on up see the lawyer of alleged the russian arms dealer big to boot vows to challenge the legality of his u.s. trial as he's called takes now set for september. but we couldn't say no is demonstrators protests to stop people taking to the russian born immigrant they say is an asset to the society. and the atomic split get some why there are negotiations of the around nuclear still. no deal and no deadline set for further talks but then we see the still of. course joining us for more later in the program .

hello you're watching r.t. the international news broadcaster from moscow it's just after midnight here now and this is our top story the man west calls the merchant of death will face a new york jury in september back to boots is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism at his innocence said churkin i watched as the russian businessman was committed for trial in a country which already considers him the world's most prolific arms traffic. it was definitely an interesting and interesting hearing we saw a picture but he seems to have lost quite a lot of weight his hair has grown longer his wife his daughter and his mother were also present in the courtroom because this was the first time they got to see a glimpse of him in a very very long time and essentially what was going on inside the courtroom were several technical questions were being decided such as setting a trial date and also of course importantly the defense team presented to the judge that they're planning to file several motions concerning victor groups case among them is what they call the unlawful extradition of him to the united states of

course a very big issue since picture was arrested in thailand two years ago decided that he was not guilty twice and then all of a sudden he gets extradited to the united states and issue which technically with many of his papers remaining in thailand which means the court is that the case is still going on there that's something the defense team is planning to address as well as issues of whether or not the recordings that were made of thailand that are now being used against picture boot by the prosecution whether or not they were made legally under thai law this case is no joke for him if found guilty in the united states because of the charges he's facing that include conspiring to kill american citizens conspiring to support groups that the united states deems terrorists international arms trafficking that he's being accused of he's facing from twenty five years to a lifetime in jail there's been a lot of speculation about whether or not he has some information that the united states government might want to get from him we had an exclusive interview with his

wife olive who told us that just because he might have some sort of information interesting to someone does not mean it's ok to call kidnap a person to another country and tribe on that country's territory the defense team has been see in court that they're absolutely overwhelmed with the amount of documents that they have to deal with because this case is so deeply intertwined with ty law and just not just the u.s. law they have to make sure that all of the documents from thailand are also believe what the prosecution is presenting so it's definitely a complicated case that's going to be dragging on for a while because of so many different countries involved in this situation. reporting there were victims of life story would be a best seller by any measure and that's without being given the character assassination which hollywood delivered in the movie lord of war some analysts it shows high level theory is that in washington about what could be revealed by the business men i think if it was allowed to write his memoirs and it was

made into a movie it would be a blockbuster because he knows enough to maybe point a finger at a lot of u.s. officials and especially in the bush cheney administration he says he's getting a lot of bad press of course he's getting bad press from the wall street journal from fox news you know the same people who have interests with lord of war books that merchants of death and washington post reporters and whatnot is going to get a fair trial here a lot of people question whether the rule of law actually even applies to the united states anymore since we have federal judges and prosecutors probably feel more at home trying cases than equitorial guinea or me and maher. and i doubt he's going to get a fair trial here. he's conservative way madson showing its thoughts on the complex case of the russian businessman vic to boot with us. next she's young she's intelligent and she's popular in norway yet the country the crowned russian born maria and really a. model citizen is throwing her out as a failed asylum seeker and she's got huge support among norwegians but it seems

she's losing the battle to stay in the place she's called since she was a child or reports from oslo. the cloak is taking for marie amélie as her supporters gather in central also on saturdays to try it one last ditch attempt to try and prevent her deportation they've come here to central oslo just outside the parliament building and say to the prime minister please didn't you call her we want her to stay but this is no known good just about mattie amalie just about one person through her also a ship of a book on the place of illegal immigrants and all through it also through a high profile court cases that has drawn attention to illegal immigrants in norway and she has started this movement behind me there are about five hundred people here is today's demonstration and they are all from various different organizations both domestic human rights organizations organizations that campaigns specifically for people without papers in norway and international organizations like amnesty i

had a word with a couple of people in the crowd and here's what they told me about why they thought it was so important to turn out today we have worked for rights for irregular immigrants in norway for for actually a few years now what we want is to to to quit focus an emphasis on what conditions these people live under and why they should have papers and b. and be able to work get married get health services so it's very important and the case with. a million have sort of put the sunday agenda like never before the people here see the plight of illegal immigrants in no way really as desperate they don't have the right to work they don't have any access to education or health care and they also don't have the rights to marry you see that's why people here have turned out today they all have a story to tell but i met one specific family who told me that we're here today with a mother and two children who has a little say in norway but their father he was not that certain. when he.

came to seek asylum. so we're here to protest that they're splitting families to get through the one more immigrant as for money i merely herself her face looks almost assured the government still hasn't been a it's only its promise that it will deport her and it does look like that might happen to wards the beginning of next week but her lawyer was here earlier and he told me how the case stands doesn't lose very optimistic at the moment dog there is still. the immigration authorities might rethink the case even though it does currently look like money and really will have to leave behind the home that she's worked so hard to cultivate and the friends that she's made while she's been here she will leave behind a different norway it seems from the one that she came to this is a movement now that has been truly macerated to turn out into the streets and try to help really good evergreens here in norway and they seem determined to carry on

fighting for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants here in this country no matter where the money out really gets to stay or go. out is laura reporting there from the norwegian capital for us all the way for you this is why love can be bought in afghanistan seems it's in the us winning afghans hearts and minds right now while america's billions of waste you talk about your class if you fancy is mid-stream sport you might see this russian divers applaud you can do i talk waters this winter you can follow. through. with the. news now an explosion and fire to join shopping complex and russia's urals has left two people dead five others were injured after a blast in the city of russia's a public stand a fire that broke out during construction work inside the bowl two story center which also has restaurants offices and nightclubs in the back you see smoke clear

what caused the initial explosion. there's no sign of any fusion of the latest round of talks on iran's nuclear program international powers who carried out the two day talks with iran so they're disappointed with the outcome in istanbul a corresponding corpus can often. the situation is quite two sided at the moment because on the one hand the six nations including the united states russia germany france great britain and china were not able to reach any concrete agreements with iran neither has tehran made an official reply to the international atomic energy agency's offer to enrich its uranium abroad in third countries and supply iran with nuclear fuel for its peaceful nuclear reactors thus providing international control over the entire process according to the six nations official representative they were hoping for an open discussion without any preconditions and this was not possible since iran continues to demand

a lifting of the later set of the un sanctions on the other hand the six nations were able to show you iran that they are absolutely united in their views and we were able to speak with the deputy foreign minister of russia and the head of the russian delegation here in istanbul let's listen to what he had to say i would say i am encouraged by the outcome but to put it that i am squarely disappointed would be in the worst statement my hope is that after the stumble round. the iranian party will consider in a very serious manner these eight years and specific proposals that have been put forward as russia says as i believe many in the world. equally. share this view that there is no other way there is no alternative

to the negotiations and invasion and the effort insists about its nuclear program is strictly peaceful it says that it's against nuclear weapons it's actually standing for the full disarmament of the current global nuclear powers according to the iranian representatives here in istanbul. we were also hoping for an open discussion but this was not possible since the six nations did not respect iran's right for peaceful nuclear power. that as if we're going to talk about cooperation then the laws and rights of all nations and countries should be respected when we talk about people's rights and the rule of law everyone is in agreement we have to respect each other and if we want to talk on the basis of the rule of law then we have to avoid certain conditions and sanctions we must be respectful if any dialogue is to develop the six nations representative and the russian envoy said that they support a peaceful nuclear program any iran but once again we have to be sure and it's

peaceful intentions meanwhile the latest a fourth set of u.n. sanctions is still in place there are severe limitations on the sale of arms to iran and there are travel bans and asset freezes for some of the members of the revolutionary guard planes and ships coming and leaving iran are checked for prohibited cargo and also countries are banned from accepting investment from iran into a very nuclear programs and there are nuclear facilities that can offer importing from istanbul. the new flavor of support for afghanistan could be leaving a bitter taste in american right now india may not be contributing as much cash to the war torn country as the u.s. but afghans believe the nearby nations role is having a bigger impact on his paula slayer of course. it's no secret money can't buy you love but it's a lesson still to be learnt in afghanistan at least by the americans they've

invested some fifty billion dollars in the country india just over a billion and the result latest polls say one in two afghans want america out while three in four one to india in the money which are a long history of friendly relations between afghanistan and india are only neighbors who does not interfere in our internal affairs on the streets of kabul you don't have to walk too far the flavor is often indian and the aroma and mistakenly spicy. whatever i want i can find here lots of afghans speak my language there are indians who do use the engine of books and all languages are very similar and india's role particularly in the medical and construction industries here hasn't gone and recognised this is one of the projects both by the indians four years ago it brings water down from a river several kilometers away so that farmers here can easily cultivate their land these young afghans are all involved in development work they say will india

fall short in terms of cash support it more than makes up for in understanding the needs of afghanistan we're working in afghanistan on the basic things like dance training and other things like an american doesn't and also whenever they start a would go to start a project in afghanistan completing their main complaint american projects are often inefficient and poorly resourced while analysts say india is just better than america at developing projects afghans want and appreciate. you my experience is just better it implementing projects than the united states us projects often suffer from inefficiency and bad blimey. india is clearly held in high regard here and it seems they haven't had to buy this positive reputation a fact that could leave american scratching their heads as they continue to

bankroll big costly afghanistan strategy policy r.t. carbone world news headlines tonight at least nineteen people have been injured during clashes with police rally in the capital of algeria the march was organized by a leading opposition party to protest a government ban on public gatherings place dressed in riot gear use baton to disperse crowds of angry demonstrators the unrest comes amid a week long series of pro-democracy protests in neighboring choosier. the irish problem brian cowen step down is really leading party but cowan will remain in office until parliamentary elections in march when she announced just days ago on tuesday he want to secret leadership ballot but has continued to come under pressure since then the p.m.'s popularity plummeted amid the country's economic crisis and its bailout by the f.a.a. you. american congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot two weeks ago now has been transferred to a special rebuilt taishan center in texas doctors described the move is quote

flawless adding that she smiled and even shed some tears on hearing of people's well wishes police installed additional security at the building which specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries giffords was seriously wounded when a gunman opened fire at a constituency meeting in six people dead. haiti hosted former dictator john called the valley is called for national reconciliation after returning from exile he said that his return was out of solidarity with the victims of last year's devastating earthquake adding that he wants to rebuild the country the value was deposed more than two decades ago a wednesday he was briefly detained and charged with corruption and during his time in. the checker to r.t. dot com tonight so it's going store for you there you might be interested in this story chinese exports continue to grow but so does the popularity of the yuan and now with the bank of china opening its doors put american customers for the first time some experts in our website predicting the age of currency could soon pose

a threat to the dollar want to find out more about what they're saying r t v dot com is the place to be. local russian fashion here might be getting more fashionable to these lamas will boots not in russia was valid here begin told me in the polders winter of the century but now these handmade icons are said to take big steps and high fashion find out how well they might do at r.t. dot com. i'm talking of things russian when it comes to extreme sports russians are never afraid to break new ground so smashing a hole through the ice before diving into the murky subzero depths just one way the thrill seekers right now are enjoying the winter season as artie's over bennett found out. perched above the unknown with the icy depths below it requires guts to take the plunge. on the surface it's like a trap door to a sinister nether world but from below it's beguiling ice diving in russia is

a popular sport but it's not something to be taken lightly that divers are under the ice now which is around thirty centimeters thick they only sign left on the surface is this rope that's their safety line they're attached to in case they get lost on the water because there is of course only one way out and that's here the maximum depth of the dive is nine metres but the rope allows a horizontal range of twenty with only one exit surface contact must not be lost. it's crucial that the rope is always kept taught when it's taught i can pull on at once to ask them if they're ok see the target wants to telling me it's all right down there that's how we communicate it is these divers first time under ice they're taught theory to accompany three dives before getting their qualification it may not be the coral reef but that's not the point because for these divers it's

all about breaking the ice. fantastic i feel like a new man each diver has two air regulators in case one freezes a common problem with temperatures outside well below zero and then leaks and the equipment needs defrosting in the water is two degrees celsius with the right gear maximum dive time is forty minutes. we start with thermal underwear to take anymore if you're away from the body then a thicker thermal under jackers before the dry suit on top we were gloves to but you have to ensure the joints are watertight the hood should cover as much space as possible if it's too big your head cheeks and lips freeze. the most chilling scenario of ice diving is when a dive a loses his mouthpiece or runs out of air then it's a case of holding your breath and not letting go. after bennett's r.t. . many now before president karzai recent meeting with the.

next tonight he tells us how he plans to solve this fragile country's mounting problems which is spreading across.

you. karzai afghan president it's an honor and pleasure to have you with us today sir. thank you know what were your hopes two thousand and four when you were made president of afghanistan my whole put aspirations were the. peace for afghanistan and. afghanistan in close contact. with its neighbors and near neighbors country that did progress into a better economy. better living standards where the. children who were deprived of education for so many decades would have a chance to go to school some of those are. some of them have not been met so that was my my aspiration at the time but what would you. say precisely seven years or

what do you mean to achieve and where did you fail maybe you managed to achieve a better economy we more than twenty universities right now in china. construction industry and the afghan flag flying all around the war and independent sovereign of. the rest of the world of course one of the greatest aspirations of us security for the afghan people peace for the afghan people for the whole country. to come in that is our continued effort to strive. for the past couple of years sorry you have been subject to much criticism both personal and professional how do you deal with it when i was the talked very strongly by the western media. for the past many years partly because of their lack of from the standard of afghanistan in the situation partly because of politics and when your.

in a country like afghanistan where there are so much water too should work to so much . conflict with the sorts rivalry were there so many interests involved. it's only natural that. criticism like that would take place twenty years after you came to power. record levels of opium where and that's to say at some point i think taliban point down to new york what happened where we are in charge. of it. afghan people we have reduced poppies and twenty two provinces of afghanistan in some of those provinces we've completely eliminated. we're we are not in charge. of one or two provinces where there is taliban or with more foreign forces and those provinces of course poppy's of. and that's

a question but still the volume of afghan drug money as of today six point five billion dollars which is five times as much as your national budget i mean who is behind this how does its power reaches those who grow poppies. grow it out of desperation i know people in afghanistan who destroyed the division yards there are pomegranate orchards to replace it with poppies invest must be done out of disparate. the trafficking is an entirely different matter the precursors that come to. narcotics is not of the issue at all it's smikle to afghanistan from other countries so those afghanistan is helpless to address so the rest of the money the real money goes are brought into. businesses of suppressant people close to you for instance your health brother or your inner

kardex minister are alleged by the united states to be involved in or in profit with a heroin trafficking. what do you do how can your administration be taken seriously when such accusations are out there in public there or there were these accusations in the media. because almost five years ago. or even or do it and i contacted you a sufficient sort of repeatedly. not once or twice thrice five six seven eight nine ten times more. and grow to the more for sure if they have anything that they should come to. they always can see that this was all who were what's your response to british defense minister sir david richards has said that they should stay another thirty forty years in afghanistan. for five. your circle now

you know we have a transition plan. and you know that britain has announced that they will be withdrawing their forces by twenty fifteen do you believe that yes they believe that close contact with. prime minister cameron and his government the british will leave go some by twenty the americans also want to reduce to forces by twenty fourteen the transition is the most important thing here so you disagree with those who say it's an realistic for nato to withdrawing two thousand and realistically once we are barred as a stable strong administration and a country we can definitely protect or could we have a historical country. mentioned that you needed russian help in order to build that strong government independent government what exactly what type of help do you want from russia there is both the ability of russia and the the need for russian afghanistan to engage with. that not all only. help

and afghanistan rebuild itself and really really develop its capacity but also by the off trade investment by interaction between your business which is very strong do you think question seven better understanding of afghan mentality as opposed to americans oh yes a lot better a little bit because russia. is a european nation both russia and. culturally better but we have to start the culturally but that's a fact of them. thank you very much mr president and welcome and i sincerely wish you and your people all the best in achieving peace and democracy wish you the best to. thank. you.

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