and a very warm welcome to you you're watching are. marking 75 years since the reds armies liberation of the nazi death camp auschwitz wild leaders and dignitaries visit jerusalem for a holocaust commemoration however poland wasn't in attendance after a dispute with russia that as a holocaust survivor tells us it's vital not to politicize the past. you. know liberation day really savor the sound the rhythm. my mother all of the prisoners. no regrets in the face of a u.s. military tribunal the so-called monster mind behind cia techniques during america's war on terror admits he'd do it all over again. and among the other star stories that shape the week

a deadly coronavirus outbreak in china spreads across the globe with cases confirmed in countries as far afield as the us canada and france the death toll in china has now reached 56 people. it's 4 pm it's on the dot means it's the weekly here on arch international the talking through the biggest headlines of the week. i thought it was a very significant day because dozens of wall of dignitaries gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the holocaust it was time to mark the 75th anniversary of soviet forces liberating auschwitz the infamous death camp in nazi occupied poland. my dear family i'm writing this letter before my death i don't know exactly when me and my relatives are going to die just because we're jews i'm in a concentration camp before all of us will be shot in

a shelter thursday 4 am 16942 very well to you all. but i am barack. the other thing i wanted to tell you was that i had several jobs in birkenau in auschwitz one of the jobs was clearing the ashes from where they bug juice through a tunnel into a small river. i worked there together with another guy who was already old he was 32 and i was 16. i didn't know what these ashes were. one day when i saw it in day one i asked. what is the job we're doing so he told me what it was. not me. blushing. i've never forget it every morning i look at my hands and

see well i have the number here and i see it every day the time in. well it is that the holocaust memorial for him spoke about the importance of remembering the horrors of what happened is well thanks the red army for its role in the victory and not says a while in his address president putin described the holocaust as one of the darkest moments the world has ever seen it but. before my visit to drusilla i looked through the official documents and reports of red army offices after the liberation of auschwitz concentration camp i must say de colleagues it was

impossible to read the details of how the merciless machine of people extermination weren't these crimes conducted by the nazis were deliberate and well planned what they called the resolution of the jewish issue is one of the darkest emotion full pages in modern world history but today not everyone in poland views the red army as the liberating force some of the country's top officials believe that the u.s.s.r. in fact was actually responsible for the start of the war president refused to attend the commemoration because of lodgement putin was given the chance to speak at that forum over him we discussed the issue with marshall an editor of history central dot com and columnist at newsweek magazine. clearly the fact that poland wasn't there was missed the fact that he wasn't there a little bit less so we have a situation in the world frankly where facts don't seem to matter anymore people are rewriting facts just to fit their particular narrative and we find that particularly among nationalists a polish nationalism is rewriting

a little bit of history to better look upon the polish people other nationals to doing the same and people who are ignoring the real facts i mean listen the soviet people bled more than anyone else during world war 2 the soviets gave up more in terms of men fighting and civilians who died than any other country during world war 2 and if it wasn't for the soviet union i have serious doubts whether had a lot of been defeated and i don't think anyone can really question that in term of in historical fact us vice president mike pence how they chose not to emphasize the role of the red army in liberating auschwitz raising some question about whether that was in fact in the brett. when soldiers opened the gates of auschwitz on january 27th 1905. they found $7000.00 half starved half naked prisoners. hundreds of boxes of camp records that documented the greatest mass murder in history this is miss ration in the united states on both sides of

the aisle are 1st of all very ignorant of history unfortunately and also there is that kind of a wave of groups that has swept the us over the past several years started in the democratic party of course trying to find a way to blame someone for the loss of hillary clinton but now it's that you know it's so bad that anything russian that's mentioned even this even a soviet activity in world war 2 is is just is just forgotten so it's a massive stary on the us part. one survivor's harrowing story is not only about escaping the death camp but actually being born to we spoke to him about the liberation of auschwitz and how its perception has changed over the years. people tell us that there was no liberation they say so if there was no red army then there wouldn't be me or other prisoners or my mother i have never questioned the merits of these soldiers i have always been grateful the prime minister and the

president criticized the red army equally it was the same under the previous authorities know the admit there was a liberation of auschwitz but at the same time they said there was no liberation of war so recall that the 2nd occupation. was liberated but that was so and other cities were not i don't know maybe the americans liberated them. monday will mark exactly 75 years since the prisoners of auschwitz was set free here not international will be following the memorial events on what is of course an emotional day for so many around the world to remember one of the most horrific chapters in history will be here in just some of the stories of those who survived . now the psychologist dubbed the architect of the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques post $911.00 has been unapologetic about his role in any torture program but admission came during a military tribunal which is preparing

a trial against the self-proclaimed mastermind and 4 others of the attacks on new york and washington back in 2001. whatever personal consequences i would live with i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i thought my moral obligation to protect american lives outweigh temporary discomforts of terrorists i get up today and do it again. james mitchell was contracted by the cia in the wake of 911 to consult and create an interrogation program for suspects he was one of 3 men possibly all through is to do with supporting a torture technique that simulates drowning on several prisoners later he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support of those very interrogations the cia's program included now illegal coercive measures.

in the immediate aftermath of $911.00 we tortured some faulty lawyers for the 5 detainees are now seeking for any statements made on day interrogation to be just qualified from the trial on grounds of torture and she war activists are flounders believes the guantanamo bay court proceedings are deeply flawed. none of this could possibly be a fair trial i mean how can you have a fair trial with people who've been held in total secrecy whose testimony is based on torture. the media isn't allowed in except for conditions so strict that they can't even have a picture of the court room all the testimony is restricted. the none of this none of this layers and layers of secrecy is about providing any kind of justice or accountability or even of information it is going through

a theater in order to once again exert their power their power over people's lives and we should just note that there were juveniles who were youths who were held for years at guantanamo there were people who had nothing to do were simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o 780 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today the detainee mr mitchel rule to put it was a palestinian man known as abu zubaydah he's never been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was the fast known cia president to undergo and haunted interrogation and even lost an eye while being tortured during his times as he by to has attempted to illustrate his experiences

a quick warning you may find some of the following images distressing. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously.

they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. there is absolutely no justification that can ever be given or accepted for the horrendous and systematic torture that was used and it was used and authorized from the highest levels from the presidency f.b.i. the cia the top levels of the military the studies were known the conditions were

known. and this isn't just one or 2 people mitchell and jennings this was an entire unit set up in order to use torture and to study how to apply the most excruciating forms of torture of pain of waterboarding our slamming of of packing into tight boxes of stress positions and on and on all of this really has to be exposed and their accounting demanded not only of those who designed the torture but of those who set up these torture camps. a deadly coronavirus outbreak which began in china in mid december has rapidly spread across the globe not only into neighboring countries but also in france canada and the u.s. chinese authorities have confirmed more than 2000 cases and 57 people have died in the country. experts say this new strain of the virus has evolved and that humans

are now more susceptible to it with the epidemic now entering a quote more complex stage president xi jinping earlier want of a grave situation as the spread of the virus accelerates against this backdrop of 18 cities in one province have been put on lockdown with travel restrictions affecting some 56000000 people meanwhile the russian health ministry has warned of a serious risk that the coronavirus could spread across its 4000 kilometer border with china these are the areas now affected since the spill out from mainland china so the map shows the countries where people have been infected on the numbers for example with china which is the outbreaks epicenter is far ahead in terms of confirmed cases many neighboring nations also have of course containment to deal with as you can see it's been detected in europe and even in north america too don't recall to now break down what's known about the deadly virus so far. people

are dying of a new virus and it's spreading like wildfire across asia if we still know so little about this mysterious illness. and. this new coronavirus has been identified as a mutation of sars a respiratory disease that killed over 750 people around the world from 2002 to 2003 antibiotics have absolutely no effect on either of the viruses and that's been enough to put the russian authorities on high alert not least because a chair is

a border with china the break of a new coronavirus which was 1st recorded in china carries a body logical threats to the population of russia the $1500000.00 chinese tourists that visit russia every year have now become a potential public health risk russian authorities have begun screening them at all international airports prepared to diagnose the virus if it appears on top of that moscow has advised people against traveling to china russia is not alone in being worried about the outbreak reaching its territory a number of other countries have begun screening for the disease at airports as well as appearing internationally in the just cases in areas the. over no phones of cases which are further away if it's this outbreak continues as we're seeing the case obviously globally highly connected and so is likely increasingly likely that we will see potentially a case of china stepping up containment efforts after she stressed the serious.

this of the outbreak on national television the disease also got the attention of the world health organization they've called for an emergency meeting to decide whether or not to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern that's a title reserved only for the most serious of epidemics and with the lunar new year millions of chinese around the world are expected to return home to their families one can only hope beijing will have the situation under control coming up as the trump impeachment saga rumbles on a new asshole example russia is never far from the minds of the democrats i'll tell you what about in just 90 seconds. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. who

dares thinks. we dare to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy when foundation let it be an arms race is on offense very dramatic development only really i'm going to disease i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

welcome back let's head to the u.s. because this week the democrats that compared to the arguments against donald trump while posturing on his impeachment trial to the senate russia was a hot topic during the opening speech on wednesday head of the house democrats out in schiff mentioned the apparent only important while while just a few times russian intelligence services russian expansionism russian forces and their proxies russia kremlin russia's president vladimir putin the russian military agency it's we can fight russia over there in the russians through russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said hey russia if you're listening they were listening that's the russian story. while the cameras were focused on the senate floor want you to abandon filming sketch artist instead to capture to the

atmosphere in the chamber some of the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process stretching the legs doodling on even dozing off some of his also faced a 12 hour no phone policy while the desks we spoke to john the sound political commentator charged with more he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment are just bored with this whole anti russian art. the democrats already has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax russian joke completely flat and even their strongest support everything they've heard of the president is a lot even their strongest supporters the people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolutely will not even they've grown bored with this narrative and when they start ripping up russia again. it's just so sad you can't help but laugh and laugh and laugh and then see below see if

the 7 times at last count referred to russia or putin is the impeachment proceedings well how do you deal with the most effectively if you either mock them and laugh at them or you ignore them and start it that drives them insane and let's talk about one final story because climate change significant is shaped much of the 2020 wild economic forum this week the event wrapped on saturday in the swiss luxury resort of davos set the stage for an unlikely battle between america's treasury secretary steve mission and teenage eco activist one bug the u.s. finance chief shrugged off her blues saying the 17 year old should go to college before lecture looking at his own climate issues is she the chief economist who we she i'm confused after she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us it doesn't take a college degree in economics to realize the remaining 1.5 degree carbon budget and on going fossil fuel subsidies and investments done it up steve has not the 1st

u.s. official that cueto back has clashed with recently back in december for example donald trump suggested the act of a should walk on her anger management problem and the differences on disputes continued out the wild economic forum the late sept so i don't think case you missed it took a ringside seat. it's that magical time of the year when our wealthy overlords gather for the economic forum a glitzy gathering looms for bringing together the world's business elite yet the one percent meat for champagne and skiing in the mountains leaving the 99 percent to pray for an hour long. because hundreds of thousands just to go to davos for the filthy rich to be entertained in the. rock row tickets for the heavyweight championship of the world go trump.

gratitude. in a ski resort this week she gets away with their release sending a supply work. pay for. her. worry she warms up quicker than the atmosphere. already one year ago i came to us and told you that our house is on fire. i said i wanted you to panic again i've been warned that telling people to panic about the climate crisis is a very dangerous thing to do thank god for that because i've got to say with the way she's been talking i thought perhaps no one had told her we must forget about net 0 we need real 0 well i needed some good news let's see what's happening in the orange corner fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is

a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism in action. knows what he's doing and knew there was nothing to worry about carbon emissions my we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. calm down i mean not is not the life of the party but he's just a kid it seems in the area where trump and grettir can see. today i'm pleased to announce the united states will join one trillion trees initiative being large here at the world economic forum one trillion truths oh yeah growth is going to love that one we're not telling you to offset your emissions by just paying someone else to plant trees in places like africa while at the same time forests like the amazon are being slaughtered at an infinitely higher rate ok so this is going to be

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