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. this is day to day. and for.

the british prime minister suffers another humiliation in parliament ahead of next week's crucial vote on divorce plan. president trump 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 of. american civil rights activist is left after an award recognizing her work is revoked until a day to suspect it's because of her support for the palestinians. hi there wherever you're watching welcome to r.t. international thanks for joining us this thursday january the tenth one calling break with your world news this hour first off 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 voiced their concerns over the issue after the a.p. news agency uncovered gruesome details of the abuse.

initially prisoners were having cheeping containers which were smeared with excrement each container and 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 being turned places 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 long time 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. hours 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 treated tension 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 engines and 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 not 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 the policy director of the just foreign policy campaign organization believe the pentagon's always been entered syria back 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 through fueling. 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 cut off

military support for the saudi u.a.e. war which is deeply untangled in the abuses that we see. looks like transparency isn't something washington's came to embrace either donald trump has slammed the release of reports on afghanistan's reconstruction saying they should not be made public we'll take you through that a bit later in the program. with the clock ticking toward d.-day the british prime minister is again struggling to get a foothold for her deal which is set to be voted on by m.p.'s next week on wednesday she again faced a deluge of criticism in parliament prime minister's been wrecked to see wasting time holding the country to ransom with the threat of no deal in a desperate attempt to blackmail m.p.'s to vote for hopelessly unpopular deal he opposes any deal that the government is negotiating with the european union the prime minister says it's the only deal available if that is the case why wasn't it

put to a vote on december the eleventh. why is that it july five weeks on this deal is dead is the deadest. president anymore dignities can this prime minister in june before she realizes that she is the biggest part of this problem and for. just. well twenty one thousand 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 months away 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 grilled 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. brax 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 at the house of commons ahead of the vote where accusations have been flying high including directed 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. this is a serious point about cos you're on the street how do you drive a car with the sticker that sticker on the subject of bricks it happens to be

affixed to or in the windscreen of my wife's car yes i'm sure the owner move gentleman wouldn't suggest for one moment. there's 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 bracks 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 b. within three days if to rescind may's deal is rejected and many here in westminster believe that she does not have a plan b.

for now it seems to reason may could indeed be forced to draft a new deal if 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. crushes out of the e.u. empty handed. amid the uncertainty there have also been calls for an extension to article fifty which would give the u.k. more time to negotiate a divorce to mr may's rolled out calling a second referendum but that too could be a possibility independent british m.e.p. stephen moore believes that's the course many are now 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 breaks 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 has 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 water bowl more border wall approved has the us government shutdown head towards the three week mark. just left a meeting with chuck and nancy a total waste of time i asked what is going to happen in thirty days if i quickly open things up are we going to prove border security which includes a war we're still barrier nancy said no i said bye bye nothing else works the democrats accused trump of holding the nation to ransom with the government shutdown and with claims and counterclaims about the numbers and the impact of immigration you can babs forgive the american people for being

a little confused at the moment we asked people in new york if they could pick a politician behind these 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. was actually donald trump going to throw. a bush trump actually trump would have to be a democrat i would imagine. i would say schumer palosi 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 is 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. was actually hillary clinton ok john mccain that until her 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 back to now democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have had some harsh words for the president recently running about who's manufacturing the crisis however that's not what's been catching people's wild twitter.

american civil rights activist angela davis has been left stunned after a human rights support she was set to receive was revoked in a statement the veteran campaigner said the organization behind the ana had changed its mind due to her open support for palestinians it was done of half 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 is. in public record we concluded that she unfortunately does not meet all of the criteria on which you word 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 a tissue some angela davis fans protested in the streets of birmingham some voice supports online the phrase we're all war heritage even knowing how you're going to david this is shameful i stand with my desisted 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 on air in support of the rights of the palestinians and against israeli practices of caution 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 builder in the shutdown is legislation which punishes americans who exercise their constitutional right to engage in political activity angel or davis is scandal shows how many people would be happy to gag anyone daring to publicly undermine israel's image. you're watching r t international a land dispute that's been taking for decades has resurfaced between russia and japan but tell you what got moscow riled after the break. the most important mormons are when the principals the foreign minister or the president actually ask your opinion when that happens you are on your own and you're not just into the two you actually. have to say what you

think. you know world big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

back the organization charged with overseeing us 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 means the enemy the enemy reserves 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 afghanistan reconstruction also known as c go it was created by the us congress so you go audit reconstruction work and also conducts criminal probes also highlighted some of the more bizarre ways that the money has been squandered.

up to fifteen point five billion u.s. taxpayer dollars identified as waste fraud and abuse of ghana's town between two thousand and eight and two thousand and eighteen. the pentagon doesn't even know where the goats are. and the sad thing is misako said to the senate we don't know where they go so far. that might have been eight six million dollars as long as the war and occupation go on c. guard should continue to exist i am opposed to government secrecy almost universally for any government anywhere and i think people who are in favor of democratic representation or even direct democracy would have to agree

with me government secrecy does not do us any favors and it is of course justified almost entirely by the maintenance of enemies and military campaigns. the russian foreign ministry has some of the japanese ambassador over comments from tokyo about the status of the disputed southern coral islands he had to track how small on the latest flare up between the two countries . there's been no peace agreement since world war two when nat c. 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 under international law japan though still considers the islands their all 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 end tension 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 surrounding possible compensations so first of all we know that one of sergei lavrov step bts 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 koreans are really a thorny issue but nowadays it may seeing that russia and japan have never been closer to sorting out the issue vladimir putin and shinzo call each other friends they need several. times a year but these kind of diplomatic scalpels really aren't helping the process. and that's it for me you know neal how is your next news in just over half don't know how old you cause a ripple. when

we all make this manufacture consent instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the financial merry go round lifts only the one percent. can all middle of the room signals. to leave room for the real new real world. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that in the spot the lace the phone for conviction if you look at any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable make them want to get out and don't take no for an

answer don't accept their denials she said therefore would. send a statement that i would be home by that time 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 solving their crime. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. 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 you're not just into the two you actually have to say what you think. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

guys are this is the kaiser report show you love for years all over the world and for that reason we decided to do a new show on our d.c. called gonzo lax and stacey it's like this show except even better couldn't say it better necessarily but more back to the stage when you're on the road for sure we're traveling we see sunlight and no studios and no lights overhead it's real it's real it's on the road it's stream of consciousness is our experience of america and you know there's a lot going on in america since the new year we did some new year specials so i want to observe the fact that not only did we do gonzo but now one hundred sixteenth congress has taken place so we have a new congress but no government the government is shut down. a o c she's in the house alexandria cortez and she is really all eyes are on her she had

a sixty minute special and for me i think that's going to actually harm the democrats in the two thousand and twenty race a.o. see herself as too young she's twenty nine she can't run for president until two thousand and twenty four so right now all eyes are on her and nobody wants the cameras don't want to look at joe biden they don't want to look at elizabeth warren they don't want to look at any of these other jokers that are hoping to you know continue that last few years of neeld liberal economics cortez's in the house she's literally in the house she's in the house she's in the house of representatives and as you point out the camera can take as i offer her and this is the old donald trump trick where the media cannot resist focusing on trump they gave him billions of dollars of free advertising and he became president stays similarly with a oh say that camera can not. look at her she's charismatic and she doesn't know what she doesn't know which is extremely important for

a presidential candidate you don't want to get too wonky to detail oriented they work for maybe bill clinton briefly but then his wife messed it all up and but she is going to be in talk about you know heading into twenty twenty twenty twenty four she'll be a kingmaker in twenty twenty so she'll go to the convention for the democrats or probably do the keynote speech like barack obama did launching his political presidency and she'll do an incredible keynote speech for the twenty twenty democratic convention and they'll set her up for twenty twenty four i think the chances of her being president twenty twenty four right now are like eighty ninety percent i do want to say hillary is still behind the scenes meeting with those who wish to run in two thousand and twenty so my suspicion would be that she's very jealous and does not want to see to speak at the convention because the fact that she is like a magnet.