by the white house but it seems it's not just resolutions that can be ignored it's also the voices of the american people the majority of whom are against the u.s. involvement in libya there is also an interesting point that some experts have made with regards to the public perception of the war in libya it's off the headlines american use channels have been focused on congress one winner is quite shocked for weeks now and there's fear that certain in narrow strip develops in a public perception with regards to the war in libya inertia which some say could be very dangerous but he's going to just a can not commenting from washington d.c. now the head of the center for constitutional rights michael ratner says president obama is staking his political career on the war in libya. the perspective i have and why didn't the president come to congress and the issue is obviously once a war starts you're in the middle of supporting nato when it's all operation it's much harder to cut off the funding but the president didn't go to congress he was constitutionally required to do what it didn't do which and it's really it's an

outrageous constitutional violation so what we're seeing here is not just political posturing we're seeing deep resentments around us fighting so many wars at once i think people are saying it's too much it's too expensive what are we just the war machine and i think you're seeing a really strong opposition building to the war what's interesting is that i think obama looks like a real who will use it looks like he made a real mistake to not go to congress to get the authority to go into an illegal war that's contrary to the u.s. constitution and contrary to the war powers resolution which is a statute that was passed by congress a number of years ago is a bill are illegal acts and yes by letting the constitution isn't each a bill of sense if and when our congress ever got. the u.k. failed to track detainees handed over to the us neglecting to protect them from possible torture in america's secret prisons that's been revealed after an

agreement between the two states on the treatment of terror suspects captured in iraq was declassified twenty eight year old pakistani eunice rama tula is one of the victims of this deal he was seized by british soldiers in iraq in two thousand and four as a suspected insurgent and secretly sent to a u.s. detention camp in afghanistan a process dubbed extraordinary rendition the man's lawyers are calling on the u.k. to help free him as britain was of the detaining authority british labor party m.p. and peace campaigner jeremy corbin says despite the close ties between the two countries the u.k. had no excuse for allowing prisoners to be sent to the us for torture. there is an extraordinarily close military security and foreign policy relationship between britain and the united states we have sharing of security information and so. i suspect it was quite willingly done by members of the security services in britain who see themselves as being very close to the united

states my view is that every country should have its right to its own independent foreign policy and that means that if you believe your partner in a foreign policy relationship is doing something wrong imprisoning people illegally torturing them taking them illegally to guantanamo bay as was done by the usa then you should say so and i think it's quite appalling waterboarding and torture completely illegal in britain and the completely legal within the terms of the united nations convention on torture they're not illegal within the u.s. jurisdiction in the same way george bush specifically authorized waterboarding on what they term as robust interrogation techniques my suspicion is that the british security services were happy to keep quiet about extraordinary rendition happy that these poor people should end up in u.s. jurisdiction where they were being tortured and so this is an issue that is going

to come up again i'm sure in parliament next week and they will be further inquiries into this because it's quite extraordinary that apparently there are people who allowed prisoners to be taken out of any jurisdiction that covered the convention on torture to the u.s. where the waterboarding took place. and on our website at our dot com we're following the story of a former inmate of the notorious prison. he is fighting to bring the u.s. to justice after allegedly being tortured the facility then released without charge after five years behind bars plus. a smart move or nonsense as a general david petraeus gets the top job at the cia we find out what it means for the u.s. . you are to. find out. the

euro is dead and buried quite literally according to skeptics who've 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 economic failure will leave the eurozone dream in tatters e.u. members have agreed on good terms of a new bailout but are pressing the greek authorities to tighten their purse strings once again if the monies are to be handed over the government will vote on a proposed twenty eight billion euro budget over five years we approve another twelve billion euros and rescue many countries including a joint of those morning and bureaus economic well. this is a recession in the center of brussels where the european leaders are meeting to discuss the future off the greek debts of the eurozone itself they believe the euro can be salvaged but most people including euro skeptics believe it is impossible

and there will be no resurrection the euro well to me and i think a lot of people it's beginning to collapse around the. bailouts billions of pounds of taxpayers' money especially from the germans. and i think the public about enough of it and i think that if the leaders of the european union have presented. conditions in order for the country to receive. it 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 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. around 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 the european leaders are

extremely excited about the future of. most of the people in europe didn't believe so and unfortunately for the european leaders the europeans believe that the end of the euro is near. reporting from brussels there now the e.u. has expanded its block of sanctions on the syrian government over its use of violence against protesters demanding the ousting of president bashar al assad for syrian companies and seven new individuals were added to the black list topped by the president and his brother severe measures were also brought against several members of iran's revolutionary guard as the e.u. criticized tehran's support of the crackdown meanwhile at least twelve demonstrators have been killed in clashes with authorities in the capital damascus journalist and commentator danny believes the european union and u.s. are opposed to any shift of power in the country. any further economic sanctions on

syria will have almost no impact whatsoever on the current situation in syria and on the current crackdown let's not forget that series already subject to american sanctions including age restrictions and export bans. has recently put economic sanctions on the country is well i think syria has exposed in fact the double standard in the international community's approach to all these revolutions sweeping across the arab world in the middle east let's not forget that the nato went to war against libya because it fear that there would be a potential killing of innocent civilians in benghazi now we are witnessing an actual massacre taking place in syria and yet the incan international community has been rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its near neighbors and close

friends include countries like iran and iran is said to have been playing a role in in the crackdown in syria now let's take a look at some other international news for you in brief. five people have been killed and four others wounded in yemen's main port city of ogden after a car packed with explosives was detonated at an army post no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack that came hours after tens of thousands gathered in the yemeni capital calling for president ali abdullah saleh to step down one hundred sixty seven have been killed since the uprising started in february is currently recovering in saudi arabia from injuries sustained in an attack on his compound earlier this month. a former minister has been sentenced to life for genocide rape and crimes against humanity pauline muscle

who the country's former minister for families and women's affairs and her son and 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 to seize your own muscle who is the first woman to be convicted by the un backed tribunals. a series of nearly simultaneous blasts have rocked three cities in myanmar injuring several people the first device went off in the country's administrative capital ny p. tall euro zone housing most of its hotels soon afterwards a car laden with explosives detonated near men delays main market the third blast has hit the city of piano when it's not yet clear who is behind the attacks bombings have become increasingly frequent in the in march where pro-democracy activists and ethnic groups are at odds with the military backed regime. the former

prime minister of ukraine has gone on trial for abusing power during her term in office in two thousand and nine 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. he has been following the events throughout the day for us and. around fifteen hundred supporters of unity much as you can see here gathered in central kiev to protest what they described as a farcical hearing as a farcical case against their leader against you did so much and call now the arab league of ukraine 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 station. 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 grains former prime minister yulia timoshenko is being charged with many different financial crimes including the amateur your 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 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 what 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 your thomas and co 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 is. the trial in two thousand and one she was charged with smuggling the russian gas into ukraine clearly the supporters of you to go are ready to beseech the court building until the hear and use coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public unrest due 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 soon as we get it artie's alexei yoshi reporting from kiev there now i will be back with a recap of our top stories in less than fifteen minutes but first the moscow out team explores the divisive figure of the father of the russian revolution lenin.

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 here on 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 hands. eight hundred seventy s. . it shows his 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. bullshit takeover of power in russia in nine hundred seventeen the communist party manage an unwanted class free economy life for an adopted form of marxism. what is the soviet leaders like to see today. called a divine. i mean since your group. might say. those guys were really able to take

a philosophy turn it and then turn it into something the whole society could use in think it was well intentioned to be doing. this man was to use for his time and he's still idealist now i think is completely over the top to keep him in there and you know cherry in the ground and using. he turned everything upside down. there's nothing else to say. it was in london the father of the so you think you're right and then. they were friends for the younger generations you could say that the image of the bolshevik leader has turned into a retro almost soviet figure not helped by tacky souvenirs pop star t. shirts and cheesy. it seems now. equally celebrated and mourned and the good and bad he did in his life both acknowledged dawn of the days

of thousands of people queuing up to see his. recordings locations it's still the main association. with him. in this program the real many other places the. leader. who's at the forefront of his life. was in the capital for most of the previous century lennon had to make the administrative center of the country. because of german threats move the ball. as it was called. what's become. his life and will become his final resting place originally a wooden tune the stone which we see behind us today was opened in one nine hundred thirty s. and still open for public viewing. his body might. elsewhere. even if that happens no matter what your political backgrounds it is clear that

lenin was an exceptional human being even if you don't like the policies or ideology he stood for lenin moved into the kremlin in nineteen eighteen legend has it not he took both his wife. and his. french born revolutionary innocent ottomans with him. where we head towards the national front the last two decades of the access to many many locations previously closed or even a moon in the us a soft museums houses hotels bunkers it seems the russian capital is now open to all well almost if you want an example of a consequence house in the last century this is perfect built in luncheon or three by the famed bush an architect from the event of the national home towns been historic landmark for more than a century before the revolution the hotel hosted foreign diplomats. loyalty

business tycoons and leading the famous after nine hundred seventy international has proclaimed the first house of the soviets and became a residence of the boss of it doesn't top communist leaders our main point of interest is really one of seven the bright area serves the location well antique furniture high ceilings and a sense of history is the room one hundred seventy here in my opinion only has one of the best views of the capital but it's also packed full of history accommodating the ball straight party this week inside the hotel was famous they aren't at his wife for two weeks and last night in a city in the hotel has been renovated since but still want. this grand century to it yes. you too can gaze across the.

today this ring costs thousands of dollars a night i'm not quite sure to be too impressed with the. same rights for everyone. and. for many and those interested do not necessarily need to book a room you can apply for a special tour as the department of. k'nex . office in common is now. atmosphere in which. it was open to the public in one hundred fifty five. in the country but as it was located in the kremlin the actual russian government of president. it was decided to move the cabinet to the

state like spain. moved including clock but still shows the time when he left the group. represent the period for nine hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred twenty three but the personal belongings from the collection which we used by lenin in his everyday life but older than that some of them were used by several generations of the family and date back to eight hundred forty two. lookalikes. the second. time. special a popular among foreigners. but i have to say they are more going to comes to money but they understand it's just like everything else. it's.

symbols he. says the twenty's. there are dozens of sculptures of the passionately directive in the city squares in front of mistreated buildings and you can still see many of them to this day. was once the stage speech is the métropole hotel built in the beginning of the twentieth century became a base for the bolshevik government many leaders lived and worked in the metropol and it was often visited by lenin when he addressed his associates in the one thousand twenties it started functioning as a hotel again for decades its rules were only available for russian and international celebrities and politicians. anyone can stay at the historic hotel

but remember. the price. of. the hotel has been preserved in its original look despite all the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century here today is the same as it was in nine hundred eighteen when the bolshevik government had its meetings here but its deputies smoked a lot so when restoration work was carried out in the 1980's all to spawn doubt that the painted walls and gloss were all but a small damaged which they had to clean to restore their original decorations. life works and theories are still studied by hundreds of institutions around the school as the ideology of communism. political influence and research look at the impact on the us. actually around the country for almost six years. his legacy.

for the twentieth century. moving ten kilometers south of. the location the estate. green space belonged to various nobleman from the eighteenth century ending up in the possession. of the famous. patron. of the soviet government moved to. the luxurious property was nationalized and became. the winter garden here is breathtaking it's really something to be seen and will not know the answer running grounds are open to the public today but only for. the house is filled with possessions here you can see everything from. his wheelchair clothes and his four thousand book collection. twenty three he followed medical advice and left the kremlin.

he was here as a frown man only in his early fifty's vladimir. would spend his final years in september. i mean chris. as his health deteriorated over the coming here finally living in. the twenty first of january ninety four. after the complex was renamed. officially became a museum in one nine hundred thirty eight and was a place of pilgrimage. right up to the fall of the iron curtain from viewing his death. to visiting his red square we're talking about historians. achievements of lenin still. the cult following and all the places connected with his life and legacy are espousing

a thing as the journey that was never his long what a beautiful building well unfortunately that's what's home we have on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week so until then for me and the rest of the crew from london's spectacular. now. on. the news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all today.

bringing you the top news headlines from around the world this is broadcasting live from moscow thomas let's take a look at. president obama fails to get authority from the house of representatives for further u.s. military involvement. despite the defeat. choking off funding for. the u.k. stands accused of handing over to the u.s. with little concern about conditions in america's secret prison system. techniques including waterboarding and held with. extraordinary rendition program.

to oblivion. another. some are already mourning the passing of the euro people are angry over cuts of over twenty eight billion euros on top of what's already in place. former prime minister yulia. losing millions of dollars in gas revenue she maintains her innocence in the cases of politically motivated to discredit her. coming your way or brings you all the latest high tech gadgets and state of the art developments in russian science technology update is coming up next.

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 time specialists and market makers consciously 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 and.