this is our very good morning for us now the number of people arrested in europe on charges of terrorism risen to twenty six investigators in belgium say they're part of an international terror network that was preparing a bloody christmas campaign in europe they're also said to be hiring people and seeking funds to finance terrorists in russia's republic of chechnya artie's daniel bushell has the latest from brussels. police here in brussels say they busted an islamic terrorist cell tied to russia's republic of chechnya which is planning attacks three three throughout europe and this evening also it is swooped on fifteen people suspect of recruiting jihad is to fight in iraq and afghanistan it comes just hours after or storage is launched pre-dawn raid on homes of another eleven suspects who were tied to

a cicily are linked network the belgian prosecutor's office said quote they were an international terrorist group using its stream internet site and saw al mujahideen to plan an attack it comes as part of massive coordinated raids across europe in countries like the netherlands denmark germany where thirty one year old russian man of chechen origin was arrested suspected of training jihadists to fight terrorist campaigns those arrested or belgian dutch moroccan and russian origin this is seen as among the first top level links that police have found between russia's chechen terrorist organizations and the worldwide al qaeda network or thought to say those arrested are suspected of gathering recruit some money to finance a chechen terrorist organization called the caucasus emirate in effect to found a separate islamic state based on the surreal law in the cells of russia and it comes in the wake of horrific attacks in russia from those moscow metro bombings

that we saw earlier this year two increasingly but these suicide blasts in russia southern republics of degassed on and chechnya of the one of those attacks russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that those church only groups were based and was standing very much in line with al qaida but after that the united states but chechen rebel leader dog or more are on the most wanted list of terrorists but it's really taken this set of events in the past twenty four hours to show that russia's chechen terrorists networks are standing shoulder to shoulder with some of the world's most dangerous terrorists. but as your correspondent done a bushel reporting there from brussels dr edwin baker a research fellow for the international center for counterterrorism told me that the group arrested today is part of a global terror network trying to expanded self as far as possible of course they are part of this global jihad of which al qaida is the main i can they are not only

recruiting chechens to go back to fight to church but they also recruiting other people in this case possibly people would have dutch moroccan background so in that sense they're not only part of a local struggle they're part of a global jihad and. is the focus for some of these groups who have roots in europe with nothing to do with chechnya so it's more international and these foreign supporters they want these groups very much to make it as international as possible . next the impact of the wars the us is fighting in iraq and afghanistan is being felt on home soil greater than ever recent figures show a record high number of young veterans committing suicide each month got a teacher can investigates what pushes so many u.s. soldiers to take their own lives when they've returned home for frontline danger each day eighteen american veterans commit suicide in the last two years more u.s. military personnel have taken their own lives than have been killed in either iraq

or afghanistan the numbers raise a question where is the battle really happening in the field or at home. he was only home for eight months before. his demons took him over my home is the only mentally return. any year and it happens that when i post torture. i told him he was number twenty six. when. these parents share a similar tragedy one of losing their children who had gone to war in iraq strong and healthy man and came back deeply traumatized and haunted by nightmares. thousands of american troops returning home with post-traumatic stress disorder but

many refused to seek help from the government in fear it's going to show on their records and they won't be hired anywhere but even those who do seek help are often neglected i want to apply for a job. i applied for unemployment benefits. i went to the veterans administration for treatment a year after i was discharged because i was feeling suicidal and i was discharged i was refused treatment actually brian little would served in iraq came to this charity event for homeless veterans because he too was homeless he and dozens of other young man and women here i wonder. how much of our security not only do many come back from war traumatized but are often left without a roof over their head according to the u.s. national coalition on homelessness forty percent of homeless man are veterans the staggering number of those who see no other option but to kill themselves push the country's veterans affairs department to start a suicide prevention hotline which they claim they've talked to more than ten

thousand veterans out of killing themselves iraq and afghan veterans fuel the epidemic and i share your yours. you know. especially so often hear from callers they see no meaning behind the many killings they witnessed any war can be traumatizing for soldiers but the susana great among vets in the u.s. is now the highest since the vietnam war there was no similar surge after world war two civilians questioning the motive of the war is now reflected among many young american vance whose own down to drive them even closer to the brink looking at the plight of veterans in the us one can't help asking what is the cost of war is it the one point eight trillion dollars the u.s. spent in iraq and afghanistan last here or is it the shattered lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers who come back home to find out their battle for survival has

just begun going to check on our take clinton maryland. ahead of the program this hour. metal monsters like this fishing vessel said here abandon waiting for the sea water to return to the deserts of kazakstan but international rehabilitation efforts taking a back to the airplane proves it may once again return i'm when the friends join me in country events to explore what used to be one of the world's largest landlocked bodies of water. a huge knots what we call a real. pipe craze in high places find out just why a film star or not a caprio got a hero's welcome from prime minister vladimir putin. so korea's admitted fired artillery shells and triggered an early morning clash with north korea says it was part of

a military drill and denied it was directed to the north pole blame the north for what it called an unprovoked shelling of its island pyongyang claimed the south violated its maritime border joining the military drills saw a sense threaten its neighbor with what it calls enormous retaliation russia's foreign ministry said the clashes were acceptable and it called on both sides to show restraint. oppositional with us it won't happen deserves condemnation says that both sides must take measures to pacify the situation and prevent similar action in the future unfortunately this is already the third incident of the kind this year this time is a colossal danger of the situation descending into military conflict this must be avoided russia has repeatedly warned of the growing tension in the region and it's now counting on both sides to arrive at a suitable conclusions. holding military drills in the disputed areas little short of provocation says glen ford he's

a former army and author and expert in the region he also believes and we mistake for the u.s. to intervene. the northern limit line which is the disputed border is only recognized by south korea it's not even recognized in full by the united states so clearly conducting military exercises in a disputed military military area where there have been incidents this year with the sinking of the rich. over the last decade it is clearly not wise to put it mildly i mean i think both sides can take some blame in this matter but certainly the general perception that it's all the fault of the north koreans is not one i agree with the u.s. was preparing preemptive attacks against the north's nuclear facilities we've clearly would we or would be provoking something closer to goal for three than world war three nevertheless even that would cause a meant star bridge to the global economy and to global security. when wiki leaks made its last revelations about prisoner abuse in iraq attention was focused on the

u.s. but the files also claimed the danish troops were involved sending shock waves through the military top brass in that northern country now is going to go live reports for r.t. after being denied further information from a two in the u.s. the authorities of either turn to the whistleblower itself to try to find out the truth. danish defense officials seem to be on a quest for the truth the week after the whistleblower web site released thousands of iraq war logs showing prisoner abuse in iraq denmark launched its own investigation to find out whether danish soldiers were involved if anything had happened in a wrong way of course we should be open about that but first they turned to nato and to the united states for help with no luck to get the documents from the americans because the americans a close ally often mark and these documents are american after being refused access to information by nato and their american counterparts. forced to turn to wiki

leaks ironically we got to see those documents before they did because the very same logs that the ministry of defense are after are in position of a danish newspaper which got them not from weekly leaks but from a whistleblower of their own and yes danish defense officials asked the editors for help to we're not going to give them to the defense forces because this is the sort of protection think of newspaper with a paper keen to protect informants identities the danish military had one last resort we q. makes for a gravel a former military intelligence officer finds the situation absurd he was arrested and jailed for leaking information on weapons of mass destruction in iraq six years ago and now the officials themselves are turning to leaked documents for truth something gribble himself was jailed for so we don't have the benefit on mine. her viewpoint regarding freedom of speech that is always planned so as to suit

itself if it's embarrassing leaked they will do whatever they can to prevent messenger if we were treetop brass don't like what they discovered this time it might just be that once again it's a web site telling the danish people what their soldiers were really doing in iraq irregardless corti copenhagen denmark. more of a series of special reports from central asia now or the hour all see once the world's fourth largest lake almost disappeared as it did half a century ago because of soviet agricultural mismanagement the receding waters at the time robbed the region of its economic lifeline but it didn't deprive people of the hope that maybe just maybe one day that sea would return and that was artie's lindsey france reports tonight there are signs one of the world's worst manmade environmental disasters might be reversed. there are people living at this harbor who have never seen the water which once lapped at its walls the former port city

of a raskin kazakstan was wanting a bustling harbor of business and human activity but beginning in the one nine hundred sixty s. rivers feeding massive cotton fields for the soviet union diverted water away from the rivers that fed the erroll c. b a pretty nice game he was close to the city my husband and i had plates and we would swim to the islands for picnics on the we can't we swam and lay in the sun later the sea started moving away the waters became shallow and then just joined up my children still around in the pictures until the waters were so aggressively diverted the air i'll see was the size of ireland. the disappearing sea took with it fishing jobs commerce and an entire way of life just a few decades ago where i'm standing now as far as the eye could see was bright blue water ships just like this bobbing up and down bringing in the day's catch now when you drive across the former seabed all you see is abandoned villages abandoned

ships and camel now people here call it errol coom or errol doesn't it was a. planned economy is largely to blame for the dying of the aral sea all decisions were made in moscow which took no account of the ecological balance of that region the consequences of that could be felt as early as in the one nine hundred sixty s. the r.e.c. region the fines the terms pre-crisis crisis and disaster. it was after the collapse of the soviet union that people were faced with the seriousness of the disaster the sea had split in two in two thousand and five experts harnessed what little water still flowed into the lesser erroll see from this river by building the cocoa. and eighty seven million dollar project funded in part by the world bank the smaller body of water had become the great hope of the future. we had over

two hundred people here from russia kazakstan and his back to stand the work was very hard on many of us live here on site for two or three years but now we're happy to say the time has come to pack up the structure is working perfectly. welcome to news after years of failed dam projects and wasted water in just a few short years these small downs have turned parts of the cows like desert back into a seascape dotting it would be. the hope is that as the project progresses the dams will be built even higher keeping more water and expanding the boundaries and the bounty of the lesser air i'll be back to the city. when the sea left us my husband did not want to leave this place he used to say our children would grow to see with zero nine even before he died he believed that the sea would come back . now as the excess water flows through distances it disappears out into the newly empty reader will see no grand scheme for saving that. for the one

million people living in kazakstan poorest region measurable improvement only come when the shores once again fill with bumps in the france r.t. kazakstan. but some great reporter enjoying and that was the latest in a series on the world's worst ecological disaster the state with us for more from we are all sea region all this week on this channel. a major summit to save one of the world's most endangered and majestic animals from extinction has been taking place in some papers berg the tiger forum has been convened by prime minister putin bringing together conservationists and government officials from thirteen countries their aim to double the wall of tiger population by twenty twenty two. reports now russia is leading by example. the used to be one of the most dangerous species on earth that is until humans nearly destroyed their population currently there are

just over three thousand tigers left in the wild saving them is a tough task this supportive park in southern russia is home to eleven tigers and contrary to popular belief they breed very well here since this place is not really is what started out as an animal shelter. tigers first appeared here just a few years ago they were taken away by a court order from st photographers who often mistreated the animals or would you know after we nursed them they gave birth to the first litter the two male cubs and one year later cassandra and cleopatra were born you can see them here they feel very well now. here in the given park the animals are provided with medical treatment fresh food and lots of living space the place is also home to a tiger celebrity marshall was given to put in as a birthday present in two thousand and eight and he later gave her up for adoption according to the world wildlife fund russia has developed

a simple yet effective strategy of saving this endangered species besides setting aside protected areas it includes a ban on hunting and anti-poaching activities that allowed us to population the russian far east from about. as low as fifty animals in the middle of the last century about three hundred by the eighty's now for the last twenty years of more or less stable population with the level of four to five hundred animals in many countries these animals are on the brink of extinction the current summit on the issue and seeing peter's group is looking at turning the old it round the world thirteen tiger range nations are hoping to double the population of the species by twenty twenty two that would be a boon not just for tigers themselves but for the millions around the world who love them. does our t. cross in the region. standing up there it's nice

a footnote to this story as well stay with the subject of tigers another top cat stay with us this time from hollywood had a rather difficult time making it to that summit we're talking about superstar leonardo dicaprio tortuous journey to some petersburg we'll tell you about it involved a plane which caught fire and then another was almost run out of fuel after being rocked by raging atlanta storms that have much luck today his first flight to rush back to new york when an engine shut down in flames but the turret and determine the start and switch to a small private jet that strong winds over the atlantic meant the airplane gives them too much fuel they had a valid. anywhere from a feeling in helsinki the hollywood hero adventure as you can see to some petersburg nice welcome there because titanic governor joined the conference one in praise from no less than russian which i'm not going to move. mr dicaprio not just king tools but simply through the front line excuse me if i may but in our country people usually say that's what we call

a real man. and i think that of people with such character would be responsible for defending nature or a tiger in this particular case we're destined for success but you know. nicely put it watching the arty news channel next we meet a man whose views on the events surrounding nine eleven cost him his job i want to get your pro was fired from the french military college in paris he claims for a book introduction he wrote questioning the official version of the tragedy r.t. sophie shevardnadze talks to him right now.

thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. sir make sure bar thank you very much for being with us today you now last year you lost your job because you actually question data and surrounding the fischel versions are they have an answer on the nine eleven saying that it was an orchestrated conspiracy by israelis americans who are specks this theory out you know first of all the real reason why i lost my job was because they disagreed we've been new french defense police here both pro nato orientation but it was very very real reason why i had lost my job but that's true but in my last book i have some doubts about be official version of the nine eleven. i think i'm very

confident of the future about the truth i'm just waiting about. what would happen but you know many experts think for vo for sure vashon is not right so we have time but we've been over tool from experts is one thing but do you actually think that one day mainstream media could question the fischel events surrounding nine eleven in the western world it's very different difficult to question the official version but things will change because as i told you. also in the u.s. people think many people think it's kind of inside joke so we have time i'm an historian of the long term you so i'm waiting and i'm confident about the future and you also advocate this idea of clash of civilizations in the present and world what is what is it based on who is involved in it and where are the battle lines drawn. well in the long term view is tree is is not only

a clash of civilization it's a competition between different nation different cultures but it's also a clash of civilization between china europe the us and a lot of different civilization what i say is we cannot deny this clash of civilization and specially of a fight but the us tried to dominate to lead the world and try to impose western values and a kind of twist on the globalization there's also a rising tension with the immigrant communities in many european countries yes i think it's a it's a big problem you know for my country and for many european countries we have a serious problem with especially the muslim me grants because it's very difficult to assimilate them inside the nation for european christian church or a nation where where is this leading to this where could this lead to maybe i hope

it will not be the case but maybe we can have kind of see the war and the clash inside of society for european societies as you see the political world is changing in european union because of my you have far far right parties stronger and stronger year after year the result can be strong tensions inside the european country russia doesn't have this problem you have a strong unity in your kurds or even if you have. mean people but it's a long it's a long time. we've you are minorities let's talk about america a little bit what do you think is america speaks english and where its major strategic enemies for example america tried to keep the leadership on the world but no. it's not possible because of china the china race is something very

difficult to accept for the u.s. and they would try to contain tried to compete with china especially in the pacific ocean where we live probably we left tension between the two major players china and the us but in the long term view i'm confident about the relationship between russia europe on the us i think in the long term you know we have the same interest we will have to deal with two major problems in the future china on islam islam required and that's a reason why i'm confident about the future between between the u.s. and russia now that republicans actually one control and congress yes how could this affect the future of the start treaty with russia well actually but varies a trend inside the republican party we do which doesn't

good opinion of fresh air but i think very is also a pragmatist pragmatism tradition in the republican party and then over to russia is a very important player and also no vote for the us question like afghanistan like iran all the major question. american have they need russia to find solution so even the republican know about that well last we actually need to invade it russia to cooperate in the joint european missile defense system what does this mean how do you actually see russia's role in the future of european affairs affairs in years to come well the russian position is fair i mean because they just say ok we're we have a balance worth thanks to burn nuclear weapons and that we've your. we've your

cheated we've you're on to me side system you want to break this. weaves visit balance between the major player and that's not fair i understand direction concern about that. and i think if the us want to achieve to be accepted then need to include russia into the systems they need to associate the russian in this system and of security it's impossible to to deal with volatile russia also we've chilled because if not what will it mean that the me side chile is targeted against russia thank you very much for this interview i think you're right. i.

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is our team from moscow this is a headline update twenty six people suspected of plotting a christmas campaign of terror in europe reported to be linked to militants in the north caucasus investigators say the members of an international network. suicide rates among young u.s. war veterans. called levels with people taking their lives daily according to the latest figures unemployment homelessness and neglect by the authorities are believed to be among the reasons for the long. island in the south of the. west not north. provocation internationally russia's call for restraint from both sides. on turning.