he personally participated in abusive prison is it really abuses in abu ghraib are exactly the same as those in the israeli secret prisons of six years ago divinely told an israeli court that captain george whose real name is the one of the harvey left him naked for his first month in detention he says he was frequently tortured including being sodomized with a baton zahavi denied the torture charges but admitted to interrogating prisoners while they were naked a civil suit for one and a half million dollars in damages was never settled because the rani was released in a prisoner swap before the court issued a ruling and now in a move that has stunned human rights groups he's been appointed to the post of advisor on our birthdays to the jerusalem police captain draw us very high rank policeman in jerusalem is given all some sort of message to the palestinian we are bringing now someone that knows how to treat you. meaning

they don't care much about what the palestinian will feel they want to thirteen of them and the message is a verbal waiting throughout the palestinian territories these two brothers were arrested last year permit was only kept in prison for three days because he says he was so badly tortured there the interrogator led me into it was very small probably one and a half meters square through the blindfold i could see small shapes moving around me but then he put a plastic bag over my head that reached into my knees then he started to beats me he hit me in the back and push me into the wall charges of torture against israelis are nothing new since two thousand and one we know about more than six hundred fifty complaints that were sent to the government. and there was no even one criminal investigation meaning that torture or have total impunity they

can do everything that they want and nothing will happen to them here inside israel just months into his new position so hard he has already been accused of badly injuring a palestinian interest in him the police refused to comment on the story anymore reply to our requests for an interview they said they are not dealing with the subject at this moment but that if there are any changes to the updates for us the fact that the facility with not the people were not. just there that. individual complaints were closed and not for very large enough will all. show. governmental policy and as for secret prison three nine one where torture admittedly took place human rights lawyers are convinced it's still operating

somewhere in northern israel. r.t. tel aviv. every year more than thirty thousand people die from drug abuse in russia with tons of narcotics being smuggled into the country from afghanistan and central asia moscow believes in tackling the problem at its root by eradicating opium poppy fields as artie's the news but also he has been finding out amateur chemists within russia could pose as much of a threat. a sting operation turns into a family drama this pregnant woman and her boyfriend just tried to sell five hundred grams of them fit him into undercover agents a sniffer dog found a stash of drugs under the front wheel of the suspects luxury car as it turned out the popular party drug was produced in a small village nearby all that the dealers needed to cuckoo wiggle substance at home with some merchandise from the hardware store and some cough medicine from the

local pharmacy drug dealers build their labs everywhere it could be an apartment or a house in a quiet residential area like this one besides the obvious criminal threat these places are extremely hazardous because of the chemicals that makes pollute at any moment drug enforcement agent alexander was shocked when colleagues discovered another amphetamine lab in the basement under this old wooden house the room was hidden three stories underground it was equipped with video surveillance but as the drug dealer tried to get rid of the chemicals he almost blew up the building what with the looks in the middle of a neighborhood the houses are old some wooden ones that have set the whole block on fire. in recent years the street cost of unfit a man in southern russia has risen to seventy u.s. dollars per gram so more and more amateur chemists have been surfing the internet for cooking instructions right at home together with his college buddy this cross and our student has been trying to find the perfect them put them in the formula

place nor did the powder in themselves and wrote their impressions in a diary which is unfortunately we were unable to extract part of the compound from the main solution is better if we use a different technique hey you guys are darn good. old boys and you know it's one of them has a college degree let alone a degree in chemistry most of these people the self qualified geniuses is the. dozens of arrests in the case this harsh jail sentence says. trying to put a new. craze but despite the risks for the users and the dealers the demand for this controlled substance on the black market remains high so it's unlikely that the victory in the war on them will come any time soon. r.t. across the region. coming up later in the program reaching boiling point after a revolt in ecuador with possible links to uprisings in this america.

the former pakistani president thousands of ground returned to office amid militant attacks on nato forces in the country. imagine your life big cities. the friendly. crystal clear water. organic food. living in harmony with nature. sounds impossible. some people have already killed. a place. on our team. that wins are voting in

a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout that six out of thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the parliament with confidence in the country's leaders plummeting the opinion polls say the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian minority protects their rights including those who don't have citizenship parties bottom reports. politics is very popular in latvia these days everyone's talking about it even the catholic church is saying it would be a sin not to vote in the upcoming elections in the us. if we don't care about what's going on in our society in our community and we don't cast our votes that means we are indifferent and that is against the principles of the bible but instead and there's a lot of sin to talk about that the in politics has long been hung up on ethnic differences in the country the largest minority at around thirty percent or ethnic

russians many of whom moved here were not feel was part of the soviet union after the break up hundreds of thousands were denied citizenship a policy the government is one concern by. non-citizens or residence. which means. all the same all social benefits as. citizens for example with one small exception they can't vote reports by the un amnesty international and e.u. bodies say that non-citizens have effectively been denied a state to call home pictorials for another church has grown up in latvia and say that ethnic policies are ruining a country but it is the first mission of political groups and latino has for a long time been determined by message that's no secret it's obvious there is no unity in the country it's split into two major groups here and one nationalist

politicians have been busy segregating their people latvia's economy has nosedived dangerously leveraged by reckless speculation it was hammered by the two thousand and eight crisis the financial bungling caused riots in two thousand and nine topple the government and led to the worst growth in unemployment rates in the e.u. because critics say ethnic fiddling while rome burns out of a day. after things. in economic terms social course. playing again and again couple of topics. russians because. now there's a new political force the party standing on a ticket of equality for latvians and russians alike the harmony center is already in power in the reagan municipal government and polls indicate it could become the biggest single party in latvia's national parliament too although dubbed by some

a pro russian party a third of its support base comes from latvians tired of economic mismanagement which indicates that most want national unity not division. there's national monument behind me is supposed to represent liberty one of the right wing parties in this election has even taken a slogan from it for the motherland and freedom but ethnic russians and latvians here now want the same thing freedom for all to contribute to their motherland prosperity tom barton r.t. weaker. moscow and washington have resolve the outstanding trade disagreements that have been holding out russia's bid to join the world trade organization barack obama confirmed positive progress has been made in a phone conversation with dimitri medvedev a number of issues with the u.s. had to be worked through including the jackson valley command which places restrictions on trade with russia finance minister that secretary says russia could become a full member of the top tier within a year. now website r.t.

dot com has a lot more stories features and blogs for you to have a look at this just a taste of what's behind the afghan police officers get the sack the drug smuggling the city horrible prison where born forces are doing time. and russian c.c.'s are often stress relief six feet under write out how twenty minutes of fresh graves could cure depression left and more time. no. ecuador remains in the political turmoil after police uprising that president rafael correa held by force in hospital on thursday was rescued twelve hours later by soldiers at least four people were killed and two hundred injured pressed to survive tend to like the police blocked roads and took control of the airport in protest against us there are two measures that would cut their benefits. says there

will be no pardon for those involved the army is now in charge of public order across the country felt comes after him to talk to other south american countries and the us parties during halfassed takes a closer look at the present trend on a culture that. was it was a moment that ignited latin america once again was the attempted coup against a democratically elected president of ecuador rafael correa seem to remain ness and previous that destabilized once functioning democracy. the last one happened here last year in hundred us they the coup mongers they call them the natural allies of the united states and why are they natural allies because this q. is there because it corresponds to the interests of the united states almost immediately the us was implicated in the one door in coup the right wing military generals who carried out the ousting of the democratically elected president of

honduras no longer the lions were trained in the united states u.s. state department was the first to support the right wing government in the election that countries in the world deemed as illegitimate as for the former president of honduras he was in the midst of implementing leftist reforms similar to those in venezuela brazil bolivia and ecuador was which is why the crisis in ecuador brought back memories of one during this for a doll for pastore he worked. this lie of government you know you've got to wonder how these forces and how these dark sectors within ecuadorian society are strength and then in bold and by the coup in honduras and by the president that was sent and of course by the decision made by the us to support that coup nearly every country in latin america has experienced u.s. intervention in one way or another the ambassador of nicaragua insists the coup in honduras is paramount to understanding why the u.s. needs to maintain control of the region. can't forget that after the cretonne

hundred first united states has an interest in paralyzing the integration of the all the countries and development of the social process is generated and made dynamic in the all the countries the fact that the coup failed in ecuador is an indication the people of latin america are mobilized the direction of the left turn sweeping the continent. it happened in venice well and when president chavez was temporarily ousted by right wing forces the people brought him back to power. then again the people in hundreds generated one of the largest resistance movements in central america against the right wing u.s. backed government of pillow but they won't save although it's a lot of value it's an ideological shift in latin america the u.s. is up against socialist leaders from bolivia than a swell in ecuador to emerging world power brazil are operating participatory democracy is where the poor people of their countries are intimately involved in

the direction of their political future. the pull from right to left is distinct obvious and very much alive in latin america. the organization of american states is supposed to represent the general consensus in latin america but leaders argue that the oas based in this building behind me here in washington d.c. does not reflect the idea that most countries are struggling to get out of the shadows of their north american neighbor it is because of this there is a left turn that is sweeping the continent and hopes of taking on decades of u.s. dominance in the region to have office r.t. washington d.c. . another raid on a nato convoy in pakistan has left two people dead it happened hours after suspected militants torched twenty seven tankers carrying fuel for nato troops stationed in afghanistan the attacks come to a party standing naivety alliance access vital border crossing the move was seen as

a response to a nato air strike that killed three pakistani soldiers better than by accident and some are bad says it will consider harsher measures if nato forces continuing coercions into its territory u.s. that strikes against alleged militants in pakistan i think taking place for years while former president pervez musharraf has launched a new political party in london plans to return to pakistan and run for office he says the war on terror cannot be won without reason about support. unless pakistan is a part of the fight to give them an extremism the fight cannot succeed therefore it is incumbent on all on the united states on allied forces across to be conscious of this entity would be the pakistan and then take action you know there were encouraging across the border killing pakistani soldier was. really. reaches this entity video pakistan norway lucian of the sovereignty of

pakistan can be accepted by anyone in pakistan. well look now at some other international news in brief this hour the guatemalan president says the us committed a crime against humanity when hundreds in his country would deliberately infected with gone real and syphilis more than sixty years ago america has apologized for the recently on the experiment conducted in a mental hospital in the u.s. says it will investigate the case further before making any decisions on compensation. at least forty three people have been killed two passenger trains collided in central indonesia all the dozen others are seriously injured one train was heading from the capital jakarta. when it crashed into a stationary train. police say a traffic management mistake is to blame for the accident officials woman's death toll was lucky to rise. thirty three workers trapped underground in

a chilean coal mine for the last two months could be out earlier than previously thought rescue workers say the drilling of a shot is going well would be to bind them to. meanwhile relatives of the workers on the ten million dollars seem to against the mines owners are using their own safety regulations. now just steps away from the busiest streets of moscow. on the way six of serenity and nineteenth century charm his motto. it's a lovely place to hang out stools whatever the season from ice skating on here during the cold winter months to coming here with your family and friends during the summer and having a picnic the fresh. tourists. and grand architecture that surrounds you really could be in any work it's.

and you can discover patrick's puns in just over an hour's time here ninety stephanie monday is head now with the weekend business news after a short break. hungry for the full stop we've got it's. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us our technology update on our g.

hello and welcome to the business bulletin president medvedev visit to china this week put the seal on a number of new energy deals the negotiations have been drawn out so at least where gas contracts are concerns of us still more to do but as medina cochon of our reports there's now a greater sense of urgency. china is the fastest growing energy consumer in the world and in russia its neighbors the biggest energy provider and it's a business smash this crying out to be mate the deals have been a long time in the making finally this week in quest put on the dotted line what was a surprise is that we didn't see a reciprocal deals from china you know it's quite clear to russia went down there looking to buy energy and materials exports to china in exchange for some commitment for investment into russia's new industries into infrastructure into technology etc and there was mention of that whatsoever gazprom has agreed to

supply thirty billion cubic meters of gas and only to china over thirty years starting from twenty fifteen to make it all happen the gas giant also announced it would start building a new pipeline to china next year diversifying. costumers is a significant ambition for russia and provides a hedge against a drop in demand from the euro in the event of an economic slowdown more kids have a way of going inside. and the reason for growth is so strong in asia right now is because they have been. centralized economy. policies they have been on that they decided to go market oriented but russia faces stiff competition to the east most so then in western europe as china also borders the nations of central asia which have considerable gas reserves moreover countries

like to get some have called their first with agreements to build a pipeline and fill it with fuel analysts suggest this has provided the final hurry up to the russian side in their negotiations for fear of losing out all together in the question of business r.t. . question markets have continued the upward trend for a second week in a row peter weston of the tongue things the dismissal of moscow's mess spiced up the performance of domestic equities. we had first of all very interesting we. guess culminating with the sacking of. added some flavor to some if you want russia specific factors that were in france in the market but in general it was a good week for the russian market but again it is very much moving along the lines of what's happening globally russia remains hostage to what we see on data coming out of us and our europe method names continue to do well last week and on friday

we also saw financials moving out but that came on the back of some easing of concerns out of the south of europe as well as ireland so it was a mixed picture i would say in terms of sectors but in general the market was moving up in life more or less with the global markets plans to unite the somewhat fractured nature of russia's railway krit underway the operator hopes this will make rail a more competitive option for companies transporting goods from asia to europe and vice versa you know it's a myth that reports. the atlantic and pacific oceans connected by a railway going across to russia it's now almost a reality with a unified wide track from eastern russia reaching. the agreements have already made to extend the route to vienna that's creates over ten thousand kilometers. to the capital in the heart of europe russia.

and asia and such as. china and japan it will be unified rates as well as time lost at the border controls. transport from asia to finland. could cover the distance in seven days. at the moment they cannot charge enough money to meet the profitable. are still too small. just can't speak. for. the competition between rail and. in order to balance the cost of travelling in

each direction. to be lowered. rest of our bellies the prices yes the cargo transport in russia dropping fifteen percent to eleven point five million containers williams on the try and save beer in route fill an even sharper thirty percent through covered this year has been strong but much student has to be done to make russian real we a true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business r.t. . you. and that's all the business news for now but you can always read well

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that's take a look at the main stories we're covering the solidarity human rights groups so furious that an alleged torture has been put in charge of arab affairs in jerusalem the infamous israeli interrogator has been accused of numerous abuse cases of a stimulus. that's an insurgent price russia has been ripped apart i want to chemists surf the web for instructions on how to risk life and limb to avoid prison. and that means all voting no problem into election night the baltic states worst economic crisis to date opinion poll say the party protecting

the state's russian minority could be surprised when the. next we explore how old methods of diamond mining are still being used in russia today. the gemstones in your own mountains have always had a strange. tales of underground treasure troves have been passed down from generation to generation but today few people in the year olds know they're surrounded by these forgotten gemstone minds and still fewer practice the age old methods of mining so who now harvest these precious pearls of the year olds and how do they go about it are there modern day treasure maps where x. really marks the spot i've been in mine shaft scarred the secrets of gemstone still buried deep beneath the earth.