the pentagon denies allegations of u.s. allies abusing detainees in yemen saying there's no independent credible information the claims were first made by journalists and human rights groups also ahead. the deal. is that.

the british prime minister suffers another humiliation in parliament ahead of next week's crucial votes. from storms out of his latest meeting with democratic leaders describing the talks as a total waste of time after they refused to fund his board. the veteran american civil rights activist who's left stunned after an award recognizing the work is revoked angela davis suspects it's because of open support for palestinians . here in moscow this. international world first for you this salad the pentagon is denying allegations that u.s. personnel witnessed or were complicit in torture in yemeni secret prisons overseen by the united arab emirates the u.n. and a number of human rights groups voice their concern over the issue after the a.p.

news agency uncovered gruesome details of the abuse. initially prisoners for having sheep in containers which were smeared with excrement each container held up to fifty men who were blindfolded shackled and sometimes forced to relieve themselves in corners after guards shouted to were freed today. we could hear the screams returned police greet by fear almost everyone is sick the rest are near death anyone who complaints has directly to the torture chamber.

courts highlighting torture and scandalous practices the associated press and human rights groups say that prisons in yemen operated by the united arab emirates a longtime u.s. ally have been run in total degradation and that u.s. military personnel may have been involved with or even witnessed the torture but the united states department of defense has fired back with its own report saying nope we found nothing. the department of defense has not developed any independent credible information indicating that u.s. allies or partners have abused detainees in yemen now the key word is independent they basically just ignored reports that painted horrific pictures of the facilities top of the human rights group we've also got an acknowledgement of the problem from the united nations investigations by the group of experts confirm widespread aba tree detention throughout the country and ill treatment and torture in some facilities in most cases detainees were not informed of the reasons for

their arrest were not charged and were denied access to lawyers or a judge. there is some kind of medical experimentation going on in these tensions answers which is connected with psychological domination torture people to see how far they can go both the u.s. and britain and other international community members have openly admitted that they are providing intelligence and just logistics to the saudi led coalition's basically military advice i believe they're turning a blind eye to it because they are they are they may well be the ones who are advising the carrying out will the doing of things in this particular way now the united arab emirates says that these prisons are operated by yemenis they've got nothing to do with it and the department of defense is echoing their statement that it's all a big facade they found nothing however if you look at congressional reports they indicate that u.s. personnel have been involved interrogations. u.s.

forces do not conduct detention operations in yemen rather u.s. forces conduct intelligence interrogations of detainees held in part in a custody but the department of defense is sticking to its story saying we know nothing and i guess the world just has to decide who it wants to believe caleb mopp and r.t. new york what the policy director at the just foreign policy campaign organization believes the pentagon's always been into in syria about u.s. activities in yemen. pentagon has been lying for years about what the u.s. is doing in yemen claim that it wasn't supporting the saudi war with direct military assistance with a feeling. claim that it was doing something to reduce the saudi bombing of civilians which clearly wasn't so there's a long track record of lies and i fear that at this point the only thing that congress can do they would substantially change situation is to cut off

military support for the saudi u.a.e. war which is deeply untangled in the abuses that we see. with the clock ticking towards breck's it d.-day the british prime minister is again struggling to get a foothold for her deal which is said to be voted on by m.p.'s next week on wednesday she faced a deluge of criticism in parliament. prime minister's been wrecked to see wasting time holding the country to ransom with a threat of no deal in a desperate attempt to blackmail m.p.'s to vote for her hopelessly unpopular deal he opposes any deal that the government is negotiating with europe and the prime minister says that it's the only deal available if that is the case why wasn't it put to a vote on december the eleventh edition why isn't it july of five weeks on this

deal is dead is the deadest. many more dignities this prime minister in june before she realizes that she is the biggest part of this problem and for the kid to see it just. well twenty nineteen is upon us the year when bracks it is finally supposed to kick in and become a reality after over two years of torture us negotiations and we're just less than three month. so we are from the march deadline and the way things stand now it seems clear that which she brags that is going to be taken continues to be anyone's guess whether uncertainty and chaos continuing to reign in westminster now the first prime minister's questions at the house of commons theresa may was yet again . on the topic by those who oppose her deal yet the british prime minister continues to insist that the deal she has put on the table is the best deal

possible just last month theresa may had already had to postpone the vote on bracks if that was meant to take place at the house of commons in order to avoid the humiliation of a defeat because she realised that the deal would not go through now this new vote is meant to take place next week on tuesday january fifteenth and this wednesday was the first day of five days of heated debate after house of commons ahead of the vote where accusations have been flying high including directed at the speaker of the house who is meant to be impartial we've all noticed in recent months a sticker in your car making derogatory comments about you know this is a serious point about policy on the street how do you drive a car with the sticker. on the subject to broach it happens to be. affix to or in the windscreen of my wife's car yes i'm sure

the owner moved gentleman wouldn't suggest for one moment. i was a wife is somehow the property or chattel. well according to a new poll by the u.k. the changing europe think tank as many as seventy percent of m.p.'s think that theresa may did a bad job on negotiating bragg's it which is another not very good sign ahead of this vote for the british prime minister and we also have to keep in mind that just on wednesday m.p.'s have voted in an amendment which would force the government to present a plan would be within three days if to rescind may's deal is reject said and many here in westminster believe that she does not have a plan b. for now it seems to reason they could indeed be forced to draft a new deal as the current one is unlikely to pass next tuesday but with a growing number of m.p.'s expressing their opposition to the prime minister's

moves it may be that the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. emptyhanded amid the uncertainty there have also been coals for an extension to article fifteen which would give the u.k. more time to negotiate a divorce to reason may's ruled out calling a second referendum but that too could still be a possibility independent british n.d.p. stephen both believe that's the course many are pushing for. the whole purpose of this guerrilla warfare in parliament by the remaining years is to push the government in a position where they could never give us bret's it and the consequences of that is that they want to make sure that breaks it never happens and that's why they're now in a position where they feel extremely confident that they go to a third referendum on our membership of the european union when they do that that will unleash a level of discontent a level of this heartedness and a level of dispute between people in our country which will last not just a couple of years but

a whole generation they will unleash unhappiness in our country and they should hang their heads in shame for doing so. president trump and stormed out of his latest meeting with democratic leaders describing the talks as a total waste of time he's facing fierce opposition to getting his border wall approved as a u.s. government shutdown headed towards the three week mark. just left a meeting with chuck and then see a total waste of time i asked what is going to happen to thirty days if i quickly opened things up i you going to prove border security which includes wall of st beriah nancy said no i said by nothing else works. the democrats accuse trump of holding the nation to ransom with the government shutdown and with claims and counterclaims about the numbers and impact of immigration you can perhaps forgive the american people for being a little confused at the moment we asked people in new york if they could pick the politician behind least statements from recent years. you have american interests

hiring i'm absolutely and in many cases they're great workers but i'm not sure that a lot of americans are going to take those jobs and that's with the economy that's the big problem because you have a lot of great people coming in doing a lot of work. actually donald trump going to trump. let's say bush is trump actually trump would have to be a democrat i would imagine. i would say schumer blowsy again that one was actually trump. really people who enter the united states without our permission are illegal aliens and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who entered the u.s. legally i'm going to say barack obama was actually chuck schumer oh i was almost correct there was. trump when schumer when i was a senator to spend money to build a. barrier to try to prevent. illegal immigrants from coming in.

that was actually hillary clinton ok john mccain that insular clinton oh my god is this a trick i have no clue what was hillary clinton. doing oh i put the receipt that's that's the whole thing people are apparently saying what they need to say to get elected you know back to now and democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have had some harsh words for the president recently branding him as manufacturing the crisis however the people on twitter.

american civil rights activist angela davis has been left stunned after a human rights award she was set to receive was revoked in a statement the veteran campaigner said the organization behind the on it had changed its mind due to her open support for palestinians to go to dawn of has the story from the mainstream american standpoint angela davis is a controversial figure a former commie a women's rights champion and anti capitalist there's just no single label that defines her. and last september a civil rights institute in her hometown of birmingham alabama decided to honor her

with the prestigious award sparing no words of praise one of the most global iraqi nice champions of human rights giving voice to those who are powerless to speak but every time her record of tireless campaigning for human rights propels a further into the public eye it provokes a furious outcry this time was no exception and before she could be presented with the award the institute caved in upon closer examination miss davis's statements. league record we concluded that she unfortunately does not meet all of the criteria on which the award is based the birmingham civil rights institute doesn't have any list of criteria published for all to see but angela davis believes the rights body was triggered by her stance on palestine although the b.c. i write refused my request to reveal the substantive reasons for this action i later learned that my long term supporter of justice what palestine was at issue

some angela davis fans protested in the streets of birmingham some voice supports online the phrase leigh sales were all war heritage even knowing how you angela davis this is shameful i stand with my dear sister and friend angela davis this guy marc lamont hill used to be a c.n.n. contributor used to be because one time he spoke out in support of the rights of the palestinians and against israeli practices of crushing dissent we have an opportunity to not just offer solidarity in words but to commit to political action grassroots action local action and international action that will give us what justice requires. in there is a free palestine from the river to the sea but apparently he chose the wrong words

to do so the river and sea metaphor is commonly used by hamas one of palestine's major political parties and a terrorist organization in the us playbook marc lamont hill was fired by the network shortly after the incident and in fact some legislators would like to see israel's most hardline critics supporters of sanctions hit with the full weight of the law trumps x. punching bag and sen marco rubio recently introduced the first bill of twenty nineteen which would encourage state authorities to take action against companies supporting the anti israel boy court in fact laws bearing israel boycotting businesses from state contracts already exist in twenty six states and although they're often faced with opposition like marco rubio's initiative it's absurd that the first build your in the shutdown is legislation which punishes americans who exercise their constitutional right to engage in political activity angel or

davis's scandal shows how many people would be happy to gag anyone daring to publicly undermine israel's image you voted on of there you're watching r t international there's a tug of war over transparency at the world's biggest defense department and it's our next story after the break. what politicians do. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something i want to be honest. that's why the press is what the forecast three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters in the crowd. i sit.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development that only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down in. florida. charged with overseeing u.s. defense department spending says there's a major lack of transparency in the military but that stands against president trump who apparently wants even less openness especially when it comes to afghanistan. kind of stuff as we're fighting wars and they're doing reports and

releasing it to the public now the public needs the enemy the enemy returns reports a study every line or they should be private reports and be locked up and if a member of congress wants to see it you don't want to read it accounting for us spending on afghanistan lies with the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction also known saeco it was created by the u.s. congress so you go audit reconstruction work and conducts criminal probe. also highlighted some of the more bizarre ways the money has been squandered. up to fifteen point five billion of us taxpayer dollars identified as waste fraud and abuse of ghana's town between two thousand and eight and two thousand and

eighteen. doesn't even know where the goats are. and the sad thing is as misako said to the senate we don't know where they go so far. that might have been need six million dollars as long as the war and occupation go on see cards should continue to exist i'm opposed to government secrecy. almost universally for any governments anywhere and i think people who are in favor of democratic representation or even direct democracy would have to agree with me the government secrecy does not do us any favors and it is of course justified almost entirely by the maintenance of enemies and

military campaign. of the russian foreign ministry has some of the japanese ambassador of a comment from tokyo about the status of the disputed something that he put trying to has more on the latest flare up between the two countries there's been no peace agreements since world war two when nats germany and their allies japan were defeated a group of tiny islands that are just one thousand kilometers north of tokyo became territory administered by russia on their international law japan though still considers the islands their own land so what really annoyed the russian diplomats was some of what the japanese prime minister just said she told japanese t.v. that tokyo has no intention to resettle the russians living on the island which is a rather quirky statement given that we heard nothing close to a decision for

a handover and the olens are still russian territory it was also about tokyo's idea to drop all discussions on issues around. possible compensations so first of all we know that one of sergei lavrov stepping keys told the japanese ambassador in moscow that any discussions on the fate of the south coral islands must be based on japan's acceptance of the outcomes of the second world war here's more of what russian officials had to say such statements the essence of the agreements between the leaders of russia and japan on speeding up the negotiating process based on one thousand nine hundred fifty six joint declaration and misinform the public of the two countries about the content of the negotiations such statements can only be interpreted as an attempt to deliberately magnify the problems of a peace treaty and impose on the other side his own scenario for

a sense women's the south korean are really a thorny issue but nowadays it may seem that russia and japan have never been closer to sorting out the issue a lot of. call each other friends they meet several times a year but these kind of diplomatic really aren't helping the process. news for this hour thanks for watching next costing the insight into whether we've got enough time to save the planet. he's gone into a nihilistic fever i think we've got to hit the road and get out the traveling across america what makes america the charlatans and the genius of this place the south american hero this is

a point around which element is going to say we always are on the courageous and. gun culture. we're starting. which is going to head east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the bees i think i want to leave now doesn't get him oregon town and that may be completely different in this. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that in the spot the wish to fall for. any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat why a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable makes them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said their forwards are already set on a statement that i will be home by the next day there's

a culture on accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with all their cry. when you'll make this manufacture come sentenced to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the crime and merry go round to be the one percent of. the time we can all middle of the room sick. room in the real news room. the most important moments are when the principals of the foreign minister or the president

actually ask your opinion when that happens you are on your own and young of the two you actually. have to see what you think. on the welcome to worlds apart treat the earth's resources as you would the money in your bank account this is the matter for that my guest today uses to raise awareness of the exploitation of our environment but with the ice caps melting

species dying out and our reliance on fossil fuels on the beta it isn't it too late to save our planet from environmental insolvency well to discuss that i'm now joined by matisse back or neck go see all of global footprint networks mr becker negs good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you for having me it's a pleasure now we're recording this conversation on the eve of earth over should day reach this year according to your calculations falls on august first and for all what i understand this is not an occasion for celebration this far as you are concerned yeah we call this remark earth over should be it's a day in the year by which we have used as much from the planet as the planet can renewed entire year and it falls on august first this year and from what i understand it's also the early is that it's been in the recent years why is that. actually entire history of humankind its earliest date ever we've never been as large as a population

a consumption is still going up yes productivity of agriculture is going up which is mitigating a little bit but overall demand is still exceeding what we kind of renewed more and more from what for those of our viewers who have never heard about this day what exactly does it mean. so essentially the our ecological accountants so accountants typically they count money we count physical things potatoes and cotton that milk and everything and and we look at the word that's a big farm and say how much of this farm is needed to regenerate everything that we use so we add up every square meter of huge for example my orange juice my potatoes my continent cetera how much area is that the call that the ecological footprint that we did can compare with how much is available on this planet so how big is the farm called planet how big is our hunger as humanity and then we can make a balance sheet and that by marking this day on august first that it would mean that humanity will. run its credit on the particular day i'm starting from august

first it will be essentially living on. loan to resources it's like with money if you spend one point seven fold what you earn you know also by the by august first you would have spent your income for the year and then you started to treat your assets financially the same is true with resources so if you just look at the whole the year we live off the income of nature from jan refers to august first and then the rest will come from depletion and depletion you can see by shrinking forests by accumulation of c o two in the atmosphere etc a number of effects that it has physically the overuse i personally find this comparison of our reliance on natural resources to a bank account very compelling except for the fact that the it's a logical bankruptcy that according to you humanity maybe.