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the ceo tortured detainees while keeping politician in the dark, and it didn't make the u.s. any safer. that's the damming conclusion of a report released by senator as few hours ago. you are watching al jazeera hive from london the president saxed his vice president and eight ministers. countries are on the world agree to take in 100,000 more syrian refugees and ease the pressure of neighboring states.
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and meet kabul's kid who is hoping to inspire millions of people across his country, with martial arts. >> . >> hello there, thank you for joining us. the u.s. central intelligence agency has been accused of misleading the country over it's use of torture. the claim is made in this report that the u.s. net intelligent committee, which investigated the cia so called enhanced interrogation program, after the 9/11 attacks. now it concluded that the cia use of torture was not an effective means of acquiring spell jens and that harsh methods competely failed to prevent attacks. it also says the interrogations were brutal and far worse than the cia publicly claimed with prisoners subjected to water boards sleep
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deprivation and so called wallings where they were slammed against the wall. the report also accused the c.i.a. of the oversight, by deliberately giving inaccurate and incomplete information. in order, the then president was mislead about the c.i.a.'s use of torture theirs the committee, which wrote that report. >> the c.i.a.'s actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history, the re's of this 500 page summary the not remove that stain, but it can and does say to our people, and the world, that america is big enough to admit when it is wrong, and confident enough to learn from it's mistakes. releasing this important is an important step to restore our values and show the world that we
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are in fact, a just and lawful society. >> live now to kimberly, she joins us from washington, d.c. so quite an explosive report, will congress now -- many of the issues that have been brought up, so obviously torture and extraordinary rendition well, they have had the opportunity to do so numerous times and haven't, so the chances of that changing are rather unlikely. add to that there will be a republican dominated congress coming in, and there are many that felt this report shouldn't p revealed at all, so the chances of it being legislated and sew this type of thing never happened again, right now seem very slim. the u.s. had the opportunity in 2008, and that was something that was vetoed by president bush, and this was an aunt to close guantanamo bay, something that did not come to fruition. so there have been those
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opportunities and i can tell you there is still very intense debate over whether or not this should be been released. in fact, come from the very vice chair of the committee. the statement saying this will lead to very serious consequences to u.s. national security, and saying that many of the claims made are wrong. so a lot of controversial surrounding this, not just from the intelligence committee but also here. >> tell us more about this, a little bit more about the reactions to this report. >> well, i can tell you the main reason that many are siting for fighting to not have this release come down to national security you have to go back to 2009, the draft report in 2012, and that's when this back and forth began, the white house and the central spell jens agency blacking out sections of the report, redacting sections.
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fighting to see that these were not in fact redacted and that the real transparency could come into play, she said today, as she spoke on the floor of the senate, this report was too important to shelf something she feared may happen with regular led congress. she said the arguments for security that this could effect the mission against isil and put the hives of american hostages in danger. these are something there will always be instability in the world, what needs to change is for america's image to be restored and that can only come with willingness in her words to reveal the ugly truth live for us in washington, d.c. for the moment, thank you now ethicacy's go to our washington studio, a u.s. attorney for the human rights organization reprieve. thank you so much for joining us here. obviously your organization represents
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many people that were kept in prisoners in places like guantanamo bay, what is your reaction to this report? so far i know there's 500 plus pages i don't expect you to have read it all, from what you have heard so far, anything there that surprised you. >> well, first of all, thank you for having me. we do represent a number of individual whose were held by the c.i.a., and are currently held from guantanamo bay. i have not been through the whole report, but i did participate in a study that looks at the program last year, so i was not expecting to be surprised by a lot when this came out. that said, when i did go through the contents of the report, and i looked at the details i am fairly shocked by some of them one of the figures that the c.i.a. held at
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least 119 in it's secret prims whom it used these techniques on, and at least 26 of them, so one fifth of them were not meant to be there. did not meet the threshold for detention. so what were they doing? the report paint as picture where i thought, and i think many of my colleagues who studies this for a while, thought that this was a fairly well organized shim, albeit illegal and immoral, what this report paints is a picture of a c.i.a. scrambling, using people who are poorly trained, or have no training, the cia his toricly has no experience in mass interrogations of this sort. and so report f maicking it up as they go along. and unfortunately, it resulted in not gossiper
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churr but the deaths of several individuals. >> there's several officials that are named in this report, president obama has made it clear he isn't going to prosecute anyone, but internationally, under the geneva convention, internationally do you think that any of these people could be at risk. >> i certainly hope so, i hope they are all. torture is not just illegal under the geneva convention, against the u.n. charter the international covenant, and every nation law we have seen in the past, inquiries or investigations marly in europe, we have seen one sort of initiative try to take on from canada of trying to bring charges against dick cheney, former president bush, that has on some occasions curtailed their
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travel, them being able to travel for those purposes if that's all the con wednesday we get from it then that's what we have to go for. anything that will hold them to some measure of accountability, i do anticipate we will see new litigation. >> thank you so much for sharing your views with us. >> qatar has said it is joining other gulf monarchies this is at the annual summit who have gathered in doha. am bardos from saudi arabia only recently returned after a diplomate row over support for the muslim brotherhood. they have issued a plea
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for the cooperation council to work together. >> and the challenge terrorism puts on every one of us, necessitates the international community to work collectively, and adopt the necessary measures in order to get rid of terrorism and to deal with the real reasons the political social and economic reasons for such terrorism. we need to pay attention to the fact that violence and opresentation, and the hack of security will lead to this. >> and he sent up this update. >> the fight from the shore that was put on by the leaders of the gcc or the gulf countries that were meeting in doha, there was a few
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significant statements made, primarily with regards to the cooperation, the military cooperation, according to the closing statement by the gcc secretary general, essentially will start by having a unifies naval force, and that's mays value force will be tasked with defending the waters and territories of the gulf countries. also, in terms of security, there was an announcement that will be launched soon, and that will have it's headquarters it's base in abu dhabi. when we asked officials about how this will work, considering each country had a different definition, in fact some consider terrorists, others don't, third significant issue was with regards to the gulf
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cubs foreign policies towards countries like egypt and libya, when i spoke to the foreign minister, he told us the stance was to support stability to strengthen egypt without deviling into details. obviously, that is different, likely through the closing statement made by the secretary general who said that the gcc was going to support the road map as it was billed by the now president and former army chief, the man that led the crew so so far, it seems there has been a show of unity, although maybe the differences haven't really been ironed out, at least until now they are agreeing to disagree. >> been sacked days after she lost her post in the ruling party. he has accused her of
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plotting to assassinate him. she deny t proking against him. she has this update for us. >> for days zip babb wants were speaking about with the president will fire her or keep her in the fold. cooper in the family. while he fired her, and this has become as much a surprise to many, he has accused her of trying to remove him from power, even saying she tried to kill him. and in this meeting they talked about removing him and installing her as the next president. the u.s. has denied these allegations. this is one newspaper here, the u.s. is the assassination claim, they say they are always willing and happy to work with the zip bomb way people. she has always been loyal to him, so why is he doing this to her in
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speaking out, she is saying her enemies are trying to sideline her. and really wants to him to reconsider his decision. the big question is who to appoint as the vice president, people expect it will be justice minister, and the other key thing is what is the way forward for this alleged plot. what they are trying to work, were they try to make amendments or will this cause a division within the ruling party, and ultimately peel act with this means for the economy. >> host nations including lebanon, jordan, and turkey, are all but buckling under the pressure with overcrowded schools and hospitalling and increased insecurity we all know that has
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triggered the most dramatic humanitarian crisis more than 3.2 million refugees much more than 4 million, if you count them all in the surrounding region, syrian are the largest population. and the countries lebanon, jordan, turkey, have been ousting these refugees despite nor mouse challenges for their national economies public services and societies. >> well, aid agencies say that many countries can still be doing much more to help. barn by phillips is in geneva with the latest. >> please, the rest of the world, step up to and plate, and that appeal was echoed very strongly by a report that came out yesterday by 36 leading ngos say the children, amnesty and so on. the type of organizations that can speak more
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freely than a u.n. agency, and amnesty in particular spoke very strongly said that you needed to do more, that the contribution of nongulf arab states was particularly shameful, that's a quote permanent members what are they doing for syrian refugees. the argument, i am thinking of britain in mar, that has been relatively generous, in terms of money, but not very generous in terms of admitting people. we give a lot of money, that's a more efficient way for our pounds to reach more refugees. rather than relocated single families which is much more expensive, but what they are saying is that's all very well but ultimately the rest of the world needs to accept there's a significant proportion of refugees who will never be able to go home and are no longer
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safe in the region. people who are victims of of the churr, single women, with children. who may not be able to go socially, and for social reasons and in the long term, other parts of the world need to find these desperate people homes. am al jazeera continues to demand the release of it's three journalist whose have been detained for 346 days. children jailed over false allegations that they helped the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. they were sentenced to seven years, received an extra three because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. still ahead, more trouble in india, as people question an executive over the alleged rape of a woman. plus, details of a drama, yes, not. which is causing a storm
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in south korea. entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america
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teach for america is supposed to educate poor children. >> schools where kids need grade teaching the most. >> can unprepared teachers make a difference? >> why are we sending them teachers with 5 weeks of training? the u.s. central intelligence agency has been accused of deliberately misleading the country about it's use of torture. torture carries out by the c.i.a. is far more brutal than it said, and competely ineffective. in supporting egypt's leader road map for reconciliation.
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it comes at the annual summit who are gathered in doha. zimbabwe's president has fired his vice president. joyce was once touted as a successor for the 90-year-old president, she denied plotting against him. businessman kidnapped in mali three years ago is now free. he was snatched in november 2011 by armed men believed to be limpinged to al quaida. last year 19 french citizens were held hostage around the world, now there are none, as he is the final one to be released. our hostage our last hostage is free. i just heard the good
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news from the president. who will be making a statement when serj arrives as he has not arrived yet, and i would like to thank him, who invested himself a lot in helping us free our hostage. al jazeera has more now from paris. >> a french military aircraft is on it's way to bring back serj. his daughter is onboard that aircraft, and we are expecting he could be back in paris as soon as wednesday. where he will be reunited with other members of his family and also received at that base. now, the president referred in his announcement of the release to intensive negotiations between the authorities in mali. and in fact, there is speculation in the french media that in fact, some kind of prisoner release
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some kind of prisoner exchange, if you like, was involved in securing the freedom. in fact, french media are reporting that a couple of men, held in mali will have been released in exchange for the release of the frenchman, in fact, apparently, these two men were involved in the original abduction back in 2001. they were subsequently arrested, imprisoned in mali, and now according to some reports released as part of the deal to free the frenchman. he is expected back in france probably on wednesday. >> let's go to thailand now. the latest country to ban taxi uber.
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and that the credit card payment system does not comply with regulations. it is ordered uber to crease operations after meeting official from the company and cab hailing apps. and that comes as indian police question an executive over an alleged rape of a woman in new delhi, which has once again raised questions of the women's safety in the country. >> but as now reports many indians don't think this kind of reaction addresses the real problem she works in the heart of new delhi, and relies on services like cabs to get around she says safety is her biggest priority always have a rule to follow, that's what makes you
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feel like you aren't completely safe here, and there's why these are all these rules you are constantly being told to follow. >> it is a problem that few deny. >> the trouble is some men consider their sister women, but disregard other women as nobodies. they look at them strangely, they follow them and stop them. >> the timing f this latest case that has come to the attention couldn't be worse. it comes almost two years after the fatal gang rape of a female student on a bus in new delhi. activists aren't surprised that they still pose a huge challenge to inyeah. >> we know that a lot of things which were promised have not been put in place, we know that still the u.p.s. pros are there, but nothing in reality. except for very very marginal cross themmic changes. >> these are scenes of modern progressive india, it is a image of the
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country the government is egg tore promote to the world but one that many say is constantly being challenged because of the high rate of sexual violence across the country. >> . >> and to make the country safer for women. but as this latest case shows public confident in these measures is low, and many are still waiting to see results. al jazeera, new driver's licensely. >> a korean air executive to return to the gate in a dispute over a bag of nuts has stepped down. the airline has apologized for the incident at new york john f kennedy international airport. the 40-year-old daughter of the chairman. when she took issue with a flight attendance who gave her nuts in a bag,
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as opposed to on a dish. the incident has called a storm in south korea. she was one of the passengers, not the vice president of korean air at that moment. i am not sure what she was thinking. but it is likely she was bossy, and acted above her position. it was abuse of power, and the wrong action to take. returning a plane to the gate is only possible when there's something very important that's happened. therefore, the vice president was wrong to order the plane to return due to heroin personal feelings. >> now, bruce lee was a martial arts icon, famed for his fighting ability and legendary self-discipline. even now, he has a huge following and that includes one young man from afghanistan, who is using bruce lee as an obvious inspiration to work toward as better life.
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he is fighting for a better future. he is is passionate about kung fu. he started when he was 14, and has recently developed quite a facebook following. his local fail has brought him death threats from people seemingly jealous. his inspiration and similar looks are inspired by a martial arts legend. he comes to this former palace to train, he says the destruction around him inspires him. he also says he wants to film here, in homage to his hero, bruce lee. >> for millions ask action movie fans bruce lee was more than just a
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master of an ancient art, he was the epitome of self-discipline. >> one of the dreams i have is to own a kit like bruce wears. i dream of having the same 11 day. >> but the youngest son in a family of nine has much bigger dreams than that. >> afghanistan has so much hidden then, afghanistan is a vulnerable country that has suffered war. i want the war to end, i want happiness for my country, i want uber to be proud of our talents afghanistan is not a place for war, it is a place for peace and brotherhood. >> kabul's kung fu kid wants to step out of the shadows and be a role mottle for other young afghans a symbol of hope for his country. >> if you want to find out more about the kung
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fu king, there is our website, aljazeera.com, you can see the stop story there, the u.s. net reports condemning c.i.a. brutality will be talking about that story in more detail here on al jazeera. >> slavery in nepal has been abolished, by law. but behind the high walls of many city homes here, young girls continue to serve as slaves. known as kamlari, they are the daughters of indebted farmers, sold to landlords for little to no money.