and i always want pakistan to be part of pakistan for pakistan's state. and pakistan has to understand and realize that no other nation can stretch you and make this bigger than your neighbor. and so pakistan needs to get over this and be happy with security, as long as there is no attack and that security has been achieved. now they are trading with everyone in the neighborhood and addressing this economic dysfunction and making sure that it doesn't continue to rise at a pace that is much faster than the economic group and none of those things can be addressed. between the military and pakistan as well. >> host: i think that's absolutely true. if we look at the nations over the past two years, and we had definitely been able to see a decline in the relationship and very big tensions over the situation. and what is interesting, i find that you have interesting information about a meeting that took place in 1998. and this is where the clinton administration was claiming to do attacks on al qaeda in retaliation for the bombing of two of you smes and africa.

because the united states has been a critical actor in pakistan since the birth of pakistan in 1947 after the partition between india and pakistan. so all of those elements make up good three-fourths of the book, and -- but there is one part, the assassination, the day of the assassination where we go, you know, hour by hour about what's going on with benazir bhutto, with her convoy, arriving to the political rally after which she was assassinated. all of that is based in the report, but it's a very small part compared to what the book is all about. >> host: right, right, right. no, i found that part particularly interesting, you know, getting every minute of what was happening. i did find it interesting, also, how you started the book. and i actually have to say i laughed out loud. having been there, in pakistan, during this entire time you start the book with it's january 2009. you're on vacation with your wife in chile, and you describe getting an urgent, quote quote-unquote, call from the u.n. secretary-general's office about heading up this commission. and what made me laugh is the w

and the politics of pakistan. rnte the u.n. assistant secretary-general reports on the international inquiry he lit into the assassination of the formerta pakistani prime minist. the program is about one hour. >> host: welcome, ambassador.i it's a pleasure to be here with you to be talking about your new book. w i wanted to start with the obvious question which is what made you decide to write the book thank you hundred and -- ie assassination of benazir bhutto, and immediately after i delivered the report to the secretary general, there was a change in government in my country, in chile. i was the ambassador of chile to the united nations. i'm a political appointee, and a new government came in of the opposition, so i had free time, first. and second, there were a lot of publishing houses interested in this story behind the scenes, beyond the report. and i took some notes, and i decided that i could write something a bit more exciting than a dry report and tell the people of the united states, pakistan ask the world -- and the

the problem has been that pakistan leadership always focused on one thing which was how to make pakistan militarily equally to indian. the americans assumed if we just give them enough military equipment they'll turn away from that purpose. that was a mistake because pakistan never gave a single soldier to fight the soviets even though they kept accepting the aid on the premises that pakistan would fight the soviet union. >> jon: we've him in some ways the same delusion. we have given this money and strength in hopes of having an ally that would never turn around and bite us and pakistan has used the islamist militants in the same fashion giving them the arms in the hopes that they would never turn around and bite them aren't we suffering from the same -- >> absolutelien plural delusions. there are delusions on both sides. the pakistani military has to fight the militants they trained and armed. they have the discontinuation between good and bad taliban. >> jon: is this the reason why education is so difficult to come by in snaz is it -- because it's a sew fist dated country with very so

he was also sort of your entree into pakistan when you first went there. can you talk a bit about him and your interactions with him and how they changed? >> guest: he was the ministry of interior and served with the government and had been a security adviser to benazir bhutto. many said that he was a person in charge of her security and he said to us know, wasn't. i was a national security adviser but most people that we interviewed said no, he was in charge of the security. >> host: and the was my understanding when i was there. >> guest: exactly. we all understood that and that was the case in our judgment. he was our contact person and he was a surprising figure and very warm to us when we arrived but very surprising because the first meeting that we have in pakistan when we went presented us with a document, 70 page document that was supposed to be our report. he said this is what we gather on the investigations we've done this is your report. >> host: that was nice of him. >> guest: he said you can change it if you want. so basically he was saying do

that never happened in pakistan. yushchenko sea knight is being elected as prime minister when the new government in bangladesh are focused on duty open investigations. if i can kill off one wounds so can buy these. i used tissue causing a unit that you don't evolution and said that gravity does off the genocide had no police involvement is hundreds of bonded the sikh activists. he cleaned the campaign against this handmade goods. ditto for the association of london is a dead baby would be of pakistani television tenants in the base. activists and go to fifteenth i don't mean i guess me and said that the kids and is in the ocean was admitted students hyundai the opening month and that's okay. add enough that we see the reason that the macedonians. one of the nineteen seventy one ball victim shot when the investment company ltd is to bind to the action will lead the institution of dealing with now she's that pakistan had always being against the lions. we have good eye and a huge dump the sentence yet they are then he

but love the comic is keen on attack as such some in pakistan are expressing growing concern. gracie is the cultivation of the country saying the series threat to pakistan's conservative islamic values the kids on the aca says the problem is it's cheaper to buy a techie series and to produce one. all morning tuckey says have high production budgets. our industry come to for that kind of calls from his second game when opting for these countries getting through difficult times seasons in the politically and economically. it's tough to keep up with the competition they are the only tv series haven't had success rate keep up with that rule that says welcome. this pakistani actress is one of those he laments that the prt of techies tv dramas friday. it may be dolls dressed like that he and everyone with attending to them that people have accepted the techies traumas which is drawn by if the young generation is a great way of reputed to be under the rules of pakistani culture they went to tell them that day. this in mind pointing to the dramas of rome and they shouldn't be spending

so much happening in both countries, pakistan and india. we love working there equally. and we'll continue working out there. >> yeah. i mean, asia, asia is, you know, particularly a nation like india, it's recreating itself every day. they have thousands of years of history that go way before -- [inaudible] but, you know, a tremendous feeling of energy there. i mean, in terms of, you know -- [inaudible] stunning, stunning new film makers, writers, cartoonists and artists, and you really get that feeling of drive. there is no complacency, you know? sometimes i go back to london, and, you know, or france where we were working for a while, and the complacency is just staggering. you know, people assume stuff will come to them. and in india, they're making opportunities in every sense. and, you know, i think that it's a tremendous privilege to go and report, travel freely and make films in that culture, in pakistan, too, and across south asia. it's been 20 years of repeated sort of present-giving to us. i'm glad we've had the opportunity to do it. hope we continue to anyhow

but the outcry against drone warfare being heard across the world are to travel to a region in pakistan where the unmount strikes have become a deadly every day reality. harlan's happy about exit leaves people there wondering whether the end justifies the means. i couldn't do anything at all if you think i was this dish. i have no way i wish speaks to some of those trying to keep a roof over their heads as banks push to repossess homes from struggling families. it's five pm here in moscow you're watching r t international with me and you said no way good to have you with us straight to our top story the u.n. is sending over five thousand more troops to south sudan almost doubling the number of peacekeepers there for the past ten days the country has been engulfed in deadly violence which the u.n. says has already claimed thousands of lives are reports the u.n. says that investigators discovered mass graves in the rebel held city of then two with fourteen bodies at one site twenty bodies at a nearby site but the possibility of there being either even a third site now tens of thousands of

of pakistan. drones have been praised by the obama administration as a surgical weapon allowing them to take out terrorist leaders unsaved in lives of american soldiers but on to drone campaign at no mere believes the official seal of the us and monster trucks his question of will to say the least we're seeing actual legislative bands coming out of countries where drone strikes actually happen the yemeni parliament has asked for a ban on drone strikes the pakistani national assembly passed for about on drone strikes when we hear about the drone strike that happened in pakistan that did end up getting the second commander in chief of the taliban in pakistan and you know you see everyone saying well you know the drone program is great this happened but we also have to keep in mind that he's been proclaimed killed at least four different times by drone strikes prior to this one so who died in those drone strikes that happened before this one that finally worked i think those are the questions that we

where the outcry against drug abuse had been heard across the world also he travels to a region in pakistan where there are mom strikes had become a deadly every day reality. and audience happy by a lot exit leaves people there wondering whether the end justifies the means i just i couldn't sleep not so i could think about things i get up at school drug and then i'm going to bed again and you know i couldn't do anything or all i could think was this dish off the streets to some of those trying to keep a roof over their heads as banks push to repossess homes from struggling families. international news and college life from moscow you will see international was made . and welcome to the program christmas comes but once a yet so for those in the u.k. who close it up in front of t.v. to watch the queen's christmas speech it probably came as no surprise that it wasn't the only message on the box and alternative address was enabled by a man who believes there's no reason to stick to the balls to buy a car has a story. christmas day here in the u.k. is a sacred tradition it's all about the christ

when translated by defense that's cold comfort for the victims you see caffein of pakistan. drones have been praised by obama's administration as a surgical weapon allowing them to take out terrorist leaders and save the lives of american soldiers but empty drone campaign or nor mere believes the efficiency of the u.s. on man strike is questionable to say the least we're seeing actual legislative bands coming out of countries where drone strikes actually happen the yemeni parliament has asked for a ban on drone strikes the pakistani national assembly asked for about on drone strikes when we hear about the drone strike that happened in pakistan that did end up getting the second commander in chief of the on in pakistan and you know you see everyone saying well you know the drone program is great this happened but we also have to keep in mind that he's been proclaimed killed at least four different times by drone strikes prior to this one so who died in those drone strikes that happened before this one that finally worked i think those are the questions that we need to ask whe

reenforcement and they talk about sending peace keepers to stem the violence in south sudan and india and pakistan hold face-to-face talks. >> and i have the sport and hear what the managers have to say about the stalemate at chelsea and the football returns to egypt and we will find out why the players may find that league lonely place to be. ♪ these were the scenes in the early hours of this morning as a powerful explosion tore through a police headquarters in egypt, it's the second time the building has been attacked raising any concerns about security and not just there but elsewhere in the country and it was detonated in the city of mansouri, north of cairo and one of the worst attacks since mohamed morsi was out of power in july and there were 120 others injured and they are calling it a terrorist attack. the muslim brotherhood condemned what happened and saying it was an attack on the egypt people and interior minister and he talks while he visits the blast site. >> translator: on monday there were four activists who confessed to some of the incidents and they are trying to terrorize peop

with the outcry against drone warfare being heard across the world travels for a region in pakistan where the unmanned strikes have become a deadly every day reality. happy bailout exit leaves people there wondering whether the end justifies the me. i couldn't do anything at all i think i was this desk and i had no way i wish to speak to some of those trying to keep a roof over their heads is the bank's push to repossess homes from struggling families. it's eleven pm december the twenty fifth here in moscow i'm kevin i mean this is the international free merry christmas if you're celebrating it right now course from all of us here and indeed christmas comes but once a year so for those of you in britain evening who cozied up in front of your t.v.'s to watch the queen's christmas speech earlier it probably comes as no surprise that it isn't the only message on the box an alternative address was delivered by a man who believes there's no reason to stick to the rules of his story. christmas day here in the u.k. is a sacred tradition it's all about the christmas turkey the family gathering an

then i get at the head of pakistan i guess we should talk to pakistan and and involve pakistan in a harnessed peace process but i will certainly not talk with those people who will not change i will not waste my time and the state i will just try to deliver good governance rule. but poverty the creation trying to establish a government which is a comfortable and i think taliban will automatically be marginalized i think it's almost of time and i was so free sources to continue to pursue a process where the results are easy to read the cut into the cut into the. process of peace which of the current administration of twenty well there is a high probability of taliban resurgence after the u.s. troops withdraw in two thousand and fourteen in its past form not reformed taliban do you want afghan citizens actually want the americans to stay because this is a very controversial topic outside of afghanistan. well you know that a big council which is called loya jirga in afghanistan it's a very traditional means of decision about national issues. decided that the government of afghanistan should go a

when translated by defense that's cold comfort for the victims you see catherine of pakistan. anti drone campaign or new america believes. us on manned strikes is questionable to say the least we're seeing actual legislative bands coming out of countries where drone strikes actually happen the yemeni parliament has asked for a ban on drone strikes the pakistani national assembly passed for about on drone strikes when we hear about the drone strike that happened in pakistan that did end up getting the second commander in chief of the taliban and pakistan and you know you see everyone saying well you know the drone program is great this happened but we also have to keep in mind that he's been proclaimed killed at least four different times by drone strikes prior to this one so who died in those drone strikes that happened before this one that finally word i didn't those are the questions that we need to ask when we think retrospectively about the many times the drones have supposedly killed people. the crisis may be just about over an island but for irish homeowners it's still t

that never happened in pakistan. the shape of the night is be elected as prime minister wheel government involvement is focused on duty open investigations. if i can kill off one wounds so can buy these. i'm stitching cooking on the neck down. you don't evolution and said that gravity does often genocide had no police involvement is hundreds of bonded the sikh activists. he cleaned the campaign against this handmade goods. ditto for the association of london is a dead baby would be of pakistani television tenants in debates. activists and go to the fifteenth i don't mean i guess me and said that the kids and invention was admitted students. hyundai the opening month. and that's okay. nothing new to this mess in the name. one of the nineteen seventy one ball victim shot when the investment company limited is to abide to the action will lead the institution of dealing with now she's that pakistan had always being against the month. we have good eye and a huge dump the sentence yet. if they are. then he mean by levy it'

we -- pakistan and india. we love working there equally and just want to continue working out there. >> yeah. i mean, asia is, you know, particularly like india, it's recreating itself every day. they have thousands of years of history that go way before stories like "partition." but there's a tremendous feeling of energy there this terms of new -- [inaudible] tear ruing some stunning, stunning -- they're producing some stunning new writers, stunning film makers, cartoonists and artists and you really get that feeling of drive. there's no complacency. sometimes i go back to london or france where we were working for a while, and the complacency is just staggering. people assume stuff will come to them, and in india they're making opportunities in everything. and i think it's a tremendous privilege to be able to report, travel freely and make films in that culture in pakistan and across south asia. it's been 20 years of repeated sort of present-giving to us. so i'm really glad we've had the opportunity to do it

the demand by the taliban in pakistan as by the party have been that the united states stop the drone attacks. and they are demanding the government to savor relations with the united states until the drones come to an end and it's an issue that the pakistan government hardly has any control and the united states has a stated policy of pursuing al-qaeda and the operatives wherever they are. so as long as the cia and the pentagon would have reports about the presence of al-qaeda operators and leaders i think they will continue. however, what is happening and what is playing out right now is on the one hand, the blockade has effected several thousand families, those who were involved in the cargo business. on the other hand the federal government which is being run by prime minister pakistan has allowed the provincial government to continue with this in the hope that this will discredit and defame the party and province. >> reporter: you talk about khan and say the blockade will continue until the drone strikes stop, does he have a much wider political support to stop the drone attacks?

an american, captured in pakistan, pleads for americans to help him. and canada, without power and an ice storm is keeping them in the dark. >> returning to the streets, calling for the government to resign in the wake of a corruption scandal. the prime minister is reshuffling his cabinet. and aljazeera has more. >> reporter: for the last week, since the corruption scandal in turkey, there has been a protest in the streets, both in ankara and istanbul, the biggest city in turkey. since the wave of protests, which was earlier this summer, and it's believed that they are putting pressure on his showed. and it's getting difficult for him to tackle with this issue. especially in the days where there are signals in the turkish economy, and in the last days, the lira is 10% against the dollar. we're going to see what's going on for the last week as his popularity, ahead of two upcoming elections in 2014. he's a highly charismatic figure in turkey. and also, there's a movement with a cleric in the u.s., and now there's a feud in sudan between him and argon as

afghanistan and pakistan. he has filled a number of senior positions at the state department and white house. we also have michael dumont. he is the deputy assistant secretary for the secretary of defense. prior to joining the office of the secretary of defense, he served as the federal prosecutor in the criminal division of the u.s. department of justice and managed the justice department programs in iraq. larry sampler, he currently serves as the assistant to the administrator. he has previously worked at the u.s. department of state. welcome. without objection, your statements will be made part of the record. we're going to ask you each to summarize in five minutes your statements. members here are going to have five days to submit statements and questions for the record that you might be asked to respond to. ambassador dobbins, we will begin with you. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me concentrate on what i think is the most topical and immediately important aspect of our situation in afghanistan which is t

to pakistan in four years which shows how much the u.s. wants to build a relationship with pakistan and ease tensions which have been occurring over these drone attacks you know recently nationwide protests have been occurring in pakistan where nato supply routes into and out of afghanistan have been blocked because of these drone strikes you know however america insists that these drone strikes are essential include bashing terrorists despite pakistani protests. to national security and i tacked on their sovereignty as well recently a family product on travel to washington and spoke to congress and told them about this story and the impact it has on the drone strikes have had on their lives and despite being sympathetic congress and. assuring them that they will try to improve this. situation. continued in pakistan and you know many politicians analysts and went and journalists wondering what will be the outcome of today's talks between chuck hagel and top officials in pakistan and i don't think will be result because so far letting have.

when translated by defense that's cold comfort for the victims lucy caffein of pakistan. and a drone campaigner nor mir believes the efficiency of the u.s. unmanned strikes is questionable to say the least. we're seeing actual legislative bands coming out of countries where drone strikes actually happen the yemeni parliament has asked for a ban on drone strikes the pakistani national assembly passed asked for about on drone strikes when we hear about the drone strike that happened in pakistan that did end up getting the second commander in chief. in pakistan and you know you see everyone saying well you know the drone program is great this happened but we also have to keep in mind that he's been proclaimed killed at least four different times by drone strikes prior to this one so who died in those drone strikes that happened before this one that finally worked i think those are the questions that we need to ask when we think retrospectively about the many times the drones have supposedly killed people. coming up a belated christmas present for the arctic thirty as well as

that never happened in pakistan. yushchenko sea knight is be elected as prime minister wheel government in bangladesh. it's time to deal with investigations. if i can kill off one lbs so can buy these. i'm stitching cooking on the net that you don't and even solution and said that gravity does often genocide had no police involvement is. hundreds of on the dc activist. he cleaned the campaign against this handmade goods. ditto for the association of london is a dead baby would be of pakistani television channels in debates. activists and go to fifteenth i don't mean i guess me and said that the kids and is in the ocean was admitted students hyundai the opening month and that's okay. sydney sydney's best known as the name. one of the nineteen seventy one ball victim shot with the dazzling technique it's got to the action really the institution of dealing with now she's that pakistan had always being against the month. we have good eye and a huge dump the sentence yet they are then he mean by levy is doubting that bega

well in the tribal zones of yemen and pakistan people will be hoping the new year brings some respite after nearly a decade of u.s. drone strikes despite repeated claims from the white house that these anti terrorist attacks are pinpoint the aerial civilian death toll seems to suggest otherwise in the latest incident up to seventeen people were killed in a rural wedding ceremony in yemen as he's lucic often of reports on the human price of america's war. the locals call it death in the skies in pakistan's northwest tribal region an american drone as seen from the ground it's become the weapon of choice in the u.s. war on terror and this is the damage it can wreak under president obama more than three hundred such strikes on pakistani soil against alleged al qaeda and taliban suspects. but ordinary civilians also pay a price says this man is one of them i mean a lot was on his way to work at a mine near his village when a drone struck the area he lost his leg in the attack three other miners who were with them lost their lives we live in constant fear of another strike of theirs we are

to pakistan in four years which shows how much the u.s. wants to build a relationship with pakistan and ease tensions which have been occurring over these drone attacks you know recently nationwide protests have been occurring in pakistan america insists that these drone strikes are essential include terrorists despite pakistani protests saying it's not a threat to national security and i tacked on their sovereignty as well recently a family from pakistan travels to washington and spoke to congress and told them about their story and the impact it all strikes have had on their lives there have been recently confided of our sharif and president obama in washington and the drone strikes have still continued many politicians and analysts and one and journalists wondering what will be the outcome of today's talks and whether that is actually any point in chuck hagel visit and i don't think will be result because so far nothing have. under another world news this hour in indonesia passenger train collided with a truck carrying gasoline at a rai

dry report and tell the people of the united states, pakistan ask the world -- and the world what had transpired during the investigation which was as important as what we actually wrote in the report. that's what led me to do that. and then there was also a personal commitment to the story of benazir bhutto, because she had, in a sense, put her life at risk. and she knew that there were threats against her life. and nevertheless, there were high values for her, the recovery of democracy in pakistan, the idea of making the radicalization in pakistan a thing of the past controlling the armed forces and the part of the civilian government. all of that was very close to my own experience because i was a dissident against a dictatorship this

nine years ago, i came to pakistan to help my government. and i did so at a time when most americans would not come here. and now i need my government it seems that i have been totally abandoned. the state department says it is working to authenticate the video and call on his captors to return him to his family. joining me now to discuss this is david road, he is a columnist for routers, he was held captive after being kidnapped by members of the taliban. thank you for coming in, when you look at that video, what do you feel? >> i feel for him and his family. there are two others as well, she is also become head in the tribal areas of pakistan with her husband who is a canadian, and there's an american soldier who are all in pakistan tribal's areas. the important thing here though, is the messages to president obama, the problem is first the people who have done this, this is a 70-year-old civilian, who they have kidnapped it is a could be wardley acts. and this is part of a broader strategy by al quaida, which was encouraged to kid nap ame

travels to the region of pakistan where the unmanned strikes have become a deadly every day reality. and. islands happy bailout exit leaves people there wondering whether the end justifies the means. i couldn't do anything at all i think that was the sticks and i had no way i wish to speak to some of those trying to keep a roof over their heads and banks push to repossess homes from struggling families . hello it's nine pm december the twenty fifth here in moscow i'm kevin. merry christmas if you're celebrating it right now from all of us here of course first though the u.n. is sending over five thousand more troops to south sudan almost doubling the number of peacekeepers there for the past ten days the country putting goldstein deadly violence which the u.n. says has already claimed thousands of lives one important as the latest. the un says that investigators discovered mass graves in the rebel held city of two with fourteen bodies at one site twenty bodies at a nearby site but the possibility of there being either even a third site now tens of thousands of people have fled the co

he was grabbed from his home in pakistan in august of 2011. he had been working for an american company that advises pakistani businesses and government operations. ed henry is live from washington. what else does winestein. >> he feels abandoned, we don't know whether that was scripted by al qaeda, whether that's really how he feels. but specifically says he wants to see his family, but al qaeda will only allow that if in fact al qaeda detainees are allowed to visit their families, if they're al qaeda detainees or gitmo or elsewhere, they want the u.s. to allow those detainees to see their families as well. that's clearly not going to happen. you mentioned the state department trying to authenticate this video. the fbi is doing that as well, and the fbi told us, quote, we remain concerned for the safety and well-being of mr. winestein and remain in contact with warren wynn stein's family while we tone to monitor the situation. mr. winestein added he wants president obama, secretary of state john kerry, other top officials, to negotiate with a

to pakistan in four years which shows how much the u.s. wants to build a relationship with pakistan and ease tensions which have been occurring over these drone attacks. recently nationwide protests have been occurring in pakistan america insists that these drone strikes are essential in combating terrorists despite pakistani protests saying it's not a threat to national security and i tacked on their sovereignty as well recently a family from pakistan traveled to washington and spoke to congress and told them about their story and the impact it all strikes have had on their lives there have been recently confided of our sharif and president obama in washington and the drone strikes have still continued many politicians and analysts and wonder and journalists wondering what will be the outcome of today's talks and whether that is actually any point in chuck hagel visit and i don't think will be result because so far nothing have. a violent dispute between the workers and owners of a scottish oil plant has drawn and the government has launc

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pakistan. drones have been praised by the obama administration as a surgical weapon allowing them to take out terrorist leaders and save the lives of american soldiers but on the drone campaign a new. leaves the efficiency of the u.s. among the strikes is questionable to say the least we're seeing actual legislative bands coming out of countries where drone strikes actually happen the yemeni parliament has asked for a ban on drone strikes the pakistani national assembly passed for about on drone strikes when we hear about the drone strike that happened in pakistan that did end up getting the second commander in chief of the taliban in pakistan and you know you see everyone saying well you know the drone program is great this happened but we also have to keep in mind that he's been proclaimed killed at least four different times by drone strikes prior to this one so who died in those drone strikes that happened before this one that finally worked i think those are the questions that we need to a

then i get at the head of pakistan i guess we should talk to pakistan and and involve pakistan in a harness peace process but i will certainly not talk with those people who will not change i will not waste my time and the state i will just try to deliver good governance rule. poverty to the cation trying to establish a government which is a comfortable and i think taliban will automatically be marginalized i think it's almost of time and i was so free sources to continue to pursue a process where the results are busy to read the cut into the cut into the. process of peace which is the current administration of twenty well there is a high probability of taliban resurgence after the us troops withdraw in two thousand and fourteen in its past form not reformed taliban do you want afghan citizens actually want the americans to stay because this is a very controversial topic outside of afghanistan. well you know that a big council which is called loya jirga in afghanistan it's a very traditional means of the city and about national issues. decided that the government of afghanistan should go ah

are pakistan went to drone campaign or normie or believes the efficiency of the u.s. on man strike is questionable to say the least we're seeing actual legislative bands coming out of countries where drone strikes actually happen the yemeni parliament has asked for a ban on drone strikes the pakistani national assembly passed for about on drone strikes when we hear about the drone strike that happened in pakistan that did end up getting the second commander in chief. talabani and pakistan then you know you see everyone saying well you know the drone program is great this happened but we also have to keep in mind that he's been proclaimed killed at least four different times by drone strikes prior to this one so who died in those drone strikes that happened before this one that finally worked i didn't those are the questions that we need to ask when we think retrospectively about the many times the drones have supposedly killed people. about how do we report on our crisis of fear sweeping arland and suspiciously well coordinated rebel attacks on chemical weapons sites

in pakistan's capital hundreds have protested against american drone strikes the rally was staged by the terry care in the south party led by the former cricket star in rome can demonstrators chanted anti us slogans and demanding an immediate end to all drone attacks in the country strikes a deeply unpopular in pakistan but american officials say they are crucial in the fight against terrorism update on the extreme weather battering europe the wind there with the u.k. of in-born the worst of it thousands of people had to move to safety of the last twenty four hours as the worst tidal surge in sixty years swept the east and british coast across the continent meantime the disasters of them killed at least seven people many homes have been left of the tricity in sweden and norway in

>> in pakistan they don't have sharia either. we have 55 so-called muslim companies who live under nonislamic law and many are more brutal than in the west. if i was in pakistan i would be calling for sharia. we have had campaigns to call people in pakistan to implement sharia. we believe the world belongs to god and wherever we are we propagate islam. i think surely if you believe something is good for man kind it is normal to invite people to be a part of it. >> you wouldn't go to pakistan because troublemakers like you are thrown in prison. and you couldn't get the welfare benefits you get. why are you on well tear? will you >>> i'm a qualified lawyer, i teach sharia law. there are lots of trashy newspapers but i don't think this is a main message. is that what we're calling for. rather than liberal democracy and capitolism which failed people we can have sharia, devine law. we're inviting people to think about it and for all intents and purposes it's fastest growing in the western hemisphere for your information instead of th

drones, they don't just operate in the dark over pakistan.  news stories in istanbul. journalists, more than 50 of them take a beating in key every. it's a phone, it's not a lifestyle. >> the streets of bangkok have been teeming with protestors. the media are a big part of the story. the demonstrators are demanding the removal of of the sister of a one time cable t.v. magnate who was prime minister until he was deposed in a coupe in 2006. he used his media holdings to beam message to say thailand and call people on to the streets. this time it has been spearheaded by the pdrc. they say he is pulling the strings from dubai. pdrc protestors aren't just going off the his government, they have been demanding t.v. stations broadcast their political statements in their in tighter. thailand is not the only country that has a fractionalized media space. the movement is called another twist in the thai political story. our starting point is bangkok. >> the news divide in tie you land lies between what is reported on the countries six analog t.v. chan else, five owned by the gov

contractor being held in pakistan. this video just released this week of warren winestein where he asked the president to negotiate with the captors. they are working to authenticate this video. he has been held for two years in pakistan being held by operatives and now the operatives are saying they would release them if they stop air strikes in pakistan and yemen and release taliban suspects. he has been held captive for two years. the state department going on to say that they call for his release and he be returned to his family. they did not indicate that they are willing to meet demands. >> richard, thank you. another developing story at this hour are apologizing. u.p.s. and fedex say poor weather earlier this week caused a backlog of packages. most say they are overloading the systems and that is partly to blame. many customers are waiting on deliveries promised in time for christmas. they brought in extra workers to sort out the packages. amazon.com said they will refund shipping fees. they released a statement

he grew up in past 10 -- in pakistan. he considers the attacks on churches not just here, but in a rack, egypt, and serious, too. isolateds not an attack. this is why i say this is systemic. we are facing a false ideology that is going to ruin this nation and many others. still churches here are trying to pull together in the face of the extremist threat. but this year in pakistan, the services are taking place behind barricades and barb wire. fears for the future loom large. >> stay with us. still to come -- not here family is this christmas. the arrival of the baby gives everyone a chance to contemplate the future with renewed happiness and hope. prince georgef gives the nation new hope for the future. >> lots of people matter here. the population is young and growing rapidly. >> once one of europe's growing cities. >> stockholm is my city. >> rangoon is my city. >> hello there. you are watching bbc world news. the turkish prime minister carried out a major reshuffle of his government after three of his ministers steppe

right after being in pakistan. she wanted to have the chance to say that brennan is the mastermind of this program that is so inhumane. it is killing many innocent people and causing the u.s. to be seen as the enemy for millions of pakistanis. the second woman who got up and spoke was from indianapolis. she had also just got back. she was holding a list of names of children who had been killed with the drone strikes. we feel that we are the voice of conscience of the united states. we wanted to tell the people of pakistan that we do not agree with the drone program where our government plays the judge, jury, and executor. we are not even acknowledging what are doing that. the women that you saw and the others that went with us to pakistan, i think they should be getting a medal for having spoken out against such an inhumane government program. >> what do you say -- and you know by now that people watching they say to you, they harbored osama bin laden. he was responsible for killing 3000 americans plus. this is the

limits india is about to surpass china now as the most populous nation on earth pakistan is one of the fastest growing and it's a country that's just frankly out of control it's it's a dangerous country there was a lot of mayhem when i was there some of the people i needed to interview i didn't get to because they were floating tortured in the karate lagoon and this is a daily occurrence there and when you've got a whole population. filled with unemployed young men because there's just not enough jobs to go around things get to stabilize and we're talking about a nuclear power we're talking about a country that this by twenty thirty is going to more people in the today's united states it's the size of texas. so what is the carrying capacity in your opinion of the earth. in terms of it seems to be less then what we are right now again as a journalist i don't know pine in these things i try to talk to the experts and one way of looking at it is let's look at some of the reasons why our population increase there's really two medical improvements in food technology we just talked about par

india is about to surpass china now is the most populous nation on earth pakistan is one of the fastest growing and it's a country that's just frankly out of control it's it's a dangerous country it was a lot of mayhem when i was there some of the people i need to interview i didn't get to because they were floating tortured in the kharaj he would boom this is a daily occurrence there and when you've got a whole population. filled with unemployed young men because there's just not enough jobs to go around things get the stabilised and we're talking about a nuclear power we're talking about a country that this by twenty thirty is going to more people and today's united states it's the size of texas. so what is the carrying capacity in your opinion of the earth. in terms of it seems to be less then what we are right now again as a journalist i don't know pine in these things i try to talk to the experts and one way of looking at it is let's look at some of the reasons why our population increase there's really two medical improvements in food technology we just talked about part of it the

that many people think that pakistan got their nuclear weapons because of saudi money so if there is a nuclear arms race we will be right there after iran it's one of the reasons why i support the current iran deal because i think it is the best chance we have to prevent this nuclear arms race from happening but please don't pretend is saudi arabia somehow is an independent or somehow it's a client state or a very large opponent place has a producer an interest mark the fact that they're joining with israel tells you that they're doing what they need to do to survive not because they like israel but because the enemy of my enemy is my friend ok brian this has nothing to do with the nucular iran does it it has it what it's all about is a did taunt possible detente with to run in the in the outside world the stop isolating it this is the worst nightmare for saudi arabia and israel since it's already been mentioned it's not about a nuclear weapon this is a fiction. it's all about new. markets that the specter ahead it's not the specter of a nuclear armed iran it's the specter of a peace

that many people think that pakistan got their nuclear weapons because of saudi money so if there is a nuclear arms race we will be right there after iran it's one of the reasons why i support the current iran deal because i think it is the best chance we have to prevent this nuclear arms race from happening but please don't pretend that saudi arabia somehow isn't independent somehow it's united a client state or a very unpleasant place has a an interest marred the fact of their joining with israel tells you that they're doing what they need to do to survive not because they like israel but because the enemy of my enemy is my friend ok brian this has nothing to do with a nuclear iran does it it has it would it's all about is a detente possible detente with to run in the in the outside world the stop isolating it this is the worst nightmare for saudi arabia and israel since it's already been mentioned it's not about a nuclear weapon this is a fiction. it's all about new. markets that the specter ahead it's not the specter of a nuclear armed iran it's the specter of a peaceful accommod