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we can review here on out see the civilians there. are emerging the biggest leak in u.s. military history as a long line exposed suggests that washington turned a blind eye to violence in iraq. terror strikes the north caucasus as militants stormed the chechen parliament prompting calls for tighter security measures. turbulent times lie ahead for europe as the french promised new protests over a rise in the retirement age and british unions one of massive demonstrations to counter cuts in social benefits and jobs. and it's a fresh start for moscow's the capital gets a new boss we take a closer look at the mayor and his promises to fight corruption until just.

this is a team from moscow just out of midnight here now you're most welcome if you just joined his son kevin and this week the online whistleblower wiki leaks gave voice to fifteen thousand iraqi war dead previously on accounted for the website published over a third of a million secret u.s. documents on iraq the files also reveal details of atrocities committed by iraqis against their own people while u.s. forces turned a blind guy it's alleged that washington has failed to investigate numerous cases of civilian torture and killing baghdad and since vowed to bring the supposed rocky offenders to justice the u.s. the slum of the release saying it could endanger lives and national security wiki leaks chief. told us that r t that revealing the truth is vital though to prevent such crimes from happening again. this is the most accurate description of

a war that is being released into the historic record we see that is nearly no street corner in baghdad didn't have a body found it had been 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 every day life for years and years and we need to understand what the reality of war is if we're going to choose to engage in it 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 we be in the west. would clean up the government system up arar introduce rule of law and prevent torture has completely failed.

during that period of time lawlessness. absence of rule of law and treat killing were much higher than they were under saddam hussein and now we are left with an iraqi government that commits torture well that's just a short text that we extracted from much longer interview the during the sounds gave us if you'd like to catch the full thing you can in our website it's streaming any time you want to see it click to r.t. dot com and more opinion on the latest wiki leaks as well i spoke to brian becker he's the director of the anti war i am so coalition he told me he believes that u.s. officials should be held to account for atrocities committed during the war in iraq the police forces 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 is 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 who are the main stories from us in the week terrorists attack the parliament of russians republic of chechnya killing three and injuring the

seventeen gunman tried to storm the building in the capital grozny by special forces reacted quickly want to talk it was killed in a shootout two others blew themselves up one of the militants was a twenty two year old local and the police and working to try to establish the identities of the other two. reports. apollo one session was about to start in twenty minutes but instead of budget discussions chechen deputies faced gunfire and suicide blasts. started here at these gates our colleague was driving through they followed his car and shot at the security guards. soon after the militants stormed the church and column and conflicting reports emerged about the building being mined hostages taken and the following chairman been injured. they came to this corner a supply manager was coming from over there and they shot him he felt. walking across the parliament area colleagues as long back and as more recount 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 last through and one of the militants blew himself up just beside as long backswing do all those who are trapped inside the parliament. our president runs and can do was here from the very first moment giving commands he was afraid there would be victims on our side when the special operation was quick in less than an hour while federal officers killed the militants. two militants who are in this building blew themselves up here one in science and one right here this place has become their final destination. tuesday's attack left seventeen people in hospitals and three dead reportedly they said there could have been orchestrated by the new leader of church and militants hussein to prove to all

qaeda what he's capable of acting in isolation from his former boss doc omar of himself on the most wanted list 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 and attack in a central market and vladikavkaz blasts uncovered you know ball-carrier and many assess the nations of police offices throughout the caucasus this week many have once again questioned why this troublesome region has turned into a mine field terrorist organizations in afghanistan and pakistan. 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 we see in grozny it's actually one of the consequences of instability in the whole region the works of the terror attack have been quickly removed from the pay rent 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 turned international efforts the current terror i don't buy the law attorney for trayvon martin from grass. the head of the program making a sacrifice in the interests of being followed her love one of the most travelers on the planet are ignoring their help to try to provide for their families we've got a story coming up here on out just a little later. that says witnessing its worst civil disobedience in fifteen years union. it is a calling for more general strikes over the coming weeks in response to government reforms so far twelve days of protests have failed to stop a two year rise in the retirement age going ahead demonstrators insist. it's already seeing clashes police arrests 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

though many argue not prepared to work for longer. reports now not everyone from sympathizes with the protests. the 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 t.v. usually in france there is a committee is just to avoid school. like six years ago i made the same when i was in high school. i went to the strays because i can avoid.

the rowdy crowd certainly give off a celebratory vibe singing dancing and shouting but while they're spending day after day protesting a reform that is aim to aid their country they're very actions are doing serious damage it's basically this is one of the reform that. restore the. system that will raise the potential of the economy as well. as top of the numbers really speak for themselves france has. 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 their say but with less widespread opposition from the people so are these protests a true sign of a democracy or simply a force of habit. we have to say to the french people that is they who chose the deputies and members of the senate to make the laws are not made in the streets laws are drafted and approved by revolutionaries. 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 r r t. and across the channel the u.k.

is also bracing itself for a wave of unrest as the country faces its harshest economic since the one nine hundred twenty s. of a million public jobs are said to be axed and benefits slashed 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 told us that the government hasn't gone far enough. i think actually george osborne should have gone further with the cuts 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 he 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 can't rely on economic growth being strong for next year when really the only person departments are facing very severe cuts but it is definitely patrick and let's not forget as well that every pound the government has taken from the private sector in either taxation or glory so you're not actually

taking money out of the economy i mean we've seen huge number of job losses in the private sector during the recession and at the same time the public sites of expanding and pensions when welfare benefits went up so you need to really restore the balance in the economy 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. that was dr richard the institute of economic affairs. just ahead they promise the world but often they end up in brothels. find out why some girls get due to their pursuit of a better future got their stories coming up in just a few minutes ago tonight. the seat of moscow mayor has been taken up by the first known muscovites in soviet times who comes from an oil rich region in siberia has vowed to tackle the capital's massive traffic jams and huge corruption problems he was inaugurated on thursday but has more on the man and his plans.

surrogacy beyond is the new man about town approved by the city's rulemaking is in a near unanimous vote mossies new mayor sabean and used his inauguration to set out his political roadmap there was also a thinly veiled swipe at his preacher sesa. tackling corruption and red tape as well as increasing the responsibility of officials will be among the priorities of my policies. sabean's appointment follies made very sucking of you're english confluence month slicing a lack of confidence. was. his. first time in space for his behavior. 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 guided the capital through to moche as periods bring in

investment he was also charged with destroying many of the capitals historical landmarks and doing little to tackle traffic allegations of corruption and nepotism have also a dogged him and his wife the property in a billionaire mississippi on in has his work cut out for him but the problem for most of the main findings most will see the product more effective i think he can do. things. for people and gains popularity 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 we joined before 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. billion dollars rymer capital

will prove mississippian and biggest challenge to date and most of all things remain skeptical that we still be able to see how mississippian in case of optics it could be one of the oldest. in the russian capital so time will tell it's often the pomp and ceremony is that you buy his promises that. we need to translate into action alice said but i'll see. you next tonight a town in russia's urals regions become famous for all the wrong reasons its level of pollution residents say they're suffering from serious health problems now after being exposed to toxic fumes for decades but the problem is the source of the pollution is also their livelihood steps have been taken to clean up although as sara first reports for our team next it might be too little too late. it's a bleak sight the treaty when you're right in the small russian town of carabao a legacy of environmental destruction once earned it the title of one of the most

polluted towns in the world its thing to a large copper smiled and a century of toxic fumes and chemical waste left the landscape here devastated but it's the residents who have really suffered and the people of the cardiovascular diseases respiratory diseases in digestive system diseases are common in the world of oncological diseases here is rather high. under new ownership since two thousand and three the plant has begun cleaning up its act the progress is 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 about but of course lots more still remains to be done. the smelter was founded to exploit the region's rich copper deposits and has contributed to the economic progress in russia if the last twenty years the price

to pay for the economic boom has been enormous with the social and environmental scars. tall hills of black industrial waste surround the residence to care about and 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 your own outstretched arm because of gas concentration people are being literally poisoned but the plant is the town's life when it was closed in one thousand nine hundred seven after being branded an environmental disaster zone 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 well 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 way fully inadequate at times we found it really hard to brave many of the staff appeared to be working with neighboring equipment whatsoever but there have been some successes here the waste used to be dumped into the water has stopped and the company say that they're winning the battle to cut emissions and with further investment plan and care about. the 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 that care about the mistakes of the past the time being remain ever present so if he care about. at least two people have been killed nineteen by a car bomb in northern iraq the blast went off by

a medical compound of the city of mosul police investigating whether a suicide bomber was involved security forces saying another attack is likely and they've removed civilian vehicles from the area. more news in brief a cholera outbreak in haiti's reach the capital now with at least five confirmed cases the patients to travel to port au prince from an infected region doctors warn the disease is likely to continue spreading rapidly to so far more than two hundred people have died across the country with over two and a half thousand others infected the outbreak is the worst medical emergency to strike the caribbean nation since january massive earthquake. to kenya there stumping a football match in the capitals left at least seven bad it happened when soccer fans were trying to get into a game between two of the country's top taken shortly after kickoff people were crushed as the crowds surged forwards the games temporarily halted but despite the deadly incident it did later continue it is the second time in five years a fatal stampedes taken place at the same venue which has been banned from hosting

international matches by the world governing body pfieffer. leading a police climber who scaled mount everest nineteen times is missing tonight after an avalanche in the himalayas forty three year old was part of a british expedition trying to climb a small a mountain peak another sherpa is missing but the rest of the team are said to be safe helicopters being flown to the region to try to start a search for the mountain is. critics in germany have dubbed the chancellor's recent indictment of diversity as a way to score cheap political points spangler merkel said attempts to build a multicultural society have quote utterly failed and migrants need to take more time and effort to integrate comments follow a rise in anti immigration sentiment a recent survey suggests a third of germans think the country overrun by foreigners but many experts believe it's an economic rather than cultural gap that's dividing people right of. integration has to come from both sides there has to be

a degree of reception from the point of view of the host community to show a welcoming welcoming attitude towards people that new immigrants to a country need to learn the language of in most. the people i meet in britain are desperately keen to learn english because they know that's the only way they can really carry on in this country and i'm sure the same is true in germany so there's usually a willingness by most migrants but you know a lot of things that divide communities are not actually along ethnic racist or linguistic lines they are the usual traditional lines like poverty and access to the labor market and things like that i mean we have in the u.k. a pakistani population that it has not integrated nearly as well for example say the indian population do a lot of that is because these people tend to be at the lower end of the social spectrum they're very often without were there in poor housing so the relief of poverty is

a major contribution trying to achieve social cohesion anybody who wants to see social cohesion and i hope that's the majority of well minded people will resist any rise of nationalism heavens above if we haven't learnt the lessons of extreme nationalism from the last century then we really are doomed to relive the lessons of history again. the thoughts that are of former british m.p. and political advisor keith best talk to us at r.t. . promises of a better life and a lucrative job hundred thousands of indian women into prostitution sex traffickers take advantage of girls and paul but it is often picking up under-age victims but that is karen singh reports now campaigners are pushing to make families more aware of the dangers. 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 she said. why did you go with them. i didn't want to you force me to india is the epicenter of this extra african industry right now in the world and the reason is that there is no enforcement of laws against traffic. and joins it's court 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 new heading for. either their parents nor do they have any idea of what the void is like the parents may know a little bit if television is in the village about what bombay is and to them it would represent a life stage rather than a broad. 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 we have identified who they believe are

being trafficked an order them from the train but. 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 brother 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. 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 in mumbai but once you're unsure two brothers their condemned school michael bondage campaigners want

to see villagers admit body given more warnings of the dangers and the police more active in clamping down on traffickers got n c r d mumbai. little we've got a few online tonight in our home page of tea dot com math test launch of catastrophic proportions of the one the history books but what went wrong in the baikonur cosmodrome exactly fifty years ago is a day you can fix but it's from experience and you catch up. and from something the past is nothing but i have to date our correspondent brings us an inside look at an arctic expedition out of troubles aboard a nuclear powered icebreakers a poser explorer checkout catches latest blog on the move again but it's available tonight so i'll play. dot com.

oprah joining a program of the clocks exactly midnight twenty seven here in moscow this early monday morning i'm kevin owen thanks ever so much for being with the r t news channel ahead for you this nato is not a solution to european security says russia's leading academic on the us russian relations got more hits the ones in just a few minutes on this channel after a quick review of the headline story.