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. closing credits stern's first parliamentary election. bring you the latest from across the country. here in the largest city force for stability has returned after. the vote is considered to be crucial for the central asian state is it going to change the way the country is ruled join me live from. remembering a tragedy six months since the polish president's plane crashed near the russian

city. killing ninety six. review of the week the war in afghanistan. making u.s. military history. the deadliest year for foreign troops. at the international space station after friday's blast from the baikonur cosmodrome. with a look back at the past week's top stories and the latest developments this is. moscow. national election is over people have cast their ballots in a poll which will see the country become first parliamentary democracy counting is

the way. to. go in good standing first of all we'll go to you the. vote for help did the capital actually handle this. well the security has been tightened throughout the curious capital bishkek over the past couple of hours it has been rather quiet here there's a lot of police patrolling the streets of bishkek out of the moment no serious violations have been registered here the average turnout throughout the country at this election has been about fifty percent in according to play really been there a record still actually has gone rather smoothly and just said it is indeed a landmark vote for the country because after this election after the votes are counted. regardless of how many people have showed up at this election will become the first central asian country to become a parliamentary state where

a prime minister has more power than the president and it's accountable to the parliaments. this is the first country in central asia to become a parliamentary states and in april this year when president barchi was overthrown many people were killed and many more were injured and people were unhappy with the former president's policies that have led many to live in poor and this is the reason why he was overthrown and after he was overthrown temporary government of kyrgyzstan has held their record run them during which it was decided to turn the country into a parliamentary state will come but you know for a little later in the meantime let's now turn to the southern city of ocean isle hugo it showed the highest turnout this sunday so what's the atmosphere like there in the sensi. well that's right that's the biggest news from off the

sunny is that the city showed the biggest of all or turn out into the entire country around fifty percent of all the people all the locals here eligible to vote sure down to the polling stations and cast their ballots this is really unexpected since this city really went through a lot of really difficult and hard times recently last june there was quite a lot of ethnic violence and massive acne clashes between the local population will be cured and black nationals armed gangs destroyed businesses and destroyed homes and as a result hundreds of people were killed several thousand were injured and several thousand more had to flee their homes the city basically is still recovering from those several days of violence back in june that's why there were fears that this while unscrewed reemerge as the voting is held but nevertheless the warning was

held in the calm fashion quite a lot of quite little people on the streets that we saw today and this is despite the fact that previously there were you bored of rats being sent out to the local population by s.m.s. and posters and out fliers distributed in here and in other cities of kyrgyzstan calling for violence so once again this is really unexpected so all the atmosphere here is people are once again they are actually now getting something for stability for the first time in months and the taliban despite reports by international observers that there were no serious legal violations all trouble security has been tightened at the polling stations to protect the count so is there still a perceived threat. well indeed the security has been tightened just two hours before the polls have closed the police started patrolling the streets and there was a lot of police and a lot of people believe that this election may be accompanied with

a lot of raw it's and many people still believe the counting of votes actually after the votes are counted that's a political rally as can still take place on the streets. so it's really too soon to sell whether they. smoothly and we out of the people that we've spoken to on the streets many have said that they believe that smelly leaders of the political parties might get attacked and after all there were a record number of twenty nine political parties registered for the selection but many of them had quite similar political agendas so a lot of people were confused which party to vote for by the temporary government has said that they have security forces on full alert to prevent or resist any rallies or rise that may take place during or after the election. we've established the city itself actually showing the highest turnout in this vote but what do what do the people actually there in the city want will the majority accept the result

whatever it is. well it is hard to say at the moment like notes and i'll tell you said some more rallies are possible over night she also said that security is really tight in the capital it's really tight in the entire country and especially here in the staff and perhaps that's why the boarding process went saw call me and peacefully and there were sort of little people on the streets however we did hear some unconfirmed unofficial reports rumors and speculation that some protest rallies could be possible here overnight because just to explain to you the self of good you start has been traditionally supporting the political party and these according to these unofficial we was their supporters said that if this party doesn't pass then the media get together and rarely protesting the resource of the election however what we need is exit polls this party is now in the is one of the

five parties more successful parties sought for and that makes me can conclude that it is it should be a peaceful that here in austin if all of these figures are correct and these preliminary exit polls are correct and if the situation is going to stay the same as it is now things are not going to artes you can often aton enough about bringing us the latest on the situation couldn't stand where the parliamentary vote has ended. well love for more i'm now joined by andrew mcentee he's a former observer including stan and he's joining us i believe from london. and how would a change in political system contribute to making couldn't stand a more stable democracy do you think. it may not let's be honest russia for example is taking the view that a parliamentary based government system will lead to more instability their view is

that the central asian idea of the strongman heading the government presidential system that they're now getting rid of is the one which will bring stability and is most likely to bring peace across the region. the european union disagrees disagrees or west efe which. russia us the e.u. are part of are all in favor of this transition towards a government based on the parliamentary system we've got different people it's like an open question it may not lead to may not lead to stability which is the fact that you mention in different opinions we're talking about obviously america now obviously it has an interest in the country along with russia with the military bases in the territory in the country itself so do you think this new parliament change could actually change the situation for both countries would there be an impact at all. well i think one big question which has to be asked this really. made a lot tomorrow because they have fifteen days to form the government or the next

couple weeks the big question really what change has really been a change. that has been talking already from. of actually car who is most likely to be is thought to be the new finance minister that he would like to see the united states base if it stays rent increase by a sixty forty billion dollars. so you know that could also be posturing the fact is that. mr sorry for example himself was accounted it just last year for the presidential. position what's happening is that people like him may not actually join the government but there's a view that the mayor actually decided to wait until next year's presidential election some hope and a political culture it's felt that while the power has been taken away from the presidency towards the parliament to get into the parliament nevertheless the prize is the presidency so that's a curious situation that's being discussed even this very weekend.

what about it all actually can we just move on to about the implications for the whole of the central asian region itself obviously now looks likely to be the first state in central asia to become a parliamentary democracy now do you think that in any way could influence other countries in the region will they follow the example do you think. well if you take the immediate neighbors expand to jackie's term because. it's quite clear that they would rather see this project feel they are countries which currently have stability through a strong central government dominated by strong and president that traditional art or a theory and presidential system of central asia moving towards a parliamentary based system would mean that the their their backers their financial backers the political bikers people from the presidency right down to the villages in their countries but also find that their power base their their access to the economy would radically alter because of course corruption nepotism is very

much part of patronage is very much part of the presidential system it may well be though that in reality a parliamentary system would be just as much right with corruption and patronage and and and so on it really just remains to be seen the question is not so much will there's been a structural shift through a constitutional referendum two months ago the question is will there be a real cultural shift politically and in the way that government is run will it be open government will it be good governance in the sense of transparency so that any potential corruption is. or will it be the usual that for example majority government will be the new regime which has just taken over the transitional government and they will marginalize completely those who supported the fight here who was in the south around austin. and leaving some instability there these are questions which really have to be to be answered maybe in a week or two is time well it's good to hear i do. we are actually out of time now

and sorry to cut you off there but we got to move on but it's good to hear what you have to say bearing in mind of course that you've been observer including stan you know the country it's really interesting to hear what you have to say thanks so much for the input there andrew we can say thank you. the victims of the plane crash in russia that killed the president of poland and many of its top officials have been remembered at the ceremony at the site of the tragedy six months ago ninety six people were killed near the city of smolensk and artie's and it hits is there. today's memorial took place at the request of the families of the victims on the tenth. one five. crashed. disregarding the advice of local rounds. advising them not to try to land the plane in. fields they ignore the instruction and the plane it did crash ninety six on board so within the one day one plane

crash lost its president its lady and a number of its he political and military personnel russia was quick to offer its condolences to the polish government and indeed to days of mourning ceremonies have been led by both us ladies. and. immediately onto the plane crash russia declared a day of mourning and president medvedev appointed prime minister hussein to head up a joint polish investigation because of the crash the police michu as they conducted their own private investigation over the past four months not joint investigative committee has taken a very. good witness accounts on the flight log and they concluded that on a two occasions on the fateful morning a little before eleven am on the tenth of april grounds of fools. who did try to ruin the crew all rule that two people claimed not to attempt to land in the dense fog at all which they chose to ignore all. that they did trying to direct them to

an alternative. because mitty has also confirmed that the plane itself was in fine . recently been improved they've also ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack or some sort of fire or explosion having happened on board crucially they've also confirmed that to know on the crew members were in the culprit at the time of the crash to the question as to whether the crew put under pressure. to land the plane in those conditions remains that other reasons have been put forward as possible causes for the crash into the way in which the crew were trained especially their ability to violate an order which they may have believed to have been wrong for their part say that they're very thankful and appreciative of the level of transparency and corp offered by the russians cheering this investigation and the joint committee that says that they have now completed their investigations and they've handed a very wrong of the paperwork including eyewitness reports on the flight to the

polish or tours he's in they say a detailed analysis on their findings will be had within the next few days they'll also be handed to the postal authorities who then say they will make it public in three days time on october thirteenth we also know that. will conducts an excavation all of the sites all of the plane crash trying to find any other remnants of either the plane or any of the victims. in a run down of the week's top stories the u.s. led nato campaign in afghanistan and its tenth year with no end in sight the longest war in america's history has turned into a vietnam like quagmire the taliban is still launching regular bomb attacks and coordinated assaults two thousand and ten is already the deadliest year of the entire campaign for nato troops and the fighting is taking a heavy toll on the afghan people with civilian casualties spiraling. reports some camera happy u.s. soldiers helping the taliban win the propaganda war.

f.l. schools up in smoke and whether justified or not tempers fly in the afghan capital the culprit's soldiers who can be heard saying fantastic before posting that on the internet even if by burning the house accidentally a copy of the koran is how's about can be easily used as a tactic or as a means of. more young. religious history of them to go and joined the taliban and al qaeda and it seems to be working more and more islamic extremist websites are posting direct links to videos put up on the web by the soldiers themselves in blogs and social networking sites it's the enemy who's now i want to be helping the taliban fight its cause they can easily be copied by al-qaeda and the taliban. easily make.

the us forces fail video clips you are clearly. clearly you want to hang. out in some cases the us soldiers videos are prankish and childish other times they're downright criminal or extremely provocative in this clip u.s. soldiers burn the bodies of dead muslims facing mecca today in afghanistan the internet is becoming more and more popular but look around it's no surprise that in a place like this there's still only a few people who have access to it so you'd sometimes home connection is so unreliable that every afternoon he's here watching videos that make him angry one of the only going on we see hundreds of videos about afghanistan nato new americans are talking about human rights you can see the proof online it's alone so the. internet cafes are the buzz in downtown kabul hundred have been has managed the

small and overcrowded cafe for the past two years and although the connection is slow it's fast enough to keep people logged on. it's easy for people to watch these videos put out by the american soldiers because the most popular videos are on the first page of you tube also when one guy sees a video he tells his friend. less than a decade ago when the taliban was in power home computers were banned they were only three places in kabul that had internet but now the global jihadists understand that sometimes an e-mail might just be myself then the sword followed once a name. and so. by mobile phone. make value but a good video clips the word it seems always has a way of getting out of one people not to see this kind of thing in the internet

because everything you see is consumed is the live but the taliban picking up on a form of communication it once banned it now thoughts on coalition troops to censor themselves pointlessly r.t. kabul an alleged russian arms trafficker is appealing against the thai court's ruling that he should be extradited to the u.s. for it to be known as claim there's no evidence against him and insists the judge should question witnesses his family fears that if extradited he would be forced to confess to a very unstable dictator it's quite possible the extradite him just woke him up and some give craft carrier and force him to give whatever testimony the u.s. wants him to give i think he'll go as far as it takes to get it and i'm sure everyone understands they're playing to find ways to do it these days starting with chemical sense psychological pressure. on tuesday the thai criminal court dropped charges of money laundering and fraud against due to clearing the way for his extradition the charges could have delayed his being sent to the us which is

supposed to happen by in a van but the twentieth he was arrested in bangkok to a whole physical and is behind bars ever since washington accuses him of fueling terrorism in conspiring to supply arms to colombian rebels which he denies the former u.n. arms trafficking expert says that it is extradited to the u.s. he might not get a fair trial. i have concerns about what the verdict will be going back to based on the only other person who in recent times has been convicted on a sting operation involving the fox the colombian rebels there's a man called monsoreau accounts who was an arms dealer who strangely also was of assistance to the americans on many occasions and when his lawyer sought to bring that into the courts he wasn't allowed to do so or not president i think it's unlikely that his depends teen will be able to bring into evidence the fact that he has on occasion been is assistance to the pentagon to us and nato countries in

providing acra. i think it's unlikely that people who want deliberately to harm anyone but i think harm is sometimes done as part of the process but what people may see is getting good getting the truth out of somebody she my concern always has been not the soldiers necessarily innocent of all charges it but the sting operation is something he didn't do quite clearly just think operation and he's not the merchant of death which the media portray him as well i would agree he's a merchant or some death. president dmitri medvedev has hit out at he's a russian counterpart for trying to make an enemy out of moscow in his video blog medvedev said alexander lukashenko is stepping up his anti russian rhetoric the russian leader thinks it's all to do with the upcoming presidential election in binary swear because she is hoping to stay in power that it says the better russian leaders trying to distract voters from domestic problems. sealed a political union in one thousand nine hundred nine but have since seen

a steady decline in relations innovative added that the current tension should not affect the brotherly ties of the russian and that of russian people. and not some other world news in briefly at this stage of the day at least eight people have been killed in suspected u.s. missile strikes in northwest pakistan the drone targeted a tribal area in north waziristan believed to be dominated by a militant group blamed for attacks on foreign troops in afghanistan the u.s. has often been criticized for the strikes which last week killed two pakistani soldiers islam about reacted by closing a key border used as a nato supply route the borders reopened friday and the eleven day ok. police are clashed with hundreds of mounted gay protesters at a gay pride march in serbia around sixty people reportedly wounded in the violence the protesters tried to break through heavy police cordons protecting the gay activists but were kept back by security forces last year the parade was called off after the government said it could not guarantee the safety of participants.

the son of north korea's ruler and the country's heir apparent has made his most high profile public appearance so far it happened during a military parade celebrating the sixty fifth anniversary of the country's ruling party among the guests were foreign diplomats and communist party officials from china recently appointed as a general your noone is expected to continue the rule in the isolated state. the evacuation of chile's thirty three trapped miners is due to begin on wednesday rescuers have drilled through to the chamber where the men sheltering sparking celebrations across the country the top part of a shelf with a steel face and then have to assemble engineers were still so test whether the escape tunnel is safe enough to prevent the risk of. the upgraded soyuz spacecraft has arrived at the international space station after taking off from the baikonur cosmodrome two days ago the crew made up of two russian

cosmonauts and a nasa astronaut will stay there for half a year they were greeted by three astronauts have been manning the station since june remarkably family ties are soon to become part of life of the i s s r t's tom barton reports on the special bond of brothers beyond. twins in space within a few months scott kelly and his brother mock both astronauts will be in orbit together courses are his kids growing up we never thought we would be in this. you know unique in privileged position to be able to use the build up to scott's launch of russia's baikonur cosmodrome on friday was filled with technical questions but there was human moments to go there yes there were smiles. and goodbye to his eyes when his brother mark joins him on the i assess in february it will be the first time they've worked together very long time and we have occasionally flown together in the navy as a test pilot but before that i think we you know i was working in dairy queen well

over twelve years old mopping the floor for the last jet of the last job we really had that we worked together and then the time came mark said goodbye scott and to the rocket these two russian crew mates everyone went to it's only twenty minutes to go until the launch one boat is on the ground the others preparing for glass so that they go for the first time and what they're counting down to not watch his brother fly away into space the trip he'd made three times him self. it's you know it's a credible to watch any rocket launch and all my brothers are board makes it even more exciting i've seen him launch three times now and it's pretty incredible thing to see when they both meet again on the international space station in a few months time it will become a family space station tuesday but just like his brother mark doesn't want to be too sentimental it's going to be a busy busy fly but you know to get a chance to do that with my brother is is

a great opportunity scott and marc on celebrity twenty knots an hour or so yet but it'll be a uniquely human moment when the hatch door the siblings meet in space time bottom potty. just from stories videos. dot com here's what's the web site right now the political future of the russian capital becomes. the next. problem in the country's forests and plenty of other stories and features for you.