he personally participated in abusive prisoners to actually abuses in abu ghraib are exactly the same as those in the israeli secret prisons of 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 george. very high ranking policeman in jerusalem is giving 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 won two thirds of them and the messages are 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 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 it reached into my knees then he started to beats me he hit me in the back and pushed me into the wall chargers 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 he wins the ideas will just months into his new position so heavy has already been accused of badly injuring a palestinian into. 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 a facility with not invited people were not. just there that. individual complaints were closed and not for very large 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. now every year more than thirty thousand people died from drug abuse in russia with tons of narcotics being smuggled into the country from ghana start in central asia while school believes in tackling the problem that it's route by randi kaye to opium poppy fields because artie's denise but also he has been finding out i'm going to a chemist within russia also pose a threat. a sting operation turns into family drama this pregnant woman and her boyfriend just tried to sell five hundred grams of them fed them 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 eagle 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 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 looks 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 and southern russia has reason 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 him 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. you know it's one of them has a college degree let alone a degree in chemistry most of these people are self qualified geniuses is that what was. dozens of arrests in the case this harsh jail sentence says all important agents are trying to put a new. craze but despite the risks 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 that the u.s.

links to uprisings in latin america. and the former pakistani president hands a round returned 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 douglas don one of the apartments on fire areas in the city of have been sealed off and thereby buildings have been evacuated russia's antiterrorist committee says one militant here. volatile region has seen a series of militant attacks in the past several weeks on by extensive security raids. that's been zar 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 plummeting opinion 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 bottom of ports. 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 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 and guess what ensued 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 there was part of the soviet union after the break up hundreds of thousands were denied citizenship a policy the government is unconcerned by. non-citizens or

residence. which means. all the same. 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. for another church has grown up in latvia and says ethnic policies are ruining a country but it is the first nation of political groups and latino has for a long time been determined by their city it'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 and unemployment rates in the e.u. because critics say ethnic fiddling while rome burns the end of a day so we also have to start doing things in the comic terms social poor siraj. playing again and again couple of topics connected with. the 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 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. now there is 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 artie rica. moscow and washington have resolved 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 and to reach an advantage a number of issues with the u.s. had to be worked through including the jackson vanity amendment which places restrictions on trade with russia finance minister the secretary says russia could become a full member of it up to you within a year. when i website r.t. dot com has a lot more stories features and blogs for you to have a look at it's just a taste of what searches took away the afghan police officers get the sack drug

smuggling is a kabul prison only going forces do it. and russian enthusiasm when stressed really six feet under pointed out how twenty minutes of fresh graves could help relieve depression and more authority don't call. for ecuador remains in the political turmoil after police uprising the president will feel career held by force in hospital on thursday he was rescued twelve hours later by soldiers at least four people were killed and two hundred injured the president has described as an attempt to con the police approach control of the airport and to protest against austerity measures that would cut their benefits chris says there will be no pardon for those with no nominees now in charge of public order cross the country vote comes more than a year after rocked another south american country haunt us all seize the harvest

takes a closer look at the current trends on the continent. was it was a moment that ignited latin america once again. throughout the attempted coup against a democratically elected president of ecuador rafael correa seem to remain next in . previous crews that destabilized once functioning democracy. but the last one happened here last year in hundred us have 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 during coup the right wing military generals who carried out the ousting of the democratically elected president of honduras manuel zelaya 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 i which is why the crisis in ecuador brought back memories of one during this for a doll for pastore he worked for the sly a government you know you got to wonder how these forces and how these dark sectors within ecuadorian society are strengthen that involvement 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 u.s. needs to maintain control of the region look we can't forget that after the coup d'etat hundreds 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 oval 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 they all said on its own arafat it's an ideological shift in latin america the us 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 away yes 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 shaking off decades of u.s. dominance in the region you have hospice our t. 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 fuel for nato troops stationed in afghanistan the attacks come after pakistan denard the alliance access to a battle for the crossing the room was seen as a response to a nato air strike that killed three pakistani soldiers eventually by accident is that about it says it will consider harsh measures if nato forces continuing into

its territory u.s. led strikes against the edge of militants in pakistan i think taking place for years meanwhile former president pervez musharraf as the launch to a new political party in london intends to return to pakistan and run for office he says the war on terror cannot be won without support. unless pakistan is a part of the fight to give them an extremism the fight cannot succeed there paul it is incumbent on all on the united states on allied forces across to be conscious of this entity would you go pakistan and then take action you know they'd be encouraging across the border giving pakistani. she really. reaches the center of the video pakistan. lucian of the sovereignty of pakistan can be accepted by anyone in particular. as half of that now or some other

international news in brief the guatemalan president says the u.s. committed a crime against humanity when hundreds in his country would deliberately infected with going to rear syphilis more than sixty years ago america has apologized for the recently unearthed experiment in a psychiatric hospital u.s. 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 iraq and the asian. more than a dozen others are seriously injured the train from jakarta heading for sort of behind the interstate in one conference tonight police say a traffic management mistake is to blame for the accident. death toll in iraq has. thirty three more workers trapped underground in chile in the coal mine for the last two months could be out earlier than previously thought rescue workers say the drilling of the shaft is going well and will be completed by little time but.

relatives of the workers ponder ten million dollars lawsuit against the mines and is accusing them of neglecting safety regulations. and i was just steps away from the busiest streets of moscow a small area called patriarchs puns a waste of serenity and nineteenth century charm. it's a lovely place to. be and 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. look of tourist. architecture that surrounds. any work.

you can discover patrick's puns in just ten minutes time here ninety next the weekend a business update with stephanie that's off the short break stay with us. hungry for the full stop we've got it's. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello and welcome to the business bulletin president medvedev visit to china this week put the sale on

a number of new energy deals the negotiations have been drawn out at least where gas contracts the 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 and as you provided it's a business smash that is crying out to be mate the deals have been a long time in the making finally this week ink was put on the dotted line what was a surprise is that we didn't see any 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. costumers is a significant ambition for russia and 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 hurry

up to the russian side in their negotiations for fear of losing out all together in the question 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 last spiced up the performance of domestic a tease. we had first of all a 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 a 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. the unified wide track from 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.

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 cannot speak. in order to balance the cost of travelling in each direction. to be lowered.

right now about. lucrezia so 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 coverage this year has been strong but much student has to be done to make a true breach between east and west isn't a given due to a business r.t. just love. i'm not sold the business years from now but you can always. website.

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a human voice face to face with the news makers. are you watching r t the main stories we're covering this hour human rights groups all furious started alleged torture as being put in charge of arab affairs in jerusalem infamous israeli interrogator has been accused of illicit use cases of palestinians. in price russia has been gripped by the party drug chemists of the web for instructions on how to cook and risk life and limb to avoid prison. and the ins although to call him a true election in the baltic states worst economic crisis to date in polls say the party protecting the rights of the state's russian minority complete surprise front

runner. in the accident join me in the very center. district joy relaxing views and a taste of the old capital. hello and welcome to moscow routes one of my favorite places in the russian capital is pottery washy pretty here named after the palm that's the perfect place to sit and watch the world possible if i just saw so one of the most expensive real estate locations this beautiful design.