she was a british patriot. she was british through and through. and this was part of the commonwealth. she was responsible for those islands. >> why didn't we give them notice? >> we couldn't. we had those 500 students up there in that medical school and reagan was scared to death we were going to have another hostage situation. and these murderers killed the marxist president. and he was afraid he would take those students hostage. he said, just go in, get it done and we'll explain it later. >> how did they patch it up? >> they had so much in common. that was -- was it 1983? and you had the persian and cruise missiles, she backed those. ronald reagan had backed her in the falklands war when some folks in the administration thought we should take a more neutral stand between the argentine and the brits. >> a lot of losses there, too, a lot of british losses, a lot of losses of the people of argentina there. >> yes, but that sort of made -- that made margaret thatcher in the mind of the british people, that victory, that decisive action made her mu

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about the british. while leaving only very british and. the to do with the fact that it's like a british tradition to get. them in one place like. james looking has lived and worked in russia for more than fifteen years and he's turned his pandya into one of the area's most popular spots but it's not always been easy to retreat didn't work because people will include russia they want to come on holiday to drink. and you know barbecue specially so their idea of sharing teaching and walking in the mountains you know very. well but in the end we built a barn you know by new works and it all went from there. and as i went away to get changed the first room was heated up well wait and see what. the temperature inside the banya pushes one hundred degrees celsius more than two hundred foreign oil it's the process is all about getting rid of the body's impurities still through the system and having the man tell me and hold it. and it'll be saying that some chemical. the whole experience is very intense and feel

the new information that just came to light is new dissent from ation which is william hague the british foreign secretary wrote to me saying that he had been told by the americans that shaq arizonan the kid to go to saudi arabia not to britain well that's total drivel there's no other person i know of out of one hundred sixty six people in guantanamo and they've been cleared to go to one place shaq has never been told he's only kid to go to one place he's been given two notices neither of which say that now there's a reason for it and the reason is they want to gag him and the people who want to gag him is not just the united states the u.s. wants him to go to saudi arabia on the premise that the saudis will keep him banged up forever he won't be able to talk to the media he won't talk to anyone so certainly the u.s. would like to keep shaq aquatics because of everything he's seen and everything that's happened to him but i'm very much afraid that it's also the british intelligence services who want to keep him quiet because they know that schacher is a witness against them going back t

british airways. british gas. british telecom. british steel. british petroleum. they all went into the private sector. in doing so this revolution in the industry that took place threw millions of out of work. now, you can arguably say, and many, do that it transformed britain into the machine that it became when it became so productive. the other side is all those people in those communities, and it's a very similar argument that you hear in the united states as regards ronald reagan. i think the difference is many death the critics will still be as vocal about margaret thatcher than perhaps they were, say, for example, after president reagan died. >> i just want to read for a second, if you would indulge me, richard. meryl streep, who so famously portrayed the iron lady in the movie "the iron lady" has put out a statement. i think obviously she's probably been deluged with requests for her reaction. she poured so many months of her life into researching margaret thatcher. not only her history, but her mannerism, her family, all the ri rest. margaret thatcher wa

embarrassing example of torture the americans had the last thing that the british or americans want to come out of guantanamo bay schachter on who can shed some light on the torture that led to that catastrophic mistake what is it that sucker element is that of the detainees i know exactly what he knows because he's told me he was in that ground he was one of the first five prisoners held by the americans and background and he was taken there just before new year two thousand and one and libby had just been taken in the americans at the time thought he was a big time al qaeda person which he was and he was never a member of al qaida so the americans were abusing him to try to get him to make statements shakha was taken from the cage where he was being held in background into the room where libby was being abused he saw the people who did that you can identify some of those people the british were present and. at that time and he can tell you a whole lot about what was going on in terms of the abuse of velvety now libby can't speak for himself because he was sent back to libya where he

right from the british point of view.one criticism i would make is the birds are kind of fall guys. however bedraggled washington's forces are, general howe was around new york city while washington -- you could have wiped them out commit general cornwallis, overconfident pat him down. the bread take too much fall guy. this is a federalist society. is there not a branch of the federalist society? i would supervise this. when i was in the teaching market, alan schwartz interviewed me for a job. but the revelations from the british point of view. we rather unruly and i'm not so sure, but it's a great day we consider the resolution. they would've been in slavery like 50 years earlier. to the remaining part of the commonwealth. canada got free about the same time. so i am actually kind of aory. i think there is a tory point of view to be written. a lot of these federalist society officers shaking their head yup, got my soul here and i think that would be very useful. that's a little bit of a diversion, the you can see some of

the iron lady or simply maggie is a strong feelings she was one of the most influential forces on british politics in the twentieth century but her life had a humble beginning margaret roberts was brought up by a family of gross's in lincolnshire she was educated at the local grammar school graduated from oxford university as a chemist and later qualified as a barrister i am married husband denis in the early fifties but she found politics to be her true calling becoming a conservative m.p. for the north london district of finchley in one nine hundred fifty nine. the tory party seventy five and. the power she became britain's prime minister but it wasn't. characterized. at number ten. the britain she inherited was in turmoil unemployment and inflation were rampant as was industrial unrest she tackled it with right wing money trees policies that became known as thatcherism state companies were privatized taxes were lowered public spending decreased and the trade unions before it had gone the russians said i was and i am legit. they're all right. the no nonsense policies brought down inflat

one british newd newspaper had to shut down the comments on its website. -- one british newspaper had to shut down the comments on its website. >> what will be the legacy? >> also divisive. she was loved by conservatives for free-market capitalism, the privatization of industry and utilities. she stood for the beliefs. the left have a very different view on her legacy. they remember the mining strikes and how she crushed them and how she is responsible for the diminishing role of the british trade union -- unions and also for the decline of the manufacturing industry. her legacy really depends on which side of the party political divide you are on. >> let's talk about her international legacy. she will be remembered for taking britain to war over the fault in ireland. >> as in the uk, she was very tough on her opponents abroad. and she sent in the military to the faulkner islands immediately and won that war. she was applauded by many people. also northern ireland, she had a very hard stance. critics say she drove young catholics into the arms of the ira because of that. in attribute,

how the british people taking the news.well i think first to remember. i. became a minister. five and i'm not sixty two so. the pope. she is a sort of. vague memory. of. her cheapens. will last for a very long time as the last government did its very best to. bankrupt the country but the principles laid about quality. principles i mean if you think there was no cause made in you night he came to be. who you would want to buy you were under psychiatric treatment and if you look at the car magazines every car it practically every clause for the british book that tells you that in a way it's the best because of what she achieved in this country now we're seeing that's his hand in some of david cameron's policies how do you think the legacy will last for the end i think decision maker. well as you know i left the. conservative party last year and i think i gave my first interview world of this very distinguished channel and. so that's a problem because the current government is it has two problems one is that it's a coalition a

takes a closer look into whether david cameron's initiative will be at all welcomed by british. he made the case in a newspaper 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 meet it 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 now trident quite an old system it's being full bankcard submarines being phased out by twenty twenty and the conservative government the prime minister arguing for a like for like for placement where these submarines are not tried an system will be replaced out of the signal 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 t

[laughter] >> i am british but i promise i am not a supply -- a spy. my question is when we talk about the revolutionary period greasy reprisal or things like that. we are not in that paradigm any more. to have better treatment so how does that development with a conflict background and how does that affect washington with similar problems like that? >> that is an excellent point*. not to go so far that washington did access so we should do that today but i think the more humble approach where washington was meant to be the commander it is important to look for anyone who believes in democracy become as with the preamble of the constitution it does not say congress nor to for a more perfect union it was it was formed by the the people so it is important when we look at these provisions to see what we thought when we were enacting article ii, section ii. then fast forward to today a lot change. you mentioned how torture was used for reprisal but now we switch to more individualized system of justice. it is an important starting point* for these investig

in every two thousand and two shack it was the british saw him. legally complicit in his torture that but also the shakha saw it in shake up libby being tortured and this is the most embarrassing example of torture that americans had so the last thing that the british or americans want to come out of guantanamo bay shack karama who can shed some light on the torture that led to that catastrophic mistake what is it that sucker eliminates that other detainees dying i know exactly what he knows because he's told me he was in that ground he was one of the first five prisoners held by the americans and background and he was taken there just before new year two thousand and one and libby had just been taken in the americans at the time thought he was a big time al-qaeda person which he was and he was never a member of al qaida so the americans were abusing him to try to get him to make statements shakar was taken from the cage where he was being held in background into the room where libby was being abused he saw the people who were there you can identi

public who've got this idealised view about the british army and british soldiers should know the reality of what is being done in iraq what was done in iraq and afghanistan this is about resistance you know these people are criminals. and criminal lawyers and you know they should be hounded i should be charged until the true nature of them is brought into the light photography was banned at camp nama two u.s. navy seals that try to take pictures were arrested immediately so any allegations of consigned for the moment to a war of words but after the publication of this latest report critics say the british government has a big a case to answer. london. as always more stories online for you including sitting on a power keg that says u.s. officials want to its nuclear facilities storing tons of radioactive waste it could explode at any moment putting local residents in danger of. getting a shock we've got the story of a bra that will stop some short friends in the late and defense against sexual assault learn how at all to call. washington's overseas drone strikes on the surveillance use at

read about the revolution from the british point of view. you know, the only criticism of logan spoke is there a fall guys throughout the entire book. how other the enforcement swear, they're pouring around new york city. so washington writes about overconfidence in the south. there's too much fall guy. is there not a toy branch of the federalist society. i would supervise this. bananas in the teaching market, alex shores interviewed me for a job. look at them for a british point of view. i'm not so sure it was such a great date either. if we stay part of great britain, we'd be in slavery 50 years earlier to remain part of the commonwealth. candidate for the same time we did. [laughter] so i'm kind of a tory and there is a tory point of view to be written. i see them shaking their head and i think i would be very useful. that's a bit of a diversion, the gc the larger implications of the book they hope this stimulates more of a conversation about the early part associate informed our constitutional debates. [inaudible] >> we know that lincoln

she was a spokesman for a british position that was parallel to ours. and it was ultimately it was certainly always clear that if reagan deviated from her conception of the proper way of conducting the cold war, we would hear strenuous objections as we did after-- for example. >> rose: how close was the relationship between reagan and thatcher? >> i think on the level of overall strategy they were very close. on the level of day-to-day tactics it didn't, the decisive element was that the soviet union found itself confronted by a united, by a united west t was milirily strong enough so that no military option existed for the soviet union and that they were working themselves in to an economic collapse by trying to conduct the arms trade. and that we had in thatcher and reagan and in calls to the missile debate that was going on, people who had demonstrated that they were not going to be driven off and that they had a strategy. and then thatcher in a way discered gorbachev. and was saying that when he was agriculture minister, when she was not yet at the

public who've got this idealised view about the british army and british soldiers know the reality of what is being done in iraq these people are criminals they're liars and criminals and you know they should be hounded i should be charged until the true nature of them is brought into the light. r.t. . and many more stories for you online right now at our dot com including the likes of a senior swedish prosecutor supporting the release of classified wiki leaks documents labeling the legal process against founder julian assange a mess and saying his fear the extradition to the u.s. lacks a legal ground to get those details right now on our website. also online for you this hour at r.t. dot com an indefinite no fly zone over the oil spill in the u.s. state of arkansas is sparking concerns some suggest it's not all about security for operating company exxon more do you. well as online. it's good to have you with us here on a day washington's overseas drone strikes on the surveillance use at home is certainly attracted the attention of activists groups across the u.s. political spectrum s

public who've got this idealised view about the british army and british soldiers know the reality of what is being done in iraq these people are criminals. and criminals and you know they should be hounded should be charged until the true nature of them is brought into line. and artie's coming here live from moscow now the ripples from japan's fukushima nuclear meltdown are still reaching far and wide at aussie dot com we've got an alarming the fourth on the fallout felt across the west coast of america almost thirty eight percent of all newborns are suffering from a radiation cause condition that can slow their development. and towering inferno a multimillion dollar hotel in the russian republic of chechnya has been turned into a little more than a burnt out shell and we've got dramatic footage of the photos and comments right from the spot all of that and more about the dog. today. these are the. this is the drone strikes have killed more than five hundred civilians around the world since president barack obama took office that's according to research by the london based. and ameri

. >> joining me now exclusively is former british prime minister, tony blair. tony blair, very few people i think would know what margaret thatcher went through as british prime minister. you, like her, served three terms. how would you sum up her tenure? >> well, i think i come from the opposite side of the political divide, if you like, being a labor prime minister. she was a conservative one. but you know, whatever your politics, you've got to accept she was a huge figure, a towering figure. you know, there are very few leaders that get the chance and have the ability to change not only their own national landscape, but the global landscape, and she did that. so i think, you know, whatever your politics, you've got to say she was, you know, a very significant considerable prime minister and widely admired globally. >> reading my twitter feed today and also seeing the front pages of tonight's newspapers in britain, the level of division that she created and the amount of vitriol but high praise, depending on which side of the coin you were on, is really quite

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 we're 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 havens 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 what this all mean it's really interesting to see that we've seen a slew of whistleblowers or citi

industry are implicated in a mammoth tax avoidance scheme by millions of leaked e-mails from the british virgin islands. plus thousands of birds slaughtered poultry markets closed. caused by six bird flu deaths in china but we investigate whether the panix been blown out of proportion our top stories this hour. live from our new center here in moscow this is twenty four hours a day north korea as well as foreign embassies in pyongyang to evacuate in light of the rising tensions and risks on the peninsula it follows reports from north unarmed a second ballistic missile with an unknown payload on the east coast of the country washington and south korea meanwhile say they are taking all precautions dispatching more ships and missile systems towards the north. has the details. with tensions on the korean peninsula escalating we do have confirmation that north korea has asked for an embassies to evacuate their staff from pyongyang in the event of an emergency saying at least to the british embassy that the north koreans will not be able to guarantee the safety of staff the embassy staff there

public who've got this idealised view about the british army and british soldiers should know the reality of what is being done in iraq these people are criminals are lies and criminals and you know they should be hounded they should be charged until the true nature of fame is brought into the light. r.t. london. more stories online for you this hour including assessing how to care that says u.s. officials go through one of its nuclear facilities storing tons of radioactive waste could explode at any moment putting local residents in danger. and also online getting a shock we've got the story of a brand that will stop sexual offenders in their later defense against sexual assault so learn how. washington's overseas drone strikes on civilians hughes at home has attracted the attention of acts of its groups across the u.s. political spectrum scientists trying to reach america no one hugged the country's international standing now a month long companion has kicked off with a process in manhattan is more important now is that for. a month long nation wide anti drone campaign has kicked off in

what are you doing for british industry. wait a minute what is this, she is just this junior, nothing. and so they responded. >> you don't do that to the great harry. >> she gave them hell. and i sat there, i was amazed by her ferocity. and later, of course, i got to know her particularly well during all the-- for me, the terrific thing she did was to rescue britain from anarchy. henry touched on it. but in the 1978, 79y. there was just an appalling situation with the unions in riot, tina was there then. you saw it all. it was impossible. she came in and she changed it. >> tina? >> well, i mean i think harry is right that what she did kick started britain again after this long period of malaise, of this kind of real socialist malaise that had been going on for some years whether people were on strike every ten minutes. three day week. the winter of discontent, all of those things. britain was really in the dog house. and she did address that problem very, very aggressively. what i find interesting about her is that she didn'

that was quite un-british. it seems a bit pushy and was hated, not just on the left but also by some on the right. the other fascinating thing about lady thatcher. she ended up as a bear and asked pretty regal in old age, but the old aristocratic paternalist tories were slightly disdainful of people who were in grubby business and trade. they were shaken up by her. so it is a very radoxical legacy. as you say, absolutely the fascinating mix of falklands and public sector. host: writing in "usa today" -- you either really love tour called her thatcher milk snatcher. a picture of the late prime minister in 2006. on twitter -- both thatcher and reagan made it possible for banks to gamble the future of its children. the loosening of bank regulation robs the middle class. guest: if you were putting lady thatcher on trial and you were the council for the prosecution i do not think you could get ,way with the question of where some of the bank regulations mistaken? the broader context is that london as a financial cen

i think it's right that the british public who've got this idealised view about the british army and british soldiers know the reality of what is being done in iraq these people are criminals they're liars and criminals and you know they should be hounded should be charged until the true nature of fame is brought into the light. and we're coming to you live from the russian capital of china and neighboring countries are mobilizing resources to fight off a new strain of bird flu four people have now died from the disease out of the ten infected so far and this has sparked concern it could become endemic it's not the first time there is such panic has swept the country let's have a quick look and see how the flu is spreading not just across the population but the media as well and here are some of the headlines from previous cases a variant flu and mix in the fear they caused a bird and swine flu of both immersion in recent years seemingly causing more concern in the press than in the hospitals. spoke to me about it a bit earlier. in almost a decade the bird flu has claimed three hundr

it was a dangerous job that required courage but while british forces withdraw the afghan interpreters who made their what possible are being left to fend for themselves rafi worked at camp prince in the helmand province he says he gets regular calls from the taliban he is your group or for. and. where you are all center delta you have to be careful if i catch you then i read you some six hundred fifty interpreters just like rafi remain in afghanistan with no right to settle in the u.k. many of these translators are washing on the frontline so they're working with soldiers risking their lives in exactly the same way soldiers do wearing the uniform or in their combat fatigues following their rules at least twenty to been killed many more horrifically injured that's a danger they knew about when they signed up the danger they didn't know when they signed up was the end of the ten year when both times when you've when you finish the job and you've done it right well that's a thank you at the end of that job in this case it's a death threats against your life because what's happening now i