dear to ask. mark in 75 years since the raj on the separation of the nazi death camp auschwitz while he does on dignitaries visit jerusalem from holocaust commemoration however poland wasn't in attendance all with russia the holocaust survivor tells us is if i told not to politicize the past. you. know liberation i don't really say that but i saw the resume just to be no me my mother or other christmas. novogratz in the face of the u.s. military tribunals the so-called mosque to mind behind cia torture techniques during the america's war on terror at mit he would do it all over again. and among

the other stories that shapes this week a deadly coronavirus outbreak in china spreads across the globe with cases confirmed in countries as far afield as the us canada and frogs the death toll in china has now hit 57 people. it's just turned 7 pm here in the russian capital thanks for tuning in for the weekly as we talk through the biggest stories of the week. was a day of significant 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 count and not by poland. my dear family i'm writing this letter before my death i didn'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. come up with 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 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. wildly it is at the holocaust memorial forum spoke about the importance of remembering the horrors of what happened israel by the red army for its role in the victory over not cism one in his address president putin described the holocaust as one of the doll cost moments the walt has ever seen. before 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 de colleagues it was impossible to read the details of how the merciless machine of people extermination work or human least least crimes conducted by the nazis were deliberate and well planned what they called the resolution of the jewish issue is one of the dark emotion you pages in the modern world history it was really about today not everyone in poland views 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 in fact because vladimir putin was given the chance to speak out that for over him we discussed the issue with marc shulman his editor of 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 so 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 hitler would have been defeated and i don't think anyone can really question that in terms of in historical fact u.s. vice president mike pence however chose not to emphasize the role of the red army and liberating auschwitz raising some questions a lot whether in fact was intentional. 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 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 i 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 stereo on the us part one survivor's harrowing story is not only about escaping the death count but actually being born to we spoke with him about the liberation of auschwitz and how it's perception has changed over the is. can you give it to people tell us that there was no liberation they say so if there was no

read only the. other prisoners or my mother i have never questioned the merits of the soldiers i have always been grateful the prime minister and the president criticized the red army equally it was the same under previous authority as no the 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 and other cities were not i don't know maybe the americans liberated them well monday wal-mart exactly 75 years since the prisoners of auschwitz was set free and here on out international will be following the memorial events on what is an emotional day of course for so many all across the world to remember one of the most horrific chapters in our history well here's some of the stories of those who survived. the psychologist dubbed the architect of the cia's and hardest interrogation techniques post $911.00 has been unapologetic about his role in torture program that admission

came during a military tribunal which is preparing a trial against the self-proclaimed mastermind and 4 others of those attacks on new york and washington back in 2000 to 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 discomfort 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 month possible thrives to do waterboarding which is basically a torture technique that simulates drowning and several prisoners later 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 media the aftermath of $911.00 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 on to war 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 except for conditions so strict that they can't even have a picture of the court room all the testimony is restricted. 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 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 fuss detainee mr mitchell will towards it was a palestinian abuse of he's never actually been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was fos known cia prison had to

undergo and haunted interrogation and even lost an eye while being tortured during his time as applied to his attempted to illustrate his experiences a quick 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 the screen 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 guards. 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 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 our slamming of of hacking 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 and has rapidly spread across the globe not only in 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 so far experts 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 corona virus could potentially 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 people have been affected and the numbers so for example we've got china which is the outbreaks epicenter it's already had in terms of confirmed cases you can see 2027 many neighboring countries

also have containment to deal with and as you can see further down it's been detected in europe and france and in north america too artie's don't cotton now breaks down what we know so far about this 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 appearing internationally in the just cases is the. over no phones of cases which are further away if this if this outbreak continues as we're

seeing the case over sea 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 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. perhaps that the trump impeachment saga rumbles on in the u.s. russia is never on the minds of the democrats we'll bring you up to speed on that story after this break.

you know world of the big. 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 smart or 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 truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the

dangers thinks. we dare to ask. some american news this week the us democrats concluded that arguments against donald trump while passing his impeachment trial on to the senate russia was a hot topic during the opening speech on wednesday head of the house democrats adam schiff mentioned the apparent all important wot well 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. we can fight russia over there in the russians to russian efforts thanks to

vladimir putin when the president said he russia if you're listening. they were listening that's the russian story. while the cameras were focused on the senate floor filming sketch artists instead kept to the atmosphere in the chamber some of the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process stretch my legs didn't even taking a nap senators also faced a 12 hour no phone policy while that desks we spoke to john the sound political commentator chad whitmore he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment are bored with the on t.v. . 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 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 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 you either mock them and laugh at them or you ignore them and start it that drives them insane. let's talk a bit about climate change because it's a topic that significantly shaped much of the 2020 wild economic forum this week they have been wrapped on saturday in the swiss luck sure is a lot of both and set the stage for an unlikely but between america's treasury secretary steven ocean and teenage activist cueto 10 bug u.s. finance chief shrugged off had to say the 17 year old should go to college before lecturing wanted us 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 that the remaining 1.5 degree carbon budget and on going fossil fuel subsidies an investment done it up well said winners and is not the foster u.s. official that got to tom but has clashed with recently back in december donald trump suggested the activists should walk on her lunch money problem and the differences on disputes continued out the wild economic forum the latest episode all than coal seam misstep 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 swiss 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 to moan to be entertained and this year they got rod row

tickets for the heavyweight championship of the world though trump. school for gratitude. in a ski resort this week with an i think gets away with their release sending us a high work. pay for full price ticket. for a slow start the worry she warms up quicker than the atmosphere. or 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 c. of well all i need is 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 we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse donny calm down. 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. today i'm pleased to announce the united states will join one trillion trees initiative being launched 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 ages you'll be hearing about it but we have found is that things that people say would not be possible with saved or i'm convinced are new. and our final story to round off this hours bulletin a russian suspected of laundry and billions of dollars in backward while secretly extradited from greece to france on thursday alexander vanek was arrested 2 years ago out washington's request his lawyer told r.t. that i was under was illegally taken from hospital in greece where he was being

treated after more than a month on hunger strike. to renew course transported from greece to france he was not given the opportunity to contact his greek lawyer he was barred from using the phone not informed of his this nation he was not provided any information though because you can physical condition is just a different judge only. as a lawyer specializing in criminal law international criminal law and human rights i can say that all xander is in custody and was deprived of his liver and you could do this and a half years was all charged with what you wanted to stand trial transport to the fuel to france was was in those 3 just. 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 at his own definit has been fighting extradition

to both the us and france the united states accused him of launching at least $4000000000.00 worth of but korean claiming he ran a digital currency exchange which facilitated both cyber crime and drug dealing he denies the charges though saying he's just a technical consultant and that he's been sacked. alexander also says he does want to stand trial but in his native russia what he is also wanted on 4 charges previously moscow had criticized greece's handling of the case for ignoring evidence it had put forward alexander claims he was also 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 while must have

been exploited to look at 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 powers and above all this presumption of innocence as xander himself said they're hunting him for knowledge because he's 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 rule resist that alex on the very next released immediately. we have already engaged the un working group in connection with the issue of illegal imprisonment that's all from me for today you know neil will be taking over next hour so don't go far to keep you busy until then though his straight but one of our many award winning documentary.

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