france intensifies its assault on the islamic militant somalis border with syria locals in the liberated cities claim that campaigns come at a high cost to civilians. the most comprehensive allegations yet of illegal rendition and torture in secret cia prisons around the world emerge in a report released by a top american n.g.o.s. and iranian president flies into egypt for the first time in more than three decades in a visit seen as an attempt to improve ties between the two regional heavyweights islamists came to power there. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t.

with you twenty four hours a day french military forces have stepped up their offensive rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving into the city of kiddo the last bastion of islamist insurgents around one thousand nine hundred soldiers from chad have also joined operation meanwhile two senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing airstrikes on the border with algeria reports now from the war country. euless you know that many people as they know what i'm like today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a group which retitle contin book two for months particularly violating the rights of women he was captured along with baba ahmed leader of the movement for unity and jihad in west africa toerag say he was taken north of keep close to the border without jury or the capture of these two leaders demonstrates what everyone knows the city of go and to book to our havens of security in

a dangerous wilderness we were ourselves detained by the mali an army when trying to get to the city of any movement towards the north has been strictly forbidden since last weekend when six million soldiers were killed by explosives planted by rebels on roads leading there this risk affects the stability of the country distances in mali are so big that it is next to impossible to travel safely on the roads so now the region lacks food medicine and fuel specifically in vis part of the region in mopti there are about seven thousand refugees children suffer the most unless medication is brought in the centers treating malnutrition like the one we saw in mopti would face tragedy i mean. the likely. treating malnutrition is a necessity in today's critical situation negligence was the cause of malnutrition before but now and in this crisis most children are suffering tisn't this it happens in every home where children don't get enough care and could die.

alternative c. routes are being tried to deliver supplies to to book to really share and spread them to the north from there we also saw many people come to donate blood so desperately needed in hospitals a christian community in the central region of mali has been collecting supplies for. the war has taken on a religious meaning and when that happens the first thing they do they announce they're hunting us those who are directly linked with religion. get us out. despite the fact the war is moving away the situation remains critical a country filled with refugees and. the health and food crisis is putting eighteen million people at risk of malnutrition there are so on us but what is what am i going to hear gonzalo lunch or mali for r.t. meanwhile mounting reports from cities that have been liberated suggest that freedom has come at a cost french airstrikes have reportedly resulted in

a number of civilian casualties get a new two he's a researcher from the international he just returned from the war torn country says the campaign raises many concerns. but we were able to to register was that to use to night solutions including a charge to killings we collected testimonies from a large variety of people who told us how. some people were arrested in the town of severity and then brought in front of where they were created and then froning to the well later we had also stories about people who had been arrested and some of them disappeared and regarding the counties of the civilians who were killed in the town of qana what we are asking the french and the million armies is not they should or should be a commission of inquiry just to to know the circumstances of the death of the five

people who were killed including the children because these people need a potion there should be kind of warnings given to the civilian population so that they could they could leave the war zones to to seek shelter elsewhere some of the groups had been leaving some of the towns in mali and they may be seeking refuge in other days i mean we had been writing about the hostage taking about kind of some territory beginning taken into a stage and they are concerned also what we are concerned about is that there may be represented toxic in the city and who may be accused of collaborating with the armed groups so we are concerned about that. fresh allegations of emerge of secret cia prisons around the world and violations that have allegedly been taking place

there the new york based ngo funded by one of america's richest men george soros has unveiled a report which claims to detail the operation of these so-called black sites and he's going to church can has the details. this is a very comprehensive report prepared by the open society foundations not only do they detail torture techniques that were used at cia secret prisons overseas to so-called black sites but also give a list of countries that one way or another participated in cia secret detention and extraordinary rendition operations including by hosting cia prisons on their territories detaining interrogating torturing and abusing it in vigils assisting in a tour in the capture and transport of detainees and so on so the list includes countries like of ganis then all australia canada denmark djibouti age of georgia germany syria turkey italy the united arab emirates. united the united kingdom yemen and other countries while

president bush acknowledged that the cia had secretly detained about one hundred prisoners and this report alleges that there were more the u.s. government had only identified sixteen high value detainees italy is the only country where record criminally convicted officials for the involvement in extraordinary rendition operations canada is the only country to issue an apology to an extraordinary rendition victim i'm on here are are with who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada sweet and australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation to extraordinary rendition victims and this report is rife with human rights abuses and it's clear that high ranking bush administration officials bear responsibility for authorizing human rights violations and yet no one was prosecuted because the u.s. government has. classified everything related to its torture practices and any

accusation would be dismissed on state secrets grounds. journalist and historian douglas fountain time feels the anti terror measures in force by america overzealous because the government is riding the wave of the myth it helped create its wealth rise by the u.s. congress by certain very important congress people who believe that they are reflecting the will of the american people in the wake of nine eleven there was a huge outcry in america for vengeance for the united states to prove for the government to prove that it was more terrible than the people who had launched the nine eleven attack and so congress believing had to reflect the will of the american people authorize the cia to do this since nine eleven the government has been able to maintain this attitude that it's required for security to commit crimes and. this is never been necessary before what it exhibits is

what it illustrates is that the government has. since nine eleven more capable propagandizing the american people by exaggerating the threats that exist in order to perpetuate which probably is a state of emergency that really doesn't exist in which the government is able to portray the united states the greatest military power that ever existed on the planet earth and some of the person that's being bullied. the truth is exactly the opposite the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's in cairo in his first visit to egypt as he is attending a muslim summit and is discussing security issues with the country's leader mohammed morsi iran also wants car room board with such issues as syria and its own nuclear program journalist neil clark told me earlier that tehran needs all the friends it can get. around strongest ally in the arab world has now been serious serious been abroad a lot of iran this is the reason why the pro israel lobby why the americans why the

saudis etc so keen to talk a sad now there's no sign at the moment the syrian government is about to fall but we're it's for iran would be even more isolated than it is today and the in a very dangerous position so that what makes good sense for iran is trying to build bridges with cairo are there financial motives behind this meeting where we've got to believe the economies and bearing in mind the situation there in iran with all those sanctions appearing to have a quite an impact on the iranian economy do you do they both need each other i think they do bill and i think from morsi point of view i think as we see hearty all the rest in egypt and what people are very happy with how things are going legacy in carrying on the violence it and ship people are on the run with one way that she can say to these people look i'm not just a us puppet i'm going to be different here so i think from his point and he could get popularity at home by taking a more conciliatory line towards iraq and from the iranian point of view course they've been pretty good all house i mean the pro israel lobby has been very

successful in getting the u.s. and other countries to pass tougher and tougher sanctions on iran the real economy is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iran to be isolated there's no proof it's developing nuclear weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program which there's no evidence to the contrary so therefore it's it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. coming up later in the program here not even a bottle of negative press the u.k. so there's deflecting a potential wave of eastern european immigrants without highlighting just why they'd be better off staying at home that story all this after the break. old. friends technology innovation called in these developments from around russia we've gone to the future covered.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images cobol has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are old today.

news continues here in r.t. the gulf kingdoms of bahrain in kuwait has seen fresh public cries against the country's unelected routers who've been stepping up their crackdowns on dissent for the last two years calls for more rights and democracy are increasingly met with the wrists and brutal force as you conservative refuse to concede while the west is accuse of turning a blind. by its key arab and eyes is reports. on how. life in the gulf used to look like this. but the black gold hidden beneath the sands transformed the arabian states from inhospitable deserts came storming structures of glass and steel physical testaments to their wealth and power in a wider region known for its tinderbox tensions the gulf monarchies have stood out for their relative stability and for an oil dependent west eager for a military stronghold to counter on the gulf became a strategic away says petro dollars help to insulate the gulf against economic

hardships plaguing other states but not against popular uprisings now the gulf monarchies as a whole have been struggling to stave off the effects of the arab spring with varying degrees of success is largely seen as the most tolerant of the gulf countries but the worry is that the trend could be reversed activists say that it already has been political gatherings of more than twenty people are banned as are political parties and when the last opposition dominated parliament challenge the ruling authorities it was dismissed voting rules were changed to ensure critics say a more compliant parliament speaking out against the system has landed many activists in jail as for those who took to the streets to protest. beaten up by. the special forces. the sound. and after the march. whoever is on the street isn't just being detained and thrown into jail it's a struggle activists and behind are all too familiar with. three days after egypt's

former president was ousted from power protests began in both reign like the kuwaitis they were demanding an end to the monarchy but more representation at a violent crackdown saw a shift in some of those demands but there's still a new law to stop it is that they need in different it is against the regime against that because of the shit i gainst that the situation and one thousand five hundred prison others we have. every day we have a lot of. security forces surrounding day it is attacking the people at the king and houses as in other gulf states the monarchy blames the unrest on a radical minority they are hardliners they want to see regime change they want to implement their own style of government and impose on the rest of the population. a system of government that is unacceptable these demands called for

a. minster style democracy captain head of style democracy in go but critics disagree saying the protesters simply want their governments to listen i want to comes to violent crackdowns he says westminster and capitol hill simply turn a blind eye without a victims because we live in a country which have the us and then items and they don't get aboard the people they don't care about the humanity they don't care about the bahraini blood they cared about the oil you know. whether in bahrain saudi arabia qatar oman or kuwait seems like this one are becoming increasingly more common but nasa shows a power which like this one show that the dots well wolf alone isn't enough to insulate the countries from people taking to the streets and demand. greater stake in their political system and unless the monarchies show themselves willing to listen their stability may prove to be. arty kuwait.

remember you can always call the latest news by heading to our web site and here are some of the stories that we have for you right now. people. containing highly toxic chemicals that are washed up on a pristine beach on the country's east coast. british intelligence is reportedly. accidentally spilled one of the country's biggest wartime secrets that story. speak your language. programs documentaries in arabic it's all here. from the world talks about fifty yards interviews intriguing story to tell you. that. because it. same sex couples won't be allowed to adopt

russian children countries child rights chief was responding after being legislation of gay marriage in france could influence french parents looking to adopt from russia the. same sex marriage in france has been. voted in favor of redefining marriage as an agreement between two people just a man and a woman russian constitution doesn't recognize gay married couples which prevents them from adopting. american parents it says the u.s. hasn't done enough following a series of russian adopted children being abused or killed. looking at ways to curb the eastern european immigrants expected to remain in a given unrestricted access to the twenty fourteen the government is now considering a negative advertising campaign about the country to make it less appealing to

potential movers. reports. we show many things going for our country the english language testing times brilliant history very creative people some of the best universities in the world a great place to do business we need to stand up and shout about how great britain is and get people to come and invest and visit but that's not the message for everyone the u.k. government is reportedly brainstorming ways to dissuade eastern european immigrants from coming to britain come january twenty fourth team twenty nine million romanians and bulgarians will be able to live and work anywhere in europe including the u.k. one idea being considered a negative advertising campaign about broken britain while the government considers that some creative brits have been all too happy to expose the nation's flaws for all to see as you can imagine not all the romanians living in the u.k. are cleaning the toilets some of them are highly qualified they've and understudies

their so they find this very aggressive and under society campaigning as one minister put it a negative ad campaign would help to correct the impression that these streets a paved with gold but even considering how to put off would be migrants the british government has managed to send not one but two whole countries and now one remaining newspaper has decided that rather than getting mad it's going to get even instead. the romanian spoof campaign says that since it's so tough in the u.k. brits should come to remain the danes by the british people to come to romania are going there here half of our women look like aids and the other half like her sister so this is a funny campaign what if you can see behind that there's actually a serious message which is that romania have still valuable resources intelligence and humor and that britain should take advantage of this next wave of. immigrants

instead of marking them but the debate over immigration in the u.k. is growing more hostile some ministers have suggested limiting remaining in symbolic ariens access to health services and housing when they arrive they think it will look good or masters a country to do something like that but i can see where where the snow is coming from of having a lot of people coming over here and looking for work and benefits and housing but i doesn't sit well with me really to do something right now immigration is always something you want to be careful in talking about offing is a bit silly to be honest because we're living in the union europe which is open for every every. which is you know in the union with the financial crisis getting worse britain isn't as attractive as it was to migrants a decade ago english somehow managing that everybody in the world wants to come to

england because in the new jobs of the most finest greatest country. in which people it is that they seem to forget that in the case of remaining friends and remain as a beautiful country loving warm exciting country to live in today when they produce these statistics about thirty million remain one of the emerging everybody is going to leave and then the last one is to light isn't going to be a single person left and then it really is nonsensical whether or not the anti britain campaign will ever make it to a billboard near proof the rest is now beside the point the british government has already made these newest members feel that little bit less welcome here. artsy london. u.s. forest president joe biden joined the british prime minister david cameron for national security meeting earlier today in downing street it was attended by british military chiefs intelligence officials and political leaders the american v.p. arrived in the u.k.

on monday following visits to berlin and paris for top level talks. this report. the vice president he's known for sometimes putting his foot in his mouth it could of almost being another gaffe but some a very quick to point out when he said that he talked of being delighted to have been invited to that meeting and of having spent half his life in security meetings in the u.s. but people are quick to point out you don't actually have a spoke for years on the u.s. national security council he can give you that possibly he was referring to other security commitments but during his visit to downing street this is what part of what he took part in he was invited to this national security council meeting it was chaired by prime minister david cameron and it's thought that what was on the agenda and talks about there were issues such as syria afghanistan iran and north africa now it's not unheard of the foreign nationals to attend u.k.

national security council meetings although it certainly is not common practice now perhaps that's a sign of as jay biden made mention to the special relationship that britain and the u.s. enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone want to talk more about that i'm doing by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us sixty seven april relationships that's going to that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure about chile i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share common values in terms of our legal systems on language the way that we look at business and it should be but over the period of the years that we have this special relationship to to which. we've seen lots of arguments

between ourselves on those and the stakes clearly there was a huge disagreement on the way that the british public did not want to get involved in afghanistan we also had a disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and only recently we've had president obama suggesting that the british people should know exercise their democratic rights and have a referendum of whether they should be in or outside of the european union so clearly the special relationship is often tested but this was the people here don't even believe that relationship is special. and that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more for you at about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime with the latest from the front lines of what he calls a financial war it's max keiser and the cause report after the break.

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