this week's top stories u.s. special forces killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden after almost a decade of hunting that the terror threat remains at an all time high as we report . moscow's slander decision of the international contact group on libya to give money to rebels fighting colonel gadhafi saying taking sides in a civil conflict goes against the u.n. resolution. russian troops get a final polish during rehearsals for a major military display here in moscow said to be the centerpiece of monday's victory day celebrations at. facebook in particular.

it's the most appalling supplying the paper to. wiki leaks founder julian the science tells us that r.t. about the dark side of social networks. good morning this is r t it's eight am sunday morning now here in moscow kevin i win with a round up of the week's top stories for you and first the story the dominated the news the world's most notorious terrorist was killed for almost ten years in hiding as someone bin laden was shot during a covert u.s. navy seal operation they found nine eleven is mastermind living in a million dollar mansion about fifty kilometers from pakistan's capital and as our season is now reports next bin laden's death unlikely to make the world a safer place. the man wanted dead or alive for

a decade is gone but the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden for some it was a moment of victory here's some of caring for others a moment of embarrassment president obama is in fact dead it was a us size teaching sorry but there's one thing analysts say should not be overlooked and some of bin laden may be dead but the threat of terror is very much alive frankly doesn't make much of a difference for bin laden is dead people here were convinced the long run at least for the last two years have been very convinced that. figures or people in this region who by the way cannot number more than one hundred are incapable of carrying out any major attacks it's been years since bin laden has claimed responsibility for an attack instead it's russia now kind of linked terrorists that have made the most recent remarks moscow's metro blast an airport bombing two of the latest

global attacks were masterminded by domestic chechen terribly dear doku umarov you for years has been trying to use third been monitoring all as the face of international terrorism you know kind of leaders demise is expected to remain a significant symbol or having little or no in fact in the fight against terrorism it could create waves elsewhere in the two thousand war and right. george bush's approval rating was around fifty percent within twenty four hours he shot up to ninety percent so watch for obama to get a little bump from. a new poll shows obama is up more than ten percent since bin laden was killed and now of course an opening has been made for the new face of evil. first it was a star union and was it was the russian federation and even some of the large ones the dark hussein and the used is of course we have more of a fee parallels have been made this week without the u.s.

armed groups that later evolved loctite and the taliban is what they're doing now in libya because the new public enemy number one is just beginning his turn this time. and he's now a r t. but we're told washington's released home videos of bin laden seized at the compound where he was found in a city of about a bad one clip shows bin ladden watching himself on television and what appears to be a news channel in other cities rehearsing a message to the u.s. however security officials have removed the sound on that saying it could pose a security threat and pentagon off of the tapes is proof that al qaeda leader was killed but washington says it won't release images of his dead body but backtracked on cia promises to show the photos saying that could incite further violence but. reports the whole operation has been riddled with contradictions. the week began with an international news bombshell proudly dropped by the united states there was

a female who was in fact in a lot of fire. that reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin laden from the incoming fire by tuesday of the blunder of a major back pedal in a room with bin laden a woman bin laden's wife a woman rather bin laden's wife rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed america grabbed the world's attention after announcing the assassination of osama bin laden yet failing to get the facts straight the u.s. has also facilitated a rapid rise of conspiracy theories what they did is they told the bunch of different stories they took some stuff is for iraq and that's just the conspiracy machine they've poured oil on a fire a blaze that in flames after failing to deliver on promises of providing the public with proof we are going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any

basis to try to deny that we got some bad luck i don't think there was any question that it's a bit of a photograph or would be presented to the public we have no need to publish those photographs that it's knowledge that was on a bin laden was killed u.s. president barack obama refused to release any visual evidence confirming bin laden's death for fear it would be used to spark anti-american violence critics say this leaves the public with more questions than answers and when they say we don't want to show the photos because we don't want to inflame people will find out about bringing in certain members of the press along with a panel of unrelated forensic identification experts who can come out and say we've studied this the world was able to study the execution of america's other enemy in two thousand and six when the hanging of saddam hussein went viral on the web. shortly afterwards meanwhile bin laden's expedited seed burial has been the target

of conspiracy by now u.s. officials say was done in keeping with muslim tradition returning to. here is the requirement in islamic law that the individual within twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were embalmed and house for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces but there are so many inconsistency is in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be about exactly what they do and do not know and did and did not know or in this case know what to say before you speak and not just one week ago it was brock obama at the center of a two year conspiracy that die down once america's leader released his part certificate but now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin have paved the way for a whole new set of missing questions surrounding the transparency of the u.s.

government very important i.r.t. new york. for its part pakistan's question of the legality of the secret sealed so you mission on sovereign soil of criticism in the war of diverse brian becker he says the u.s. is acting as an empire which believes it has the right to enter any country to do whatever it wants. we don't know hardly anything because all of this is coming through the pentagon into the white house and the presentation is such that it makes it clear that the pakistan government knew nothing about this this war at the same time the u.s. is carrying out drone attacks all over pakistan as it is in afghanistan again without any authority from the pakistan government so the idea of sovereignty for pakistan is nothing clearly but a joke the united states is the site of that it can use military force wherever it wants whether it's in yemen or pakistan or afghanistan without any sovereign

authority over the government but of course osama bin laden is the face of september eleventh becomes in the american public eye and through the media machine and because he appears to be responsible for that attack our rightful target but that should not cloud picture what's really going on is the u.s. is arrogating to itself the right to go in and kill whoever it wants to kill wherever it wants to and of course that is the typical attitude of an empire. there was success against al qaeda and russia's north caucuses to talk operative from a terror group was killed in a security raid in the southern republic of chechnya a turkish border militant known as the bill occurred is believed to have been the key financier an organizer for terrorist cells in the region kurds also said to have played a leading role in major terrorist attacks here in russia as well as assaults on police he'd recently replaced the previous top al-qaeda agent in the area who'd also been killed by security forces authorities say those two deaths of broken the

caucasus main link with the international terrorist organization. resulting from moscow quick look at what else is coming your way this hour there may be more to social networks than just sharing between friends as we found out that week the founder of online whistleblower wiki leaks reveals to us about the why he thinks facebook and twitter are spying to the u.s. intelligence more on that ahead than. lighted against oppression georgia's opposition plans a new rally against what they call president saakashvili from an old way he said. france's prominent role in nato campaign in libya as well as other military for a's abroad has pushed its defense budget to breaking point where the political price could also be a costly one for the french president is accused of turning his back on the issues of his people back at home bushell's got the story. heat or eight that's the choice faced by modern kids so just of supporting the elderly

frances government is accused of using that money for war. france says it doesn't have enough funds for the time and attention is must tighten their belts now spends over thirty billion euro a year under france france has more than twenty thousand soldiers currently on foreign soil in lebanon kosovo a new military base in the united arab emirates is fighting wars in libya ivory coast and afghanistan each french costs hundreds of thousands of euros so just five months into twenty eleven the forces are broke even with madam kyoto's pension cuts pretty much up. operational year military excess snaps france's reputation as a careful spender investors now plan to scrap the country's troy's aaa credit rating which lets it bore on the cheap course if you have

a country which is very rich. it can afford this but france has been named as possibly losing its aaa status so so everyone you shoot is one closer to losing aaa status france should have stuck to the un peacekeeping remit in the ivory coast and libya wants its premier dominique de villepin in now pays the price of gunning for regime change and for each. foreign a parisian it's important to follow strict principles the one of the international community the treatment of the united nations costs are reportedly hidden from the public this military advisors back from libya he says for months france has set soldiers on the ground there contrary to its claims we have gone troops and i think . that we are that good already called poles for towards to find the

target and so on but it was not if you could so since she worked all her life for a decent retirement no politician or her if she wanted the money spent on campaigns abroad cost of war pensioners forced to cover up because they called for the heating they ask are all the military campaigns worth it if the government can't take care of people that's higher than your bushel r.t. paris. on thursday or the international contact group on libya agreed to give the rebels war money with a temporary fund in place within weeks washington's trying to release more than thirty billion dollars of gadhafi has frozen assets to give to the opposition but russia says the coalition should we taking sides in what's effectively a civil war. that's going to leave the contact group has established itself and now is trying to take responsibility for the international community policy towards libya should be not only libya we're hearing voices calling for this group to

decide what to do in other states in the region we believe that all sides should be focusing on peaceful resolution of the situation and not supporting one side in an internal conflict what is essentially a civil war. this is the international criminal courts announced it's investigating the gadhafi regime for possible crimes against humanity in libya security forces are accused of attacking peaceful demonstrators since the revolt began three months ago but john laughlin from the institute for democracy in cooperation doubts the prosecution will be balanced. i'd be very interested to see how the international criminal court reacts to this i wouldn't be at all surprised if the allegation is true but what strikes me mostly about the international criminal court is that as ever he is showing itself to be the handmaidens of western policy the international criminal court prosecutor he is mark showing in lockstep with the western powers just as he did over iraq he received hundreds and hundreds of applications to prosecute members of the anti saddam coalition over the iraq war from two thousand

and three onwards he didn't take any notice of a single one of them and as you know there's never been any investigation into iraq at all and my suspicion is that the same thing will be true of libya in other words that he will launch a prosecution against libya against the libyan leadership but not against the nato powers waging the war against it. the chain of uprising said be arab world the internet was accredited with playing a major part as protestors were coordinated on websites such as facebook and twitter but there's been a much more sinister side to those social networks to according to the wiki leaks founder julian assange has been speaking exclusively to obscene. facebook in particular. is the most appalling spying machine being granted facebook google yahoo always made us all going to have people in place for you from totals everyone trying to throw up. with. the pace

book they are doing free work for united states and it was with agencies. it's part of it. and you can watch the full interview in about fifteen minutes time when julian assange speaks to us also available on our website as well r.t. gold coin if you are having their color stories you might be interested in getting a lot of clicks this morning. triggering change american gun owners get fired up over openly carrying their weapons and some even argue for the rights of take guns on the plane got that story plus to give you a guided tour of a russian rocket ready to blast off from the european space for the off a successful simulated launch find out how it's doing what the plans are at r.t. dot com. a russian court handed a life sentence this week to a nationalist convicted of killing

a human rights lawyer and the journalist in central moscow two years ago his associate a life partner got eighteen years in jail located taken off from dulles to see a cross is linked to an outlaw ultranationalist group a jury found intolerance and hatred of the main reasons why the pair decided to kill lawyer stanislav not to love and often represented victims of fascist violence or killers was gunned down in broad daylight in central moscow together with journalist and see a bit of a double killing sparked a public outcry. the u.s. still to deploy a missile defense for city in romania has angered russia this last week which says the project may threaten its security agreement is part of a bigger plan for a missile shield in europe in which moscow wants an equal part but russia's envoy to nato says the alliance and washington don't seem too keen on that. we're under the impression that the military dialogue is running ahead of the political dialogue they reckon policy clearly refuses to consider russia's interests they're

also refusing to provide us with guarantees that the proposed u.s. missile defense system is not targeted at russia the americans want to deploy interested or missiles capable of shooting down our nuclear weapons near our launch sites in ten years time they'll be able to shoot down a large part of our nuclear arsenal if it's launched but at the same time they keep telling us that it's not aimed against russia they see we're partners we want them to give us written guarantees but most of the time he was diplomats and politicians simply smile back at us. well washington says the missile defense project will help protect europe from countries like iran and north korea but moscow has repeatedly voiced concerns that it could also harm its security no compromise on the plan has been reached so far. next to a display of military pomp and pageantry the final practice for russia's annual victory day parade held in central moscow thousands of tanks anti-aircraft

artillery and military machines rehearsed in red square while helicopters and planes circled the sky above it may have been sixty six years since the victory was assured if there are those who still vividly remember what cost that is more and met one man for whom nazi bombers and the lost child. trip down memory lane for seventy nine year old james roth be it with this tree where he was born and where his family lived until war broke out frightened and forced to evacuate to the countryside james was just when his life with changed forever. you were sent to school every morning with you with things you told to try with. enough sandwiches and things to last you for the day. and that was it i don't need to get to school. now evacuation

today you'd be sent home again until one day but i didn't say that we went to school. and. things different happened started time. with hundreds of others including a sister and brother he walked from school to his local station their parents weren't allowed to walk with them parents were issued with a list of the things that their children could take with them when they were evacuated they all had a little suitcase like this and in it they were only allowed to put a spare pair of shoes inside the house soon toiletries a toothbrush comb a handkerchief and a towel they also had to take their own cutlery and a plate and a mug with them they also took their pajamas. and of course a change of underwear. and with a label tied around their neck and the because it's gas mask they made their

journey into the unknown neither they nor their parents knew where they were going they had a stamped postcard to send when they got there to let their parents know they were safe for james that place was a village of around two thousand people near the south coast here and in other reception areas villagers were legally required to take the children in although some were thought from welcoming. and the woman. for yet another fierce woman. if not the second time. she. pushed for so she could try to push. so you can really run. it was an unhappy put short lived placement and james ended up living happily here in what

was then a sweet shop his four year evacuation became a positive experience but that wasn't the case for everyone some of these people were not very nice. to these children some of them have their own agenda which is just another person to work the farm or work. or to work in the bakery. some of these people were very cruel according to some of the evacuees often it was such a wrench that the children couldn't stand it many went home to london and accounted for one in every ten deaths during the blitz schools were closed and they ran wild those who stayed were terribly homesick but when they did get home they felt there was little to come back for most evacuees with. us. so i did i. was.

battered. gaps where bombs would fall. but after about four. james finished school in london but never settled after the war he moved back to pull as soon as he could evacuation changed not only the lives of the children but also the communities they went to here in paul breaux evacuees erected a plaque in the local church thanking the villagers for taking them in it did tear families apart but it also brought people who would never ordinarily have met stick together in a city of poverty rubbed shoulders with rural affluence and vice versa and the deep ball forward stream those times still remain today in the memories of those given kindness and shelter far from home in wartime lore and its arty west

sussex. the price of freedom from the most action in history. those who fought to win that stand. against the tide of history being recruited. sixty six years of victory on r.g.p. . antigovernment protesters in georgia are planning to unite in a new rally later this month once again the opposition angry at what they describe as a criminal regime determined to make a stand against president saakashvili result his country approach over reports the authorities are already give up for any dissent. would such. torture shiny with hospitality according to president. really even two words it's

political analysts tell the russian people that they will always be welcome in georgia parkers their stores. business not sure it's the simplest. might even that it serves a deal on the who holds a russian passport describes the kind of course patella the mistress' are cash really is talking about in slightly different words but have you. been sort of me called me a russian spy and trust me up one officer to pick a credit card from my pocket and went to photocopied the other one to count a pack of painkillers from my bag and so if i protest would emerge into drugs in a second we were in a protested and was almost beaten up these was a worthwhile come she received after our poured in shiny d.c. a couple of weeks ago the previous reception was just as hostile we're in a search here russian passport is one but not the only reason to blame.

they would repeat it over and over again that i am a relative often you know. these pilot over the fact that she went to visit russia and met with putin person to give. you know would john as a leader of opposition democratic movement united georgia says attacks on her family have become regular and these stem around the time to order just days before a major opposition rally is to take place in bailey see a poll of all police illegal actions of the government people are really just tired always and that more critique. from the side of government here actions which are showing as offensive democracy is a situation that. in fact we are living in noble sharif style of the country is that i have a new here in the center of billy's see as maybe a landmark the salt that people want to see like that was home and its historic

beauty is in danger of being overshadowed by its explosive reputation as a place where so many opposition rallies have been suppressed by police since me else after she took office as president in two thousand for opposition leaders have come and gone but the methods of dealing with them remain very much the same i think you just told your ballgame in georgia if you are in a position where you cannot be right you know your rights know the picture of prostitution all of it was egregious you were just distributed by. the ruling party imply all the state issues you know the general deserves she won't be broken down by a tad son her family and sure people would make it to the streets of the police see no matter what but marina who sought medical attention twice up to dealing with the georgian police will be hard to persuade that hospitality is the heartbeat of the

whole saakashvili his regime she says she will now think twice before visiting what used to be her native country exhibit their children r t the b.b.c. georgia. so we have to wait twenty eight am sunday morning here in moscow we've got the support for you just over fifteen minutes of time is good news of a long awaited boost for team russia at the ice hockey world championships in slovakia that's the current i'm kevin i will make up the main news the week before but very shortly here on our team.

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