to the convention now what we have heard is a little bit about the conditions in which they were kept in lithuanian site we're getting a little bit of a glimpse into what was going on there and how prisoners were held up this this hearing now is prisoners were kept in blindfolded all time they were put in solitary confinement and they were forced to wear leg shackles at all times as a beta gave an account of what was done to him while he was in detention must warn viewers that this clip comes a company with some of his own sketches that have been released as part of a freedom of information request some viewers may find them disturbing they unchained my hands from the bars and chained them with short chains to the chains that were around my legs which kept me in a bearing position at all times they brutally dragged me to the cement wall he started brutally banging my head and my back against the wall i felt my back was breaking due to the intensity of the banging he started slapping my face again and again meanwhile he was yelling and then he pointed to

a large black wooden box that looked like a wooden casket he says from now on this is going to be your home he violently closed the door i heard the sound of the lock i found myself in total darkness. we saw a few of them accompanying that clip just there but the sketches that zubeida made well they really paying to very disturbing picture quite literally of the conditions in which he was being kept the two men are currently being held in guantanamo bay now since the detention facility opened there in two thousand and two it's been open to prisoners and scandals over abuse now the current u.s. president donald trump peace supports that you solve waterboarding he said it many times however this is something that well the rest of the world pretty much considers torture when diana marbury which by the way which by the way we are keeping open which we are keeping. and we're going to load it up with some beer

dude split we're going to load it up would i feel strongly about waterboarding as far as i'm concerned we have to fight fire with in fact donald trump doubled down in his support for waterboarding as he promoted the woman who is in charge of the cia black sites to the top job in agency gina hospital who's well referred to by her detractors in the media particularly here in germany as either the torture queen or bloody gina well she took over as the new cia director earlier this month if you ania's says that it may appeal the ruling we discussed the case with former guantanamo bay prison now outreach director for rights organization cage. the reality is that these are war crimes and he was prosecuted for this and nobody will because of it no matter how many accomplices and it's important call them that were involved that states in the c.i.s. and talk report torture report there are one hundred nine hundred eighty six

mention so imagine the lawsuits that would one after the other come and be filed against us they don't have to prosecute the entire bush administration and beyond and of course that's probably not going to be possible there's a series here you've got. four presidents essentially that are all ruled america run america was the torture program has either gone or gone on or has been allowed to get away with it and because there's no prosecutions the new president can come along and say i believe torture works a lot more waterboarding is a great thing because there is not precedent if it is in prosecuted for the crime that it is a war crime then he would never dare say such a thing so imagine that somebody from sub-saharan africa said that we we thought. it was a we. all were doing it it's activities in our country imagine what would happen if they said that and indorsed what. journalists have

rounded on the ukrainian authorities for faking the assassination of a russian opposition reporter in kiev. the journalist in question has responded to one article in the british media slamming ukraine's action the article claimed that the fake murder did more harm than good the response of the left a comment on his own facebook page for the dressed the british press and used offensive language he said if the press wants more good than harm they give him a british passport and protection while other international media and security watchdogs of also slammed the stand as being deplorable and regrettable. the staged murder of journalists are crazy bumps in could by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reporter may be a great relief it is deeply regrettable the crane's authorities have played with the truth no matter what the motive relieved that are currently but it was alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of

a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public the story began when i ukrainian authorities claim that they had found with gunshot wounds at his flat in the capital and said that he had died on his way to hospital however less than twenty four hours later it was revealed that the murder had actually been staged and ukrainian security forces said they had done it in order to foil an actual russian plot to kill the journalist artist on a quarter reports on the fallout from this controversial case. when a russian journalist was pronounced murdered in the ukrainian capital it didn't take long for the ceremonial finger pointing at russia to begin he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia and of the russian government as well he said there was nothing that was critical of ukrainians of course that network and its boss placing the blame on the kremlin and on russia journalist known political leanings have led some to point the finger in one

direction it was a calculated deliberate international terrorist crime committed on the direct instruction of the russian authorities who can blame them when the story has all the perfect ingredients the russian totalitarian machine putin's regime going after the kremlin critic except the guy turned up alive and well imagine everyone's confusion what on earth is showing on fred all these developments in just the last hour or so i know left us absolutely gobsmacked second so what the heck actually have been here russia said it was relieved that arc was alive but also fiore us and understandably so after being falsely accused of murder questions of life and death in ukraine as well as the international community's trust in its politics are nothing more than a bargaining chip for the kids regime to stir up on t.v. russian hysteria fellow journalists were outraged too when a state says a prominent journalist who had received threats was murdered i think the media have

to report it but with the fake news in ukraine have reduced all of our credibility trump would be proud had learned not to trust ukrainian authorities on. but assumed on something like this fishel confirmation was solid apologies it's on wikipedia's most notable fake death so what gives while the murder was staged by the ukrainian secret service to foil an alleged kremlin plot they say they did it secretly not even his wife knew imagine what the poor woman one thing. true but one ukrainian lawmaker thinks this is ok because sherlock holmes successfully used the method of staging his own death to effectively investigate difficult and complicated crimes well if it happened in fiction must be good in real life till whether ukraine or produce evidence that there was ever a russian plot in the first place remains to be seen but after a stunt like this it's hard to imagine many will take anything he says at face

value the taming is key i think just before we start the world cup in russia which is a shock east event for any country that holmes will cut there or sort of cut and suddenly we're getting the story switches design which are designed i would speculate to discredit russia and discredit russia and our use of the world just as a supposed to horst the world cup and so this is a very little mental campaign it's been targeting russia because it's no interfering in areas in which all nations have in the past understood that they are off limits when it comes to using them for propaganda purposes such as trying to use the world cup to undermine the horse nation that does nor good to anyone is specially at a time when we need to try and form an understanding. the u.s. has announced it will slap the new with tariffs on aluminum and steel imports with the measure coming into effect on friday kandor mexico will also be hit on tom

first announced the global tariffs in march but in a concession to allies including the use certain exemptions were granted let's get it they sell them our correspondent in washington we got samir a candidate tudor's in london for us with you appear in reaction first though to use a mirror if you can just take us through exactly what these measures are first. well the tariffs will reportedly threatened seven point four billion dollars the worth of european exports to the u.s. and what's interesting about this is that wilbur ross u.s. secretary for commerce maybe announcement just hours after meeting with the french finance minister where they apparently discussed the matter amicably but the domestic reactions have been mixed establishment democrats and republicans strongly oppose the move but trade unions in the u.s. applaud it terms move but in his announcement today across downplayed the tariffs

providing at least some assurance that they won't negatively affect relations with the e.u. check out what he said. groom i don't. think everybody will get over the course. canada has also just commented announcing counter measures that will take place they will take effect in july and these will be tariffs so we're just going to have to see how the u.s. reacts to that and i think crossover now to london and hear from our correspondent than a day which we just heard it in washington doesn't think these terms are going to be a big problem for europe is that the case. i think they might be surprised if we look at the reaction that we've got from europe what could this mean for the european union you may aswell we've had the u.k. government responding with pure disappointment at the reaction for this decision the e.u. . they're not happy either this could reportedly affect seven point four billion

euros worth of european exports to the us understand it billy there's a little bit of outrage going on there the most affected could be the automobile industry and that would mean germany would be hit that the hardest if that's the case because they are the powerhouse of course of the of that sector now the president of the european commission john claude younker he has called this decision a horrible day for trade let's take a listen. just visit but. totally unacceptable that it can't push you look at measures when it comes to. crit. in has also vowed a swift response saying that counter measures will kick in within hours he's also vowing to put the matter to the world trade organization because they are responsible for settling trade disputes and settlements of course i mentioned

germany before will they have reacted to the news the german foreign minister has also slammed the decision calling it illegal he's vowing a united response saying our answer to america first can only be europe united the french president emanuel micron has also slammed the decision calling it illegal strong reactions as you can see all round lots of unhappy countries there we've heard previously heard from brussels they've promised to retaliate to america's protectionist steps with its own twenty five percent terrorists on various produce including motorcycles jean cigarettes cranberry juice and peanut butter his young again. so now we will also impose import tariffs this is basically stupid process the fact that we have to do this but we have to do it we will now impose tariffs on harley davidson motorcycles on levis blue jeans and bore but we

can also do stupid we also have to be this stupid. so the next question is of course how will trump reactive counter measures are enforced well he's already threatened to respond to any e.u. trade barriers by saying that he will put tax on cars produced by european auto makers so you can see that the huge verbal tit for tat going on the u.s. commerce secretary he's actually downplayed the move he said that if and when the e.u. slaps back the u.s. with its own set of tariffs they will in fact barely pinch the u.s. economy he said that it will affect less than one percent of the overall u.s. economy so he thinks it doesn't as we've heard before it won't really affect the relationship between the european union and the e.u. yes but we'll have to wait and see about that considering the verbal backlash that we've heard so far it will depend on whether the e.u.

can forget forgive and indeed live with these new measures. because certainly not happy although if you're a fan of trade wars you're probably quite enjoying this many thanks to our correspondents there due to the answer miracle on that thank you. in other news spain's prime minister faces losing his job as parliament debates a motion to remove the under-fire leader a motion of no confidence has been far by the main opposition socialist party now seeking to replace the prime minister with its own leader the vote is set to run till friday morning when a vote will take place she. u.s. brown of cosmetics mark is under fire after releasing a tutorial for us most of them clients on what make up the word during ramadan apparently it's best to do it before the traditional priest summarize meal.

i can barely open my eyes were and mac comes out was glamorous look what mike thinks the so-called luke is versus what it actually looks like. no thinking back i'll stick with my nature traumatise folks look at your own soap or. this would have been great for any fatah party or a need me couple it's great that max medics want to diversify their marketing but come on please consult muslin before running with the stuff. because medics do you mean tar because your three thirty am and no one looks like. a little bit humorous when you look at the exaggeration the disconnect that is existing between

the public relations firms in these big corporations who are trying to kind of you know include include you know. christmas ramadan different religious occasions they're trying to be very much involved the grander trying to address their desire on a personal level or something but at the end of the day sometimes it's a big fluke. it's just very much just connected from what actually is going on and no they're not useful at all i did say ninety nine percent of the ladies who are waking up for school it's actually very laughable. two weeks to go till the biggest event in football the fifa world cup and the national squads and official delegations are started to make their way to russia. well you can see there are hundreds of pre-fund gathering to cheer their national team as it left the country before the official world cup opening in moscow prove

play to friendly's against saudi arabia and sweden they'll be a brewer the first match of the tournament will take place in the russian capital june fourteenth. not long to go on a date only half an hour until i'm back with the latest headlines. in july twenty second team all set up a freelance journalist working with our team militant shelling in syria. to honor his sacrifice quality has established a holiday all such as memorial day will recognize more reporters who often risk their lives with the sake of the truth and through that peace you can submit to your published works in a video blog written form until june the twelfth go to a doctor on t.v. dot com.

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a lot of welcome to also part of the russians have long maintained that politics is a continuation over can all make by other means and vice versa but many in europe dismiss you as you called c.n. not that the e.u. itself comes face to face but the bare knuckle approach of donald trump is there still even the pretense of keeping money making and politics after

a while to discuss that i'm now joined by pierre lucia former french secretary of state for foreign trade it's a live issue it's a great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for your time here recently gave an interview suggesting that europe needs to stand up to what you call legal imperialism that brussels needs to make sure that washington respects said especially when it comes to the threat of terrorism sanctions isn't that's you legal too late to be asking for it now. terry if it is a different story terri is named to w t o and procedure the beauty you wasn't going to be able to read you staring and you believe that we are trying to respect that procedure. you can you can raise terrorist and then we can go to w t o and sue can just settle in the procedure the cio to handle terrorist his injuries does agreeable maybe to retaliation and that's what people call trade wars what the west

you with a trump is a style you know it's like if he announces like you the it's t.v. show is senior reality it's a new way of doing diplomacy if i may say so no the real issue i mean it's unpleasant it's difficult but it can be handled as a central issue that worries me. the most in recent years in the u.s. approach. to international relations in general not just to trade is that they have begun to use the mystic legislation as a way to coerce of the conflict and their economic advantages mr lewis you know you've been making that point. for quite some time and i think many in europe see triumph as the only problem whereas you have specifically pointed out that the

united states have been in applying its laws extra territorially for over forty years why do you think has it taken so long for the europeans to wake up to this practice because they're only starting to noticing it now when it affects them directly well forty years ago we reacted. when there was a gas pipeline issue and reagan try to stop us and stop germany in particular but europe to build this pipeline was russian soviet union at the time saying that it was a security risk to american national security. we stopped and we took legislation which made it a crime for penalties for french or european companies to accept american legislation and to accept being under american law and i think there was a similar reaction to the hounds burton act right in so we use this so-called

blocking statute in one thousand nine hundred six here again this started again this time on cuba on libya and iran. on cuba there was blocking legislation taken by mexico canada and the e.u. took a deal i think. was a blocking statute not only that we went to the g.a.o. and opened a complaint against the u.s. and not only that we put together a list of american companies will be the target of mirror sanctions and believe it or not it's stop and we got the exemption and we traded with cuba all these years we didn't do that for iran and libya and that's why we have this problem today but back in ninety ninety five and you know later part of it in ninety six the station was a little bit different because that act was pushed forth by the you republicans president bill clinton was against it he ended up signing

a waiver against that law do you think you know the political composition actually compares baghdad and the american president wasn't so sad on you know implementing his vision if i put it politely. yes or no it's more complicated than that because the tendency to use american law is not just on sanction they go and say well the moment you start a business in the us we're employing american citizens or use a dollar you have to comply with american law and what they do is they gather information through their intelligence. and then they drive. legal suit on companies that are targeted and sometime you end up with the company's. collapse and the voyage which happened to do a stunning front which is a key energy company and i have been signaling this in the french parliament three

years ago two years ago i think that we are dealing with this friend of the us using the internal law as. i call it wreck a deployment in the old days it was called gunboat diplomacy these things like it because each time they can use their legislation to promote the strategic or political interests all in the name of course well good cause fighting corruption fight the absolutely but i mean mr lish i think you're speaking. in a to the heart of. the difference between the e.u. and russia when it comes to the united states because the europeans still see donald trump as as the main problem whereas russians see the entire international system is flawed because it allows one country the rights and the privileges of not just one a lateral without an african to billet and what i was going to ask not just one

country say me the chinese are doing the same in their own way so the problem is that we see the system unraveling the chinese are doing their ways in america in their ways a problem is europe europe must be much stronger in making the decision it's not a question of whether the president agree or not agree with the waiver is at twenty eight can we around the table agree tough measures on these or china or the u.s. and they're the unfortunately the answer to that so far is not really europe has been too weak and that's why we end up being beaten on the head sometimes by the chain. sometimes as the american and that stuff as a wise we're going to lose european voters psychology also comes into play here and to some extent it was easier to accept that kind of system when it was represented by the charming smile of barack obama as opposed to you know being represented by

the obvious rudeness of donald trump you're right you're right and what i have studied in shown is that this is not does not date from from trump is sort of more extreme and spectacular and so on but you know serve been. dozens of companies that have been fined in europe and france in germany. mostly european companies very few chinese. no indian. very few american targeting a european competitor and doing it in a systematic fashion as soon as you don't comply and so you get punished and that has to do with. banks insurance companies car companies twenty six billion dollars were taken out of european pockets and put in u.s. treasury just in a series of of these legal decision which show no really legal decision because at

the same time zone no judgment i mean companies are not judge and. they are asked to confess going back to your idea of europe having to grow a spine this is essentially what you're calling for always is going to disappear it is very difficult to do that even on a minor issue but what we have or rather you have at stake right now is the access the european access to the american market we're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars is that is that really the worry be a starting point to sort of pick up the bottom with the united states now because. imagine we could see access to the u.s. in the european market would you sing would have the need the european money they need it badly we are the new thing it's really europe. look using is realistic for us to do as you do to us they may have try to use it during their lives or you think it's realistic not to react and it's also not very realistic because you're

having a reaction for four years if we don't read that if we don't we are going to lose the battle for the hearts and minds of our voters tell me why people would believe in europe if we can see so much if any french company or european company asked to go to washington with the lawyers a little and so on and please can they do business can you tell me if i can do business here or there this is not acceptable on a point of view. i believe in the national sovereignty i believe that europe makes me stronger that's why i mean europe but if europe all going to sort of a collective collapse because this is what's happening nobody is making decisions this moment we are weak on many fronts and when they see us by the way this will go also for chinese companies or russian companies together if i had this kind of

behavior by china and i have or by russia we need to react the same way as my discourse is not specific to the us it's an t's a weakness of yours but i think it's not only the european union that is suffering from kind of treatment by the united states i think there are lots of grievances in russia there are also grievances in china and as you mentioned before europe was able to put forth a blocking law it also did that in concert with other countries for example ninety five there was also the u.k. mexico canada that passed similar legislation what are the chances of putting together such a call this and at this point of time not just the european unity but the european union joining forces with other countries who may be unhappy about the american practices. well. saul's i'm of you know i'm not i'm not in charge at the moment so obsolete.