prisoners. have to remember captain george he personally participated to. prisoners to actually abuses in abu ghraib are exactly the same as those in israeli secret prisons. six years ago divine he 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. very high ranking policeman in jerusalem is giving some sort of message to the

palestinians 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 come it was only kept in prison for three days because he says he was so badly tortured by the other interrogator led me into that it was very small probably one and a half meter square through the blindfold i could see small shapes moving around me but then he put a plastic bag over my head it reached into my knees then he started to beats me he hit me in the back and pushed me into the wall charges of torture against israelis are nothing new since two thousand and one we know about more than six on the 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 he wants ideas will just months into his new position so how he has already been accused of bad injuring a palestinian into. the police refused to comment on a story in an email the plight of requests for an interview they said they are not dealing with the subject at this moment but that if there are any changes that update us the fact that the facility with not the people were not. just their. individual complaints workloads. not. enough will also. show that. 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 butter's artie's denise bosky 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 was 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 threats 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 it'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 up front that i'm in and southern russia has a reason to seventy us 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 them in warm your 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 means dilution it's 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. dozens of arrests in them for them and related cases a harsh jail sentence those all important agents are trying to put an end to them 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 for them will come any time soon. then as all of our t.v. across the region. we're coming up later in our program reaching boiling point after

a revolt in ecuador we look at possible u.s. and thanks to uprisings in latin america. and the former pakistani president plans a grand return to office amid militant attacks on nato forces in the country. suspected militants holed up in two apartment blocks are shooting at police in standoffs in russia's southern republican dogstar on one of the apartments is on fire the areas in the city have been sealed off and thereby buildings have been evacuated russia's antiterrorist committee says regular to hide until the volatile region has seen a series of militant attacks in the past several weeks for by extensive security raids. that finns are voting in a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout leg six out of thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the parliament with confidence in the country's leaders plummeting

peepin polls suggest the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian ethnic minority and protects their rights including those who don't have citizenship parties tom barton. 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 elections. 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 employer ticks 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 would 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. social benefits as. 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 affectively being denied a state to call home that tory out for another church has grown up in latvia and say that ethnic policies are ruining our country but it is the first nation of political groups and latina 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 out of a day. to stop things. in economic terms social course. playing again and again couple of topics. russians because. now there's a new political force a 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 their 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 barack obama confirmed that positive progress has been made in a phone conversation to me tonight we had 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 next secretary says russia could become a full member of the deputy here within a year. but our web site 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 at the moment afghan police officers get the sack for drug smuggling is it a kabul prison where former law forces are doing time. and the russians easiest offering stress relief six feet under find out how twenty minutes in a fresh grave can relieve depression without an. more authority dot com. now ecuador remains in political turmoil after police uprising that saw president of career held by force in hospital on thursday he was rescued twelve hours later by soldiers but least four people were killed and two hundred injured and what the president has described as an attempted coup no police blocked roads or to the airport protest against austerity measures that would cut their benefits chris says there will be no pardon for those involved the army is now in charge of public order across the country the revolt comes more than a year after

a coup the target of another south american country honduras parties to her office takes a closer look at the power trend on the culture. 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 less and previous 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 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 u.s. 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 lions were trained in the united states 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. which is why the crisis in ecuador brought back memories of one douras for a doll for pastore he worked. for this lie of government you know you've got to 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 set 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. you can't forget that after the cretonne hundred first the united states has an interest in paralyzing the integration of the countries and development of the social processes 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 wella 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 have on its own other than it's an ideological shift in latin america the u.s. is up against socialist leaders from bolivia than a swell and 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 away as 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 shaking off decades of u.s. dominance in the region r.t. washington d.c. . another raid on a nato convoy in pakistan is left two people dead it happened hours after suspected militants torched twenty seven tankers carrying fuel for nato troops stationed in afghanistan attacks come after pakistan denied access to a bottle border crossing the move was seen as a response to a nato airstrike that killed three pakistani soldiers actually by accident it's on a bad set it will consider harsh measures if nato forces continue incursions into

its territory u.s. led strikes against alleged militants in pakistan have been taking place for years meanwhile former president pervez musharraf has launched a new political party in london and plans to return to pakistan and run for office he says the born terror cannot be won without some of that support. pakistan is a part of the fight to give them an extremism the fight cannot succeed there because the incumbent on all on the united states and on and i was conscious of the centipede would be the pakistan and then take action you know. encourage him across the border killing pakistani soldiers. and he really. reaches this entity video pakistan. lucian of the sovereignty of pakistan can be accepted by anyone including. let's take

a look at some other international news in brief here. we have got a modern president said the u.s. committed a crime against humanity when hundreds in his country were to be pretty infected with gonorrhea and syphilis more than sixty years ago america's apologized recently experiments conducted in psychiatric hospital the u.s. says 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 and the dozen others all seriously injured a train from jakarta heading for pound the station one bound for something police say a traffic management mistake is to blame for the accident officials death toll may rise. thirty three workers trapped underground in a chilean home on for the last two months could be out earlier than previously thought rescue workers say the drilling of a shaft is going well and be completed by the time but meanwhile relatives of the

workers have filed a ten million dollars lawsuit against the mine's owners accusing them of neglecting safety regulations. just steps away from the busiest streets of moscow patriarchate palms isn't the way sis of serenity and nineteenth century charm is more than just. it's a lovely place to hang out for stools whatever the season from my 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 noise of tourists listening and grand architecture that surrounds you really could be in any group it's. the way you can discover patrick's puns in just over an hour's time here naughty.

stephanie is here with the latest business news. 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 to the still more to do but as medina cauchon 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 it's a business smash this crying out to be mate the deals have been a long time in the making finally this week inquest 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 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 its customers is a significant ambition for russia it provides a hatch against a drop in demand from you rope in the event of an economic slowdown more kids have a way of going inside. and the reason that growth is so strong in asia right now is because they have been. centralized economy. pauses 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 have got there first with agreements to build a pipeline and fill it with fuel analysts suggest this has provided the final harry up to the russian side in their negotiations for fear of losing out all together in the question not business r.t. . question markets have continued their upward trend for a second week in a row peter weston of the tongue things the dismissal of last spiced up the performance of domestic a tease. we have 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. is very much moving along the lines of what's

happening globally russia remains hostage to what we see coming out of us and our europe method names continue to do well last week on friday financials moving out of 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 under way the operator hopes this will make rail a more competitive option for companies transporting goods from asia to europe and vice versa. reports. that lend to and pacific ocean is connected by a real way going across to russia it's now almost a reality with the unified wide trick 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. 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 can we 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 rail carrier cannot charge enough money to meet the profitable his cause. are still too small. just cannot compete if we speak shanghai. china. for instance. china.

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 five. full and even sharper thirty percent through covered this year has been strong but

much student to make a true breach between east and west. business. and that's all the business use for now but you can always read well stories if you look on twelve website that's all t. dot com slash is this.

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oh you're watching r t the main stories we're covering this hour human rights groups so furious that alleged torture has been put in charge of arab affairs in jerusalem the infamous israeli interrogator has been accused of numerous use cases of the stimulants. amphetamine surge in price russia has been gripped by the party drug i'm a chemist surf the web for instructions on how to cook without risking life and limb to one person. and latvians on voting in a parliamentary election and the baltic states worst economic crisis to date

opinion poll say the party protecting the rights of the state's russian minority could be a surprise front runner. when next we ask how dramatically the world has changed over the past fifty years. director general in a bucket gets to grips with that question alcohol spotlight that's next.