i report accuses over fifty countries are sifting the u.s. and secretly detaining interrogating and torturing terror suspects aboard. so this sounds like iran's president is on a historic visit to cairo and western friendly egypt looking ready to open a new phase of relations with tehran. three former m.p.'s in kuwait received three years prison sentences for criticizing the country's leadership despite the nation being held as a democratic place on. news from russia and iran the while this is all she was me you dash above all of a hello and welcome to the program. as many as fifty four countries to the

cia's secret detention and prison are in different programs the claim was made in a report from a new york based ngo which claims foreign governments aided the us and making sure integrations were out of reach of the rule he's going to take on small farms 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 protists appétit in cia secret detention and extraordinary rendition operations including by hosting cia prisons on their territories detaining interrogating torturing going to be using it in vigils assisting in a tour in the capture and transport of detainees and so on so the list includes countries like afghanistan and australia denmark djibouti egypt georgia turkey syria the united arab emirates the united kingdom's yemen italy and even iran and

just in case you're wondering what iran is doing on the list here's what the report says a yemeni national who same solemn mohammad almost thirty was captured by iranian authorities in tehran sometime after nine eleven two thousand and one and once was handed over to afghan authorities as part of a prisoner exchange and was held in cia detention in afghanistan so a list of fifty four countries there while president bush acknowledged that the cia had secretly detained about one hundred prisoners and this report alleges there were more the u.s. government has only identified sixteen quote unquote high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally has convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations ten of these the only country to issue an apology to and took it to an extraordinary rendition victim maher are more here excuse me r r who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada and it is sweden australia and the united kingdom have issued.

compensation to extraordinary rendition victims this report is ripe 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 any accusation would be dismissed on state secrets grounds so there are plenty of countries implicated in and that should last this thing the u.s. and the kidnapping and torture of terror suspects and a former private investigator douglas valentine believes america is purposely exaggerating the threat of terrorism to impose its military power while the wind the war on terror and sell through this is a overstatement vast overstatement of the dangers that exist in the it's been proven. that we simply created more enemies in iraq

we've created more enemies the war on terror is a war and war killing torturing and detaining people is not a way to bring over its resolve problems the way to resolve problems is through people trying to understand each other through reach accommodations to do things diplomatically it's a situation that exists right now is that the united states knows the military overhand that it's not willing to give the go by having built three over here that kind of force its will all rule the world and the war on terror is simply a simple pretext for doing 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 it though the person knows being

a bully. the truth is exactly the opposite. with u.s. security policy coming in for some harsh criticism the country's vice president is getting inside look at what other nations are planning to joe biden gets a punch line view of british security by sitting amongst the country's top intelligence officials in downing street. the visit of the arena leader to each of the first in more than three decades is seen as a sign the two middle east and havior weights are moving closer president ahmadinejad's is under pressure from western states so his nation's nuclear program is attending a muslim summit to discuss security issues with egypt mohamed morsi of egypt and iran said that relations after the islamic revolution and that further deteriorate after egypt's peace treaty with israel more so as you are sparked rise to power out of egypt's uprising is seen as major hurdle to a better ties with tehran which are strongly opposed to the current revolt or see

where some analysts believe keeping the door open to the islamic republic shows cairo is pursuing a more independent foreign policy than morse's. and their journalist in new york clark told my colleague bill dog that iraq needs all the phones it can get. around strongest ally in the arab world has now been serious serious been a brutal ally of iran all this is the reason why pro israel lobby why the americans why the saudis etc so keen to talk about now there's no such moment the syrian government is about what we're all going around would be even more isolated going to use to get a very dangerous position so that's what makes sense for iran to be trying to build bridges with. all of their financial motives behind this meeting where we got to believe the economy is going bearing in mind the situation there in iran with all those sanctions that appearing to have a quantum impact on the iranian economy do you do they both need each other i think they do believe and i think more should point of view i think as we see on the wall going to rest in egypt but people are very unhappy with how things are going but

you see occurring on the. ship people are on. iran would be one way that she can say to his people look i'm not just a us puppet i am going to be different here so i think from his point of him he could get popularity at home by taking a more conciliatory line towards iran and from the iranian point of view course they've been putting the dollhouse i mean the pro israel lobby has been very successful in passing it 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. the u.s. vice president has gained exclusive access to land and security plans by sitting in on a downing street meeting fresh from visits to berlin and paris drove biden met prime minister david cameron and told the inside of you from britain's military and intelligence chiefs fred has more now on the unprecedented access for the vice

president he's known for some time fitting his foot in his mouth 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 flat feet be given 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 is 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 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 that is a satisfactory relationship everyone want to talk more about that i'm joined by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us from relationships let's go into that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure it actually is i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share commons. you use in terms of our legal systems our language the way that we look at business and it should be but over the period of the years that we've had this special relationship since winston churchill first courting the friends we've seen lots of arguments between also on those even 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 that democrats. have a referendum of whether they should be in or outside of the european union so clearly the special relationship is often tense to i but this was. really a special. no retreat for they sirrahs for. those displaced by the conflict that minds to stay in the country rather than take shelter in concert jill danny refugee comes to explain why nature in the program. an evil that sandy would describe not so long in the most horrible circumstances no human being

she'd have to go through while she's going through. healthcare that actually doesn't care patients at a u.k. hospital died needlessly because of stuff negligence says a public inquiry report shortly after the break.

elite. this is the welcome back to where it has been praised for its pioneering walwyn democracy one can foster among the gulf states for freedom of the press but in reality that can be different three former opposition m.p.'s were sentenced to prison terms for criticizing the ruling means policies to activists were also

sentenced to ten and five years for writing anti regime messages on twitter and alec on the list eric draitser says kuwait will not react to pressure unless it comes from washington. kuwait is a client state of the united states it is part of the u.s. imperial system along with saudi arabia and qatar and bahrain and a number of other countries so for that obvious reason because they they can't really step out of line from what the line is from washington from london and from elsewhere so if you were to have destabilization in kuwait and you were to have the western community the international community as it's called coming in damned the ruling family you will have an overthrow of that regime you will have a destabilization of the region which benefits democratic forces but which is very much detrimental to the united states and their agenda for the region the monarchies are looking around and they're seeing a democratization a wave of democratic upsurge in the region and they know that their regimes will

not withstand it unless they're able to crack down on these forces and to maintain their strategic position within the imperial system so on the one hand they crack down on the opposition. very positive business relations with washington with london with paris and so forth. jordan is struggling with a massive influx of seaward refugees saying the number could exceed seven hundred thousand this year the jordanian government says it will not be able to accept the many more expected if president assad falls although some syrians are deciding to take the chance against bullets and strikes at home rather than suffer the squalor in counts on his lissac often after. they come here to escape the hell of war as many as fifty thousand in the last month alone that all too often in jordan psaltery camp hope gives way to despair no i don't have nothing when we left home why is this happening why isn't anyone here

to help us too many people and not enough help the sprawling ten city is the largest camp for syrians fleeing their war ravaged nation but it's ballooned well beyond capacity there are shortages of food blankets medical supplies just about everything. there are so many of us how can they provide for everyone we are called there is no a true city i have two children and there are no diapers for them i'm forced to back from my friends and family. refugees complain about the quality of water toilets and the harsh desert winter they describe the frustration of spending hours and queues only to find out supplies have run out the dismal conditions have sparked a series of riots in recent months turning refugees against aide workers and one another at the no one is helping each other if you want to get bread you need a knife by your side to fight for it it's gas chaos that's simply too much for some

seventy year old automatons avi says that he would have preferred a death in syria to life in the camps. if i stayed in syria it would have been better for me they would have killed me yes but it's better than coming here and being humiliated like this on a sick old man why he wants to go through. despite its shortcomings the camp still offers refuge from the gunfire and airstrikes ravaging syria and more help could be on the way at a recent conference in kuwait the un got more than one point five billion dollars worth of pledges to aid the conflict stricken syrians but there are concerns it may not be enough we don't know how many more will be coming we have we don't know how many more will cross tonight we have no idea how many more there will be by the end of the week here in jordan or in the long or into a can it's not a situation which is going to be over very soon and therefore yes it is a strain on the countries of course a strain that jordan may not be able to handle much longer. you know the syrian

refugees arrived in jordan with a country of limited resources at a time when is experiencing its greatest economic challenge ever nonetheless we gave them all we could whether if the number of refugees keeps growing will struggle to help them this is the reality. but many camp residents have grown weary of waiting for help unable to live in dignity in neighboring countries some syrians are returning home these families are waiting to get on buses that will take them back well you know i've been here for three days but after all i've seen in this campaign trail right to go back to syria there's killing there but here we live worse than animals kind of existence. hundreds of thousands of syrians came to jordan seeking a better life but here at the sob story refugee camp lives are collapsing all over again they fled syria to escape a bloody war only to find themselves fighting

a fresh battle just to survive to seek out front of r t. refugee camps in jordan. and update now on the severe eight point zero magnitude earthquake which struck near they saw no one islands so one and a half meter waves followed the quake near the islands at least people have reportedly been killed and several villages destroyed but tsunami warnings issued elsewhere in the south pacific have been counseled governments had ordered people to flee to higher ground and you can follow live updates on this developing story on his twitter feed. also to some other news making headlines this hour the french military assisted by a local militia has taken control of dol the last major city to remain in control of islam is to militants estimates several hundred rebels have been killed since the offensive in mali began last month and while the advance has been swift some reports such as the french led liberation campaign has also called civilian casualties the french foreign minister has hinted to the operation may be over by

march. lead to justice department memos as the u. as a government allows drone strikes on its citizens abroad the report shows washington can target al qaeda linked american suspects even though they say that to be nearly plotting against the glass and the ton does not have to because should it imminent for a suspect to be tolerated. the u.k.'s national health service has been shaken by a public inquiry into what's seen as the worst house gas condo in decades and restoration to the death of patients at a stop at hospital alleges stop work for fatally negligent and managers turned a blind eye to falls because they were focused on cutting costs obvious point to the stories of people who lost their loved ones that. my wife stuck with a hospital in september two thousand and eight it was just a disaster is just totally chaos when you walk through the door of the world you

can smell it people. know stuff available for learn the business was left to reach. when she wants new shoes on the floor she's been there since breakfast on. should be. line right for you see. maybe carry if you wasn't given to. the death of john's wife is just one of the many horror stories term marriage from the now notorious stuff at hospital relatives say it was a lack of compassion on behalf of the staff that stripped many sick people of that dignity so much before that sandy would describe i didn't have the same thing to the next thing. because they each not really capable person. in the most horrible circumstances.

ninety nine p. she'd have to go through what she went through yet i knew to no signal to take it to said. julie baby's mother died at stafford in what she calls appalling circumstances but when she blew the whistle on the hospital's practice says she was faced with a cover up all the evidence was there that the hospital mid staffs was failing and yet the and. that was never shared with the public and i believe the same as in all the hospitals. is just the evidence on performance isn't shared with the public. he's kept it in. surgical department that was the most dangerous and dysfunctional that the royal college of surgeons has ever encountered but the public would ever told us and now it's emerged that a string of senior officials failed to take seriously data which showed the hospital significantly higher than average death rates relatives of over

a thousand people never got to see them discharged from the hospital patients died needlessly off the suffering a catalogue of neglect left in their own excrement dehydrated and without painkillers it's the biggest scandal to hit the national health service in recent years but with budgets being slashed and red tape preoccupying hospital manages a person's health secretary is warning that there are little bits of stuff that dotted all across the u.k.'s health system the results of the public inquiry into the hospital's failings are expected to issue a damning verdict on the way the whole of the n.h.s. functions is soul destroying and that's a bit of stuff that every ride that we go to makes a you know it's got to be made safe tomorrow because people can't continue to suffer it's like saying well it's ok for people to be homed will isn't it's got to stop but even with the glare of a public inquiry and the media spotlight it hasn't stopped last month it emerged

that a former unfold baby being treated for breathing problems was found with a dummy taped to his mouth to keep him quiet the nurse being investigated for the incident is the third member of staff at star to be disciplined in the last six months the hospital's chief executive has said west sorry that despite the progress that has been made there are still some. instances of care which fall below that which we want to provide sorry might be too late but the tide of public anger swelling campaigners say it's time for westminster to overhaul britain's beleaguered health service before any more lives i need to list the last party boyko r t stafford. and we've also lined up to buy stories from around the world for you on our website this time david cameron says he's made a breakthrough in strengthening the nation this after the british parliament

approves a bill that will allow same sex couples to marry yet over half the members of the ruling conservative party voted against it so had to r.t. dot com to find out what caused the split. and also in life where you know accuses the u.k. of a colonial brat oil and natural resources saying it will take the falkland islands back within twenty years because not a single country in the world supports britain's claims on the territory more on r.t. dot com. i'll go home maybe a travelling tradition for many russian plane passengers but it could soon become illegal on flights russian lawmakers are thinking of buying people from carrying duty free alcohol on board after a series of drunken brawls on international flights on his reno going to grow now reports. please make sure your seat belts are fastened the tray table is securely stowed and the russian passenger next to you is not intoxicated out of his mind

this could well become the pre-taped off message airlines that often cater to tourists from russia passport tickets and alcohol if you are russian of course in fact the first thing that many russians do when traveling abroad on a holiday or just a simple trip they had a duty free stores to get the bottle of liquor they're going to take along with them of course there is a lot of air was that prohibit drinking on board but that doesn't stop many passengers if there is a will there is always a way to sneak that bottle on the plane. recently cases of unruly drunks have been springing up one after another one man attacked a police officer in the v.i.p.'s zone in a moscow airport thinking he was still in another country a different man if fifty four year old businessman on his way to the egyptian resort of god that lit up a cigarette and literally hit back at a flight attendant who tried to stop him the confrontation spiraled into an all out

brawl on board should anybody have known table one pretty much he was demanding something crazy he was forcing himself into a cockpit everyone was trying to hold him back and he was yelling let me out and forcing his way into the policy right here. here's the catch though the resume normal in russia that would allow airlines to restrain much less to punish a mentally customers in fact flight attendants technically are not even allowed to physically subdue anyone having a fit of rage on an airplane and that doesn't fly over well with the country's main airline that used up motion could mean we could buy from one to our crews on board to be able to restrain such bashers we need a law for that and we also want to minster the current air code which would allow not just their flag but all air carriers to be able to refuse service to pass and your sort of career. it is a problem on board passengers like to see on the end the leg honeymooners who forced a plane heading for thailand to land in his darkest hour it was after their festive

mood quickly soured and turned into a fight when a flight attendant told them to cut down on the liquor consumption they stated two reasons for drinking fear following and celebrating their marriage this type of emotional travel drinking has gotten russian lawmakers thinking very seriously so we're not too distant future it seems passengers will be able to keep their emotions bottled up in moscow it in ghost co martini. shot out of the break a feller's haze crosstalk with detail about a discussion about what happens now for the recent israeli and strike on syria.