think low details of civilian deaths at the hands of coalition troops as well as concerns the pakistani intelligence could be helping the taliban insurgency u.k. peace activists a nato could find it hard to carry on artie's lore and when to meet a former british soldier who was jailed for his refusal to fight what he calls an unjust war. this is the soldier who said no to the speaking out against the conflict one he calls illegal and unjustifiable his advice to the government. to simply. people. with. these conflicts. you know fall off the wagon which was the message confusion the story. to a public clinton joined the army in two thousand and four and fought for seven months in afghanistan he says he came home a changed man suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder which he claims

he was bullied when he heard he was being sent back to afghanistan he did from the army and didn't come back for two years initially his military superiors were understanding but when joe spoke at an antiwar rally in london they upped his charges to desertion which carries a ten year prison sentence joe's mother says that exposes the hypocrisy of the conflict bringing democracy we've got freedom of speech we're fighting to introduce understand the not some group speaking out about them so blanton paid a price for his outspokenness in the notorious military jail the glass house he thinks the reason it wasn't longer was to avoid a public outcry which could have brought on an examination of the war he served his time along with other soldiers who he says were with him all the way on the stand he'd taken. more support from fellow prisoners. one point when it was going to underlayers

a dime it was fantastic so you know the only time i think a fellow along for the first night when soto shot off so that i was directing was so much for the. jews become the poster boy for the stop the war coalition. with a hero's welcome following his release from prison someone they consider brave and principled well i mean should have been punished at all he's saying what everyone believes and everyone knows the war is not just on winnable it's immoral it's a disaster it's causing time strophe for the people of afghanistan on a more and more young british men and women are being sent out to risk their lives for a war that only the politicians support and even in private they know it's a disaster joe blanton story is k because it comes straight from the front line as do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the on van ness truce of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from other

soldiers during his time in prison there is dissent inside the armed forces something the government could have a hard time make nor read nor emmett's r.t. london. parts of a controversial immigration law in the u.s. state of arizona which faced accusations of racism have been blocked by a federal judge the new legislation have been designed to make believe the liberation of crime and penalize anyone helping undocumented workers but the judge drop the crime part and a requirement for immigrants to carry papers at all times the states government has vowed to appeal the changes and critics of the law say violates people's freedoms while the standards argue rights have nothing to do with it my colleagues to both sides. it's a victory first and foremost for civil rights and human rights. and so-called the illegal immigrants are part of our community there are millions of people who are in the united states without authorization they live in our communities they they go to the schools with their children the members of synagogues and churches they

part of the u.s. fabric and they should be treated with respect and dignity as a black man as a west african descendant of the slaves it's a slap in our face because what has happened is citizens of foreign countries have invaded my country the united states of america in which i have jurisdiction even in the days when i was a slave i was on the jurisdiction of the united states and these folks have come into my country in the name. of people of color my color skin color and civil rights to see their creating their struggle whatever the suffering in mexico but the mother saw with. their struggle is not to be equated with the struggle enslaved ancestors and emancipated forefathers for them to come into my country and take my legacy is to rob me of everything that i am and if they get amnesty to black people in this country we will die because of the numbers that are coming in

this country through the through the twisting of the fourteenth amendment you know you spoke about your kind of black heritage and flavor and all of that yeah and you call yourself a very old rights activists activist here a black man. most of the protests against the flock they this is the rate if they show and this is the new federal rights there and the united states if that's true how can someone like you support this law i think for many people it seems like a contradiction here business that the united states had with the emancipated slaves has never ever finished you see we blacks lead the country in every. country and every negative social statistic that there is we are not finished with us so how can these folks come into my country in the name of my civil rights and take it from us because i think it is right to the extent that he's suggesting that there are many injustices that are experienced by african-american society that need to be addressed i think is fundamentally wrong. to suggest it has something to do with unauthorized immigrants being in the united states with people from mexico el

salvador other countries being the united states if he thinks he's going to. and injustices against african-americans by waging war effectively by creating a repressive climate against human beings who happen to be born on the other side of the us mexico border he's wrong and he's fundamentally guided in the sense that he's creating the same type of races climate but he says war we did not invade his country mexico very innovative my country and they are killing our people but also we need to make the united states a country that respects migrants first and foremost human beings and doesn't see. or intends words invaders they should be able to vote they should be able to pay taxes they should be able to come out of the shadows and be full members of the commute like everyone else sociologist joseph nevins and civil rights activist ted hayes talking to my colleagues there. so i have for you this how here in our city despite sadness continue we that means you know you're starring in screen in the american media this summer. and stay with r.t.

for a visit to the comedy beach in the center of russia's science industry at a thriving place to do business. now he waving the red. capital has been breaking records with temperatures approaching forty degrees celsius for nine days running it's thought to be the longest hot spell since records began more than one hundred thirty years ago and it's been made worse for moscow rides by the horrible smog caused by bonfires which as of envelop the city doctors are urging people to stay indoors to avoid breathing difficulties caused by the rising airborne pollution there is some good news on the horizon with forecasters saying moscow could see some cooling down forcefully this weekend but the hot temperatures are likely to stay until the beginning of next week at least. both hollywood and the media have been grabbed by spy sagas this year hot on the heels of anna chapman and other bada hari was arrested in the u.s. with thousands worth of hunting guns but as

a guide educator reports the law and born american citizen has fallen prey to the media's james bond fever it seems the u.s. can't good without a hot spy story this summer they banished any chapman now another and their has entered the stage also in her twenty's this time more of a smuggler than a spine and if i'm on the vote was arrested in new york for trying to smuggle several state of the art night gunsight devices into russia. she says she bought them online for her husband and his friends who happen to be friends of hunting there is no connection whatsoever between anna and the of the folks that were afforded back on july. ne she's not a spy the government's not even saying that she's a spy this is just this is just the press trying to sensationalize this story. but to most american media she's yet another twenty something russian agent.

in light of this season's spy hike every russian woman in the us seems to mistreat. young maybe a schoolteacher maybe a reporter doesn't matter what you do but the allure of a russian spies there and the women are the most intriguing. movie critics say the arrest of ten russian agents in the u.s. this summer was the best ant campaign possible for the latest movie with angelina jolie a russian spy story saw it might have come across as a little outdated but after the arrest it appears fresh a new of the most challenging was speaking russian very hard language our beautiful beautiful study of the f.b.i. could make a great gift to this movie and it's not the only one of the summer nights in date

with tom cruise it's a favorite plots in hollywood but i think in the future they're going to be more comedy and some spice rather than serious drama. real life spying is no joke but when a young attractive woman enters the picture things change. i was. intrigued and amused by the other times for sort of a pretty woman. there is this almost me to fixation or the mata hari sexy spot on the field a man of his profile on a social networking site shows she's online but she's not responding to any media requests as soon as american police put the alleged as the patient slash english teacher under home arrest her web page was boarded by visits she seems to be not as high and as chapman who had lived in manhattan and hung out with millionaires but this anna has also earned her own spotlight with the media. r t.

v dot com has many more stories for you to look at and here's some of what's on the line at the moment. in the ukrainian city of the barrage of the anniversary of the baptism of old russia was marred by a bomb blast in a local church killing an elderly nun and injuring eight others. and a case of animal rights abuse in russia catches the eye of told them coach harry read now he's decided to take care of the russian donkey sent parasailing over the sea in a p.r. stunt for more head to our team. now is to go to some other stories from around the world and pakistan has declared a day of national mourning for those who died in the country's worst ever in english an incident on wednesday a passenger jet crashed into the hills outside the capital islamabad leaving all one hundred fifty two on board dead the air blue plane was flying from karachi bound for the capital it's not yet know what caused the crash but the investigation

continues. the government in greece has ordered all striking fuel tanker drivers back to work or face arrest and the loss of their licenses their protests are threatening tourism businesses and causing food shortages fuel has run out in all but a few of the capital's paths the stations stand off falls and months of labor union opposition to stare any measures in the dead strapped country. in somalia's capital mogadishu at least eleven people have been killed and over forty injured in fighting between government and al-shabaab fighters the battle broke out after islamic insurgents attacked positions held by pro-government forces near the presidential palace the two sides exchanged automatic weapons and out of water fire islamic insurgents have been trying to overthrow the fragile u.n. backed government for three years. u.s. sorry to say oil from b.p.'s leaking well in the gulf of mexico has been clearing

from the surface a. the water much faster than expected they say but tierra may have contributed to the rapid dispersion aiding the marine cleanup effort beaches from louisiana to florida have been closed and they had warnings that swimming could be dangerous skimming crews are reportedly now having trouble finding oil to clean up. as part of the international community seek new sanctions against iran over its nuclear program president obama's plans to talk to tehran have hit a brick wall one former israeli mossad agent told r.t. supposedly or that's because they rail leadership has a little time for diplomacy. failed from the very beginning. by dialogue let's say you're an easy aid to. wean iran by dialogue i see no deriding in those she did game or that done

now we face again and then this then the iran is the pushing pushing with his but. they're all in iraq. and catch the rest of the interview with a rough a time at half past the hour and let's now take a look at russia close up as we take you to another part of the world's biggest country. and today we're just two hundred kilometers away from moscow in the region the center of russian science and industry the country's largest scientific research complex develops high tech advances in engineering electronics but the region can also boast a flourishing car industry with giants like volvo and b.w.

having their joint ventures in colo got the number of cars a sample there grows every year or by jobs for thousands to travel met some experiments to find it a little region a good place for business. for a long time called logan has been primarily as so it was stated where. the maverick scientists from beyond of the last century go on and work on rockets the region was dropped because radio astronautics but what is good transportation leads to the capital with a population of just over a million people the region has definitely room to grow today kolo grains want to rush those hot spots for foreign investment we met some will be exports managers working here to find out what they do that business and cope with that every day lives here. renate may be afraid of horses but she's not afraid of horse power every day she handles one hundred forty and her husband

harold drives just as many the two work of the country and were among the first expanse to settle down and. the only brazilian coal good everywhere i go and i say i'm from brazil you of course i get this cheery and people talk about football and . so it's always positive maybe in such a big city like you were just one more in a crowd and here you stand out especially as a foreigner and we are talking as a foreigner here moving on to handle certainly. and hats locally when they drove the german car giants first fully russian made vehicle the production line russians proud of russia being russian at the same time. reserve asian towards products made in russia so we work on that everybody. has the same quality. we use to

form germany from. become when he was an early bird to place its bets on the region that's worth one billion dollars on seven hundred ten as it built a whole industrial park something which would be unlikely closer to moscow due to higher costs are to come makers were haughton their taillights today home to bobo peugeot citroen and renault just recently is still stamping factory was open and now it caters for all full of car parts this is not just the biggest german investment in russia but also an example of a life asian it is no longer chaffed the car assembly as it was four years ago these car parts are built with russian hands and ultimately will be built what the russians steve. and like are not and harold well desegregate was born in ca luger but in a way he also stands out from his three thousand core leaks he was recruited from

a local orphanage frequently out of work says he is now driven to succeed but i want to stay and work here if they give me a chance to grow i would like to become a foreman and ultimately a manager i see perspectives from reference to more and more companies are opening up in the region which was. not who was behind the idea to employ all friends to set up a women's club in carluke which among other projects to patronage of local orphanage is government does a lot in all. so privately c.-h. is but after eighteen years old they are on the streets and what can we do so if we give clothes one day it's worn out so we thought that. beginning a project it's not about giving money or giving things but giving an opportunity for them to grow so use learning german in the hope that one day he will land his dream job eager to work and give something back to those that gave him

a hand when he most needed it. even though the region has many car makers that doesn't want to become a new detroit culture is seeking to expand its production line for instance it's not actually building industrial parks it's up more on these plans are now joined by director of the regional development agency. phelan thank you very much or maybe you would like to leave it in your detroit michigan no we don't want to live in you detroit and we never saw this goal how do you persuade such giants as all but to stop the businesses from scratch and. no roads no infrastructure but for us to have started to build to construct these roads infrastructure but still it is really started to create industrial parks created a very good strong active team every time we are trying to be

prepared for for example investors the market and what is your regions compared to other places and russia. you know remains is our team as i already say a. lot on the team we are really open we have read it all of these each in wrestle . three years. where we are sure that we do it until the real. do it right. thank you very much for that insight but i'm on behalf of the regional development agency. for russia close up. because your original reporting there was bringing it up to date and charlotte joins us now in the studio with a bit of data and news today air traffic numbers have reached new heights tell us more in your hello that's right across the world now has risen higher than their pre-crisis levels twelve percent in june with the falses growth coming from asia

we'll have the details later in the program but first this hour b.p. may sell its stakes in three venezuelan projects to its russian joint venture to b.p. according to bloomberg british petroleum has raised the matter in a letter to a venezuelan state run oil company with which enjoy owns the assets the value has not yet been confirmed by the times newspaper puts it at one billion dollars. up to thirty billion dollars worth of assets across the world after suffering heavy losses in the gulf of mexico disaster the russian government has caught the number of candidates and what could be the biggest privatization in the country in fifteen years dropping the state railways operator a mortgage agency from the list eleven companies are being prepared for sale with the aim of raising at least thirty billion dollars to help plug the budget deficit zinaida motivated reports. if you want some of the russia's blue chips well general

snifter say the largest banks bear bank now is the time the government is considering selling minority districts in eleven of russia's leading companies some call it the biggest privatization since the ninety's but it's not yet clear which buyers to government will target definitely we're talking about really the zation of minorities and this is much different from what we have seen in russia taking place in mind this or prove it is asian in the in the general south because usually when we're talking about truth zation with some say offices for strategic investors so i think that in russia's case now where are talking wild government convention to increase fleet pre-flood of the state owned companies only months ago some said russia no longer deserved its position as a leading emerging market and you inflow of foreign investment could change that perception but the government has work to do before it can sell some of those companies some state monopoly is known to be unfriendly to individual investors

others are simply too big to be easily sold to talk about the large states like ross and after a while. probably of course going to be on a more. realistic so it's. some effort from the government over serious effort for. from the companies make them for investors to sell them at. a fair price the pricing of the assets and the timetable are unclear the government initially suggested thirty billion dollars over three years and only see the government has a choice it can sell quick and cheap but to get the best pricing cover the budget deficit the privatization could stretch over several years they may be a business archie. tom else take a look at how the markets are doing in moscow both. this is a climbing with a med benchmark my sex policy on no point five percent and energy stocks which were

treated in the previous session are leading the faults transnationals and after about three men percent respectively and over in europe shares are rising on the open as investors welcome results from some of the region's biggest companies in a busy day for corporate news and doing swedish pharmaceutical astra zeneca climbed to four point nine percent off the second quarter profits rose and increased its share buyback. brushes trying to make its cut its losses by more than two thirds in the first half of this year compared to the same period two thousand and nine by german car maker don this commodity lost thirty million euros in the period from january to june and joining the second quarter has seen profit for the better for the first time in view the russian company benefited from cost cutting and rising sales and a fifteen percent stay from come out. you know the news international passenger air traffic has exceeded pre-crisis levels the international air transport association

says it grew by almost twelve said to me june passenger volumes are now two percent above the previous session peak in the first quarter of two thousand and eight this is station says airlines are recovering faster than expected air traffic in asia which is increasing the most twice as fast as in europe while here in russia the passenger traffic has grown thirty one percent in the first healthy two thousand and ten to the same period last year the biggest traffic increase was seen in international destinations. that you update for now be can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. in

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hotel. believe the. church of. the. introduction of closer and. closer medicine. welcome back here with the r t and here is a look at the top stories britain stop the war coalition says the leak of files on the war could mark the beginning of the end of the campaign the whistleblower sites within weeks expose cover ups which include civilian deaths and a possible link between pakistani intelligence and the taleban.

federal judge has blocked parts of arizona's controversial new immigration law among other things she dropped a requirement for immigrants to carry papers at all times but critics say the rest of the law is still encourages racial profiling. and espionage is the hot topic in the u.s. this summer as another so-called lot of ari is arrested the law being born american citizen is suspected of smuggling thousands worth of controlled hunting. and next thirty speaks to a former mossad agent rafi. correspondent what he thinks president obama needs to do about iran and looks bad at his days hunting nazi war criminals. with me i have roughly a ton a former agent of the israeli secret service the mossad and the chairman.