spanish. visit to allahabad. gone tunnel grade marks its twelfth anniversary with the rights activists ready to march in washington demanding the infamous prison be closed once and for all. they will leave an appalling black mark in the history books. but protesters want a prominent end to the detention center the white house draws a veil of secrecy over it to make sure no embarrassing piece of information slips out. also this hour the white house a warns of the risk of a war with iran if lawmakers initiative to impose further sanctions go through says the number of senators backing the controversial proposal. in the form israeli prime minister ariel sharon dies and age of eighty five after eight years in a coma look at some of his legacy. this

is all seen to national coming to life for most. of our thanks for trying us the gun tunnel bay prison turns twelve today and human rights activists have prepared a special way to mark the end of us three people across the plan to take to the trees demanding an end to the infamous detention center something president obama promised long ago oh she's a c churkin a look at the center on settling history of the facility. hidden on a tropical island a symbol of promises made being far from promises kept will leave an appalling black mark in the history books unless the people who advocate for its continued

existence when and if they win then i. suppose it's civilised values that america has will be gone forever twelve years ago the us brought to guantanamo its first detainees of the war on terror the us and powerful sections in the ruling class of the us want a place that openly defied international law it's a decision that's been maintained that they want to display a place that we can treat people however we want to whenever we want to the tube is poured into the bag scandal surrounding torture and force feeding mass hunger strikes of desperation and dozens of suicide attempts that hasn't been something that has been an issue since i have been here in a facility that has long stopped making sense if it ever did spike the rhetoric it really isn't about national security or prisoners being so dangerous that they can't possibly be released that can't be true out of seven hundred seventy nine

hundred eighty s. held at guantanamo in these past twelve years only seven have been convicted and sentenced we have seen eleven prisoners released between august and december last year compared to just five men in the whole of the previous three years so it's movement but it would be unwise to think that you know we nearly there there are hundred fifty five men still in guantanamo and seventy six of those men were cleared for release the us struggling with what to do with them and then even bleaker future still ahead for the other seventy nine prisoners facing the abyss of indefinite detention. because they were somewhere. somebody where the innocent or guilty is not our job right here kitty have after majority of detainees went on. hunger strike last year obama's administration was pushed to make baby steps again marred by double standards and overlooking the law international treaty obligations mean that we shouldn't be sending people back to countries where they face the risk of

a treatment of torture this followed in some cases but completely ignored in others two men were recently sent to algeria amid grave concerns of possible persecution on the ground the guy who was our client jamila busiek and his whole adult life basically in europe and in canada and there was really no reason why college educated guy was fluent in german and english and french and i should be sent home . and probably trapped there unable to emigrate because of the stigma of kuantan row the future of some of those released over the years even more questioned and increasingly grim as media claims surfaced that the cia might have reportedly been engaged in recruiting some of the prisoners as double agents in exchange for freedom our job here is to do the safe legal humane and transparent care and custody of the detainees while an alleged tug of war between the president's will to shut the prison and congress resisting this is officially used as an excuse to avoid simply closing the place down despite obama's personal promises to do so i

think the only reason he can get away with it is by portraying it really as a you're a credit mess you know as if this was somehow harder to do now that it was five years ago you were the president but politicians human rights organizations legal experts and common sense have all heard the struggle of guantanamo prisoners but america's self-made mass of the last twelve years is already so hard to clean up there are reasons to keep it around are likely to breed more anniversaries to come and they say target our party. and as the gone time a president steps into its affairs his hero of existence washington's attempting to sever the already tiny stream of information coming from the facility but snippets as to occasionally lead. out and here's the latest letter from a shocker arm of the last british inmate of the site he describes the humiliating search methods used by the prison administration and inmates are forced to undergo the procedure even if they just want to call their lawyer some guards are pushing

it even for that session inmates genitals and midhir benjamin co-founder of the code pink antiwar group says what's happening in gone time oh amounts of psychological torture let's remember these people have been held now for twelve years imagine in your old life what twelve years would be like we received a note from one of the prisoners shakur armor who is a citizen of britain has been cleared for release for years now and his know it was heartbreaking because he said what he really misses most is having played a part in the lives of his children his youngest child was born on the day that he arrived in one tunnel he has never even seen his youngest child this is mental torture for these prisoners. january eleventh is now an annual day of action against the indefinite detention of the war on terror prison and of course we'll be covering the protests as they get underway later on so stay tuned for that.

the white house has harshly condemned a drive by u.s. lawmakers to impose further sanctions on iran over its nuclear program officials say such legislation would do really last year's historic deal with tehran and could even drunk washington into a war but despite the warnings from the administration the number of senators supporting flash penalties has doubled. as more now on the growing internal bickering and waits could lead. it was just a few months ago inside the united nations headquarters where the presidents of iran and the us laid groundwork for new and positive diplomatic relations however the historic success achieved over the past four months may soon be significantly compromised if not destroyed by america's own lawmakers according to reports fifty nine u.s. senators are now backing a new copy of unilateral sanctions aimed to increase pressure on iran for its

nuclear program this means that the senate is just one vote away from the sixty needed to pass most legislation with the house of representatives which is already showing strong support for economic pressure against tehran according to reports the legislation would blacklist several iranian industrial sectors and threaten banks and companies around the world with being banned from the u.s. market if they help you want to export any more oil now the provisions would only take a fact if to iran violates the six month interim deal or lets it expire without a comprehensive nuclear agreement the us president barack obama has vowed to veto the bill if it makes it to congress but the problem is if the senate actually achieve sixty seven votes it could override a presidential veto the obama administration says additional economic restrictions could threaten a historic diplomatic opportunity with iran that's been cementing over the past few

months let's remember in november world powers reached an interim deal in which to launch over its nuclear program and negotiations on a final agreement are still underway not only will more sanctions compromise the success that's already been made but the white house says it won't be timidly made a potential war with tehran although more likely oddly enough at least sixteen democrats are supporting new sanctions and sadly if president obama's historic diplomat. progress with iran comes crumbling down it will be due in part to members of his own party reporting from new york marina r.t. . sentences mocking the new sanctions bill claim it will serve as an insurance policy in future nuclear talks but the policy director of the national iranian american council says all the initiative will do is undermine washington's role in any dialogue they claim that this is not

a violation of the interim deal it is a violation of the interim deal the deal says no new sanctions this imposes new sanctions there's a lot of word games being played but really it comes down to these senators don't want to see a deal they don't want to see a diplomatic solution they view this as their way or the highway either. iran completely capitulates potentially you have a regime change or something like that or the united states is going to go to war and i think that probably president obama and the u.s. negotiators would rather be focused on. go sharing with you wanted to get a nuclear deal rather than having to negotiate with hardliners in the senate just to protect the nuclear deal that he's already achieved so he's in a very tough spot and i think this really undermines the position of the united states going into those negotiate negotiations because it conveys his message that the president is not in control of his own foreign policy and you can find out what agreements any new u.s.

sanctions against iran would jeopardize on our website oldies helles of the landmark nuclear deal struck with tehran in geneva. israel's former prime minister ariel sharon has died at the age of eighty five having spent eight years in a coma caused by a stroke one of the country's most iconic politicians and military leaders passed away just days after his condition worsened dramatically from the lebanon war to israel's decision does and gauge wind from gaza sheryl's years in politics were marked by several historic decisions but what his likely to do and to be remembered for by many israelis is the controversial issue of settlements in the west bank as artie's policy or reports are real sharon cut a divisive figure between those who loved him and those who certainly didn't but all agree are real shavon was undoubtedly the father of the israeli settler movement under his guidance more than one hundred six womans were built on the gaza strip his motto to defend and preserve the jewish state. israel dar was

a lifelong supporter of i will show born for twenty seven years he farmed spices and flowers in the former gaza settlement of gadid a tunnel. he was the builder of settlements even in ours he built twenty new homes just like he did in other places we saw him as the father of the settlers and he did so much for us. but eight and a half years ago israel his wife and three children were forced out of the gaza home along with eight thousand others his hero had become his enemy. of god i feel betrayed like a husband who walked into his home to find his wife with his neighbor sharon will most likely be praised as he should be but i would also like him to be remembered for all the things that are not so pleasant and which were critical to all of israel. the long time champion of jewish settlements in the occupied territories came to believe they'd be more trouble than they were worth and because sharon was

the one who built them it came as a shock that he was the one to destroy them at the end of the day he looked at them as instrumental for whatever needs he had at the moment when he thought that the settlers in the settlement movement were serving the needs of a stronger israel he supported them and he supported them more than anyone had but when he felt that they were no longer serving the needs of a strong israel then he turned against them so much so that he was a total disengagement from gaza despite the anger it evoked among his supporters. to return as prime minister in fresh elections but in two thousand and five he suffered a stroke from which he never recovered after withdrawing from gaza sharon ruled out any further unilateral withdrawal but the settlements he built continue to be a major sticking point in negotiations between israelis and palestinians policy our team television. this is ass international and coming up later in the prague one cheering out here people countries jump of the eurovision ship one by one unable to

. for the costly membership at times of economic hole shed. break and also. bombs away aussies correspondent on seems so with an umbrella to travel to watch to see how people cope with the vandalizing nature of feathered friends to stay with us for that.

speak your language. programs in documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the i p interviewers intriguing stories for you. in trying. to find out more visit our big. dog called. they're watching all seem to national it's good to have you with us let's move on now. at least twelve european countries are skipping the twenty fourth in your vision song contest the list of participants has been getting shorter by the get on the economic troubles of the continent are seen as the main reason is alexy are

chefs in our reports. knowledge represented russia at the u. revision song contest in twenty ten despite only coming eleventh he describes his participation as a major highlight which propelled him to new heights our audience grew very very much many people to get to know us so they began to come to our concerts it was great. music experience because it was a concert on the great greatest. auditory that i could ever imagine. from drag queens to hellish creatures and some of europe's brightest talents one of the world's most watched t.v. programs the eurovision song contest brought fame to the likes of celine dion and julio iglesias however votes have not always been spread purely for it to stick

qualities say researchers from switzerland actually east and giving us a measure of specie international relations. between european countries is measuring the society and its culture and then she's in french in what will be their market and it's this mission in twenty down three weeks after angela merkel pushed for creation of the european financial stability facility to bail out collapsing economies a german teenager was crowned the euro vision's winner. but ironically it's the europe wide financial turmoil which is now threatening the whole existence of the contest in twenty eleven when financial turmoil was already raging in europe eurovision saw a peak participation of forty three countries next year poland and armenia withdrew from the contest in twenty thirteen they were joined by boss near turkey slovakia and portugal this time caray share serbia bulgaria and cyprus have also jumped off the eurovision ship. and that list could expand as many simply cannot afford to

take part in the future circus that is euro vision like cyprus where roughly. every fifth person is unemployed i'm not an expert on the euro region why woods happening i'm describing the situation in cyprus and i'm not surprised that this decision has been taken given the fact that there. are other domains i'm talking about here with education culture the shows bosses say there's nothing to worry about we refresh the format in continue to do so whenever needed to keep the euro vision song contest the most popular pan-european entertainment t.v. show but at this rate of countries dropping out of the competition there would likely have to invent something new and very soon to keep europe's longest running song contest from losing its voice. reporting from moscow. not only has a clear vision as not only has been losing contestants its budget has also been on

the decline and they see as planned cost is four times less than what will spend on the contest three years ago your vision has also lost its significance and artistic value according to international affairs expert said chatteris cottage the euro vision song contest has become a political as well as cultural relevance. in the ninety's it suddenly became much more important in central and eastern europe than it used to be because many newly independent countries of the former yugoslavia and the former u.s.s.r. wanted to put their name on the panel so to say but for many many years in musical terms you know to stick to. it has been rather worthless qantas and now days both politically and culturally its significance has declined so in a period of a story you know a period when. modest resources have to be matched against almost unlimited

requirements i believe that this decision was made by so many countries because they've concluded that your vision song contest simply does not matter. and when it comes to your abusing money our financial guru max kaiser always has a sharp word and his latest program he's on hand with a lesson in modern grammar with his own special twist. because it has been averted the word of the year by the american dialect society after the humble conjunction exploded with new grad magical possibilities in twenty thirteen ben zimmer chair of the new words committee of the american dialect society said no longer does because we followed by four of four cause now one often the seas tersely worded rationales like because science or because reasons you might not go to a party because tired america losing ampyra because lazy j.p.

morgan paying yet another multi billion dollar fine because criminal yet another wedding party getting it wrong because us about the department of justice losing faith in a value because concerned for all the n.s.a. spying on every single person on earth because just because. they flock to iran when there are thousands uncertainly then long h.j. myriads of bad blood count the sign about the city and leave some hard to peel stains on the ground to corpus going off reports now on they scare tactics subway tunnels used to keep the city's streets clean. room one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world a popular destination for lovers or enthusiasts history addicts and. when it all falls on top of cars roads and on pedestrians it's very slippery to get

tons of complaints. birds hundreds of thousands of starlings which migrate towards the north every year leaving their mark as they go. oh god every year this same we're surrounded by a show. the city annually spends tens of thousands of euros tackling the flying menace is species a special operation in itself careful it's so dry it's very difficult to clean it off these birds are worse than vandals it's like they're angry at me personally.

but the real mission takes place at sunset dressed in protective gear an armed with a loud hailer scientists storm the bird's favorite sleeping spots and this irritating noise is none other than a recording of other starlings making a sound which warns of approaching danger the goal is to scare the feathered falls to us populated areas. need not be able to get the idea from science books it works great but only for short periods of time. but even when they do manage to scare the birds usually they just move to other residential zones and always come back at sundown. of course this bird issue isn't the worst problem a city has to deal with the daily beast for those wanting to go for it see here unless you have a megaphone it may be a good idea to grab the good old on road even if the weather forecast is all we. got was good of r t rolled. around on line here right now china shapes up and ships out as it became the world's largest exporter of goods overtaking the you

asked with more than four trillion dollars worth of trade crossing its borders take a look at the number crunching at r.t. dot com. and our invasion section you can get the pictures of a fierce clampdown on protesters in istanbul demanding justice for three kurdish women murdered in paris last year. the gay soldiers in iraq are working on a deal to. avoid a further army offensive on al qaeda militants in fallujah and ceding control to local tribal leaders in while thousands have fled the surrounding areas after more than a week of fierce fighting of os capacity as a former u.s. marine things the u.s. led invasion has helped widen the sectarian gaps in iraqi society but i think the reason that there is discontent in iraq right now is because the u.s. led occupation put in place a lot of structural injustices that are the root of all the violence in iraq right

now one of the results of the occupation of iraq was that the sunni community. became a very marginalized targeted group within iraq so this is the root of a lot of the fighting in the province right now. i think for the u.s. government to continue arming the rocky government to facilitate their internal oppression of various ethnic minorities within the country i think that would be very immoral on our part and i think it would be even more immoral for us to send troops to participate in this repression. and in some other world news in brief members of the greek new nasa golden dawn have gathered outside athens high court to protest against the questioning of their leaders the head of the policy and several other lawmakers have been arrested on charges of running a criminal organization last year in twenty thirteen golden dawn was stripped of state funding by a law abiding financial aid to political movement involved in criminal affair. thousands of foreign nationals are being evacuated from the violence plagued

central african republic international when a station for migration hours they've. charted blinds away with will rescue several hundred child ians today meanwhile clashes between armed muslim and christian militias continue unabated despite the resignation of the country's self-proclaimed president over a thousand have been killed since the beginning of the conflict last year. under a part of a historical to baton town in southwest china has been destroyed by huge fire firefighters soldiers and volunteers needed some ten hours to bring the flames under control and by than one hundred ancient wooden houses have been lost no one was injured in the in the one thousand three hundred year old town of. the one of the most famous attractions in the region. and coming up next we continue with our report on the fisherman under threat in west africa.

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only dot com. when it has to do with illegal immigration. mediately send frontex to us. today when they control us in l. waters as if a new colonization were taking place there experiencing a military go get patient of the oceans when they want to combat drugs in america or asia they find the means to do it and. the perfume of britain if they really want to combat illegal fishing when it when they have the means to do they have the airplanes to photograph and they have the patrols to stop them from fishing in our seas. because they are shrinking our country and what is more serious. they are destroying our fishing resources and marine wealth.