the week's top stories here on our t.v. former general a lot of calls of genocide charges against him monstrous serbia hands of over to the hague but instead of clearing a path to the e.u. belgrade finds that right here is a list just got longer. believe in intervention loses altitude as nato eager to regain of the mission of rolls out gunships reuniting fears of an eminent ground war. health inspectors only about a german restaurant the source of the polish bug but it's a little relief for struggling spain after it was initially blamed for the outbreak

. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching artsy let's take a look at the top stories of the week serbia has asked the hague to question the former general rock a lot of who's accused of genocide as a potential witness and their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict but it appeared at a war crimes court for the first time this week kaya charges against him monstrous and noxious the former bosnian serb army chief has been indicted on eleven balance of war crimes including the murder of a thousand muslims as the next hearing will take place in a month lot it has been on the run for sixteen years and was arrested in serbia just over a week ago and his extradition was touted by the e.u. as a key objective for the country's membership but it's because you know as are reports

that he doesn't appear to be. closer measures are. still waiting for the green light serbia's arrest an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief outcome luggage was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot in the european union's door a potential membership could mean billions of dollars worth of grant aid and for struggling serbia it's a lifeline but what two official belgrade is a step closer to the new is actually a no step at all and a go should tradition should play this is very big news this is a very courageous decision by the serbian president this is one additional step for the integration of serbia into the european union one day is really my no go there are your other steps remain to be taken your right to say to the rest of the political chief of croatian serbs go and had d.h.

who is still in hiding electro legislation with engagement in regional cooperation with neighbors for serbian president boris tadic there is no task too challenging to take on and the quest for a new membership. rests. next few weeks in the premier league for us this is a crystal clear that for forgetting all the natural the geishas while officials prepare to jump through yet another euro hoop most wonder if the list of conditions will ever so now we have gotten harder it was one of the serb leaders from the sort of crying i am so worn for a show and then all of course some visuals are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognize the fact they recognize it from province of possible before it can really get into the e.u. so for somebody else is talking about the fact that serbia is very corrupt but really as long as how the trees in power and his party the list of demands will be

. and less so is the union stoning and opening its doors to serbia are its condition simply a way of angling for more control in the region i think there are very few illusions people in serbia the thing that there will not be a great deal many important conditions and probably won't be as important as the establishment's of relations with cost of all will the whole point about making new conditions probably won't stop recently still serbia hopes its compilation will be rewarded and continues to be a path to the e.u. during the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group with a list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach catarina r.t.

belgrade serbia. balkans political analyst michel government says tried you know can be impartial towards general marks because it's there to do america's bidding. the tribunal doesn't need him to. actually engage with his own defense the tribe you'll need a tribunal needs to be in to be sitting there for symbolic reasons he's sitting there the overview of the world is focused on him all the accusations are the wall of noise is against it because this tribunal you should remember is not a court it is a tribunals with all the dubious i talk quasi legal procedures that involve the one time in most of europe where people are held for use without trial waiting for trial when they're when their word is known in advance in fact is even worse than the grand final but of europe because at least there in the guantanamo bay the judges know what the rules are at the hague tribunal is called the rules are worked up as they go along and always at the expense of the serbs. but also are

the killing of civilians is going on part of the report later this hour hold soldiers have been weird over the killing of innocent our guests including children due to a lack of evidence to support a war crimes case. and why of course back to earth moscow mars mission turns a year old we track on the progress of the first intensive interplanetary test run . now it's been an eventful week in libya was nato intensifying its kind of virtual bombing campaign and the coalition voting to expand its intervention mandate in the north african country he wanted to use as colonel gadhafi of war crimes but admits the rebels are guilty of similar abuses meanwhile britain and france have the cloyd low flying combat helicopters to the country the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an intense land base offensive as russia's foreign minister warns pushing the boundaries of the un mandate every b.s.

meter leads to the future of resolutions losing their impact. or we expressed our opinion over distance collation of the military operation we think what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taking place are more than enough to think about to get use towards us decisions. nato hopes for a quick fire result in libya but that never happened and journalist patrick a says that means it can only lead to plan b. barmy the regime its submission if you wish and getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could in two months ago and basically bomb the country into the into the more quickly they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their. distance oh bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't

the case and the introduction of these bunker busting bombs in the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make the worst they could bring about severe civilian casualties in libya and i think also reek of desperation but we're making a lot of noise and for a lot of very expensive over the last couple of months because you have done very well. good democratic initiative from the libyan people and taken it into the hands of a small elite of western leaders. as they are saying advantage in libya drags are without great fear of colonel qadhafi status have taken a dark turn his loyalists have begun using cluster bombs they are weapons that dispersed many mines would stay active for decades and sarah for three quarts it's embarrassing for spain because the supply traces back to them even though the country's been banging the anti-war drug for years. just one strike a cluster bomb can spread thousands of smaller explosives over wide areas fired

into populated areas as they were in misrata recently he always guarantees civilian deaths one of the many reasons more than one hundred countries have fans their production the markings on the shells found in the libyan city belong to spanish company insta lovers and there were arms twenty's that are prohibited that were purchased by the last three that were used against the residential area. and they were produced by a spanish company and finance just vanished banks cities how did this get out the forces come to acquire spanish made armies in two thousand and seven in stiller's and made the most of the lifting of sanctions against libya as the tripoli regime fell back into favor with the west spanish company won a contract to supply get out these forces with their customs. until two thousand and eight and spain signed up to the international convention banning the u.s.

. we're living in now once again the enemy spain is part of nato finds itself fighting a regime that it itself helped to arm. and the trail goes back much further the spanish banks which provided the financial firepower to instill laws and to make their deadly weapons a pool if you want to see this thing forward use this as kind of a way to illustrates what link there is between a bank. civilian deaths in conflicts without legislation remains a direct connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the kinds that finance and therefore to the banks customers bernsen not really transparent about what they are using the savers money for so it's not that easy to find without a recent report by spanish and it's. and revealed that as many as fourteen playing since they unfolded funding weapons but she says the v.a.

is a spanish bank that's been maced active in financing for the controversial weapons it exactly this kind of large scale financing they contain is now trying to rein in pushing for the development of all right first policy to ensure the bank held accountable many of the banks named in the investigation and now coming forward to say their policies on funding and production are exchanged we've all without slippers lation intil that happens and then that you will develop production will means a profitable business. syria has seen its largest anti-government protest yet was more than three hundred thousand people rallying for president to go the latest world when the truth on friday author of the seven children killed since the uprisings the damn things the strong condemnation for the broomsticks response president asad promised to bring forward democratic

reforms number of minutes and already applied sanctions while some including the u.s. and britain have no possible intervention anti-war activist brian backer told us that military action in syria would be devastating wiping out the chances of a key small conclusion. that the assad government is seeking to find a resolution to the political crisis inside of syria and i think there's some of the plans by those who seem to be stabilized syria even further who seek to carry out regime change in syria from the point of view of the united states the argument will be made the economic sanctions the pressure imposed by the west by the united states in particular are causing the assad government to bend and so the conclusion the some. moree that will be drawing from it is instead of releasing pressure on syria that there should be more pressure not less pressure so

i don't think syria can really do anything under these circumstances to satisfy the united states the united states wants to put economic sanctions and use leverage against syria for its own purposes a military court has cleared seven nato soldiers of an attack on an afghan village which killed several civilians including children four years ago the charges were dismissed over a lack of evidence soldiers blamed faulty weapons by afghans insist there is no excuse for innocent deaths. civilians killed nato soldiers go free the same old story in afghanistan written for a moment to be different polish soldiers put on trial for this including a pregnant woman and the child. on the sixteenth of august two thousand and seven water shows that a polish tree in the studio. as a result of sixty's would be killed by three months of it wouldn't put the soldiers

were cleared of all charges one of the accused told altie it's all been a big mistake we didn't see people. we were accidents at the sites again was he goes. there. was damage cell something like that and it was also a problem we call him a grenade mell function and this did taliban target by five hundred metres claims the shits the prosecutors alleged it was revenge for blood flow which killed another polish soldier earlier in the day experts say it's unlikely anything could go so catastrophic a wrong this is not logical. of them or could not make such a serious error such a large. question is did the same job themselves i did they received from and there

is no doubt they were shooting at the village not the nearby. to take command as the time we should get them to. activists the conflict continues civilian deaths from nato bombing or inevitable will only grow is what you know the longer the war goes goes on that their war situation is so the answer is i think quite simple to withdraw troops from afghanistan as a beginning of any process of the position of this country because the troops western troops doesn't bring stuff because asians. just the opposite as the. support for. the majority opinion polls now think the conflict. this was already unpopular in the hundred billion euro of course while services are being called. the sorts of boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the

death of civilians on punished the week of the case sustain afghanistan even the afghan president turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed how many cause they live without words yet giving us a point of. view toppings again. and this hour we'll look at the lingering effects of serving on the front line i see these american veterans who've returned from conflicts around the world to hear how they are handling the post-war trauma that's now being that's now why their lives. and closing in on the mastermind of the church of gift of is charged with murdering top russian human rights are on a list. which could help police discover who ordered the killing. of a german restaurant is being investigated as a possible source of the deadly breakthrough or germany have blamed spanish

cucumbers mutated form of the verb. which has killed nineteen people so far we're at now reports on how the accusation is costing spain dear. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany playing spain is the source of the eco it's not that's costing innocent spanish fruit and vegetable export is around two hundred million euros which. with all the obvious statement sure an absolute lack of responsibility what is happening today is a chicken into the spanish vegetable and fruit industry. calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to ban all fruits and vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction in brussels calls disproportionate. issues good in colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the w t o

frankly i don't doubt that the cucumbers the people of the aid then that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirits. it's a very delicate time for the spanish economy which is teetering on the edge of needing if you bail out this is decidedly not a good moment for one hundred fifty thousand tons of cookies to go unsold. because we're. all. trying. to compare all. cynics say all this is just the media whipping up its latest health hysteria in two thousand and five the united nations warned the world that could kill up to one hundred fifty million people in reality the seven years until the end of two thousand and ten saw three hundred three people die more recently swine flu was the killer encouraged by pharmaceutical companies european countries

spend billions of dollars on unnecessary vaccines probably will see very soon behind all this. one. pharmaceutical industry like they did with the swine flu but they have something to protect people against. screens which. across europe all these health bursley affected economies this looks no different and germany's baseless accusations may be what finally pushes spain into bailout territory spain will now seek reparations from the relevant authorities in europe after its prime minister criticised the european commission for not supporting the country enough particularly after the infection was proven not to have come from spanish cucumbers spain has a choice in tosca ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exports or a freeze and vegetables all over the you position essential to its ailing economy

your avatar to brussels spain is not alone in facing economic system asian spiralling downwards too it's leading to panic buying in the shops with some prices war than doubling as the economy souls and the currency crumbles president lukashenko has asked russia and the international monetary fund for be allowed to keep this country afloat russia has lined up its julia dollar alone but once men's to prioritise assets moscow also says look at those claims cut off foreign news outlets including russian ones might hamper of a deal the president accuses the media of so problems and even waves the russians of wasting time and instead of working longer. the european court of human rights has ruled out that incarceration of former oil tycoon. was not politically motivated but the judges did find violations in his detention and ordered the russian government to pay

a small fine. and his business partner part of the just word shield for billions of dollars of investment and tax evasion case however became a rallying point for government opposition. one european business analyst told her t.v. that it's long since been blown out of proportion and it's not just. in the sense i mean not completely but it was definitely under a stage in the holocaust so that. the european court has not ruled that he's a political prisoner then the situation becomes a bit clearer you have to consider that he said he recently being permitted to under certain charges and to spend more time in prison so in that sense it's a bit of a strange charge girls going from rome. you know both sides playing a bit of a show here that's the second charges that keeps him in jail for longer at the same time he keeps his reign in the news as does what he does in this case is asking for

parole that will most certainly be refused in the story as well and consequently it will continue for the forseeable future. give us your thoughts on the stories we're covering by heading to news and analysis updated every minute there and say here's what's on the line every day smartphone but careless with confidentiality millions trust theory devices with private data but one firm says attempts on along the treasure trove and sell your info or have to be. a devastating blow to several villages in a sense all russian republic has an ammunitions depo disaster lights up the night sky but details and video are at our dot com. because he has paid its last respects to splay presidents or gop should died in moscow last week and after major surgery a farewell ceremony in the capital room was attended by thousands of mourners before he was laid to rest in his home village minister of wasn't who was among

those that made tribute sixty two year old pulled off live from more than five years during the republic and the fact that the palace which has recognized several countries. it's the year of the workplace or red we have. it's a monument you have american liberty but not if you strut your stuff hundreds gather to gather at the jefferson memorial to dance to the defense of their rights to freedom last time it happened four were arrested including our t. america host adam kokesh our washington d.c. correspondent guided chicago watched as a lot took offense to another lighthearted down. this is what i saw the crowd was dispersed sort of pushed out of the jefferson memorial but dozens of people really risked being arrested for just peacefully band sing at the memorial everyone had this fear that it could happen at any time to many it sounded like a joke because freedom you know the first amendment of the us constitution

explicitly protect freedom of assembly and actions that symbolically express a view point if those actions are not harming anybody and one could think what could be more harmless than dancing people who took part in this dance for freedom flashmob say they do it to remind of their constitutional rights which they claim are being breached recently there was a court decision specifically regarding the thomas jefferson memorial that prohibited dancing there that's what triggered the movement if you will last week a small group of people protested the decision was silent in the oriel we were truly aware sig none of them was an iraq war veteran civil rights activist adam kokesh was recently also has his own show on our t.v. just a week later thousands of people after the arrest in different cities by the way not only washington d.c. joined him and others to say no to police brutality take a listen. to everything else over all the other violations of our freedom under the trash and the economy after everybody who suffered in this country under the good

will of the the street is going to dancing that's new is freedom we're live we're going to come in and do it all the people we say are we believe in liberty we believe it is high ideals and then when it comes down to something like this in the summer divided on it and sometimes real obviously for a lot of people this dance flash mob has turned into something very symbolic especially here in washington at the thomas jefferson memorial he is one of america's most revered founding fathers jefferson envisioned america as a great quote and part of liberty liberty which is the thing we're seeing today americans are getting further away from with every other court decision it's not just about dancing in a public place of course there's a lot more serious stuff many here are talking about the post nine eleven patriot act that. curtailed many of their old freedoms and i'm very new elite introduced laws as well so this they've seen flash mob is just one symbolic drop in the police and over what they see is riley and if they like. going in there and some of

today's world news and grief now a bomb has blown off a passenger bus in northern pakistan killing six people and wounding eleven others it's thought the explosions were detonated by remote control no one's yet a minute in the bombing but the most recent attacks have been claimed by the taliban in a very well the death of osama bin laden. crowds have spilled in the streets of the afternoon spread their presence and left the country ali abdullah saleh is in saudi arabia for treatment after being reportedly injured in a rocket attack on a mosque by insurgents at the country's vice president takes over and in the meantime yemen has been verging on civil war since president saleh refused to step down three months ago there were one hundred sixty killed in the ensuing violence. and i year old american boy has floated into history by becoming the youngest ever person to fly solo their hot air balloon bobby bradley alongside three other

balloon which was piloted by his father said dozens of the winning records and sell to the youngster prepared for his moment of sky high glory for almost five years and was cheered on by crowd of supporters including his family and friends. and major milestone in space travel was reached this week it's been a year since the crew began practicing man's first flight to mars and all without ever leaving the grounds experiment involves six volunteers who are locked in a mock spaceship where the earth spreading seventeen months which is long every turn trip to the red planet the joint russian and european space experiment to study the psychological effects of long term isolation. the crew have had no humankind cept for eleven months and are now on their return having successfully completed a simulated landing that's a path for excess and tell a lot about the crew stamina. these guys have been locked away for for

a year and they've still got five months to go and it's important to remember that they haven't actually had voice qantas out of the control center for eleven months now and that's really quite intense so it must be very very difficult indeed i think they really must be at this point counting down the days and wondering what it would be like to reestablish human contact they've really had to imagine themselves into the situation they've really had to convince themselves that they're doing this for real but there's a huge amount that they're learning during this and of course the data that they collect will support scientific studies for many months at least if not years to come obviously the primary aim is to understand the impact upon future long term space travel but clearly there are other implications for people in long term isolation away from contact. well i would have our top stories here in just a few moments davis.

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