marking 75 years since the red army's liberation. i switched world leaders and dignitaries visit jerusalem for a holocaust commemoration. attendance following a dispute with russia we spoke to a holocaust survivor who told us it's vital. people. know liberation day really save. my mother all of the prisoners. no regrets in the face of a u.s. military tribunals the so-called mastermind behind cia torture techniques during america's war on terror admits he would do it again. the

story the deadly virus outbreak in china. with cases confirmed in countries as far afield as the u.s. and france the death toll in china has now reached $57.00. with the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international alone welcome. on thursday dozens of world leaders and dignitaries gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the holocaust it was time to mark the 75th anniversary of forces liberating i switch the infamous death camp in nazi occupied poland. my dear family i'm writing this letter before my death i did. you 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 farewell 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 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. world leaders of the holocaust memorial forum spoke about the importance of remembering the horrors of what happened israel thanked the red army for its role in the victory over nutty islam 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 what 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 pages in modern world history and a lot of important giving his address today though not everybody in poland views the red army as they liberating for some of the country's top officials believe that the u.s.'s are was actually responsible for the start of the war at present under a dude refused to attend the commemoration because a lot of important was given the chance there as he sought to speak at the forum over him we discussed the issue with mark schulman markets editor of history central dot com. 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 fit 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 the polish nationalism is rewriting a little bit of history to better look upon the polish people other nationals to doing the same and people are ignoring the real facts i mean this and 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 loaded been defeated and i don't think anyone can really question that in terms of historical fact u.s. vice president mike pence however chose not to emphasize the role of the red army in liberating i switch raising questions whether that was 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 missed 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 crusoe 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 now it's so bad that anything russian that's mentioned even this even the soviet activity in world war 2 is is just it's just forgotten so you know it's it's a massive stary on the us part. one survivor's horror story is not only about escaping the death camp but actually of being born there we spoke with him about the liberation of ice which and how it's perception has changed over the years.

people tell losed 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 this so 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. on monday will mark exactly 75 years since the prisoners of ice which were set free here are to international we will be following the memorial events and what is on emotional day for so many around the world to commemorate one of the most horrific chapters in history we'll hear some of the stories of those who survived.

living on the psychologist dubbed the architect of this cia's enhanced interrogation techniques post $911.00 is on apologetic 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 for the attacks 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 a cia in the wake of 911 to consult son create some interrogation program for al qaida suspects he was one of 3 men or thrice to carry out waterboarding torture techniques that simulates drawing on several prisoners later he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support for the interrogations the cia's program included

illegal coercive measures. in the immediate aftermath of 911 we tortured some. lawyers for the 5 detainees are not seeking for any statements made under interrogation to be disqualified from the trial on grounds of torture. 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. that 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 i've kuantan them oh 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. look 1st to me mr mitchell water boarded was a palestinian is

a beta he's never been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was the 1st known cia prisoner to undergo an instant target loss than while being tortured during his time there would be the hose attempt to illustrate his experience as a warning you may find some of the 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 in 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 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 and waterboarding house slamming 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 i break which began in china in mid december has rapidly spread across

the globe there have been cases confirmed in countries as far afield as france canada the us while chinese authorities say they're dealing with more than 2000 cases and 57 people have died in that country. experts say the new strain of the virus has evolved a much humans are no more susceptible to it with the epidemic now entering a more complex stage as it's called president xi jinping earlier warned of a grave situation as the spread of the virus accelerates against this backdrop 18 cities in one province have been put on lockdown leaving some 56000000 people travel restrictions meanwhile the russian health ministry has warned of a serious risk of the coronavirus could spread across its 4000 kilometer border with china here norm up we're going to take a look at the areas affected since the spill out from mainland china and indeed the countries are right on the globe where people have been affected and also the

number of cases china the brics epicenter is of course far ahead in terms of confirmed episodes many near bring countries though as well have to deal with containment double quarter not breakstone for us what is 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 the 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 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 this. 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. still ahead as they trump impeachment. in the u.s. russia isn't far from the minds of the democrats will break about storytelling on

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this week u.s. democrats concluded their arguments against donald trump while passing his impeachment trial to the senate russia was a hot topic during the opening speech on the web and they had all of the house dems out of shift mention the a part of the all important word well once or twice russian intelligence services russian expansionism russian forces and their proxies russia kremlin russia's president vladimir putin the russian military agency tst so we can fight russia

over there in the russians through russian efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said he russia if you're listening they were listening that's the russian story. well while a cameras were focused on the senate floor due to a bomb and filming sketch artist hunt to capture the atmosphere in the chamber some of the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process somewhat stretching their legs doodling even sleeping at times senators also face the 12 hour no phone policy while style their desks we spoke to journalist and political commentator chadwick were he say's that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment are bored with the anti moscow and orator. the democrat party has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax russia so completely flat and even their strongest that we're everything they've heard of the president. 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 reviewing russia again. it's just so sad you can't help but laugh and laugh and laugh a little see 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 gosh darn it that drives them in the same. climate change significantly shaped much of the 2020 world economic forum this week the event wrapped in the luxury swiss resort of davos now it set the stage for on the likely buffer between america's treasury secretary steve minish and teenage eco activist gratitude berg the u.s. finance chief shrugged off her use saying the 17 year old should go to college

before lecturing world leaders on climate issue. 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 and vestments died up. steve mission is not the 1st u.s. official credit. with of late back in this. suggests that the activists should work on her mama spent problem differences and this continued out the world economic forum the latest episode of in case you missed it took a ringside seat. it's that magical time of the year when all wealthy overlords gather for the economic glitzy gathering looms for bringing together the world's business elite yet no one has said meet for a champagne in the swiss mountains leaving the 99 percent to pray for nonviolent.

because hundreds of thousands just to go to davos for the filthy rich to be entertained and the. wrong road tickets for the heavyweight championship of the world go to trump. school for gratitude. this week and then actually gets away with their release sending us a high work. pay for full price ticket. 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 z. of what 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 my we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse dani calm down i mean and ice 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 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 answers to things that people said would not be possible with a well i'm convinced our new. a russian suspected of laundering billions of dollars and bitcoin 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.

about the 37 year old was a legally taken from hospital in greece where he was being treated after more than a month on hunger strike. at least 3 new clothes 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 destination he was not provided was any information he said college of khan physical condition is extremely fragile. 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 liberty to put 2 and a half years without charge without their what you wanted to stand trial transported hume to france last thursday was a node 3 just act this act by the greek and french authorities to extradite him was absolutely illegal at the moment we can precisely establish and alexander is a victim of quality called persecution. alexander vinokourov been fighting

extradition to the u.s. and france the united states accuses him of laundering at least $4000000000.00 worth of bitcoin claiming he wrote the 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. oleksandr also says he wants to stand trial in his native russia where he's wanted on fraud charges previously moscow had criticized greece's humbling of the case for ignoring evidence it putting forward the computer programmer claims he was put under immense pressure in the country. 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 am 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. alexander and

explore again take us through the next stages in defending her like. we want to make an international appeal to all those who believe in human rights democracy this iteration of powers and above all the presumption of innocence as xander himself said they are 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 we will be hearing on his freedom and then president and who is that the next on the view next released immediately for this we have all raising the un working group in connection with the issue of illegal imprisonment yeah it's not a pastime for the faint hearted but someone else to do it next we follow a school music teacher and a software engineer who on their days off the fuse hidden explosives in libya their

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