the world must begin with freedom justice and peace in the lives of individual human beings america long the self-appointed global leader on human rights pointing out the shortcomings of others for the united states this is a matter of moral and pragmatic necessity but scenes of injustice like these are taking place not in other countries instead happening right here in the u.s. a point being made by the united nations human rights council in its first comprehensive review of washington's record two hundred twenty eight points to be precise recommendations on how the u.s. can do better in practicing what it preaches than up close guantanamo and secret detention centers throughout the world to punish those people who torture and execute detainees arbitrarily the u.s. dismisses many of the suggestions calling them political provocations by hostile countries yet even america's allies are highlighting grave flaws france and ireland

demand obama follow through on the promise to close gitmo britain belgium and dozens of others calling on the u.s. to abolish the death penalty for many it's the ultimate hypocrisy how a state with roughly three thousand people on death row lectures the world about humanity almost like a case in point mumia abu jamal viewed as america's very own political prisoner the united states the perpetrator of gross human rights violations is using human rights as a political football against its enemies and its enemies are enemies not because they violate human rights necessarily but because the us wants to change the government in their country the country often accusing adversaries like syria iran and north korea of oppressing citizens is now faced with defending domestic practices like indefinite detention poor prison conditions and racial profiling don't stand idly by don't be silent when dissidents elsewhere are imprisoned america is home to the largest world's. just prison population with two point three

million people currently behind bars children can be sentenced to life in prison a place where more than one hundred undocumented immigrants have died while awaiting deportation. increasing discrimination against muslims another blemish on america's human rights record. hundreds have been arrested in so-called f.b.i. for oil terror plots plots using government paid informants to set up the crime a practice other countries term entrapment aleesha macwilliams mccollum's nephew is among those caught in these web sites she warns the system is losing its bearings america's need to wake up because i am a living how we go lives of never kids no one country has all the answers but all of us must answer to our own people question is when the people speak who is listening the us has rejected international calls to abolish the death penalty and dismissed several other recommendations leading many to ask if us exceptionalism

means do as i say not as i do not part see me or. as a call for north korea to return to international talks over its nuclear activities as soon as possible it comes from russia south korea from where president would vote of war and the simmering tensions in the region could boil over he was speaking to the head of the g. twenty summit in seoul but isn't this a no it's there for. everyone understands how important peace on the peninsula is not just for the sake of peace but for the economy and for stability in both russia and south korea understand that this is a big issue for all we hear so much about iran president himself brought up the fact that iran has never declared itself as a nuclear state while north korea very much have so it is a concern for russia once again president medvedev reiterated that moscow is alarmed over north korea's nuclear ambitions but believes the only way to go about solving them is through negotiations and. that requires our special

attention is the situation in the pacific region and on the korean peninsula we have discussed the nuclearization and have highlighted the importance of six party talks we want to resume as soon as possible in the asia pacific region and the receiver as potential for conflict and there is no alternative who want to set up a dialogue and improve understanding between the sides. and we ourselves had a chance to go to the border with north korea it's only some sixty kilometers from the center of seoul of course with the twenty most powerful leaders in the region over the next couple of days this is a lot something we're going to hear a lot about at the g. twenty president mentioned that he is very impressed with the way south korea has developed they've had a huge amount of success with innovation and modernization and maybe it is looking to south korea to prove to be an example for russia. to diversify the economic cooperation between russia and south korea what do we need to do to achieve we need

to make it more we are modernizing russia creating a new economy in our career friends have brilliant experience in this as well as in the commercialization of scientific discovery i'm very happy to have signed a memorandum on rhaetian in high technology this president read of also had an open discussion with members from civil society is there they talked a lot about boosting trade between the two countries of course south korea and russia do have strong trade ties but it's nothing compared to the u.s. and china when you look at president medvedev certainly pushing to put a lot of effort into deepening ties especially when it comes to trade and the economy on a lighter note one of the members of the civil societies did bring up south korean food in that mode to a lot of talk about russian vodka and president medvedev pointed out that this is a great chance and a great reason to build the cooperation between the two countries on the lowest levels at a civil level so people in korea understand that it's not just that russian string

. this in our reporting for us there well world's top economies take center stage tomorrow in south korea when the g twenty summit kicks off a major issue to be at the center of the debate in seoul is a battle over currencies president obama is expected to face tough questions over the u.s. decision to pump sixty billion freshly printed dollars into its economy it's an attempt to revive the country's finances but will devalue the dollar. at the same time leading economist stephen lewis says the policy is aimed at boosting public opinion at home but pays little attention to the needs of the rest of the world the u.s. will be on the defensive this g. twenty meeting it will have very few friends willing to support the position that it's taken on its own domestic policies but i would not expect the us to change its policy in response to these international pressures be calls mr bernanke you federal reserve mr guy the treasury secretary see themselves as making policy only

for the benefit of the us economy i'm not for the world as a whole policymakers in the us there are a lot of pressure from the u.s. population to do something to alleviate the rising unemployment and the troubles in the housing sector and so there's going to be a tendency for policymakers to take the line of least resistance by forming policies which are really tailored for us requirements to pay little attention to what the rest of the world needs a way just a few minutes policing the police here in russia as officers mark the national day of major reid is underway here at r.t. we look at what the men and women in uniform can do to regain the trust of those they value to protect. first britain seeing its biggest protest yet against the deep cuts the country faces to tackle its massive debts tens of thousands of

students poured onto the streets against a planned hike in chu ition fees which could see them travel to nine thousand pounds a year at his london correspondent laura emmott has more. one started off as a peaceful and jovial demonstration today has now turned into what's going on behind me behind me is the head forces of the conservative party and demonstrators have gathered outside that shouting slogans burning that banners in the middle of the courtyard there is a large fire that they've made that burning things on throwing sticks there's a large police presence inside the courtyard as well and they've managed to break one of the windows of the building at this moment a demonstration we'll say managed to make their way up one to the ring from where they are waving banners the police are involved police in riot gear have been told and to twenty twenty five police right there are also trying to steal the situation out i've been approached by a couple of people as a news crew who said to me that they want to make it clear this is just

a small group of demonstrators who are causing this trouble and that the majority of this demonstration is still a peaceful one and this is the biggest demonstration that london has seen against austerity measures of course we've seen demonstrations all labor europe students and trade unions a large there are around twenty five thousand people out on the streets we think will they obviously it's impossible to get make that number but that protesting an increase in fees for university tuition for around three thousand pounds travelling to around nine thousand pounds and that is just happened in two thousand and twelve if no one does anything about it my space is in students about why they turned out today here's what they had to say i'm assuming since i'm i think it's not by the students throughout. the regular year even though the government claims this is necessary to hold a whole new level we know for a fact there are many other ways you can help with this says a lot i don't think the seed in financial terms so we need to think about what

education is actually for one who its forecasts for the was just simply. to buy. our business or. i don't read that we've seen in london but that has been out there on wrecks throughout europe and the backdrop of this is that extraordinarily david cameron the prime minister and it's agreed to increase the amounts of money that britain gets to the year in union every year and increased seven hundred million dollars it's also been suggested by an m.e.p. an e.u. negotiates and he said that there he thought simpleton that it's well and that the . means that the european union is actually going to see seven hundred billion will be upwards of one billion dollars now this is really the first on rest that we've seen in london but some people are expecting more think that makes about job losses once you talk. about is lauren was there wolf an american voice from the u.k. taxpayers alliance who's been closely watching where the arcs will fall and where

harder britons are going to be forced to spend more in the future thanks for being with us tonight this consider a photo almost everyone in the u.k. we know that why do you think it took the proposal to raise university fees for i'm going to boil over as we've seen today. i think you know you can always rely on students to make their voices heard and indeed they have today although it's been largely peaceful protests i think you know they're angry that she feels are going up but unfortunately the facts are the facts everybody is going to have to take their share of the pain the country is in financial difficulty we have an enormous debt an enormous deficit to make up and unfortunately government is trying to take action to do that as you mentioned we have increased our contribution to the e.u. which seems to run contrary to our there style flashes they're being put in place at the students around gary and i think most people can appreciate why but unfortunately these are necessary measures ok well what about the funding is going up. the european parliament chief negotiator is convinced despite was pretty so far

it is going to cost britain more than was promised a couple of weeks ago but mr cameron it's an easy target this isn't it to get. to get worked up especially to dig deeper into your pockets but britain does get a fair bit of that cash back in the subsidies of the gives the gets investments in a rebate so is it all. well we do see an awful lot of money wasted as well let's not forget a lot of the crackpot initiatives we say also seen a huge salaries there in the loss of profit but i think that's british taxpayers very angry and as we've seen the contribution rise i think is going up by two point nine percent unfortunately that is you know it's enough to get people actually quite quite right in the face quite hot headed because we are having to see massive cuts here local authorities are cutting back on their frontline services and actually we don't feel as british people that we get that much in the we put a lot in we don't get an awful lot out of not a lot there's

a visible unfortunately visible things frontline services in this country public sector services that have been cut back or particular exact point doesn't seem to do. very good from a p.r. perspective a lot of the time as you mentioned the e.u. all of those of what for the sixteen year running project of its accounts because of waste and misspent big one of the british to my more direct action on cleaning up you do something more practical about it absolutely that's what we're trying to say is the taxpayers' alliance we're here fighting on behalf of the taxpayer and we've certainly been pointing out we had a book the great european ripoff and we look to areas where spending really should be reassessed is a hell of a lot of profit for profit i say there's a hell of a lot of money wasted i think if the rest of europe is having to cut the fat so should the well how do you make those sixteen years all this way says still going on. now unfortunately so it feels as though the e.u. is untouchable so a lot of people they obviously dictate

a lot of things we've got an awful lot of e.u. directives that we have to adhere to there's a lot of east actually it's on the books here in the u.k. but unfortunately it's very very hard to lobby for a change i do the british people really need to speak out we need to for say that in full voice that you cannot continue to spend at the rate that it is doing while the rest of europe are really having to cut cut the fat and cut back on services that even if you do make a difference try and get the government to reconsider where they will fall homes are going to help even if it does cut itself off from the e.u. it's not going to be enough to fill the black hole that will be left behind possibly because of course of the e.u. trade benefits to well i didn't leave you a trade with britain no matter what but you are right it wouldn't make it would make all the difference but it would certainly make some difference to getting our heads above water there needs to be a full scale review we've seen there at the comprehensive spending review that the government announced recently at the end of october and there are reforms being

made but they need to go further on a domestic level within the u.k. there's still an awful lot of waste we see an awful lot of profit spending and that has to be addressed as well we can't just bash the although that is one area where money could be saved we have to look into ourselves as well and see where there is within our own ranks and we need to tighten our belt feel about voice new code taxpayers a law and surf expert on the line from london tonight. thank you. wednesday marks russia's police officers professional holiday but looming layoffs and reforms are leaving little room for celebration a string of high profile scandals have seen public trust in the force plummet government into action while many agree an overhaul is overdue not everyone is convinced to work to push kovar explains more. their pictures which shocked and asian and left the image of russia's law enforcers in tatters it's now over a year since this drunken shooting spree by police officer. killed two and wounded

seven others but the case remains one of the most alarming in a series of high profile police scandals it also came as a blow to people like former officer alexander who won the title hero of the soviet union for his work but he was a cool fourteen regretfully there are many of sickos out there i'm a former policeman myself but even i try to avoid police officers they have guns and they can shoot it was also last here that a young officer tried to blow the whistle on police corruption with an internet video and sparked a political storm i have many acquaintances in the police who care about the truth he called for a national inquiry and accused police chiefs of ordering officers to jail innocent people the bill planted a wave of similar revelations as other officers came forward the interior ministry itself admits more than one hundred thousand offenses involving police officers

were registered in two thousand and nine alone. you know in the one nine hundred seventy s. policemen were motivated by reasons that would be totally on appreciated today we work to solve crimes for the excitement of the job and for justice to prevail. in response to the scandals president dmitry medvedev ordered a multi-billion dollar reform of the interior ministry last december the new measures set out to make clear the rights of the police and those they detain one of the main talking points however became the new name for the force leaving behind the old militia and going back to the internationally more accepted police many said crossed remain the biggest concern and worried about the costs of the name change. the law should me. i don't understand why we need to spend so much money but will they be changing the lettering on the cars it's no use changing the name first we need to take a look at all those villas in the moscow region she which police officers of houses

there that's what they need to start with confiscations the proposals will be implemented next year in what will be a crucial stage in the forces history and history which has seen better days as this museum in moscow testifies the museum tells hundreds of stories of bravery courage and heroism this is the list of those who died in the line of duty however the organizers of this exhibition say there are many more out there whose stories remain unknown. but the image of the law enforcement in russia remains a tarnished one the question now is with the reforms will be more than just a piece and help but believe the police and the police on the same side of the barricades. over r.t. . twenty minutes past nine at night this wednesday are moscow to signal what's at r.t. dot com our home page and apparent missile launch off the coast of california leaves the us government clueless what could it be we've got more details that are dot com

tonight if you're interested in that one. of the solve it cartoons finding new generations of found russian out of mate is making new versions of the gentlemen reality tales of finding a bleak picture because they say funding is running dr that story interests you as well arty's dot com is the place to be. check out world news and she is making headlines british police say the bomb found on a plane in central england last month was planned to detonate over america's eastern seaboard the powerful device was originally sent by mail from yemen and hidden in a printer cartridge but was detected after a tip off from saudi intelligence has it gone off detectives say it would have exploded at four thirty am on the twenty ninth of october authorities on both sides of it learn to say they only now are you know verted disaster. a series of bombings targeting christians in the iraqi capital have killed at least five and left dozens of others injured about fourteen roadside bombs were detonated in predominantly

christian areas of baghdad it comes after more than forty christians were killed in al qaeda militants took over a cathedral ten days ago in the capital. another tugboat now become towing to shore that packed cruise ship which has become stranded of mexico's pacific coast the vessels on a seven day trip to the mexican riviera when a fire started in the engine room cutting off the power emergency food supplies are being delivered to the four a half thousand people on board the carnival splendor we here may know bridgeport by thursday according to latest estimates all the holiday makers are set to get their money back. so world war two mysteries surface in ten minutes time here on this channel from moscow before that crane has got the latest business news for you in just a moment. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in

mosco g.'s available in hotels coolest i'm going to do know a little is a little toto keep a promise it is congress' photo east west never told. no but. rather soon to say yes slovyansk on. historical hotels of a culture in the city so it's a cool small. mid-air as a good up until the strength for us to become her toe. had a welcome to business thanks for joining me gas promise to supply no less than ten billion cubic meters of natural gas per year to south korea starting in five years time at present russia supplies to asia just liquefied natural gas in modest volumes but they're all plastic deliver as much gas as its. parts.

asia in poor it's just one twentieth of the gas that russia supplies to europe japan india and south korea receive eight billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas from russia by tanker but there are reasons huge room for growth visiting small head of gas pramod like say miller says these market alone expanding by fifteen percent within the decade. our korean partners are interested in increasing the gas supply into the korean market and today we agreed with the coal gas company on the fact that we move to the next stage of negotiations gazprom is also in talks with china as ever the sticking point is prize gas consumption in china is expected to balloon to two hundred billion cubic meters a year offering in new export markets for russia but analysts say russia should keep its western gas fields for europe and supply eastern consumers from annual tap

first of all we must think about the result for the action east part of russia it's very important first because we know that the future for us in this industry in the east part of russia not in the west part of russia because of the decline of production on our. versts fields and there is also very simple to us because of the new market and we have the new fields which are not far from this year what it is the key to winning the asian markets is such an island in the far east holding vast hydrocarbon reserves gastronomy is accelerating its second three gas project to come on stream by two thousand and eleven if you have any business our team. has backed a joint venture with gas from to build a local section of the south stream pipeline last week the bulgarian energy holding and gas probably lost a tender for the initial investment study the actual agreement will be signed during prime minister put in as they said to say here on saturday. gas prices

should be independent of the oil market says the e.u. energy commissioner as gas becomes a more important source of energy the union wants to minimize price fluctuations energy commission also spoke of europe's trust for russia as an energy partner. in this deal and the russians have already invested more than fifty billion euro in the north stream pipeline and that was basically seeking profit and if gas can't flow in then there's no profit so it's in the russian's own interest to ensure that this gas connection gets up and running and this interdependency is mutual russians are selling gas to us and they can purchase trucks machinery chemicals and engineering expertise from europe. let's look at the markets now u.s. stocks are mixed this hour as europe continues to grapple with government debt problems telecommunications and leading other declines with eighteen to dropping point nine percent and general motors reported a third quarter net income of two point sixteen billion dollars u.s.

largest automaker is preparing for its initial public offering european stock markets dropped on wednesday as concerns escalated over sovereign debt problems in the euro zone and wall street lost ground with the prices for precious metals including so copper were putting pressure on the forty and mining stocks the shares of cover fell four point three percent while the rest of the sector possibly losses of at least twenty percent. and here in moscow both of course ended the day of the read in the my six loss less than one and a half percent each all the main players finished lower with energy stocks the major drag shares of local fell two percent on a miser but the bear bank was the biggest loser and the three percent. companies in russia and kazakhstan may benefit from the wave of stimulus money from the united states so all those hundreds of billions of dollars of stock markets and emerging economies the bonds of local energy companies are winners with oil prices all the uptrend energy import. expect to boost earnings and that will make local

bond issues more attractive gazprom plans to place euro bonds next week for around one billion u.s. dollars. and that's all for me this hour but you can always log on talk web site r.t. dot com slash business and i lost always there stay with us for headline news up next. hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice

face to face with the news makers on. a moment when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothingness. thousands wounded. and noone to suffer to defend the land. it was the first but probably not the last military uses of this weapon. come in the morning will be come. children come and get on in the future. the international association of russian language and literature teachers will hold the. festival of russian language. are you interested in

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group of nations. and tens of thousands of british university students are marching against plans to travel the chilly should flee to nine thousand pounds a year it's britain's biggest protest yet to get. funding for. some of the secrets of world war two which hidden in the depths of the black sea. and supplies looted the years main event is about to kick off. to me this is the most important part of the year when you come here you are one on one with you forget all about civilization. when the flu.