prison is it really abuses in abu ghraib are exactly the same as those in the israeli secret prisons. six years ago divinely told an israeli court that captain george whose real name is the ones on 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 buffets to the jerusalem police captain joining us very high ranking policeman in jerusalem is giving some sort of message to the palestinian we are bringing someone that knows how to treat you. meaning

they don't care much about what the palestinian will feel they want to threaten them and the message of the waiting throughout the palestinian territories these two brothers were arrested last year how it was only kept in prison for three days because he says he was so badly tortured by the other interrogator let me enter 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 beat 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 about torture. and there was no even one criminal investigation meaning the torturer 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 how he has already been accused of badly injuring a palestinian into recently the police refused to comment on the story anymore reply to our request for an interview they said they are not dealing with the subject at this moment but that if it changes the updates first the fact that the facility with not. people who were not to just. the. individual complaints the workload and not. enough will also. show. governmental policy and as for secret prison three nine one where torture admittedly took place human rights who is 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 but as artie's that he's been asking he has been finding out amateur chemists within russia could pose as much of a threat. a sting operation turns into family drama this pregnant woman and her boyfriend just tried to sell five hundred grams of them fit him into undercover agents as 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's in the middle of a neighborhood the houses are old some wooden ones could have set the whole block on fire. in recent years the street cost of unfit a man in southern russia has a reason to seventy u.s. dollars program 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 him in court at least

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. you not one of them has a college degree let alone a degree in chemistry most of these people a self qualified geniuses is the. with dozens of arrests in them for them and related cases and harsh jail sentences all important agents are 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. then as all of our tea across the region. well coming up later in the program reaching boiling point after a revolt in ecuador we look at possible u.s. links to uprisings in latin america. and the former pakistani president plans

a ground returned to office and the militant attacks on nato forces in the country . five suspected militants holed up in an apartment block are shooting at police in a standoff in russia's southern republic of dagestan the area in the city of my heart has been sealed off and thereby buildings have been evacuated so far there are no reports of casualties the volatile region has seen a series of militant attacks in the past several weeks or by extensive security rails. that finns are voting in a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout led six out of thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the parliament with confidence in the country's leaders are meeting pinion polls suggest the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner at the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian ethnic minority and protects their rights including those who don't have

citizenship tom barton. politics is very popular here 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. if we don't care about what's going on in our society in our commune. we don't cast our votes that means we are indifferent and that is against the principles of the bible. and there's a lot of sin to talk about latvian politics has long been hung up on ethnic differences in the country the largest minority at around thirty percent are 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. also in. social benefits.

for example with one small exception they can't vote reports by the un amnesty international and e.u. bodies say that non-citizens who affectively 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's the first mission of political groups and lotty or 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 while 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 and unemployment rates in the

e.u. because critics say ethnic fiddling while rome burns everyday. things . in economic terms social calls. 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 as national parliament too although dogged 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. . moscow and washington have resolve the outstanding trade disagreements that have been holding up russia's bid to join the world trade organization or a car bomb or confirm that positive progress has been made in a phone conversation with dmitri medvedev a number of issues with the u.s. had to be worked through including the jackson vanek amendment which places restrictions on trade with russia finance minister that secretary says russia could become a food member of the deputy it within a year. but i website r.t. dot com has a lot more stories features and blogs for you to have a look at is just a taste of what's online right now afghan police officers get the sack for drugs like me and visit kabul prison where form of the law enforcers are doing time.

there and russian theseus are offering stress relief six feet under. twenty minutes in a fresh. relieved. question all that immortality dot com. could or remains in political turmoil after a police uprising present kora held by force in hospital on thursday he was rescued twelve hours later by soldiers at least four people were killed and injured in what residents are described as an attempted coup the police blocked roads and took control of the airport in protest against austerity measures that would cut the benefits chris says there will be no pardon for those involved the army is now in charge of public order across the country revolt comes more than a year after a coup d'etat rocked another south american country and the u.s. parties she hung her office takes a closer look at the current trend on the continent. 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 nessun to previous coups that destabilized once functioning democracies. the last one happened here last year in hunder us they the coup mongers they call them the natural allies in 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 during coup the right wing military generals who carried out the ousting of the democratically elected president of honduras menorahs the liar were trained in the united states the u.s. state department was the first to support the right wing government in an 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. worked for this lie of government you know you gotta wonder how these forces and how these dark sectors within ecuadorian society are strengthen and bold and by the coup in honduras and by the president that was said 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 us needs to maintain control of the region look we can't forget that after the coup de tat hundreds the 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 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. and 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 the below but they won't save on its own ever it's an ideological shift in latin america the u.s. is up against socialist leaders from bolivia than a swollen 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 the poster represent the general consensus in latin america that 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 twisting the continent and hopes of taking on decades of u.s. dominance in the region you have hospice our team washington d.c. . another raid on a nato convoy in pakistan is that two people dead it happened hours after suspected militants torched twenty seven tankers carrying feel for nato troops stationed in afghanistan the attacks come after pakistan denied the alliance access to a vital border crossing the move was seen as a response to a nato airstrike that killed three pakistani soldiers and actually by accident as i'm about says it will consider harsher measures if nato forces continuing questions into its territory u.s. led strikes against a venture militants in pakistan taking place for years meanwhile former president pervez musharraf and watched a new political party in london plans to return to pakistan and run for office he

says the war on terror cannot be won get out of that support. unless pakistan is a part of the fight against terrorism and 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. and he really. reaches this sent to the video pakistan nor why lucian of the sovereignty of pakistan can be accepted by anyone in pakistan. let's take a look at some other international news in brief the quote a modern president says the u.s. committed a crime against humanity when hundreds in his country would deliberately infected with gonorrhoea and syphilis more than sixty years ago america has apologized for

the use of the on the experiment conducted a psychiatric hospital and us said it will investigate the case further before making any decisions on compensation. at least thirty six people have been killed in a train crash in central indonesia more than a dozen others seriously injured the train from jakarta heading for by apparelled into station one summer and police say a traffic management mistake is to blame for the accident officials in the death toll may 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 show off is going well be completed by the time but the wild relatives of the workers have found a ten million dollars suit against the mine's owners accusing them of neglecting safety regulations. now just steps away from the busiest streets of moscow

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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 and at least where gas contracts are concerned of a still more to do but as medina question of the 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 reciprocal deals from china you know it's quite clear to russia went down there looking to barter 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 any mention of that

whatsoever gazprom has agreed to supply thirty billion cubic meters of gas annually 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 its customers is a significant ambition for russia it provides a hedge against a drop in demand from year open 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 are buying. centralized economy. policies they are bad 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 have got there first with agreements to build a pipeline and fill it with fuel analysts suggest this has provided the final up to the russian side in their negotiations for fear of losing out all together in the question of business r.t. welshing markets have continued their upward trend for a second week in a row peter weston of the tone things the dismissal of moscow's mess spiced up the performance of domestic a tease. we had first of all very interesting. culminating with the sacking of. some flavor. 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 a hostage to what we see 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 europe as well as ireland so it was a mixed picture i would say sectors but in general the market was moving in. 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 xena and amid reports. there are plenty and pacific oceans connected by a real way going across to russia it's now almost a reality with the 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 of a single god job really for us talk to the austrian capital in the heart of europe russia has the second largest will infrastructure in

a world of curious twenty percent of cargo transport linking europe and asia and such a european station might see more cargo coming from china and japan it will be unified rates as well as no time lost at the border controls currently see transport from asia to finland takes fifty days trying to be a real we could cover the distance in seven days service at the moment the real carrier cannot charge enough money to meet the profitable his cause. are still too small. just cannot compete if we speak from shanghai. china. for instance. in china. equal to competition between israel and. in order to balance the cost of

travelling in each direction. it's. very. expensive. cargo transport fifteen percent to eleven point. full and even sharper thirty percent through covered this year has been strong but much still needs to be done to make a true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business. and that's all the business news for now but you can always read well

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opinion polls say the party protecting the rights of the state's russian minority could be a surprise front runner. when next join martin andries in the very center of a busy moscow district to enjoy relaxing views and the taste of the old capitol. hello and welcome to most crowds one of my favorite places in the russian capital is pottery washing fruity here named after the palm that's the perfect place to sit and watch the world possible if i just salsa one of the most expensive relist.