as communities in terms of interrogating prisoners that our people think will be ineffective in a de classified memo gonzales did warn us gods it was legally safer to perform torture on foreign soil ministers in the european union were glad to oblige the e.u. agreed to help arrest and transport people to countries where they could be tortured in a meeting here at nato headquarters in two thousand and one detainees may or may not have been guilty since they never received a real trial we just can't know for sure. barack obama was elected on the promise to show that to go and turn them over but he's even appealed to us court rulings which give detainees some royds two years on the prison still open for business law all washington street guilty of. crimes against humanity socio ministration and still is your plan for participating and supporting these

that executives from bush down no fear going abroad after foreigners filed lawsuits over torture when the world will to america's doing said bush's advisor we will all be ashamed the new bush will r.t. braman. general david petraeus are going to matter of u.s. forces of data status set to become the new cia chief the u.s. looks to be moving away from his heavy approach to war as washington stands firm on a mass troop pullout from of get a stamp but as a general a seance to a new role behind the wheel of global covert operations some boys doubts that patrols can be impartial are the scaling ford has more. and he's been called the rock star four star he is without question one of the finest officers and military minds of his generation the architect of modern counterinsurgency i may ask quite often as are all of us what do you think should happen in afghanistan and my first

response is well whatever general petraeus says that's the direction in which we ought to go that's the kind of respect for you general david petraeus. who trains was on capitol hill to be confirmed as the next director of the central intelligence agency in truth my goal in uniform has always been to convey the most forthright and accurate picture possible. i have to be sure offered more positive assessments than the intelligence community did but although he's been lauded as the man responsible for america's strategy in iraq former c.n.n. pentagon correspondent jamie mcintyre says he has his detractors a lot of people see him as very ambitious very calculating playing the system telling the american people what they want to hear. and a lot of people also some critics also think that the success that the u.s. is touting in iraq is vastly overstated and despite his star power some in the military say petraeus is better at navigating the media and washington than a battlefield it's called the green zone hero these are your senior officers who

never actually saw any action who have never themselves been under direct fire and have never pulled the trigger and killed anyone in combat although president obama called him a quote lifelong consumer of intelligence others are skeptical that betray us will fit in at the cia their evaluation of iraq their evaluation of afghanistan have being generally diametrically opposed to what betray us has said his characterization of conditions on the ground in that country bears no resemblance to what people in the central intelligence agency or say general petraeus spent thirty seven years in uniform but will hang it up to leave the cia as a civilian senate republican leaders praise president obama's decision for quote choosing competence and continuity but that same continuity means betrayers will be in charge of assessing his own success in iraq and afghanistan and ford r.t. washington d.c. . as a journalist lines over to the cia the nature of war seems to be shifting with him the u.s. president says a pullout of troops from afghanistan was possible because the taliban's momentum

has been turned that's despite calls from top military brass for a more gradual drawdown a former cia officer jack rice says washington's confused it's him and the country . i think the department of defense and the white house are probably mischaracterizing how this is successful if you will one of the problems is that somehow the u.s. has broken the taliban or is separating the taliban from al qaeda well the fact is is that the taliban and other kind of were separate organizations from the beginning and just simply characterize them as the bad guys as all the same guy was one of the biggest mistakes that the united states ever met and i think you are going to see more instability i mean when i talk to people who look at cars our president karzai as a crook they see him as somebody who is doing nothing but protecting himself and his own democracy is not there but you know what at the same time anybody who thinks that the u.s. or the or the europeans can roll into

a country and simply say we have decided we're going to anoint you with democracy and you put it in people's hands i can't imagine any country in the world where a foreign army would walk in and say we're going to give you something who is going to accept it. we'll still have free in the program a world beating technique to cure heart disease find out how russian cardiologists are treating irregular heartbeats and less important minutes using electric sockets . also the hot issues abroad leaders of tucson or nations to the world's coal this continent. and it's cheap effective and highly toxic and a cell phone is a pesticide banned and most countries but still widely embraced by farmers in india however its use carries grave consequences with a whole generation of children suffering devastating health problems and while the government claims there is no affordable turn of to the chemical ordinary families

are paying the price they may find some of the images and various readers reports distressing. this girl's body is the size of a baby but in reality she's five years old in her short life syria has endured an operation to reduce the size of her abnormally large head and she's not the only one suffering like this the doctor said that we have to put a tube into our child's hand otherwise there would be complications. and syrias mother thinks she knows what's caused it here in the cashew plantations in india southern state of carolina the government sprayed a highly controversial pesticide endosulfan on the crops during the ninety's that the people here say is causing a generation of deformed children victims groups believe there are around nine thousand children like syria with swollen heads and developing at only half the rate they should for some parents that prospect is too much choosing abortion

sometimes disturbingly late my daughter was also raises own in the eighth months of her pregnancy until recently india was the only country in the world which allowed the youth of endosulfan the agricultural ministries that they're with employing no other cheap alternative to the powerful past this side but after mounting pressure at home and abroad the supreme court voted on an eight week ban of the past the third which is thought to expire in mid july while studies show that endosulfan causes severe developmental and reproductive problems in both humans and animals proponents of the past aside say their rivals are the ones pushing this ban. the only. goes. but the families of the sick feel that they've been forgotten for long enough. there is no value for human life and it's all about the money people don't care

about each other these days people who have money are categorized as high caste and the poor people are counted as low cost and nobody cares whether we are dead or alive the families are drained emotionally and financially their life savings wiped out to care for their severely disabled children. right it's like i feel very sad when i see my child like this though it's disturbing we have to tolerate it. there's little point waiting for govern. relief repeated requests fall on deaf ears in the capital all these families can do is make the most of the short lives their disfigured children will have most will die before their twentieth birthday preassure either r t carola india. well let's check out other international news we have for you today the u.s. secretary general has warned of an escalation risk after reports that syrian forces raided a village near the turkish border hillary clinton said it could deepen the conflict and worsen the plight of refugees troops using snipers and tanks were seen on the

syrian side of the border on thursday forcing more people to flee to turkey or ten thousand sheltered in camps and almost fifteen hundred have been killed since a crackdown on anti-government protesters started in march. the e.u. has pledged to help greece with its woes over a looming bankruptcy and debt the country could gain vital bailout funds once parliament passes freshest area measures next week the greek government has to approve a further twenty billion euros in budget cuts over five years if these are passed greece get another twelve billion viewers in cash as part of the current bailout package from eurozone countries and the i.m.f. . sauza students clashed with police in the chilean capital santiago riders threw stones at security forces tried to disperse the crowds with water cannon over twenty people were detained according to local media demonstrations demanding an increase in public education funding started three weeks ago students teachers and school managers stoop to the streets. it's the latest medical breakthrough

using electric shocks to cure of normal heartbeats moscow's center for carty exeat took just forty minutes to carry out the life changing procedure doctors hope the innovation will soon be implemented all over the world that was hampered watch the surgery take place. play nearing the work being carried out so that could have the sense of a colony vascular surgery minimally invasive hybrid centuries being carried out to correct a heart or return it will irregular heart beats and what's new is that this surgery falls into two stages prior to the patient to wed things of the new set of mounting a system which is literally a belt placed around the patient with some two hundred forty electrodes attached to it which allow us to see to look at the heart in for three d. or to really pinpoint the exact location all theoretical hopping see that by the

time the patient comes to surgery and i'm to go to the operation that the just witnessed the cage should and all of the hall will be known and the time spent in place will be far less than the aforesaid minutes and it's hoped that the accuracy and successful operation will be fall high it is also thought that the recovery period will quiet is following this should you go troll here's the results close to one hundred percent success. interation no control which gives you samadhi approximately sixty percent we know that for the patient is difficult to go for the open heart surgery when he has the possibility to be pretty breakouts a new goals for covered or abrasion two or three or four times and then the results become better at the same time the damage of a chair becoming bigger and bigger so we would be fired surgery at this

place would be species and made it very a shock safe from bleeding in saved from a blog and the reason why they're trying so hard to develop this new technology. it is because almost you with me is all increasingly being recognized as a big problem or saying he would not have been across the world they can cause a decline in both the length and quality of one's life a poem in the working strokes. the way for you to why you have strokes. this is a success for more patients close russia will be able to make you solve this nuisance mapping system. which takes less time to prove to be more. if you missed any of our on air stories just go to our t.

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now she has an obstinate and predictable nature be ready for that if you ever go to antarctica she shows no favor in this icy and inhospitable way and all visitors are equal tourist to top officials are on thomas' witness the world's coldest continent playing host to no one but two national presidents. as a military c one thirty approaches a gravel airstrip the people on land prepare for celebration and official ceremony . the presidents of both chile and ecuador are making an official visit to their

respective research stations in antarctica where we are for our base it is a very important visit but it is also important for our people as we here at the gateway to the rest of antarctica and for chile it is very important to support them talk to treaty. and think it's. important thing. for president sebastian pinera his visit has the potential to be a political hot point as chile holds a territorial claim over the antarctic peninsula clear down to the south pole but on this particular trip controversies were put aside in favor of a more international message and that has been and should always be a continent of peace of friendship. and has to be very friendly with nature and the environment is very much committed with that and i'm sure that the

russian people share these feelings so to get there we have to say. that they've got because it is a country of the future of peace and also science and technology. and while ecuador holds no boundary claim on the continent rafael korea's visit does hold some national significance of this is a very impressive you know he's the first time that. he's here in antarctica so very very exciting he's very sort of there for us. hosting not one but two presidents is a tricky business especially in antarctica when much of the planning can be changed at a moment's notice depending on the constantly changing and unpredictable weather we if we have a saying about antarctica not only she knows who can and cannot visit her. in fact last year both presidents been trying to visit but could not land because the weather shifted and it was too dangerous. to organizing

a presidential want to visit a delegation of this size is hard to cope with just to clean they were able to fit in a little bit of russian culture with a visit to trinity church. traveling with the presidents a delegation of both chile and ecuador's top military brass as well as minister of energy. and while there were photo opportunities and press conferences the main message from these heads of state was one of international cooperation. you know our money we can work together so in order to. improve. and as their presidential flight leaves the continent after a successful visit those who stay behind to continue their research to ensure that idea of unity is realized in antarctica sean thomas. well you can always get more videos and read more about shah's adventures in all corners of the world on his

blog or visit our website our team. within a month. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization. discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many wildlife in antarctica is. an. expedition to the bottom of the earth. love him or hate him you can deny lands a unique role in martian history a little later we explore the life of the man then known as the father of the revolution. ball straight lead to change the course of the straight and starting off here on red square next to the magnificent moscow crown and join me martin andrews as we

take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life hands . and must go out of here in just a few minutes before that though we'll take a look what's happening in the world of business with miter. thank you marina and warm welcome to business r.t. well prices dropped almost five percent on thursday after the international energy agency made a surprise announcement that sixty million barrels of oil will be released from strategic reserves half of this will come from the u.s. with other major economies providing the rest over thirteen day period it's only the first time in history has sanctioned the release of river moves intended to offset the loss of production from libya currently involved in civil war meanwhile

some opec members warned of possible counter measures are probably your price nick parsons head of research at national australia bank explains why he thinks the guy has taken this unusual step. buying these two reasons the first of these relates to the global economy and bear in mind the central banks around the world central banks and governments alike fairly alarmed at the prospect of rising inflation and oil prices are a major contributor a factor here they certainly don't want to drive their economies back into recession. by overtightening interest rates in order to deal with inflation so working directly at the root cause of these price increases i think is a very very shrewd move so the first reason is because they're concerned with inflation i think the second reason is also to show that the balance of power across the world doesn't lie entirely with opec and i think the opec decision

fifteen days ago that was taken not to increase production i think did actually upset many people around the world so partly it's about power it's also about inflation. of the markets now and world prices are edging back plunging on the international energy agency as well as of. light sweet is up around one dollar. seventy cents actually precisely one dollar seventy cents brant is up one dollar nine cents more than one hundred eight dollars per barrel still far to go until they come back to the previous levels asian shares are also positive this after the drop in oil prices japan exporters are among the main advances with two seven percent to three prison however will sector firms of course weaker impacts down around the percent meanwhile on the same saying is up more than one point three percent with china again around seven percent. in russia the markets will

start trading the final session of the week in around two hours time of the r t s m i six or the have to plunge there on thursday losses were driven by we could crude prices obviously looking ahead to the trading session the luggage gaza from b. to b. capital says russian markets are likely to consolidate their current levels the most rational. course of events is going to be. a little bit more of risk aversion in europe in the u.s. with regards to russia i think where more likely to see consolidation on current levels and obviously no risk taking is going to be on until the greek austerity measure vote takes place i think of the best bet is blue chip stocks the ones there are liquid because obviously we've seen a complete drain out of the crease out the second tier space so it's the oil and gas is probably the best bet in russia right now the warning lights on europe's

debt crisis is a flashing red that's the verdict of the president of the european central bank. his analysis might be a little behind the curve according to a number of commentators who think it's only a matter of time before the single currency collapses patrick young editor of the gathering storm describes the possible consequences of yours integration. there's a credible possibility i mean if the euro actually is going to collapse then there is a very very significant process because after all the euro is the second most important currency on the planet i mean roughly one third of all the world's reserves are in u.s. dollars something like twenty five percent are held in euro's if the eurozone goes into a debt spiral that causes a huge problem it causes a fundamental crisis of confidence in the money that people hold in their pockets at the same time it quite possibly gives russia an incredible opportunity because in fact it may well be that other currencies such as even the ruble male timidly be

regarded as being safer havens for investors and to that end the russian government is going to hold his considerable struggle to manage to keep the economy going but hopefully they'll be able to pull through. see the headlines with another.

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more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware. they're far away from civilization sean combs discovers flight makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica is close if you live in the front of. expedition to the bottom of your. wealthy british soil it's time to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports. hungry for the food we've got. the biggest issues get

a human voice face to face with the news makers. fortunate to live from moscow these are the top stories britain has revealed it neglected to protect prisoners from abuse as part of its role in the u.s. rendition program this comes as american officials face of lawsuits from foreign detainees who claim they were tortured in overseas prisons. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan general contrast is set to become the next cia director of opponents question if the new chiefs five will definitely assess the progress of american conflicts. and families in india accuse the government of allowing the use of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children victims groups claim applying the chemicals is causing it generation them to form children who

don't live to see their twenty's. when they actually explore that of a divisive figure of the father of the russian revolution. hello and welcome to the show in this week's program i'll be exploring that in slice. the ball straight lead to change the course of the straight and starting off red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin. as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life and . associated with

russia. eight hundred seventy s. . shows his pseudo name living in ninety nine as one of the leading political figures and revolution we think is of the twentieth century he changed the world. bullshit takeover of power in russia in nine hundred seventeen the communist party religion and once the class free became life and adapted for marxism. what is the soviet leaders like to see today. for the developments in syria who. might say their mission those guys were really able to take a philosophy churn it and then turn it into something that whole society could use and think it was well intentioned begin. to lose it on the national review this man was to destroy his time and he's still idealist now i think it's completely over the top to keep him in there and you know cheery him in the ground and.