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ah, with ah, the headlines, her naughty international, the u. k. supreme court ruled it was unlawful to drop an inquiry into the alleged torture of 14 suspected ira members by british soldiers. one of them told us what he went through. a door door from my late differentiate, kind of research spoken food and the majority didn't tell me i've been software not long that they don't say liverpool way. arizona law enforcement struggling to deal with a hundreds of migrants arriving each and every day. officials are rounding now on the biden administration with sheriff describing the situation as caled. so we end
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up with this in the desert robberies that are happening along the borders of pursuits. then li, ancillary criminal activity, like the large amounts of drugs that have been smuggled into our country. also in the program oper, our new job and language channel r t t e is embroiled in a legal dispute. as europe's media regulator, questions it's broadcast light ah, world wide 247, it's artie international life from moscow with me, rural re sushi, welcome to your saturday stories. the u. k. supreme court has ruled that it was illegal for police to drop a probe into alleged torture committed by british soldiers in northern ireland, back in 1971. as a case relates to the troubles when a hundreds of suspected array members were detained. often without charge of 14 of
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those arrested was subjected to specials interrogation techniques. these were later recognized as illegal process mcguigan. one of the 14 told us what happened to him . i was forced to stand against the wall finger tips and tip toes. small my back post and so my body was actually bold with this constant weight noise. that commandment took over your brain. we were denied sleep. we also were denied you should toilet they took, remove my own close and put me in a boiler shirt that boiler straight was may day clothes my nice clothes and my toilet for 7 days. and that just went on and we're forced to stand against this wall with your finger tips and that in a stress position the body. it only stands through much and you would collapse.
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don't at westgate you're just beaten. taken back up up against the wall. and that that was constant for the shop. and as i finished up with the broken ribs, i still have nightmares. i don't owe him money. difference. it kind of this i've spoken to on the majority him tell me i've been so for a not long that they don't say a liberal go away earlier the u. k. a house plans to introduce limitations. there would block prosecutions into alleged crimes related to northern ireland. there are many members of the armed services you continue to face with all that say she is a prosecution, went into the seventy's and eighty's and later and we are finally mrs. speaker bringing forward a solution to this problem to enable the problem to the lot of, to, to align under the trauma to enable the people to move forward. the council of europe
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is commission of human rights and wrote a letter saying the u. k was denying justice. however, the european court for human rights ruled back in 1978 that the 14 men's case did not amount to torture. that decision was later used actually by the bush administration to justify enhanced interrogation techniques that were used at both by graham and one time obeyed. the e. c. h. r rejected a 2018 bid to overturn the ruling. and of frances mcguigan again says that he and others won't stop fighting until they get there, justice and the holiday. the british government means nothing to me. i think the word and as well, they're not acknowledged. the fact that what the us, the families, what happened and when turn them all black shapes, there's no investigation. so nobody was ever brought the he for the bar last night on his way of settle down the lag, his clothes are all done on this thing. the attacked and soldiers, unless pers abberly or old soldiers being dragged to the court. i personally don't
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believe but is anything whatsoever. the duke was soldiers. we want every kiss in court. we've never lost it. yes, of course. we're no farther forward today than we are british policy, just stall it delayed, stolen delay, it's dollars delay question back, push it back, push it back. maybe the long forget i love you go my, we ain't going away. so we're not stop and we're never gonna stop on as i say, our children on our grandchildren will fate this. so i was on a law enforcement say they're overwhelmed as hundreds of illegal migrants are crossing the border wall in yuba every day earlier, the county mayor imposed a state of emergency to secure additional resources for dealing with the inflow of people and local sheriff's have described the situation as chaos and our correspondent artes caleb martin, explains how it got to this point. arizona mexico border is buzzing with activity.
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3000 migrants crossed just this weekend and the local sheriff says they are in a hurry. there were a lot of people who were planning to come here, but because of the new law they decided to come as soon as possible. now the widening administration recently reinstated the trump administration's policy of having asylum seekers remain in mexico waiting in mexico while their claims are considered. now the sheriff thinks that the administration's actions are fueling, the crisis, told us administration if they decided to in phoebe. it was going to cause these problems and obviously the ancillary impacts in the upper in our bag. so we end up with the desk in the desert of the robberies that are happening along the order of pursuits. then the ancillary criminal activity, like the large amounts of drugs that are being smuggled into our country, from mexico, all are occurring in every order county along the southwestern board. now the local
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mayor has declared a state of emergency. he's calling on federal officials for help. a 110 agents from the department of homeland security have already been re committed. however, local officials are slamming biden for not doing enough. yuma is facing an escalating humanitarian and bode a crisis, and it's a direct result of the biden administration's pull communication, lack of organization and complete disregard for border protection. but arizona is not alone. florida is also dealing with the migration wave. so the border is obviously a disaster. well, actually the by the administration puts people on planes and flies them in the florida in the wee hours of the morning. so they've done over 70 flights in the last 6 months out, comma harris, who was vice president, and just recently named as border czar by joe biden. doesn't seem to really be on the case. the guar all and had of state says he hasn't heard from her since june,
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despite whitehouse reassurances. why is it that she has not spoken to the president of guatemala since you 6 months? i knew that i could see this kind of strange report from the president of guatemala, saying that he has had no contact with the white house, which is inaccurate. other than you're meeting with harris in june, this is the only one. this is the only communication you've had with the biden administration concerning a legal immigration. yet pamela harris is currently touting her program with private companies to bring foreign investment to central america and stop the migrant flow. but how much a trickle of funds from pepsi, cargill and mastercard will actually do, remains unclear. meanwhile, 50000 juveniles seeking asylum had disappeared. according to the country's top migration tracker, when compared case by case record by reco with the previous month day to dump truck received, we find that requisite disappear without explanation truck has repeatedly reached out to the agency executive office of immigration review. the d o j agency,
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the overseas us immigration cases, but has not received any satisfactory explanation. a number of these asylum cases continued to disappear each month. researchers say the u. s. department of justice is making it more difficult to track a juvenile migrant cases. providing information that is not useful or precise, but one sheriff will not keep silent. they've already got what over 147000 juveniles their own a company on they, they need to change their messaging. obviously, when you sit there and say that you're going to do just a draw for the cartels and for the criminal wilma to exploit. so now that's why we see a member juveniles come across 1st. and then the parents come late, which as they know that bill it will be reunited. so it's all play on the rules of dis, administration has put into place. the migrant crisis has hung over the biden administration from the beginning. many wonder if there are any real solutions in
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the works, not just reassuring words kayla bobbin r t new york right now at 10 posh. they are here in moscow. are brand new german sr channel r t t e has been accused of not having the necessary documentation to broadcast and germany also, management has responded saying his license was quote obtained in accordance with all european laws and regulations. so give you some context here. the new channel was taken off you tube the very day it was launched on thursday a technically there's no connection between that and the german t. v broke off dispute. as you can see, it's been a very rocky star 40 g. an official for the european media watchdog had some rather ominous woods for this new channel. on the license must be issued in germany and the application must also be filed her. first of all, this is a real irritant, and we will take care of it. he called the r t d essentially
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a peskin and little nuisance that is going to be taken care of. so that is some interesting language there right off the bat. but the, the crux of the issue is that are in his view, we are have no business broadcasting in germany. he is claiming incorrectly that our td news channel is actually based in berlin. when in fact, it is based in moscow, quite literally down the hall from, from the studio. and the news programs are coming out here being filmed here, edited put on the air and so forth. and they are out there doing that via license or through another country to serbia through another european license and are in full right to broadcast across all of europe, including in germany. our license is obtained under what is known as the european
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convention on trans frontier tra, trans frontier television, which i under of that convention gives us the right to broadcast to $33.00 countries across europe as long as broadcast from moscow. and those countries include germany. but they also include other countries with majority or significant german language populations, such as austria, switzerland, luxembourg, and so forth. this is where the separation is really important. the legal action is being launched against our tv production, which makes some make some of the shows our tv productions does not need a license, because our tv production is not a channel. it channel is our tv that is coming out of here. and thus moscow, our headquarters, our parent company applied for i applied for the for that license in serbia. the amount of pressure that a new german channel has faced even before it went on the air. difficulties with
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banks, difficulties, not just with licensing, but you know, the pressure on our guests and so forth has been really unprecedented. the pressure again, as you've mentioned, the beginning on our digital platforms, we are ready to keep keep fighting. we spoke with jr political analyst, or patrick hennington. he says the move is politically motivated and it sets a very dangerous precedent. not just the german regulars celsius. it sounds like the i, e u, the european regulator is also involved. but i think this follows as sort of a general pattern it's, there's a lot of, it's been a lot of political brings midship in germany. i, i really believe that there's a geopolitical element to this with germany to really important language block for media. so it is a really important in terms of soft power in terms of influence. natalie? is it a dangerous precedent? but the, you know, the language is also disturbing when you have this sort of blogs,
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a ah dismissal and dismissing off and r t simply because it's russian. they don't give any specifics of why they don't like the content. or they just say that, oh, it's because, well, there, they must be up to no good. the in general, it's a prelude to hostilities when you have all out media war. that's a prelude. sometimes you could say to hostilities, it means that they're going to be escalating and other areas we've reached out to one of the main european authorities dealing with that have press freedom to get its position on the r t d e dispute at the o. s. c. e's represent representative, i should say on the freedom of the media, told us our request will be considered as soon as possible. open you will become heroine, auntie international, including that of electricity costs in europe. they are just sky rocketing. but it comes off. the fronds shuts down full nuclear reactors, will to come to the same time. all russia is now looking east off to being snubbed by the e. u over energy issues. we have many more stories for you to still to come here
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with to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even foundation, let it be an arms race in his on offense, very dramatic development, only personally and getting to resist idolatry. how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk a good way to join us here with us about that. i program on asi international right now. it's about quarter past 4 in the afternoon here at moscow at a huge rally is now taking place in central london where it's about quarter past 1 in the afternoon. now this is all against the you case, latest covered restrictions.
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the people have taken to the streets. you can see that the heavy police presence to the government over the past system has spots and wide spread yearly under the new rules. adults in show and immunity policy in nightclubs, fort venues and other large events on a similar pictures playing out across europe. peter, all of our reports now from berlin, for the 4th wave. old covey 19 certainly isn't over. and while we're still dealing with the new german health minister call allowed to buy has been well pacing at pretty bleak picture about the immediate future. he was looking at the number of infections of the micron, very into the united kingdom and saying that there is potentially a massive fis wave of the virus on its way brushed the, i'm assuming there will be a massive 5th wave. i mean, close concert with my colleagues from the u. k. both politically and scientifically
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. we were still coordinating just yesterday, my colleague said that what has been observed on the ground exceeds anything that has been observed in the entire pandemic. we have to prepare ourselves to a challenge that we have not faced yet in this form. while infection numbers have been dropping gradually in recent days and weeks here in germany, it isn't happening fast enough. according to the countries public health authority, the robot khaki institutes in order to release the burden from intensive care beds and the availability of those intensive care beds, not just in germany, where there are problems on the horizons and new action being taken in switzerland . they've brought in new measures which are designed in order to well get more people to get vaccinated. basically, if you haven't been vaccinated or comp prove that you have recovered from covered it. within the last 6 months, you're going to be pretty much bogged from, from everywhere in switzerland. from here on out, what we're seeing is you're going to to provide the proof of one of those 2 things to get into sports stadiums. cultural events and leisure facilities,
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also restaurants as well. it comes after the intensive care unit bed space, l. the capacity for that bed space in switzerland, past 82 percent this week. so the country deciding to take emergency measures they're in denmark, they've also implemented new measures. they are going to be closing theaters cinemas because of our eyes of covert cases. they're in france. what they've done is they've basically cut off all non essential trouble between france and the united kingdom because of the, the sheer number of cases, tens and tens of thousands. huge amounts of covert case has been recorded in the united kingdom, france deciding they, well, walters, few people as possible traveling between the 2 countries. it's also prompted action and a new level member states and their leaders saying that they wanted to see more vaccines that are specifically tailored to taco, the oma cron variance of cove at 19. in fact,
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the orders are all ready to go in for a 180000000 doses of coven vaccines that would target specifically the, the omicron very intuitive world, the subject of vaccines. there's been a massive push here in germany to get people to come forward for booster jobs. in fact, 1500000 people were vaccinated here in germany on wednesday alone, 1300000 of those were booster vaccines. but the problem is, there's not enough vaccines here in germany right now in order to keep up that type of pace and it's not the type of pace that the, the new health minister wants to see happening. so what germany is looking to do is to buy vaccines that are being used in countries like poland, bulgaria, and romania vaccines that may well see this, that used by dates expire in the near future, germany say, and they'll take them off their hands in order to try and get enough jobs in the
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facilities in order to put them into people's homes. we spoke to w h r, a representative, margaret harris. she said, the omar con strain poses a threat even to those who have been dropped. the really big difference between um a crown on the, on the variance, is it speed of spread? we are very concerned that there will be a lot of people who become severely ill and end up in hospital people who had previously been infected with other forms of the of the saws could be 2 virus, were re infected with army front. so we can see that i'm kron can infect people, whether or not they have had a previous infection, and it can infect people who have been vaccinated. but the critical thing is, we are also saying that people who've been vaccinated ah, being protected from having the severe form from dying ending this pandemic is in
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all our hands at every level of society, every country, if we all do all the things we need to do we can in this pandemic? so what am i talking about? we only to get vaccinated, we own a to help people around the world get vaccinated. we all need to take seriously the measures to prevent the virus from spreading her person to person until we vaccinate crumply around the world. we are making it possible for new versions to new variance to arise. but covert is not europe's only headache right now. the other is out of energy costs, including soaring electricity bills, which shut off even further this week. after francis biggest power provide a shut down not one or 2, but 4 of its nuclear power reactors. the f says down to technical faults. earlier i discussed it all with correspondents southgate center, while europe's energy crisis might be a hot topic. besides me, it does look like it's going to be
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a cold winter on the continent. because while gas prices have spike to gas itself is running low and i'm talking dangerously record lows. in fact, your pink gas store supplies haven't been this spot in a decade on average, across the block there in the 74 percent full. that's down from 94 percent last year, and germany in particular is on edge. since the coldest pulse of winter is still ahead, the relatively low gas reserves should be used carefully. if we keep withdrawing gas at the current rate, the level will be very low by february. so no buffer, no real resolved, that anyone can sort of depend to and he's really tight times. and things do seem to be going from bad to worse because state own electricity to france or e t f announce that it will be shutting down 2 bits nucular reactive because of safety reasons. some pipes that are part and you need repairing on top of that and not the to have pools, walk pending inspections. this is bad news, of course not just the fronts he's electricity is most kaden you can generate to
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there's not just bad news for the nations of exports to, for example, the u. k. but it's also very nerve wracking for the mall kits which have already been on a total road coast right over the last couple of months. but of course, who has taken the biggest hit full people. i mean, i was absolutely shock to read that europeans were pay 900 percent more. the natural gas in january 2022 than they did in january 2021. so i really think looking at this picture now, it's not an exaggeration to say, it's a pretty di situation. a lot of this russian gas that goes into europe. it hasn't, they didn't fill up their coffers during last summer. so they, as you were saying that the gas levels were low, prices have gone up, but rusher is the one who's apparently taken the blame and, and certainly the u. k. media and the top lawyers and the european media. they've been having russia for these high prices. it is a big supplier of gus to europe. and how is moscow reacting to all of this? what you are right around 30 percent of europe, natural gas comes from russia for you to think that given how desperate the
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situation is that brussels would know what side its bread is buttered on. but what does the you do? having failed to come to an agreement on how to handle and move forward in this ongoing crisis an hour long summit. it basically turns round and accuses moscow of using gas as a political weapon. so of course, we know if we could have someone else to blame, the thing is, is russia is fulfilling its contracts. and the problem is, is it is unwilling to turn the top on to overflow. multi says, we've got our own low shortages on top of that domestic demand at the moment is incredibly high because you and i very well know the winter here is very cold. we really just can't give you any more. so moscow is looking how the situation is unfolding. it's also thinking generally about how frosty brussels has been to russia in recent times in the think, you know what, it wouldn't be a bad time to diversify all market. and to look to cooperate with perhaps move from the nations through to that end. a new pipeline is actually on the called you. but
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i mean, in practical terms, it's a project for gas pipeline, from russia to china via mongolia. the work is progressing successfully. it could become a continuation of the russian power siberia to pipeline michigan, the optimal route and length of already been determined. a feasibility study is being prepared and i think it will be ready in the coming weeks. so construction not could thought as early as 2024. in the meantime, what's happening? europe crisis was in the global markets bracing itself. meanwhile, nord stream to pipeline, which is ready to go and could significantly of course leave you use energy crisis is lying idle, mired in political games. and of course, who's paying the highest price quite a tree. in this case, european systems. we spoke with the analyst and economist, full cra, hell, maya. he says russert, russia shift to the east to be under the day and under the pressure it's getting from his professional partners in europe. the shift eastwards seems to make sense.
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this energy price crisis may prevail longer if we can make geo politics an issue of these energy themes. we are living in europe together with russia. and i think it is high time to return to serious diplomatic approaches rather than have a mega phone diplomacy, which rather feeds escalation. i think there has been a shift of interest, given the fact that the euro asian area is growing fast. and that the interest over there in net gas and fossil fuels from russia has increased. and thus, if europe doesn't play a long, and i think, i think the likelihood of russia turning more and more towards the east is extremely high. and it would put
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a risk on energy safety and the route european union. booking fort russia has officially left the open skies treaty that an agreement that allows states to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over each other's territory. the decision to withdraw came off to america, pulled out the u. s. pulled out last year. is our correspondent egos down of this withdrawal by russia rather than being a beginning of something bigger. it is a logical and now in hindsight, a an inevitable conclusion to a process started by washington. when last year it accused moscow of violating the basic principles of this open skies agreement and decided to unilaterally leave the deal. this treaty, which was signed all the way back in 1992, it served as a very important confidence builder. basically, it allowed russia the u. s. and some, many nato member states to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over each other's military infrastructure. as long as there was
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a 72 hours heads up when washington decided to withdraw, russia found itself at a disadvantage. basically, neither russia nor washington could conduct such flights any more. but the european nato members that were still part of this multi lateral motor bilateral deal. they could still conduct flights over russia's military object and that most school will try to get guarantees from its european partners from its partners who are also members of the nato blocker. it try to get guarantees that they will not pass on any information, whatever information they can gathered during such flights to their natural ally, washington. they failed to provide such a such assurance as such guarantees. so russia said that it had no other choice but to withdraw itself. so this summer, vladimir putin, the president, signed a law as saying that, well, russia will be leaving the deal. and today is officially the day that this deal is obsolete. i read more about that right now. if you like online at arts,
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he dot com your saturday program returning at half an hour. if you can join us then mm hm. oil and gas, manufacturing, electricity, telecom transportation, all of them now have keith. i prefer structure connected to the internet so clearly realizing there's disruptive potential so that those countries can't ignore it because it threatens national security issue. but if we take the nato and you countries, virtually all of them subscribe to certain doctrines and maintains selling but task forces, they are a cyber army on behalf of
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