we can't ignore the fact that they're trying to destabilize the situation not only by economic sanctions you know but by ethical means as well and iran is a multiethnic seventy million people country destabilization attempt is rather dangerous great britain then usa within a year they'll start withdrawing their troops from afghanistan despite almost their reports of attacks there an increasing number of victims in this country how do you think it's because eyes government able to control the situation without foreign support. it's obvious that cause i's administration is a puppet government managed by occupation forces that this administration is corrupted but it isn't supported by the local population for the withdrawal two days were sent twenty eleven and the end of twenty fourteen initially those dates were determined after president obama's so-called afghan strategic policy was announced which included several points greasing the presence of u.s.

armed forces and that is the u.k. in afghanistan implementing programs for winning members of taliban over to their side and building up afghan forces we see today however that these programs aren't working the taliban movement has been seizing more control over the territory government afghan armed forces remain in official american and allied forces keep losing more so we wonder whether this policy would result in stabilizing the situation. how does the situation in afghanistan in fact stability in which and in central asia are used. to if there are two factors which strongly affect the situation in the region drug trafficking and terrorism a number of politicians in the west and in russia also have until recently seriously believe that the presence of the u.s. and allied troops in afghanistan is good including for russia because the united states and their allies are fighting drug trafficking and to terrorism. i always

prefer giving concrete facts in october two thousand and nine the united nations states in a very professional and comprehensive report absolutely clearly at the time u.s. troops went to afghanistan no drugs were cultivated in the taliban controlled areas and absolute record in this respect eight thousand two hundred tons were set in two thousand and seven after the us troops had rived in afghanistan if you'd like to hear a second in that report mr costa the deputy special representative of the united nations secretary general who's also the head of the u.n. office on drugs and crime said the drugs were not the biggest problem can you imagine it given the fact that the thirty or forty thousand russians were nearly dying of drug abuse today these figures a much higher europe also has a high death toll from drugs terrorism well before the u.s. troops came to afghanistan we had absolutely no trustworthy information about the taliban participation in raids in the territories or central asian states. in one

thousand nine hundred nine. thousand on the contrary we know that those militants infiltrated from the territory if you started to where they'd come from northern afghanistan or which at that time was being controlled by the northern alliance and the u.s. and the taliban regime. in july and august on another central asian country was hit by massive ethnic clashes with hundred stat is there any danger that we could could see a repeat. of the you know back in april i warned about this kind of scenario for southern coast star which first of all the situation in southern kyrgyzstan had been intensively destabilized the second into ethnic tensions are also high in that region of the southern regions of open to that part of. which borders on afghanistan and that is also open war with so those who want to stage provocations and heats up the situation from and can easily attract militants. so. all

preconditions for the outbreak of violence with the world community it was pretty much past now we're talking about a death toll of two thousand and huge number of injured simply presented or destroyed the worst is that the preconditions for further tension remain but they haven't vanished into ethnic tension remains and still there are people interested in kindling ethnic tension preconditions should be eliminated now there are plans to send fifty two policemen to. who are supposed to do something that will fall but what can fifty two unarmed men do but it's not if anything happens to these policemen orders will be given to bring in armed units to start if he's going to send military units there of course it's nato as a u.s. military base in a french air base and a one hundred fifty four thousand nato military contingent in afghanistan with more of the problem if that happens we will witness a very interesting situation that will resemble the one in kosovo by the way at the

end of last year the u.s. senate held hearings on the situation in central asia of course five of that report described as a failed state which might disintegrate and the threat of active western interference according to the cost of a scenario is realistic but many in congress stan don't want to that to happen they would be welcomed russian troops and meet them with bread and salt but in no way the western ones this is a very serious contradiction which may lead to serious consequences. does days ago thousands of secret pentagon documents were leaked to the public why it happened to think. obviously there are political groups who raise the question of the ineffectiveness of u.s. troops intelligence and other services in afghanistan and right now they deliberately dwelling on the war in afghanistan in detail to explain that it's useless they've spent over four hundred billion dollars one. can soldier cost one

million dollars a year so they spend one hundred billion dollars directly on soldiers apart from other expenses which are high as well and the result is actually nothing you think that's why they start raising such questions and giving publicist kita various documents relating to the issue. that probably the secret service is. wary about us if so why hasn't he been captured or killed. but he's a person who knows a lot closer to work together with the cia with saudi arabian intelligence it was acquainted with the head of saudi arabian intelligence that. he has a great knowledge of many contacts blackest on into agency intelligence closely works with the u.s. intelligence if i might be so that somebody is interested in his presence in a certain place americans say that they fight against al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan but the u.n.

reports that in afghanistan there are less than three hundred al qaeda members in comparison with the one hundred fifty four thousand u.s. personnel and according to our information they are no more than one hundred people perhaps even less if you understand what this means when there are one hundred or three hundred terrorists against the one hundred fifty four thousand army for the symbol should remain otherwise there is a question are they doing with. one of these thing is major political global events was signing a new start treaty between russia and the u.s. how do you think how will. an american senate. for all parts they've been hearing from the state duma and the foreign affairs committee of the united russia and the fair russia party support the treaty the liberal democratic party is against it they have a weak argument but it's their choice the communists are in doubts and tend to be against it too. but all the same we're gathering votes but in the end it depends on

the outcome in america of course there are opponents of this treaty who is sure that it does not comply with the us interests let's now turn to another part of the planet north korea which can science between us and south kareen wynter forces and has threatened to respond how do think how dangerous is the situation on the korean . north korea would have been destroyed long ago if they did not have ten or twelve warheads and nobody knows whether they have them or not for sure but it's enough for military containment for both south korea and america that's why they're holding the exercise there i know little about the north korean regime but i definitely know that it's very archaic and more dangerous it's sort of a mixture of the middle ages with a pseudo marxist slogan and this regime is dangerous for the entire world and in my opinion that's the regime we should take for all kinds of sanctions against makes dangerous to threaten them with weapons because we cannot predict their reaction

and they also have a several million strong army which can cross the border and this may lead to any number of consequences as an empire mauna kea power which could collapse at any moment the world economy is slowly recovering in a sleigh due to the economic growth in asia and especially in china how big do you think is the genes for all politics today the third of the work i want to join is said to be the locomotive for the world economy this is why there are a lot of things that depend on china we should give the chinese credit for having created over the last few decades a powerful economy that in addition to everything else is just around the corner from where we are politically i think the chinese are aimed at strengthening their economic might they're pursuing a very aggressive economic policy everywhere central asia africa and god knows where else even in afghanistan it's a case of expansion directed at grabbing raw material resources china is building up its power places too. presumably they have one hundred nuclear warheads more

than we believe they have a more powerful army perspectively it's a very dangerous expansion program states all of this is pointing to a possibility that sooner or later they going to embark on a policy of active expansion it's dangerous for us to say that china is all strategic planner and it is one but in relation to that we should also have powerful armed forces with a powerful economy and be ready for a show of strength and the question many russians in europeans have worried about how real is. the free regime between. i think the e.u. is concerned of us having a visa free regime with certain central asian states where drugs and the terrorist threat come from this is why the europeans are wary but basically we should of course seek a visa free regime and it's realistic but we're realistic in the short term is anyone's guess if you're going to the school thank you very much simone for talking to us.

for bush. always by one vote for kerry for kerry so the people that are going to be validating this machine can stand there all day long and vote for somebody and it will be right every time but the guy can walk up here and if he hits the right button. they can flip the boat there.

was. a large naval base in moscow has been destroyed by the wildfires raging through central. just ten minutes to level be. including two hundred planes and helicopters as well as other military hard for some twenty billion dollars. will be

a day of mourning in russia. after the deadly passenger plane which killed at least eleven on board august back to it as a possible cause of the tragedy which does the aircraft was trying to land. and president ahmadinejad is challenging barack obama to one t.v. debate the move comes up to the highest ranking u.s. military official admitted there were plans to strike tehran over its nuclear program. any more details on all those stories coming up at three pm moscow time up next it's the sports news with. hello there welcome to the sport here on r.t. and these are the headlines. on the move spotlight keep her petticoats enjoying spurs while celtic's mcgeady could be on his way to more sky.

plus we have a net busting round from game week fifteen of the russian premier league. and it's a record india's sachin tendulkar becomes the world's most capped test cricketer. but we start with the spot at moscow keep a step a petticoat that will join english side spirits from a year long loan deal the current sure international has been linked to the premiership league side the past few seasons but the thirty one year old has finally made the move after losing his number one spot. to sergei persio call for tottenham manager harry redknapp is pretty cozy to provide competition to go mess. meanwhile spot are aiming to bring in another play today celtic and island wing aiden mcgeady is masto to discuss a possible transfer it's believed the twenty four year old could cost the muscovites side nearly fifteen million u.s. dollars d.d. is currently sidelined with a cough injury i missed this week champions league qualifier celtic post braga

hoops manager neil lennon believe he has his last game for the glasgow side. i. see whilst the big currently live bottom of the russian premier league after their three two defeat to ten man tomsk yesterday was the first top flight siberian darby but it is any still the lead the league with their unbeaten record intact as the season reached its halfway stage with a round up now of all the action from game week fifteen it is. scary. salat sad. there is no. live

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i. now are in europe tonight belgian side and could take another step towards qualifying for the champions league they host well sleep so i do you say in the second leg of their third qualifying round the belgians with a three one advantage from the first leg and bar a big upset should make it through to the playoffs that will determine who make the group stage is also playing tonight they have to overturn a one they'll deficit against f.c. as told. elsewhere chile coach my child i would be able to renew his contract with the national side keeping him in charge until the twenty fifth day and that means the origin time when neither side threw two more copper americas in qualifying for the next world cup in brazil however the recent polls seem to terminate the

contract at the football federation president gerald my nichols is not re-elected next season. led chile to the last sixteen of the world cup in south africa. it is understood liverpool are considering as many as six different offers to buy the club the latest chinese businessman kenny when he wants a deal to be done within the next two weeks at liverpool and veiled roy hodgson as their new manager last month and wang is offering to clear liverpool with debts and give hodgson funds to buy more plays before the transfer deadline and at the end of the month he also wants to build a new stadium for liverpool. values the club at around three hundred twenty five million pounds americans tom hicks and george gillette put the club up for sale around four months ago. a bit of history has been made today sachin tendulkar has become the world's most capped test cricketer the indian batsmen taking to the field against sri lanka in colombo this morning in what is his hundred sixty ninth match for his country and the office of passing the breck or previously held by

former australian captain stately all he made his international debut for india when he was just sixteen back in one thousand nine thousand nine hundred forty days match was helping to promote next year's cricket world cup to be hosted by sri lanka india and bangladesh fourteen countries will take part and doctor believes it will be a show to be tragic. i'd like to reiterate that you know this is a great opportunity for. continent to beat this world cup and all of us present here and also the players the remaining players. people from. india and bangladesh think becomes their responsibility to make this a grand you rent and also the tourists who travel across to support that it would be a good idea let's let's make it something to remember and cherish about formula one now michael schumacher says the story after his dangerous move during the one

daring grand prix the german rock rubens barrichello pushing the brazilians car to been sent to me is a concrete wall in budapest the driver will be penalized ten places at the next grand prix in belgium and on his website schumacher admitted his move against barack heller was seeing hard in the story of his former teammate how it felt to be put in danger kelly believes schumacher should have been black. some funny nigerian summer pace's says he's confident he can beat heavyweight champion. the pair will meet on september eleventh. a regional opponent the russian alexander privette can fail to show. at a press conference peyton made sure he was in his press conference in front of the i.d.f. and be a champion and wants to avenge the fate he suffered at the hands of the training in two thousand and five in atlantic city and nigeria had no three times before losing on points and just by the short nations for this latest contest says he's ready.

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soon much brighter than if you move from phones to french and some of. these food stamps on t.v. don't come. from the. breaking news this hour a massive russian naval air base is importantly wiped out by fires caused by the intense heat wave hundreds of millions of dollars of military hardware are said to have been destroyed. in other news iran's president dr my dinners up close down the gauntlet to block obama these challenging him to a t.v. debate following a military admission of plans to strike tehran over its nuclear program. plus

israeli arabs speak out over what they call racist laws which discriminate against all non jews living in the country. with news from russia and around the world you're watching our t.v. live from moscow with me nice and now away let's bring you more on our story which broke in the past hour a large russian naval air base has apparently fallen victim to the wildfires which continue to rage in parts of central russia hundreds of aircraft are said to be destroyed along with millions of dollars of hardware at moscow region facility although the military is denying the reports elsewhere the intense temperatures and the worst drive spell for generations have now claimed at least forty lives let's

get more from peter oliver. who is in the center of the capital hi peter and i tell you how we're going to go to you first peter what more can you tell us about what apparently happened at this naval air base in the moscow region. your own forty minutes ago we heard the base in mosco region had been victim to the fire as you say an area over around one hundred hector is completely wiped out in just ten minutes as the blaze swept through destroying two hundred aircraft around twenty billion dollars worth of hard with no base much needed at the moment the military very heavily involved in the operation to try and put out fires around russia not just here in the most go region but in the last of the college without equipment is the waits to be seen just how much of an effect that will have a polish but what is interesting is we are hearing from the minute she did they deny that this is actually happened that they get. to say this.