by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks be include reports on the deaths of hundreds of civilians increase taliban attacks as well as in nato fears that pakistan and iran are backing the insurgency. but from london has more on this. this is essentially a detailed account of the last sixty six years of the war in afghanistan that begins at the beginning of two thousand and four and 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 there 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 of in the news in that the afghan government has complained about what some of them also with this 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 of one hundred ninety five civilians killed and one hundred seventy four wounded but that's considered to be a massive underestimate that there are we assume all that have not been revealed by these documents also something very worrying about pakistan now pakistan receives the billion dollars from the u.s. government to support 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 fighting u.s. soldiers to those are just some of the things that we can see in the story the real story of this nature. it's one of you know. it is the continuous. be continuous. this children. insurgents. allied forces he said that he was expecting that people whose abuse he had exposed would come out and criticized him essentially shooting the messenger and he also denied the fact that these leaks would cause any kind of operational insecurity or danger for the troops that are on the ground he said 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 he also defended the

reliability of these documents is that there are instructions on the wiki websites about how to read these documents obviously we should excel exercise caution while reading them but he's confident that they are all accurate account. reporting there from london the afghan president has launched a probe into the deaths of forty five civilians in a nato missile strike last week civilian casualties from allied raids are continuing to cause indignation in the country and. says the information on civilian deaths contained in the documents released by wiki leaks are no surprise. 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 out of processed raw material that are reports of one person or one side so. everybody is making it as bigger than it is i think some of these facts are known to us pashtuns involvement

in afghanistan aidan's involvement in afghanistan. the way the taliban are trained all these things are or how these. intelligence elements and their involvement and we were talking about this several years before they 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 and they did well commenting on the wiki leaks report the u.s. ambassador to russia. says it's unfortunate that america are 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. well lotty is political commentator peter lavelle 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 as well. oh it says is that how god 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'd just tried a little bit talk to witnesses the internet exist oh my goodness these stories are out there it is 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 us should get out now no more review in december this is the review the review is it's a disaster get out afghanistan. people liberals latest edition of crosstalk debates

whether pakistan is becoming a failed state and if it could be the target of the next american led invasion in the region watch that next hour right here on r.t. . you are with r t it's good to have your company today and still to come in the program at this hour. this is a baby box ever mother wanted to leave her child all she'd have to do would be to pull on the handle and put the child inside its design to save infants lives but critics say it's encouraging women to give up their children plus. as russia faces a record heat wave the capital moscow he's quite literally small can haunt. a military exercise between the u.s. and south korea is underway off the korean peninsula despite threats of a nuclear response from north korea the four day drills involve around eight

thousand troops two hundred aircraft and around 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 for sinking one of the south's warships back in march killing forty six sailors it's an accusation pyongyang denies the u.s. has also increased unilateral sanctions against the north a lecture on korean studies at sydney university leonid patrol says north korea will only respond if faced with aggression from the us north korea never threatens first north korea in the small distant you for impoverished struggling pariah state so i believe the north korea simply reacts or sometime over reacts to the phrase which comes from outside if united states decides to go ahead and execute invasion or regime change i would be surprised if your at some stage

decided to use their nuclear capability nuclear deterrence against whatever in the me is closest to solve grizz going to be the first victim of the. with the world still smarting at israel's raid on the gaza bound aid flotilla in may arab countries have been making efforts to get help to the palestinians but british journalist alan hart believes they're doing nothing more than point scoring at israel's expense. i'm inclined to the view that you. know it's a little gesture that you know we really with the with the palestinians that's what president carter once called b.s. bullshit but not. and you can watch this interview in full in twenty minutes time right here on r.t. moscow is seeing the hottest days since records began one hundred and thirty years ago and there's no end in sight to the scorching weather plaguing russians as the unprecedented heat wave in the country's sizzles on thick smoke from burning peter

bogs is spreading i want to go to motor city teams struggle to bring the flames under control parties where if an option to brave the sweltering streets of the capital. the russian capsule is now a college with a veil of brothers six miles as you can see behind me visibility is rather low and yes the rays a strong smell of burning in the air something i can right now feel things to disguise scrapers in high towers and buildings one you can probably see over there or you could not see because all of them are barely feasible and all that you know because of smoke of course and although has been a coast by puppet polka fires in the moscow rage and then i was struck in the city first the southern and eastern districts all but 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 peat and forest blazes broke out they small in in the

areas around in moscow covering almost sixty half tears which is the area equivalent to. that. so you can see that the area is quite huge although ministries now reporting that all of the fires have been assisting bush doesn't speedballs us to smoking but this smoke has not totally warse and visibility it's also increased absolution in the city it is now one point five times above the normal level but it's also made the air here in moscow very hard to breathe so wouldn't when i woke up in the morning i filled the smell of smoke and it was very difficult to breathe of course shooters the most were pretty it seems to me that most guys move to africa it's the third week since we have no it agrees the only relief can be found at the lake here and it's very uncomfortable to live in the small groups different smells it's like living near garbage i'm gasping for

breath because it was 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 breathe in the city people have been literally tortured by over thirty degrees says those temperatures since may june seventh temperature records haven't even register in russia within the last two months. artie's marie ivanovna reporting there well it is 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 the i r s s r t s 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 moment possibly of krypton for the i.s.a.'s is

a major contemporary space projects and 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 number. 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 orbital station and preparation for the i s s 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 ensure 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 were watch but it wasn't until ten years ago when those various the capsule was attached that the space station became livable nor what she. might see was of our nation 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 the crew to stay and build 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 peter

would be two weeks were critical since a lot of the systems were being activated for the first time and some russian systems 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 to build it was huge you know that was why they were 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 us but in another try 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 as things conflict or. ensuring a continued international presence in space for many more years to come john thomas r.t. moscow. we have greetings for you from the current crew with the i assess for your

daughter your chicken the russian flight engineer outsells earthlings about the advantages of working in space. square glared to me like i'm here actually you know space office is the best window v no traffic jams on the way to work now though there are not many people around and space aliens having visited us yet who never ball is crushed and luckily we are far away from the heat but this is arty coming to you live from the russian capital and abandoned babies are often found in strange and sad 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 away their newborn children the so-called baby box has sparked protests from clergyman and even doctors 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 if a mother wanted to leave her child or she'd have to do would be to pull on that handle and put the child inside now it doesn't just the metal container and import 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 for now so maybe books as soon as the babies placed inside the door knocks on the outside and in the army settles i remember running to the box for the first time to see the baby inside and showing it to the doctor to be examined like a special i think it is an amazing invention here. 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 parts stores special places to leave on one to chill. existed even in ancient times. but the government was wary of the baby dogs and didn't provide funding of a me if i was encouraging people to get rid of their children apply now the perception has changed for now 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 to. use and with so i like children 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 i've never see prague. it is nearly twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you are with r.t. and let's check out some other stories now making news from around the world. i

know a suicide bomber driving a minibus has blown himself up by an arabic television station in baghdad killing around six people and wounding sixteen others officials say they have evidence al qaeda had been planning to attack arabic channels in the country it's thought iraqi militants see the al arab news station as to pro western since they regularly interviews u.s. state figures. a former camaro rouge official standing trial in cambodia has been found guilty of all crimes and crimes against humanity the sixty seven year old known as a comrade was sentenced to thirty five years behind bars for his role as head of a prison that killed more than six thousand people during paul potts reign the sentence and good many outside the court who hoped he would receive life. the german chancellor has demanded an investigation into the deadly stampede at the love parade music festival in germany nineteen were killed and three hundred forty

two injured as vast numbers of party goers packed into a tunnel which was the only way in or out of the event the organizers of the parade have already announced it will never be held again. and the business news is next with daniel. welcome to the business program here on r.t. the people's tony hayward is expected to step down late on monday he's likely to be replaced by robert dudley a b.p. executive who made his name in russia as chief executive of b.p. up to two thousand and eight the decision is expected to come at the b.p. board meeting on monday and ahead of its second quarter results heywood's been widely criticized over the gulf of mexico spill which has cost the company forty percent of its market capitalization but his replacement is no stranger to conflict robert dudley left russia two years ago after a dispute with the russian shareholders of b.p.

for analysis i'm joined now by oil and gas analyst alexander nazarov from metropole so dudley was previously head of b.p.'s lucrative russian venture judging from his record here what sort of c.e.o. will he make. i think you'll be an excellent head of b.p. because if you remember the story of mr dollars being you see your fourteen he used to be head of huge company in a very tough conditions that actually would be peace now right moving on the times says b.p. will sell its lucrative russian venture to guess from all rove's rules next do you think that's going to happen no i don't think so and pramod reason is there probably is not there is no buyers there at the market but the reason is the e.p. doesn't need to sell to you right now because thinking you know an excellent assets for b.p. because people are needs now a lot of cash in order to sell down of consequences of these people in the mexican

gulf he's an excellent cash cow and it generates several billions of dollars every year as a difference would be that actually that what b.p. needs now is actually so b.p. could actually expand its activities in russia in your opinion. probably because. last several months it was rumored not as an acquisition target but seeking an acquisition target primarily in downstream and retail thank you very much indeed alexander knows or from metropole. the stress test of europe's largest banks has given a boost to the euro despite claims the tests were not tough enough the banks which failed the test already being bailed out by their respective governments the real losers may be those banks which only just scraped through. time for a check on the stock markets europe's raising the morning's losses linders a top gainers on positive feedback from those stress tests of b.s.

and lloyds all up around three percent on the footsie wall street meanwhile has moved into the black after choppy start in the morning there has gained almost five percent of the raising its fiscal forecast for the year of the ship in the sunshine . ocean freight is up over ten percent on the nasdaq and here in moscow the all tears and my six have gained in the afternoon because through taupo producer rosneft is up almost three percent on the r.t.s. after the russian government repeated plans to sell part of its stake. in the european bank of reconstruction and development is in talks to buy a ten percent stake in the russian stock markets it's buying the stake from kit finance a bank which was part of an early victim of the financial crisis plans to make the purchase with an undisclosed russian state bank the state's estimated to be worth eighty million dollars it b.r.d. says it aims to improve standards on russia's stock market the finance ministry is

planning russia's biggest asset sale since the early ninety's the government's 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 vitti be ans burbank the government could keep fifty percent plus one share of these partially listed companies it may later sell stakes in unlisted companies like russia israel monopoly and also make a gas has shot its factory in nizhni novgorod for a fortnight blaming the record heat the volvo producers sending thousands of workers on paid leave after months of temperatures topping thirty degrees celsius the company is owned by tycoon pascoe. import tariffs for steel products higher taxes for first metal producers and a more transparent pricing policy russia's big steel consumers want the government to take action against the way the steel industry does business it's

a grand gathering of producers and consumers in the city of chalabi is go over the weekend it seems prime minister putin was happy to oblige so you know i admit it has more. we're putting 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 it was not under suspicion for price fixing the same could not be said about six other metals competitors which are under investigation for selling their product at a higher price to russian consumers than for export it's alleged their irregularities in transfer pricing where the producers sell product to a friendly offshore company at a much reduced tariff to avoid tax and duty is 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 and export contracts are two to three times lower than the world's price for the offshore companies it's discriminatory pricing towards russian customers. the meeting went for two and a half hours and was broadcast in full life one russian t.v. still producers as well as there and consumers in the old two in oil and gas industries all explained their views on the stumbling points in the chain from coal to still sheet losing the meeting and said the government would take strong measures if the companies continued to misbehave but it was due to government wants to provide support to the sector but if we see that the measures formulated in the war 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 before the meeting the demand put in media tour of the city and noted that with all of them wondering is ation of the numerous plants in the city little attention or speed to the people even the local beach lack basic facilities next morning some be theirs were pleased to find changing rooms toilets and sun loungers it's clear that the idea of putting expect a similar prompt response from the still producers in any bit of a business r.t. has the latest business stay without a firm look at the weather headline news. fifty

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is here in the russian capital you're watching on your headlines now and exposure as the biggest leak in u.s. military history reveals a major cover ups over the war in afghanistan but is it old news rather than new revelations. a space to call home it's ten years since the international space station first began probable when a russian module with life support. systems docked with the orbiter. plus abandoned to be adopted r t looks at the concept of baby boxes where mothers can anonymously leave their newborns with hope for a better life. while israel has yet to respond to an official request to cooperate with the un human rights council's investigation into the deadly attack on a gaza bound aid flotilla in may so far israel has shunned any suggestion of an international probe.