yes. marking 75 years since the red army's liberation of the nazi death count. for holocaust commemoration however poland wasn't in attendance ultra dispute with russia that as a holocaust survivor tells us is a vital not to politicize the past. you. know liberation they really say that but without the red army there would be no me my mother or other prisoners. no regret in the face of a u.s. military tribunal the so-called monster mind behind cia to watch a technique securing america's war on terror 6 he would do it again. and among the other stories that shaped this week a deadly coronavirus outbreak in china spread all across the globe with cases

confirmed in countries as far afield as the us canada from the death toll in china has now reached 50000 people. now it's 5 pm here and moscow you're watching the breakdown of the top headlines from the path to 7 days while. there was a day of quiet reflection because dozens of wild commuters and dignitaries gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the holocaust it was time to mark the 75th anniversary of soviet forces liberating auschwitz the infamous death 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 actions were. one day when i saw it in daylight i asked. what is the job we're doing so he told me what it was. not me. blush. and never forget it every morning i look at my hands and

see well i have the number here and i see it every day at a time in. well cletus up the holocaust memorial for him spoke about the importance of remembering the horrors of what happened is that all thanks the red army for its role in the victory over not ism while in his address president putin described the holocaust as one of the darkest moments the world has ever seen. 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 emotions in food pages in modern world history but today not everyone in poland have used the red army as the liberating force some of the country's top officials believe that the u.s.s.r. was actually responsible for the start of the war president underdog but refused to attend the commemoration fact because vladimir putin was given the chance to speak out but for most of them we discussed the issue with mark shulman he's editor of history central dot com as well as a 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 terms than historical fact u.s. vice president with mike pence however chose not to emphasize the role of the red army in liberating auschwitz raising stop some questions one thought was in fact in the pret. 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 ministration in the united states on both sides of the aisle are

1st of all very ignorant of history unfortunately and also there's a 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 the soviet activity in world war 2 is is just is just forgotten so it's a massive steria on the us part one survivor's harrowing story is not only about escaping the death count but actually being born that we spoke with him about the liberation of auschwitz and how it's perception has changed over the past year is. people tell us but 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 say 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 well monday will mark exactly 75 years since the prisoners of auschwitz was set free and here a lot international war of course be following the memorial events on what is an emotional day for so many all around the world to remember one of the most horrific chapters in our history we'll hear some of the stories of those who survived. meanwhile 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 that 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 outweighed 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 on create an interrogation program for al qaeda suspects he was one of 3 men possible through eyes to do waterboarding not to torture technique that simulates drowning on several prisoners late say he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support for those very interrogations the cia's program included now illegal coercive measures.

in the immediate aftermath of $911.00 we tortured some for well lawyers for the 5 detainees are now seeking for any statements made on the interrogation to be totally disqualified from the trial on grounds of torture to activists are flounders believes the kuantan of the 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 the 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 who were simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o $780.00 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 be wanted was a palestinian man known as abused by he's never been charged with a crime but still remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was fos known cia prison have to undergo enhanced interrogation the need for lost an eye while being tortured during his time as you buy the house attempted to illustrate his

experience as a warning you may find some of the upcoming 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 no. 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 in neighboring countries but also in france canada and the us chinese authorities have confirmed more than 2000 cases and 57 people have died in

the country so far experts say this new strain of the virus has evolved in that humans and 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 18 cities in just 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 corona virus could spread across its full 1000 kilometer border with china so these are the areas now affected since the spill out from mainland china so the map shows the countries where the people have been infected and the numbers for example china which is the outbreaks at the center is far ahead in terms of confirmed cases 2027 many neighboring nations also have containment to deal with and as you can see it's been detected in europe france and then further

along in north america to donald cool to now breaks down what's known so far about the deadly virus. 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 or 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 is the. over no phones of cases which are further away it's this outbreak continues as we're seeing the case over see globally highly connected and so it 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 organisation 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. as the trying to teach what goes on in the u.s. russia is never far from democrats won't bring you that story and much more often this.

operations understand that a cost of doing business is buying and building support in washington d.c. and that includes staffing up with former members of congress put them on your payroll you want to hire a chief of staff from a powerful senator or a committee. member get their chief of staff put them on your payroll as a lobbyist this is what washington does on a bipartisan basis in fact i think it's the only point of true bipartisanship and do you see is corporate influence over government. but politicians do something to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. for something wanted. to do right. this is what the 3 of them did the. interest of

all reasonable. welcome back and now some american news because us democrats this week compared to the arguments against donald trump while passing his impeachment trial on to the senate russia was a hot topic during your opening speech on wednesday head of the house democrats adam schiff mentioned your party or one important was. with him once russian intelligence services russian expansionism and russian forces and their proxies russia kremlin russia's president vladimir putin the russian military agency it's we can fight russia over there are the russians the russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said russia if you're listening they were listening that's the russian story. while the cameras

a focus on the senate floor due to upon on filming sketch artists instead capture the atmosphere. some of the pictures showed members having a bit of trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs to cling on even taking a nap such as also faced a 12 hour no phone policy while sat at that desks we spoke to john the sound political commentator chadwick moore who says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment are bored with the hold on to 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 rushing so completely flat and even their strongest support everything they've heard of the president is even their strongest supporters that 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 to follow see that 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. for the change significantly shaped much of the 2020 wild economic forum this week they have and rapped on saturday in the swiss luxury resort of davos is that the stage went on like a battle between america's treasury secretary steve mission and teenage eco activists gratitude and bug the u.s. finance chief shrugged off the few same a 17 year old should go to college before lecturing walking it is on climate issues she the chief economist who is 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 $1.00 degree carbon budget

and on going fossil fuel subsidies and investments done it up stephen ition is not the fust u.s. official that has clashed with recently back in december but don't trump suggested the activists should walk in her anger management problem and the differences on disputes continued out the wild economic forum the latest episode of in 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 that the filthy rich demand to be entertained this year rock row tickets for the heavyweight championship of the world go to trump.

school for gratitude. in a ski resort this week with an i think it's a way with their release sending us a high work. pay for full price ticket. to a slow start the worry she warms up quicker than the atmosphere. already one year ago i came to divorce and told you that our house is on fire. i said i wanted you to panic you could forget 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 sea of well all i need is some good news to 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 we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. i'm in and out is not the life of the party but he's just a kid it seems in the area where trump and grettir can see eye to eye 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 a bit harder. as we all do. is that nothing can be done sitting here right now you wouldn't believe it's possible that we have found the we'll be hearing about it but we have found answers to things that people said would not be possible . or i'm convinced our new. and finally a russian a suspected of laundering billions of dollars and big quinn was secretly extradited from greece to france on thursday alexander vinick was arrested 2 years ago at washington's request his lawyer told r.t. that alexander was illegally taken from hospital in greece where he was being treated after more than a month on hunger strike. the huge mystery nicholas transported from greece to france he was not given the opportunity to contact his greek lawyer he was banned

from using the phone not informed of his distant nation he was not provided was any information he's sick ology khan physical condition is extremely for generally. as a lawyer specializing in criminal law international criminal law and human rights i can say that all xander is in cost to do and was deprived of his liberty to for $2.00 and a half years result charged with what you wanted to stand trial transported hume to france last thursday was in those 3 just act this act for the greek and french authorities to extradite him was absolutely illegal at the moment we can precisely establish an alexander is a victim of political persecution that is under vinick has been fighting extradition to the u.s. and france the united states accused him of laundering at least $4000000000.00 worth of bit coy claiming he ran a digital currency exchange which facilitated cyber crime and drug dealing he

denies the charges saying he's a technical consultant and that he's been set up alexander also says he wants to stand trial but in his native russia where he is also wanted on ford charges previously moscow had criticized greece's handling of the case for ignoring evidence put forward alexander claims he was put under immense pressure whilst in greece. they're trying to use torture and psychological pressure to break me they do not allow me to breathe fresh air the last time they let me out for a walk for a few minutes was on new year's eve i'm a man without rights illegally imprisoned in greece for 30 months without charges they want to destroy me for my knowledge they want my head on a block just because of what i know and my technological abilities must have been explore again talked us through the next stages in defending her client. we want to make an international appeal to all those who believe in human rights

democracy the super ration of powers and above all the presumption of innocence as xander himself said they're hunting him for knowledge because he is russian they want to use it as a weapon in the information war between the united states and russia on tuesday there will be here in our history then and then present and who will resist that alexander the next released immediately for this we have already engaged the un working group in connection with the issue of illegal imprisonment that brings you up to speed on the biggest stories as always arty dot com has plenty more details and plenty more news for you so check it out have a great pick. this

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