post cover ups of the war in afghanistan the classified documents were handed to three newspapers by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks they include reports about the deaths of hundreds of civilians increase taliban attacks as well as nato fears that pakistan and iran are backing the insurgency artie's laura emmott from london. 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 these ninety thousand documents many of them refer to the toll that the afghan war has taken on civilians that are 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 us from something as simple as troops. oh no i'm civilians on the streets are the drivers of cars over the drivers of motorcycles because they

wrongly thought that they could be suicide bombers there's 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 assuming all that have not been revealed by these documents also something very worrying about pakistan or pakistan receives the billion dollars from the u.s. government actually supports the projects 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 that are just some of the things that we can see in these documents the real story of this material is that it's it's one thing after another.

insurgent. forces he said that he was expecting that people whose abuse he had exposed would come out and criticize him essentially shooting the messenger and he also denied the fact that these leaks would cool. is there any kind of operational insecurity or danger for the troops that are on the ground who said all the documents that he's really star seven months old and so have no real bearing on what's going on operationally in afghanistan at the moment he said that he had a whole minimization process that those were his words he also defended the reliability of these documents he said 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. criticized by the white house which says the release of information threatens u.s. national security our correspondent in washington christine has the details. the

white house today both criticizing and downplaying the release of these documents the national security adviser jim jones saying that anything that is published that would put the lives of americans and our partners in danger the white house condemns this but he's also downplaying the significance of it he says that these reports come from a period of time between january of two thousand and four and december of two thousand and nine. downplaying this this is of course been expected by the united states and officials here that wiki leaks would release this of course after just a few months ago we saw the release of that helicopter cockpit video that showed the shooting and in many cases the remorseful actions by some pilots from the united states army do you know officials here have known that this was going to be released and they said these documents ninety thousand of them have not only told

us anything that we didn't know we knew that there were some situations in which case pakistan was working with the taliban but essentially they're sort of trying to downplay it as well i want to point out one other thing senator john kerry this is a long time senator from massachusetts here in the u.s. senate one time presidential candidate he is not taking the same view as the white house he's saying however illegally these documents were obtained or put off this should essentially be a wake up call he says this should teach us that we need to sort of up our ante up the effort to get the policy right and also make it more urgent. well to discuss the wiki leaks story joined by the stop the war coalition. is the information on wiki leaks. yes i said hoping you could hear because i don't think we've actually got the sun

connection through to him more time mr brand can you hear me it's kevin out in moscow. oh you can great lovely stuff i'm glad we got liam food we got the line through to you i don't think you called a question just now of what i was asking you we've just seen the background to this story today i'm asking you how credible do you think this information is on wiki leaks. well i think it's very credible i think that this is a bombshell i think it's the equivalent of daniel ellsberg release of the pentagon papers in one thousand nine hundred ninety it's the beginning of the end this is a war that's already been lost the politicians know it's been lost what these documents reveal is that they've concealed that fact from the american people and they're sending more and more troops tens of thousands more troops to kill and to be to be killed in a war that they know can't be won and the reason they're doing it is that they don't want to take responsibility as nixon did not want to take responsibility in vietnam for a military setback and millions of people will be paying some kind of price in

national treasure of course the blood loss for afghan civilians for american g.i.'s i think this will have an explosive effect on her on the american public which already has turned against the war well i guess i'm surprised as we heard just now the white house has accused wiki leaks of putting american soldiers who are currently in afghanistan in danger do you think that is justified after all this information is at least seven months old. well the obama administration's pronouncement is like an alice in wonderland turning reality upside down they are the ones who are putting american soldiers and afghans lives at risk and in fact taking those lives every day in a war that they know can't be won and yet when wiki leaks and people who are whistleblowers tell the truth then this sort of explanation from the white house is that these people who are telling the truth exposing the lies are the ones putting the people's lives and in danger i mean that is so ludicrous such nonsense but

because of the tepid character of the the propaganda nature of the u.s. corporate media that line will be promulgated time and time again today and tomorrow and in the coming days but i don't think the american people will believe that is what i want to know the truth is really mall as you think of this theory been hearing today that maybe just maybe the american military could themselves be on this lead to further the military expansion into pakistan for instance. well we know in the antiwar movement that we're getting more and more support from people within the u.s. military of course mainly from enlisted people who know that the war is a lie they don't read the newspaper and learn about the war they're learning that day in and day out they know about the deaths of civilians they know about the fact that the country has turned against the nato u.s. occupation they know it's the mere presence of these troops that are the catalyst for a growing insurgency and so many of them are turning against the war could it be people from within the military undoubtedly just as happened during vietnam the military of the united states is split many you know that it's it's

a lost cause it's unwinnable and the politicians both in uniform and outside of uniform who are refusing to take responsibility for the setback and sending these people to their death and so of course inside the military people are rising up against what i would like to do your views on the news channel. robert fisk the middle east correspondent for the british daily the independent uses the internet stepping on the toes of newspaper and t.v. journalism now. we've got all these expensive newspapers with huge investigative staffs watching the new york times in london in france and yet we didn't get this story it was the internet that got it this is the most important proof so far that in many ways newspaper journalism is retreating and going along with authority please can i be embedded i mean i'm not a baby but please can i be embedded can i go with the tenth mountain division can i be with the british army and these reporters are not getting the story and these

people this week leaks organization which i have some serious concerns they have managed to do it on a mass spoke scale we've never seen recently in modern newspaper journalism or television journalism this i think it's one of the lessons for us journalists. we got more on this story in the program ahead and also this hour. this is a baby box if a mother wanted to leave her child all shook up to do would be to pull of the handle and put the child inside it is designed they say to save infants lives but critics say it's encouraging women to give up their children report on that plus. our next story it is ten years since the international space station became suitable for crews to both live and work in new russian and american life support systems also made more research could be carried out at the i assess 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 one of the i assess 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 ride 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 war and watch but it wasn't until ten years ago when the capsule was attached that the space station became livable. i'd say 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 would be impossible to build the station at the pace it was constructed at 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 dance ability 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. but in another i assess members 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 we've got greetings from the current crew of the i assess as well fyodor yurchikhin the russian flight engineer tells us earthlings about the advantages of life in space. we're glad to be working here in our space office is the best window view you know traffic jams on the way to work and although there are not many people around and space aliens haven't visited us yet we're never bored and luckily we are far away from the heat. abandoned babies are often found in strange and sad place and sometimes even discarded like rubbish and in the czech republic it has been five years since a special facility was set up for women to give away their newborn children the so-called baby box and sparked protests from clergymen and even doctors encourages mothers to abandon their babies. there all around the czech republic

at first sight 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 should 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 books missing as the babies placed inside the door locks on the outside and in the army settle i remember running to the box for the first time to see the baby inside and showing it to the doctor to be examined by special i think it is an amazing invention. the baby books and learned 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 books is high tech with three hundred twenty 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 know 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 also like to adopt a baby box child. come from a big family of four brothers and three forty cousins. nephews who would be so willing to do they do not know where or when but sure enough it is a matter of time before someone doesn't want the child will become a welcome addition to their family. r.t.

prague. one of their a scorcher outside the studio in moscow today a city struggling with the hottest day since records began a hundred thirty years ago and there's no end in sight and scorching weather has been playing in russians either way here as the president heat wave sizzles on foul smelling small from burning pate bogs is spreading all over moscow as emergency teams struggle to bring the flames like under control and i spoke to r.t. jacob greaves he's brave the sweltering streets of the capital for. people all over the world let's face it love to moan about the weather is too hot is too cold just how bad is it maybe. well i might be the first in my enemy i much rather be in your icy air conditioned studio than out here braving the he actually said but is cool down slightly at the moment but yeah today was you said it was a record breaking day the hottest day in moscow ever suffered. really a record breaking month in july with temps just soaring into the high seas they

just had problems as well as kicked off the swimming season but already across russia in july there's been a thousand people were drowned as a kid or swimming season starts has also been a lot of people just suffering in the intense heat and earlier on we got speeches on those people who have been suffering when i woke up in the morning and failed the smell of smoke and it was very difficult to breathe it seems to me that moscow's move to africa it's the third week since we have no it a brief the only relief can be found at the lake and it's very uncomfortable to live in this small breach different smells it's like leaving me a garbage i'm gasping for breath. i live in the countryside and try to go to the city only if 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 it's not just the heat has also been a big bear was small go around moscow today now that came from pete some bloke fires

that were burning on the outskirts of the city the minister said there will be sixty such fires today in the last twenty four hours and that's covered a area of over seventy hectares or thirty football pitches our predictions that temperatures could reach into the forty degree celsius towards the end of the week so there may not be any rest by store and that's also been just to add to the woes of people living in moscow they could potentially be tornadoes on the outskirts and moscow region so tropical conditions really all we know and even a doctor has been warning that because of the lack of oxygen in the air there is an essay for caution that if you're at home to the coat get the wet towels and put them over windows to increase the option levels in the house. cheery if nothing else so i've got three top news stories for you now a suicide bomber driving a main low self up by an arabic television station baghdad killing at least sick. people including sixteen others and officials say they have evidence that al qaeda

had been planning to attack a big channels in the country it's thought the iraqi militants see the al out of be a news station is too pro western since it regularly interviews u.s. state figures. israel's defense minister has warned his country will attack lebanon if there's further provocation from hezbollah. a route of allowing the militant group to rearm lebanese media say that israeli military jets have repeatedly violated the country's airspace in the last few days the planes are reported to have flowed over hezbollah facilities and un peacekeepers. lucky escape here a new zealand teen aged miraculously survive falling from a six story balcony an all clear the boy plunged fifty meters went through the roof then landed on concrete fifteen year olds now in hospital he said to be in a stable condition despite a broken. leg and internal injuries. it was more news that from us a chance to have your say in all the stories you see on our channel as well on our home page r.t.

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we're going to business b.p. is expected to announce the replacement of c.e.o. tony hayward before its quarterly results on tuesday and did a new twist haywood could be given a directorship at the company's russian joint venture that means he would effectively swap roles with the american robert dudley who was head of b.p. until two years ago hayward is expected to leave his post as chief executive in october he's been widely criticised 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 local shareholders of b.p. . there have been reports b.p. could sell lucrative russian venture to the state owned gals from all rosneft but oil and gas unless alexander nazar for metropol says the deal would make sense no i don't think so and prime reason is there probably is not there is no buyers there

at the market but the reason is the e.p.a. doesn't need to sell take a b.p. right now because thinking now an excellent assets for b.p. because b.p. needs now a lot of cash in order to sell down all consequences of the spiel in the mexican gulf think if he's an excellent cash cow and it generates several billions of dollars every year as it didn't support b.p. that actually that what b.p. needs now exactly. in last several months was rumored not as an acquisition target but seeking an acquisition target primarily in downstream and retail. now the finance ministry is planning russia's biggest earth itself 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 rose nerved power generates

a roof hydro and top lenders v.t. b. and as burbank the government could keep fifty percent plus one share of these partially listed firms it may later sell stakes in unlisted organizations like russia's rail monopoly. the stress test of europe's largest banks has given a boost to the euro despite claims that tough enough the bones which failed the tests already being bailed out by their respective governments while german banks were criticized for withholding information or exposure to soviet markets shrugged off those doubts. russian markets have demonstrated quite a humble reaction on the european banking stress but that comes as no surprise that analysts say they haven't been expecting any serious implications for the russian markets i have to remind you that last friday ninety one european banks under one stress test designed to show how europe's financial institutions would behave in case of another financial downturn the banks have been asked to estimate how much

additional capital they would need in adverse in areas such as continuing recession and additional sovereign shock now seven out of ninety one banks failed the exam but that's less than expected the banks that failed include german mortgage bank how real estate bank of greece and five spanish savings banks now critics say that the terrorist wasn't tough enough as it didn't look at what would happen if one of the members of the euro zone defaulted they also point out that the members of the european union didn't even consider the possibility of a sovereign debt crisis at the same time the task is believed to to help restore confidence in the european banking system but a market players say that the test such tests can only work if the market believes it's credible. reason the finished more than three percent.

of the reporting. thirty seven percent in the first half of the year. two and a half percent as the process of lloyds suite holds near seventy. all is a barrel. and the european bank of reconstruction and development is in talks to buy a ten percent stake in the russian stock market is buying the state from kit finance a bank which was an early victim of the financial crisis. the plans to make the purchase with an undisclosed russian state lend the states estimated to be worth eighty million dollars. to improve standards on russia's stock market. rising oil prices have boosted russia's budget revenues the state budget to one hundred twenty two billion dollars from the first half of the year that's up thirty percent from the same period of two thousand and nine the low in share represents tax payments on oil and gas production. and daughter make again as has shot its

factory in nizhni novgorod for a fortnight claiming the record heat produces sending thousands of workers on paid leave after a month of temperatures topping thirty degrees centigrade become police owned by tycoon pascal. there's that for me you can find more stories on our web site that's at the dot com slash business.

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night here in moscow you're watching r.t. good to have you with us these are our top stories embarrassing exposure of the biggest leak in u.s. military history reveals major cover ups over the war in afghanistan including a reported civilian deaths and pakistani support for the taliban. a 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. and abandoned to be adopted r t looks at the concept of baby boxes where mothers can anonymously leave the newborns with hope for a better life. coming up next we'll report on america's largest maximum security prison where inmates volunteer to battle with bulls but without special training or in order to make money.