the true history of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks published some nine hundred thousand classified documents exposing cover ups over the war in afghanistan reports include details of civilian casualties at the hands of american and allied troops as well as concerns that pakistani intelligence helped the taliban insurgency several files track osama bin laden despite u.s. claims he received no reliable information on him in years and you can choose admits it will take weeks to assess damage caused by the revelations party's gonna chimpanzee been hearing from soldiers involved in the last year wiki me. let me know when something any military tries to keep under wraps civilly hearing operation this april the pentagon says i want to be a skeleton struck out of the closet to where it is secret p.d.f. american citizen it's all happening with looks like indiscriminate firing in baghdad some three years ago with only dozen people doing we want to dance and

looting to looters new stuff also to make sure you were wounded the incident was investigated in the us military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict in its own rules of engagement so while the us military is ok with causing some collateral 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 visa who are we the soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it couldn't be known one time experience. is to say shooters in his unit were ordered to kill civilians in certain circumstances mccord said the message they got from their commander was it someone in your line gets hit with an improvised explosive device three sixty rotational fire you kill everyone on the street. josh bieber served in the same unit as ethan with word he refused to

talk about the order because it is he said rights and said he'd received training his former army fellow with the secret video of how they come to killings seemed nothing unusual today from our experiences what was shown in that video was no uncommon and happened on a fairly regular basis just as the training they'd gone through did not ingrid much sensitivity either he remembers one of the songs soldiers were made to sing more than ten songs because as i went down to the market were all the children were all women shop when 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 in the shoes of of other people. and really start to imagine how i doubt i would feel if people were done to me what i was doing other people on regular basis of still runs in people's homes sometimes in the middle of and i think it isn't and children's faces. some blame the type of war the us was sliding 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 the benign populace from the insurgents who wanted to kill them that were absolutely indistinguishable from regular civilians. seven riders. even 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 art team washington d.c. phyllis bennis from the washington institute for policy studies believes classified military records is a strategy to hide the failures of the war in afghanistan from the public. i think that things get kept secret for a reason often that reason is to prevent political embarrassment to prevent the american people in this case from finding out that this war is a losing war a failing war and has been all along that's what's key here this has been a failing war all along many of us said right at the beginning that this war was never going to quote succeed if i succeed we meant transforming afghanistan into something it never was and will not be under under the boots of american soldiers people need to know in this country what is being done in our name by our young soldiers with with our tax money and for which we are being held accountable but we

don't know we don't have the information and if this people to more opposition so that the war can be brought to a to a halt sooner i think that that's a heroic act and it will it will end up being very important in history phyllis bennis told to be there from the washington institute for policy policy studies now come up in a few moments here at r.t. one slattery it was the fastest growing european economy now and many people there have to rely on charities for the been assessed if he's got reports coming up. first fresh sanctions against iran have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry has said that the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermines collective efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear issue or monday the e.u. adopted tougher sanctions against to energy sector in an attempt to prevent the islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons the measures include a ban on the sale of equipment and technology iran denies western fears it's trying to build an atomic bomb some around watchers say the new sanctions are not likely

to make the country cooperate on its nuclear program. but. is there really any need for unilateral sanctions like those adopted by the us in the e.u. when they are already un restrictions russia has been warning against unilateral moves if these can only further alienate iran and make the return to international troops over its nuclear program even more problematic there have been functions in place against iran since one nine hundred seventy nine people that are used to this and don't feel the fact it the only thing that later sanctions can bring is even deeper distrust between iran and the global community. but was later supportive there for the moscow. state newspaper. three latvians trust stick economic conditions mean they have to turn to charities for survival these days formally the fastest growing european economy now the only thing thriving is unemployment and as artie's tom barton found out a sustainable recovery is a promise 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. 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 in international markets leaving the so-called baltic tiger vulnerable in the crisis hit those with loans and mortgages are suddenly seriously short of money if we get the rest if brussels sneezed we in latvia 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 two. years unemployment soared 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 this pier 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 and food to supplement the diets of hard up families the charity raise half a million dollars in two thousand and nine money vitally needed if the government is failing to support those. it all came too soon and created sort of a traffic jam the social services were not prepared for an influx of people who needed it 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 newspaper the donors are often not the richest sort of

people more often than not we notice there are women with children and quite often the 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 cubes paster cooking oil and much more but it's this food that shows how deep the financial crisis has cut in latvia and until the families affected get more work this food will only be a temporary comfort not a cure tom barton r.t. reka not here. coming up in the program mysticism under question russian psychics get a reality check is the first push for proof of their abilities before allowing them to make any predictions. the u.k. court blocks the extradition of former bosnian president sale gannets to serbia always wanted on war crimes charges dropped again it is accused of ordering the

deaths of more than forty yugoslav soldiers in sarajevo at the start of the bosnian war in one thousand nine hundred two he was seen as that heathrow airport in march after serbia issued an international arrest warrant denies being responsible for the atrocities me governor which is in london is a political expert on the balkans let's talk more about the story with him giving t. effectively without t. tonight the judge's motivation to deny his extradition is that it would have been a quote political move now in contrast some commentators argue that the choice to block the extradition is because of political pressure what are your thoughts about that. well indeed i think what the judge said is is probably correct that it would be politically motivated in serbia but it is very very much politically motivated in britain because the british government has taken a position which is supported mr gummidge not just today but way back in ninety ninety two in fact the british government has taken

a position which supported also a session is an all separatist movements in yugoslavia this is why we no longer however yugoslavia of course they were not alone there the united states was there the european community you know the european union was there with the support of the separatists in slovenia in croatia we even forto war for the separatists in kosovo so one has to take that into account but there is one thing we can be absolutely clear here and that is that a war crime has taken place forty people are dead and the yugoslav soldiers who were perfectly legitimate in bosnia at the time tried to withdraw. through a un brokered agreement which was with mr garnishes people and yet they were shot at and forty of them were murdered it is a war crime it needs to be resolved in some way but it appears to me here that the british position is to run away from it and possibly whitewash this whole thing so is it likely do you think that they're getting it will ever stand trial in serbia

for his alleged crimes. well it doesn't appear to be the case after this blocking by by the government and it is quite possible that other governments and are behind this of course it doesn't follow that mr garnett would have been found guilty but for for this he was simply in charge of the boston muslim forces at the time he was a stand in president of the authority to carry out such an action came from him and he was responsible for it if it turned out that it wasn't him then certainly a trial would find out who was responsible but the important thing is that we must be quite clear a war crime has taken place and it must be resolved but the british government may well want to whitewash this whole thing because of a themselves have taken the side of the bosnian muslim and mr garniture separatists in bosnia at the time this is a very important to bear in mind what altogether it is argued the fact that the

hague tribunal found no grounds for prosecution therefore means that he is innocent but it's also been argued isn't it that the court never conducted a thorough investigation what's your view on that. well indeed indeed i mean we can argue about the hague tribunal subjectivity in this case because they've basically followed the american and the british governments in this and if i gritty show and american personnel are obviously the most active in this in what some people call washington struggle in europe mr gurney was in fact in some way his case was looked at and they said there isn't enough evidence but as i said to quibble it's mr garniture someone else the important thing is to resolve this issue of a u.n. brokered agreement which was flagrantly breached by mr garniture side with forty people dead as a result of that we're talking about the hague they're questioning objectivity surely you must accept though it would be a lot less biased than

a local serb court trying a bosnian. well strictly speaking it would be best if boss nian court tried mr garniture because this after all occurred on the territory of bosnia and herzegovina and in fact it should be of response ability of the bosnian government and the bosnian institutions to try mr garnett or if not mr garnish to resolve this whole case because it is said forty people are dead do we know their name we know how it took place somebody is responsible for that but the person in charge of those who were doing the killing was mr gonnet and that is so this whole thing started michigan revenge political expert on the balkans thanks for joining us on the line from london tonight pretty shaded. we'll be using brief now 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 has shouldered much of the blame for the firm's poor handling of the oil spill in the

gulf of mexico the british companies already confirmed that bob dudley one of its american executives will take over in october meanwhile hayward is expected to be offered a new role in the joint venture between b.p. and the russian oil company t. n. k. but more on that in our business bulletin coming up in a couple of minutes more world views that service and 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's human rights record least in the sky attached to balloons 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 aimed at discouraging the north from any attack on the south a recent international inquiry into the sinking of a south korean warship in march concluded that pyongyang was responsible it's an accusation it denies. because parliament has overwhelmingly approved a resolution saying the country does not recognize kosovo's independence it comes

after the hague's 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 kosovo announced it was succeed from serbia two years ago following a bloody war in the ninety's. of tons of cargo planes caught fire as it was trying to land at saudi arabia's riyadh airport the pilot and copilot were taken to hospital with only minor injuries officials say the plane burst into flames and split in two while landing but they haven't given the reason for the incident. people living by china is young she river are bracing themselves for more flooding as water levels reach the highest mark in thirty years with more rain predicted roads across the region submerged and shops are located in the high ground a landslide caused by downpours in the south of the country's left more than twenty missing meantime almost a thousand have died since april in what's been the worst flooding in

a decade. in 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 other c.q. is for terminal illnesses but authorities say the trends attracting con artists who not only swindle people out of money they also jeopardize their health thomas reports on the government's battle against fake magic. the allure of the unknown and 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 just did not serve national seem hopeless lad six years ago trouble came to our family through my son was lured into a relationship by a woman who years some witchcraft as a mother i couldn't help seeing by his house was impaired and was getting worse but his mind was suppressed changed completely yes 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 but isn't that is that a good there's a but they'd her about six hundred thousand rubles a year for three years but that's not because we're rich but for the sake of your childs how do 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 this namely reboot even though with some quasi shenanigans things in the worst meaning of this word are all too close to hopes but people want to keep believing so they trust them and when they finally try to hold a 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 yourself from being conned mausam didn't mean we predicting a divertissement for services which are not fact what professional the commercial

experience we believe these people practice tax evasion and swindling moreover their deceiving potential consumers with these are called service unless the law is aimed at ads and articles printed in magazines like this one which is called oracle and it is a literally chock full of people who claim that they can heal or tell the future using views of mystical abilities but those who are. actually in the business say that this bad water effect them really at all you can go to medical and i would say that sorry the internet brings the most clients into this business rather than prince of resources or t.v. the only ad that really works is the grapevine you help someone in the certain bring the family and friends and while it may seem counter intuitive some who claim to have such powers say we provide a valuable service and that a ban on advertising could actually be helpful here's my soon to help people in their family relationships and i do fortune tellers depending on their needs most

psychics do the same thing however those who don't know what they're doing a chance can not write ads and that 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. they could get a diploma or a medical certificate undergo a medical commission each region of russia it's your dept it's plumas which means each healer can work. in the same way they can be deployed claim if the treatment does not work just like any other don't you. or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas or moscow or programs continue tonight little bit later in the hour we talk to a jewish author who's convinced he can bring peace to the middle east is coming up in about ten minutes time tonight here at r.t. after the latest business now with stephanie.

hello welcome to the business bulletin hello naughty it's two years since robert dudley than had of b.p. fled russia after a dispute with russian shareholders on tuesday he was to credit the new boss of b.p. taking office in october and in a final twist tony hayward to may return to russia as a director of t.i.n.k. b.p. saying i didn't read about reports. robert dudley has already earned his credit for handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill the gulf represents one third of the company's oil and gas was and refineries and his experience in russia waiting t.v. generates about a quarter of the abuse revenues and he should be well prepared to take over the whole company where she's likely true mean central to be peace jirga e.g. 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 to be easy 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. reported for more than thirty five billion dollars of revenues and if they can 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 u.b.s. one of the largest cash sources for people so obviously catching aeration now for b.p. is one of the promised target countries are lining up to pull the barrels from b.p.'s flour the company has already confirmed that is looking to sell the 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 been contained it has not been plugged so the first

order of things is to get the plug done second is still figure out how the reinvestments like going to be done and then it's a question of reconstructing in winning back the trust of the american people who are dudley has shown his skills at getting a good price when he's sold upstream assets of team key b.p. talent will come in handy now that b.p. needs to raise cash to people consequences of its oil spill in u.s. waters the question is how much he has to dilute the brand in the process in any bit of a business r.t. . president dmitri medvedev wants to tap new sources of finance to diversify russia's economy he said investment along with business support services from law to accounting are the key to innovation our correspondent nataly how clever has the details. leading up the presidential commission on modernization has shown that when it comes to venture capital investment in russia it's easy to say what needs

to be done that to make what has already been achieved so far there at least 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 economy now president it is sad that there is a lot of help to my mom told me that products on the market and criticize the companies which are reluctant to take the rest and invest in innovation to post several concrete measures that are designed to lower how by making better capital investment work in russia so in the civil service that we need to develop the services needed for businesses county information and services it's also necessary to increase to small enterprises you grand stand alone fine but 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. they do not have a quick look now at the moscow markets they finished tuesday's trading session in the black with the r.t.s. up over one percent g.d.p. was the top gain of that which shows gaining more than two percent must have come up before the my sex off around five percent. seven star has taken a controlling stake in canada's crude gold corp that previously held a forty percent versus mining giant the show's on the all slow stock exchange. and russia's biggest oil producer based its second quarter profits by sixty percent helped by higher oil output on prices it's not income dropped to more than two and a half a billion dollars crude production gained eight point eight percent after the launch of two new fields this one of them the bank of failed is capable of providing the equivalent of five percent of russia's current. russia's my sex stock exchange has confirmed plans to hold an i.p.o. after two thousand and eleven the shall issue would cut the central bank stakes

from thirty percent to around ten as part of the preparations the duma is considering a bill that would scrap rules preventing investors from owning more than twenty percent of my sex. loan rates in russia growing for the first time since the beginning of the year russia's central bank says rates reached eleven and a half the cent in june experts say banks hiked rates after that endings on corporate lending began to dip banks had competed to cut rates in the first half of the year but in june the head of spy bank warned that rates were too low given the risks in the economy and that's all the business use for now but of course you can always find more stories on our website that's r.t. dot com slash business.

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nineteen forty five. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. of stories from our team tonight damage control on a manhunt in washington often lead to u.s. military reports of the afghan war reveal civilian deaths for american soldiers say

the country should be focusing on examining its questionable warfare methods also exposed to some claim to have received orders to kill everyone in sight if that. once booming now going bust latvians living off charity slamming the government for doing nothing to help the country recover from the financial meltdown leaving many to fend for themselves latvia used to be the fastest growing european economy but suffered more than most member states from the recession. a magical deception russian authorities give clairvoyance a reading of their own bone to crack down on swindlers trying to force a ban on ads from unprofessional psychics a measure they say would reduce kongs and tax evasion. right now artie's report speaks to a high profile jewish supporter of the palestinians to find out why he thinks he can help bring peace to the region.