martin 75 years since the rather obvious liberation of the nazi. wild leaders and dignitaries visit to return for a holocaust commemoration of the poland wasn't in attendance after a dispute with russia as a holocaust survivor tells us it is vital not to politicize the. government will give the people to lives that there's no liberation they really save but it's not the burden on me my mother or other prisoners. novogratz in the face of the u.s. military tribunals the so-called lost of mind behind cia to watch a technique securing america's war on terror at mit he would do it all over again. and among the other stories that shaped this week

a deadly coronary kuroda virus 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 57 people. at 6 pm here in moscow you're watching the weekly a breakdown of the top headlines from the past 7 days while. it was a day of significant contemplation because dozens of wildly does dignitaries gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the one of course 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 are jews i mean a constant. camp before all of us will be shot in

a shelter thursday 4 am 16942 very well to you all. the other thing i wanted to tell you was that i had several jobs in birkenau. one of the jobs was clearing the ashes from where the bug juice through a tunnel to a small river. i worked there together with another guy who was already over he was 32 and i was 16. i didn't know what these ashes 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 time and. while he does out the holocaust memorial form spoke about the importance of remembering the horrors of what happened as well thank the red army for its role in the victory over naziism while in his address president putin described the holocaust as one of the darkest moments the world has ever seen. it was for my visit to driesell and i looked through the official documents and reports of red army offices after the liberation of auschwitz concentration camp i must say d.

colleagues it was impossible to read the details of how the merciless machine of people extermination work these crimes conducted by the nazis were deliberate and well planned what they called the resolution of the jewish issue is one of the dark is your emotion you can aid in the modern world history it was about today not everyone in poland if you use the red army as the liberating force some of the country's top officials believe that the us assault was actually responsible for the start of the war president refused to attend the commemoration because vladimir putin was given the chance to speak out that for over him we discussed the issue with mark shulman who's an editor history central dot com as well as a columnist at newsweek magazine. really the fact that poland wasn't there was missed the fact that he wasn't there a little bit less though we have a situation in the world frankly we're 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 are doing the same and people 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 of an historical fact u.s. vice president mike pence however chose not to emphasize the role of the red army in liberating auschwitz whereas in some questions about whether that was in fact deliberate. 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 a kind of a wave of groups to phobia that has swept the u.s. 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 i 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 stereo on the u.s. part one survivor's harrowing story is not only about escaping the death count but actually being born that too we spoke with him about the liberation of auschwitz and how its perception has changed over the past year is. can you give it to people tell us that there was no liberation they say so if there was no red only then the . other prisoners or my mother i have never questioned the merits of the soldiers i

have always been a great prime minister and the president criticized the red army equally it was the same under previous authority as you know the admit there was a liberation of auschwitz but at the same time they said there was no liberation of the also recall that the 2nd occupation. was liberated. and other cities will 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 here are not international courts will be following and the memorial events on what is an emotional day for so many all across the world to remember one of the most horrific chapters in our history will be hearing some of the stories of those who survived. 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 $911.00 to consult and create an interrogation program for al qaeda suspects he was one of 3 man possibly authorized to do rule to boarding which is a torture technique that simulates drowning on several prisoners late say he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support to those very interrogations the cia's program included now illegal co us of measures.

in the immediate aftermath of 911 we tortured some. lawyers for the 5 detainees are now seeking for any statements made under interrogation to be disqualified from the trial on grounds of torture antiwar activists are flounders believes the guantanamo bay court proceedings are deeply flawed. but 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 youth who were held for years at guantanamo there were people who had nothing to do who are 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 mitchell wrote supported was a palestinian man known as abused by he's never been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was the finest known cia prison to undergo enhanced interrogation and even lost an eye while being tortured during

his time as applied to house 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's 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 the 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 michel 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 of slamming of of packing into tight boxes of stress positions and on and on all of this really has to be exposed and the counting 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 so far died in

the country i've spent say this new strain of the virus has evolved in that humans are now more susceptible to it with the epidemic now entering a quote more complex stage president xi jinping earlier warned 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 coronavirus could spread across its 4000 kilometer border with china so these are the areas now affected since the spill out from mainland china the map shows the countries where the people have been infected and the numbers for example china which is the outbreaks epicenter is far ahead in terms of confirmed cases you can see 2027 many neighboring nations also have containment to deal with and as you can see it's been detected in europe that's france and then

even farther in north america too don't call to now breaks down what so far known 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 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 opinions nationally in the just cases in areas that. over no phones at places which are further away if this is outbreak continues as we're seeing oversea 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 seriousness 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. since i had the trump impeachment saga rumbles on in the last of washington is never far from the minds of democrats i'll tell you what about it in 90 seconds.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see if. there's all of the government is so true mall would want to see the show and see the governmental spain to so we'll see in the national project swayed on not realized it has been plants. the problem i see is they have these government is in my view much more capable to be more effective in doing what it's wanted to do the problem is that it will move in the leetle bit wrong direction so it will be a stated goal and then me and the idea is to make street investment one more thing

i think if that's what but it would be bad at the c.s. president. welcome back and its head straight to america because this week u.s. democrats concluded that arguments against donald trump while passing his impeachment trial on to the senate washer was a hot topic during the opening speech on wednesday head of the house democrats adam schiff mentioning a pardon all important was well more than once russian intelligence services russian expansionism russian forces and their proxies russia kremlin russia's president vladimir putin the russian military agency. we can fight russia over there are 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 will focus on the senate floor due to a bottle filming sketch artists instead capture the atmosphere and chamber some of the pictures showed members having a bit of trouble staying involved in the process stretching the legs doodling and even dozing off some of his also faced a 12 no phone policy while sat at that desk we spoke to john stump political commentator chuck what more he says that even the strongest supporters of thompson ph meant well a bit bored with the whole anti russian narrative. 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 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 gosh darn it that drives them insane chamber but it. lets jump into a final story falla a russian suspected over the entering billions of dollars and bet cohen was secretly extradited from greece to front some day i was on the vinnick was arrested 2 years ago at washington's request has annoyed told r.t. the alexander was illegally taken from hospital in greece while he was being treated after more than a month on hunger strike. mr renuka was transported from greece to france he was not given the opportunity to contact his greek lawyer he was barred from using the foreigner not informed of his this nation he was not provided with

any information to go to college econ physical condition is yesterday we had only. as a lawyer specializing in criminal law international criminal law and human rights i can say that alexander is in custody and was deprived of his liver to go to this and a half years he was all charged with what you wanted to stand trial transporting him to france last thursday was in there with regis asked. for the greek and french authorities to extradite him was absolutely illegal at the moment we can precisely establish that alexander is a victim of political persecution alexander vinick has been fighting extradition to both the us and france the united states accused him of laundering in his $4000000000.00 worth of bitcoin claiming he ran both a digital currency exchange which facilitated cyber crime and drug dealing he denies the charges there is saying he's just a technical consultant and he's been set up alexander also says he does want to

stand trial but in his native russia where he is also wanted on 4 charges previously moscow had criticised greece's handling of the case for ignoring evidence it 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 from my knowledge they want my head on the block just because of what i know and my technological abilities. mr van exel at talk to 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 supervision of dollars and above all this presumption of innocence as an exam the

himself sat there hunted here for knowledge because he is russian they want to use it as a weapon and information of war between the united states and russia on tuesday there will be here in our history and then present and that the looks on the very next release the military will do this we have a regime gauged the u.n. working group in connection with the issue of illegal imprisonment as ever if you want more details up plenty more stories than r.t. dot com is the place for you to take a peek up next it's well it's a part. this is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills

a young girl in the streets. what happens to her family and daughters in florida law the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery it really messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police needed a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on than him and what happens in court to be. shocked shocked as far off as i feel. we don't know she'll share this truthful. end of this trial unfortunately you truly will still love no chill just.

below the welcome to worlds apart from a bloodless revolution to a constitutional cool both supporters and opponents of president putin have been pretty dramatic in describing the changes to russia spot our system that he recently proposed what's the real intention behind them and do things after a. work as intended in russian to discuss that i'm now joined by. senior research fellow on the russia and eurasia at chatham house disappear trust me it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time my pleasure i'm sure you would agree with me that the russian and western media are rarely in sync but it is really

striking to me how differently they cover their recent proposed changes to russia's governing system because. it seems that for the west the only thing that matters is really what they're put in stays or goes nothing else is of significance for the russians it's the exact opposite they discuss everything but putin's future role don't you think that both camps missing something important. i do think they have perfectly right one of major reasons is connected with a fag and they have. known what it did explain. in detail the plan and that's why. he's so her own constructions how exactly it will go on and what exactly goals of the transformation of the political system are. saying that. there are 2

camps generally speaking and those who are eager to see the glossies here fool pretty much positive and those who do think that glass is half empty. pretty much negative and the major reason is that now we do see only the average in the role draft of what will happen. with no it's very important how exactly although sadia switch expressed in the draft law adopted today in the 1st reading by the state duma how exactly. they will take shape well let's the let's talk about your own perceptions because in your recent piece for chess and pals you contend that it's all about prolonging put in its grip on power do you think that's really all he cares about and if so a do you think the staying in power isn't a in and of itself or is it

a means to something else i think they have. allies president putin in the sayings. to look at what has happened to on january 15th. there can be no other serious reasons. they have a life scale can situational reform except for changing the system in the way transform in this instance in a way which will allow puts into keeping. 2024 and they have various nothing strange. if and when he goes with these what looks a little bit strange it's that there are no more political play us who. know reacts not just in the way. we're seeing the whole heartedly support or wholeheartedly oppose these sadia but to analyze what exactly will

happen to russia's can situation and to russian political system in the result well as you point in your point out in your article the changes proposed by putin introduced checks and balances on his close associates and at the same time and i'm quoting you here ensuring that countries judiciary legislative and executive bodies remain passive and that sounds like a bit of an excessive moron to me how can he'll limit the personal influence of his associates without empowering institutions well the reason why i have described what's going on in a way you feel. it is that there are different stages when transform in the political system at this stage all political institutions very weak and the 3rd of the awakened by 1st moves made by the president but it cannot last.