three newspapers by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks they include reports on the deaths of hundreds of civilians increase taliban attacks as well as a nato fears pakistan and iran are backing the insurgency artie's lorem it has details from london. this is essentially a detailed account of the last six years of the war in afghanistan to begin at the beginning of two thousand and four and it's right at the end of two thousand and nine and there has been quite a lot of criticism and skepticism about these documents criticism from the white house which says that the release of documents like these could lead to danger for the personnel who are on the ground and compromising operation and skepticism about whether this is really new information the military experts are saying that we've always known that i was corruption going on in the war in afghanistan and that this is this is nothing new essentially but nevertheless these ninety thousand documents many of them refer to the toll that the afghan war has taken on civilians. hundred

forty four details incidents of the deaths of civilians during this conflict some of them have been from controversial as strikes that we've already seen a lot in the news in that the afghan government has complained about what some of them also wolf is from something as simple as troops shooting at all gnome civilians on the streets either the drivers of cars all the drivers of motorcycles because they wrongly thought that they could be suicide bombers those details in these reports over one hundred ninety five civilians killed and one hundred seventy four wounded but that's considered to be a massive underestimate that they're all assuming all that have not been revealed by these documents also something very worrying about pakistan or pakistan receives the billion dollars from that the u.s. government actually supports the fight against afghan insurgency but what we're seeing from these documents is in fact that the pakistani spy service appears to be holding secret meetings with the taliban in order to organize the militant groups

that are all fighting u.s. soldiers there's just some of the things that we can see in a store or a lower so the details of the documents now hitting the press waves around the world but the wiki leaks founder has been holding up. press conference in london tommy what did he have to say. he rebuffed to a lot of the criticism that's come from the white house and less so actually from the ministry of defense here in the u.k. he said that he was expecting that people whose abuse he had to use would come out and criticize him essentially shooting the messenger and he also denied the fact that these leaks would cause any kinds of operational insecurity or danger for the troops that are on the ground is that all the documents that he's released are seven months old and they have no real bearing on what's going on operationally in afghanistan at the moment he said that he had a home minimization process that those were his words that's what he called it. all

this material was no longer relevant essentially for he wanted people to in their eyes now he was all sed what's the single most damning incident that he had experience was and he said that it was difficult to pinpoint a single incident he said this is really the story of what he calls every day squad of war children being on necessarily killed servicemen obviously and with that and what i've just mentioned the killing of civilians so this is really the story of the whole war he did mention one incident that took place in two thousand and six during which one hundred eighty one people died he said that there was an playing so playing in the area for three hours and picking off people as it went along killed sixty two people and he also talked about what he's calling kill or capture squads which is set up to. leaders and to bring them to account and essentially to to kill them without due process if necessary he says that people are recommended to be put on that list by sometimes on reliable sources it'll say that there's no

diligence legal process that goes into that he also defended the reliability of these documents is that there are instructions on the wiki leaks websites about how to read these documents obviously we should exercise caution while reading them but he's confident that they are all accurate account. reporting for us from london while commenting on the wiki leaks report the u.s. ambassador to russia john barely says it's unfortunate that america is still striving for stability in afghanistan we regret very much obviously that. secret confidential information which can put american lives at risk is being shared like this and we are committed to success in afghanistan success being restoring the chance for the afghan people to have a normal life in a normal country and that stability and economic prosperity. political

commentator people of el believes the u.s. should wrap up its military campaigns abroad as they have been a complete failure just like the media's coverage of them all it says is that how culpable mainstream media has been covering these wars gutless is what i say most of this information you could have found out yourself if you 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 the u.s. should get out now no more review in december this is the review the review is it's a disaster how did afghanistan. people avails the latest edition of cross talk debates whether pakistan is becoming a failed state and if it could be the target of the next american led invasion in the region what's that show in about two hours time right here on r.t.

. well still to come in the program for you this hour on r.t. . this is a baby box if a mother wanted to leave her child all should have to do would be to pull on the handle and put the child inside it's designed to save infants lives but critics say it's encouraging women to give up their children plus. as russia faces a record heatwave the capital moscow is quite literally smoking pot. a military exercise between the u.s. and south korea is underway off the korean peninsula despite threats of the nuclear response from north korea their four day drills involve around eight thousand troops to one hundred aircraft and twenty ships america currently has twenty eight thousand troops based in south korea and fifty thousand more in japan tensions have

been running high in the region after an international commission blamed the north first sinking one of the south's warship back in march that killed forty six sailors so accusation that pyongyang denies the u.s. has also increased unilateral sanctions against the north a lecture on korean studies at sydney university leonid petroff says north korea will only respond if faced with aggression from the us. north korea never threatens first north korea as a small distant you for impoverished struggling pariah state so i believe that north korea simply reacts or sometimes 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 you're at some stage decided to use the nuclear capability nuclear deterrence against whatever in the me is closest to solve

korea's going to be the first victim of the. well another much discussed potential nuclear standoff involves iran and israel tel aviv claims tehran poses a real threat but veteran british journalist alan hart says iran would never strike first. let's just supposing iran had one to 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 iran would be devastated the real reason why israel is paying 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 for israel is if you ron did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the

entire region. and you can watch this interview in full next hour right here on r.t. well moscow is seeing its hottest days since records began one hundred thirty years ago and there's no end in sight to the scorching weather that's plaguing russians as the unprecedented heat wave in the country's sizzles on thick smoke from burning peat bogs is spreading over moscow as emergency teams struggle to bring the flames under control artie's more if an option i braved the sweltering streets of the capital. the russian capsule is now covered with a band of brothers six smoke as you can see behind me visibility is rather low and yes the raise a strong smell of burning in the air something i can right now failed to disguise for a brazen high towers and buildings one you can probably see over there or you could not see because all of them are barely faizabad all that know because of smoke of course at all that has been caused by both fires in the moscow range and then i was

struck in the city first the southern and eastern district so most could have been hit but now the smoke has already reached kremlin which is in the very center of the city and if it is continuing to move to the north british ministry of emergencies is now reporting that over seventy pete and forest blazes broke out they small and in the areas around in most cases covering almost sixty half tears which is the area equivalent to. that. if you can see the area it is quite huge although ministries now reporting that all of the fires have been assisting bush doesn't speedballs us to smoke again but this smoke has not totally wore some visibility it's also increased absolution in the city but it is now one point five times above the normal level but it's also made the air here in moscow

very hot to brief when i woke up in the morning and filled the smell of smoke and it was very difficult to breathe of course shooters the most would be to you it seems to me that most guys move to africa it's the third week since we have no it agrees that the only relief can be found at the lake here and it's very uncomfortable to live in the small degrees different smells it's like living near garbage i'm gasping for breath through i live in the countryside and try to go to the city only it's really necessary today came and now i feel bad i have to take special medicine to be able to breath and the city the consequence is all. this record paid way for russia is now facing was bad and rather serious people have been literally pulled should by over thirty degrees so says temperatures since may june was seven temperature records have already been registered in russia within the last thirty two months and people are suffering most of them were forced to move closer to. the fevers and pools and that has appraise the number of troubling

dust but these heat has brought caution brought with it their wars in century which has destroyed and damaged tens of millions of crops in the country so rush is now risking not getting any hard as they see their worst news so here is that this hit way will only intensify during the next week and these are all just say that it's put even greater up to forty degrees says is. now reporting that now it's ten years since the international space station became suitable for crews to both live and work new russian and american life support systems also meant more research could be carried out at the i asked us to use the sean thomas went 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. response to the i assume this is a major contemporary space project 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. 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. we've done a lot with in the mir shuttle program which was the ancestor of the international space station we work hard to provide similes operation of both the mir orbital station and preparation for the. 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 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 wore a watch but it wasn't until ten years ago when the capsule was attached that the space station became livable. but i'd say it was a foundation of sorts for the rest of the station if the module had failed then other systems work 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. the first 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 those machines had never seen each other in earth and that was the first time they would work together there's sponsibility was huge and that was why the crew had been composed of experienced cosmonauts. ten years on the i.s.o.'s is approaching the record for a structure being continuously inhabited in space and on are 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 which i think a part of. my assessment has decided to prolong the station's use until 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 and we have greetings for you from their current crew at the i r s s for your daughter you got to check in russian a flight engineer tells us mere earthlings about the advantages of working in space . we're glad to be working here in our space office is the best window of you know traffic jams on the way to work you know that there are not many people around in space aliens haven't visited us yet we know the bald and luckily we are far away from the heat. or the european union has adopted a new package of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program the measures will come into force in the next few weeks the announcement came after the foreign ministers of turkey brazil and iran met in ankara u.n. and u.s. imposed tougher sanctions on iran last month after the country failed to accept a un fuel swap deal instead it opted for a plan backed by turkey and brazil which doesn't halt around enrichment process

igor an expert from the institute of world economy and international affairs in moscow says turkey and brazil are interested in getting iran impact a negotiation. brazil have started to play a greater all international politics and. is taken a more independent policy that it used to do and actually turkey is very much interested in the securing in securing the region i've been studying the problem for over a decade and a half have seen that the closer neighbors close neighbors such as turkey and russia have always shown more prudent and realistic approach towards the sure russian policy has been really consistent and of course russia has thought of all international law and it does russia follows its own national interests and also russia is a major poll that has many partners and russia has to take into account all their

interests. as you know this term iranians are starting their share which was build by russian engineers so during the period when there was no suspicion the drone is going to produce nuclear weapon. rush worked with iran and helped or develop their peace nuclear program but now the fourth round of section sanctions u.n. sanctions have been imposed on iran russia has canceled its deal delivering aircraft spares three hundred and a jew to the international law abandoned babies are often found in strange places sometimes even discarded like rubbish in the czech republic though it's five years since a special facility was set up for women who give their children then you want children away the so-called baby box has many opponents who claim it encourages mothers to abandon their babies. they're all around the czech republic

at first sight they're just nondescript metal doors on the sides of hospitals and government buildings but they've already helped to save dozens of lives this is a baby box ever mother wanted to leave her child all she'd have to do would be to pull on this handle and put the child inside now it doesn't just the metal container and infant would be able to survive here for several hours but usually they're rescued within several minutes by those on the other side the first one was placed in this private hospital it's still the most popular with nearly fifteen children left here in five years now so maybe as soon as the babies placed inside the door locks on the outside and in the army set off i remember running to the box for the first time to see the baby inside and showing it to the doctor to be examined it felt special i think it is an amazing invention. the baby box inventor is not a doctor but

a writer and horse breeder but his idea was not immediately well received with protests from some clergyman and even doctors. though the baby box is high tech with three hundred twenty eight parts special places to leave unwanted children existed even in ancient times. but the government was wary of the baby books and didn't provide funding as if i was encouraging people to get rid of their children now the perception has changed. but it is life and christina have dated for two years and run a hostel in prague although they can have children of their own don't also like to adopt a baby box child. come from a big family i have four brothers and three forty cousins and. nephews and with so i like to know they do not know where or when but sure enough it is a matter of time before someone that want the child will become a welcome addition to their family either unnerve artsy prog.

it is now twenty two minutes past the hour here in the russian capital and let's turn now to the business news with daniel daniel the heat waves are forced russia's top truck make a shutdown yes just group has to close its huge factory we'll have the details later in the program but first this hour b.p.'s chief executive tony hayward is expected to step down later on monday he's likely to be replaced by robert dudley the company's man in charge of tackling the gulf of mexico oil disaster response but b.p. says its made no firm decision yet its board the shuttle to meet on monday ahead of announcing second quarter results among other things be peace set to discuss the timing of heywood's exit the embattled chief executives been widely criticized over the gulf of mexico spill which has 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.

of b.p.'s russian joint venture to b.p. he left in two thousand and eight after a shareholder conflict. the stress test of europe's largest banks has given a boost to the euro this boat claims the tests were not tough enough the banks which failed the tests already being bailed out by their respective governments the real losers maybe those banks which only just scraped through. for a look at the stock markets now they are all tears and my sticks are moving higher in the afternoon because top of producer rose neff dissolved almost two percent on the r.t.s. after the got russian government repeated plans to sell part of its stake rosneft also favorites aboard b.p.'s russian joint venture which is rumored to be under the hammer. and both stock markets london frankfurt have recovered most of their losses but smith kline is pulling on reports he wants to buy genzyme the former joint is a top loser on the footsie down almost two percent u.s. stock futures are also down the gist of wall street will open lower next hour. the

european bank of reconstruction and development is in talks to buy a ten percent stake in the russian stock market exploiting the stake from kit finance which was an early victim of the financial crisis plans to make the purchase with an undisclosed russian state bank stakes estimated to be worth eighty million dollars these days it seems to improve standards from russia's market 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 up for grabs including russia's largest oil producer rosneft power generator hydro and top lenders p.t.b. ans burbank the government could keep fifty percent plus one share of these partially listed companies it may lead to sell stakes in unlisted companies like russia israel monopoly. and also make a guess his shot is factory in nizhni novgorod for

a fortnight blaming the record heat vulgar producers sending thousands of workers on paid leave after a month of temperatures topping thirty degrees celsius the company is owned by a toy all of their past or lower import tariffs for steel products higher taxes for first metal producers and the more transparent pricing policy russia's big steel consumers want the government to take action against the way the steel industry does business at a grand gathering of producers and consumers in the city of chile over the weekend it seems prime minister putin was happy to oblige so you know admitted it has more . the day we put in regrets that his comments about metals pricing policy two years ago led to a twenty percent drop in its share price but he clearly wasn't sorry about any other thank you may have had this time prime minister held up metal as an example for others to follow he said the company treats russian consumers well and was not under suspicion for price fixing the same could not be said about six other metals

competitors. investigation for selling their product at a higher price to russian consumers than for export its alleged irregularities in transfer pricing where the producers sell product to a friendly offshore company at a much reduced tariff to avoid tax in the ocean a company that sells the steel to foreign consumers at normal world market rates. most of the call and metal producers present here by selling their product to russian customers fifteen to twenty percent higher than world prices we're talking about export price we see the evidence of companies using transfer pricing export contracts are two to three times lower than the world's price for the offshore companies it's discriminatory pricing towards russian customers. dimity when put two and a half hours and was broadcast in full life one russian t.v. still producers as well as their end consumers in the old two in oil and gas industries all explained their views and the stumbling points in the chain from

coal to still sheet closing the meeting said the government would take strong measures if the companies continued to misbehave but the government wants to provide support to the sector but if we see that the measures formulated in the north are not enough to ensure the sector acts within the law then we will have to tighten those measures and why why i should say that we will do it if we do not see the right feedback and feed big there was in chill out in school before the meeting the demand put in media tour of the city in new did that with all of them wondering is ation of the new. numerous plants in the seedy little attention all speed to the people even the local beach lack basic facilities next morning some be theirs were pleased to find changing rooms to oil it in sun loungers it's clear that you didn't expect a similar prompt response from the steel producers in any bit of a business r.t. that's the latest turn to see how wall street opens next.

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it is five thirty pm here in the russian capital and you are with r.t. your headlines now embarrassing exposure the biggest leak in u.s. military history reveals major cover ups over the war in afghanistan includes unreported civilian deaths and pakistani support for the taliban. choked with smoke the ongoing heat wave in russia takes a turn for the works with pete and forest fires adding to people's misery. by space to call home it's ten years since the international space station first became habitable when a russian module with life support systems docked with the orbiter. or at work coming up next we report on america's largest a maximum security prison where volunteers battle rather the volunteer inmates battle the bulls in order to make extra money that's coming up next on r.t. stay with us.