world leaders and dignitaries attend a holocaust memorial ceremony in jerusalem ahead of monday's anniversary marking 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz we hear from a survivor of the nazi death camp. that people. know liberation day really. without the red army no me my mother or other prisoners. the so-called architect of cia torture techniques including waterboarding testifies at a military tribunal hearing and says he has no regrets. and the death toll from the corona virus outbreak in china reaches 18 according to state media with more than 2 and a half 1000 people infected the virus has spread to at least 10 countries. live

from moscow where it's just past 7 in the morning you're watching the weekly here on alt international welcome to the program. now thursday dozens of world leaders 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 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.

right. 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 the jews through a tunnel to 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 the time in.

well world leaders at 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 nonces i'm glad i'm appearing gave an address describing the holocaust as one of the darkest chapters in world history. before my visit to jerusalem i looked through the official documents and reports of red army offices after the liberation of auschwitz concentration camps i must say to colleagues it was impossible to read the details of how the terrible machine of human extermination works those crimes by the nazis were deliberate and well planned what they called the final solution to the jewish question is one of the

darkest and most shameful 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 the u.s.s.r. was actually responsible for the start of the war and president under a dude refused to attend the commemoration because flooded putin was given the chance to speak at the forum before him we discussed the issue with historian marc shulman 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 though 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 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 in historical fact the us ice president mike pence however chose not to emphasize the role of the red army in liberating auschwitz raising questions about whether that might have been deliberate. when soldiers opened the gates of auschwitz on january 27th 1945. 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'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 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 there too we spoke with 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 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 were set free here on r.t. international will be following the memorial events on what is an emotional day for so many around the world. now and other stories from the wake a psychologist dubbed the architect of the cia's enhanced interrogation techniques post $911.00 is unapologetic about his role in any torture program that admission came during a military tribunal which is preparing a trial against 5 guantanamo bay inmates 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 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 to consult and

create an interrogation program for al qaeda suspects he was one of 3 men authorized to carry out waterboarding torture technique that mimics drowning on several prisoners and later he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support for the interrogations the cia's program included now illegal coercive measures. in the media the aftermath of $911.00 we tortured some for its own lawyers for the $5911.00 detainees are now seeking for any statements made under interrogation to be disqualified from the trial on the grounds of torture and he will activist sara flounders believes the guantanamo bay court proceedings it 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. well the 1st us any mr mitchel water boarded was a palestinian man known as abu zubaida he has never been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo bay he was the 1st known cia prisoner to undergo an hans interrogation and lost an eye while being tortured during his time there's a beta has attempted to illustrate his experiences in a warning that you might 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 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 crew 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 that our accounting demanded not only of those who designed the

torture but of those who set up these torture camps. american basketball legend kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash in california along with 8 other people he was widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport the private helicopter went down in the field and burst into flames near los angeles the victims include bryant's 13 year old daughter giana kobe bryant was 41 years old he was a 5 time n.b.a. champion played his entire career with the los angeles lakers and retired in 2060. well 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 wednesday and adam schiff the democratic lawmaker leading the impeachment case mentioned the country several 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 are 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. when the cameras focused on the senate floor due to a ban on filming it was left a sketch artist to capture the atmosphere in the chamber some of the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs diddling and even sleeping senators also faced a 12 hour no phone policy while sat at their desks we spoke to journalist and political commentator chadwick moore and he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment abort with the anti moscow narrative. that 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

a lot of the presidents of latter 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 a little see 7 times at last count referred to russia or putin the impeachment proceedings well how do you deal with them most effectively you either mock them and laugh at them or you ignore them and gosh darn it that drives them insane came . the death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in china has risen to 80 with more than 2 and a half 1000 people infected according to officials some more than 760 new cases have been registered in just the past 24 hours the chinese health minister has said the infections are at a crucial stage of containment the world the head of the world health organization is heading to beijing to discuss

a global strategy to contain the spread of the disease the vast majority of cases are in charges who pay province but a small number of infections have been confirmed in $10.00 countries including thailand the u.s. and australia experts have warned that the virus appear. is to be evolving and is showing great potential to paul's from one person to another the outbreak is believed to have started at a seafood market in the city of rouhani in december the city is home to some $11000000.00 people and is now under an almost total lockdown don't call it a breaks down 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 is not just cases you know is the situation and overnight. phones of cases which are further away if this is outbreak continues as we're seeing the case obviously 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 paying 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. now the topic of

climate change significantly shaped much of the 2020 world economic forum this week which wrapped on saturday the luxury swiss resort of davos it set the stage for an unlikely battle between america's treasury secretary steven chu ssion and teenage eco activists gratitude the u.s. finance chief got the ball rolling 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 $1.00 degree carbon budget and on going fossil fuel subsidies and vestments done it up well stephen asian is not the 1st u.s. official that granted them because clashed with of late you might remember that back in december donald trump suggested the activists should quote work on her anger management problem and their differences and disputes continued at the world economic forum simon from the in case you missed it team takes a satirical 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 nonviolent. because hundreds of thousands just to go to davos for the filthy rich to be entertained and this year they go. to the heavyweight championship of the world so trump. school for gratitude. in a ski resort 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

divorce 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 c. 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 we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse like donny

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 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 inches 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. now another story that shaped the past 7 days a russian suspected of laundering billions of dollars in bitcoin was secretly extradited from greece to france on thursday alexander vinick was arrested 2 years ago at washington's request and his legal team told r.t. that the 37 year old was illegally taken from his hospital bed in greece where he was being treated after more than a month on hunger strike. to renewed was transported from greece to france he was not given the opportunity to contact his greek lawyer he was barred from using the form not informed of his destination he was not provided was any information he said college or khan physical condition is extremely for and generally. 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 to you for 2

and a half years without charge without do what you wanted to stand trial transported here to france last thursday was in there with regis act this act 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 quality could persecution alexander has been fighting extradition to the u.s. and france the united states accuses him of laundering at least a $4000000000.00 worth of bit coin claiming he ran a digital currency exchange that facilitated cyber crime and drug dealing he denies the charges saying he's a technical consultant and that he's been set up. well he says he wants to stand trial in his native russia where he's also wanted on fraud charges previously moscow had criticized greece's handling of the case for ignoring evidence it put forward the computer programmer claims he was put under immense pressure by afghans 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. alexander an explorer again told us the circus or the next stage is in defending her client. in north we want to make an international appeal to all those who believe in human rights democracy this iteration of powers and above all this presumption of innocence as it 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 there will be here in our history then and then present and that alexander the next

released immediately for this we have already engaged the un working group in connection with the issue of illegal imprisonment yeah well that is the weekly and that's it for me for now i know hawkins will be here with you at the top of the hours to hear the latest news from around the world right here on r.t. international. my uncle the kid same compensate all boil to deny him nobody will keep an open debate is. going to. get this kind of.

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i'm not sure of that they were going underground on holocaust memorial day marking 75 years since stalin's red army liberated the nazi death camp of auschwitz where over a 1000000 people perished in hitler's genocide against jews communists and the. community coming up in the show a supremum war crime under the un charter the former director of britain's special forces questions british government and the media narratives used to justify 2800 british bombing of syria after revelations from wiki leaks and a top o.p.c. w inspector giving evidence to the un and is the u.s.s.r. as role in the defeat of the nazis being whitewashed from nato nation culture we investigate the re framing of history with columbia university's professor joseph was told a similar coming up in today's going on the ground 1st to a country that major nation media appears to have lost interest in since britain

and the usa failed to overthrow its government syria just as we approach the 2 year anniversary of a british warplane attack reported here by the state mandated b.b.c. with afterburners glowing and loaded with storm shadow cruise missiles for r e f tornadoes take to the skies as britain's contribution to raids launched overnight in response to syria's alleged use of chemical weapons the word alleged there taking a lot of the weight in b.b.c. reporters breathless coverage because this week the un security council again focuses on the alleged chemical attack after last week's china convened meeting to investigate wiki leaks and other revelations of alleged chemical weapons dirty tricks at the international o.p.c. w organization mandated with the top. ask verifying outlawed chemical weapons use even hint of some deforming spoke to the o.p.c. doubles who put the speed to. please look at the screen. on

a section team leader having served for 12 years i heard about this me knives and voted by the council of the chinese mission to the. unfortunately and foreseen circumstances around my. state as i was able to show anderson claimed at the un security council that the whole basis of the fact finding mission or f.m. report that catalyze u.k.'s strikes was flawed the findings in the final death of them reports were contradictory were a complete turnaround with what the team understood collectively. during and after the 2 deployments. and by the time.