libya more typical of nato what nato did the u.s. sort of britain and france did was get permission from the u.n. security council to protect civilians with a no fly zone mission which they almost immediately abandoned in favor of acting as an air force for the terrible rebel army and regime change against gadhafi this is what's more typical of nato pushing their way or to able to use were forces things got for that for good reason because i can learn the jeremy german mind agree with jeremy in london jump in. i have to agree on that with john on this point nato is giving for itself the role of intervention afghanistan intervention in nato intervention west however it pleases that was the whole blair i agenda surrounding nato now nine hundred ninety the warsaw pact gave itself up and collapsed nato should have done the same at that time instead we have this massive global force has it made the world safer has it made the world more secure has improved the civil liberties all over europe and north america you all know the answer to th

libya more typical of nato what nato did the u.s. sort of britain and france did was get permission from the u.n. security council to protect civilians with a no fly zone mission which they almost immediately abandoned in favor of acting as an air force for the terrible rebel army and regime change against gadhafi this is what's more typical of nato pushing their way or because these were forces things got for that for good reason because i can learn that jeremy german minded agree with jeremy in london jump in. i have to agree on that with john on this point nato has given for itself the role of intervention afghanistan intervention in nato intervention where so ever it pleases that was the whole blair i agenda surrounding nato now nine hundred ninety the warsaw pact gave itself up and collapsed nato should have done the same at that time instead we have this massive global force has it made the world safer has it made the world more secure has improved the civil liberties all over europe and north america you all know the answer to

libya more typical of nato what nato did the u.s. sort of britain and france did was get permission from the u.n. security council to protect civilians with a no fly zone mission which they almost immediately abandoned in favor of acting as an air force for the terrible rebel army and regime change against gadhafi this is what's more typical of nato pushing their way or to be able to work forces things go for that for good reason. to learn the jeremy german mind agree with jeremy in london jump in. i have to agree on that with john on this point nato is giving for itself the role of intervention afghanistan intervention in nato intervention west however it pleases that was the whole blair i agenda surrounding nato now nine hundred ninety the warsaw pact gave itself collapsed nato should have done the same at that time instead we have this massive global force has it made the world safer has it made the world more secure has improved the civil liberties all over europe and north america you all know the answer to that question we need

libya more typical of nato what nato did the u.s. sort of britain and france did was get permission from the u.n. security council to protect civilians with a no fly zone mission which they almost immediately abandoned in favor of acting as an air force for the terrible rebel army and regime change against gadhafi this is what's more typical of nato pushing their way or to able to work forces things go for that for good reason. to learn the jeremy german mind agree with jeremy in london jump in. i have to agree on that with john on this point nato has given for itself the role of intervention afghanistan intervention in nato intervention where so ever it pleases that was the whole blair i agenda surrounding nato now nine hundred ninety the warsaw pact gave itself up and collapsed nato should have done the same at that time instead we have this massive global force has it made the world safer has it made the world more secure has improved the civil liberties all over europe and north america you all know the answer to that question we

libya more typical of nato what nato did the u.s. sort of britain and france did was get permission from the u.n. security council to protect civilians with a no fly zone mission which they almost immediately abandoned in favor of acting as an air force for the terrible rebel army and regime change against gadhafi this is what's more typical of nato pushing their way or because these were forces things got for that for good reason and i can learn the jeremy german mind agree with jeremy in london jump in. i have to agree on that with john on this point nato is giving for itself the role of intervention afghanistan intervention in nato intervention west however it pleases that was the whole blair i agenda surrounding nato now nine hundred ninety the warsaw pact gave itself up and collapsed nato should have done the same at that time instead we have this massive global force has it made the world safer has it made the world more secure has improved the civil liberties all over europe and north america you all know the answer to that qu

all nato member states to spend a great deal on nato supplied arms yet at the same time the majority of nato countries there are involved in afghanistan have small numbers and always drawing it's going to be britain and the usa that's left there till the end i'm sorry during buys not through the military expenditure in europe is nine hundred or nine it went down dramatically after twenty five percent your british. got about eight percent you know this is not unlikely her expenditure. greg i'm sure we have a great story and john before we go to the regular guy did the united states accounts for about seventy five percent of nato nato is a military budget and they do united states for me and my taxpayers are the ones that are subsidizing european defense so again this is this is why european defense has been able to go down but the american empire the american national security state which is not good for us or anybody else has been going sky high for this is that this isn't about i don't know what about your nato is do know what nato budget is nato but it all together these three gent

exactly i mean turkey along with its nato allies and other people nations i should say regime supporting the rebels mainly qatar and saudi arabia in the region have been ducking and diving and weaving and trying to find some way militarily into syria and they've been and they've been failing time all the time at the time this latest call from turkey is very interesting because it's in this region obviously has to do with the refugees spilling over from syria into turkey and in the region in which they going which is a had a region where it's going the route is one of the main port cities there actually historically this was stolen from syria in one hundred thirty nine by the turks in a in a dirty game with the french against syria just a historical context of that but this spillover into turkey has create all kinds of problems for tokyo and it really if we see the way turkey has employed its diplomacy and foreign policy in the region in the last year year and a half two years we can see that nothing has come to the benefit of turkey or to turkey was developing good relations trade econom

i think it's going to be very very difficult for nato to achieve many things if this trend continues first follow the more along the afghan military will be affected the morale of nato will be affected and their cooperation will be damaged and if nato and the afghan forces cannot cooperate how could they of conduct joint operations and if they cannot trust each other how could they conduct the training and and their missions and also. if you look at the long run even the bases with these thirty. alliance with the united states and others if the bases are used jointly by both afghan and nato forces or u.s. forces are other forces what would be the nature of that cooperation how would that happen and this is a big big problem and a big cloud hanging over of this entire proposition of withdrawal and the schedule what i mean you raise a good point about the issue of trust between afghan soldiers the nato counterparts and certainly you raise the issue in a very good. on a diet of what is the role of nato when they do leave in two thousand and fourteen many are saying that when nato does l

nato says we'll continue to train afghans to take over the nation's security. most u.s. and allied troops are scheduled to heave in 2014. the taliban -- leaf in 2014. the taliban leader claims security forces are being infiltrated. nato insists insider threats are small in number. >>> dozens of women demonstrated in south africa to call attention to yesterday's deadly confrontation between striking miners and riot police. 34 miners were killed in a volley of police gunfire. dozens more were injured. the president of south africa ordered an investigation. >>> coming up what phenomenonally takes forever becomes the fastest -- normally takes forever becomes the fastest commute ever from new jersey to new york. you'll see the one minute trip through the lincoln tunnel next. >>> what has to be the fastest commute from new york city to new jersey in history, formula one legend david colhart rips through the lincoln tunnel at 191 miles an hour as part of a racing promotion campaign, making the trip in less than a minute. >>> virginia now confirms two adults in the state have th

the united nations is dominated by these sort of nato countries and the agenda is always a military one. you know so the barracks. were and as you say it's a good opportunity for iraq to get some attention on the global stage as you mentioned they're not welcome at the u.n. i remember clearly went up with energy i'd go to the u.n. he makes his speech and then american representatives and those of israel they all stage of walkout is iran's decision to host this summit do you think a deliberate attempt to provoke the powers and lined up against it over its nuclear program. clearly from the point of view of it happening in iran now isolates israel the u.s. the u.k. france in all the sort of nato allies in terms of diplomatic strategy syria being the most obvious sore in the region should. trick patrick and i think terribly single room ok this is just as rory of moscow here i'm going to carry on we're getting a bad signal but i'm going to dare my luck and ask you one more question if this signal is no good well as a catch up with you later if i can just for a moment patrick the u.n. secreta

in libya today are the armed militias there was some talk on the international criminal court that nato would have to be brought to account for what amounted to war crimes who is going to address those issues so rather than focusing on the proposed trial of the son of qaddafi that's really addressed the more serious issues the destruction on libya that was caused by the nato who is going to compensate libyans for the lives that were lost and the property that were destroyed that to me seems to be a much more serious issue than the proposed trial of one of qaddafi surviving sons all right time now for some other stories making headlines across the globe this hour a car bomb attack i fully station has left at least eight people dead and more than sixty injured in southeast turkey now one has yet claimed responsibility has been a rise in violence between turkish police and kurdish rebels who are demanding autonomy and the country's volatile south east believes the rebels are taking advantage of the conflict syria to set up bases for their. at least twenty five people have been killed and s

nato intervention last year we now have complete chaos we have absolutely no government at all we have a country that is run by militia gangsters is alarmist these are all being hoisted into power through the thought out intervention last year and now we're seeing the same scenario being played out in syria. again states and its allies are in effect sponsoring and fueling the insurgency that is bound to lead to a civil war and a total collapse of society in syria and the persecution of minorities so it's very hard to say that somehow the united states is in the business of creating stability you know the united states is a force for instability and for fueling radical forces around the world all right gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to go to a short report on the. herbal go back to you after this report. and in my act feelin this train the world's only superpower the united states of america is experiencing severe economic political and social pressures and for a growing number of observers the country. be able to police the world into its own backyard military overreach usua

of the largest ethnic group enough to understand and in western pakistan the taliban are pushed ins nato the united states are in essence at war against the pashtuns not against other ethnic groups in afghanistan what i learned was that they will never give in. that they're fighting the same war that their fathers as they put it their grandfathers fought the mujahedeen against the soviet union i was a journalist enough going to stand during the one nine hundred eighty s. with the mujahideen and in my experience there is no difference between the two they use the same type of weapons they have the same very deep religious convictions they are not afraid to die they will fight to the very end and one reason i think nato united states are having such a difficult time as the soviet union had a difficult time is because they are not afraid to die for a cause which they believe we are both seen nato the united states as the soviet union in the one nine hundred eighty s. as infidel invaders outsiders non non muslims come to impose upon them what they call a western religion that is democracy th

nato intervention last year we now have complete chaos we have absolutely no government at all we have a country that is run by militia gangsters is alarmist these are all being hoisted into power through the thought out intervention last year and now we're seeing the same scenario being played out in syria. again states and its allies are in effect sponsoring and fueling the insurgency that is bound to lead to a civil war and a total collapse of society in syria and the persecution of minorities so it's very hard to say that somehow the united states is in the business of creating stability you know the united states is a force for instability and for fueling radical forces around the world all right gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to go to a short report on that there's nothing wrong with that i mean america america you heard about go back to after this report. and then by act feel in this train the world's only superpower the united states of america is experiencing severe economic political and social pressures and for a growing number of observers the country. be able to

nato intervention last year we now have complete chaos we have absolutely no government at all we have a country that is run by militia gangsters is alarmist these are all being hoisted into power through the thought out intervention last year and now we're seeing the same scenario being played out in syria. and its allies are in effect sponsoring and fueling the insurgency that is bound to lead to a civil war and a total collapse of society in syria and the persecution of minorities so it's very hard to say that somehow the united states is in the business of creating stability you know the united states is a force for instability and for fueling radical forces around the world all right gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to go to our short report on that there's nothing wrong with that i mean america america you heard about go back to after this report. and then my act feel in this train the world's only superpower the united states of america is experiencing severe economic political and social pressures and for a growing number of observers the country. to be able to police

convictions they are not afraid to die they will fight to the very end and one reason i think that nato united states are having such a difficult time as the soviet union had a difficult time is because they are not afraid to die for a cause which they believe we are both seen nato the united states as the soviet union in the one nine hundred eighty s. as infidel invaders outsiders non non muslims come to impose upon them what they call a western religion that is democracy therefore i don't think that today in my experience will show that based upon my own experiences that nato and the united states are fighting we have no about. the surge is drawing down and there were the thirty thousand to which you alluded earlier that president obama sent in will be drawdown at the end of next the end of september they've got seventy thousand are fighting with you consider all the afghan security forces are fighting about the chord in the pentagon twenty thousand taliban and the war continues yeah absolutely and you really have a unique perspective because of the time that you spend with the mujahi

of the largest ethnic group enough to understand and in western pakistan the taliban are pushed ins nato the united states are in essence at war against the pashtuns not against other ethnic groups in afghanistan what i learned was that they will never give in. that they're fighting the same war that their fathers as they put it their grandfathers fought the mujahedeen against the soviet union i was a journalist enough going to stand during the one nine hundred eighty s. with the mujahideen and in my experience there is no difference between the two they use the same type of weapons they have the same very deep religious convictions they are not afraid to die they will fight to the very end and one reason i think that nato united states are having such a difficult time as the soviet union had a difficult time is because they are not afraid to die for a cause which they believe we are both seen nato the united states as the soviet union in the one nine hundred eighty s. as infidel invaders outsiders non non muslims come to impose upon them what they call a western religion that is democra

support nato. and ukraine's former prime minister will not walk free as the country's high court rejects her appeal against a seven year sentence for abusing power. online onscreen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow a number of tough choices facing the eurozone struggling southern states as they battle to stay afloat germany has praised italy's efforts to reform as the leaders of the two states met in berlin monti is seeking to help curb rome's soaring costs he's also praised germany for improving governance in the eurozone but more bailouts may be on the cards spain's leader is waiting for action from europe central bank before deciding whether to ask for help but one of its regions catalonia has meanwhile run out of money it's seeking five billion euros of rescue cash from madrid a journalist a writer and i spoke to him a little earlier he says the usually prosperous region is suffering the foreigners out of the country's unfair policies. the way in which the s

nato intervention last year we now have complete chaos we have absolutely no government at all we have a country that is run by militia gangsters is alarmist these are all being hoisted into power through the thought out intervention last year and now we're seeing the same scenario being played out in syria. states and its allies are in effect sponsoring and fueling the insurgency that is bound to lead to a civil war and a total collapse of society in syria and the persecution of minorities so it's very hard to say that somehow the united states is in the business of creating stability you know the united states is a force for instability and for fueling radical forces around the world all right gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to go to a short report on that there's nothing wrong with that i mean america america you heard about go back to after this report. and then by act feel in this train the world's only superpower the united states of america is experiencing severe economic political and social pressures and for a growing number of observers the country. to be able to po

from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely a statement like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you and definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. reporting right there were plenty more and all our stories that are. also there for you right now for example find out how a change in the law means that the business partner of the jailed oil tycoon and russia's richest child. could be released from jail three years. plus if they think it's all over japanese graduates will need to remove any tattoos if they hope to get a job the country's second city. utah. one . hundred. fifty years. forty acres and nineteen ninety three and decided it would be a great place to find my belle the home and retire. there she is. we call it our new neighbor neighbor. we have seventy acres here and i can convince them that they need to drill somewhere besides two hundred feet from. the needs of our growing economy al

. >>> so far at least 40 nato troops have died after nato turned guns on then. that includes the south bay marine, ahmed wali karzai blames nato insiders and they say it came from personal disputes and president ahmed wali karzai needs stricter policies. >>> and the raid that killed osama bin laden is now weeks away from release. a member of u.s. navy seal team 6 has written a book about the operation under a fake name. it has not been read or cleared by the defense, this book is set for release september 1st which is the anniversary of the terror attacks. >>> people in vallejo want more done about prostitution in their city. they wanted illegal cameras because the cameras monitor properly. they failed stay away orders issued to prostitutes are not enforced. >>> time now 4:47. >>> and the complex as talked about extending the leases of oakland sports teams. the a's and raiders went out this year and the city has looked into wanting to leave them open. they are all planning a big pep rally next week to show their support. meantime, they are dealing with the suspe

nato intervention last year we now have complete chaos we have absolutely no government at all we have a country that is run by militia gangsters is alarmist these are all being hoisted into power through the thought out intervention last year and now we're seeing the same scenario being played out in syria. states and its allies are in effect sponsoring and fueling the insurgency that is bound to lead to a civil war and a total collapse of society in syria and the persecution of minorities so it's very hard to say that somehow the united states is in the business of creating stability you know the united states is a force for instability and for fueling radical forces around the world all right gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to go to a short report on that there's nothing wrong with that i mean america america you heard about go back to after this report. and then why act feelin this strain the world's only superpower the united states of america is experiencing severe economic political and social pressures and for a growing number of observers the country. be able to poli

nato intervention last year we now have complete chaos we have absolutely no government at all we have a country that is run by militia gangsters is alarmist these are all being hoisted into power through the thought out intervention last year and now we're seeing the same scenario being played out in syria and it's made up again states and its allies are in effect sponsoring and fueling the insurgency that is bound to lead to a civil war and a total collapse of society in syria and the persecution of minorities so it's very hard to say that somehow the united states is in the business of creating stability you know the united states is a force for instability and for fueling radical forces around the world all right gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to get to a short report on this let me just i will marry. her but go back to after this report. and then my act feelin this train the world's only superpower the united states of america is experiencing severe economic political and social pressures and for a growing number of observers the country. be able to police the world int

from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely a statement like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. now for more stories making headlines in the around the world in the world update fifteen policemen have been charged with medics during last year's uprising the doctors have been accused of siding with the opposition. protesters and one of the staff of the who is denied the allegations saying they were doing their jobs in helping the injured. standard and poor's downgraded its outlook on greece's long term credit rating from stable to negative agency says the greek economy is rolling deeper into crisis amid a delay by the authorities in athens in implementing austerity measures countries rating will be lowered further if the nation now fails to receive additional help from international lenders. and hurrican investor has hit mexico's yucatan peninsul

of the polish armed forces is very weak and outdated so rather than taking part in this project by nato by washington poland should invest into building its own system couple of years ago in two thousand and ten and poland already hosted the several sets of the interceptor missiles of nato on its soil in the town of morag in northern poland something which was certainly criticized heavily in moscow saying that this move like this basically builds up the hostility in the region. and comes a full contradiction with the agreements made between the two countries certainly it's really early to say what the new statements by you could mean whether poland may take some kind of turn around and may change this policy and whether it may actually drop itself from the a m d a from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely statements like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. all the twists in the u.s. missile the fans' plans are availa

by the taliban, so what we are still seeing is a brittle, were present taliban, not the one i think nato and the afghan government hopes it exist >> -- hopes it exists. >> what about the future? >> i do not see any indication the taliban is interested in settling. if you look at the time horizon, they believe that they are withdrawing. why do this now if you can live and fight another day? >> is there a possibility that talks can resume? we have been hearing about all parties involved in the government. what are the conditions needed for this to happen? >> where you look at other places, you need a stalemate and one that looks like it will stay as a stalemate for a sustainable period of time. intelligence reports indicate that the situation is probably something like a stalemate right now, but with the withdrawal of nato forces, from the taliban perspective, it is losing its most significant enemy, so i think that more than 50% of the insurgencies and with them winning on the battlefield. i think the taliban is likely to conclude that that is the best case right now. >> these attacks on

in power after virtually destroying libya and in fact the bombardment and the destruction by nato has not yet been investigated even though the i.c.c. the international criminal court had mentioned at one point that it should be investigated we can't sweep inconvenient truths under the rug. court out on our attention is out of syria where the regime and rebels say the government army has dealt a serious blow to opposition forces this in the flashpoint city of aleppo and that's after president assad's troops have taken positions in the rebels' stronghold in the area syria's largest city been the scene of intense fighting in recent weeks and the battle is widely seen as decisive for the country's future meanwhile the u.s. says the world must stop planning for a future after assad's government falls something washington sees as a foregone conclusion but the white house is also warning against sectarian warfare or imported terrorism in syria in case of a power vacuum. created three. three three. three. three. three broad video for your media project freely deodato r.t. dot com. what you n

from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely a statement like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you and definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. nice if you ask your point there and coming up in just a few minutes unrest proximity gyptian for skilled militants in the sinai area as post revolution clashes move dangerously close to the border with israel. and turkey steps up a task on purpose travels fearing they'll exploit turmoil in syria some analysts believe this is the first sign of bankers' cost. backfiring. and post gadhafi leave yeah the recently elected parliament is preparing to replace the country's interim leaders national transitional council predict a peaceful handover the spy sporadic outbreaks of violence the red cross and now says this. worked in several major cities in libya after its headquarters and misrata were pelted with our meat and rockets it was the fifth time in le

nato intervenes but in fact i mean it was all of these interventions and not just on libya the united states neglected any kind of diplomacy because he was very anxious to intervene i mean we saw this in kosovo and before that involves near precisely again while talks of massacres and genocide and so on and you know in order to justify u.s. intervention so the obama administration in syria and in libya as neglected diplomacy but it's a continuing in the long tradition of favoring united states favoring military solutions rather than diplomatic one so it's very interesting alan if i go to you i mean the whole issue of democracy isn't talked a whole lot about now because i guess it's inconvenient but bahrain was a country that actually was. people were protesting for more democracy and then the united states chooses a side in syria that we have no idea whatsoever of their democratic or not is a matter of fact they have a lot of unsavory elements attached to them so what about democracy. well i mean i think you're right there's a certain amount of hypocrisy and countries will always purs

got plenty more to come for you in the program including i guess is the nato bantering trenchantly we have the lack of stability remains that dozens of suspected khadafi loyalists arrested after a bomb attacks in tripoli. police are investigating the case of a twenty nine year old man who they suspect was planning a massacre similar to the one under the break unleashed in july last year the news comes days before they know where john maskil is due to receive his verdicts for causing the deaths of seventy. seven people in twenty times oh she's an x. here she asking our faults. and off weaponry and explosives to kill dozens of people that was the discovery of the czech police when they raided at twenty nine year old man's apartment in the city of straw the man was reported by his neighbors to have some mental problems that's why the police decided to take action and later they arrested this man he was carrying a remote detonator for an explosive device on him when he was detained but it's also been revealed by the czech police that an explosive device made of an aircraft bomb was found

nato intervenes but in fact i mean it was all these interventions i mean not just on libya the united states neglected any kind of diplomacy because he was very anxious to intervene i mean we saw this in kosovo and before that involves near precisely again while talks of massacres and genocide and so on and you know in order to justify u.s. intervention so the obama administration in syria and in libya has neglected diplomacy but it's a continuing in the long tradition of favoring united states favoring military solutions rather than diplomatic one so it's very interesting alan if i can go to you i mean the whole issue of democracy isn't talked a whole lot about now because i guess it's inconvenient but bahrain was a country that actually was. people were protesting for more democracy and then the united states chooses a side in syria that we have no idea whatsoever of their democratic or not as a matter of fact they have a lot of unsavory elements attached to them so what about democracy. well i mean i think you're right there's a certain amount of hypocrisy and countries will always

eight months later, in october 2011, assisted by a nato air bombing campaign, and weapons provided, they took control of libya, and executed gaddafi, opening up a new chapter in libyan history. during those eight months of revolution, lindsey hilsum, an editor for channel four news, made four trips to libya, leading her to write the book that we are here to talk about today. "sandstorm: libya in the time of revolution." ms. lindsey hilsum is familiar to her audience for her appearances on the pbs news hour, cnn, and nbc. she has covered the major conflicts of the past two decades, including the wars in iraq, kosovo, and afghanistan, as well as the israeli-palestinian conflict and genocide the genocide in rwanda. in 2001, she reported from egypt as well as libya. her journalism has won several prizes, including an emmy and recognition from amnesty international. please join me in welcoming journalists and author, lindsey hilsum. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> okay. now we can chat. lindsay, let's start with you talking about your reporting trips to the region last year. tell us about

from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely a statement like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. more stories making headlines around the world in a world update in chile and students have taken to the streets raging over the government's policy on education they say their protest is motivated by a lack of response to their demand to make public education accessible to all the stories of what they've called the radicalizing demonstrations but the message is so far only field for. fifteen bahraini policemen to be in charge with torturing medics jewing last year's uprising the doctors have been accused of siding with your physician for treating protesters over the medical staff who is denied the allegations saying they were only doing their jobs in helping the injured. a couple that has killed at least eleven people and wounded twenty more southeas

in power after virtually destroying libya and in fact the bombardment and the destruction by nato has not yet been investigated even though the i.c.c. the international criminal court had mentioned at one point but it should be investigated we can't sweep inconvenient truths under the rug. rebels in syria have admitted that the south has dealt them a serious blow in the flashpoint city of aleppo that's after president assad's troops have taken positions in the rebel stronghold in the area alongside intense fighting on the ground the information war on syria shows no sign of abating either a number of western and arab news outlets broadcast a report from the syrian rebels who claimed they killed the russian general who'd been assisting assad's forces showed a video said to be the general's id issued by the syrian military but it emerged that the alleged victim. is actually alive and well and left syria years ago and he even appeared on t.v. to prove it. meanwhile the syrian rebels own eyes and are becoming a source of growing concern for them opposition activists are worried for an isl

and how the deadly trend of afghan forces turning their weapons against nato troops helping to train them is adding yet more challenges to the country's dreams of peace. hello and welcome to our team this thursday i am karen terror broadcasting to live from our studio in moscow while long considered to taboo to even mention leniency towards greece is not something that's openly being discussed by europe's main leaders battered and bruised by austerity athens has begged the e.u. for breathing space and today the leaders of france and germany will meet to discuss whether to grant it but as archie's peter all over reports it really is a divisive issue. well over the next few weeks greece could find out its fate in the country's future as a part of the euro that's certainly going to be something that's all for discussion when france well and the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general the chancellor merkel very very

tactics nato forces are scheduled to leave afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen. members of somalia's new parliament are being sworn in however the presidential elections have been postponed there's been no centralized government control there since the outbreak of the country's civil war but a small part of it was ruled by a transitional federal government the country is regarded one of the poorest and most violent in the world with a lack of law and order resulting in rampant piracy off its coastline. the israeli palestinian conflict has been going on for decades and it's not just political issues that are of importance next hour r.t. talks to a former israeli prosecutor who believes money for the west bank will be better spent at home here's a quick preview. we're talking about problems economy problems in israel severe economic problems in the israel but when the government is talking about the west bank the program they cannot make programs vanish because if they want to remove. thirty people in the open now. which is somewhere around somewhere else because t

nato intervenes but in fact i mean it was all of these interventions are not just on libya the united states neglected any kind of diplomacy because he was very anxious to intervene i mean we saw this in kosovo and before that involves near precisely again while talks of massacres and genocide and so on and you know in order to justify u.s. intervention so the obama administration in syria and in libya as neglected diplomacy but it's a continuing in the long tradition of favoring united states favoring military solutions rather than diplomatic one so it's very interesting alan if i can go to you i mean the whole issue of democracy is and talked a whole lot about now because i guess it's inconvenient but bahrain was a country that actually was. people were protesting for more democracy and then in the united states chooses a side in syria that we have no idea whatsoever of their democratic or not as a matter of fact they have a lot of unsavory elements attached to them so what about democracy. well i mean i think you're right there's a certain amount of hypocrisy and countries will alw

from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely statements like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. reporting right there let's get into the r.t. was up there now we'll start training for fifteen policemen in charge with torturing medics during last year's uprising the doctors have been accused of siding with the opposition for simply freaking injured protesters however the medical staff have always denied the allegations saying they were just doing their jobs and helping the injured. standard and poor's has downgraded its outlook on greece's long term credit rating from stable to negative the agency says the greek economy is rolling deeper into crisis amid a delay by the authorities in athens implementing austerity measures. the country's rating will be lowered further if the nation now fails to receive additional help from international lenders. hu

there are charity and we've got plenty to come in the programming clothing a year since the nato backed regime change in libya while the lack of stability remains as dozens of suspected gadhafi loyalists are arrested after a bomb attacks in tripoli. check police are investigating the case of a twenty nine year old man who they suspect planning a massacre similar to the one on their sobriety they currently in july last year the news comes just days before the norwegian mass killer is due to receive his verdict for causing the deaths of seventy seven people in twenty attacks. reports. and off weaponry and explosives to kill dozens of people that was the discovery of the czech police when the raided a twenty nine year old man's apartment in the city of drama the man was reported by his neighbors to have some mental problems. that's why the police decided to take action and later they arrested this man he was carrying a remote detonator for an explosive device on him when he was detained but it's also been revealed by the czech police that an explosive device made of an aircraft bomb was fo

and how the deadly trend of afghan forces turning their weapons against nato troops helping to train them is adding yet more challenges to the country's dreams of peace. hello and welcome to our team karen terrell to you with your top stories from around the world well long considered to taboo to even mention leniency towards greece is now something that's being openly discussed by europe's main leaders battered and bruised by the athens has begged the e.u. for breathing space and today the leaders of france and germany will meet to discuss whether to grant it but as artie's peter all of our reports it really is a divisive issue. well over the next few weeks greece could find out its fate in the country's future as a part of the euro that's certainly going to be something that's all for discussion when francois hollande the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general. chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see

nato intervenes but in fact i mean it was all of these interventions are not just on libya the united states neglected any kind of diplomacy because it was very anxious to intervene i mean we saw this in kosovo and before that involves near precisely again while talks of massacres and genocide and so on and you know in order to justify u.s. intervention so the obama administration in syria and in libya as neglected diplomacy but it's a continuing in a long tradition of favoring united states favoring military solutions rather than diplomatic one so it's very interesting alan if i go to you i mean the whole issue of democracy isn't talked a whole lot about now because i guess it's inconvenient but bahrain was a country that actually was. people were protesting for more democracy and then the united states chooses a side in syria that we have no idea whatsoever of their democratic or not as a matter of fact they have a lot of unsavory elements attached to them so what about democracy. well i mean i think you're right there's a certain amount of hypocrisy and countries will always pursue

and how the deadly trend of our going to see this is turning their weapons against nato troops helping to train them is that it gets more challengers to the countries of dreams of the. international news live from moscow this is our she with me our thanks for joining is long considered to taboo to even mention leniency towards greece is now at the top of europe's agenda bottles and bruised by a star is he athens has begged for the you for breathing space and today the leaders of france and germany will meet to discuss whether to granted but as aussies piece of all of the reports it really is a divisive issue. well over the next few weeks greece could find out its fate in the country's future as a part of the euro that's certainly going to be something that's all for discussion when francois hollande the french president arrives here in berlin for chats with chancellor angela merkel now the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general. chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that gre

and on aatacked a group of nato troops outside a military base in eastern afghanistan... no coalition forces were killed in that attack.powell says: "the incidents are taking a toll on the trust between afghan and nato troops....as they train local security forces to take control of the country when 2014. in kabul, conorrpowell, fox news." so far this year, at least twenty-one similar attacks have left thirty coalition troops dead. a thief picks the wrong convenience store to rob in south carolina... and it was all caught on camera. watch this man as he strolls up to the counter to pay for a pack opens the cash register drawer... he reaches over the counter and tries to grab money. then you can see chanel thomas repeatedly hitting the back of his head... and even throwing the cookies at him as he runs out. 24-38"as soon as my drawee ppened, i seen him lean a little bit. so i kind of prepared myself for it. as soon as his hand reached in i just shut the register on his fingers, he pushed it back open and kind of hit me in the middle of the chest and all i could think about

nato intervention last year we now have complete chaos we have absolutely no government at all we have a country that is run by militia gangsters is alarmist these are all being hoisted into power through the thought out intervention last year and now we're seeing the same scenario being played out in syria. states and its allies are in effect sponsoring and fueling the insurgency that is bound to lead to a civil war and a total collapse of society in syria and the persecution of minorities so it's very hard to say that somehow the united states is in the business of creating stability you know the united states is a force for instability and for fueling radical forces around the world all right gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to get our short report on that there's nothing wrong with that i mean america america you heard about go back to after this report. and then my act feelin this train the world's only superpower the united states of america is experiencing severe economic political and social pressures and for a growing number of observers the country. to be able to pol

afghanistan to try and work out a way to bring an end to the recent spate of so cold inside a tox on nato troops and the last two weeks of time american soldiers were killed by their afghan counterparts amounting to a set of total us troops in the same period the game is often put only time it's set to be investing in fighters into afghanistan it's on me but many believe that on ten american sentiment in the country is so high that anyone could have been behind that time. to expect from afghans after ten years of enduring bombings and rape and mass murder in the hands of under us occupation the violence is not going to stop after ten years of american rule the afghan civil society has been destroyed i mean the infrastructure we have a puppet government in kabul increasingly becoming authoritarian and it's not going to stall and it's a sad thing the fact of the matter is the united states does not have a goal or purpose in mind and occupying afghanistan and and we're there just so we we are sending american troops there to pacify a country that doesn't want to be pacified under u.s. rule a

meanwhile there's no peace in the country were nato bombing campaign help regime change. coming up libya's new authority super good to develop the loyalists accused of bomb blasts there came a year after rebels took control of the country. south america's foreign ministers have condemned britain's thread to storm london embassy duress julian assange on sunday the weekly said sir finally made an appearance in public calling for the u.s. to stop its witch hunt against whistleblowers he was granted asylum last week but remains ensconced in the embassy to avoid extradition to sweden for questioning over sex crimes allegations his r.v. is laura smith. the atmosphere here outside the ecuadorian embassy on monday is much calmer than it was on sunday although there are still few hardcore hangers on police and media and to cool supporters who have set up camp pen and look like they're going to be head for the whole not many but still some keeping witness to what goes on here at the ecuadorian embassy sunday of course saw his first statement since he went into the ecuadorian embass

nato intervenes but in fact i mean it was all of these interventions and not just on libya the united states neglected any kind of diplomacy because he was very anxious to intervene i mean we saw this in kosovo and before that involves near precisely again while talks of massacres and genocide and so on and you know in order to justify u.s. intervention so the obama administration in syria and in libya as neglected diplomacy but it's a continuing in the long tradition of favoring united states favoring military solutions rather than diplomatic one so it's very interesting alan if i go to you i mean the whole issue of democracy isn't talked a whole lot about now because i guess it's inconvenient but bahrain was a country that actually was. people were protesting for more democracy and then the united states chooses a side in syria that we have no idea whatsoever of their democratic or not as a matter of fact they have a lot of unsavory elements attached to them so what about democracy. well i mean i think you're right there's a certain amount of hypocrisy and countries will always purs