when we first started to go see you prisoners there shortly after the supreme court allowed prisoners to go in 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 on about 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 witting or unwitting handmaidens of us torture practices we know about cia secret prisons and poland or maybe a little way in the the u.k. is the us is 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.t.u.

it leaders gave america the green light to go ahead with its vision of battling terror and since then hundreds have gone through torture without trial on your bushel has their story. as was a risk did 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 gonzalez for ruling tool sure is legal interrogators from the land of the free are free to cause quote simulated drowning rape instrumentality impairment of bodily function organ failure and even death but i was one of those who survived those kind of closure. electroshocks because i was not science. i was forced to agree that. the

us refused to even reveal they were holding his mother his lawyer to find her son it took several years there was no chance to get in contact with mr corners it's really a shame for the united states what happened. is what concerned the national law and it's simply impossible and twenty first century to put someone in extra. room. and saying you have no right bush for moves to end the practices they are imposing a set of standards 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 short term to move but he's even appealed us cool rulings which give detainees some royds two years on the prison still open for business law all is the washington street you guilty of criminal. crimes against humanity so is the obama administration and so is your plea for participating and support exactly executives from bush down no fear going abroad of the foreigners fold lawsuits over torture when the world lose what america's doing said bush's advisor we will all be ashamed the new bush will see braman. on the way for you here at r.t.

a poisoned generation thousands of families india demand compensation from the government a spring a controversial pesticide that's caused widespread deformities in children. is dead and buried quite literally according to 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 athens economic failure will leave the eurozone dream in tatters e.u. members are currently pressing the greek authorities to tighten its purse strings once again if it is to receive yet more bailout money to keep it afloat the government will vote on a proposed twenty eight billion euro budget cut over five years next week if approved it i mean another twelve billion euros in rescue money parties are really going to draw. and those morning the euro's economic woes in brussels. this is a funeral procession in the center of brussels where the european leaders are

meeting to discuss the future of the greek debts 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 it's beginning to collapse around the really seeing bailouts billions of pounds of taxpayers' money especially from the germans putting a lot of this bill and i think the public about enough of it and i've had enough of it if the leaders of the european union have presented greece with draconian conditions in order for the country to receive the remainder of its bailout unfortunately for greece they will have to take extreme measures which are incredibly popular in the country and that presents a major challenge for the greek government right immediately after it has just been shuffled the leaders are 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 they're wrong

drawn by her out the second time and if the greek parliament on tuesday accept this package then this time next year i'll be talking to you i will be a third bailout so while the european leaders are extremely excited about the fact that the future of the euro could still be resurrected most of the people in europe do not believe so and unfortunately for the european leaders the common europeans believe that the end of the euro is near. or we're going to go right there now libyan rebels in both benghazi and the government controlled tripoli claim to be in secret talks 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 let's get some more perspective now and speak to british m.p. barry gardner to discuss where this uprising is going and thank you for joining us today so the opposition is reportedly gearing up to literally force gadhafi out of

office one of the chances they'll succeed do you think. well i think there's a long way to go yet i think the gadhafi regime does look extremely shaky and much of it because of the pounding that it's received of course from british and french and american support. but my wife is in the u.k. that we've seen this so far has cost us a quarter of a million pounds and that was the figure reported this week by the government we seen the heads of the military in the u.k. saying that they believe that the length of time it's taking in libya is seriously weakening the capacity of british forces around the world to motherhood the british government and its involvement in libya you voted against u.k. involvement in the nato intervention in libya seeing how the events are unfolding what advice could you give to your government now. well look i do not believe that we should be effectively acting as the air arm for the rebel forces in libya

gadhafi is is an extremely horrible regime it's not a regime that any of us would wish to support but that does not cloud the fact that britain has no role getting involved in one side of the civil war and pursuing this in the way that they have the role that was set out by the united nations resolution one nine hundred seventy three was very clear it was that should be an effort to induce a cease fire in libya and to enforce that cease fire now it seems that we've been very keen to try and and stop the armaments that are coming from gadhafi is regime in the government but we have been much less prepared to do that when the armaments and the and the fire has been coming from the rebels that's not an even handed in force of the cease fire effectively the u.k. and the french troops and others have been being used as the the air arm of the

rebel forces and that is simply wrong or and if we can turn our attention to the latest media reports are reporting that our market as you might be seeking political asylum in africa in the next few weeks after all these claims it will fight to the death you think you might abandon his country and hightail it out of that. nothing would surprise me with gadhafi i don't think he's a politician who's got a reputation for consistency so he might easily go on a chicken run and seek asylum elsewhere it's not impossible and of course the in one sense the quicker that regime is gone the better but in another sense we have to be very careful about what is going to replace it now where do you think he would be welcome if you want to seek asylum some he's got lots of money to make people as friends. well indeed and he's been very careful over the past forty years he has cultivated other african states he has made sure that he has helped them financially and therefore he does have many friends in the region but i would

like to speculate where he might go europe our foreign secretary speculated at the very outset of this that he was already on his way to latin america that was a rather food expect collation to do to morrow and so i let's let's turn our attention across the atlantic heading west the u.s. house where u.s. house of representatives is due to vote on a resolution aiming to limit america's military role in libya if that draft goes through how much would it complicate nato task do you think. well of course the american role has been much more limited in libya than in previous conflicts and obama was very clear about that at the beginning that he wanted america to take a backseat in this conflict and the burden really has fallen on britain france of course with the first in there but they've actually been far less active and indeed

have spent far less money in terms of arming the resource than the u.k. has so britain has bore the brunt of this and obviously any change in the support that is coming from the americans would would probably mean that that increases yet further are right now at some nato members have their eyes on syria new anti-government protests are being held in several cities there right now how much do you think the u.k. is ready to push for action against al bashir regime at this point. well look this situation in syria is extraordinarily bad we now have eleven thousand of syria's people who have fled into turkey and the forces of of. bashar al assad have gone to the north of the country right to the borders and really you've seen the evacuations of of. villages like gibbet of jews.

where they virtually just fled in the advance of the syrian forces this is a desperately serious situation the international community must act to bring the syrian regime to its senses we had all hoped that assad would prove to be a moderating force in libya that he would calm tensions that he would not give in to the military in the way that he has clearly he has become the captive of his own military and intelligence agents you want you calling you are calling for the international community to get involved with syria are you suggesting a similar campaign to what's going on in libya. no not at all no i salute you not but what i am suggesting is that there must be serious sanctions against the regime and i think that is absolutely right and it's important russia's voice is heard in this it's important that they get the message through it through the channels that russia has into the syrian leadership that this is absolutely unacceptable leave scene one thousand four hundred people killed in syria that is the best estimate

that anybody can have given the reporting restrictions but we know for a fact that eleven thousand people have fled over the border in advance of the syrian troops and the syrian forces that is government forces against their own people it cannot be right and it really is important that russia says so very clearly in the international community and says so very clearly to the syrian leadership british garden and live from london thank you. thank you. now the 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 now she's dismissed the cases fabricated but faces up to ten years in jail if convicted. he is reporting from kiev. 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 you did so much and call now the i really give you credit politics herself started this child with a little bit of controversy she refused to stand up when the judge entered the room and then she said 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 to assemble has been summoned to the prosecutor's office for months now for questioning now this case has been taking 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's 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 full from grace for the woman who was once one of the most powerful and prominent politicians in the world several magazines describe you. as one of the most important female politicians on the planet now she 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 fifteen this according to you it's a machine called makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president viktor you have a quote which it is not the first time that you are to a shadow is is on the trial in two thousand and one she was. charged with smuggling the russian gas into ukraine clearly the supporters of you to assemble are ready to

beseech the court building until they hear pain use coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public on rescue 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 soon as we get it. going to have to be reporting right well with r.t. live from moscow now the russian president is delivering on his promise to decentralize power in the country giving the regions a greater say in politics to me treatment yet if wants to appoint the current governor of some peters but as the new head of the upper house of the russian parliament peter all of us has details on this. valentino much. guaranteed to be the next speaker of the federation council the upper house of russian parliament but these members of the federation council from the regions were saying this that the federation council becoming slightly to moscow centric and they wanted to see more representation from across russia this is something that the president said yes i agree with but he's backed into

a tier governor of st petersburg sixty two year old valentino. well she's essentially said to her if you want the job it's there and take it so it looks more than likely that she will be established as the the new speaker of the house but 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 that lowered to five percent meaning there's 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 representative of russia as a whole and as i said less moscow centric no it doesn't actually go love it further than not he said if i could send troops to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower its

chief 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 to sit in on a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation. right there and it's going to some of the international news for you in brief and new anti-government protests have been held in several cities in syria security forces have reportedly opened fire on a crowd south of damascus clashes opposed to the border have forced more than twelve thousand refugees to flee to turkey u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton called for an end to the provocation. it's a three month crackdown against those opposing the regime of president bashar al assad has reportedly left more than a thousand people dead. in a series of nearly similar tenuous blasts have rocked two cities in me and injuring several people the first device went off in the country's administrative capital of tar that's near an area housing most of its hotels soon afterwards

a car laden with explosives detonated near a man de lay's main market it's not yet clear who was behind the attacks bombings have become increasingly frequent in myanmar where pro-democracy activists and ethnic groups are at odds with the military backed regime. a form of rwanda minister has been sentenced to life in prison for genocide rape and crimes against humanity pauline and there are so who called the country's former minister for families and women's affairs and her son an ex a militia leader who are both found guilty of ordering and assisting massacres some eight hundred thousand people were killed during the nine hundred ninety four slaughter most of them ethnic tootsies there must a vocal is the first woman to be convicted by the u.n. backed tribunal well it was meant to ensure a healthy crop as 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 previous readers 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 you know the doctors who have to put a tube into our child's hand otherwise there would be complications. and syria's mother thinks she knows what's caused it here in the cashew plantations in india's 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 the pregnancy until recently india was the only country in the world which allowed the youth of endosulfan the agricultural ministries that there with simply 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 is that which is that 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. or to you with r.t. live from moscow tom off with the latest from the world.

that's right time to check the latest business news that are will welcome well the price is a flat with almost five percent of that was off to the international energy agency made a surprise announcement that sixty million barrels of oil would be released from strategic. well it's only the third time in history the i.a.e.a. has sanctioned through use of reserves the move is intended to offset the loss of production from libya currently engulfed in civil war meanwhile some opec members warn of possible counter measures to prop up the oil price christine just khurana 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 wine 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 does not go into a double 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 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 so these should put a barrier to oil prices a cap which should hopefully ensure that the world continues to self land and recover from the recession. on those current prices lights we just trading at just under ninety one dollars per barrel while branches that over one hundred six dollars. stocks opened lower friday that's despite a slight up more traditional first quarter g.d.p. figures on the corporate front my project ology reported disappointing results for

its third quarter same sales call week. and european markets are on the rise this friday after european leaders agreed to launch a fresh bailout package for cash strapped greece miners are in the lead xstrata and under for gas to almost four percent. finally here in russia the markets are rebounding after thursday's shop losses both e.r.t.'s in the my six are up one point four and one point six percent respectively let's now have a look at some of the individual show moves on the mindsets energy majors are among the main gainers with gas from over two percent much of mine cave is flat the company posted a net profit of one hundred thirty four million dollars in the first quarter all three here previous stations. banks are also on the rise but very junior berg is down slightly that's after the b r d said it's considering buying into that by. russia's global ports has raised half a billion dollars in its i.p.o.

in london the port operator was surprised at the bottom of the intended range the group's or twenty five percent of its shares is the fix russian company to list in london this year. that's the business bulletin join the last one. on our team.

it's now a half past the hour here in moscow you with all. of our top stories. documents reveal the u.k. was happy to hand over terror suspects to the u.s. with little regard to what would be waiting for them in secret prisons once jurisdiction hundreds ended up being tortured and abused without trial. mourning the fate of a common currency is in serious doubt as europe agrees on another bailout the debt laden greece the country to get behind. the euro already has both feet in the grave. plus the former prime minister of

ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that's alleged of course to a country millions of dollars yulia timoshenko faces up to ten years behind bars if convicted. explores the divisive figure of the father of the russian revolution. to stay with us. 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. me in the choices studio name in ninety nine as 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 manage an unwanted class free economy from an adapted form. what is this the see today. for the developments in syria who. might say their mission those guys were really able to take a philosophy and turn it and then turn it into something the whole society could use and think it was well intentioned you mean. this man was too.