oh, the join me every thursday. i'm alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then in the i was begging to go to montana because what i've seen and witnessed in belgrade was so destructive to this day. i haven't, i can't sleep. the 1st of all in depth investigation into the victims of america's brutal poor on terra, with a line drawn by the us pull out from afghanistan bag for bergland ton about detainees. shares the horrors he enjoyed. they had a sounds,

a woman in the next room that led me to me was my wife being tortured a wave with a picture of my children in front of me and asked, where do you think they are now when you think happened to me, took your way also i had to get access to cobble apple just days after it was abandoned by western troops terminal, the equipment shattered and destroyed in the us retreat. all the helicopters and there are a lot of them that were abandoned the was have been caught various various electrical blocks remove the british. foreign secretary is grilled by a piece of his handling of the crisis. enough gonna stand and why he was relaxing on the beach when cobble fell to the taliban, plus the. well, this is what it feels like. the ice breaker. while we put the ice trembling, and the crew continues its journey on that nuclear icebreaker plowing its way

through frozen northern seas. this time explored more of the high tech vessel meeting its crew and encountering an iceberg along the way. ah, hello good. have you with us? this is archie international from moscow. my name is cali. welcome to you will use 1st for you with the us out to the ask honest. and washington is now set to review the failings of its rushed and chaotic evacuation. and are set to scrutinize the heroic impact, their occupation had on the lives of millions and special project ghosts of war. ah, 53 year old mouths beg lives in britain, run to nonprofits and doesn't look like someone who's lived through the experience of americans west prison practices. but he does know about that 1st hand.

i had to stop telling myself that i'm the father, that i am my son. i'm a husband that i'm a human being. i started to whole myself. what i had been told that i was and that was my number 558. that was my number in the, in the room in may 2002. i was interrogated by the c i and the f b i and they threatened if i did not corporate to send me either to egypt or syria to be further tortured with us or you were the enemy. there is no in between. and that doctor still stand ah, in. i

think it's quite clear to me it's united states response to the terrible death of of 911 was vengeance. the war on terror is not a police operation. it's a military operation. why they pick from me? it wasn't just me, they picked on everyone who knows if anybody prepared to hand you over to complete the talk you through the pack sundays and the bill of rights and i'm my terrorist and i'm a deal national. they handed me over to the americans without any legal possible for me. i was held for a year in 2002 to 2003. and i saw 2 individuals beaten to death by american soldiers. these terrorists played by a whole set of different rules. it's gonna force us in your words to get mean 30

and master in order to take them. i will use all tools at our disposal, the boys a few bad apples. isolated incidents one by one. the terrorists are learning the meaning of american justice. for me, this place, i pity my what the united states was doing in afghanistan. they were bringing people to this torture site afghans for africa and abusing them outside of the rule of law and then allowing some of them to go back home and they would go home and tell people what the americans did. by the time i got to guantanamo, i was begging to go to turn on because what i've seen and witnessed in belgrade was so destructive to this day. i haven't, i can't sleep. oh i

. ready several of us since one cannibal, including several taliban members who now heads of various departments in the act and government were tortured. we were stripped, we were beaten and was fat upon. we were humiliated photographs. this was taken during this period of time. they had a, they found a woman in the next room that led me to believe was my wife's being tortured. they waived the picture of my children in front of me and asked me where do you think they are now, what do you think happened in the night and took your way? and of course, what they wanted me to do was cosign and confession that i was a member of al qaeda, which i was not. and this was i'd say stand that i got it. i think i got it better than a lot of the other prison. i

me, ah, so this is the handmade calendar that i made when i was in town and i thought that perhaps if i counted the days that it will be easier. but when the days turn to weeks and months, and then 2 years, i realized that it was just futile. when i received such letters from my children who are very young at the time, it's actually made it worse to look at the calendar and start the count down the days my children growing up without me. and every day, without them, with a stab in the heart. and they would come sporadically, they had to be vetted and censored by the u. s. censorship. my daughter who was 6 at the time, wrote a poem, 12345. once i caught a fish life and they redacted that because they said that has numbers in the numbers could mean some sort of

a code. so it was that kind of nonsensical reduction disconnecting from the idea of being a father. ironically and sadly, but also my own personal faith, my belief in god my reading, the koran and again and expectedly becoming friends with several of the american soldiers who would bring me little snippets of information. sometime next week and chocolate. sometime next week and a dvd player and show me a film, lexus, humanity that i have never forgotten to this day. and i think i left guantanamo not hating america because of those soldiers, me messages directly from some american soldiers who say that this has be a, a war that has destroyed us as individuals,

soldiers spoken to told you that they cannot sleep at night. so i am in no doubt about the, the effects of this war, not just on the individuals, but on the nation as a whole of whom the soldiers, representative me has gone to the shop and unity types were destroyed. the united states produced a senate to report on torture, but not a single person was ever bought for charges for these kind. recently, i gave evidence the international criminal court for their investigations of abuses by americans enough. they would investigate to be like states, the national army and the taliban. the only ones who responded by threatening the international court was the united states of america. they said that we will sanction all members of the international court. we will arrest any members of the

icpc who come to the usa or elsewhere the want to investigate us. i think the united states of america needs to step back. if it wants to help any of any assistance to the people who understand it's got in a position to negotiate those conditions, it has, it has been an aggressive taliban already made gestures towards russia towards china to have the wrong to its pockets. dont with indonesia would be like states and britain in particular. i think that feeling very upset because this is a defeat. it's a military defeat. however you want to look at it and not imperial hubris, as it were. will not allow them to say that we need to move forward and continue within negotiations that we began in doha, that they cannot be any more saber rattling. it's no good for the people. it's no good. i've got, especially with the britain or america, you've really got to find a way for k and the coming days

we'll have more home the people whose lives were shattered by the us war on terror . so i've got to stand it's 3rd day of a post us reality with cobble airport now devoid of western troops and under the full control of the taliban, us ahmed vehicles, helicopters and ammunition can be seen abandoned outside the wants. busy terminals, senior correspondent, or i guess the report next from cob leveled. these place looks very different to what we arrived to during the evacuation that cleaning the plagues up. there's said enormous amount of work to do what with all the vehicles, all the armament tool, the i'm you mission that was left behind by us and allied forces as they were treated as above while there was of it this tool as a person that is still being cleaned up, but as i said, there's a lot of work to do these evacuation that the pentagon cools the largest and most complex in history left a whole lot of trash behind trash wreckage. and they,

bree the taliban command, that tells us they destroyed 95 percent of the equipment, stuff, and systems. they destroyed everything and destroyed cars airplane, especially the military. for oedipus are destroyed 100 percent. we asked to see the airport and once crammed into the back of a pickup truck, we got our wish. it was like a movie set, a disaster, the scene. our 1st stop was the helicopter graveyard, all the helicopters and there are a lot of them that were abandoned at capital airport. they have been sabotaged quite visibly. the wires have been cut various various electrical blocks removed and smashed, apparently with a sledge hammer. anything the taliban or even afghans could use the americans destroyed and what they couldn't bring themselves to destroy. they let use your,

the, the dog crate. the pool such as the on log. you have yet many of the dogs lives behind by americans. but they weren't locked in crates as we had be led to believe they will let you at the dentist, someone before the final us troops had taken off. someone had opened the crate and left them with, with food on line animal activists of mobilized in the thousands. there in the sense that the american troops could have left behind these dogs right there next to the runway. at the mercy of the taliban, the americans live the dogs to get out from the specific places. but our teams on our office called the in charge of those dogs. and to dave, they came to the port and they are trying to collect the docks and they are trying to the facility for them and what they need to give them all we can say that these

may be just what the taliban needs. a p r stuck collect the dogs, had the move with the activities and reap the humanitarian glory. alternatively, they may have enough on their plate. she, the americans didn't justice for the helicopters and vehicles. they trashed much more than that. when i visited the morning to the airport, so i saw a lot of distractions here. many things were destroyed. i don't know who did this. actually, america was there. we have got damage and the road infection, you can see the backside of me. it was also damaged, but fortunately by the help of our lobby made it and we might make it correct. the other interesting thing about the airport is the, the hundreds of armored diplomatic vehicles that have been left here abandoned during the evacuation. they used these vehicles to block off roads while the

evacuation was on the way. this is passport control had kabul international airport. this is the states that it was left in after the evacuation was complete for some reason, other than destroying or the military vehicles and aircraft that the united states left behind. they also destroyed much of the airport civilian infrastructure, computers, x rays, cameras, even arrival and departure screens. here they saying it was the americans who cut the power cables knocked over the monitors, smashed windows and kicked in doors even looted the vending machines. why? perhaps boredom, bats hate. you don't end the 20 year war and leaving a humiliating evacuation without feeling a little bit of spite. or i'd gas d a r t couple. i've gotten this done. just weeks before the taliban sees cobble,

joe biden reportedly knew it was about to happen, but that's pretty wanted off kind of stand then president to pretend otherwise. that revelation coming from a bombshell league phone call between the 2 leaders, which the reuters news agency says it's been able to verify the perception around the world. and in parts of afghanistan, i believe, is the things aren't going well in terms of the fight against the taliban. and there is a need whether it is true or not. there is a need to reject a different picture that compensation between biden and connie allegedly took place on the 23rd of july. the got later appears to have followed the advice and 3 weeks later he addressed the nation filing to prevent further instability, violence, and displacement of people. but just one day after that had happened to taliban to cobble disbanded the police, the government, and forced county to flee the country all despite president biden heaping praise on the afghan army. you clearly have the best military. you have

300000 well armed forces versus 708-0000 they're clearly capable of fighting. well . the assumption was that more than 300000 african national security forces that we had trained over the past 2 decades and equipped would be a strong adversary. in their civil wars or the tale bond. that assumption that the afghan government would be able to hold on for a period of time beyond military draw down, turned out not to be accurate and exercise and in south delusion or spending allusions. but i did that, you can say whether or not it's true about the ability of the military, the military us trying to get to carry out the struggle as to say

whether or not that's true. we just need to change the picture. if it's an amazing statement to come from to come from oil liter 5 and concerned about here is his image perception of buying. and that perception, of course, took a big hit with his proclamations like this. there's 300000 in africa, national army trend by the us. they wouldn't be able to do the job that they'd be able to hold on. of course, we've all seen that none of that was true. and it's been called the biggest failure of foreign policy in a generation the case, foreign secretary dominic rob blasted by parliament that his performance on afghanistan, the hasty withdrawal of us troops of the swift, successful offensive by the taliban. apparently took rob by surprise. i think it's important for us to know what we're doing. i'm doing wrong. when did people were holding me through?

i'm not looking to brush over this. i just want to know when you went things. when did you get when? in fact, when was the last time a foreign minister went to a 2nd stop, went to beck, and i'm not sure i'd have to check if you would like to know the busiest, very have to come back to 3rd grade. what seems particularly reading because high come us was recently started arranging the evacuation of young people through tashkent and it seems to be a route that works for the effectually, from germany. did you ever, at any point consent or offer to reside? now i consider getting home with the job. it comes a day after a tv interview, where he indicated that military intelligence failures led to the rapid fall of the country to the taliban. in effect, blaming the ministry of defense. but a form ahead of the army, hit back at rob over suggestions that thousands of afghans eligible to come to the u. k were left behind and said the government had been forewarned about the situation. and numbers were a key question for the can we see. did the foreign secretary know how many

u. k and 4 national long vulnerable people were still in afghanistan, which apparently he couldn't answer and concent numbers remaining, but we think that they would be in the low hundreds. why 100, you mean $110.00 sort of area or do you mean to under $3400.00? they will be low, hundreds 100 sounds that it could be $400.00 or it could be 10510115 . i'm. if i could give you any more precision, cuz i would let me somewhere between 10500. so let me explain one k nationals. so let me explain why it's difficult. there are also questions about rob's role in the evacuation. he delegated a key telephone call to the gun foreign minister to a junior minister to make a call, which ultimately didn't happen. rob is off how often he telephoned ministers in other countries to help assess what was needed during the draw process. but the foreign secretary believe the efforts in the u. k. much those on the ground who is take response helpline and the email address in your department,

not even being opened. so the, the issue as you have a search for the door is that you have a search of emails including late emails and requests like that. but let me just explain the situation for you. just purely transparency. we got 3 types of cases. they melting away together, frankly, just didn't use 3 question question. you're going back to the question from that, from what i'm really been fine, but i'll continue to use one process, how career problems other examples they don't need. after almost 2 hours of questions, it remains a case of wait and see to discover if there will be any consequences for the current foreign secretary or henry bolton, who's a former leader of the u. k. independence party says that one questions are being directed up. mr. rob bigger ones need to be asked of the entire british foreign office. think in this particular case dominant. rob needs to be able to answer

certain questions. and i, you know, the question is, so when he was on leave, it's not particularly serious question in my mind. he should have been it is that got to tell when he went to lee be sure to be know that is that and if he was on leave, he should have got straight back from the lady's return. there's a systemic problem. deep seated systemic problem in the, in all foreign ministry that came up the question, when was the last time a secretary state visitors specs done? well, probably never. and i know for a fact having worked across central asia for some years, the british engagement across central asia has been incredibly full. and for example, a few years ago, the ambassador to london, the republic of cookie stone, was complaining to me that anytime he had something serious to discuss with corn office here in london, he was unable to speak to anybody but a junior desk officer. that is simply unacceptable line for you this thursday reality or speculation. cnn claims the growing concern in the us. the white supremacists and insurrection is being inspired by the taliban success in

afghanistan. when did they source that story? find out on r t dot com? i'm what the average customer was engulfed by tornadoes, floods and heavy down poles in the wake of hurricane ida with the devastating force of nature captured on video. you can take a look at that. i'm much more at r t dot com a few minutes out. now finally, 1st of all of adventure, icebergs optic animals to the top of the world, all that a more on our team continuing adventure to the north pole. we are heading that revolt of russian nuclear icebreaker. so in the 2nd of his reports, constantine roscoe braves, the cold meets the ship's crew and takes a plunge previously or departing from the city of more mascot, the whole board of world only nuclear ice breaker played. this is huge. i mean it's basically like a rebuilding left step and our cabin nothing fancy. why it

has everything we need. so we walk around the ship, i see radio doesn't mean that could be exposed to radiation. correct, so i'm writing more like a lot. we're going all the way to the north. now it's time to meet the captain. a tall, handsome man who likes to smoke is bite on the bridge while steering the mighty vessel forward. at the other 20 miles, it's the rudder as i understand. throw through all the more than you can effectively cool the ship's wheel, the rudder above and it has automatic steering, which holds the ship's course. some there's a call. so this is something like an auto pilot, right? nice axiom of the bill that's quite an auto pilots. auto pilot is what keeps an aircraft in 3 dimensions, whereas on a ship it's just to show up. and then if i turn the rudder or that was it was assisting you course the vessel will turn and adjusts to

a new steady cause. and this is what happens on a lower deck. every time the captain adjusts the course. the helm sets the large pistons in motion, which turns the ship left or right. we were on the bridge interview and the captain and we were lucky enough to side our 1st arctic iceberg. shoot you this back to the day. icebergs aren't 100 percent white. they have these beautiful to watch sheet. they also come in handy for local birds. and habitable icebergs i can tell, there are birds on the birds which rest in the water. they use any surface that they find it an iceberg or a ship. they used it to take a rest. after 2 days of sailing, we reach friends, joseph land, and uninhibited arctic archipelago which belongs to russia, nor this is the northern most part of russia and a last piece of land on the way to the north pole. so in this dance,

we're approaching the edge of the world. now the most dangerous part of our journey begins. if something happens, it will take days for someone to come rescue us from now on. we can count only in ourselves and our captain the, the well, this is what it feels like. the ice breaker. allowing for the trembling of doing it . we can't ship the, i mean, it's huge blades on the deck. let's get a closer look. they are,

they are part bored for sailors that are constantly working underneath the vessel, my thing, data, ice breaker, ramsey, i did actually write the pot at 1st and then crushes downward with all the mine. and that's one. the propellers come into play. they help chop the small pieces, paving the way forward watching the ship break yards and push dry and trying to decide is mesmerized. it's weirdly both calming and intimidating at the same time. have a look at this. the wide path led by the ice. gregory is close enough as soon as we have passed through in a few minutes or the hours. it's all going to be covered with ice again as it we've never been here. shows you who the boss is around here and i guess makes you feel small and insignificant parts of the ships start to cover with ice as we get closer to the north. however, the temperature is an extreme just under 0 degrees celsius. unlike me,

veteran polar explorer who we interviewed on the deck even refused to put his hat on the prism. it's a common misconception that the north pole is the coldest spot on the earth. it's completely false. the north pole is the middle of an ocean. the ocean does it kind of have storage as it allows temperature spikes frequently at the north pole. it's warmer than let's say in tango or mac on or it means the pole of coal does not coincide with an actual geographical one. be there by ascii has taken several dozen expeditions to the north pole. global warming, he says, is speaking. it's tall on the arctic and the eyes becomes thinner every year. however, he doesn't believe men made c, o 2 emissions are to blame for everything. and i share the same viewpoint is fine. to also think that this process is not a reversible in nature. the anthropogenic fact is the main way. what it means is it, imagine for a 2nd we'll switch to green energy and stop reducing c o 2 in the atmosphere. all

the factory is a close and you think this will from the don't know why it's coming up next. well, don't be fooled by his adorable look. a polar bear will go after anything that's moving. if it's there time, it's midnight. but look how bright it is. it looks to me, we are on top of the old right coming together ems. and i'm going to stay here. thanks for that. she was go update for now. thanks for watching. we're off to our to washington next. and scottie now hughes the join me every thursday. on the alex salmon show and i'll be speaking to guess in

the world, the politics sport, business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. me sometimes a simplest answer is the correct answer and a lot of people ask, why are these tax tax? so why is the stock market so high in the simple answer is that it's a transfer payment. the federal government is transferring the paper money that they print into the pockets of the attack executives as plain as the nose on your face. and you can see in the numbers the ukranian president has just accomplished, i years on quest to just sit down with the american president. what was it worth the way we're going to get you all the details and the reporting details that is straight up buildings and equipment used for the cia and ask in

a fan for the even more questions regarding why the military.