shopping and dining office, enjoy our services to be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by from port lou with the city w near leih from berlin. extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out by bangladesh . a lead police squad dw investigation reveals how the rapid action battalions set up to fight terrorism takes the law into its own hands. also in the program,

russian authorities blame ukraine for bombing that killed a prominent pro warm blogger. a woman is arrested over the last in a cafe in st. petersburg. and donald trump returns to new york to face criminal charges. a former president is expected to surrender to prosecutors over an alleged payments to an adult film actor. ah, i'm nick unfurnished, our viewers joining us on p. b. s in the united states and watching all around the world. it's good to have you with us. and the w investigation has uncovered details of killings linked to bangladesh, elite police force, the rapid action battalion or rob was set up in 2004 as part of the us led war on terror. it was trained and equipped by the u. s. and other western countries to find extremist violence. kaleon has long faced accusations of human rights abuses

which the bangladesh government has repeatedly denied and working with sweden's nat, trend news. d. w is investigative unit, spoke with former rob commanders who revealed evidence of how exactly the force commits extra judicial killings. he made find elements of this report disturbing. 2 i'm on the phone call you about to hear captures in alleged murder in southern bangladesh. it was recorded in 2018 by shabby whom she connected to aspens phone only seconds before he was killed. ah . 2 3 earlier the day i chrome and huck had been taken by the rapid action battalion in elite unit of the bangladesh, police long accused of kidnappings, torture and hundreds of killings. let me take her to get their hold or i want

justice alone. how was my husband killed and why not? who gave the order? not only the recording continues for another 10 minutes. we're sirens and orders to plant ammunition and drugs close to the dying man. more shots are fired later, the official police report stated that a common hack died in a shoot out between drug dealers. the audio dumb little to publish the audio is classic evidence of how an operation is staged. i did take part in extreme judicial killings and torture. torture this vis a blow is one of 2 former rac command us, who are the 1st to speak up about the rab systemic human rights abuses which bangladesh government has lung the night. in detail, they describe how the elite squad has abducted torchlight and kid revealing the wraps playbook for extra judicial killings. ah, it dark. in some cases,

the scenes are made up beforehand or sometimes afterwards and but all the evidence is planted to blood, gra hope. even better, and there's nothing written about it will not, no order is given in writing. for months, d, w and nitro news investigated the rapid action battalion a thaws of $13000.00, which was originally founded to fight terrorism and crime in bangladesh. but according to the whistleblowers, it is also used as a political tool to silence opponents of the government. political, the engagement decision on any political target would come at the very least from the ministry of home affairs, whom we needed was a must to get clearance from home affairs. little it won't hurt us to end of the home affairs minister gave such an order. it's very unlikely that prime minister of bangladesh, it didn't know about it, recall as there's no paper trail, it's hard to verify that claim, but we corroborated the whistleblowers. testimonies was victims accounts,

medical records, police reports, and data from human rights organizations. when confronted was our findings, bangladesh prime minister did not respond. the rap referred us to the ministry of home affairs, which cited their own investigation and denied all allegations as baseless and until the bound with this government keeps denying that these abuses the record. it is, these testimonies once again, show them, though they need to stop deny, as that holdings ago was at the canton begging southern bi gladish. i shall, eagle shows us the glasses her husband wore when he was killed. do she received them? was his body. since then she says rob officers have pressured, heard her firmly to remain silent on her desk. he said, just one thing. he said, your husband has died and you could die at any moment to the body. but i shall begum once a proper investigation. she says she will continue to speak up and to those who

killed her husband are held to the count. earlier i spoke to michael coleman, director of the south asia institute at the wilson center, and i live at the allegations. i asked him how likely it is that the authorities will take action against the rapid action battalion was true for so many years. are there any concerns expressed about what was going on with the rab and the fact that your, your documentary is now brought out. these accounts from, from whistleblowers, clearly that is going to change the state of play a keep in mind as well that you know more than a year ago, the u. s. government sanctioned rabb because of the human rights violations. so i think that after about after rab was sanctioned, i think that woke up the government in bangladesh to the need to do more to address these concerns. so i like to think that, you know, those sanctions are more than a year ago, combined with this new documentary will create a spark,

so to speak for this government to, to do more because clearly it knows that, you know, the world is, is paying a lot of attention to what is going on with this with this entity and validation by which is government is one that is always concerned about its image. it's global image, bangladesh is image and clearly the, you know, the new revelations don't improve that image when it comes to these very troubling things going on with this preeminent security institution and the united states and the both provide support and training to rab, despite the knowledge and exit judicial killing. do they bear any responsibility here? well, you know, i think one main reason why the u. s. and the you provided the support to, to the rob is that it serves, it carries out functions that serve the interests of american and european countries. you know,

that the route one of its major neutral functions is to serve as a counterterrorism force. and certainly, i know that washington has a strong interest in i, bangladesh, that does not suffer from terrorist violence and terrorist risks. so i'm sorry to jump in there, but it was, it was conceived as a force to combat terrorism. but has it ever fulfilled this mission? well, i mean if you look at the numbers you had a period of time, some years ago when bangladesh was, was hit with a wave of terrorist violence and that has receded to to the rob credit. but i think that the broader issue is the fact that the, you know, the very troubling tactics that, that, the, that the, that the raw has used over these years. clearly, that's where the problem lies. and indeed, you know, we could talk about this more, but there are indications that militancy may be making a comeback in bangladesh,

which certainly raises in trouble and questions on not only the means also, the fact that it looks like they're, they're targeting people who are, who are clearly not terrorist now now bangladesh is in the midst of a geo, political and talk of war of sorts between washington and beijing. isn't it in life as all what we know now, how likely is it that the us stick to its sanctioning of human rights violations and bangladesh? i think it's very unlikely that the u. s. will and the sanctions any time soon. i think that, you know, this administration in washington is very focused on this idea of promoting rights and democracy overseas. it's a big pillar of its foreign policy. so i think for the us to ease up on the sanctions or to remove them, i think would send a message like it's essentially willing to get a pass to bangladesh. because as you know, you know, these concerns these, these, these obligations associated with, with rob play out against the broader backdrop of democratic backsliding.

crackdowns on the opposition. and there's a lot of concern in washington that the next scheduled election in bangladesh early next year may not be free and fair that the last few elections in bangladesh were widely viewed by international observers as not free and not fair. so i think that if the u. s. were to ease up on the sanctions against the rob, it was in the wrong message, especially when the u. s. wants to send this message to bangladesh. that is really looking for improvements across the board on democracy and rights, particularly mine the election do early next year. michael and director of the south asia institute at the wilson center. thank you so much for your time. and you fall in find more details and there's investigation on inside the death squad on you tube on the dw documentary channel. make sure to check that out. moving on germany supplies chance early, but have a, has joined, willing to raise the lens on a visit to a ukrainian village where alleged fresh and war crimes to place a year ago. and was it a school basement, or nearly $400.00 villagers were held captive almost a month by russian troops?

11 people died during the ordeal in the village, north of case president. and he said it's important for ukraine's allies to see what russia has done. that's your hobby. talk to reporters about what he had seen moses death, isaac litem, only thing you can hope for when you are so directly confronted with its horror. war is that it will and at some point on finish, this argument doesn't mean it should and just anyhow on host mucous, me and, and at some point, means as soon as possible as fall, how it can. and the only way is that ukraine concludes this war. able to decisively determine the conditions for peace, misty this year. what is important to me politically is that there can be no neutrality. that one must distinguish between the attacker and the attacked difference between the perpetrator and the victim. and the cause of this war lies in the kremlin, and the perpetrator is putin to delay correspondent, last sunday i spent the day with lies chance are harming. and here is his summary.

when minister ha mc horizon keith this morning, he said his visit was a strong signal from germany to ukraine, that their country would be rebuilt, and in the end they would be victorious. now what this victory would exactly look like, he would further elaborate on only that it was up to the ukrainians to decide but he took the opportunity to renew his promise to germany with further support ukraine with military. another important part of his visit was economic cooperation . between the 2 countries, therefore, over topic was accompanied by a delegation of representatives from the german industry. together, they're trying to assess how to further help companies that are already operating in ukraine and create further incentives for future investments. russian authority say ukraine was behind an explosion and a cafe in st. petersburg that killed a well known pro war blogger. the kremlin,

describe the blast as a terrorist attack, carried out by ukrainian secret services. cave denies involvement, and has blamed russian domestic terrorism. a woman. moscow claims has linked with anti war rallies, has been arrested. in this footage, posted on line flatland, sitarski is seen being handed a statue, doing a tool to st. petersburg, cafe. he jokes with the gathered crowd as he inspects the gift. so a short while later, the 40 reel pri won't blocker, will be dead. killed by a bomb. russian media claims was hidden inside the bust. russian blog is a shaving. this unverified footage claim to show the moment of the deadly explosion, which is now being treated as an act of terrorism by the kremlin. after this figure

in ahead of the minor in hand that they put a summer back there without a 2nd thought. and he carried on with his questions, then suddenly everything exploded and there was smoke. it was like a slow motion movie for the sit in the back half of the whole. everyone started to run and we needed to run. so we ran those for the near, had blood all over them, of course. but you can use it. oh, because i don't really to task ve, whose real name is maxim. firmin was a prominent back of russia's invasion of ukraine. filming himself last year at the grand kremlin palace celebrating russia's annexation of ukraine's occupied regions . gospels, a summer we will beat every one we will kill every one. he says, in this defiant tirade that went viral, helping to build his popularity among pro war russian nationalists. he may be behind his death or ordered the attack is now the subject of much speculation in russia. the c c. t. v. pictures being widely shared on russian online channels,

appearing to show someone carrying a package into the cafe before the blast. and according to russia's in tibia ministry, and 26 year old local woman arrested over the incidents has now confessed claiming in a video to have planted the bomb. but without providing a motive, the kremlin says it was orchestrated by ukraine with the help of a russian opposition group. but without providing any evidence, he lives at it. but that value is not shared by everyone, including the head of the russian wagner, mercenary group. you have jenny per goshen, who owns the cafe, where the blast took place over the stairway upgrade. was he paying tribute to tusky in a video filmed in the besieged, ukrainian city of buck moved late to suggesting that domestic radical groups are responsible for the blog as death. and not the key government. as investigators

try to establish a motive for the attack, that's the claim that is unlikely to go down well within the kremlin, which is doing all kinds of paints a picture of domestic harmony, a special operation in ukraine. and let's take a look now and some of the other stories making news around the world today. the head of russia mercenary wagner, group the of guinea pig origin claims this troops have captured the main administrative building and the ukranian city of mount. he claims the soldiers have raised the russian flag over the city hall. chief, however, says its forces are still holding on german chancellor. it will show us as met with the leaders of romania and will delva and go caressed. he assured them of germany's ongoing support describing moldova as part of the european family. the 2 eastern european countries share borders with ukraine and have seen huge numbers of refugees arrived since the invasion for nato secretary general young stoughton

burke. this finland will formally join the alliance on tuesday. this will bring the number of nato member states to 31 neighbouring sweden's membership. it has been stolen by objections from hungary and turkey. former us president donald trump has arrived in new york city to face criminal charges. he landed at laguardia airport and his private jets, he said to spend the night a trump tower before surrendering to the authorities on tuesday. is accused of trying to cover up an alleged payment of hush money to an adult film after just before the 2016 presidential election term support among republican voters has surged since becoming the 1st former president to be criminally indicted. we're joined now by in his pull, who is in front of trump tower in manhattan. isn't good. see you now, since the indictment was announced last week, city officials had been preparing for protest. what's the mood like actually

a donald trump must be very disappointed because a maximal 50 or so of his supporters next to john tower. and i think it's actually fair to say they're probably wor, reporters from actually all around the world to cover this event. and then his support was there also some who say locked him up, who are very much in support of the data tomorrow. yeah. lots of media attention because this is something unprecedented. right. we're an uncharted waters here. now trump will be heading to the manhattan criminal court. later tomorrow afternoon, what do we expect to see when he officially surrendered to prosecutors? right, this is really a for us. i mean, we have seen many 1st with donald trump, but this is unprecedented. as you just said, in the history of the united states, this has never ever happened that a president or former president isn't dated with criminal charges. he will arrive at the courthouse in manhattan, around $215.00 or so our and to will officially surrender. and as everyone else

who is booked for a fellow new charges, he will go to the court. he will be abused. fingerprints will be taken, photographs will be taken, and it is up to the prosecutors to decide if he has to use hand as well as are the charges are not violent. he will be able to leave the poor taos in the evening without paying any bail, and he is expected to a trouble back to florida where he announced already that he will address the public around 8 a. m local time to spread his worship of the day. tomorrow, how big of a deal is this really in the united states? we know this has never happened before. yeah, i saw it is always depends whom you ask is, is unprecedented. that is true. but you know, many americans are rather or concerns about the as prices about the rent, about the food,

which is really still extremely expensive due to inflation. but definitely those who follow politics more closely. they see that as a very, very huge moment in the history of the united states. and if you talk to those who do support donald trump, they're very critical about what is going to happen tomorrow, saying this is really america in this indictment is hugely divisive. is not, we don't have much time, but i do want to know how you think this is going to affect his chances for reelection you know, as for no other polls say this is rather a good for donald trump because many of you supports support, sorry, are getting kind of fired up with the rags are closing behind them. and even on the other side of the democratic side, exports say, well, maybe this is not really the right case a to play so big. so at the very moment,

this might rather help donald trump to the leaders, anus ball reporting line from new york city. thanks. a war crimes trial related to kosovo was fined for independence from serbia in the late 19 ninety's has opened in the hague former kosovo. president hutchings thought she has pleaded not guilty was county and 3 others are accused of murder and torture victims. families have been waiting for justice for more than 2 decades, but the trial with more than 300 witnesses is unlikely to deliver a quick verdict closed and private sessions. so say a shelton is that he w correspondent who has been covering today's events in the hague. and i asked her to explain a bit about what happened today. they say the day started with the 4 queues men repeating what they have said before that they are not guilty of the charges. then the prosecution was laying out the charges that abroad. again, it is. these are heavy charges,

such as crimes against humanity and of war crimes. out of the 4 men have been leading figures in the cause of liberation army, and they have supposedly been all trading different of these crimes such as torture, murder, and also unlawful. detainment. we had heard numbers of the prosecution and talking of 102 murders and also 440 detainment that they want to please in the next weeks, months or better. years after this, we also heard from the victim's counsel and then the day was already over. so we will have to stay tuned. last on a mental birth day tomorrow is being here being tried under kosovo law though in the netherlands. why is that? yes. so this is what lawyers call a hybrid court. this goes back to 2015 when a course of

a law established this court. the reason for this stablish meant was also international pressure. back then, there has been the thought that it might be very difficult to, to have these try us in kosovo because the people that are being accused, we're still also in power in casa low. so it was a very different or very difficult situation to, to seek for justice or to have the trial fair. and they have always been issued about as witnesses, that has been intimidated. the crimes that these, these men are on trial for happened more than 20 years ago. what took so long? yes, i have already alluded a bit to that. so the man that are being accused right now have been back then members of the kosovo liberation army. but then later they have been empower in kosovo. so there has been a certain it has been described as

a climate of fear. and people have not been very willing to come out and be witnesses against these men, or like other trials against the course of liberation army. it is maybe also important to see that even today for a lot of people. and some of these people also came to the hague. touchy is a hero, and not a war. criminal garcia shelton, in the hague, on the 1st of what promises to v. o many days trial. uh, they're in the hague. thank you so much. the german football association, the d f. b have extended their contract with coach montana was tech then book. the news comes just months before the women's world cup in australia. news in tech them book has been in charge of the national teams since 2018 sheila, germany to the euro 2022 final when they last against england or new contract runs

until 2025. nasa has named affords strong crew for its artemus to space flight. they include the 1st female and the 1st african american astronaut to take part in a lunar mission. and it will be the 1st crude voyage to the moon in more than half a century. oh, this is very different lineup to the crew that took but in the apollo lending you know, there's a lot of media political twisting on this, but you've got, you're an unusual crew given that the last time we sent people to the moon was 3 white american pirates bill for this girl will be the 1st to fly nozzles newly built already in the space cut off. as early as next year. the ought to his to mission could not lend, but even go into luna,

auditory, but instead it will fly out on the moon and had big 2 of the artemus to mission yard. miss 3 mission will actually went. this mission is the 1st time that we'll send a crew back around the moon not only in 50 years, but also in this spacecraft. so the idea is to just pretty much everything except the actual wedding. and there's a precedent for this region this back to the apollo program, but now we build spacecraft a little more efficiently. so we don't have to do as many flights before we actually weigh this time to use the space agency. hope sous publish a lost in human presence on the lunar surface. and here is a quick reminder of the top stories were falling for you today. a d w. investigation with net trend news from sweden has uncovered details of killings linked to

bangladesh, elite police bars w's investigative unit together with it. sweden based partner spoke to insiders for the 1st time revealed evidence of exactly how the rapid action battalion is alleged to have committed extra judicial killing. and russian authorities have confirmed that a woman has been arrested in connection with an explosion that killed a prominent military blogger in saint petersburg. suspect allegedly took part in anti war gatherings. and that's our time for now, but stay tune after the break out me back to take you through the day of the theatre. ah ah ah,

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