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00:00:00peace, voters across the western world are most definitely
00:00:03against foreign conflicts, nonetheless constant war is
00:00:07of the
00:00:07north,
00:00:25a warning, disturbing images ahead, anti-corruption agencies working in
00:00:29Ukraine. deep and lucrative ties between criminal
00:00:33organizations and high-ranking members
00:00:35of the country's security services.
00:00:37of graphic fuddage of a savage attack by one such gang is also
00:00:40released.
00:00:45of
00:00:48of
00:00:53of as Ukrainian authorities seek to
00:00:57of prosecute scores of protesters to clash with lawn enforcement after an
00:01:00alleged torture house near Kyev was discovered, we
00:01:04recall
00:01:05of
00:01:05of testimonies from people in Dunbas who say they endured such facilities over
00:01:09decade ago,
00:01:14probably with the
00:01:15of democrats unless they want to be destructive, but they have the power
00:01:18of the veto. A blue wave crashes into republican
00:01:22heartlands in the US mid-terms, but President Trump reminds the
00:01:25victors, he still has the last word. We look into how the democrats may...
00:01:30to exploit their new phone cloud on capital
00:01:32hill.
00:01:46My name is Yunan One. You're welcome to the news hour. Our
00:01:49top story: Western backed anti-corruption agencies in
00:01:53Kiev have revealed direct links between Ukrainian
00:01:56security service officials and criminal group. "the
00:02:00former is said to have closed its eyes to kidnappings, large scale fraud
00:02:04schemes and violent beatings for
00:02:06payoff. the Nabu and the Sapo have
00:02:10exposed a criminal organization whose members systematically
00:02:14provided ilicit benefits to high-ranking law
00:02:18of enforcement officials. In exchange, they were granted the freedom to
00:02:21operate fraudulent call centers and engage in other
00:02:25illegal business activities. Furthermore, the group
00:02:28orchestrated planned attack. acts kidnappings and acts of
00:02:32physical
00:02:33in violence to further its criminal interests. the Ukrainian
00:02:37anti-corruption
00:02:37in bureau has exposed yet another criminal organization with activities
00:02:41reaching high up into the Ukrainian government.
00:02:44this time, two high level official SBU officials were
00:02:48fired, because as it turns out, this organization has some serious
00:02:51ties to
00:02:52of law enforcement in the country. according to media reports, the gang
00:02:56involving 12 people uh is was involved in the drug trate.
00:03:00It was involved in managing scam call centers,
00:03:03and its leaders, code-named the
00:03:05of
00:03:05of Mexican and the
00:03:06a criminal, we're also working with high level officials in the security services, the
00:03:10prosecutor's office and the police, all of whom were bribed into
00:03:14keeping their mouth shut about what was actually going on, and some
00:03:17a of the audio tapes that were released even revealed that they were working with
00:03:21some high-level Ukrainian government
00:03:24of ministers. These guys are out
00:03:26of their minds, for real, do they think they're going to be in charge for... driver,
00:03:30tell them, are you kidding me? you are handed two million goddamn
00:03:34dollars, your job is to stand by that call center and keep everyone
00:03:38away, not to go around spinning fairy
00:03:40tales. think about how we can make sure that these
00:03:44various ministers like the minister of internal affairs or the
00:03:48minister of health stop throwing a wrench in our works. we're prepared to
00:03:52of offer comrad k 5000 plus another 200 thousand for
00:03:56whoever helps him out, that's 700,000 to ensure he'.
00:03:59Brother,
00:04:00I'm
00:04:08sending someone over right now to talk to K. He's going to give him a clear
00:04:12directive. Don't go changing the chemical formulas for the weed
00:04:16or whatever it is we're dealing
00:04:18of with. We need to make sure that the samples submitted to the lab don't
00:04:22get scrutinized in a way that forces us to keep changing the
00:04:25formulas because they keep adding them to the list of band
00:04:28substances right? as if bribing government officials, the drug
00:04:32trade, running scam centers, as if all that wasn't bad enough. mean,
00:04:36this organization was also exposed, kidnapping people off the
00:04:40streets and beating them. it was all caught on camera, and it was
00:04:43of released by the anti-corruption
00:04:45of authorities. of
00:04:53of
00:05:04No doubt some really gruesome videos there,
00:05:06and in addition to that, I mean audio tapes were also revealed that uh
00:05:10showed discussion. between the gang leaders talking
00:05:14about in detail how they were torturing these people. let's take a
00:05:17listen. the main thing is that the piece of scum got properly
00:05:21broken. i'd hate for him to have gotten off too lightly.
00:05:25brother, i'm telling you he's absolutely wrecked up beyond belief. den
00:05:29worked him over with hammer and did too, though we didn't film that part.
00:05:33his legs, you get
00:05:34what i mean, are basically just rags now. now, of course, it has to be mentioned
00:05:38that this happens not so long after it was discovered
00:05:41that there was... torture chamber uh outside of Keyev run
00:05:45by the Neo-Nazi AZov National Guard Battalion. I mean, over
00:05:49200 the locals in that area ended up storming the
00:05:53building when they had heard of this torture chamber uh on social
00:05:56media that was holding conscripts, and uh some
00:06:00the videos and images that were released on social media after they had
00:06:04were able to get people out there were really uh sad and and gruesome
00:06:08really. So Ukraine really seems to have serious problem if A,
00:06:12it needs to torture its conscripts into uh having the sort of
00:06:16morale to fight on the battlefield and b) if their
00:06:20high-level politicians are constantly being connected
00:06:24to these uh either corruption scandals or criminal organizations that
00:06:28are making money off of horrible situation and very
00:06:31much linked to what we've just spoken about Ukraine's largest ever
00:06:35criminal fraud investigation has come to an end after two years. the
00:06:39scandal has shaken Vladimir Zelinsky's inner circle and of several
00:06:43senior officials, their positions, you can dive deeper into what was uncovered and
00:06:47the huge sums involved at
00:06:48RT.com.
00:06:52now Ukrainian authorities have threatened criminal charges
00:06:56against over hundred people who recently took part in protests outside an
00:07:00alleged torture facility in the Kiev region. the
00:07:04security services claim participants disclosed the locations
00:07:08of Ukrainian troops and organized mass unrest. those targeted
00:07:11could f lengthy prison
00:07:13sentences. This is a criminal
00:07:17proceeding under article 294 regarding mass disturbances
00:07:20and investigated by the national police. Approximately 100
00:07:24people were identified and established in this case. Separate searches are
00:07:28currently being carried out among them. The matter their arrest and the filing of
00:07:31suspicion is being decided. Well the side appears to have been
00:07:35exposed by a medical worker who was filmed begging to be allowed into the
00:07:39house. She was later arrested and charged with obstructing.
00:08:12This viral footage shows the pitch battles between citizens and law
00:08:16enforcement, relatives the detainees joined crowd attempting to
00:08:20enter the property where scores of men, some recently drafted, others
00:08:24suspected deserters were said to be held in basement, severely beaten
00:08:27deinied medical help, reports as well emerged subsequently
00:08:31of alleged blackmail and extorsion, among those discovered inside was
00:08:35teenage boy, they grab
00:08:39me by the hair, you can't see it in the footage, lumps on my
00:08:43head, they just beat me, i don't know, they used everything to hit me,
00:08:47shovels, feet, fists, everything, then they carried me up to
00:08:51the second floor, they laid me face down on the floor and started
00:08:54interrogating me, i don't know, they hit me so hard on the head that i
00:08:58couldn't hear or see anything, they just started the interrogation,
00:09:02then they grabbed me by the hair again and threw me against another
00:09:06wall, because didn't land on my stomach when they threw me, they
00:09:09started slamming my head against the floor,
00:09:42torture chamber is just the first of more that we will discover and
00:09:46find, and I think the Ukrainian people are going to be demanding answers
00:09:50and accountability of those who've not only operated these
00:09:53facilities, covered them up, known them and done nothing about
00:09:57them, and I think frankly the news is tightening, no pun
00:10:01intended around President Zelinsky and his regime and the
00:10:05atrocities they've committed, not only against his own people, but against the
00:10:08folks in eastern Ukraine and targeting civilians.
00:10:25going to lead to lot more accountability and that uh eventually
00:10:29uh the crimes that president Zelinsky and those closest to him have
00:10:32committed will will come to light uh and punishment will
00:10:36be made it out. I think also that when you have
00:10:40this regime refusing to answer questions about not only
00:10:43funding, but about these torture centers, just sort of dismissing them and
00:10:47denying them uh means that there's probably more to the story and
00:10:51more cover up that's going on. There's an old political added.
00:10:56United States,
00:10:57and the the coverup in is always worse than the crime, although I'm not sure it's
00:11:01possible for a cover up to be worse than the crimes we are increasingly
00:11:05learning about in Ukraine. Steve Gill, well the secret
00:11:08sight on the outskirts the Ukrainian capital doesn't, however appear to
00:11:12be unique with multiple similar facilities
00:11:16reportedly popping up all over Dumbas in
00:11:182014. has the extended look back
00:11:22now. The latest report. about secret
00:11:26prison near Kiev where forcibly mobilized men and a
00:11:2914-year-old teenager were being held and tortured
00:11:33have revived questions about unlawful detention and abuse in
00:11:37Ukraine. reports also said that a unit of Ukraine's
00:11:41national guard the neonazi Azof
00:11:44formation accepted responsibility for organizing the
00:11:47facility.
00:12:09Зеленский's chief
00:12:10of staff and former military intelligence chief Kiril
00:12:14Budanov was also at the scene where he told
00:12:17protesters that they were many such facilities in the
00:12:20country. Чому є така будівля? Тому що таких будівель
00:12:24багато. This is far from the first time Azov members were
00:12:28accused of unlawful detention and torture, and the
00:12:31battalion is not the only group infamous for its
00:12:35neonazi ideology. Other like-minded arm formations
00:12:39like Idar and tornado also have a proven
00:12:42track record of torturing and killing people. Their crimes
00:12:46spanned from 2014 when they were formed to take part in the
00:12:50so-called anti-terrorist operation against the civilians of
00:12:54Dunbas. in Mariopol, former detainees
00:12:57interviewed by RT said that they had been held
00:13:01at the airport a place known as the library,
00:13:05witnesses described being questioned and
00:13:07beaten. on the 28th of August I was
00:13:11detained by the Azov battalion in the city center. I was taken into
00:13:15custody, driven to location within the city limits for mock execution
00:13:19and subsequently brought here to the Mariopol airport. They brought me in through the
00:13:23store and into these cold storage.
00:13:33I had a black bag over my head with tape wrapped around my eyes, they use that
00:13:37bag to suffocate me.
00:13:41On the 20th of August 2014,
00:13:43I was arrested at. They brought me here
00:13:47with sack over my head and in handcuffs, then left me sitting out in the
00:13:51sun until 6 in the evening. They would walk by, spat
00:13:55on me, some kicked me with their boots, and others stubbed out
00:13:58cigarettes on my chest. they did whatever they pleased. they kept
00:14:02asking questions, claiming they were from Ukraine, that they were
00:14:06liberators and all that. well, I explained to him exactly what kind of
00:14:10liberators they were. one hit me, my head struck the wall,
00:14:14blood spurted from my lips and that was it. over the
00:14:18last 12 years, RT has collected multiple witness
00:14:21accounts depicting the crimes of Ukraine's neon. nazi
00:14:25formations in 2022, RT filmed a
00:14:28former aidar battalion base in Logansk region where in
00:14:322014 they held civilians who did not
00:14:35agree with the new kiev regime. UN has reported
00:14:39dozens of criminal investigations into their activities with
00:14:43charges including abduction, kidnapping, brutal
00:14:47behavior, sexual violence, and these people were
00:14:51Kiev's official representatives on the ground.
00:14:55United Nations Human Rights office has also documented
00:14:58abuses by Ukrainian neonazi battalions including
00:15:02Ayidar and called for accountability. Arbitrary
00:15:05detention, torture and ill treatment is the only the
00:15:09tip the iceberg these battalions crimes following
00:15:13the illegal government coup and the ensuing aggression against
00:15:16civilians. Just
00:15:20remembering, it makes me shutter. I wouldn't wish this anyone. This is the room
00:15:24where... They tortured and beat us. They would sit on chairs, one would
00:15:28do the beating, another would ask questions, and guard would stand
00:15:32watch. They beat us hard, really hard. They struck
00:15:35wherever they could land a blow. they beat everyone. We were
00:15:39covered in bruises, completely unrecognizable. They broke
00:15:43my arm and my little finger too. They shouted and made
00:15:46threats, we'll kill you, we'll find out where you live. The first they
00:15:50brought us in with sacks over our heads and shoved us into a room filled with
00:15:54fiberglass insulation. I was wearing nothing but shorts and
00:15:58slippers. They forced us to kneal on that fiberglass, and we
00:16:01stayed in that room for a couple of hours. They were brutal, trying to identify
00:16:05anyone who sympathized with the... Russians, one man, wearing a
00:16:09military uniform and going by the name or call sign bear,
00:16:13started threatening us with hammer. He kept tapping it against our heads.
00:16:17On the very last day, they beat me up with metal
00:16:19rebar. A separate case, which was
00:16:23actually tried and produced convictions involved the
00:16:27so-called tornado police battalion. The cynical
00:16:31irony here is the fact that while the unit's designation
00:16:35was volunteer police battalion. It was actually led
00:16:39by career criminal named Ruslan Onishenko and the
00:16:42core the group was also consisting of ex-
00:16:46Khans. Now the unit was disbanded in 2015 after
00:16:50accusations of abduction, torture and sexual
00:16:53violence. When they came to light and Lishenko himself was
00:16:57sentenced to 11 years in prison for crimes, including
00:17:00kidnapping, torture and murder. Former Ukrainian MP,
00:17:04Tatyana Chornaval also described their...
00:17:48regular people and miners were brought here, they picked up people from bus
00:17:52stops who were going to their jobs, this is according to the
00:17:55people who were taken here, they put people on their knees
00:17:59asking, why aren't you serving in the army, who are you waiting for
00:18:03here, they were looking for separatists, they were telling...
00:18:37be because they are bandera followers and
00:18:39nazis. there were lot them with prison
00:18:43tattoos. convicts can easily be recognized by their
00:18:46behavior. we were picked up at the bus stop. didn't have my passport
00:18:50with me. they checked us, some were released, but some were
00:18:53not. as result, i was on my knees in my foamer
00:18:56school. they tied my hands. i stood like that from 6 a.m. to
00:19:008 p.m. one them would come up and point the muscle at my neck like
00:19:04this and pull the trigger.
00:19:08they were doing something in the basements, they were walking around dressed like
00:19:12nazis, they were shooting at the cemetery, they had a shooting range
00:19:16there, people disappeared, we've dug up everything around here, no
00:19:20one knows where they have gone, one would expect a person
00:19:23convicted of such crimes to never see the light of
00:19:27day, that was not the case with the convicted
00:19:30tornado commander ruslano nishenko as he was
00:19:34reportedly released from jail in 2022,
00:19:37"now these horror stories of torture, rape and murder of
00:19:41civilians have gone largely unnoticed in the western media in the
00:19:45last 12 years or so, blinded by
00:19:48rusophobic narratives, fed by politicians dreaming of
00:19:52so-called strategic defeat of Russia, they always
00:19:56portray the modern Ukrainian neonazis as
00:19:59heroes. meanwhile, it's largely due to their
00:20:03constant fear mongering of civilians that Zelensky is able to stay
00:20:07in. power, the latest protest near Kiev at
00:20:11one of Azov secret prisons is rare manifestation that
00:20:15Ukrainians have had enough, well that's until their free
00:20:19will is squashed by nazi
00:20:29are luxuriating in the afterglow their mid-term showing state
00:20:33side, securing control of both chambers of congress.
00:20:36Florida's Republican governor Ronda Santes has called the outcome a total
00:20:40disaster for his party, while US vice president says the war in
00:20:44Iran is the reason for the GOP's collapse and
00:20:46support, but let's just be clear. uh
00:20:50about what happened last night, uh, this is close to an
00:20:54extinction level event for Republicans in many parts the
00:20:58country, as we have seen probably in the last hundred
00:21:01years. The reason we lost
00:21:05is the war. The president himself said so last night. If
00:21:09you'd like to argue, it was worth it that losing the Senate for the next
00:21:13six years was worth it, then do so, argue it was a
00:21:17worthwhile cost to pay, agree or... disagree,
00:21:20that's at least honest, but everyone knows why we lost,
00:21:24and any honest conversation about where we go from here,
00:21:28must start there. well,
00:21:32it is a complete reversal from the republicans previous dominance secured
00:21:36only two years ago. the democrats this time out easily passed the
00:21:40majority thresold in the house of representatives and in the federal
00:21:43government's other legislative branch, the senate, where around a third the
00:21:47100 seats were up for grabs, they reached. finish line before polls had
00:21:51even closed. President Trump responded to his side's big
00:21:55losses by reminding democrats he still essentially has the final
00:21:58say. I mean, I'll get along probably with the
00:22:02democrats unless they want to be destructive, but they have the power the veto,
00:22:06so if we don't like what they're doing or the they've already called and they want
00:22:10to talk about things and that's fine. So why did it happen?
00:22:14Well, I promise to put America first wasn't delivered, according to some of Mr.
00:22:17Trump's former allies who turned into his. fiercest critics after
00:22:21rising inflation and the administration's focus on foreign
00:22:24military adventurism, but this new congress doesn't
00:22:28necessarily mean change, with many democrats also heavily funded by
00:22:32a familiar and influential lobbing group. here's our tease Marina Cutz
00:22:36river: these midterm elections delivered lot of
00:22:40first, the democrats didn't just win, they invaded
00:22:43republican territory. Kansas turned blue in the senate
00:22:47race for the first time since 19... 32,
00:22:51South Carolina followed, Iowa and Ohio flipped
00:22:55Texas, the crown duel of Republican America,
00:22:58elected democratic senator and governor, its
00:23:02first Democratic senator in 38
00:23:05years. Michigan chose Abdul El Said who will
00:23:08become the first Muslim senator in US history, and
00:23:12Donald Trump is the first president to lose both chambers of
00:23:16Congress in the midterms since 2006.
00:23:20"I wasn't on the ballot, and if I was, we would have won a
00:23:23landslide. Trump returned to the White House, promising to
00:23:27put America first, American jobs, American families,
00:23:31American interest, and no more endless wars.
00:23:35Instead, his second presidency has been dominated by military
00:23:39action abroad, which has done anything but put
00:23:43America first, so it's hardly surprising that some of
00:23:46Trump's formally closest allies have become..." his
00:23:50fiercest critics. I think it's a complete referendum on
00:23:54Donald Trump, his betrayal uh, where he promised no
00:23:58more foreign wars and to bring world peace. He can't even relate to the
00:24:02American people. Tonight's outcome isn't about placing faith
00:24:06in democrats or socialist principles. It's about holding Republicans
00:24:09accountable for betraying their promises. All Republicans had to do was put
00:24:13Americans first, not start another war, prosecute sex
00:24:17traffickers. Contrary to what he promised and... contrary to the
00:24:20idea that your leaders should put your interest before those of foreigners,
00:24:24period, we put Israel's interest before ours, trump did that, the
00:24:28republican movement has been divided between those who wanted Washington to
00:24:32stay out of foreign conflicts and foreign policy
00:24:36hawks pushing for tougher military approach.
00:24:40Trump ultimately made the decision and it has come back
00:24:44to haunt him in more ways than one, most
00:24:47notably when energy disruptions. dratically increase
00:24:51the costs of fuel and subsequently groceries as
00:24:55well. i think they're really tired of what's been going on and there's been a lot
00:24:59of terrible ideas about wars that we didn't need and
00:25:02people are poor and tired of being poor with only few people being
00:25:06rich. i think they're they're getting tired the way things are happening right now. families are
00:25:10struggling. all these the high costs of living, that's number
00:25:13one. we need, we need to we need a we need a break. we're tired of
00:25:17working so hard just to pay all these high. high bills, just
00:25:21to put food on the table, you know, we're we're tired of all of that, we we need a
00:25:24change. most wars have consequences and the
00:25:28burden always falls on the tax payer, so it's not just about
00:25:32gas prices, but will handing congress to the
00:25:35democrats actually change Washington's direction?
00:25:39hakim jeffries, who is expected to become the next house speaker,
00:25:43has received substantial campaign contributions linked to
00:25:47APEC, the influential pro'. Israel
00:25:50lobby. Jeffries has in the past criticized Trump's
00:25:54decision to launch the Iran war without congressional
00:25:57authorization, and he was in favor of sanctions and other means
00:26:01of conference. "We're going to fight to end this reckless
00:26:05and costly war of choice in Iran, which we know has
00:26:09skyrocketed gas prices on the American people.
00:26:13Two years ago, Donald Trump and
00:26:17Republicans promised to bring down grocery
00:26:21prices on day one, they promised to
00:26:24stop endless wars in the middle east, they
00:26:28promised to bring energy prices down by 50%."
00:26:33percent, they promised to get gas prices below
00:26:37$2 a gallon, but Republicans
00:26:40have done nothing to make life more
00:26:44affordable for the American people, instead, they've
00:26:48made life more expensive. For two
00:26:52years, Americans have been
00:26:55wondering, were manga Republicans
00:26:58lying, indifferent or are
00:27:01they just... incompetent, we now have
00:27:05answer, it's all the
00:27:09above. will the fact that he received at least
00:27:121.5 million dollars from apac change his
00:27:16mind, and he's not the only one receiving
00:27:20significant donations from pro Israel groups. all
00:27:23these millions of dollars eventually exchanged
00:27:27for favors, whether they're beneficial to the voters or
00:27:31not. Trump has spent his time in office doing the opposite,
00:27:35insulting and threatening our closest allies like Canada and Denmark,
00:27:39gutting foreign aid that was saving lives and preventing diseases and
00:27:43stumbling into conflicts that the American people never asked for and don't
00:27:46want. There's a check a balance between the presidency and
00:27:50the legislative body. Now this house of representatives and this United States
00:27:54Senate right now with Republican leadership has chosen never to check the
00:27:58president any issue, on tariffs, on the doge cuts
00:28:02and so it's no surprise to me that there's this sort of automatic support for
00:28:06whatever the president says is necessary. after weeks of
00:28:09negotiations, hundre plus days of war, 14 service members
00:28:13lives lost and untold billions and taxpayer dollars spent, president
00:28:17Trump's reckless on again off again war in Iran continues to cost the
00:28:20American people. I voted for an end to this conflict to not only reassert
00:28:24Congress's constitutional authority, but because the American people deserve an
00:28:28end to endless war in the Middle East and focus on affordability.
00:28:32Then again, we saw how quickly Trump went from
00:28:36ending wars to starting new ones, so a blue
00:28:40congress doesn't necessarily mean that democratic principles
00:28:43will prevail. The new Democratic majority will be able to investigate
00:28:47the administration, challenge its spending priorities and try
00:28:51to restrict military action. But at the end the day,
00:28:55Donald Trump is still the commander and chief and retains his vedo
00:28:59power. Meanwhile, decades of byp. artisan support for
00:29:03Israel and its goals certainly won't disappear just
00:29:07because the election map in the US has turned
00:29:10blue. Okay, and
00:29:13finally, this news hour, a banking crisis in Paraguay has
00:29:17triggered street protests and a growing political storm around
00:29:21President Santiago Peña. The South American nation Central
00:29:24Bank prompted the fiscal emergency when it took control of major lender
00:29:28which had posted severe shortfall in its required capital reserves.
00:29:32Prosecutors ordered the arrest of eight uno bank exacts
00:29:36and operations were suspended with nearly 3 million customers unable
00:29:40to access their accounts. The interventions spark rallies in
00:29:43Assension demanding the government resigned with police using tear
00:29:47gas to break up the
00:29:48crots. Well that's a
00:29:52lot for now this Thursday I'll be back at the top with more the day's big
00:29:55stories up to the moment, developments, plenty of analysis as well.
00:30:15Est-ce que vous êtes préoccupé par vos parents qui vivent
00:30:18europei sa en sachant tout cela vous êtes préoccupés par vos
00:30:22mamans, vos papas, vos grands-parents, vos frères et sœurs qui vivent en
00:30:26Europe, je suis des racis en Europe là-bas, parce que je vois même mes petites
00:30:30sœurs, il subit ça, même. mon mon il y avait
00:30:34ma petite sœur elle voulait même se tuer parce que tout simplement c'est pas c'est pas c'est pas la
00:30:38faute des enfants là mais c'est de mais c'est la faute à leur mère
00:30:42parce que c'est eux qui disent que non il est de couleur noire ne parle pas
00:30:46avec avec elle non elle est sale elle pu comme
00:30:49ça on on te dit négre des tu es ici dans la rue on te dit
00:30:53négre comme si tu les avais quelque
00:30:55chose non et ma petite
00:30:59sœur