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and rough justice despite no extradition treaty between washington and kabul afghan terrorist suspects are being sent to stand trial in u.s. courts which critics say reaches international law. you're watching r t two in the morning here in moscow welcome to the program now to our top story or oil giant b.p. has sealed a multibillion dollar deal with russia's state run energy company ross snapped to drop we develop oil and gas fields in the arctic the plan will also give the russian a firm around five percent of b.p.'s ordinary shares with a british company getting ten percent of raw snuffed in return the deal is also the first major agreement b.p. has signed since the u.s. oil spill crisis last year and opens the way to what are believed to be huge oil and gas reserves in the russian arctic relations between b.p. and russia have been a fraught in the past or the firm's new chief dudley used to be the c.e.o. of the russian joint venture t.n. k b p but he had to quit and leave the country following disagreements with russian shareholders now russia's prime minister putin met with the rep

and eleven and if by two thousand and fourteen that's been proposed and i dropped it in london and kabul conference by international community and that's been concretized and had that summit in lisbon that's a real things that afghanistan should be in the hands of afghans and the security of afghanistan is the responsibility of the afghans so starting by two thousand and eleven and finishing by two thousand and fourteen the afghan national security forces will be in charge of security of afghanistan and the remaining course of our technical community need to another's will be supporting force not a fighting force how is the russian efforts to help the russian effort to what they help the war effort perceived in kabul i think russia is the great country. in the world is a great partner of afghanistan in the region and we seek the support and cooperation of russia for peace and security in afghanistan because the security in afghanistan the stability of afghanistan is not only for afghanistan it took effect disability and security of the region including russia so wonderful are a product o

kabul. russian nuclear experts will not be taking part in an invited tour of iran's nuclear facilities that's according to sources in the country's nuclear agency earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that while tehran's initiative quote disserved attention such a visit should not be considered a substitute for official inspections or six party talks iran had invited experts from the e.u. china and other members of the u.s. nuclear watchdog but not the u.s. to inspect the facilities representatives declined the invitation earlier this month western powers suspect iran wants to use its uranium enrichment activities to build a nuclear bomb while terrine insists it only wants to produce nuclear energy iran is facing criticism for trying to create a rift in the six party talks members by inviting some and clearly snubbing the others but experts believe any such attempts are doomed to failure. to do so from ever there has been a start in negotiations or talks or whatever and it neve

it would be neat to have your regional cooperation as i mentioned to to defeat terrorism extremism kabul has very good relations with washington and with tehran just like russia is your government in a position to mediate between obama's and ahmadinejad's perspective administrations and maybe are you afraid of the repeat of the iraqi scenario when a war is waged just to satisfy a american demands iran is a great country a nuclear neighbor of going to stand with whom we have a long historical dilution and we are seeking and having good dilution reviewed on united states afghanistan which are fighting terrorism and helping afghanistan a lot we see the relation between you danny the united states in the benefit of afghanistan and the benefit of the region under the same time we don't want to pay the price of the problem but you don't do it sir you told the un general assembly and i quote you to complement our efforts towards eliminating poppy production who wish to see greater action to counter smuggling of precursors into our country and to reduce demand and consumption of drugs in other c

it's mentioned in your prepared testimony, it's the one about the kabul, the kabul power plant. what's been nicknamed out there the white elephant of kabul. and to take half of the title it says that sustainability, sustainability remains a key challenge. now, i'm going to ask you about that in connection not only with the kabul power plant, but with -- which was a diesel-generating power plant -- but with the decision to do another diesel-generator power plant in kandahar city as part of the kandahar power initiative. what is the long-term sustainability power, excuse me, sustainability problem of these diesel power plants, and what kind of burdens or irritations, call them what you will, does it put on the karzai government? what's the basis on which you said, and i think you said rightly, sustainability for this kind of a plant is a big challenge? >> thank you, sir. first, i just must reiterate that the issue of sustainability we have found to occur largely throughout the overall reconstruction effort. but especially in infrastructure which would include buildings, roads -- >

is the russian asked for it to help the russian effort to what to help the war effort perceived in kabul i think russia is a great country great power in the world is a great partner of afghanistan in the region and we seek the support and cooperation of russia for peace and security in afghanistan because the security in afghanistan the stability of afghanistan is not only for afghanistan it took effect disability and security of the region including russia so wonderful our product in war foreign policy the fight against terrorism and extremism and stability of afghanistan in the region is regional cooperation because the fight against terrorism and extremism is not only individual afghanistan it is a regional issue so if you cannot find a solution in addition to a solution for it we'll be in deep trouble because that will continue until the longest time is nato presence threatening your internal security in relations to your immediate neighbors who we have. being working through day one to ensure assure our neighbors that the presence of new to a life force in afghanistan is for securi

is the russian asked for it to help the russian effort to what to help the war effort perceived in kabul i think russia is a great country great power in the world is a great partner of afghanistan in the region and we seek the support and cooperation off russia for peace and security in afghanistan because the security in afghanistan the stability of afghanistan is not only for afghanistan it will affect disability and security of the region including russia so wonderful are a product of our foreign policy to fight against terrorism and extremism and stability of afghanistan in the region is regional cooperation because the fight against terrorism and extremism is not only individual afghanistan it is a regional issue so if you cannot find a solution your vision or solution for it will be in deep trouble because that will continue until the longest time is nato presence threatening going turn all security in relations to your immediate neighbors we have. being working through the worm to sure sure our neighbors that the presence of new to a life force in afghanistan for security and sta

how is the russian efforts to help the russian effort to what they help the war effort perceived in kabul i think russia is the great country. in the world is a great partner of afghanistan in the region and we seek the support and cooperation of russia for peace and security in afghanistan because the security in afghanistan the stability of afghanistan is not only for afghanistan it took effect disability and security of the region including russia so wonderful are a product of our foreign policy the fight against terrorism and extremism and stability of afghanistan in the region is a vision of cooperation because the fight against terrorism and extremism is not only individual afghanistan it is a regional issue so if you cannot find a solution in addition a solution for it we'll be in deep trouble because that will continue until the longest time is nato presence threatening your internal security in relation to your immediate neighbors who we have. being working through the worm to sure sure our neighbors that the presence of new to a life force in afghanistan for security and stabili

bbc news, kabul. >> hundreds of afghans have demonstrated outside the iranian embassy in kabul, and in protest that iran was blocking thousands of fuel trucks. domestic fuel prices in afghanistan have soared by as much as 70%. let's bring you up-to-date on the headlines on "bbc world news." new tests on contaminated animal feed in germany have revealed levels of dioxin 70 fund -- 77 times the level allowed. and sunday's referendum on whether it the south of sudan it should declare independence. the european union has been marked by ceremonies in budapest, but overshadowed by it been new media law which is seen as an attack on the freedom of the press. we have this from jonathan markets. >> budapest's splendid parliament building. six months, and hungary will be squarely in the european spot like you yet the prime minister arrived at his press conference. the controversial new media law is seen as a full-scale assault on the freedom of the press. yet he has been fighting of criticism from home and abroad. othe authority of the hungarian media committee is not bigger than any other europ

that would just be in kabul. this is another initiative that we started not too long ago that's already bearing fruit. and that is -- and, of course, we're the embassy to afghanistan, not anywhere else. but because of the war -- the struggle that's going on right now, at last need that afghans have be able to reach out to the countries that are contributing troops and speak to them. and give an afghan perspective on the importance of that and the importance of their civilian efforts. so we're trying to help with a small team to arrange those kinds of conversations. the team is planning to help host nine media tours, two in afghanistan. this is media tours by journalists from countries that have troops there. and the emphasis of these tours to take people around to some of the civilian projects that the afghan government is doing or sometimes with our help, sometimes with someone else's help but try to show these journalists that there's more than blood and guts to what's going on in afghanistan. and as you saw yo

"bbc news," kabul. >> hundreds of afghans have demonstrated outside the iranian embassy in kabul in protest of the blocking by iran of thousands of fuel trucks. since the ban started two weeks ago, domestic fuel prices have soared by as much as 70%. the government have abducted two french nationals. they were driven away in a car. they are working to secure the release of five french hostages from september. prosecutors in germany are investigating a maker of animal feed following the contamination of eggs with a chemical to cause cancers. 5,000 german farms have been banned from selling their products. health officials say there is little threat to pickup health. here is our report. >> as the food crisis spreads, consumers get worried. at this market in berlin, the signs say there is nothing to worry about. the eggs are not contaminated with dioxin. but they say they are feeling the effects. this trader says he is probably only making a third of his usual profits. he feels sorry for farmers who have to slaughter their chickens, but it has to be done. this shopper says we don't buy any eggs

the prosecutor's office in kabul has launched an investigation to answer that question. did tell you an ngo in a show goodwill accepted to meet with us. interests headquarters are in rome they have not been back to come. the water is leaking in it's we couldn't waterproof it because we didn't have the equipment so we did what we could. to toss a broken but that happens but i still can't understand it here. still the fact that it's still running amazes me i was sure that it was closed. he is the head of interest he did not oversee the hospital building site himself his n.g.o.s specializes in mine clearance. didn't get it in two thousand and two afghanistan was a rough place and no companies were capable of rebuilding the hospital so we accepted the job when i saw the report describing the final results oh i could say it was great you did a good job the report was written by specialists. from the afghan government no no no from you know international technicians. and that's what i'm saying so if you see this just something that's not right. this is the field engineer who w

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gordon what we need to have a regional cooperation as i mentioned to to defeat terrorism extremism kabul has very good relations with washington and with tehran just like russia is your government in the position to mediate between obama's in perspective administrations and maybe are you afraid of the repeat of the iraqi scenario when a war is waged just to satisfy a american demands iran is a great country a nuclear neighbor of kurdistan with whom we have a long historical relation and we are seeking and having good the relation reviewed on united states software like afghanistan which are fighting terrorism and helping afghanistan a lot we see it but the relation between need only united in the benefit of afghanistan and the benefit of the region but in the same time we don't want to pay the price of the problem but you don't do it sir you told the un general assembly and i quote you to complement our efforts towards eliminating poppy production who wish to see greater action to counter smuggling of precursors into our country and to reduce demand and consumption of drugs in other coun

kabul. i'll just remind you as well as what you see on screen there are lots of other stories on our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's an. eleven year old coalition government has collapsed this week after has been a ministers protest for their unhappy about you can find out online and also. russia is considering abolishing daylight saving time to save more daylight details on those two stories and plenty of other stories for you to r.t. dot com. it may be a warming in russian american relations of the moment but a chill blew through a white house briefing following a question by a russian journalist suggesting the arizona shootings could have been due to the freedoms enjoyed by americans when they see it of a reporter for russia's official news agency past asked if the arizona shooting rampage was in their byproduct of americans having too much freedom jared lee loughner was arrested after six people were killed in the shooting ramp. during a political rally at the tucson grocer

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kabul. international stories this hour now under brazil. worrying the victims of severe flooding that is that more than five hundred people dead in the southeast of the country rescue workers say the death toll is likely to rise as they're still struggling to reach remote areas cut off by mudslides thousands have been left homeless in what has become the country's worst natural disaster in decades. thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside its newseum interior ministry demanding that the country's leaders step down president ben ali has already announced he will not run for reelection in twenty fourteen after quote of the century in power and a televised address on thursday he also said prices for food staples would be cut. and clashes between protesters and police over food and fuel inflation and high unemployment have left at least twenty three people dead right. scrips a fix to kill. me is under investigation in a case of alleged prostitution involving a seventeen year old girl prosecutors are looking into whether the italian prim

kabul and check out our t. dot com for more on the stories we're covering as well as blogs and videos from our contributors a quick look at what's online right now. shot by korea man in bellerose claims he was more than by a fox that he was hunting but local police say they are somewhat skeptical. and if you feel like you need to get away from the big city then you might fancy a move to the made believe town of cardboard your work everything's made off you guessed it cardboard. and over ninety percent of the world's mammoth remains are found in russia's far eastern republican giant tusks are being earth carved into exclusive pieces of are there are the shun thomas explains how the priest or beasts are contributing to society thousands of years after the last walk the earth. these artists are hard at work creating masterpieces from one of the earth's most rare and unique substances mammoth task. it has been a long tradition in you to make things out of mammoth task we know that from history in ancient times thes

kabul. moscow's demanding london either charges or freeze a woman current in detention and accused of spying for the kremlin russian national you have to live at or worked as a research of liberal democrat m.p. mike hancock before her arrest last month were released on bail without charge she has to obey strict conditions one awaiting deportation hearing in october she's had her possible taken away as if a bit and to meet with anyone except relatives lawyers and doctors and is not allowed to visit public places the russian foreign ministry expressed quote serious anxiety over restrictions saying it dooms to live it or to almost house arrest for a year more details on this story on our website at r.t. dot com slash policy. russian nuclear experts will not be taking part in an invited tour of iran's nuclear facilities that's according to sources in the country's nuclear agency well earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that while terrans initiative deserved attention such a visit

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kabul. you know i said states has made its mission to promote democracy and culture is billions of dollars flocked to the informal motions inside the fence but it's not only the support fund it is kayleen forward reports. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy in the developing world backing one side apparently isn't enough from the middle east to latin america to eastern europe the us government has made it a policy to fund the regime and the opposition and when it publicly can't it turns to a network of government funded n.g.o.s for help i think the strategies of funding the right wing but also funding the resistance movements in order to co-opt them go hand in hand and they have for quite a long time. following the cuban revolution the kennedy administration funneled money into the project camelot a controversial research project to write counterinsurgency manuals and people's revolutionary movements in latin america in order to co-opt them. the endeavor was abandoned after students in chil

kabul. it's no secret money can't buy you love but it's a lesson still to be learnt in afghanistan at least by the americans they've invested some fifty billion dollars in the country india just over a billion and the result latest polls say one in two afghans want america out while three in four one to india in the money we have a long history of friendly relations between afghanistan and india are only neighbors who does not interfere in our internal affairs on the streets of kabul you don't have to walk too far the flavor is often indian and the aroma and mistakenly spicy. in general i want i can find lots of afghans speak my language their indian c.d.'s or indian or books but on language is a very simple and india's role particularly in the medical and construction industries here hasn't gone and recognized this is one of the projects both by the indians four years ago it brings water down from a river several kilometers away so that farmers here can easily cultivate their land these you

kabul. well the united states has made its mission to promote democracy in countries billions of dollars flowing to those who for washington side of the fence but it's not only the supporters who get funded for reports. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy in the developing world backing one side apparently isn't enough from the middle east to latin america to eastern europe the u.s. government has made it a policy to fund the regime and the opposition and when it publicly can't it turns to a network of government funded n.g.o.s for help i think the strategies of funding the right wing but also funding the resistance movements in order to co-opt them go hand in hand and they have for quite a long time. following the cuban revolution the kennedy administration funneled money into the project camelot a controversial research project right counterinsurgency manuals people's revolutionary movements in latin america in order to co-opt them. the endeavor was abandoned after students in chile found

kabul. it's no secret money can't buy you love but it's a lesson still to be learnt in afghanistan at least by the americans they've invested some fifty billion dollars in the country india just over a billion and the result latest polls say one in two afghans want america out while three in four one to india in the money which are a long history of friendly relations between afghanistan and india are only neighbors who does not interfere in our internal affairs on the streets of kabul you don't have to walk too far the flavor is often indian and the aroma and mistakenly spicy. whatever i want i can find here lots of afghan speak my language there indian c.d.'s or indian books but all languages are very similar and india's role particularly in the medical and construction industries here hasn't gone and recognised this is one of the projects both by the indians four years ago it brings water down from a river several kilometers away so that farmers here can easily cultivate their land these

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reassuring god we need to harvey regional cooperation as i mentioned to to defeat terrorism extremism kabul has very good relations with washington and with tehran just like russia is your government in a position to mediate between obama and ahmadinejad's perspective administrations and maybe are you afraid of the repeat of the iraqi scenario when a war is waged just to satisfy a american demands iran is a great country nuclear neighbor of going to stand with whom we have long historical pollution and who are seeking and having good dilution reviewed on united states software like afghanistan which are fighting terrorism and helping afghanistan a lot we see the relation between you danny the united states and the benefit of afghanistan in the benefit of the region by the same time we don't want to pay the price of the problem because you don't do it sir you told the un general assembly and i quote you to complement our efforts towards eliminating poppy production who wish to see greater action to counter smuggling of precursors into our country and to reduce demand and consumption of drugs

and if an issue by two thousand and fourteen that's has been proposed and i ducked it in london and kabul conference by international community and it's been concretized and had the summit in lisbon that's a real things that afghanistan should be in the hands of afghans and the security afghanistan is the responsibility of the afghans so starting by two thousand and eleven and finishing by two thousand and fourteen davka national security forces will be in charge of security of afghanistan and the remaining force of my technical community need to or not that will be supporting force not a fighting force how is the russian efforts to help their russian effort to what they help the war effort perceived in kabul i think russia is a great country a great power in the world is a great partner of afghanistan in the region and we seek a support and cooperation of russia for peace and security in afghanistan because the security in afghanistan the stability of afghanistan is not only for afghanistan it took effect disability and security of the region including russia so wonderful our product inv

kabul. moscow's demanding london either charges or freeze a woman currently in detention and accused of spying for the kremlin russian national you. worked as a research for the real democrat m.p. mike before her arrest last month although released on bail without charge she has to obey strict conditions while awaiting deportation hearing in october she's had her passport taken away is forbidden to meet with anyone except relatives lawyers and doctors and is not allowed to visit public places the russian foreign ministry expressed quote serious anxiety over restrictions saying it dooms that if you have to to almost house arrest for a year more details that our web site at our t.v. dot com slash politics. russian nuclear experts will not be taking part in an invited tour of iran's nuclear facilities that's according to sources in the country's nuclear agency earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that while to iran's initiative deserved attention such visit should not be consider

kabul. ok we're going to check on some other international stories this hour and brazil has begun the firing of the victims of severe flooding that has left more than five hundred people dead in the south east of the country rescue workers say the death toll is likely to rise as they're still struggling to reach remote areas caught all by mouth slides thousands have been left homeless and what has become the country that was a disaster in decades. of demonstrators have gathered outside the to newseum interior ministry to marketing to the country's leader step down president ben ali has already announced he will not run for reelection in two thousand and fourteen after a quarter of the said tree in power in a televised address on thursday he also said prices for food staples would be cut clashes between protests. and police over food and fuel inflation and high unemployment have left at least twenty three people dead rights groups say sixty have been killed. silvio berlusconi is under investi

it's mentioned in your prepared testimony, it's the one about the kabul, the kabul power plant. what's been nicknamed out there the white elephant of kabul. and to take half of the title it says that sustainability, sustainabity remains a key challenge. now, i'm going to ask y about that in connection not only with the kabul power plant, but with -- which was a diesel-generating power plant -- but with the decision to do another diesel-generator power plant in kandahar city as part of the kandahar power initiative. what is the long-term sustainability power, excuse me, sustainability problem of these diesel power plants, and what kind of burdens or irritations, call them what you will, does it put on the karzai government? what's the basis on which you said, and i think you said rightly, sustainability for this kind of a plant is a big challenge? >> thank you, sir. first, i just must reiterate that the issue of sustainability we have found to occur largely throughout the overall reconstruction effort. but especially in infrastructure which would include buildings, roads -- >> ex

it will just be in kabul. this is another initiative we started not too long ago that's already bearing fruit, and that is of course we are the embassy to afghanistan, not anywhere else, but because of the war, the struggle that is going on right now, there is a need that afghans have to be able to reach out to the countries contributing troops and speak to them and given the afghan perspective on the importance of that and the importance of their civilian efforts. so we are trying to help with a small team to arrange those kinds of conversations. the team is planning to help host miami media tours to afghanistan. this is media tour journalists that have troops there, and the emphasis of the tour is to take people around to some of the civilian projects that the afghan government is doing or sometimes with our help, sometimes someone else, but to show the journalists that there is more than blood and guts to what is going on in afghanistan. and as you saw on the cliff i should earlier we are also organizing fo

this is a rare glimpse and site inside the taliban, not far from kabul. here, their view note of extreme islam and of the koran is clear. -- their view of extreme islam and of the koran is clear. the constitution is made of corrupt men from the west. the court hears cases. many of them go on all day long. this man says that bribery and corruption are everywhere in the government court. if you do not have money, then nothing is done. so we come here to the taliban to give immediate justice. convincing afghans otherwise will be crucial to winning the war. et >> they have been terrorized in their choices. they compete head-on in this area. for the woman, where she stood is now her grave. every stone that fell here is a blow to a government. the lovers lie dead, the task complete, the killers to part. bbc news, kabul -- the killer's depart -- killers depart. >> criticism to the massive cuts to bbc world radio. one in every four post will go. so, too, was some language services, three of them in the balkans. they say it will undermine their influence of the bb

eight people have been killed in a suicide attack in kabul. an explosion demonstrated a supermarket mainly used by foreigners. the taliban said they carried out the attack. [crying] >> the taliban knew they would find foreigners here. the supermarket is right in the heart of kabul's embassy district. afghans died here, too, including a child. it is believe this is the work of a suicide bomber. armed guards tried to stop him from getting inside. >> we heard shots first. then we started running. there was a big explosion and windows were blown out. people stumbled outside covered in blood. >> there has been a stream of intelligence about a possible suicide attack. officials say there have been many arrests of attempted suicide bombers. it was always feared eventually one would get through. some members of the security forces have been killed in small attacks recently. this is the most serious attack involving foreigners in a year. >> we get regular intelligence. they tried to attack parliament a few days ago. we had had the security here. >> con

çat least eight people had been killed in a suicide attack in the afghan capital kabul. an explosion devastated a supermarket mainly used by foreigners. the taliban claimed they carried out the attack. ç[screaming] >> the taliban knew they would find foreigners here. the supermarket is right in the heart of kabul. afghans died here, too, including a child. it is believed this was the work of a suicide bomber. armed guards apparently tried to stop him from getting inside. >> we heard shots first. then we started running. it wasç a big explosion. the windows were blowing out. people stumbled outside covered in blood. >> there has been a stream of intelligence this month about a possible suicide attack. officials have made many arrests of attempted suicide bombers. it was always geared eventually one would get through. some members of the security forces have been killed in small attacks recently. this is the most serious attack involving foreigners in a year. >> we get regular intelligence of the thames to do this says this police chief. -- we get regular intelligence