the united states of america is waging war within its own army. joe no advantage is on no one signs. and human losses are quite significant. is it possible to win the war against sexual assault in the us armed forces. in the army on r g. u n r to me live from moscow our top stories are the number of drug tests down

spiking in india human rights activists accuse pharmaceutical companies of using the country's citizens as guinea pigs for illegal experiments. public housing in the us is about to become private provoking criticism of the government and fears that low income families will be stripped of their own business only. and it's fifteen years since two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel making history and paving the way for future exploration. the friends factors depart russia after a visit to examine and behold one of the next world cops even found and officials alike optimistic about the country's chance of. another new stopping terrorist and stemming the flow of drugs that's what the leaders of afghanistan to jake and pakistan together with russia agreed upon at a summit in sochi but mideast expert james denselow thinks there is

a chance that afghanistan could become a source of cooperation between russia and the u.s. . i think russia is strengthening strengthening its presence in the world in the last few years and i think it's interesting that afghanistan a country which for ten years in the one nine hundred eighty s. was a source of conflict between the two is now a source of potential cooperation between ties with a remarkable group between moscow and washington they both have exactly the same issues that whether it's drug trafficking all islamic radicalism so i think it's very much a case of russia leading its own initiative to improve security in its own at least a neighborhood that the u.s. can take enough to support i find it almost incredible to think that the americans say that countering the narcotics in afghanistan isn't part of its mission if we look at the the size of the amount of money that drugs bring in in this country over a billion dollars and the taliban are estimated to to accrue some three hundred million dollars that's a year which makes up some forty to sixty percent of their annual income according

to nato figures so if they're fighting the taliban the taliban are largely reliant upon money from this drugs trade so it would seem to be a total no brainer to suggest the americans try to cut off this funding counter-narcotics doesn't always involve simply destroying the crops spera might well be the farmers a strong are reliant on large areas on growing poppy so it's not simply a matter as what was used in vietnam sort of using chemical weapons against these fields border security is element to it removing the dumond back of the border in other countries whether it's in the west or and elsewhere but there are many ways to reproach account not politics tragedy but it would seem that destroying people's fields is the most blunt and the easiest way to lose any form of hearts and minds you might have in afghanistan well brian backer director of the antiwar answer coalition in washington signs for countries are attempting to reassert their sovereignty over the u.s. . since the dissolution the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine

hundred ninety one the american government both the democrats and the republicans didn't really matter who was in charge saw south and central asia and and especially the former soviet republics in that region as a new piece of real estate a possibility for an expansion of american of an american empire of an american sphere of influence of course the resources natural gas and oil which are rich in that region are a vital interest for american corporations and the u.s. government and the pentagon see these areas as an effort a place to stage new u.s. military installations u.s. military bases so we saw the meeting today and in the recent days with russia and stand in pakistan and afghanistan as an attempt by these countries to reassert their sovereignty their control their independence from the american military occupation in afghanistan but an interest by the united states to dominate the

region which predates the afghanistan war the us nato military presence in afghanistan is not really a diminishing so called terrorism or the spread of islamic extremism or whatever the pretext is that it's given for it i think we all know now that the occupation by hundreds of thousands or more than one hundred thousand foreign soldiers in afghanistan is in fact a catalyst for the insurgency for the armed insurgency in afghanistan and probably throughout the region the american military and american corporations have no constructive role to play in south central asia what you see happening today russia afghanistan pakistan and a meeting together and working together independently of western imperial forces is clearly a better path to take. well a soviet war veteran who fought in afghanistan in the eighty's says the u.s. is failing in its campaign because even after nine years it still doesn't understand the country or its people but soon

a crowd so spoke to our tease that that you know. but first mr kraft well thank you for joining us today sochi has hosted this summit the second of its kind after the july session last year and. this is me russia is strengthening its position in the region where it's always been present and is opening up new opportunities for cooperation primarily with afghanistan and pakistan things than the with pakistan you know do much better if you have three minutes of. i think that russia is trying to strengthen its position russia is trying to reserve its position in the settlement process in afghanistan via this quartet to achieve this goal which is really important for both afghanistan and for the region as a whole as well as for russia these regular events take place pakistan has one view on the afghan crisis stan has another view russia may have yet another position but

as for russia entergy christan it's obvious that they want to settle the situation in the country as soon as possible they are concerned with terrorism and with drug production and trafficking that's where pakistan has been playing a double game over the past forty years virtually express the willingness to fight terrorism but in fact and everyone knows that everything that is now going on in afghanistan has pakistani origin pakistani influence and impact if it was not for the external power played by pakistan terrorism would still exist but it would be of a minor character a minor insurgent character nothing more in this respect it is important that russia is more active in discussing the afghan issue with the countries of the region. and move probably a lot of at that i've used mission the drug trafficking issue this sadistic say that about thirty thousand people in russia imminently died because of drugs coming from afghanistan how can the american presence in afghanistan help resolve this

problem and can russia solve it on that so much. the problem with us congress. you little start to finish a little make sure the point is the status of the international forces the un mandate stipulates their participation in anti-drug measures from time to time they take part in such operations but it sporadic and aimed at small producers and small smugglers carrying out anti-terrorist operations they come across some drug caravans destroy them of course but nothing more at a recent international conference in moscow nato refused to state that nato troops must fight narcotics they fear that it will only pose a greater threat to them and aggravate their position what is terrorism afghan terrorism nobody has given a precise and understandable definition yet even the highest ranking american generals who have been leading nato troops over there. president obama plans to begin pulling out troops from afghanistan next summer how realistic

is this the afghan authorities be capable of controlling the situation by themselves. with me over the past nine months the position of the american authorities has changed considerably on the one hand american congress the house of representatives and most importantly the democratic party categorically insist on a considerable pullout of american troops from afghanistan starting july first two thousand and one otherwise they would face a great challenge at the upcoming two thousand and eleven elections on the other hand the u.s. military commander especially after the start of david petraeus his term as commander has been looking for excuses to delay president obama's decision or to postpone it you must remember that the larger part of the u.s. military serves interests of the republican party and so does the u.s. defense minister. i get frequent calls from the u.s. journalists asking what the u.s. should do in the current situation and whether they should withdraw their troops

next july i don't want you to respond with a question of my own but is there an alternative immutable there is not there is no alternative to the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops some of the longer the forces him u.s. and nato forces stay in afghanistan the more they will destabilize the region it is evident that the presence of any foreign troops nato u.s. or soviet troops will only inspired terrorism in afghanistan you cannot depict the country as a den of terrorism or its people as terrorists by default this is not true there is a faction of people within the rebel movement that use terror methods some of these people do indeed have links to al-qaeda in no way does this mean that any afghan or any armed afghan is a terrorist the u.s. is facing a philosophical problem if they spent nine years there by december two thousand and ten the length of their military presence will match that of the soviet contingent now over this period they have failed to understand the afghans outlook on life

they do not understand afghanistan barack obama is now facing the gorbachev dilemma of whether to withdraw u.s. forces if you pulls them out it will be bad if he doesn't it will go from bad to worse i'm deeply convinced that barack obama should do the same thing that make did with afghanistan there is no other way he could. we have received information about the taliban making a proposition to nato to jointly investigate civilian deaths in afghanistan just how realistic and serious is that offer. no i don't think it's serious and i'd like to say that the taliban movement is quite formal a structure it is basically a successor to the mujahideen movement that was active during the soviet military presence in afghanistan it has not changed much since then the way propaganda is spread hasn't changed either and i would regard this as part of a propaganda war the taliban is obviously winning it by the way it's obviously

being the us as for the offer itself even if the u.s. or nato was to agree to it i don't think the taliban would play an active role in the investigation of these unpleasant and difficult incidents the first couldn't they have been you stanley because sap in afghanistan or pakistan is affecting other countries including russia but could russia. secure regina in this region particularly. if no single stakeholder in the region will be able to do anything on their own the us tried to do so but failed they brought in the nato contingent and failed again i can say that countries in the region with their different stances and viewpoints will never come to consensus on the afghan crisis in order to find ways to settle the conflict outside of the region we will certainly have to draw neighboring countries into the peace process iran pakistan. and definitely pakistan as well as russia and kazakhstan russia as afghanistan's historical partner and

vice versa if the u.s. and nato states have never been afghanistan's partners they don't understand the fundamentals of the region the only country that can provide for a reproach going between iran back to stand pakistan until she can stand as russia this i think is one of the major goals of the sochi summit. extracting black gold is dangerous. to mom pushes the limits to catastrophe. is the price too high. is it possible to prevent such disasters. and can the off the mouth be dealt with quickly from defectively. oil spills and thrills azzi. signed up to join the military

because i thought that it was my duty not that it was something that i could do to help my country. my government i thought that it is necessary for americans to vietnam there was a lot of drug abuse the lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of good stories. to go out. before the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and wanted to have a lot of decorations but afterwards i realize that they don't mean anything. that importance. i don't i don't i never kept the medal.

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criticism of the government and fears that low income families will be stripped of their homes by business only. it's fifty years since two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel making history and paving the way for future exploration. and chief inspectors to russia after a visit to examine its bid to host one of them that were next world cops leaving france and the first alike optimistic about the country's chances. all those stories coming up at the top of the hour let's cross over to kate now who is at the sports desk and i understand it's a big night for three russian football teams in europe to say yes to ban might be struggling in the russian premier league but they pulled off a surprise last victory in europe and look what to place up all the details next.

hello and welcome to the sports news here on are to thank you for joining me and here are the stories making headlines european dream c.b.s. snatch an injury time winner to take a first leg lead against p.s.v. in the array please playoffs. while european quest was sides taissa and lock my teeth get ready for them like i was late on thursday. and of finding four russians nicholai davydenko which is the surge around the cincinnati masters. and we start with local wes a bear who are bottom of the russian prime really grabbed a stoppage time one zero win at home to dutch league leaders p.s.v. eindhoven in the first leg of the playoff alexander the cat all five home in the post winner two minutes into injury time after both sides were reduced to ten men right in the first half later on thursday two more russian sides are in action with luck watching moscow taking off at swiss side and i was and after a test on moscow take on cypriot side and also says in the russian capital. and let

it slip scale will give a late fitness test a star midfielder a home to read about match with more details his rubber. self-confidence of the strong that's what. they're training session and thursday evening the element of super and that was this in the first game of the europa league play around with tickets to the group stage jake return to russia to two thousand and five we have a cup winners they look like the breed so they're coming clash over the club's head coach learn its new skete. underestimating their opponents among the conflict i consider a north is a very good with quite a strong roster and an aggressive style mover i think this is a big underrated here in russia at least at least. our opponents very carefully realize that these two games will be very tough for us before every game we should

take into account our advantages in our opponent's weak points let me plus it's very important to choose the right players the ones which are able to fulfil your game plan on the pitch no doubt snoozed he has got a good selection of players to count on the likes of buckner love the newest grass each make the elements checking line up one of the strongest in the russian league meanwhile another storm and the home side squad you see the hunger was absent from wins this training session due to injury but he's still hopeful the japanese international will be ready for thursday's player front rubber i don't want him to hear what his recovery very fast though it's not clear yet if he's able to play on thursday when he got the injury it didn't half a girl do it and there are some time left before the game to come to the final conclusion you know he just thought it was a really strong was there much vaster international experience along with

a pretty good knowledge of their opponents always means there are men held favorites for the toy although it's a safe bet and their docs will give their all to make a splash so much money on r.t. moscow region. and the cypriot side are anything but overwhelmed by the task in front of them after enjoying a confident run of form in the qualification rams and also says twice came back after losing in the open next one a meeting with a scot i know are a different story but coach. says john just across a track again. i'm going to ask you probably will believe that it isn't a result of what was going nosed but the way we play i want my team to repeat the kind of form they've shown in the recent matches and keep our chances alive for the return leg. there are no fewer than seventy teams in action in the year i play playoffs on thursday evening and one of the favorites match the city are in romania they take on timisoara in the first leg city will be with that new signing james

milner who completed his move from aston better on wednesday maybe forty million dollars but despite city's wealth of talent for better man cheney says it will still be a tricky task. i don't know if. me for every team that feeds what they said before i think that in the first game is always difficult and i watch the game to be sure i play very well at all and i think that if you want to do more we must play a game and liverpool who are two to go to manchester city in the premier league on monday are also in action taking on turkish side clubs for it on failed and under torres could start for the reds after recovering from a groin injury but despite being just two games away from the group stage manager why hodgson says he'll still give priority to the domestic league games well i think if you had a toilet choice you would have to leave. the euro believe you'd like to do both but if one was forced to so you can only choose one to two hours and i think you as the

premier league and the availability even go for teams that are playing pros really germany's league lowly literally meanwhile italian johnson eventis are in austria for the first leg of their time against strong but at the on the sports and a stadium however the host reckon they can show them muscle against the syria asked side. and feel that. if many things match up meaning if the parent underestimates the smaller team then if the smaller teams plays at their maximum it's always possible to succeed in that special day over bigotry much of that chance and that's why i believe it's possible to stand our ground against juventus which is going your way mr shand in the champions league playoffs vertebrae. didn't appear to be missing resit does all too much despite selling their star midfielder to rail madrid they beat some doria in their first like match three lose the final score on wednesday night elsewhere f.c. bombed in cells on course to reach the champions league group stage for

a third time after a one zero win at the f.c. sheriff braga also had a narrow win against spanish side severe in other games partisan belgrade claimed towards or against and let in serbia at well tell of eight one three two red bulls . and over in south america brazilian side internacional have won the cup by liberty dora's for a second time they beat guadalajara chivas from mexico three two in the second leg of the final to win five three an aggregate internets now found is packed the various stadium having seen their side win the first like two women in mexico and seven hope they could play latin america's most important club competition but it was cheered us who scored first. the more i thought i had two minutes before half time but the pace the patient equalized off an hour to go so peace. internacional in control and soon to walk on the andro with

a breakaway and clinical finish. this was my long some tough for this great challenge. recently beckoning in from nasa now i am not going to have the number go really on i'm skipping right. now it's time for consolation golf achieve us i test us free from three to the night but it wasn't enough internationalist in the cup i leave out the door is the second time in history my story i can get when. staying with football and fee for official ses i've been impressed following their tour of the country to assess its chances of hosting the twenty eighteen world cup delegation which is. heard in the news bulletins has now left moscow added that russia's bid committee had answered every question asked to help people decide who will host the tournament prime minister vladimir putin also played his part saying fans want you

to be easer to enter russia a similar way of always gotten with the sky host of the champions league final two years ago when fans just needed to show them that you can get passport control however the stiff competition. and united states also want to host the world cup the field are announced that was isn't on december the second and what washed up to get down to work at once. i would like to emphasize that being the case if you fake secretive comey to be size in december that workout will go for the first time in history russia would need to start immediately to guarantee that everything will be in place in the right time. tennis now and sixty danko is straight to the third round of the cincinnati masters after surviving a rugby ginepri scare in the open a russia's top man stepped up in the second set that was able to finally win the match in three sets and take out a track to seeded tenth. while world number one rafael nadal time just thirty fifth

victory in thirty seven matches because he's sort of an american taylor dent in the second round the spaniard dominated the first set just taking it six to. five seconds left right back at seventy five to beat the under eighty three. and the biggest casualty so far is the eighth seed fernando verdasco the spaniard lost his second round match tomorrow so he sets most of them to time breaks. and in the women's game spectrometers not so bad has booked a place in the surge round of the largest cup in one trail the russian defeated. switzerland in straight sets the lead at the mantra that also advanced into the next round beating current second part of that of the czech republic they are suffering that needed all three said. debates can patrick knowledge of the tribe any second thought of a copy and that's in straight sets. wal-mart the woman who is not competing is just in and then the belgian will miss the rest of the season due to an elbow injury she

picked up at wimbledon that means the twenty eight year old will not feature at the u.s. open which gets under way on the thirtieth oldest however the former world number one is currently ranked fourteenth top stories from one training you know. and finally heavyweight boxing champion vitaly klitschko has finally announced his next opponent the w.b.c. title holder is to face american shannon briggs on top of the sixteenth in hamburg the ukrainian it will be a first title defense since beating samuel peter two years ago when going w.b.c. crown temporarily were tied in two thousand and four kids go down to face russian john you want to live but are you really next so that fell through however he says his next fight will be a stun test six has a fifty one five record with one draw which go has won forty of his professional fights and lost just once. and that's all the sports news for now join us again for another update us on the to see then.

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