exists even the most optimistic forecast suggest that ukraine would not start extracting its shale gas until the year twenty twenty that's if

there is any gas at all but until then a question remains pretty much open with this lead to the country's much desired energy independence or simply do a change in who they're dependent on. reporting from kiev ukraine well i'll be back with a week's and today's top stories at the top of the hour and going. i want to. pick up something that is quite simply a mess. place was no way oh. clearly they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. and sold to the u.s. or turned over to the u.s. for. the sole that could be buried alive. was saved with great

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