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so we can review here our knowledge to be hit in civilian deaths and torture emerge in the biggest leak in u.s. military history as an online exposé suggests washington turned a blind eye to the violence in iraq the. terror strikes the north caucuses as militants stormed the chechen part of the middle prompting calls for tighter security. your visit with protests and promises of fresh demonstrations against government reforms after france raises the retirement age and the u.k. called social benefits and jobs. and moscow has a new boss who has already laid out plans to fight congestion and corruption we take a closer look at the new mayor and his promises. from

warm welcome to the weekly here on our team this sunday on many so now with the latest and a look back at the week's top stories first the online whistleblower wiki leaks has lifted the veil on fifteen thousand iraqi war dead previously unaccounted for the websites published over a third of a million secret u.s. documents on iraq the largest leak in history the files also reveal details of atrocities committed by iraqis against their own people all u.s. forces turned a blind eye it's alleged washington has failed to investigate numerous cases of civilian torture and killing baghdad has since about to bring these supposed to rocky offenders to justice but the u.s. has a slam the release saying it could in danger of lives and national security wiki leaks chief julian assange told r.t. that revealing the truth is vital to prevent such crimes from happening again. this is the most accurate description of

a war that is ever being released into the historic record we see that is nearly no street corner in baghdad that didn't have a body found that is being killed through violence in one form or another but is it every day squalor of war of course for the people in baghdad and other cities in iraq was there everyday life. and we need to understand what the reality of war is if we're going to choose to engage in it in and i mean it's clear that the reasons for getting into this war the weapons of mass destruction and so on this is a clear lie there's no debate about this anymore the second most stated reason that we would weave in the west. would clean up the government system up

a rock introduce rule of law and prevent torture has completely failed. during that period of time lawlessness absence of rule of law and the tree killing were much higher than they were and on the side of the same and now we are left with an iraqi government that commits torture and you can get the full interview with wiki leaks had julian assange on our website our team dot com more now opinion on the latest wiki leak though brian becker the director of the antiwar answer coalition believes the united states is directly responsible for atrocities committed during the war in iraq. the police force is an army that were trained by the americans who are allegedly the protectors and guarantors of iraqi freedom engaged in systematic torture abuse rape and it was unreported in unpunished by their masters by the u.s.

trainers so i think there's no reason to think that this is an ongoing as a result of these revelations the un chief investigator for torture for instance has called on barack obama to investigate those in the u.s. military and civilian government for criminal acts against the iraqi people if the u.s. takes now actions to repress wiki leaks it may very well backlash backfire and instead of repressing them and intimidating them and their supporters create a groundswell of worldwide support for them the people want justice they want the truth i think the biggest obligation is for the american people to take hold of this information about what their government did in their name with their tax dollars and with the blood of their young people against a nation that was at peace with them in two thousand and three when they invaded i hope that there will be a massive global investigation for prosecution of george w. bush for war crimes. in other news this week a terror attack on the parliament in russia's republic of chechnya left three dead and seventeen injured terrorists trying to storm the building in the capital grozny

but special forces were quick to react one attacker was killed in a shoot out two others prove himself up police say one of the militants was a twenty two year old local but the identities of the two others have yet to be established parties that funnel talked to the witnesses. and following session was about to start in twenty minutes but instead of budget discussions chechen deputies faced gunfire and suicide blasts ritualised and so it's a do it all started here these gates colleague was driving through they followed his car and short of the security guards. soon after the militants stormed the church and column and conflicting reports emerged default appealed and been mined hostages taken and the fall. chairman being injured there that will go. they came to this corner a supply manager was coming from over there and they shot him he found. walking across the parliament area colleagues as long as maher recalled every detail of the

day. the probe resource running into the building and opened fire the gas crashed down on the person who was running lost through are going to one of the militants blew himself up just beside as long backswing do all those who are trapped inside the parliament. our president runs on can do was here from the very first moment giving commands he was afraid there would be victims on our side we're moving the special operation was quick in less than an hour while federal officers killed the militants. quote noir could go to where the two militants who were in this building blew themselves up here and one inside in one right here this place has become their final destination of the contras and i think mr tuesday's attack left seventeen people in hospitals and three dead reportedly they said there could have been orchestrated by the new leader of chechen militants hussein to prove to all qaeda what he's capable off acting in isolation from his

former boss doc omar of himself on the most wanted least in both russia and the u.s. may be launching his own war in the caucasus militants have been extremely active in russia this year twin blasts in moscow's metro an attack in a central market and logic of cause blasts ungovernable korea and many assessing nations of police offices throughout the caucasus this week many have once again questioned why this troublesome region has turned into a minefield terrorist organisations in afghanistan and pakistan to day. and other republics as the gateway into the bigger caucasus and fold expansion into europe so in this context the ongoing war in afghanistan could have disastrous consequences all over the world and what was seen in grozny is actually one of the consequences of instability in the whole region the ranks of the terror attack have been quickly removed from the pavement and walls of the church of parliament but

the fact that militants is a liberal into the government's building in the heart of grozny well this all is over forgotten and the security rises in chechnya have been tightened and turned international efforts to combat terror i don't buy them on sunday for term r r t from brussels. so ahead for you here on our team making a sacrifice in the interest of income find out how one of the most lucrative towns on the planet are ignoring their help provide for their families that's here for you know tonight or in the program. but first france is witnessing its worst several days. obedience and fifteen years union leaders are calling for more general strikes over the coming weeks in response to government reforms so far twelve days of protest have failed to stop a two year rise in the retirement age from going ahead with demonstrators and says they'll step up a campaign that's already seen clashes with police arrest and looting meanwhile authorities are trying to restore petrol supplies following fuel blockades across

the country the government says the reform is needed to rescue the pension system from collapse but many argue they're not prepared to work longer but authorities covering those are of an hour reports not everyone in france sympathizes with the protest. young smart and ambitious lucy is slipping her time between a master's degree and working for a large international company for her the recent protests in paris are first and foremost a personal distraction so i'm using the. headquarter of my company yeah it's it's longer according to trade union officials in france over three million people took to the streets across the country but people like you see no the numbers don't always reflect reality and in france there is also like a committee is just to avoid school it's like six years ago i made the same when i was in high school. i went through the strike because i can avoid.

the reality crowds really give off a sort of retore vibe singing dancing and shouting but while they're spending day after day protesting a reform that is aim to aid their country their very actions are doing serious damage basically this is one of the reforms that. restore. the balance in the public pension system that will raise the potential of the economy as well. as the restore but because. the numbers really speak for themselves france has a huge foreign debt the fourth largest in the world and unlike in the united states there is no board advertising the numbers also unlike the united states where there is no annual paid leave the french enjoy the longest paid holidays thirty days a year their retirement age which is what the people are protesting about this time

is one of the lowest in the world countries also affected by the global financial crisis like italy and spain have already increased there but with less widespread opposition from the people so are these protests a true sign of a democracy or simply force of habit. we have to say to the people that is the who chose the deputies and members of the senate to make the law good laws are not made in the streets laws are drafted and approved not by revolutionary in. the my way or the highway philosophy certainly attention grabbing but who will back down first is still anyone's guess throughout the entire week this street outside the french senate was filled with hundreds of angry citizens protesting against the controversial pension reform over the weekend the city of paris is eerily quiet and the reason for that a very prosaic one the french people still oppose being made to work two extra years but they're not about to protest it on their legitimate day off kashrut as

are r t paris. well across the channel the u.k. is also bracing itself for a wave of unrest as the country faces its harshest economic consequence the one nine hundred twenty s. half a million public jobs will be axed and benefits washed in a bid to reduce the massive budget deficit trade unions are calling for the biggest ever demonstrations in response but dr richard wellings from the institute of economic affairs says the government hasn't gone far enough. i think i actually george osborne should have gone further with that because let's put it into perspective by two thousand and fourteen fifteen overall government spending will only have fallen by about three percent so this is actually a very tiny cut so i think you should have gone further he's relying on economic growth and rising tax revenues to make the bulk of the deficit reduction and he actually this is a big gamble because we cannot rely on economic growth being strong for the next year when really the only person to problems that face the berries the big cuts but it is definitely and let's not forget as well that every pound they get in this is

taken from the private sector and i the types ational barwig so you're not actually taking money out of the economy that mean we've seen huge number of job losses in the private sector during the recession and at the same time the public sites have expanded in pensions when welfare benefits went up so you need to really restore the balance in the economy and we've had a huge transfer from the productive private sector to the non productive public sector and this is very unhealthy for long term economic prosperity. dr richard wellings there from the institute economic affairs it's thirteen minutes past the hour still plenty more in store for you including leaving their homes and ending up . find out how young indian girls are being duped into prostitution they see better life. there is this all moscow's new wall sargon sub young and sworn in president medvedev pick the former governor of one of russia's oil which regions from a short list for his candidacy was labor approved by city lawmakers are to alice

hebert reports on the mayor's first day in office. surrogacy bianna and is the new man about town approved by the city's rulemaking is in a near unanimous vote mossies new massa be on and use his inauguration to set out his political roadmap there was also a thinly veiled swipe at his predecessor scuttled tackling corruption and red tape as well as increasing the responsibility of officials will be member priorities of my policies. sabean's appointment follies made various sucking of you're english conflicts month slicing a lack of confidence the second officer of course an. expected. was primaried do you draw his polls and his personal mistakes in his behavior is personal relationship between him and mr medvedev. the flamboyance and controversial mr liskov ruled the city for eighteen years regarded by many as

a steady hand that guy did the capital through tomorrow just periods bringing in investment he was also a challenge with destroying many of the capitals historical landmarks and doing little to tackle traffic allegations of corruption and nepotism have a say don't him and his wife the property in a billionaire this is a be on in house is work out for him but the problem for mrs about it is the main findings of moscow think about it more effective i think he can do a lot of things to improve the fortnight people and the gains populated shaz in the first year in office so is this relative unknown the right man for the job after training as a lawyer he rose through the political ranks to become governor of the oil which two men wheaten before the then president vladimir putin named him his kremlin chief of staff in two thousand and five he gained a reputation as an honest competent manager with

a scandal free record with an annual budget of over five. billion dollars roaming the capital will prove mississippian and the biggest challenge to date and most of all mines that remain skeptical very nice to be able to see how much discipline in case. the victim could be one of the coldest winters on record here in the russian capital so time will tell it of the pomp and ceremony is everywhere his promise of the change we do sounds like it's actually alice said but it's also. a town of russia's urals region has become famous for the wrong reasons as level of pollution residents say they're suffering from serious health problems after being exposed to toxic fumes for decades but the source of the pollution is their life what steps to clean up have been taken although as our first now reports it might be too little too late. it's a bleak sight that greets you when you're right in the small russian town of

caravan a legacy of environmental destruction once earned it the title of one of the most polluted towns in the world it's a large cup of tea and a century of toxic fumes and chemical waste left the landscape devastated but it's the residents who really suffer from the people that were doing cardiovascular diseases respiratory diseases into the justice system diseases are coming in the level of oncological diseases here is rather high. under new ownership since two thousand and three the plant has begun cleaning up its act to progress slowly. we immediately began renovation but you can see for yourself the problems that our company of inherited were doing a lot to preserve and develop her but of course lots more still remains to be done . the smart has found it takes put the region's rich copper deposits and has

contributed to the economic progress in russia if the last twenty years the price of pay for the economic boom has been enormous with the social and environmental scars. tall hills of black industrial waste surround the residence a caravan when you're in the town the air quality is extremely poor. today the wind is blowing in a different way usually you can see through an outstretched arm because of gas concentration people are being literally poisoned that the plant is the town's life when it was closed in one thousand nine hundred seven after being branded an environmental disaster the town fell into poverty so it was a relief to the people here when it reopened even though residents near the more of the same pollution and unhealthy working conditions they were at least able to provide for their families. if this industry is really doing druce it's a rule everything the units often feel and all impurities come to tyrone on the

other hand things did used to be much worse so there have been some improvements despite millions in investment to modernize the plant when we visited the working conditions still seemed wafl inadequate at times we found it really hard to brave many of the staff appeared to be working with maybe the equipment whatsoever but there have been some successes here the waste used to be dumped into the water has stopped and the companies say that they're winning the battle to cut emissions and with further investment plans can care about now hope for a cleaner future. we are done with the plant yet we're going to turn the plant into a modern european type factory so everything you see around the plant will soon become history. for the residents of care that the mistakes of the past the time being remain ever present. care about.

let's take a look now at some of the latest news from around the world this sunday at least four people have been killed and injured by a car bomb in northern iraq the blast went off by a medical compound in the city of one. police are investigating whether a suicide bomber was involved security forces say another attack is likely and have removed civilian vehicles from the area. the cholera outbreak in haiti has reached the capital with at least five cases detected in port au prince medical officials warn the disease is likely to continue spreading rapidly more than two hundred people have died so far across the country with over two and a half thousand others infected the outbreak is the worst medical emergency to strike haiti since january as devastating earthquake. and a stampede at a football match in kenya's capital has left at least seven dead it happened when soccer fans were trying to get into a game between two of the country's top teams shortly after kickoff people were

crushed as the crowd search for words the game was temporarily halted but despite the deadly incident later continued it's the second time in five years a deadly stampede has taken place at the venue which has been banned from posting international matches by the world's governing body from. a leading the poly climber who has scaled mount everest nineteen times is missing after an avalanche in the himalayas forty three year old to wang nima was part of a british expedition trying to climb a smaller mountain peak another sherpa is missing but the rest of the team are said to be safe helicopters being flown to the region to start a search for the mountaineers. coming up striking back at at bor. this is a day of a paradox that you know it's not a real cause like film directors out to show the world the true face of his country and take a few shots of the imposter while he's out it. promises

of a better life and lucrative jobs are luring thousands of indian women into prostitution sex traffickers take advantage of girls and poor villages often picking underage victims but authorities caught in seeing reports campaigners are pushing to make families more aware of the danger. rush me may be young but she's gone through more than most girls her age to leave her village for the bright lights of mumbai only to find she was heading for life in a brothel he said he wants to reach my not a cowboy why did you go with them because i didn't want to you force me to india is the epicenter of this extra freaking industry right now in the world and the reason is that there is no enforcement of laws against traffic jams and joins it's taught more than a quarter of a million been trafficked in india each year some are as young as nine and come

from the rural areas of neighboring heading for. either their parents nor they have any idea of what the real world is like the parents may know a little bit if television is in the village about what bombay is and to them bombay would represent a life stage rather than a brothel or in octoroon it's easy to cross the border between india and if there are well established routes for trafficking in the northern state of bihar rescue groups keep an eye on the trains passing through they have identified who they believe are being trafficked and order them from the train but said nothing about thinking when we ask youngsters where they are going they say they're going to study it for girl is travelling with the boy she says he's her father but when we demand their identity cards we see the aren't related to the two girls are questioned by the local police but claim they are travelling to mumbai to work why . we have no work in our village i have two young children and when i was promised

a job in mumbai i decided to take up the offer but for girls are misled by people offering them jobs in big cities we apprehend them and then hand them over to women's shelters there are also girls who are convinced they can be part of a dance group and are conned into coming to india. it's easy to convince young girls in a village hundreds of kilometers away that they can make it big you know to move away but once you're unsure two brothers they're condemned to a life full bondage alconbury no one to see villagers in a body given the warnings of the dangers and the police more active in clamping down on traffic goods got on scene r.t. one by. here with our team live from moscow there's lots more for you on our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's on offer right now find out how a tough one shot the baikonur cosmodrome went horribly wrong killing dozens of people exactly fifty years ago all the details in the russian now section.

plus an inside view of an arctic expedition as our partners fondant hop on board a nuclear powered icebreaker with a russian polar explorer check it out her travel blog is that our team dot com. kazakhstan has held a grudge against british comedian sasha baron cohen senses two thousand and six film bore at made the country a laughing stock around the world but now a complex filmmaker is striking back with a comedy of his own. house the story i'm not a lover i get you know i like so this is how my dad say i haven't had sex that this right down of kosik they said oh no or at best. did not pay.

for years after the top grossing years film about the hapless cats like t.v. reporter because it sounds pretty a comedy director has come up with their post. hiding behind their freedom of speech and democracy westerners insulter nation demeter seem backward it's all a lie now was shaking back the new film centers on an american king to discover the real kazakhstan after seeing the original movie where he meets borat brother only briefly mentioned in such a baron cohen's film my brother in law and a very a family. every day sam together that to engage in various high jinks. in our film village gets so married to a donkey. that payoff is that borat and below. but actually jews from romania. i have made the movie made the whole world laugh at

us with the world and the but i forgot. these are. there been several previous responses to burra not least this video by rob collect of the threatened to make him eat lead this time the producers are hoping for an international release a new look and after marrying a donkey becomes pregnant with this china. europe there are no. you're up to date now i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in the weeks have mines in just a few weeks. thanks .