suppose several cover ups over the war in afghanistan including the deaths of hundreds of civilians the whistle blowing website wiki leaks handed over ninety thousand classified documents to british american and german newspapers they also include information on increased taliban attacks as well as nato fears that pakistan and iran are fueling the insurgency or the white house says the pentagon files and field reports are no surprise but threaten national security. joins us live from london for more on this. give us some more of the details that have emerged from this major league. well as you mentioned kyra it doesn't really come as a huge surprise but it is more additional information that we the public now have about exactly what's going on in afghanistan these ninety thousand documents relate to the beginning of two thousand and four and the end of two thousand and nine detailing. bits of the afghan conflict that we previously had no idea about of

course during the entire war more than three hundred twenty versus streets between killed and more than a thousand american troops there's a lot in these documents about the toll that the war has taken on afghan civilians there one hundred forty four separate incidents details in these files all of those deaths come from controversial asteroids that the afghan government's already complains about but some of them come from just troops shooting and killing random pastas by. motorcyclists just to protect themselves. from the fear of potential suicide bombers and all together in the. house of one hundred ninety five civilians having been killed in one hundred seventy four and there's reason to believe that that's a huge underestimate for this period is also from information about pakistan which of course the u.s. government gives a billion dollars a year to to help fight the insurgency in afghanistan and the report suggests that the pakistanis in fact hold secret meetings with the taliban to the militant groups

that are fighting these two u.s. soldiers to practice on a pair is alleged to be doing exactly the opposite of what the u.s. has asked to do and is paying it to do there's also details of special forces secretly hunting to kill taliban leaders without help with the process still trial and evidence that the u.s. has covered up the taliban has deadly. missiles and all this from a british perspective makes rather a mockery of david cameron the prime minister's assertion that from next year we will start pulling troops out of afghanistan and then we will hand over this situation to the afghan government from two thousand and fourteen. this isn't the first stunning revelation from wiki leaks so where does the sun get this kind of information from a. well this specific piece of information this specific dossier it's not clear where this came from and julian assaults here in fact is giving a media conference in

a couple of hours time here in london our team will be that to hear what he's got to say he won't discuss where these ninety thousand documents came from but we can assume that that comes from some sort of inside source maybe because in april there was a similar leak of video which julian i saw wiki leaks put on his web sites which showed apache helicopters essentially gunning down to a man on the streets of baghdad now someone has been arrested and charged with that and he goes right to only twenty two years old a military analyst he was working in iraq he's been charged with that but he hasn't it's not been suggested that he has any connection with being sort of close we're not the only ones who want to know where the nukes come from the pentagon is of course very concerned to know what has happened and in fact requested to meet with silly enough outside the u.s. really he can talk about it so far hasn't wanted to meet with them. ok for now i want to correspond to london to thank you for joining us. well.

cross talk host piece in the veld and military and the sunni who shall give us their insights into the revelations. all it says is that. culpable mainstream media has been covering these wars is what i say most of this information you could have found out yourself if you'd just tried a little bit talk to witnesses the internet exist oh my goodness these stories are out there it's the government confirming to us that we've been lied about this war and we should listen to people on the ground so i'm not surprised by this but it shows that mainstream media has been reckless in covering these wars you know why the context it also says or some of these leaked documents suggest that there's pakistani support for. you know this we. just watch crosstalk on cross and we know about the need to rethink it was one of

the main challenges during the jihad out what the pakistani involvement pakistani has been sop contracted their intelligence services by side by the cia and that's the whole point of the whole trouble in afghanistan regarding the insurgency and i saw that the insurgency anti-american whatever anybody insurgency in afghanistan has been perpetrated directed and funded by the united states central intelligence agency their of their partners. thirty years ago and the same thing you know it's time for the neighborhood to mend itself it was an abject failure the u.s. should get out now no more review in december this is the review the review is it's a disaster of afghanistan. people who show off their. let's now talk to afghan parliament member. thank you for joining us what was the reaction in afghanistan to the leaks to the revelations come as any surprise.

i think we have always had. leaking and in many many other cases so this is a bigger one i think ninety one thousand documents it's quite a number of documents and stuff spend a lot of ink printing it probably. i think it's not a surprise because. the material in these documents could be off to nature one could be some are some are probably facts and some are just unprocessed raw material or reports of one person or one side so everybody is making it as bigger than it is i think errors some of these facts are known to us pakistan's involvement in afghanistan iraq has involvement in afghanistan. the way the taliban are trained all these things are or how the years

a pox on the intelligence elements and their involvement so i don't see it as a real surprise. i think somebody is trying to politicize this probably more than it really it is you do say there's a huge number of documents there how do you think this leaked information will impact on military action in afghanistan. well one has to realize that with one thousand and one thousand documents it can become piles by iran years reports and accurate reporting one person's hearsays another person's statements another person's assumptions so they can all become documents nobody can jump into conclusions said they were all the i cure it facts are accurate reports but documents so one how one should recognize that but of course there's some of the sensitive issues if we don't know about it. if it's an operational nature it

could. affect some of the operation on the ground military operation our intelligence operation we don't know those details by the if that if it pertains those kinds of details then i'm sure the united states and allies have to look into that and perhaps. i think whether they know that these are documents that are going to jeopardize this operation or not those who leak these kinds of things in the middle of a war they have to be accountable and i think the facts are not new to me the ones that are that i've read in the paper the situation on the ground the civilian casualties the way the operation is growing and the critique critiques that have been made. by a would be more interested in those things that are not published and i would like to know what is the that is jeopardizing this operation according to some politicians ok well that's operationally but how is the revelation that the taliban

may have received help from pakistan going to affect relations in the region must have some effect. this is a very interesting question and also it's a funny sad tragic. tragic comedy i would say taliban's involvement started in even with iran is not unknown to afghans we were talking about this several years before the u.s. and nato and others accepted the fact that taliban are not mushrooms they don't have parachutes to come from mars they are naturally being supported in aided and trained and logistically it being the devastating ground somewhere if it's not in. central asia where could it be so this is not a surprise to me personally. ok. member of the afghan parliament thank you for

joining us live here on r.t. . despite threats of a nuclear response from north korea a joint navy drill between the u.s. and south korea is underway off the region's peninsula the exercise involving about eight thousand troops will last until wednesday tensions have been running high after an international commission and blamed the north for the sinking of a south korean ship back in march denies any involvement that america currently has twenty eight thousand troops based in south korea and fifty thousand more in japan petroff lecture on korean studies at sydney university believes washington's actions are provoking pyongyang. north korea never threatens first north korea in the small distant you'd for impoverished struggling pariah state so i believe but for north korea simply reacts for some time over reacts to the threats which

comes from outside if united states decides to go ahead and execute an invasion or regime change i would be surprised if your young at some stage decided to use nuclear capability nuclear deterrence against whatever enemy is closest to solve grizz going to be the first victim of the. another standoff with a nuclear pretext is that between israel and iran now it's time a veteran a british journalist alan hart explains why tehran would never strike first. just supposing iran had one two three dozen nuclear bombs do you think he would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course he would because the whole of the round would be devastated the real reason why israel is playing up the iranian threat is

to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem prison is if iran did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region. ten years ago marked a major turning point for the international space station russian life support systems were installed which meant the crew members could spend more time in orbit and russian cosmonauts on board the u.s.s. also celebrated the anniversary with a message from space. we're glad to be working here in our space office is the best window of you know traffic jams in a way to work and although there are not many people around and space aliens haven't visited gas yet we're never bored it's crushed. the event saw

a sea change in terms of research which could be carried out on the ice s. from thomas was lucky enough to witness some of the wonders of space engineering it circles the globe about three hundred fifty kilometers from the earth's surface it is the largest construction in space it is a marvel of modern engineering which is approaching a crucial milestone. for the i.s.a.'s is a major contemporary space project in it has a huge mass of around three hundred eighty tons it involves a big number of program participants including the united states canada european countries belonging to the european space agency and japan and the station is being used as a big scientific laboratory for. though it is a prime example of international cooperation now the roots of the station stem from the apollo soyuz program thirty five years ago when two rival space programs of the u.s. and soviet union integrated technology for the first time twenty years later russia

and the u.s. expanded on that shared experience with the goal of creating a permanent space presence it's womanish that we've done a lot with in the mir shuttle program which was the ancestor of the international space station we work hard to ride simple to use operation of both the mir orbital station and preparation for the launch i remember those years the most interesting period of strenuous work which finally did to this great result during the link up there were no hiccups and everything went smoothly. this is the mark up of the capsule which is where astronauts and cosmonauts come to train at star city who are traveling to the international space station and it is in here that you get a sense of the significance of this capsule in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the zarya and the unity capsules worldwatch but it wasn't until ten years ago when the capsule was attached that the space station became livable. but

i'd say was of foundation of sorts for the rest of the station if the module had failed then all the systems were would be pointless since the module consisted largely of life support systems the module made it possible for their crew to stay in both the station it would be impossible to build the station at the pace it was constructed that without the special part of the infrastructure was now in place it was up to the station's first crew to get everything in motion good with those two weeks were critical since a lot of the systems were being activated for the first time some russian system segments were merged with us systems of those machines had never seen each other in earth and that was the first time they would work together on stability was huge and that was why they were pretty had been composed of experienced cosmonauts with him. ten years on the i.r. sensors approaching the record for a structure being continuously inhabited in space and on a currently held by russia's mir project and while it was originally only supposed to be in service until two thousand and fifteen it looks like

a bright future for the international space station program but in order for your search members decided to prolong the station's use in two twenty twenty and possibly even longer if the technical state of the station is good for. ensuring a continued international presence in space for many more years to come john thomas r.t. moscow. on that stack on some other stories dominating the world's headlines right now a former khmer rouge prison chief has been found guilty of crimes against humanity income bogut verdict was reached by un backed war crimes tribunals the defendants better known as doyle was sentenced to thirty five years in prison and then the court later reduced it to nineteen years taking into account time he'd already spent in detention he'd made it to overseeing the deaths of up to fifteen thousand prisoners as many as two million people died on the roof of a theme of the communist party which ruth come by in the seventy's. the german chancellor has demanded an investigation into the deadly stand pain that left prey

dance music festival germany nineteen were killed and three hundred fourteen injured as vast numbers of party goers packed into a tunnel which is the only way in or out of the festival the organizers of the parade have already announced that intent and that were to happen again. the unprecedented heat wave hitting russia continues to rage with jude law already the hottest month on record moscow is also suffering from smaug and the smell of burning peat bogs is reaching some outlying areas of the capital emergency teams are tackling the fons which have been triggered by the severe drought that more details now from. in faking the central moscow. were you how would things in the capital this month because you smell the burning. in days kerry as you can see now the russian capital is covered with a veil of brothers think smoke and yes there are reasons strong smell of burning in

there something i can now feel the city skyscrapers and hide the towers and the towers and buildings including most to see the tower known as tonkin the tower bell the base of all while the base is almost three hundred fifty meters high and all that has been folded just managed by he told the wires there no really the russian capital first thing is that in some districts all the cities have been made that now the smoke has reached the kremlin which is in the very center of the city russia's ministry of industry is now reporting that. because he told he wasn't going to six forest place the place is broke all day most courageous and all this morning. covering almost six to have to dismiss you understand about how huge this damage is that i tell you that that these area is equivalent to the old

most thirty foot both kids so you say racist huge old the industry is not equal to god told them how to distinguish some of the balls just too much but i can tell you that this smoke has increased our pollution which is now about one point five times above the normal level and has made yet here in most papers very hard to reach for twelve million then residents of the state and most goes to the doctor says that the smoker says most was will very soon even move gas masks to bridge at the same time most of the first of the reports and that's despite low visibility. activity of the city's apple hasn't been a factor there are some people making the most of the weather of course but more seriously what consequence is having on people's health and the environment.

well consequences are rather sad it can tell you it's russia which is well known abroad is a country with very harsh and cold climates at least the reasons to retire broke for russia as the country which is mostly talking probably snow it is absolutely different now as you can see it's been melting literally melting down to the burning sun since me june and six temperature records have been registered here within two months the recent last week hands when it speaks as a person six degrees senses and that's a role just say that the summer is good to some in the last one hundred thirty years and i can tell you that this summer which comes just off to a very cold and very harsh we did a lot of weight so much brings absolutely nothing to people people are suffering a lot of close ups of a page with temperatures most of them moved closer to nearby fountains pools the rivers which president brings the number all. drove in dallas

a most go in june alone almost two hundred people died while no russia in the last month thousand people have drug i don't also this he has rolled with the. harsh world the worst in the last century which has damaged and destroyed tens of millions of crops so now russia is risky and hot as they see it so the consequences are quite serious carry ok from a baking point. thank you from. charlotte joins us now with a business news. and i welcome to the business program here at r.t. b.p.'s chief executive tony hayward is expected to step down later on monday he's likely to be replaced by robert dudley who's the company's man in charge of tackling the gulf of mexico oil disaster response but b.p.

says it has made no firm decision yet its board is scheduled to meet on monday ahead of announcing its second quarter results among other things b.p. is expected to discuss the timing of hayward's exit the embattled chief executives we were widely criticized over the gulf of mexico spill which is lost the company forty percent of its market capitalization as for the man to take over robert dudley has more than thirty years experience in the oil industry including five years as c.e.o. b.p.'s russian a joint venture b.p. he left in two thousand and eight delft the shareholders conflict for the much anticipated results of the european bank stress tests are out and i'd like you to be welcomed by investors seven of europe's ninety one largest banks spared the exam including germany's hyper real estate which is now government owned following the bailout eighty bank of greece and five regional spanish lenders a number of other banks only just pass the tests and are likely to face market

pressure to free up the lies they ship the governments in countries with suspect institutions so that ready to help them raise more money to tell you how global has the details about the russian market reaction to the results. so far we can see that they are performing quite positive now let me once again remind you that last friday night you want bank across the euro zone pass the stress test designed to provide a clear picture of the impact of europe's sovereign debt crisis on its financial institutions many analysts agree that we can hardly. expect any direct impact on the russian market so following the stress test that's been held on friday in the european banks. let's have a look at those markets now and stocks there must go on the monday trade the r.t.s. the mindsets of putting on around home welcoming those results of the stress tests

on banks minus the main gain is with rolls nothing more than one point five percent of black. markets a turn negative in morning trade in the euro glaxo smith kline pulling all reports interested in buying biotechnology genzyme pharmacies and geology is the top loser on the footsie down almost two percent. and the finance ministry is planning russia's biggest asset sale since the early ninety's the government aims to raise up to thirty billion dollars over three years to cut the budget deficit minority stakes in ten companies are for grabs including russia's largest oil producer roles know how it generates hydro and top lenders and bad loans the government could keep fifty percent plus one share of these harshly listed companies it may delay just sell stakes in a list of companies like russia is a rare look for a to. call maker after his hiring again as demand is pre-crisis levels russia's ministry of industry and trade expects the country's coal market to grow by fifteen

percent this year but much of that is due to the cash for clunkers stimulus program . to the person who wants to buy simplest car and extend the moves to this program then so be it don't forget that we're still i mean qualified you know in the combination to the company of the bric countries as an emerging market which means that we're still far from the european level situation technical level and from the standpoint. now the results of this program is simply reflecting we all were all. in the disposable income level of the russian population has enough been done for off the last to make it a viable company will still need the government support the after was business plan and a strategy is. prepared to leave at source and twenty there are three major periods they have to go through in the three milestones they have to pass. one of them is

the structuring of the product portfolio and then. move towards. factoring in technologies and efficiency. they will be in a position to accomplish the first part. of this plan then we believe that they will be on the track of the self-sufficiency do you expect after vos to post the profit this year really really clear that for six months they really want billion plus. think that the results will be positive. well let's wait and see because there's a bigger going is a chanel which has. a lot of these three d. for us that are showing efforts in the any result i would not dare to forecast but . you know racially i think they're getting toward towards the right directions and that's your update for this hour be can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. every

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oh you're watching on t.v. let's take a look at on the headlines not embarrassing exposure biggest leak in u.s. military history reveals major cover ups of the war in afghanistan on the books and civilian deaths and the stunning support that's all about. there's no end in sight for russia's exceptional heat wave which has seen a cultist move on because moscow is also suffering from small and the smell of meat balls has been filtered some long games of the capital. international space station ten years since it first comfortable. knowledge of structure and space became possible after russian life support systems built with the orbit. and up next we'll report on america's largest maximum security prison but volunteer inmates special tools without.