concerns that pakistani intelligence could be helping the taliban insurgency u.k. peace activists say nato could find it hard to carry on charges or amman when to meet a former british soldier who was jailed for his refusal to five what he calls an unjust war. this is the soldier who said no to the to speaking out against the conflict one he calls illegal and unjustifiable his advice to the government. to simply. people. with. conflicts. of wills or fall off the wagon which was the message which confusion. to 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 for 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 taze 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 you to afghanistan in the middle of some deep speaking of optimism benton 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. support from fellow prisoners who. was going to die she's fantastic. for the first night when the show to get off so that. if you want

so much for the. jews become opposed to boy for the stop the war coalition. a hero's welcome following his release from prison for someone they consider a brave and principled well i mean should have been punished a tool hussein was everyone believes and everyone knows who is not just on when it will it to morrow those cruising strophe for the people of afghanistan a more more young british men and women are being sent out to risk their lives for a war that only the politicians support even in private i know it's a disaster joe blanton story is ok because it comes straight from the front line as do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the vote on this truce of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from all the soldiers during his time in prison is just sends inside the armed forces

something the government could have a hard time make noriko nor emmett's artsy london and 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 illegal immigration a crime and penalize anyone helping undocumented workers but the judge dropped the crime part and a requirement for immigrants to carry papers all times the state government has vowed to appeal the changes critics of the law say violates people's freedoms while defenders are you riots have nothing to do with it and the sobs he spoke to some of those most likely to be affected. by. this. doesn't sound like your typical immigration protest today i feel great as beautiful guy oh my god everybody was so excited to bring in. all. it was. that's because just one day before the law was to be enacted i.

sat harshest provisions i'm here celebrating with the community and our victory. to be removed a celebration over one hundred a long hot days in the making. me feel bad because they didn't have much to celebrate and have remained governor brewer signed immigration law pay for any or every single day five they had to break through but it wasn't going to lock down some of the most controversial provisions. they say their prayers were answered with we've been in pretty you know a big day twenty four hours and this is taking over or our lives and right now this is the only issue we can work because there's so much demand for it and we're right here were directly on the thick of it right on the front lines of what is

a national struggle and whenever there's a national struggle money has to be made here. now. where anyone can be a patriot belong to god. to stand in solidarity with america's immigrant population but although vendor an activist jonah clearly is busy these days he's not very optimistic about the future of the hispanic community but a lot of the words that are coming here are coming here to escape the political and economic systems that we created in their country they're coming here for for the ability to live to have crude to have children to have what they need to take care of their families and they can't have that where they came from largely as a result of united states imperialism in their country a sentiment that was echoed by native born ad naturalized citizens alike blaming the very nation they would do anything to stay in this country is so criminal and.

actions all over the world it has no right to tell one group of people not to cross borders when it's crossing illegally crossing borders and all over the world to bomb innocent people will most of these folks want to drop a different kind of bomb on us and demand that the us government listen to what they say for all you. have here for a better future with this leave the first step we have to keep making their voices heard in our presence know diena the soft ski archie phoenix arizona. still happening this hour here in our team the latest in our close up series we visit to the kali region the center of russia's science industry and a thriving place to do business. now here wave and the russian capital has been breaking records with temperatures approaching forty degrees celsius for nine days running and has been made worse for moscow it's by the harmful smog caused by bog fires which hasn't helped the city

well you know across live to you gore is going off for more on this hi there igor well judging by the smoke behind you i take it you are in one of the forest near moscow so tell us what is being done to bring those fires on a control. is being done but it is really hard to see at the moment if all this effort is going to be successful any time soon because fires have really spread across the entire moscow region feeling villages towns and cities including moscow with this huge huge cloud of smoke and hundreds of firefighters are working at you locations of these fires but their efforts are being hampered by the extremely hot and dry weather which is going which has stayed in moscow in the western part of russia for the for weeks now. these fires include both just normal forest fires and pea fires as well and they're especially tricky because the fires

can go on for months deep underground reaching temperatures of nearly eight hundred degrees celsius and then the emerge as soon as it's hot and dry enough on the surface that's why firefighters say that be able to extinguish some of the fires in new ones. and in total the amounts of these fires has grown by two times compared to last year and the total area of these fires is twelve times bigger than last year and it's. only likely is that authorities are going to be able to extinguish all of these fires in the nearest future so long as this extremely hot and dry weather continues. well as he said certainly the heat is a challenge for the firefighters and at the moment the heat is not showing any signs of abating but what is the forecast for the weekend any good news at all. well the forecast don't we all for any signs of hope for the firefighters and

for the russians for the residents living in these areas in the western parts of russia the this heat wave like i said has been continuing for weeks now with temperatures staying well over the thirty degrees celsius mark forecasted you say that of the temperatures could chill a little bit during the weekend perhaps moving to around thirty degrees celsius which is still quite hot and not really normal for this time of a year for the beginning of new the beginning of august in moscow they do for dick a little bit of rain but then they say that the temperatures are very likely to rise once again next week this creates the heat loss the small and the fumes from the exhaust fumes in the city really dangerous living conditions for the people especially for those who work hard and long diseases so of the are advised by the authorities to stay inside to drink as much water as possible and to cool

themselves down by any means possible the heat also creates it was really big problems for the firefighters themselves since quite a lot of leaks and springs have now since we evacuated in moscow region and the authorities say that sometimes do you have to transport water using pipes building pipes systems from water sources as far as nine kilometers away from the fires themselves utterly not a very optimistic forecast there was shaky bracing ourselves there but for the moment thanks very much for the latest there. what's in our tea and our tea dot com has many more stories for you to look at and here is some of what's online 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. and

a case of animal rights abuse in russia catches the eye of told them coach harry redknapp and he's decided to take care of the russian don't get sent parasailing over the sea in a p.r. stunt or more had to r.t. dot com. now take a look at some of the stories from around the world and pakistan has declared a day of national mourning for those who died in the country's worst ever incident on wednesday a passenger jet crashed into hills outside the capital islamabad leaving all one hundred fifty two onboard the dead the air blue plane was flying from karachi bound for the capital and it's not yet known 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 petrol stations the stand off follows months of weyburn union

opposition to a sturdy measures in the debt strapped country. in somalia's capital mogadishu at least eleven people have been killed and over forty injured in fighting between the government and al-shabaab fighters the gun battle broke out after islamic insurgents attacked positions held by pro-government forces near the presidential palace the two sides exchanged automatic weapon and mortar fire islamic insurgents have been trying to overthrow the fragile u.n. bad government for three years. well u.s. scientists say oil from b.p.'s leaking well in the gulf of mexico has been clearing from the surface of the water much faster than expected they say but tyria may have contributed to the rapid dispersion aiding the marine cleanup effort beaches from louisiana to florida have been closed and 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 iran have hit a brick wall one former israeli mossad agent told our teams polis leader that's because the rainy leadership has little time for diplomacy. failed from the very beginning. by dialogue let's say you've got an easy a. to. wean you know i'm by no i see no deal right in the cheap to game or the done now we's facing in and then this then the iran is pushing pushing with his but. there will be a mouse. in iraq. and

cash the rest of the interview with rafi a time in just over an hour here in our team let's take a look now at russia close up series and we'll take you to another part of the world's biggest country. and today we're just two hundred kilometers 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 and i would try to exploit the region can also boast a flourishing car industry with giants like one b. w. having their joint ventures and the number of cars a sample there grows every year providing jobs for thousands of a met some ex-pats would find the kaluga 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 the end of the last century go on and work on rockets the region was dropped because radio nordics but what is good transportation links to that property so that with a population of just over a million people the region has definitely room to grow today colloquies want to rush those hotspots for foreign investment we met some of the exports managers working here to find out how they do that business and cope with that every day lives here. re not to me be afraid of horses but she's not afraid of horse power every day she handles one hundred and her husband harold drives just as many the two work of the full tree 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 maybe in such a big city like most you are just one more in a crowd and here you stand out specially as a foreigner and we are talking as a foreigner hugh mover not sure how old. certainly turned hats locally when they drove the german car giant's first fully russian made vehicle the production line russians prague of russia being russian at the same time. reserve a share in towards products made in russia so we work on that everybody. has the same quality as we use to form germany from chickie the company 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 juta higher costs are to come

a cause 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 four car parts this is not just the biggest german investment in buffalo but also an example of the life they should it is no longer chapstick 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 congress 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 so he says he's 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 my friends to more and more companies are opening up in the region which was. not who was behind the idea to employ orphans she set

up a women's club in kabul which among other projects to patronage of local orphanage is government doesn't. norton also private 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 and it's not a bold 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 carmakers it 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 to talk more on these plans are now joined

by director of the regional development agency. ellen 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 never set this goal how do you persuade such giants as all but to stop the businesses from scratch and call the outskirts no roads no infrastructure but for us to have started to build to construct roads infrastructure hostilities started to create industrial parks to build a good strong active team every time we are trying to be prepared for for example investors the markets 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 huge. food

yes. we are sure that we do it and. we'll. do it. right away. thank you very much for that insight but i'm a big had of the regional development agency from kabul good for russia close up. our correspondent has your char there and in just ten minutes time we'll take a look at how the future of cinema will be bringing deaf to your entertainment first though it's the business of days with charlotte. hello welcome to the business program here on r.t. b.p. may sell its stakes in three venezuelan projects to his russian joint venture to b.p. according to bloomberg has raised the matter in a letter to a venezuelan state run oil company with which it jointly owns assets the value has

not yet been confirmed but the times newspaper who says that 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 company representing ten k.b.p.s. russian shareholders so it will consider buying any assets from b.p. that fit strategically operationally within the company stamp of its from a all interested in a broad range of locations across the world. most likely those assets will be in countries where b.p. by virtue of being a russian company. has certain political advantage russian government can help it enter a country and you go straight transaction secondly would be countries which are. operationally linked to our current production so could be a downstream asset somewhere in central eastern europe it could be upstream assets

in central asia and the caspian states. and i think thirdly it would be assets where. t.n.t. be can learn from operating there could be small losses but we as a company he wants to expand internationally doesn't this point have a lot of experience operating globally so we could. gain that experience by working possible together with b.p. and with small projects somewhere in a third country gain experience in the region possibly new sector and then use that as a platform for the expansion the russian government has reduced the number of counts from what is said to be the biggest privatization the country in fifteen years costing the state roets operator a mortgage agency from the list eleven companies it being the path to sale with the aim of raising at least thirty billion dollars to help plug the budget deficit the night i'm afraid of a report. 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 go home and target therefore the we're talking about really the minority 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 with some salesperson for strategic investors so i think that in russia's case now where really talking wild government convention to increase flu pre-flood of the state run company is 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 without about the large states like ross and after that i'm. probably. going to be on a more. realistic so it's. some effort on the government of a 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 then move it will business archie. tunnel cyclic how markets are doing in moscow both of course. isn't making ground this hour calming moving one percent energy stocks which we

treated in the previous session we had falls. maybe six percent in the mindset. and there's also gains in europe the best as well for results from some of the region's biggest companies and a busy day for corporate news and gross readers pharmaceutical company accounts for zeneca most powerful for nine percent of the second quarter profits rose an increase it shadowed by. russia. has cut its losses by more than two thirds in the first half of this year compared to the second period of two thousand and nine a report by german called make a dime less is lost thirteen million euros in the period from january to june and during the second quarter is seen a profit for the first time in rushing the benefits and costs crossing on rising sales. a fifteen percent stake. in other 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 and now around two percent of the pre recession peak in the first quarter of two thousand and eight is so station says as long as a recovery than expected and is a traffic in asia which is increasing the moves towards this pos is a new a while here in russia the passenger traffic is grace thirty one percent in the first half of two thousand and ten compared to the same period last year the biggest traffic increase was seen in international destinations much update for now we can always buy more stories on our website. business.

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which brightened if you move from phones to parachute in so. nice for instance on t.v. don't comb. them back your weather and here's a look at the top stories britain stop the war coalition says the leak of files on the afghan border have marked the beginning of a and of a campaign the whistleblower sides with the leaks expose pub or ups which includes villian das and a possible link between pakistani intelligence and the taliban. federal judge has

blocked parts of arizona controversial new immigration law among other things to drop their requirement for immigrants to carry papers at all times but critics say the rest of the law is still encourages racial profiling. and moscow is choking from heat and smog with temperatures having been close to forty degrees celsius for nine days running as the hottest summer since records began a hundred and thirty years ago. but we have alliance and now a look at how russia said it was getting a facelift we'll take it to the set of the country's first comedy filmed in three d. technology update is next. alone welcome to technology.