s. to tell them you have to get this prisoner back you never should have been sent out of iraq he was rendered on lawfully in violation of the geneva conventions and you have a responsibility to him he's your prisoner when we first started to go see the prisoners there shortly after the supreme court allowed prisoners to go in and we had heard all kinds of stories of people being roughed up and abused at this moment the clients i go and see there are going on ten years in detention they've lost almost a decade of their lives and there's no prospect of a trial no prospect of release and congress is going on saying we need to have gone forever so that's the real agony that they go through at this point uncertain future no prospect of leaving i think it's one of the saddest parts of the whole war on terror story the way various european nations for the kind of waiting around waiting handmaidens us torture practices we know about cia secret prisons and poland romania lithuania the u.k. is us its closest ally let's be clear and we saw time and again in the war on terror the u.k. getting just a little bit too close to the illegality of george bush and his cronies but britain

is not the only state that's been supporting the us to carry out its illegal treatment of prisoners back in two thousand and one e.u. leaders gave america the green light to go ahead with its vision of battling terra and since then hundreds have gone through torture without trial. bushell has the story. moron as was arrested on the streets and sent to guantanamo for torture after five years america released him without charge to this day the u.s. has given no explanation all said story couldn't as is suing george bush's lawyer alberto gonzales for ruling torture is legal interrogators from the land of the free are free to cause quote simulated drowning rape boy instrumentality impairment of bodily function organ failure and even death i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself. because i was.

i was forced to agree that. the us refused to even reveal they were holding as his mother this lawyer to find her son it took several years and there was no chance to get in contact mr corn and it's a shame for the united states what happened. is. concerned that national law and it's simply impossible and that twenty first century. put someone in extra. room. saying you have no right moves to end the practices they are imposing a set of standards on our intelligence communities in terms of interrogating prisoners that our people will 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 caught know for sure. barack obama was elected on the promise to show one time to move the t.'s even the pew pew is current rulings which give detainees some rule. two years the prison still open for business but. guilty of. crimes against humanity so is the obama administration still is europe. for participating and supporting these actions executives from bush down no fear going abroad to foreigners fold law suits over talk show when the world loons will

to america's doing said bush is advise and we will all be ashamed don't you bush or r.t. braman. you are with are on the way for you here a poisoned generation thousands of families and demanding compensation from the government for spraying a controversial pesticide believed to cause widespread deformities in children. the euro is dead and buried quite literally according to certain skeptics who have held a mock funeral for the ailing single currency in brussels they argue that attempts to bail out greece are too little too late and i thought. leave the eurozone dream . e.u. members are currently pressing the greek authorities to tighten its purse strings once again if it is to receive more money to keep it afloat the government proposed twenty billion euro budget cuts over the next five years if approved another twelve

billion euros and rescue money. joined those morning economic workers in brussels. this is. where the european leaders are meeting to discuss the future of the greek debt and of the eurozone itself they believe the euro can be salvaged but most people including euro skeptics believe that it is impossible and there will be no resurrection of the euro well to me and i think a lot of people are beginning to collapse around the. bailouts billions of pounds of taxpayers' money especially from the germans this bill and i think the public about enough of it and i've had the leaders of the european union have presented greece with conditions in order for the country to receive. unfortunately for greece they will have to take extreme measures which are incredibly unpopular in the country and that presents a major challenge for the greek government right immediately after it has just been

for shuffled the leaders all unanimously wrong again. maybe i'm wrong about greece from the very start she should never have been allowed to join the euro in the first place she wasn't suited to it they were wrong to bail out first time. the second time and if the greek parliament on tuesday accept this package then this time next year i'll be talking to you. so while leaders are extremely excited about the future of. did most of the people in europe believe so and unfortunately for the european leaders the europeans believe that the end of the euro is near. i was fourteen right now the russian president is delivering on his promise to de centralized power in the country giving the region's a greater say in politics dimitri medvedev wants to appoint the current governor of some petersburg as the new head of the upper house of the russian parliament or

he's put it all over now joins us live with more details on this situation. so peter what exactly does this mean for russia. what will this means is volunteer. guaranteed to be the next speaker of the federation council the upper house of russian parliament. this is covered this vacancies come about since the sort of give middle of all to step down amid pressure from the regions and also something that was backed by president may get of these members of the federation council from the regions were saying this the federation council becomes slightly to moscow centric and they want to see more representation from across russia and this is something that the president said yes i agree with these but he volunteered a much younger the. governor of st petersburg sixty two year old valentino much younger. he's essentially said to her if you want the job but it's there and take it so it looks more likely that she will be established as the the new speaker of

the house of the russian government so peter what else though is inside to be trying to proposing to make political life in the country more liberal. but it's not just the house that seems like it's in for a bit of a revamp of the state duma just behind me the lower house of russian government also set for a little bit of a shake up the president put forward a draft law that would mean that the current percentage of the vote what you need to take a seat in the duma is seven percent he wants to see the two five percent meaning this more parties in the regions that can get a share of the main power base here in moscow not just the major political parties making the whole system far more represented. of russia as a whole and as i said less moscow centric. presence actually got to love it further than not he said if by percent proves to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower it to three percent now this would make make sure that

a lot of the more marginal parties as they are at the moment would be able to do city and only the main well in a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation all right he's been one of them live in central moscow thank you. former prime minister of ukraine has gone on trial for abusing power during her time in office in two thousand and nine and yulia timoshenko secured a gas deal with russia which is claimed to have robbed the ukrainian economy of millions of dollars she's dismissed the case as fabricated but faces up to ten years in jail if convicted. for. the atmosphere inside the courtroom and around the court building is absolutely electrifying around fifteen hundred supporters of unity much as you can see here gathered in central kiev to protest what they describe as a farcical hearing as a farcical case against their leader against religious angle now the arab league of

ukraine a poll tax for self started this child with a little bit of controversy she refused to stand up when the judge entered the room and then she sat that this judge was completely unqualified for the case and that it needed to be dismissed clearly the tension is rising as this case and as its final stage you have to assemble has been summoned to the prosecutor's office for months now for questioning now this case is being taken to the courtroom and we will be hearing some developments in the next several weeks or so the crane's former prime minister yulia timoshenko is being charged with many different financial crimes including the amateur you're unprofessional as described by the prosecution gas deal with russia in two thousand and nine the prosecution claims that due to those deals ukraine lost more than four hundred million u.s. dollars and this is clearly the main charge against the country's former prime minister it is something of a fall from grace for the woman who was once one of the most powerful and prominent

politicians in the world several magazines describe huge machine glass as one of the most important the male politicians on the planet now she is she could become a convict and if convicted she could face up to ten years in prison even if this sentence would be suspended for her then still she would be unable to run for president for the next presidential election in twenty this according to thomas and makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president victory on the court which it is not the first time that you to go is. the trial in two thousand and one she was. charged with smuggling. clearly supporters to. the court building until the year ended us coming from inside and will clearly be more public address to this case in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you

the latest details as we get it. right now let's get to some international news for you this hour new anti-government protests have been held in several cities in syria security forces have reportedly opened fire on a crowd just south of damascus clashes close to the border. fifteen thousand refugees to flee to turkey u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton called for an end to the provocations a three month crackdown against those opposing the regime of president bashar al assad has reportedly left more than a thousand people dead. libyan rebels in both benghazi and the government controlled tripoli claim to be in secret preparing for the fall of gadhafi regime the opposition is uniting efforts to set a date for an uprising in the capital and what they're calling the last step towards winning the revolution thousands have died in the four month uprising which has seen nato become in involved to protect civilians despite admitting air strikes

have killed them. a series of nearly simultaneous blasts have rocked two cities in the me and injuring several people the first device went off in the country's administrative capital of and they are near an area housing most of its hotels soon afterwards a car laden with explosives detonated near a man the laser main market it's not yet clear who was behind the attacks and bombings have become increasingly frequent in me and maher where pro-democracy activists and ethnic groups are at odds with the military backed regime. of former minister has been sentenced to life for genocide. and crimes against humanity pauline. the country's former minister for families and women's affairs and her son an ex militia leader were both found guilty of ordering and assisting massacres some eight hundred thousand people were killed during the one nine hundred ninety four slaughter most of them ethnic sees. is the first woman to be convicted by the

un backed tribe you know. well coming up here a nazi a pair of presidents meets on no man's land find out brought not one but two heads of state to the south pole at the same time. it was meant to ensure a healthy croppers cheaply as possible but for locals living nearby it's come at a huge price a generation of malformed children has emerged in the south of india after a controversial pesticide was used on local farms despite the product being banned in other parts of the world indian authorities claim there is no cheap alternative on the market you may find some of the images in this report 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 through to her 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 first some parents that prospect is too much choosing abortion sometimes disturbingly late my daughter was alterations own in the eighth months of the pregnancy until recently india was the only country in the world which allowed the youth of endosulfan the agricultural ministries that there with them clean no other cheap alternative to the powerful past that died 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 the 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. this is only. goes. but the families of the sick feel that they've been forgotten for a long enough. that it was no very even a 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 are. and nobody cares whether we had. the families are drained emotionally and financially their life savings wiped out to care for their severely disabled children.

they have to tolerate. 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 priya shri there are carola india. and of course so many more stories for you on line just go to our website. some of the items we have waiting for you today. thousands of patients around the world suffering from. the. international film festival is full cultures and languages together on the silver screen. for the for the red carpet the.

new twenty four seven. received a. call. with live from moscow on a cold hostile isn't exactly teeming with visitors traditionally it's been the land of. explorers willing to challenge this remote part of the earth so when not one but two presidents ruffles a few feathers on penguins box sean thomas explains. 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 are we but on a four hour basis it is a very important visit but it is also important for our people as we hear they are the gateway to the rest of antarctica and for chile it is very important to support the antarctic treaty. see and think it's a draw for important thing. for president sebastian pinera his visit has the potential to be a political hot point as chile holds a territorial claims 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. very much committed with that and i'm sure that the russian people share these feelings so together we have to say that because because it's

a country of the future of peace and also science and technology. and ecuador holds no boundary claim on a continent. visit does hold some national significance of this is a very impressive. piece here in antarctica so very very exciting it'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 president's been here and we try to visit but could not land because the weather shifted and it was too dangerous to go ruggedized in a presidential visit a delegation of this size is 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 chile's minister of energy. and while there were photo opportunities and press conferences here the main message from these heads of state was one of international cooperation. and. an example of union our money we can work together. in order. to improve. and as their presidential flight leaves the continent after a successful visit those who stayed behind to continue their research to ensure that idea of unity is realized in antarctica sean thomas. and you can discover more about the continent from sean thomas's blog and other reports that he's filed from the bottom of the planet of course on our website that's dot com.

in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization. so special and attractive for wildlife is. the frontal. expedition to the bottom of the earth. twenty five minutes past. the business. hello there try time for your business update oil prices a flat after dropping almost five percent on thursday that was after the international energy agency made a surprise announcement that sixty million barrels of oil would be released from

strategic reserves it's only the third time in history the the i.a.e.a. has sanctioned release of reserves the moves intended to offset the loss of production from. engulfed in civil meanwhile some opec members one of possible countermeasures to prop up the oil price chris soon says corona from standard and poor's explains why she thinks the i.a.e.a. has taken the unusual action. i think it's three things one it is trying to ensure that when the northern hemisphere is going to the driving season they will be enough supply now a lot of the opec member countries have said the reason 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 what they are trying to ensure is that the world economy that's not going to adopt a recession and thirdly they have been a lot of frustration from oil barrels that have been taking out of the market on speculation so what they saying is listen guys we are going to dump oil in the

market so don't try to get prices up because you can produce money so these should put a barrier to oil prices a cap which should hopefully ensure that the world continues to soft land and recover from the recession. check out well is faring this our lights we're just trading at just under ninety one dollars a barrel while brandi's at over one hundred six dollars a barrel. r.p.n. markets are rallying this friday off european leaders agreed to launch a rash of bailout package for cash strapped greece a minus our in the lead extract to add. augusta are up almost four percent. here in russia the markets are abounding after thursday's sharp losses both the r.t.s. and the mind set up one point seven and one point nine percent respectively that's now have a look at some of the division moves on the my six energy may just among the main game is with gas from op over two and a half percent old miner is flat the company's profit and that's profitable one

hundred thirty four million dollars in the first quarter of the year beating previous expected facials banks are up but it was raised in your bank is down slightly that soft be r.g.s. said it's considering buying into the bank. now the world's largest private equity firm blackstone group is coming to russia the company maaco invest in a new state backed investment fund set up by president was that of the c.e.o. of blackstone or stephen schwarzman so as a good local partner is essential in russia. may explain interest lies in the consumer sector as of risks associated with mortgages are relatively high. russia's biggest social networks going back to dot ru is going to hold an initial public offering in new york the company hopes to. get the lease to completed cheering twenty twelve analysts say the company could be worth up to three billion dollars

given the high demand for tech stocks kentucky has around sixty million users worldwide with top of those in russia last month russian search engine gondek successfully listed on the nasdaq raising one point three billion dollars. that wraps up the business bullish you join me less than one us time for more. mission. couldn't take three. judges three. arrangement three risk free. loading video. of free media.

bringing you the latest. from. the russian capital with. stories. to the us with. hundreds. of. mourning the fate of. syria's. agrees on another. already has them both in the. ukraine goes on trial

for abuse of power. coming your way now brings you all the latest. developments in. technology. welcome to technology update and welcome to tomes a city carved over four centuries ago out of the endless forests and swamps of siberia already an established center for some of russia's whiz kid students and their smart ideas today toast is transforming itself into an incubator for an

expanding cluster of innovative businesses since our last episode. two thousand and eleven forum it's fourteen to any will gathering of business research and administration innovators this year drawing some three thousand participants from nineteen countries and forty seven russian regions. and by thousands more the event featured brainstorming sessions with top specialists and market makers unconsciously forward looking hot topics like revamping nuclear technology revitalizing cities and russia's regional economies and educating new generations to keep up in the knowledge base global environment of course the top tech firms were on hand to show off their skill set to potential investors and partners while the forum functions as a good attention grabber for gas from other parts of russia and beyond the brand new tome special economic zone is a place where the push for new high tech sector development is underway year round . two hundred seventy head tears are divided into two campuses.