for it, against corruption and political. oh, you know we're series guardians of truth. watch know on youtube with d. w documentary ah ah . the sustainable you news line from berlin. extra judicial killings allegedly carried out by bangladesh. a lead police squad. d w. investigation reveals how the rapid action battalion set up to fight terrorism takes the law into its own hands. also on the program, russian authorities blame ukraine for planting

a bomb that killed a prominent pro war blogger. a woman is arrested over the blast and a cafe in st. petersburg. and donald trump returns to new york to face criminal charges. the former president will spend the night a trump tower before turning himself into prosecutors on tuesday. ah. only confirm it's good to have you with us. i. d. 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 fight extremist violence. a battalion as long faced accusations of human rights abuses which the bangladesh government has repeatedly denied working with sweden's

nets. renews dw investigative unit spoke with former rob commanders who revealed evidence of how the force commits extra judicial killings may find elements of this report disturbing. 2 i'm on the phone call you about to hear captures in alleged murder in southern bangladesh. was recorded in 2018 by shy big whom she connected to aspens phone only seconds before he was killed. oh, ah. 3 earlier the day ackerman huck had been taken by the rapid action battalion, an elite unit of the back, reddish police, long accused of kidnappings, torture and hundreds of killings. oh, let me say. so take me there. hold on. i want justice. how was my husband killed

and why? who gave the order? not only the recording continues for another 10 minutes, we are 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 crowman huck died in a shoot out between drug dealers. the audio dumb little do you publish audio is classic evidence of how an operation is staged. i did take part in extra judicial killings and torture. torture. this missive law is one of 2 former rab command us who are the 1st to speak up about the wraps systemic human rights abuses which been letters, government has lung the night in detail. they describe how the elite squad has abducted torture and kit revealing the raps playbook for extra judicial killing me . it dark. in some cases, the scenes are made up beforehand or sometimes afterwards. and but all the evidence

is planted to block gra hope imbedded and there's nothing written about it. well, no, no order is given in writing. for months d, w, and netra 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 he needed was a must to get clearance from home affairs. little it bumps hostile out of the home affairs minister gave such an order. it's very unlikely the prime minister of bangladesh, it didn't know about it because as there's no paper trail, it's hard to verify that claim. but he corroborated the whistleblowers, testimonies with victims, accounts, medical records, police reports, and data from human rights organizations. when confronted with 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 uncle, the bung with the scope and keeps denying to these abuses of a good. it is, these testimonies once again, show them that they need to stop, deny, and start holding secret deposits to come back and so from bangladesh. i shall, eagle shows us the glasses, her husband, when he was killed, she received them with his body. since then she says, rap offices have pressured herd her family to remain silent. or near day 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 until those who killed her husband are held to the count. and you'll find more details of

this investigation on inside the death squad on youtube, on the dw documentary channel. but moving on, russian authority, say ukraine was behind an explosion at a cafe in saint 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 voltage posted on line flatland, sitarski is seen being handed a statue doing it so as a st. petersburg cafe. he jokes with the gathered crowd as he inspects the gift. so a short while later, the 40 real pro 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 mana in hand, that they put his 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 the ran those for the near had blood all over them, of course. but you can use it. oh, i don't recall to tusky whose real name is maxim firm in was a prominent back of russia's invasion of ukraine. swimming himself last year at the grand kremlin palace, celebrating russia's annexation of ukraine's occupied regions. gospels of summer, we will beat every one we will kill every one he says, in his 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 comparing to show so one carrying a package into the cafe before the blast. and according to russia's interior 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 pr, goshen, who owns the cafe, where the blast took place over the stairway, updated glossy here, 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 and that's investigates is 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 it kinds of paints a picture of domestic harmony, its special operation in ukraine. take a look down some of the other stories making is around the world today. germany's mice chancellor, a little but hobbit has told ukraine's voluntary zalinski. he's deeply ashamed of berlin's early reluctance to send weapons to keith. ha. bank is visiting ukraine for the 1st time since russia's invasion. the pair visited a village where alleged russian war crimes took place as well as injured ukrainian soldiers at a military hospital. nato secretary general against oldenburg as finland will

formerly join the alliance on tuesday. this will bring the number of nato member states the 31 neighbouring sweden's membership bid has been stalled by objections from hungary and turkey. german chancellor roughshod says meant with the leaders of romania and moldova, in bucharest, he assured them of germany's ongoing support describing moldova, as part of the european family to eastern european countries, share borders with ukraine, and have seen huge numbers of refugees arrived since the invasion indian opposition leader, a whole gandhi has been granted bail after he lodged an appeal against his defense . defamation, conviction accord, recently sentenced gandhi to 2 years in prison, in connection with remarks mocking prime minister and to render modi's surname. he was expelled from parliament as a result. and remains borrowed from running in next year's elections. for you as president,

donald trump has arrived in new york city to face criminal charges. he headed straight to trump tower, where he set to spend the night before surrendering to the authorities on tuesday. the charges are still under seal, but expected to relate to alleged hush money payments to an adult film actor just before the 2016 presidential election. trump support among republican voters has surged since he became the 1st former or sitting president to be criminally indicted. in washington bureau chief in his pull, joined as outside from tower and manhattan where unrest was expected. i asked her what the mood was like. actually, donald trump must be very disappointed because the 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 supporters, there are also some who say lock him up, who are very much in support of the indictment 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 a former president is indicted with criminal charges even arrive at the court house in manhattan, around $215.00 or so 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 his 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 her the courthouse in the evening without paying any bail, and he is expected to travel 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 now 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 concerned about the prices about the rent, about the food, which is really still extremely expensive due to inflation bud. 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. say,

this is really on american invest. indictment is hugely divisive. isn't that we don't have much time, but i do want to know how you think this is going to affect his chances for re election. you know as for know the paul's. so this is rhonda good for donald trump because many of you supports as a support to sorry, are getting kind of fired up with the the regs are closing behind him. and even on the other side of the democratic side, experts say, well maybe this is not really the right case to play so big. so at the very moment, this might rather help donald trump is 8, is fall reporting line from new york city. thanks nasa has named a for strong, cruel for its arguments to moon flights. think through the 1st woman and the 1st person of color to take part in a lunar mission as well as the 1st non us citizen. the crew is due to fly around

the moon as early as next year. our to miss to will be the 1st crude lunar voyage since the end of the apollo era. more than 50 years ago. oh, how much of the love and support of those? and that's all for now coming up next is dw business. what details of a surprise cut an oil out but by opec producer state you for that? don't forget, there's always more news and analysis on our website that is d w dot com and you can of course, also fine as on social media our handled there is a w. i'm really from me in the entire team here in berlin. thank you so much for your company. ah. enjoying the view. come take a look at this. our tv highlights every week ill in box subscribe. now. the a ski about the media douglas enable other he had a medium mig abolla go up garbage, somebody.