they want them obey detention camp marks its twelfth anniversary with more than one hundred fifty inmates still behind bars despite never being charged. they want to display a place that we can treat people however we want to whenever we want our d. takes a look at the history of the facility as people across the u.s. and other parts of the world join protests calling for the closure of the infamous camp. despite recent diplomatic success in nuclear talks with iran a growing number of u.s. senators pushing for more sanctions against tehran the move the white house warns could drag america into another war. and former israeli prime minister ariel sharon dies at age eighty five after spending eight years in a coma we look back at the legacy of the controversial political and military leader.

in moscow i am at present very good to have you with us our top story this hour human rights activists protesting across the u.s. on the twelfth anniversary of the guantanamo bay detention center there demanding the closure of the infamous camp dog validations of mistreatment and abuse something president obama pledged years ago. a history of the controversial 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 that civilized values that america

has will be gone forever twelve years ago the u.s. brought to guantanamo its first eighteen years of the war on terror the us and powerful sections in the ruling class of the us want a place that openly defy international law it's a decision that's been made and that they want to display a place that we can treat people however we want to whenever we want to the to be is poured into the bag scandal surrounding torture and force feeding mass hunger strikes of desperation and dozens of suicide attackers 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 despite the rhetoric it really isn't about national security or prisoners being so dangerous that they can't possibly be released and therefore 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're nearly there there are hundred fifty five men still in guantanamo and seventy six of those men were cleared for release the u.s. 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 after a majority of detainees went on. hunger strike last year obama's administration was pushed to make baby steps again 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 arclight jamila bey as he at the end 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 are unable to emigrate because of the stigma of kuantan 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 in a legend 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 personal promises to do so i think the only reason he can get away with that is by portraying it really as a credit mess you know as if this was somehow harder to do now than it was five

years ago he was the president you know let's politicians human rights organizations legal experts and common sense the long haul and the struggle of one town in the presenter's america's self-made mess up the last twelve years it's already so hard to clean up there are reasons to keep it around are likely to breed more anniversaries to crop and they see churkin on our team. as one time to mow starts a new chapter in its history washington is seeking to heighten the secrecy around the facility but snippets of what goes on inside still occasionally leak out here's the latest letter from shakur armor the last remaining british inmate there he describes a humiliating search methods used by the prisoner ministration where inmates are of the civil supposedly forced to undergo the procedure even if they just want to. ards or push even further of a say searching inmates genitalia medea benjamin co-founder of the antiwar group code pink says what's happening at the facility amounts to psychological torture

let's remember these people have been held now for twelve years a mansion in your own life what twelve years we would be like we received a note from one of the prisoners who is a citizen of britain has been cleared for release for years now and his note was heartbreaking because he said that what he really misses most is having played a part in the life that his children his youngest child was born on the day that he arrived in guantanamo he has never even seen his youngest child this is mental torture for these prisoners in yemen activists also gathered outside the u.s. embassy to join the new a day of protest against the definitions tension of prisoners at guantanamo more than half of the inmates held that the detention center without charge or trial are yemenis although most of them have been cleared for release by the obama administration we'll be covering these protests as they develop. both the e.u. and iran have said significant progress was reached in talks on how to implement

the nuclear deal that was reached in november while a bill proposing even more sanctions though is gaining strength in the u.s. congress the white house is harshly condemn senator supporting it saying they're undermining diplomatic efforts that could actually be seeking to drive the country into war or he's a marine important i reports. 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 package 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 getting on 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 or the obama administration says additional economic restrictions who 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 long 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 similarly made up with potential war with tehran although more likely oddly enough at least sixteen democrats are supporting new sanctions and sadly if president obama's historic diplomatic. 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. draw the policy director of the national iranian american council thinks senators supporting the bill aren't afraid of putting the nuclear deal in jeopardy because they aren't interested in a diplomatic solution in the first place 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. and i think that probably president obama and the u.s. negotiators would rather be focused on the go sharing with the wrong 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. the deal with the six world powers actually guarantees iran easing of shot is actions so long as the country complies with a number of demands toward its nuclear program you can find out what those are as well as all the details of the agreement a click away at r.t. dot com. israel's former prime minister ariel sharon has passed away at the age of eighty five he died from heart failure on saturday after spending eight years in

a stroke induced coma israel's current prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised his predecessor for doing his best to keep the nation secure condolences have been pouring in from other politicians and world leaders president obama saying that the u.s. is joining israel in honoring the man sharon a former political and military leader found himself in tangled in controversy though during his decades long tenure maybe the israel consider him a national hero for how he led his country both while in office and in uniform in all of its wars before he went into a coma but there are palestinians who are celebrating his death they believe sharon pursued a path of war and aggression towards them artes policy reports the former prime minister is also remembered for building controversial settlements in the west bank . a real sharon cause a divisive figure between those who loved him and those who certainly didn't but all agree i will share one was undoubtedly the father of the movement under his guidance more than one hundred six women in the gaza strip and his march to defend

and preserve the jewish state is well dom was a lifelong supporter of i will shove on for twenty seven years he farmed spices and flour was in the form of gaza settlement of can a town. born and he was the builder of settlements even in ours he built twenty new homes just like he did in other places we saw he was the father of the settlers and he did so much for us. but in a half years ago israel his wife and three children were forced out of the council home and long with eight thousand these here who had become his enemy when you scott. 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. for a 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 looks at them as instrumental for whatever needs he had at the moment when he thought that the settlers and the settlement movement were serving the needs of the 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 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 food that unilateral withdrawal but the settlements he built continue to be a major sticking point in negotiations between israelis and palestinians to see our team tel aviv. still to come on the program sold for a song economic hardships housing european countries to opt out of your vision

twenty fourteen host nation is slashing its budget but. rome under attack from of archies corresponded arms themselves with an umbrella to travel to be eternal city to see how people there are coping with the vandalizing by some third fret all these stories and more after a short break stay with us. by james in their mandate from prosecuting the law offenders are made. saying no forcing law enforcing national security quote unquote it just means that they give them the right to break the law for corporations that yes a curity agenda is written by corporations in the energy policy written by energy companies the agricultural policy written by monsanto have this surveillance policy and present policy written by corrections corps of america so the f.b.i. serves those corporate masters now they can break any law they want so they can

serve their masters under the rubric of national security which is a pretty good job. right from the sea. search tree. and i think that you're. on a reporter's. instrument. the in the. thanks for staying with us sixteen minutes past the hour now the two thousand and fourteen year old vision song contest at risk at becoming the biggest failure in the history of the event facing a grim prognosis as at least twelve countries have already withdrawn continents

economic trouble seen as the main reason behind the mass exodus from the competition is artie's alexei or ships reports. good 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 and 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 you know you should be nice if you've given us a measure of species international relations at their feet your cohesion with european countries is measuring the society and its culture i mean the french in what will be the market for the future in twenty down three weeks after angela merkel pushed the creation of the european financial stability facility to bailout collapsing economies a german teenager lender my unit was crowned the eurovision swimming. but ironically it's the europe wide financial turmoil which is now threatening the whole existence of the contest in twenty eleven one 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 so be able gary 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 on employ i'm not an expert on the euro region and white woods happening i'm describing the situation in cyprus and i'm not surprised that this decision has been taken and given the fact that there were cuts in order in other domains i'm talking about health education culture the shows bosses say there's nothing to worry about we refresh the format and continued 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 companies dropping out of the competition they will likely have to invent something very soon to keep europe's longest running some contests from losing its voice supersets to reports from moscow. not only is there a vision been losing contestants it's budgets also but on the decline this year the

event is expected to cost four times less than three years ago international affairs expert serge attrition bitch thinks that the euro vision has also lost its significance and architect an artistic value. the euro vision song contest has become a political as well as cultural relevance became the nineties 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. music scene there to stick to. it has been rather pompous and now days both politically and culturally its significance has declined so you in a period of a state in the period when. modest resources have to be matched against almost one

of the two deployments i believe that this decision does made by so many countries because they've concluded that univision some qantas simply does not matter. what the milky way galaxy suddenly fell apart astronomers have discovered hypervelocity stars that move fast enough that to flee our galaxy the scientists have no idea what force drives them like an r.t. dot com for the full story. protesting by having fun hundreds gathering in homburg for a pillow fight flash mob expressing their anger over the eviction of squatters by morning in motion section of our website but footage and details. it seems that british big brother could be keeping close tabs on some of his younger siblings civil rights group discovered that an alarming number of schools in the u.k. are fingerprinting their students and it's considered a normal practice nearly a third of those schools did so without getting permission from the children's

parents or kids laura smith has more. gone are the days when the only time you'd be off your fingerprints is if you were suspected of a crime nowadays they're starting them young at school to be precise research shows more than a million schoolchildren have been fingerprinted and their biometric data used to identify them for things like cash free lunches checking attendance and what. it is controversial the big brother watch is particularly worried about schools having access to this information and the call particularly when it's been collected without parents' consent and absolutely so it seems that over a million children in a single academic had this information collected so i think it's necessary for schools to be transparent especially when it's related to very sensitive personal information what's your solution and obviously parental consent should be thoughts how can we make sure for example that this data is discarded once children leave

school well the first stage in terms of ensuring that the right procedures are taking place was updating the law to say that parents absolutely have a legal guarantee that their consent should be sought and also children have to be incorporated into the process as well not always puppy education process to teach them the importance of questioning when icing on information but also to understand just what's happening within the system the school itself the figures show forty percent of secondary school pupils have been targeted and thirty one percent of schools didn't see parental consent so as they go back to school after the festive break children are handing over sensitive personal data in many cases not knowing that they're within their rights to refuse and big brother watches main concern that an entire generation of children will grow up conditions to think that's normal turning out of some other stories making international headlines egypt's army chief could be running a presidential election slated for this year you stated to the national media that

a presidential bid it's a possibility if the public and military support the move. it's feared his candidacy could further deepen divisions though when the country remains in turmoil since the army ousted president mohamed morsi in july. punches in water bottles were thrown in turkey's parliament during a debate over judicial reforms a scuffle broke out calling a proposal of a draft bill to give the prime minister's ruling party more say over the court's opposition claims the bill seeks to bring the legal system in line with executive powers violating the country's constitution prime minister heir to one and his allies have been at the center of a corruption scandal that broke out last month leading to bitter tension with the opposition. at least nineteen people have died in sabah in the southern libya during clashes between two local tribes fighting broke out after the killing of a guard at the city's military of the city's military leader who was a member of one of the tribes violence has rocked libya since the ousting of moammar gadhafi two years ago local militias and tribes continue to clash with each

other across the country in the struggle to control the nation. thousands of people rallied on the streets of rome protesting same sex families demonstrators were joined by members of the catholic church of local politicians italy remains sharply divided over the issue of same sex relationships in december twenty third teen nations democratic party introduced a bill allowing gay couples to register their partnership and what has yet to be a free. and staying in a row made may seem just a minor problem amid italy's economic crisis and soaring unemployment but thousands of birds flock to the nation's capital each winter and they're certainly leaving their mark and a mess is going to have reports on the tactics saudi italians are using to keep the city streets clean. role model one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world a popular destination for lovers or enthusiasts history addicts and. being

with councils and it all falls on top of cars and roads and on pedestrians it's very slippery to get tons of complaints so the birds hundreds of thousands of starlings which migrate toward from the more favorable year leaving their mark as they go. over your bed 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 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 and 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 stories making a sound which warns of approaching danger the goal is to scare the feathered foes to less populated areas. hey get me to the idea from science books it works great but only for short periods of time. but even when they do manage to steer 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 any case. those planing to go so you see you have a megaphone it may be a good idea to grab a little old even if the forecast is all clear. you go to school for tea rolls. kaiser report coming up next after

a short break stay with us. what a country experiences a tragedy like the recent terrorism in volgograd there question is what to do about it i mean we have to do something right let's never let a good tragedy go to waste one do a member recommends getting rid of the moratorium on the death penalty for various groups including terrorists because the death penalty is the perfect way to punish a suicide bomber also this do remember failed to mention high level cryptic kratz in the government as those who could possibly face the firing squad perhaps that was just an honest oversight i'm not against the death penalty in some rare instances but punishing terrorists after the fact doesn't bring victims back the focus needs to be on the source of terrorism soldiers can play around all day with

weapons because the government gives them a salary weapons and training some people are recruiting arming and training new terrorists you don't need to usher in a massive surveillance state to stop terrorism or go death penalty crazy what you need to do is hit the funding and training source hard if you can i mean how many of you guys out there could make a remotely detonated bomb a c four on your own without help almost none of you see for doesn't grow on trees someone pays for it but that's just my opinion. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser because it has been voted the word of the year by the american dialect society after the humble conjunction exploded with new grad magical possibilities and twenty thirty mm ben zimmer chair of the new words

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