the abuses and policies of his predecessor george w. bush four years later many civil rights advocates who once cheered yes we can are finding themselves saying no you can't not only has their bomb administration blocked torture accountability and refused to investigate and prosecute. he's he's basically maintained indefinite detention he's revived military commissions. and as we've seen as well he has expanded targeted killings so they've increased under the obama administration many fold and he's even authorize the killing of a u.s. citizen so you know i think yeah you are in a you know there is a bad state of civil liberties under the obama administration world renowned author and scholar noam chomsky believes the obama administration has changed gears and accelerated illegal practice into overdrive. between bush's policies and

obama's. push bush's policy was to kidnap people. whatever you thought about them. put them one time or some other person. for some information obama supporters just kill. killing them all over the world. another is the targeting drone killing of anwar locky an american born cleric u.s. drone strikes during obama's first two years in office exceeded the total carried out during bush's tenure president obama described the walking as the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula human rights groups which voiced international opposition against bush counterterrorism policies quickly condemned the killing journalist jeremy scahill says obama's policies have drifted far from his political roots

a president mccain doing the exact same thing that president obama is doing would have been denounced by a lot of liberals and so we're at one of those dangerous moments in u.s. history and we saw it a bit with clinton in the ninety's where a democrat who campaigned on a pledge to change the you know the country in the world has actually pushed a right wing agenda further forward than a republican rip up republican could have if they remained in power or they took power or expanded power as obama gears up for his reelection campaign civil liberty groups that believed his words the first time around are now left to judge the commander in chief on his actions america's democracy is represented by a president who studied and taught the rule of law and is now armed with a duty to carry it out but critics say as long as obama raised by his own rules the constitution and his promise of change both remain compromise up or not artsy new york. well george w.

bush was criticized for america tara policies but president obama has taken them one step further according to the former chief military prosecutor of guantanamo you can watch speaking to us a little bit later this hour. he took office the first thing he did was sign an order. closing guantanamo within one year of his order which was signed in january of two thousand and nine and we're sitting here today and want to have the most still open the military commissions have resumed and in my view the president just didn't have the balls to follow through with the doing the right thing candidate obama you know said all the right things about justice and american values and closing guantanamo and doing away with military commissions and upholding the rule of law and then once he gets in office you know he didn't just embrace the bush policies he kissed him on the lips and ran with them and his advanced them further than president bush ever did.

and that if you're in about twenty five minutes time iran has successfully test fired two long range missiles on the last day of major navy exercises in international waters off the persian gulf this comes amid mounting western pressure on the country over its nuclear ambitions its around says it's ready to any attack by enemies like israel or the united states iran has also angrily reacted to new u.s. sanctions targeting its central bank and financial sector it has been threatening to close the strait of hormuz the world's most important oil export route linking the persian gulf to the indian ocean meanwhile the e.u. is mulling an embargo on the push yourself in iranian oil and a decision on that is expected before the end of the month the director of the beirut based center for middle east studies. believes that the west's actions are already adding fuel to a highly flammable situation. united states is doing its best

and every day. i didn't get into sanctions against iran and i think iran is going. it's a problem and it will not stop but it's. they. will be in my opinion even maybe iran will not. but it may disturb our navigation and in this case with the presence of. military from both sides we do have more conflict and this more again. we began and began. to a war and region. as a showdown in the gulf brews we are asking what you think the united states wants to get from a conflict with iran if you don't. you can let us know your opinion right now

because here how the both stack up. believe that america is after dominance in the middle east a quarter say the u.s. wants to ensure israel's security seventeen percent think washington is interested in a war to cripple china's raw material imports and just a few if you believe a conflict with iran would be good for american exports in your opinion it always matters to us or do go on have your say and. still to come this hour marking ten years thank you. they can't bring themselves to admit that it was a mistake and so i'm afraid we risk the very thing they purport to fear which is a disorderly breakup of the euro caused by having tried to keep it together for too long the mood is far from jubilant for millions of europeans who entered two thousand and twelve with a currency that's failed to live up to the expectations and which has a bleak prospects ahead. and the man who. opportunity

during the last days of the soviet union shares his secrets in our new series called. some other headlines for you angry from around the world south sudan where the u.n. has advised villagers to flee for advancing fighters. of a rival tribe the town of a people or it was the central into ethnic clashes on saturday many were forced from their homes as a local hospital and several other buildings were all set on fire the government says it's deploying police officers and troops to the town in order to bring the conflict under control a thousand people have died in clashes over the past few months which was sparked by a cattle raid. south korea's president is urging the north's new leader kim jong. il if they agree to suspend nuclear activities the leader said in a new year's speech that the korean peninsula is at a turning point but warned against further provocation by the north korea walked

out of nuclear talks in two thousand and eight after objecting to south korea's request to inspect its atomic facilities the comments come just after kim jong un was named ruling party leader following the death of his father in december it comes just after north korea told its citizens to defend the new leader kim jong un to the day. riot police in bahrain have clashed with hundreds of demonstrators after the funeral of a fifteen year old protester killed a day earlier the opposition claims the teenager was hit by a tear gas canister at close range however authorities later raised questions about the circumstances of the death and said it would be investigated at least thirty five were left dead in the in bahrain in the unrest there during two thousand and eleven including police officers killed as protesters attacked security forces. new year's celebrations for many people in the eurozone were reined in due to the

tough current economic climate with many predicting further financial misery two thousand and twelve will see a severe test for the euro as it fights for survival the single currency has now been in circulation for a decade but it leaves millions of europeans anything but optimist. reports. the birth of an ambitious project a common currency celebrated with no less than the big bang. theory the beginning of a strong europe there you know. the barriers to the war the battle the war. yet ten years down the road the euro is not in the best of shape. the spiralling sovereign debt crisis credit downgrades rising interest rates tens

of millions unemployed budget cuts and violent protests. the euro's growing undergoing the worst crisis it has ever been and obviously the founders of the of the euro did not hope that this would happen for what began as a step towards a united europe has become a race against time with the leaders scrambling to keep it together. euro skeptics have long argued that the euro was flawed from the start pursuing a political dream above all else well they say lumping together polar opposite economies like that of greece and germany into a monetary union could never work. rationality has been thrown out of the window in the pursuit of this goal and when they are reaping the consequences of a couple that with internal squabbles and deadlocks there has to be from somewhere that some economic entity that is credible is going to back every euro zone

and there are only two or three entities that can do that what is european central bank. the other is basically the german government and neither of them right now are willing to do it but this exhibit shows the journey of the european union and the creation of the single currency the documented events of history that explain why it would have been appealing to decision makers at the time so much so the crux of the fundamentals may have been overlooked or ignored which brings us to this point ten years after the creation of the euro its appeal has waned and despite last ditch efforts to save it its future is still uncertain if the spirit of the new year we asked for some predictions but one can be sure of is that this crisis is going to be a long and bumpy road however if you would ask me do you think that the euro would still exist in ten years time my answer would be yes they can't bring themselves to admit that it was a mistake and so i'm afraid we risk the very thing they purport to fear which is a disorderly breakup of the euro caused by having tried to keep it together for too

long downgrades almost certainly i think you'll see a french downgrade i still think this is solvable if the political will is shown in certain member states to allow for what is called solidarity in europe and if not if not we are in for a huge huge recession in europe sitting my prediction that at least greece will leave the euro in the next year and what happens beyond that is unpredictable euro watchers may have divergent views of the single currencies future but it seems whichever way the euro goes it won't be painless does or sylvia r.t. brussels. more news and analysis always available online at odds he taught some of the. include the arab league. monitors in syria with up in the country despite the president's speech. and find

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one stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is mesmerizing. but this beauty brings death and speed of more than two hundred kilometers. stepping down avalanche and. it's good of you to join us today this is artsy the modern world of satellite imaging gives us a glimpse into most parts of the world just from our own computers until now though israel has been protected from closeup images but a new turkish satellite will soon put an end to the country's zoom in. as the jewish state's former ally prepares to launch its high tech satellite israel fears being watched and is worried about its security policy reports. israel's leaders are worried and they've good reason to be in just a matter of months they'll be nothing stopping satellite companies from getting up

close and personal. security. to enable the enemy country to very high resolution. until now only the americans had the technology capable of taking images created in tunisia's per pixel resolution and american law stopped us companies from distributing the pictures the americans very sensitive because of security demands of the scrutiny that plays along with it which means even with google earth one consume into israel but only so far. look at specific parts of israel many of them will come out blurry than any other place in the world that i've checked but that's about to change turkey's putting the finishing touches to a military satellite it plans to launch within the next two years the gawked took satellite will be capable of taking the very pictures tel aviv doesn't want

distributed and there are no american star legal qualms in turkey about upsetting its photosensitive neighbor to keep a soul directly or indirectly some of these injury to him or was off israel and that's the fear here especially because tensions between tel aviv a day and co are at an all time low and aid for to the attempt on gaza two years ago that left nine two exterior and was expulsion of the israeli ambassador has tel aviv nervously weighing its options the irony is that it was not so long ago that the gawked took satellite would have spelled good news for israel the two countries cooperated extensively often sharing military intelligence but whereas turkey was once israel's a closest ally in the muslim world today it is ankara that is asserting itself without a television as a powerful player in the region turkey is trying to say that the really not to be granted the special. service. that if used to have a saying in the north of the playground. before countries abide by the same laws

would have the same standards one satellite is barely enough to put israel's picture shy world in a spin but this is not a country that wants its neighbors knowing its business especially with an arab world in flux and israel fast losing former friends policy r.t. and a veil on israel. it is now twenty minutes past the hour and moscow america has suspended aid to pakistan as the political realm between the two countries deepens islamabad the shutdown as border to nato five weeks ago hampering the alliances war effort in afghanistan artie's military can contribute so that the u.s. and its allies should rethink their strategy if indeed they want to defeat the taliban now when the new year has just clicked in let's take a look at what to expect for the united states and there are nato allies

in afghanistan and pakistan the white house has to realize that the only way to improve their relationship would be to minimize its political and military affairs in pakistan and afghanistan and if there is any excuse for the u.s. military presence in afghanistan it has nothing to do with the terrorist threat it is the threat that is the only justifiable reason for the u.s. military forces to deal directly affected and efficiently. with our to you so just what does it take to become a successful entrepreneur here in russia in our new pathfinders series we hear from the foreigners who have explored the vast potential in the world's biggest country .

in the first part of our new apart find us series we hear from an entrepreneur and a restauranteur who's appetite for adventure helped him carve a new career in russia this though during the dying days of the soviet union heinrich winter spotted an opportunity to build a restaurant empire across the country and reveals now his special recipe for success. running a business in russia. is challenging for different reasons. in the west the risk in the reward. equation applies to russia. there's a great opportunity in the market your return on investment here is higher than you would expect. in the west is justified by the relatively high risk that one has to face in the market it was nine hundred ninety one came in september and the collapse of the soviet union was six months later i was new in

the country i didn't speak the language what was interesting and challenging of the same time was that things were changing really what's changing and how things were going change for is totally unpredictable so opening up a restaurant in russia. was something truly unique back then there were no restaurants. in russia there was a total restaurants and this was basically the third restaurant in the soviet union country of three hundred eighty million people and we chose to open up a swiss restaurant. with one steak. and things like that it's funny in the story about the caesar salad the situation in russia is quite unique because the season salad is on literally every menu in the whole country why is that is so in my opinion is that when we play the key dish

it was a caesar salad it was prepared in front of the guests by the waitresses had a lot of people have to learn how to make the thought well as the years went on and a new restaurant opened one of the things that everybody knew was to make a seasonal story was a recipe that was kind of passed out among the few professionals in the restaurant business in those days the influence of the pioneers yes you felt it but really it was later on. one realized the profound impact. that one had in those days at the time it wasn't that it was just surviving it was just trying to do things right and get the business going in the beginning in the first couple of years it was very much the pioneer work opening up a new concept by the late ninety's it was very much starting to become a more competitive market you had to be good you had to offer something special because in the beginning you open up

a restaurant it was full next day you didn't have to try very hard so set out really to make a strategic shift away from just opening up restaurants to really implementing customer service and guest satisfaction and that started way of training programs because the restaurant business has a relative from the peak turnover of staff we would teaching bringing knowledge to a huge number of people. that work for us for a while and many of them left all the restaurants and so forth so we were the professional conduct and growth model for a professional knowledge in the restaurant business how do you pizza later to be called patio was hugely successful likewise the planet sushi as general manager of throughout these many years. three years ago i started opening up my own restaurant now the same restaurants but as

a franchisee today twelve restaurants it's a business that requires a lot of affection in every kind of execution that personal touch. it's the small things that count but that's not special for russia it's everywhere but surely it's a requirement for russia because here again the competitive environment has become so tight that you need to be really really good to be successful. we will be meeting on more business trailblazers in the russian capital in our special series of the next two weeks here on. our sports team brings you the best of two thousand and eleven including diving in the deep and you're going to want to miss the chance to see these pictures here from the leg of the cliff diving world taking the plunge with our sports in about twenty

five minutes these guys are doing it was from manic heights do stay with us for that. before we get. back with a recap of our stories in a few moments then we'll bring you our interview with a former chief prosecutor of guantanamo bay do stay with us if you.

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if you're in the russian capital this is your headline so like this there's uproar in the u.s. as the president authorizes a law to detain terrorist suspects without charge or trial all the right to defense rights advocates are calling the shows a blight on obama's legacy. iran testify. as long range missiles during naval drills in the persian gulf and says it's prepared to hit back if it's a time this comes as western nations plan to impose further sanctions targeting its oil and financial sectors. threatening to shut off a key oil supply. sends up a new eye in the sky which could give the world close up images of security

conscious israel for the very time the country has been protected from close up pictures until now. one of the first promises made by president obama when he first came to power back in two thousand and eight was to close the controversial guantanamo bay prison but four years later it's still there now we talked to the center former chief prosecutor of military commissions who speaks of his huge disappointment. we're sitting down with morris davis a man of a very interesting career he was the chief prosecutor for the military tribunals or guantanamo bay in two thousand and seven he resigned over his objection to the use of evidence obtained by torture and to what he saw as growing political interference in those military tribunals now he says although.