watching closely watching the hawks. the pentagon allegations of. abusing. no independent credible information the claims were first made by journalists on human rights also ahead in the program this.

british prime minister suffers another humiliation in parliament ahead of next week's crucial vote. his latest meeting with. negotiate over the building of the southern border. in american civil rights activist. recognizing her work is revoked. because of her open support. international news center here in moscow this is r.t.

always a pleasure to have your company i'm you know neal our top story. the pentagon is denying allegations that u.s. personnel witnessed or were complicit in torture in yemeni secret prisons overseen by its ally 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 sheep in 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 shifted to were

freed today. we could hear the screams the inter 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. 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 engines and says 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 well we spoke to a member of the just foreign policy campaign organization and he believes the pentagon has consistently been insincere 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 three 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 why and i fear that at this point the only thing that congress can do 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. and it looks like transparency isn't something washington is to embrace either donald trump has the release of reports on afghanistan's reconstruction saying they shouldn't be made public we'll take you through that's what you know a little later. with the

clock ticking towards bragg's it's 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 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 her hopelessly unpopular deal he opposes any deal that the government. 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. why isn't it july of five weeks on this deal is dead is the dead just too many more securities. this prime minister in june before she realizes that she is the biggest part of this problem and she just told

you. 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 months away from the march deadline and the way things stand now it seems clear that which shape this brags that is going to be taken continues to be anyone's guess with 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 at the 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 moved to student recent months a sticker in your car making derogatory comments about. this is a serious point about cos you're on the scene 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 am on shore the owner moved gentleman wouldn't suggest for one moment. because a wife is somehow the property or shuttle.

well according to a new poll of 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 brax 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. well for now it seems treason make could indeed be forced to draft a new deal as the current one is unlikely to pass on tuesday and with a growing number of m.p.'s expressing their opposition to the prime minister's moves another option is that the u.k. leaves the e.u. its institutions without any deal in place well amid the uncertainty there have

also been calls for an extension of article fifty which would give the u.k. more time to negotiate a divorce trees may has ruled out a second referendum but that to yet be another possibility independent british m.e.p. stephen walt believes that's the course many are pushing for the spike the once in a generation tangling to the original referendum the whole purpose of this guerilla 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 the 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. operate across the atlantic present trump has stormed out of his latest meeting with democratic leaders describing the talks as a total waste of time he is facing fierce opposition to getting his border wall approved as a us government shutdown heads 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 you going to prove border security which includes a wall or steel barrier nancy said no i said bye bye nothing else works well on the other side of things the democrats are accusing trump of holding the nation to run some with the government shutdown planes on country claims about the numbers and the impact of immigration you can perhaps forgive the american people for being

a tad confused with that in mind we decided to ask people in new york city if they could pick the politician behind the statements from years gone by. you have american interests hiring i'm absolutely and in many cases they're great workers 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 bill clinton was actually donald trump going to trump. bush trump actually trump would have to be a democrat i would imagine. i would say schumer pelosi 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 and i was almost correct that we should. trump consumer when i was

a senator to spend money to build a. barrier to try to prevent. illegal immigrants from coming in. ted cruz that was actually hillary clinton ok john mccain that until or clinton oh my god is this a trick to have you know cool that was hillary clinton. going to be oh i put the receipt that's that's the whole thing people are apparently saying what they need to say to get elected a few of the people mentioned their democratic leaders chuck schumer a nun see polo c.-b. have had some harsh words for the president recently branding him a liar whose money. the crisis our thought was and what caught people all twitter.

the story getting plenty of attention on social media american civil rights activist davis was being 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 altar had changed its mind shoot to her open support for palestinians she done off brings us more. from the mainstream american standpoint angela davis is a controversial figure a form a commie a women's rights champion and anti capitalist there's just no single label that defines.

and last september a civil rights institute in her hometown of birmingham alabama decided to honor her with a 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 in public 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 support of justice for palestine was at issue some angela davis fans protested in the streets of birmingham some voice supports online the phrase. over. heritage even allowing her to date this is shameful i start. with my deceased 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 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 that 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 senator 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 is scandal shows how many people would be happy to gag anyone daring to publicly undermine israel's image. a london that's been simmering for decades re surfaces between russia and japan we'll tell you what's got the moscow riled right after this break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out these days become educated and engage with equal trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

and. twenty minutes into the program welcomed by the organization charged with overseeing u.s. defense department spending sees there's a major lack of transparency in the military. president trump apparently wants even less openness when it comes to afghanistan. kind of stuff is just what fighting wars and the doing reports and releasing it to the public to the public means the enemy the enemy times reports a study every line of a should be private report and be locked up and if a member of congress wants to see that you don't want to read well accounting for a u. s. spending all nuff dallastown lines with as mentioned the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction or cigar it was created by the us congress cigar

audits reconstruction work and conducts criminal probe. with cigar also highlighted some of the more bizarre ways the money has been squandered take a look. 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. 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 governments anywhere and i think people who are in favor of democratic representation or even direct democracy would have to agree with me governments. prosy 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 summoned the japanese and buster over comments from tokyo about the status of the disputed southern karylle islands and hypocritical as more now on the latest flare up between the 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 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 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 korean are really a thorny issue but nowadays it may seeing that russia and japan have never been closer to sorting out the issue of lot of our putin and shinzo i call each other friends they need several. times

a year but these kind of diplomatic skull falls really aren't helping the process. now rats and humans haven't always have the easiest of alliances but the opposite is true in the east african country of tanzania where the rodents are fast becoming the nation's most treasured friends find out why next in isaac the story of a little child. 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 just the needs of the two you actually. have to say what you think .

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called which stands for development of landmine detection equipment that's what isaac is. mine sniffing rat. rats are everywhere they are sociable they adapt to all circumstances and they fifteen seem dio's is with humanity since ever. they actually traditionally gets rid of all our garbage and they've been doing that. for always. mind sniffing rats up put to work in former hot spots where learned mines are among the most deadly remnants of armed conflict they're often found years after was ended and serious injury isn't the only problem. imagine how it must feel to live with the knowledge that there's a landmine lurking somewhere near your home. when i was a close up field and to help make the problem of landmines a thing of the cost. but it will be

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