as concerns pakistani intelligence help the taliban insurgency several files track osama bin laden despite u.s. claims that had received no reliable information on him in years pentagon chiefs admit it will take weeks to assess the damage caused by these revelations one of area on gun a chicken has been hearing from soldiers involved in last week's wiki leaks exposure and while while it struck the civilians not insurgents. something that any military tries to keep under wraps civilians killed during an operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet a secret video of american soldiers opening with looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were recruited dan including to reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investigated and the u.s.

military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own rules of engagement so while the u.s. military is ok with causing some quiet old damage it's when civilians die in the course of action a number of soldiers who were involved in those killings now speak out and say this shouldn't be a norm of warfare you can see in the eason mccord a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience he went s. words to say soldiers in his unit were ordered to kill civilians in certain circumstances mccord said the message they got from their commander was if someone in your line gets hit with an improvised explosive device three sixty rotational fire you kill everyone on the street. chastity bers served in the same unit as ethan mccord he refused to talk about the order because of as he said the threats

and warnings that he'd received from his former army fellows but the secret video of how the captive killings seemed nothing unusual to him from our experiences what was shown in that video was no uncommon and happened on a fairly regular basis josh says the training they'd gone through did not angry much sensitivity there he remembers one of the songs soldiers were made to sing more intense on going as far as i want down to the market where all the children were all women shop where i was shoddy and i began to chop josh and a group of other former soldiers are now touring the us and telling people of their experiences and their regret for me it was when i was finally able to kind of put myself in the shoes of of all the people. and

really start to imagine how i feel if people were doing to me what i was doing telling people on a regular basis of storerooms in people's homes sometimes in the middle of kids and in children's faces. some blame the type of war the us was finding for the psychological trauma so many american soldiers are now going through it was a very disorienting and destabilizing condition of warfare for most american soldiers to try to separate be benign populace from the insurgents who wanted to kill them that were absolutely indistinguishable from regular civilians. seven roger. eason mccord and josh stieber signed a letter of apology to the mother of the children hurt during the operation and pledged to change from the inside out again is chicken r t washington d.c. . the online whistleblower is now checking into reports dealing with u.s.

contact in iraq it's thought it could expose similar findings to the thousands of documents already posted on the web filmmaker blokey dunny schecter says it heralds a new era of media investigations. truth is the first casualty in war it always is and that the united states government has a big apparatus in a sense to manage and muzzle the news and information to try to it kind of engineer perception of the public and so of course we tend to emphasize the positive they downplay the negative so there's a lot of you know that this trust in the media of the pentagon and the pentagon's motives so the idea that you could go to the actual data the actual reports by soldiers in the field of what happened and make that available to the public so that people can judge for themselves is quite a step and then not just doing it because of a belief in media or

a belief in being against war they're doing it out of a belief in democracy you know that the founder of wiki leaks told the german magazine der spiegel that he likes to crush bastards that is motive he wants to try to get the truth out and of course in their view the truth here is that this war is not only unwinnable but it's been savaged it's taken a many many innocent lives and that's what they're really trying to show with this this is a problem for the obama administration too because you know one of the great heroes of the people who supported obama it was daniel ellsberg the person who leaked the pentagon papers now the u.s. government is condemning we kill leaks so this could have political consequences for the obama administration as well and you know it really shows that the media really is not what it used to be it's not just a few major newspapers but smaller players can have

a big impact in the media landscape. you are with r.t. live from moscow and in a few moments once last year was the fastest growing european economy now many people there have to rely on charities for the bare necessities. or fresh e.u. sanctions against iran have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry has said the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermines collective efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear issue on monday the e.u. adopted tougher sanctions against iran's energy sector in an attempt to prevent the islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons measures include a ban on the sale of equipment and technology iran denies western fears it is trying to build an atomic bomb some iran watchers say the new sanctions will not make the country cooperate on its nuclear program. as it is there

really any need to be unilateral sanctions like those adopted by the u.s. and the e.u. and they are already u.n. restrictions russia has been warning against unilateral moves if these going any further eighty around and make their return to international troops in for its nuclear program even more problematic there have been sanctions in place against around since one nine hundred seventy nine people that are used to this and don't feel the fact it the only thing that latest sanctions can bring is even deeper distrust between iran and the global community. and that was a lame ass upon an hour from moscow based on the news. well for many latvians drastic economic conditions mean they have to turn to charities for survival for many the fastest growing european economy these days the only thing thriving is unemployment and as artie's tom barton reports a sustainable recovery is a promise that many believe the government is incapable of keeping. diana gives out food to people in need for months she's made sure families can get

a square meal but this isn't a developing country it's the modern economy of latvia and recently joined the majority when we brought the first food bags to those families many parents swept there could have never foreseen a crisis of this magnitude they had jobs they were well to do and respected and all of a sudden they find themselves in a situation where they have to plead for help to feed their children latvia speculated aggressively on international markets leaving the so-called baltic tiger vulnerable when the crisis hit those with loans and mortgages were suddenly seriously short of money. if brussels sneezed we're lucky or already had a bad case of angina. a very small and very open economy felt the world's problems more painfully than the others and we were experiencing our own mistakes much more painfully to last years unemployment soar to over twenty percent middle class families with houses and cars couldn't afford to put food on the table and almost

eight percent of the population registered below the poverty line disappear to go we could never imagine if giving food to people in this country would ever be needed the situation showed that it is needed so we decided to start it the food bank relies on donations of money in food to supplement the diets of hard up families the charity raise half a million dollars in two thousand and nine money vitally needed as the government is failing to support those in need. it all came too soon and created a sort of traffic jam the social services were not prepared for an influx of people who needed aid all at once. unable to rely on their leaders latvians have dipped into their own pockets and cupboards to help each other out and it's not always the rich who give the most we read in the donors are often not the richest sort of people more often than not we notice their women with children and quite often it's children who say let's leave some charity money here in this food but we've got to

end pork and fish we've got some sugar got condensed milk got flour we've got stock pastor cooking oil and much more but it's this food that shows how deep the financial crisis has cut in love here until the families affected get more work this food will only be a temporary comfort not a cure tom watson r.t. . via. and still ahead for you the power of magic psychics could be put out of business as authorities about a crackdown on con artists promising to cure everything from diseases to cheaters. are two russian cosmonauts from the international space station have concluded their near seven hour space walk they successfully completed the installation of a new laboratory at the i s s fear that. replaced

a video camera used in monitoring the docking of supply ships and filming those amazing shots of the earth from orbit the cosmonauts also had the chance to test walk their new smart space suits which of integrated computer systems and digital screens the rest of the crew stayed safely inside making sure everything went according to plan. well b.p. boss tony hayward will step down after the company posted a seventeen billion dollars second quarter loss its first in eighteen years he's shouldered much of a blame for the firm's poor handling of the oil spill in the gulf of mexico the british companies already confirmed bob dudley one of its american executives will take over in october meanwhile he was expected to be offered a new role in the joint venture between b.p. and the russian oil company t n k as more on this in our business bulletin shortly with stephanie. activists in south korea have sent propaganda leaflets to the north to mark the

anniversary of the korean war armistice flyers and d.v.d.'s criticizing pyongyang she won the rights record were released into the sky attached to balloons and so at this point the cross border tension remains high fifty seven years after the end of the war the u.s. and south korea are currently conducting military exercises off the korean peninsula and the discouraging the north from any attack on the south a recent international inquiry into the sinking of a south korean warship in march concluded pyongyang was responsible an accusation it denies. serbia's parliament has overwhelmingly approved a resolution saying the country does not recognize cause of us independence it comes after the higgs international court of justice ruled that the region's declaration of statehood was legal the parliament's resolution said peaceful negotiations are needed to find an acceptable solution because of announced it would secede from serbia two years ago following a bloody war in the ninety's. u.k.

prime minister david cameron says he'll make a stand for turkey's entry into the european union during his first visit to the country as prime minister he said he was displeased with the slow pace of talks and called vital for europe qana me and politics so he is currently an official candidate for membership in the union however that you use. the country must reform its judicial system and rethink relations with the regional powers for. people living by china as a young. bracing themselves for more flooding as water levels reached the highest mark in thirty years with more rain predicted roads across the region are submerged with shops relocating to higher ground a landslide caused by downpours in the south of the country has left more than twenty people missing almost a thousand have died since april and what's been the worst flooding in a decade well coming up we talk to an author who's hoping to address the un as he

claims he can help bring peace to the middle east norman finkelstein says it's the right time to involve a local communities in finding a lawful solution. in the real world the laws often disregarded and then replaced by the use of a big club when you crack people skulls but we're talking about how we think the conflict should. and i think most people understand maybe not people in power regular people who understand the rule of law and that we should respect the law and i think you can reach a large audience with that principle and i think the audience is now ready to listen. and you can watch the full interview with norman finkelstein in about an hour's time right here on r.t. . well the recent years fortune tellers and psychics have become increasingly popular here in russia some turn to magic to give their love life a little boost others seek cures for life threatening diseases but authorities say

the trends are attracting con artists who not only swindle people out of money but also jeopardize their health sean thomas reports on the government's battle against fake magic. via lure of the unknown and of the showcasing of psychic abilities have become big business in russia while simple entertainment for some others turned to these self-proclaimed mystics for healing and the promise of answers to the problems of everyday life says good manners of national police that six years ago trouble came to our family my son was lured into a relationship by a woman who use some witchcraft as a mother i couldn't help seeing that his health was impaired and was getting worse his mind was suppressed he changed completely. she put her trust in a psychic who claimed to have a special insight into the situation but as time passed it became clear that all the psychic was after was more of lewis's money because their taxes that it would

be as i paid her about six hundred thousand roubles a year for three years that's not because we're rich but for the sake of your child's health you do anything sell possessions take loans anything experts say the nature of this industry provides a prime opportunity for people to take advantage of those desperate for a belief system. even though with some quasi should manage things in the worst meaning of this word or all too close to hopes but people want to keep believing so they trust them and when they finally turn for help to real doctors they find out it's too late too hard or that a patient is in need of critical measures now there is a movement in the state duma to protect people like laura so from being kind awesome give them a riveting advertisement for services which are not backed by professional or commercial experience we believe these people practice tax evasion and swindling moreover they are deceiving potential consumers with these occult services the law

is aimed at adds an article printed in magazines like this one which is called oracle and it is all literally chock full of people who claim that they can heal or tell the future using it viz that mystical abilities but those who are actually in the business say. this bear no water affect them really at all you can go to medical and i would say that city the internet brings the most clients into this business rather than printed resources or at c.v. the only ad that really works is the grief i mean you help someone and then send bring their family and friends and while it may seem counter intuitive some who claim to have such powers see the provide a valuable service and that a ban on advertising could actually be helpful here's my thing i help people in their family relationships and i do fortune telling depending on their needs most psychics do the same thing however those who don't know what they're doing a change skin not to write it through ads and other means i believe there should be a set of documents to prove their abilities. a point that the duma is trying to

push through as well buy them for the system they could get a diploma or a medical certificate or undergo a medical commission in each region of russia is to use their particular diplomas which means each healer can work only in that region in the same way they can be to prove their claim if their treatment doesn't work just like any other doctor or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas or a t. moscow. it is twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital and shortly stephanie will be here with the latest business news for the meantime though muscovites are still struggling with the worst heat wave in more than a century the situation in the capital is being exacerbated by high levels of smog in the moscow region alone emergency teams are trying to put out at least twenty forest and peak bug places caused by the unusually hot weather south easterly winds are blowing smoke from the fires through the capital causing breathing difficulties

and reducing visibility on the roads the cloud it does not have a so silver lining either sizzling temperatures are expected to stay in the region until at least the end of the week. well don't forget to log on to our web site that is. there are always more stories for you. snail mail post-office has been fine delivery even paying for the express letters still don't arrive on time. and find out how our joint operation. american drug police has cracked a cocaine trafficking ring with a showbiz twist. ok you're up to date now on all of our top stories with the latest business news.

oh welcome to the business bulletin helen naughty president dmitri medvedev wants to tap new sources of finance to diversify russia's economy he said investment along with business support services from the north to accounting other key to innovation are now joined to life from the modernization commission my office funded that tend to have clover and italian now what are the main obstacles to modernization. hello stephanie world at today's meeting of the presidential commission on more devastation has shown that when it comes to venture capital investment in russia it's easy to say what needs to be done then to make what has already been achieved so far there are at least twenty three venture funds working in russia with a total capital of two billion dollars which of course absolutely not enough for the country and building it over to the economy now the president meeting with have

said that there was a lot of help to mum told me a lot of on the market and he criticised the properties which are reluctant to take the risk and invest in innovation he proposed something he proposed several concrete measures that are designed to work how to make pension capital investment work in russia let's listen to what he had to say. so in the civil service that we need to develop the services needed for business accounting information and services it's also necessary to increase support to small enterprises use your grandson loan finance we need not only to attract foreign investment but also to develop our financial markets so that capital inflows stay in russian companies regardless of the situation in foreign markets. both big companies and individual interpreters are saying in one voice that corruption administrative barriers the absence of fat competition on the market. current tax

and customs regulations are stamped on the way of the russian innovation they have foreign venture funds agree and say that russia should now focus on the building the track record of success stories of projects and companies that can become global you know and keep the flow of my coming stephanie back to you thank you very much to tell me that was a close one and tell you how clever with the latest on the results of the modernization commission meeting to present to me tonight that. now it's two years since robert dudley then head of b.p. fled russia after a dispute with the russian shareholders on tuesday he was declared the new boss of b.p. taking office in october and in a final twist tony hayward's may return to russia as a direct p.p. so you know i didn't credit reports. robert dudley has already earned his created for handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill the gulf represents one third of the

company's oil and gas wars and refineries and his experience in russia where to keep b.p. generates about a quarter of b.p.'s revenues and she should be well prepared to take over the whole company where she is likely true means central to b.p. strategy with analysts dismissing media reports that the company could sell a stake in its cash generator team t v p possibly to gas room or ross nifty tiki b.p. is a cash generator on an original investment of seven billion dollars in two thousand and three b.p. has already seen twelve billion dollars of dividends officially for the last year he reported for more than thirty five billion dollars of revenues and if taken stand alone. indeed is the largest piece of cedars in terms of revenues and probably in terms of the dark and profit and of course think you is one of the largest cash sources for so obviously catching aeration now for

b.p. is one of the product target countries are lining up to pull the barrels from b.p.'s flour the company has already confirmed that is looking to sell of assets with few details an ounce to exxon mobil and chevron now both in talks to take over the company but first things first to stop the leaking first ask to begin with the plug the well that's still not done yet we're still two to three weeks away from that even though the spill has now being contained it has not been plugged so the first order of things is to get the plug done second is to figure out how the reinvestment side going to be done and then it's a question of reconstructing in winning back the trust of the american people robert dudley has shown his skills at getting a good price when he sold masses of team t. b.p. they're telling to. come in handy now that b.p. needs to raise cash to pay for consequences so it's all a spill in u.s.

waters the question is how much she has to dilute the brand in the process in any way to do a business r.t. . now a quick look at the moscow markets the heart and afternoon trade with the r.t.s. up nearly one and a half a cent last night and the t.v. of boca had by more than one of the hot percent plus telecom is also alpha forming gaining more than three percent a sour. and european shares are advancing with shop gains in the banking sector five to seven percent banks got a base across europe after regulators scaled back that classified. and that's all the business news for now but of course i'll be back with more updates for you next hour and you can always find the stories on our website that's r t dot com slash business.

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which i'm a taste in bosnia and herzegovina available in. me and the children of each. to know what you know period of time and hotels. or a boutique hotel. in serbia multis available in the hyatt regency. it is five thirty pm here in moscow you with your headlines now as a washington hunt for those who leak top military secrets of the afghan war talks

to american soldiers who say civilian casualties were sometimes a means to an end they claim to have received a specific orders to kill everyone in sight when. relying on neighbors for help latvians forced to survive on other people's handouts their government for failing to fix the financial crisis wreckage the country was once the fastest growing european economy but suffered more than anyone else from the recession. illusions and delusions mr popularity in russia but while authorities warn of fraud some doctors fear magic could become a tool for health government is now trying to enforce a ban on unprofessional psychics. well the crown jewels of motor racing calendar looks to come to russia so with the prospect of a moscow grand prix in sight talks to the first ever.