on our intelligence communities in terms of interrogating prisoners that our people think will be ineffective in a de classified memo gonzales did warn us gold that 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. but he's even appealed u.s. court rulings which give detainees some royds two years on the prison still open for business. all is the washing ministration guilty of criminal. crimes against humanity so is the obama administration and so is european parliament for participating and supporting these that executives from bush down now fear going

abroad of the foreigners food lawsuits over tool when the world loses what america's doing said bush's advisor we will all be ashamed the new bush shorty braman. going to matter of u.s. forces in afghanistan general david petraeus is 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 master pullout from afghanistan but the generals sent to his new role behind the wheel of global covert operations raises doubts that he can be impartial are descaling for has more. things he's been called the rock star for star he is without question one of the finest officers and military minds of his generation the architect of modern counterinsurgency i'm asked quite often those are all of those 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 i have for you general david petraeus. to train as 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 the trailers will fit in at the cia their evaluation of iraq their evaluation of afghanistan have been generally diametrically opposed to what the troops has said his characterization of conditions on the ground in that country bears no resemblance to what people in the central intelligence agency are saying 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 in continuity but that same continuity means petraeus will be in charge of assessing his own success in iraq and afghanistan he leaned forward r.t. washington d.c. . as a general slides over to the cia the nature of war seems to be shifting with him

the u.s. president says a troop pullout from of data stand was possible because the taliban's momentum has waned that's despite calls from top military brass for a more gradual drawdown a former cia officer jack rice says washington's confused its hand in the country. i think that 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 al qaeda were separate organizations from the beginning and to simply characterize them as the bad guys as all the same guy was one of the biggest mistakes that the united states ever met i think you are going to see more instability when i talk to people in other parts of the country they look at 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 us are the only europeans can roll into a country and simply say we have decided we're going to we're going to do with democracy 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 that. well so i have for you in a program a world beating technique to cure hard disease like how russia cardiologists are treating a regular heart beats using electric shocks. also the hot issues a broad leaders of two southern nations to the world's coldest continent all the details in just a few minutes. ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko is in court on charges of abuse of power she's accused of stealing a highly profitable gas deal with russia in two thousand and nine which allegedly lost ukraine around four hundred million dollars investigators say the x. premier had no authority to sign such contracts without cabinet approval to

a chunk of calls a trial a farce claiming it's orchestrated by her political rival president viktor yana college if convicted she faces up to ten years in jail. it's cheap effective and highly toxic and a cell phone as a pesticide banned in 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 alternative to the chemical ordinary families are paying the price well you might find some of the images i'm pretty sure there's reports disturbing. 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 doctors who have to put it into our child's hand

otherwise there would be complications. and serious mother thinks she knows what's caused it here in the cashew plantations in india southern state of carola 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 alterations 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 that 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 in reproductive problems in both humans and animals proponents of the past aside say their rivals are the ones pushing this ban these two cities only. goes. but the families of the sick feel that they've been forgotten for long enough. there is no value for human life 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. and it is 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. i feel very sad when i see my child like

this you know it's disturbing we have to tolerate it. there's little point waiting for government 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. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the secretary of state warned of an escalation risk after reports that syrian forces raided a village near the turkish border hillary clinton said it to 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 over ten thousand have sheltered in camps and almost fifteen hundred have been killed since crack 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 fresh stared measures next week the greek government is to prove a further twenty billion euros in budget cuts over five years these are passed in greece could get another twelve billion euro in cash as part of the current rescue package from euro zone countries and the i.m.f. . to huge earthquakes have hit in the pacific ocean near alaska's aleutian islands there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries at tsunami warning issued for coastal areas off the american state was later cancelled the quake struck one thousand miles west of the major alaskan city of anchorage. thousands of students clash with police in the chilean capital santiago rioters 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 to go to the streets. it's the latest medical breakthrough of using electric shocks to cure of normal heartbeats moscow center for carty exist to just forty minutes to carry out the life changing procedure doctors hope the innovation will soon be implemented all over the world alice hibbard watched the surgery take place. clay nearing the work being carried out so bad could have sent the colony vascular surgery minimally invasive for hybrid centuries being carried out to correct a heart or wrist and it will irregular heartbeats and what's new is that this surgery falls into two stages prior to the patient to wed things of the nice piece of mapping 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 suit that by the time the patient comes to surgery and i'm to go to the operation that we just witnessed the cake should all of the hall be known and the time spent in place would be far less than the aforesaid minutes and it's hoped that the accuracy and success of the operation would be fall high and it's also true that the recovery period will quiet is full on this surgical approach 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 years the possibility could be pretty great a new goes for covered or ablation good three or four times and then the results

become better but at this same time the damage of a chiro becoming bigger and bigger so we modify surgery at this place would be species and made it very sharp safe from bleeding in saved from a blog and the reason why the trying so hard to develop this new technology. is the cause to risk me is all increasingly being recognized as a big saying he would across the world they can cause a decline in both the length and quality of one's life a poem in the work you did it seems. that maybe. the way for you to hide a strokes. this success for more patients close russia will be able to make you solve this nuisance mapping system. which takes

less time and will take to prove to be more accurate. reporting there and if you missed any of our on air stories just go to our call for all online plus there is always more news and video wind up just for you there here's a taste. at dutch court clears far right politician charges against muslims saying his comments were within the scope of acceptable public debate. and president get of launch a new documentary channels a new vision of russia gets around the clock global reach can see the new addition to the arts and family at our dot artsy dot com.

she has an obstinate and unpredictable nature be ready for that if you ever go to antarctica she shows no favor to anyone the icy and hospitable land treats all visitors equally from tourists to top officials are to shine 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 that has been and should always be a continent of peace of friendship and it has to be very friendly with nature and the environment and it 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 because

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 place you know he's the first time that. he's here in antarctica so very very exciting he's very important 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 pres. it's been tried a visit but could not land because the weather shifted and it was too dangerous. to organizing a presidential what this is a delegation of this size it's quite difficult logistically they were able to fit

in a little bit of russian culture with a visit to the 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. union harmony we can work together so. to. 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. you always get extra videos and read more about shah's adventures in all corners of the world on his blog that's on our website dot com. more than

a month. in 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. is so special and attractive for many the wildlife. and the. expedition to the bottom of the earth. love him or hate him you can deny lennon's unique role in russian history a little later we explore the life of the man known as the father of the revolution . wall street leaders changed the course of this trade and starting off here on red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin join me martin andrews as we take

a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life and . a mascot is here in around five minutes time before that though we'll take a look what's happening in business dimitris here. welcome to business and see oil prices dropped almost five percent on thursday that's after the international energy agency made a surprise announcement sixty million barrels of oil will be released from

strategic reserves now half of this will come from the u.s. with other major economies providing the rest over a thirty day period it's only the third time in history that the i.a.e.a. has sanctioned the release of reserves this move is intended to offset the loss of production from libya. in civil meanwhile some opec members want a possible counter measures to prop up the oil price. now for more on this i'm joined by christine just corrino she is an oil and gas standard and poor's equity research christine thank you so much for being with us what do you think trying to achieve right now is this simply a matter of boosting supply or is it more of a political statement of intent. i think it's three things wine it is trying to ensure that when the northern hemisphere is going to the driving season there will be enough supply now a lot of the opec member countries have said their recent of supply and that is correct but what you need is to make sure that prices don't spiral up the second is to ensure that there is

a soft landing for the economy this is not just for all we see countries but also for developing countries who are facing a lot of pressure in terms of food prices going up and inflation i just time of economic hardship so what you are what they are trying to ensure is that the world economy does not go into a double recession and thirdly there has been a lot of frustration from oil barrels that have been taking out of the market on speculation whether this is actually true or not it's very difficult to prove but what is sure is that this is something that traders were not expecting the problem was that before crude oil prices increased significantly even though the amount by which all prices went up with not just the fire so what the saying is listen guys we are going to dump oil in the market so don't try to get prices up because you're going to lose money we're going to flood the market with oil and you should stop doing that now what is going to happen now is that traders are no longer looking at

welcome prices go up to one hundred twenty we're looking more at current prices go below ninety so this should put a barrier to oil prices cap which should hopefully ensure that the world continues to soft land and recover from the recession but it seems that prices are now with ninety one dollars per barrel for w t i this is sort of levels we saw before tensions in egypt now what will happen in the thirty days after this reserve well is actually gone from the market. well you've got to understand what the i.a.e.a. is thing is not just dumping oil saudi arabia had said that they would increase their production to ten million barrels of oil a day to make sure that not just the driving season is well supplied for but now that refineries are coming on because they were when believe a crisis took place you've got to remember a lot of the refineries were during their maintenance period now demand has

increased but saudi arabia needs time not just to increase its production but to get it to market it takes about two weeks for the oil to reach the united states or japan so the increase in broil production from saudi arabia won't reach the market until maybe thirteen in some cases even sixty days so what the international agency is doing is that he's going to supply oil which should start hitting the market at the end of next week so that they can bridge the gap between the time when oil demand is increasing and supply from saudi arabia comes on the market so the are called the making themselves this is not a move that was taken as some agencies have reported unilaterally there have been compensations in the back i'm sure with china and india you know the countries that supported saudi arabia kuwait in the year i did and it and countries in europe which are very frustrated by the fact that they believe that speculators can raise prices and hinder their economic repository rendering their economic policies

useless at the time which is very crucial all right christine thank you so much for your time there was this industry no oil and gas analyst at standard and poor's equity research thank you and i'm afraid that's all we have time for this hour but join business. when it's time for an up in the headlines and i started.

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. welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you 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 lawsuits from foreign detainees who claim they were tortured in overseas prisons. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan general petraeus is set to become the next cia director opponents question if the new chiefs will objective we assess the progress of american conflicts. and families in india accuse the government of a while when the use of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children victim groups claim applying the chemicals is causing

a generation of the foreign children who don't want to live to see their twenty's. when next week's poorer 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 history of 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 at . one of the names associated with.

eight hundred seventy s. . it shows his pseudo name in nineteen i was one of the leading political figures and revolution we think is of the twentieth century he changed the world. bolshevik takeover of power in russia in nine hundred seventeen the communist party religion wanted a class free economy life and adapted for marxism but what is the soviet leaders like to see today. for the developments in syria who. might say. those guys were really able to take a philosophy and churn it and if they turned it into something that all society could use and think it was well intentioned if you mean. this man was to release time and he's still idealist now i think it's completely over the top to keep him in there and you know cherry him in the ground and using it.