this week's top stories al qaida leader osama bin laden was killed in a viewer so operation after a decade long but the terror threats around the globe lives on as we report. moscow slander the situation 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. final polish for military pageantry school russian troops marks from central moscow in preparation for a major display on the upcoming victory day that.

facebook. is the first of all the markings of. the world's most famous whistle blower julian told us exclusively to us about the dark side of social networks. welcome this is r.t. it's midday sunday here in moscow my name's kevin zero in a round up of the week's top stories in our program the weekly the world's most notorious terrorist was killed off for almost ten years in hiding a summer bin ladin a shot during a covert u.s. navy seal operation they found nine eleven mastermind living in a million dollar mansion about fifty kilometers from pakistan's capital but it's not his in this in our reports next when laden's death is 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 you can hear some of cheering going for others a moment i didn't barest moment president obama is in fact dead it was a usa strategic i'm sorry but there's one thing analysts say should not be overlooked as some of bin laden may be dead but the threat of terror is very much alive frankly doesn't make much of a difference rodan is dead people here were been still long lines at least for the last two years to be very convinced that the al qaeda 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 the nod and has claimed responsibility for an attack instead it's russia now kind only 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 terror leader doku umarov you for years has been trying to use thurbon montreuil as the face of international terrorism you know kind of leaders demise is expected to remain a significant symbol while 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 a teenage 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 socket million and was it was the russian federation in kingman some of them large and saddam hussein and beauty is

a curse we have norman fi parallels have been made this week without the us armed groups that leader of alt and the taliban is what they're doing now in libya cops knew how to get any number was just beginning his journey this time. and he's in no way are. washington's released home videos of bin laden the seized of the compound where he was found in the city of about a bad one clip shows bin laden apparently watching himself on a television news channel then others seeds rehearsing a message to the united states over security officials remove the sound from that saying it could pose a security threat the pentagon offered the tapes as proof that al qaeda leader was killed but sometimes says it won't release images of his dead body barack obama back tracked on cia promises to show those photos saying they could incite further violence but it's really important to explain 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 a lot of fire. that reportedly was used as a shield to shield. from the incoming fire by tuesday a big blunder a major backpedaling in a room with bin laden a woman in london's water 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 to states hold a bunch of different stories but it took some steps. and it's just sad the conspiracy machine they've worked all on a fire a blaze that inflamed after failing to deliver on promises of providing the public

with proof we're going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any basis to try to deny that we go. i don't think the stories are the question but ultimately a photograph where would be presented to the public we have no need to publish those photographs to establish that was some of 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 business leaders 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 we're fine how 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 an act u.s. officials say was done in keeping with muslim tradition it was interesting that. 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 in armed and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces 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. 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 birth 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 the u.s. government bring up or ny r.t. new york. when news of bin laden's death was released thousands poured onto the streets of the u.s. to celebrate journalist. so the barack obama's likely to welcome the killing of our code is needed. is a reelection. i think initially for the us there's two things first we need to look at the fact that the current administration the u.s. is going into a new election cycle in two thousand and twelve now what this announcement by bin laden achieves for him it's a great line on his resume as a wartime president and also with poll numbers that were kind of really going in the doldrums the last two three years but mystically this administration is suffering this gives him some credence overseas and also if the u.s. chooses to engage in a new conflict like a libya who are in iran over the next twelve months this is going to help obama

because american voters generally won't change leadership during a hot conflict and that would really solidify his chances for reelection in two thousand and twelve. their success against al qaida and russia's north caucasus to in the past week a top operative from the terror group was killed in a security radius of the republic of chechnya the turkish border militant known as the bill of kurds believed to have been a key financier and organizer for terrorist cells in the region has also said to have played a leading role in major terrorist attacks as well as a soul some police in russia he'd recently replaced the previous top into the area who'd also been killed by security forces authorities say those two deaths of broke in the caucuses may link would be international terrorist organizations. we have a few minutes on the program the day of the nazis fell and moscow says artist pedro oliver is on red square. sixty six years on the russians getting ready to celebrate

victory in europe in world war two we'll have more nights a little later in the program. tonight and against oppression georgia's opposition rally against what they call president assad has been it's criminal regime that's ahead. in the chain of uprisings in the arab world the internet was credited with playing a major part as protests were coordinated on web sites such as facebook and twitter but as we watch more sinister side to these social networks to according to the wiki leaks founder julian assange has been speaking to r.t. . facebook in particular. is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been and facebook google yahoo always made us. have. fought u.s. intelligence everyone should understand that. when a. place they are doing free work for united states intelligence.

thank you for being with part of it. and you can watch that interview and for the fifteen minutes time again. a russian court handed a life sentence this way to a nationalist convicted of killing a human rights lawyer and a journalist in central moscow two years ago and you found intolerance and hatred for the main motives for the murder of boys tell us live who often represented victims of fascist violence is killers have taken off again you cast this link to it outlawed ultra nationalists group well taken over some of the life sentence houses was an eighteen year michaela's was gunned down in broad daylight in central moscow together with journalist in a sea of a border of the killing sparked a public outcry. the u.s. still to deploy a missile defense facility in romania has angered russia which says the project may threaten its security the agreements 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 to. were under the impression that the military dialogue is running ahead of the political dialogue the american policy clearly refuses to consider russia's interests they're also refusing to provide us with guarantees that the proposed he was missile defense system is not targeted at russia the americans want to deploy interceptor 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 a c. time which they keep telling us that it's not aimed against russia they see reporters we want them to give us written guarantees but most of the time he was diplomats and politicians simply smiled 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 it could also harm its security no

compromise about the plan has been reached so far. take a look now at our coverage of the final preparations before russia celebrates victory day. and become trees ready to sell for a day edged firmly into the national consciousness it's no sixty six years since some of its soldiers defeated the nazis in what's known here in russia as the great poetry out of war artist peter all over wraps of all the excitement of evolve the big event. preparations are well underway ahead of what with the exception probably of the new year's celebrations here in russia is the biggest celebration of the calendar year here victory day a massive celebration in russia marked by a huge parade across red square just behind me over my shoulder you'll be able to see same puzzles cathedral of course behind that red square itself i've been having a look up there plenty of people all busying themselves around making sure

everything goes up without a hitch tomorrow to commemorate sixty six years since victory in year of victory over nazi germany in which so many people lay down their lives in order to we have the freedoms which we we take very much for granted in our lives today now this is a huge holiday as they say here in russia and very much wanted is celebrated a widely here in moscow as well as across the whole of the country now the reason that in russia they celebrate victory in europe day on the ninth of may is to to the fact that the actual surrender of nazi germany resigned so late in the day on the eight that it actually fell on the ninth in moscow time so that's why. it is in russia and the rest of russia it is celebrated on the night where in western europe and some parts of america in america as well it is celebrated on the eighth and we can now hear from my colleague laura enmities in london about some of the evacuees from great britain who had to flee german bombing steering the second world war

a trip down memory lane for seventy nine year old james roffey it was this street where he was born and where his family lived until war broke out frightened and forced to evacuate to the countryside james was just eight when his life was changed forever. every morning with. cold with. sandwiches and things to last you for the day. but i don't need to get to school. until one day one. we went to school. different happened and started. 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 for inside the house some toiletries a toothbrush comb a handkerchief and a towel they also had to take their own cutlery and a plate and a mug with. 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 card to send when they got there to let their parents know they were safe but james that place was pulled 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 all those

some were thought from welcoming. not cold the door and the woman outside. her yet another fierce woman. about to reads we. learned. a lot the second time. she. put his foot in the door she couldn't charge pushed us he. said you gotta take a mini rant race car driver it was an unhappy but 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 had their own agenda which is just another person to work the farm or work. hour to work in the bakery. some of

these people were very cruel according to some of the evacuees often it was such a branch 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 if. i would have. been so straight well and several. sided i should leave i was. battered. and gaps where bombs would fall and houses. but there are. but after about four years. james finished school in

london but never settled after the war he moved back to pull a soon as he could evacuation changed not only the lives of the children but also the communities they went to here in pull evacuees erected a plaque at the local church thanking the villages for taking the men it did staff families apart but it also brought people who would never ordinarily have met together in a city poverty rubbed shoulders with rural affluence and vice versa and the tea boards from those times still remain today in the memories of those given kindness and shelter far from home in wartime lore and its r.t.e. pull west sussex. the price of freedom from the most interest in history. those who fought to win that stand. against the tide of history

be reburied. sixty six years of victory on our sheet. but we bring up to date now on some news headlines making news around clashes between muslims and christians in cairo. doesn't. the violence came after muslims attacked a church to free a christian woman who claimed she was being held against her will because she wanted to convert to islam or force a tear gas was used to restore all of it. sixteen have been killed after inmates clashed with security staff in an attempt to jailbreak in baghdad six of those who died were the facilities offices government officials said the prisoners will be moved to another building when they try to overpower the guards and take away their weapons. taliban insurgents have hit government buildings for a second successive day in a wave of coordinated attacks in afghanistan six suicide bombers detonated explosives in several locations in the city of kandahar at least four people were

killed and over forty wounded president karzai condemned what he said were a vengeance attacks by the taliban for some of bin laden's killing by u.s. special forces. because president rafael correa is declared victory in a referendum on a series of reforms exit polls indicated that voters supported nine of the ten questions including the banning of bullfighting and media and judicial changes there's criticism though that the reforms are an attempt to increase the president's power to inhibit press freedom and reduce the judicial use in the plant . and equipment protesters in georgia are planning to united 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 but his artie's over a reports next the authorities are already geared up for any dissent. such. gorgeous shiny with hospitality according to president. eve one two

words it's political enemies i want to tell the russian people that they will always be welcome in georgia as partners their stores. business make sure they're simply. my no good subs are due on the holds a russian passport describes the kind of course but tele mr saakashvili stalking about in slightly different words but here. the insult of me called me a russian spy and trust me out one officer took a credit card from my pocket and went to put it copied the other one to counterattack with painkillers from my bag here and if i protest would emerge into drugs in a second we were in a protested and was almost beaten up these was a world welcome she received at a our port in shiny b.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 bully. people they would repeat it over and over again that i am a relative often you know who generals are based upon and over the fact that she went to visit russia and met with putin in person is. not a leader of opposition democratic movement united two were gerry says attacks on her family have become regular and this time around the time to order just days before a major opposition rally is to take place in billy c. people of all police illegal actions of the government people are really just tired always and the more critique. steps from the side of government actions which are showing surface a democracy is a situation that. in fact we are living in bolshevik style of the country is that

every new here in the central believes see as maybe a landmark the start that people can look to see like that one home and this is state beauty is in danger of being overshadowed by 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 an opposition leaders have come and gone but the markets are dealing with them remain very much the same i think you just told your gaming georgie during a position are you going to write the rights no protection of course if. you were just a q-tip by the. ruling party and by all stages of the issue you know the agenda of the search she won't be broken down by attacks on her family and sure people would make it to the streets of d.c. no matter what but marina who sought medical attention twice up to dealing with a georgian police will be hard to persuade that hospitality is the heartbeat of the

whole saga should be his regime she says she will now think twice before visiting what used to be your native country it's in a patch of our team the b.b.c. georgia. where the twenty fourteen winter olympics in russia are getting ever closer it's becoming clear that it won't just be a sporting contest also a commercial one and with that in mind organizers of the sochi games of all successful crackdown against fake merchandise and illegal use of the famous olympic logo lawsky reports from southern russia there will be no medals to do so till it's over is learned that himself with a whole heap of trouble after illegally using the olympic symbol in his old self saw it. just one of many insults she trying to cash in on the olympic dream the first reports of olympic operate of richmond's came immediately after the southern russian city won the right to host the winter games in two thousand and fourteen

but this year the number of such crimes has dropped. police largely due to local authorities in sochi tightening control over streets bender's sochi souvenir stands are full of sports goods most of them like these t. shirt right here so your so cheap or city of the future or have logos resembling the olympic emblem but officially they are not with legs since none of these goods carry all the elements which would make them full of copyright the official partners of the sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games likely close manufacture of other one some group leggers target the most large quantities of such merchandise have been seized by a russian customs and counterfeit item differs from an authentic one in quality first of all and that's something that can be easily seen but this type of merchandise intensity is defined by the hologram the only licensed items house the two thousand and fourteen olympic mascots of all so full of victims these fake

burgess were also expropriated the bears hairs and snow leopards all in the recent poll we try to point those in such a tiny space like what if you have the olympic memorabilia here. you know of course we don't i don't even like these mascot's i voted for the dolphin on skis you know you know. full scale official souvenir sales won't start until later this year most visitors like these asian tourists pick what's available kept them sets are in good supply this bring you make a fine admiral the organizers of the big event assure official olympic merchandise will take the sales gold medal leaving fakes lighting their dust there's a lot to sochi. it's summit day twenty seven there are moscow sport for just over fifteen minutes for the new touch it should be taking in the rain some thirty laps around the city's most iconic. seaside the biggest name settle

a few scores plenty more action lies ahead of the final stages happening this victory day weekend. i will say something launched by going to the russian capital thanks for being with us my name's kevin i know update the headlines for you just a couple of minutes time.

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