suspected militants in northwest pakistan officials say another four have been injured this follows a saturday strike in the area in which sixteen people died u.s. forces use unmanned planes extensively to target taliban fighters in pakistan but many believe it's mainly civilians who die he is a guy in a chicken reports. the comma out of the blue i have two words for you predator drone i you'll never see it coming a drone is ten times cheaper than a fighter jet it requires no pilot so there are no troop deaths to explain it's the perfect weapon for covered cia operations in countries like pakistan and afghanistan if things go wrong you can deny it all and things do go wrong studies by independent international experts suggest that for every militant killed as many as fifteen civilians also die there's no way of getting exact numbers the cia keeps

its drones program under wraps but the united nations and other international organizations question the legality of the extensive use of the weapon when you come to sort of an undeclared war with organizations like al qaida or the ali baba and you go off the persians you say hey we suspect we say they are terrorists but who has proven that the person you're actually targeting terrorists but humanitarian concerns seem to be doing little to dampen surging international demand for groans also known as unmanned aerial vehicles or u.a.e. vs the military appetite is such that the market is expected to grow to a staggering fifty five billion dollars in ten years from now with the advances in technology they depersonalize warfare and so therefore you have people war willing to use them and you have people that don't understand the consequences because the people who are flying the drones are not on the battlefield they're not in the play

here in washington d.c. suburb but the i am a drone operator wake up in the morning your family goodbye comes to the office and shoot at target thousands of miles away from here and go back home no risk with the weather specialists say the whole operation reminds the media again the question many. ask if it is so easy and convenient world of ours empty weight more and more in the future if war was cheap why not use a bit more pressure against the smaller countries and organizations stretch it out a case it would try to sit around with the cable with and talk it over demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh again r t washington d c. in

india the recent suicide of a thirteen year old boy and actually being repeatedly caned at school highlights how illegal corporal punishment still exists now angry parents are demanding criminal penalties for teachers who beat their pupils parents and reports. this is one of india's worst kept secrets the prevalence of corporal punishment in schools but the recent suicide of thirteen year old rival has brought the practice out into the open a student at the prestigious law mark near four boys school in kolkata who hanged himself at home earlier this year after being gained at school after spending months just in the school for answers his father has filed a police complaint against the three teachers he says were involved i think that they were after him for a long way limiting he was so long as he was giving them individual. battling if i may use the word he was able to take it but when they all descended on him at the

same time that i don't think. i don't think his young mind could handle that much animosity the. elimination from his friends the school's principal has admitted killing ranjeet but says this was not responsible for his will say the case has set off a public outcry largely because it occurred in one of india's and most elite schools but most cases of corporal punishment take place in government run schools and go largely unrecorded ten year old mounties often beaten when he doesn't complete his homework on time. happy to teacher and tries to teach us but when we don't learn she hates us and sometimes cry when i get. in the child with the state clearly doesn't solve any purpose one either the child would become too used to this kind for punishment and the effect would go off or else the child who's very

sensitive and anxious by predisposition would feel very very vulnerable a supreme court judgment in two thousand prohibited punishment in all its forms in india but it would have its die hard many teachers and even some parents still believe in the need for discipline. we don't want to hit them but we get angry sometimes because we're taking so much effort to teach them so sometimes we're forced to hit them with orwell fifty children in a class teachers often resort to beating them to control their large numbers but for one loving father there can be no arguments about corporal punishment it's not open to discussion nobody has that they could but. nobody you god give them to us to love not for some guy to beat them up one father's crusade for justice is bringing a spotlight on corporal punishment which is illegal but still call money in good schools one wonders how many more children will have to suffer before more humane

methods of disciplining them are inforced got and seeing r.t. . and coming up next nato's military committee chairman says the alliance seeds moscow as a strong strategic partner not as a threat or enemy our interview with admiral de palma during his visit to moscow was on in just a few moments stay with us. joining me today is admiral jump. who is the chairman of the nato military committee and as you may know nato was established as an alliance between countries to defend against outside threats the admiral's with me today to talk about the possibilities of a future between russia and nato as well and the direction nato is taking so thank you for joining us admiral a pleasure really a pleasure first question let's get right down to it anders fogh rasmussen has called on russia to join the new anti-ballistic missile defense project now in

your opinion what could make this an attractive option for russia but i believe first of all that. russia and the alliance have a common interest to protect themselves new committing to the prove creation of a bomb of destruction and their means of delivery including ballistic missile is this is one of these threats so there is i believe in general terms an interest above site to protect themselves from this i also believe that the meal let's say u.s. approach so-called feast. approach to missile defense is also potentially attractive because it's focused on spiral development so looking at the target as the a manage which is always been one i think of the

classical strong position by russian side we have to take care of the threat as the amish soul in this progressive approach as the threat immunity does is them develop this seems to me attractive to russia but we have to be clear here the regional petunia passivity steel that is law the world will also be allies the alliance himself is not yet decided if he's going to be buying in this you don't cooperate on a such sensitive issue if you don't trust so that's what i think should be attractive to both sides but we need to develop this if we're not there yet we are not there yet we need also in these fields to teach patients understood now nato's secretary general has mentioned that there is an increasing threat of missiles attacking europe can you specific specify any of these threats or is there

anyone in particular that is singled out in this moment that we're worried about what is clear we know that there is a generally speaking book looking from russia and also the european aside for the land side is clearly from the south generic and the reason an emerging threat and there is a certain country in the south and we know what we are talking here in particular which can be a matter of a concern so i think protection of the people. oh the alliance of old. russian people from a potential potential threat. it is important you mentioned unity there is cooperation now in two thousand and ten between nato and russia do you think that

this cooperation is stronger than what has been in the past i think it gives the potential to become stronger because we have gone through a period of difficulty and when you manage it if you manage to good through the difficulty then if you resist it then. you have a meal the munition to do it so i think normally when you go through difficulty and then you emerge other difficulties then the reason much solid base for moving forward now russia's permanent representative at nato has said that there's been a certain lack of unity among the alliance members and that that was sensed at the russian nato council on the subject of partnership with russia do you think that there's anyone actually trying to undermine this partnership between the alliance and moscow is anyone trying to get in the way of this this newfound friendship now first of all. and that's a real good thing is

a dear friend of mine so i can speak very frankly because with a friend of yours big frank is some time you like to. give a touch of a call over to the state and so stand and these colorful no i don't think so it is through we are in there to meet the russia council we have twenty nine hundred different cities and. the awful difference in cities but in old thronging city none of the twenty nine none of the twenty nine certainly none of the twenty. putting obstacles is it common to political sense that we have to try to work together to have a solid relationship this is good for us is good for russia and i hope we'll be able to see concrete progress in the near future now in the past a bone of contention if you will between russia and nato is nato expansion towards

the east and recently ukraine has dropped its intentions to try and become a member of nato do you think becoming a member of nato is becoming a less attractive or do you think. what do you see on this front in the future i mean i would like to chill you would you say because i don't think is there any way to put it middle is not in this city so there needs need to is an organisation of free nation willing to share together certain value and first and foremost the value free democracy they want to protect them and it was the to get across to the side of atlantic the atlantic charter which was written in one nine hundred forty nine with well before the open door poised clearly said we are in. you know. any european member who share these values in the. choosing to be part of these alliance it

can contribute to the to the value of the land is welcome so there is nothing to do with the expansion to the east to the north to the south to the west we have an organisation in which any nation willing to abide to these values can be and when i say any i see any european nation large beak small or medium and even. even very large do you think that do you ever see russia as being a member of nato at some point i would respond to your question with a question would you i am no i do put no limitation to male rights because the planning as thomas friedman said is flat and when he's fled there is no rising and as things change who knows what the future will bring thank you very much for taking some time and speaking with us today.

the latest news on the week's top stories from r.t. abnormally high temperatures break new records in russia where the intense heat is claiming lives at least three hundred people have drowned while trying to cool off over the past week. but un's highest court says cause of us declaration of independence is legal but several countries claim the ruling is a political display of double standards. and vienna's international aids conference talks off medical breakthroughs but critics labeled it a pharmaceutical marketing firm with drug for prioritizing profit over treatment. and more news in less than fifteen minutes time up next there which the sports with you know.

if your company this is sports today i mean these are headlines nice and easy seventy maintain their hefty advantage off the top of the russian premier league table after a dominant display i can trust. devils deal the n.h.l. players' union confirmed they will appeal the league's decision not to confirm ilya kovalchuk trix proposed seventeen year contract with new jersey. champions dethroned there will be no back to try nations title for south africa after the world cup holders suffered their third straight lost to history. but let's get things started here in russia and with premier league football they need seven sure they'll finish week fourteen at least half a dozen points ahead of the chasing pack following their if they win in a row this time over stuff on saturday this in petersburg side dominated

proceedings for us but they had to wait until the stroke of time to make their supremacy and alexander jumped off the thing in the post after your tell you. no waiting round in the second half for the visitors though the influential dummy slamming home definite contender for goal of the weekend five minutes to break. in the game was to be wrapped up in seventeen minutes again down the instrumental but victor five zero and made it all the. rust off to reaming to break into the top four before the clash did manage. to. work. we won how they ended up. jumping to be giving up the quest for a third successive pronto. inside up the second for twenty four hours at least after katrina when the genome of moscow

a scoreless first period will result in five and fifty five minutes look at this but there are three more prosperous. demonstrate just part. of the. eight minutes later the home side is the one the well he did it all himself this time around simply stunning on this form an international pull up for you. that's how the law would be on the committee this season could well be i think the siding. and in the days that mean for extra money is that because house put paid to a three game losing steed with a two one win over the visiting f.c. small. business at the root open space it's the surrogate for the was felled in the box the same month stepping up to the spotty conferred the pick of fifteen minutes after the restart the host hall level defenders looking for an

inch. on ten minutes later more on the challenge than the sister's name at the rally for the winner from the corner take two on the final score and that's. all right let's stay with football the longer we're after don't go is failure to leave brazil past the world cup quarter finals it was perhaps inevitable that the seller would look for a replacement and so it is mano man as is now in charge of the five time world champions forty eight year old men as this was however only second choice off the flamin as he refused to release their coach mercy rama lowe who was the mom of a c.b.s. really wanted mrs comes from corinthians whom he led out of personal second division his contract run through the twenty fourteen world cup which will be hosted by brazil. ok let's move on where the ilya kovalchuk contract dispute has taken

a new turn the russian ice hockey star sought to nail down a seventeen year contract with the new jersey devils this past week but the n.h.l. historically rejected it for breaking their salary cup the national hockey league players association say they will appeal the end of charles decision talking chief difficulty with their one hundred two million dollars deal as that implies winner will play on till he's forty four. they say it's extremely unlikely they went on to block the move which was the first ever time the n.h.l. intervened in such a way it's essentially easy out it could rip the salary cap many times over then retire before his contract expires. he ate until monday evening to file. there are no three in a row trying mission story for south africa this year after the springboks are for their third straight loss of the championship to rugby union's world champions

going down thirty to thirteen in brisbane and disciplined display by the visitors with tupac sin binned. will be punished and further looking for a five penalties before the mitchell try put a truly seventeen three the break so the africa did comeback of sorts in the final twenty minutes tries coming from. a big breakthrough. but the wallabies held their nerves on a late try for india but this is the soul of the. place and. brings us to golf and dean wilson how storm to a four shot lead ahead of the final round of the canadian open in the tournament he only entered on a sponsor exemption wilson ticking advantage of his win of the two thousand and six international after dismal run of form which saw him finish just one hundred fifty second. on the money list last year an excellent way to wrap up the front nine here

was a birdie on the ninth called patterson will he set a course record with a round of sixty on the day joining ten course is in a tie for second a disappointment for the thirty two year old swede on the eighteenth however as he missed becoming the fifth year in history to reach. ok let's move on to the g.p. where jorge lorenzo will once again be starting at the front of the field for sunday's us grand prix the overall leader claiming his fifth straight pole after a fierce battle with casey stoner the sponsored will he was able to up the temple against the winner dominated practice yesterday the first we see every ounce of power out of their bikes with the trillion finishing minuscule two hundredth of a second behind. me two men third more in the first italian will be starting on the road. ever he still emancipates holding a forty seven point lead down.

ok some sad news now alex hurricane higgins one of snickers greatest ever players has died at the age of sixty one following a long battle with throat cancer in one thousand nine hundred eighty two one thousand nine hundred eighty two world champion remembered for his flamboyant on fox style on the snooker table it has to be said his controversial behavior away from it the northern irish neysa frequently getting into rows with the sports officials and even received a ban for headbutting attorney and director he also made waves claiming the game is corrupt saying he declined several offers through big games in the past biggins who was a heavy smoker bottled throat cancer since one thousand nine hundred seven but played professionally as recently as two thousand and seven. temperatures may be soaring to new heights here in the russian capital but that hasn't stopped the city's stiff boarding elite from getting their thrills the latest stage of the moscow's skate treuer getting underway constantine to top off was there to see the tricksters in

action. but. you would think the extreme hot weather would put a stop to the most extreme action except for water sports however skateboarders were tough enough together under the baking sun and take part in the fourth leg of the mosque or ski tour twenty tamp it sounds a little bit strange for such an independent extreme sport like skate mourning but the fact is that the contest was organized by the russians good morning federation and the federation was established to make skateboarding more popular in russia in our country all sports develop at the cost of the state so our main aim is to use the facilities the state can provide to make skateboarding more affordable and popular all across the country and this state had special rules to make it different from others a skater performs a trick and his opponent have to repeat it. back as that's called the game of skate

if a writer doesn't repeat the trick he gets a letter then if he fails more he gets more letters until he completes the word skate and then the skater is eliminated and others continue to perform tricks nevertheless the sun had no sympathy and spectators and he'd be hung call out sold it nothing could stop writers from be forming their best tricks the contest is held on flat ground and such rules allow any rukus kadir it to take for it the last one professional writers have a chance to compete with those who have already got their contract with sponsors. there is a competition with the same rules it has qualifiers all around the world i remember in two thousand and six an unknown guy from germany won the contest among non-program and got to the final where he competed with a world class rider and thousands of people witnessed that and the tension was as if you were watching a world cup on. keyboarding is more a way for a for most of the pussy spends and they don't take the result of the competition too seriously. of course i want to win today it's always

a pleasure to. the winner but actually i came here to hang out with my friends lots of skaters lots of fun i'm glad i'm here it's really cool. however it was more about having fun than a serious tournament and the organizers fulfilled the purpose to make it interesting both skidmore is and speak to readers complained about. and that's all the sport for now i'm off to cool off and. i will see you soon. for the full story we've had first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. wealthy british style stock.

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