innocent citizens there are also reports of u.s. concern the pakistani intelligence help the taliban insurgency about who's going to come spoke to some of the soldiers on the front line. let me know when something that any military tries to keep under wraps civilians killed during an operation this april the pentagon saw one of the skeletons walk out of the closet is secretly didio of american soldiers opening with looks like indiscriminate firing in baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were recruited dan including two reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investigated then 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 troll 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 a decent mcu or a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience who went as far as 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. josh the brewers 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 with the secret video of how the coptic killings seemed nothing unusual to hannah from my 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 ingrate much sensitivity either he remembers one of the songs soldiers were made to sing more intense on goes down as i went down to the market where all the children were all warm and sharp or 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 i really started to imagine how i'd feel if people were durance me what i was didn't tell or people on regular basis of storerooms in people's homes or sometimes in the middle of an i think lives and children's faces. some blame the

type of war the us was fighting 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 roger. eason according josh the 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 chick on our team washington d.c. as opposed to phyllis bennis from the washington institute for policy studies she told me she believes classified military records a strategy to hide the failure 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 boot 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 first 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 also connected to the u.s. conflicts in the middle east is the iraq war inquiry of course underway in the u.k. the key witness speaking to the british pound was hans blix the chief u.n.

weapons inspector in iraq he says the invasion was illegal and he has the support of british m.p. jeremy corbett it's not the inquiry that many of us who oppose this war beginning actually want we want to do it you do inquiry that could prosecutions at the end of it we have this inquiry it has times proved to be quite clearly past it's proved to be quite good at times cross-examining at other times it's been rather soft we will wait and see what the report comes out at the end of it but i suspect that i think it's going to lead to attempts at legal action against those that led us into this war but it is not mean quarry that many of us want to but it is something that we've got a lot of the reason to creasing the likelihood that somebody or a particular group of people will try and mount a prosecution against tony blair in particular. still ahead tonight an r.t.a. fortunetelling is under question spell russian psychics get

a reality check as authorities push for proof of their abilities before allowing them to make any prediction. before that fresh sanctions imposed by the e.u. and canada against around have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry says the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermines collective efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear issue the tougher restrictions target the country's energy sector in an attempt to prevent the islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons some of the measures include banning investment in iranian banks and insurance companies strongly denies it's trying to build an atomic bomb however some around watchers say the new sanctions are unlikely to make the country cooperate on its nuclear program even. as it is there really any need for a unilateral sanctions like those adopted by the u.s. and the e.u. already u.n. restrictions russia has been warning against unilateral moves if these can only further eighty around and meet the return to international talks it for 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 latest sanctions can bring is even deeper distrust between iran and the global community. taken for more news now for many latvians drastic economic conditions mean they will have to turn to charities for survival for the fastest growing european economy these days the only thing for obvious unemployment as art is 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 this so-called baltic tiger vulnerable when the crisis hit those with loans and mortgages were suddenly seriously short of money if we get the rest of 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. the most because that's where 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 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 you 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 part we've got to end pork and fish we've got some sugar got condensed milk got flour. we've got stuck cubes past a 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 watson r.t. reka. you got some thoughts on that story let us know on our own page on t.v. dot com it's a discussion but the stories you see and some others online tonight might be interested in snail mail the russians post office has been fined for late deliveries even clients paying for the express service complained their letters don't arrive on time catch up without one and find out how a joint operation by russian and american drug police crack to cocaine trafficking ring with a showbiz twist just two stories tonight amongst many others dot com. first . u.k.

court has refused to extradite former bosnian president to serbia where he's wanted on war crimes charges dr gannet is accused of ordering the deaths of more than forty yugoslav soldiers in sarajevo at the start of the bosnian war of negative he was seized at london's heathrow airport in march after serbia issued an international arrest warrant kalish denies being responsible for the atrocities i spoke to governor leavitt political expert in the balkans who told me that the former leader should stand trial in his own country. it would be best if. court tried mr garniture because this after all occurred on the territory of bosnia and herzegovina and in fact it should be of the responsibility of the bosnian government and the boston institutions to try mr garnett or if not mr garnish to resolve this whole case it is a war crime it needs to be resolved in some way but it appears to me here with the british position is to run away from it and possibly whitewash this whole thing.

some of the stories making headlines around the world in brief first off b.p. boss tony hayward the stepped down after the company posted a seventeen billion dollars second quarter loss see its first meeting is he has shouldered much of the blame for the firm's poor handling of the oil spill in the gulf of mexico 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. 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 minor injuries officials say the plane burst into flames and split into one landing that i haven't been to the incident. people live in what china's young see river of bracing themselves for more flooding as water levels reach the highest mark in thirty years with more rain predicted roads across the region submerged in shops will be relocating to higher

ground a landslide caused by downpours in the south of the country is left more than twenty one people twenty one people missing almost a thousand have died since april in what's been the worst flooding in a decade. faith healing breaking spells and fortune telling we have culture is big business here in russia but authorities say among the respected psychics there are too many con artists to not only swindle people out of their money but also jeopardize their health. 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 my son was lured into a relationship by a woman who use some witchcraft as a mother i couldn't help seeing by his house was impaired and was getting worse but

his mind was suppressed he 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 bright paid her about six hundred thousand rubles a year for three years 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. even though it by some quasi should manage 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 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 you from being conned mausam

give them a riveting of divertissement for services which are not backed by professional commercial experience we believe these people practice tax evasion and swindling moreover their deceiving potential consumers with these occult services the law is aimed at as 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 views of mystical abilities but those who are actually in the business say that this bad what affect them really at all. 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 there's nothing wrong 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 at traits can not writes 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 or they could get a diploma or a medical certificate or undergo a medical commission if each region of russia is to use their particular diplomas which means each healer can work only in that region at least in the same way they can be deprived of their claim if their treatment does not work just like any other don't put on or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas r t moscow. next start is more important speaks to a high profile jewish supporter of the palestinians to find out why he thinks he can help bring peace to the region.

that will not be five years we are all americans riding the government probabilities norman finkelstein has never shied away from controversy. the american jail banned from israel and pledges support for the palestinian people the author and former professor has lost jobs and. his opinion last time we sat down it was shortly after the war in gaza and it was right before. i became president you were very open in your opinion on what took place and who

was wrong and that and that military conflict. it's been over a year since there's really assault on gaza what's your assessment of how the obama administration has done so far in bringing permanent peace to the middle east at the time when they made those comments they appear to be very controversial indeed you might even say they were extreme but when the goldstone report came out. richard goldstone is not our only respected jurist jewish and by his own reckon the zionist goldstone report concluded there were no i'm calling israel launched a deliberately. disproportionate attack designed to punish merely eight and terrorize the civilian population while those are pretty strong words punish a million and. a civilian population as to the record of the obama administration

my recollection is that they didn't have great expectations from what would come of people. administration and in fact it's quite clear that nothing much came there are occasional spats you might call them between israel and the united states but there has been no american initiative to try to resolve the conflict in terms of international law the resolution of the conflict which the rest of the world embraces if you move for a moment away from israel palestine and you take the case of iran since that's very topical now. around kept promise. kept promising there's going to be a change there's going to be a change but in fact as several commentators wrote the iraq obama administration is carrying on like all other administrations there was an offer made in october two thousand and nine by the u.s. administration to iran and how to resolve the nuclear issue. of rand at that

time rejected the offer for several reasons mostly because it didn't trust the main powers who were involved france the u.s. even russia but now except to go the offer and as the leading academic specialist on the topic american academic specialists trita parsi dr parsi wrote in the washington post he says that barack obama is refusing to take yes for an answer and so there is no real difference between the so-called diplomatic approach of barack obama and the. mill touristic approach as it's sometimes claimed or belligerent a pro. of the bush administration at the end of the day they demand their what they want is for around to cry uncle for around to give in to us power maybe barack obama does it with softer words and presents it with a more. appealing image but the policy is basically the same do you

think that there was a message also sent possibly to turkey and purcell with the draft resolution being introduced so quickly after this additional swap the l y's are agreed upon with turkey personnel and iran you know what's quite clear of the united states feels like power shifting it's becoming more die fuse and the us doesn't call the shots in every place in the world. turkey has carved out a more independent half in recent years most low notably when it refused to participate in the u.s. attack on iraq. brazil is an emerging power and this was an attempt to cut them down to size less than the topic of the united nations and diplomacy because from what i understand you are lobbying to speak at the your land why and what do you want to say well i have been involved in the conflict in

a public way for the past thirty years i first got involved in june one thousand nine hundred two when israel invaded lebanon and i do feel that in the wake of the massacre in gaza the goldstone report public opinion has changed its dramatically changed not only internationally but in the united states and there's a real opportunity known to put forth a reasonable settlement to the conflict not only the put it forth but for there to be a receptive audience for such a real a reasonable settlement and i feel that given my personal background the fact that my parents were both survivors of the nazi holocaust my father was and so. fiber of our ships concentration camp my mother my don their concentration camps every member of their families on both sides were exterminated during the war we never had any aunts uncles cousins grandparents nothing we were just as my late mother used to say five people in the world my mother my father and my two brothers and

myself my family background my professional background i have written many books in the topic and i think it's fair to say without sounding immodest am a recognized authority on the conflict and. the fact that i have been personally involved i've made a substantial commitment one might even say in my own little way of paid some price for the commitment of made and most importantly i've tried very desperately very hard to be reasonable to figure out the reasonable proposal based on international law to end the conflict but we should be clear i have no interest in being the vet victory over a vanquished israel i have no desire to no interest in wanting to humiliated embarrass it degraded or as i say push it against the wall so it feels like it has no choice except to strike out we won a reasonable settlement we want

a settlement which allows everyone to live proud productive and peaceful lives we want a settlement that allows everyone to live in dignity and we want a settlement obviously which is in the accordance with the law with what the world should look like now you're right in the real world the law is often disregarded and replaced by the use of a big club when you crack people skulls but we're talking about how we think the conflict should end and i think most people understand maybe not people in power regular people they understand the rule of law and that we should respect the law and i think you can reach a large audience without principle and i think the audience is. all ready to listen and that's why i want to go to the united nations and hopefully achieve a reasonable settlement of the conflict and we're going to leave it right there thank you very much for sitting down and speaking with me thank you.

mean to the chassis and the wilderness of the great house it's a film. now wattie goes to central russia where the car industry is rapidly developing where history finds life in its place . where american citizens can find a new. welcome to the. russian club so. wishers that so much. time to mark linfield bombing is publicly mended fences with israel chilling really isn't enough to. what is called the peace process. wealthy british. holds.

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military reports of the afghan war real civilian deaths former american soldiers say the country should focus on examining its questionable warfare methods not one who exposed some claim to have received the orders to kill everyone in sight if. sanctions on iran from the e.u. and calendar come under fire from russia moscow says the move is outside the recent u.n. resolution and undermines efforts to resolve your grade nuclear issue. and once booming now going bust latvians living off charity slammed the government for doing nothing to help the country for the financial meltdown leaving many to fend for themselves used to be the fastest growing european economy but suffered more than other member states from the recession. with more headlines in half an hour's time between now and then herbert look at what's to blame for more americans losing their jobs because the report is on the air.