you know you're a grand total emerald mocha opponent of the club's full circle so joe in the big old circus or chill. group you know if you play this reticence this is really convinced me my coach which is look you think of scum like you. know sort of. the stuff source here on our t.v. former general coles the genocide charges against him monstrous serbia finds that extraditing him to the hague is not the fast track into the e.u. it hoped for. missile helicopters roar into levy a sky is made a way to break months of dead log sparking fears that a ground invasion may already be in the works. spain blames berlin for pushing it to the brink of a bailout by prematurely accusing enough starting the deadly e. coli outbreak investigators are now holding in on

a german restaurant. bizarre to you live from moscow i'm reading josh welcome serbia has asked to hate to question the former general rock a lot of shows accused of genocide as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict lodge appeared in the war crimes court for the first time this week calling the charges against him monstrous and of noxious a former bosnian serb army chief has been indicted on eleven towns of the new york times including the murder of eight thousand muslims it's forever need some the next police hearing will take place in a month's lot of has been on the run for sixteen years and was arrested in serbia just over a week ago is extradition was touted by the e.u. as a key objective for the country's membership but ask us to be as our reports that you dream. doesn't appear to be any closer. still waiting for the green light

service arresting extradition of former bosnian serb army chief outcome luggage was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot and 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 e.u. is actually a no step at all and go shoot your vision sure this is very big news this is a very courageous decision by dissident president this is one additional step for the integration of serbia into the european union one day is really i know there are. other steps remain to be taken your right to say that the rest of the political chief of croatian serbs had sits still in hiding electro legislation reform gauge when in regional cooperation with neighbors for serbian president

boris tadic there's no task can challenging to take on in the quest for a new membership. in the next few weeks. this is crystal clear the service of the metro stations qualifications prepare to jump through yet another hero who most wonder if the list of conditions ever and so now we have gotten harder it was one of the serb leaders from the surprise and i am so warm for a show and then all of course some of the officers are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognize the fact the recognize it's all province of course will be forth and really get into the e.u. so for somebody else is talking about the fact that serbia is very corrupt really as long as they choose a color and his party list of them. it will be endless 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 corporation will be rewarded and continues to beat a path to the e.u. or 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 this is always visible and always out of reach catherine those are our key belgrade serbia balkans aspart market draws parallels

between the hague tribunal and guantanamo bay and where there's a danger of the emotive wearing out over evidence. but the tribunals needed to. be actually engage with his own defense the trial you'll need a tribunal needs to be going to be sitting there for symbolic reasons he's sitting there the only people the world is focused on and all the accusations are the wall of noise is against it because this tribunal you should remember is not a court it is a tribe you know with all the dubious i talk quasi legal procedures that involve the one time of most of europe where people are held for use without trial waiting for trial when they're when their verdict is known in advance in fact is even worse than the grandfather most of europe because at least they're in the grounds of a by the judges know what the rules are at the hague tribunal is called the rules are worked out i've been go along and always at the expense of the serbs. but elsewhere the killing of civilians is going out of punished as we reported later

this hour always soldiers how poor your over the killing of innocent afghans including children do a lack of evidence to support a war crimes case. and logic of course back to earth mars mission turns a year old we track the progress of the first intensive interplanetary test run. it's been an advance or we can leave here was nato intensifying its controversial bombing campaign and the coalition voting to expand its intervention mandate in the north african country the un accuses colonel gadhafi of war crimes but admits the rebels are guilty of similar views this meanwhile britain and france have lloyd low flying combat helicopters to the country the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an imminent some land based offensive as russia's foreign minister warns pushing the boundaries of the un mandated levy may lead to future resolutions losing their impact. over the world we

expressed our opinion of it is an escalation of the military operation we think. it's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taken place are more than enough to think about the gadget choose to order unions decisions. colonel gadhafi claimed from the outset that the libyan opposition were a puppet of western interests peace activists chris now and says they was continuing the bargain of libya only gives credence to his claims back home. what they are effectively. killing civilians. living in towns and cities until you go the same trench to get their feet because he from the start was saying that the popular movement in these two the country was a was a movement that was sponsored by the west and he used that to bolster his position the war has been lengthened the war has been deepened and it's actually. a

strong if not stronger position now than he was when the west first got involved. as nato intervention in libya drags on without breaks or colonel gadhafi is to have to have taken a dark turn his loyalists have begun using cluster bombs banned weapons disperse the mines which stay active for decades and sara first reports it's embarrassing for spain because the supply traces back to them even though the country's been banging the anti-war drum for years. just one strike because the bomb can spread thousands of small explosives if a wide area is fired into populated areas if they were in misrata recently they always guarantee civilian deaths one of the many reasons more than one hundred countries and their production the markings on the shells found in the libyan city belong to the spanish company inflows and there were arms that one twenty s that

are prohibited that were purchased by gadhafi that were used against the a residential area in these rather and they were produced by a spanish company and financed by standish that's. come to acquire spanish made arms in two thousand and seven hours 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 courses with their quest. until two thousand and eight when spain signed up to the international convention banning the u.s. . with libya 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 to spanish banks which provided the financial fire how it insta loss and to make the deadly weapons of war we want to supreme listening forward use this as kind of

a way to illustrates what being there is between a bank. civilian deaths conflicts and without legislation there remains a direct connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the banks that finance them and their food to the banks customers really transparent about what they are using the savers money for so it's not that easy to find a recent report by spanish and yes it's revealed that as many as fourteen banks since they own filled with funding weapons produces the dva is the spanish bank this being most active in financing producers of controversial weapons and it's exactly this kind of large scale financing they complain is now trying to rein in pushing for the development of already passed policies to ensure the banks are held accountable many of the banks named in the investigation are now coming forward to

say their policies on funding and production are to change with or without slave display sharon but until that happens in the murky world of arms production all means of profit simple business sara r.t. which it a military court and more so 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 for the weapons but afghans insist there is no excuse for innocent deaths. civilians killed and nato soldiers go free the same old story in afghanistan the threats and for a moment to be different polish soldiers were put on trial for deaths including a pregnant woman and a child. on the sixteenth of august two thousand and seven mortar shells that were fired by polish troops hit the afghan villages. as a result six people were killed three were severely wounded but the soldiers were

cleared of all charges one of the accused told r.t. it's all been a pig mistake we didn't see before. we were accidents but the south sudan was. also a problem. a grenade malfunctioned and missed its taliban target by five hundred metres claims a shit ski but prosecutors alleged it was revenge for a roadside bomb which killed another polish soldier earlier in the day experts say it's unlikely anything could go so catastrophic me wrong this is not logical. could not make such a serious error with such a large distance the question is did he say to open fire themselves or did they receive his commands from above but there is no doubt they were shooting at the village nearby hills to defend the commanders who ordered the attack and these

should be the one standing trial activists while the conflict continues civilian deaths from. or inevitable will only rise you know the longer the war goes on and the war situation is the answer is i think quite simple to withdraw troops from afghanistan beginning of any process of studies ation of the country because their troops western troops doesn't bring stability to have got. just the opposite as the death toll goes up on both sides support from the mission it's a majority in europe say opinion polls now think the conflicts going in the wrong direction. this was already unpopular in the e.u. there's a hundred billion euro of course while services are being called. the sort of old boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the civilians on. the

case to stay in afghanistan even the afghan president turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed how many calls i delivered his strongest words yet giving a final warning and threatening war if you tuchman's again don't you go shorty. we'll look at the lingering effects of serving out the front line in a few minutes here on our team he meets american veterans who have returned from conflicts around the world to hear how they are handling the polls worth product that's now lighting their lives. closing in on the masterminds a chechen fugitive as charged with murdering top russian human rights journalist anna politkovskaya which could help police discover who ordered the killing. i german restaurants being investigated as a possible source of a deadly e. coli outbreak in europe germany had claimed spanish cucumbers that contain

a mutated form of them. which has killed nineteen people so far more and there are reports on how the accusation is costing spain dear. some q. cumbers kill that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany planed spain as the source of the code it's not that's costing innocent spanish fruit and vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week and it will. all the statements are an absolute responsibility and what is happening today is a trick me into the spanish vegetable and fruit industry. calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to ban all friesen vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction brussels called disproportionate. share of. our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the w. cio frankly i don't know about. the people after them that's not the kind of thing

that raises your spirit but it's a very delicate time for the spanish economy which is teetering on the edge of needing an e.u. bailout this is decidedly not a good moment for one hundred fifty thousand tons of croce's to go unsold and. all. the time. you cannot hold all the 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 the bird flu could kill up to one hundred fifty million people in reality for seven years until the end of two thousand and ten saw three hundred three people die and 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 of this. from the. large pharmaceutical industry like they did with the swine flu but they have something to protect people against. call are that's creating such a. across europe all these health scares adversely 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 . after its prime minister criticize the european commission for not supporting the country enough particularly off to the infection with proven not to have come from spanish cucumbers spain has a titan tosca ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exposure of fruits and vegetables all over the you position essential to its ailing economy nor add it all to brussels give us your thoughts on the stories

we're covering by heading to r.t. dot com use an analysis of the to every minute here's what's there for you to discover today. smartphone the careless with confidentiality of millions trust your devices with private data but one firm says it can unlock the treasure trove and sell your info for half defeat. a devastating blow to several villages in a sample russian republic as an ammunitions devil disaster lights up the night sky the details and video are at r.t. dot com. also this week russian prosecutors charged a chechen man with murdering prominence russian journalist anna politkovskaya in two thousand and six officials say they have enough evidence to prove the thirty seven year old was involved argues peter all over reports on how police are one step closer to finding out who ordered the killing. this is the man investigators say fired the shots which killed anna politkovskaya. had been the subject of

a wide ranging manhunt after spending two years on the run in belgium he was arrested by police in his home village in chechnya on tuesday and later charged with the murder just. as a rest was carried out with the help of belgian police or he had been hiding for several years we've been in constant contact with them and it was this cooperation that helped us capture the suspect belgian police triggered the manhunt of a market of was forced to leave the country investigators are currently questioning him in connection with the murder of anna politkovskaya mahmud of two brothers along with a former police officer who were acquitted of murder in two thousand and nine cuti lack of evidence but the russian supreme court and no verdict and ordered the investigation reopened cause cares son told me the family hopes this arrest will bring them closer to finding out who killed his mother of course it's a very important step but we have to wait and see if mahmoud our skills will be

proved but even that is not enough we have no clue who the mastermind of the murder is nor about the organizers it's a significant part of the journey but it's certainly not the end an internationally renowned journalist anna politkovskaya was shot dead in october two thousand and six and she returned home she was famous for her investigative work particularly reports into human rights abuses former colleagues believe that due to the close family ties of those accused of a murder there will always be some unknowns surrounding the crime on as well as the point of it's hard to tell how many people are involved we have the three mood of brothers and their own call he's a criminal boss and could easily be the mastermind of the murder and relatives especially chechens are unlikely to testify against one of. the political skier murder isn't the only high profile case to see a recent breakthrough journalist of the things that. the rest along with the conviction of the killers of freelance journalist honest on syria's border and

shimon rights lawyer stanislav michael of show that these type of murders do get solved in today's russia this is definitely a landmark victory in the fight against impunity and russian journalist murders not just journalists but also human rights defenders lawyers. and we see that as a very significant step for those moves currently in moscow where his lawyers are preparing his defense while for the family and friends on a. long wait for justice continues his role of oxy moscow they're greeted like true heroes was patriotic fanfare cheers and the hope of a new beginning but for some thousands of u.s. troops coming home from war the transition to civilian life is painfully hard to buy traumatic memories are just more enough for them at a former soldier who share her struggle. thank you thank you very much into the

infinite world of literature enters this twenty eight year old ex marine an american who abandoned her weapon four written words to tell a story she says is kept censored from u.s. citizens even though people may know that it affects us i don't think that they understand that way. and all that it takes us and seeing the work. the literal facts of the bodies that remain. just goodell's memoir shade it black details are tremendous and human account of war in two thousand and four good old spent eight months in iraq collecting cataloging bagging and boxing the bodies of dead marines at the mortuary affairs unit and experience no u.s. president who's declared war has ever endured if it was a result of or an explosion there could be several cases so sometimes. it would require us to you know. under

a truck or call in the trucks or. just as you mentioned. you know. what it's like if you get back to the field like i dealt pieced fallen soldiers back together after receiving body bags filled with limbs it's difficult to look at but you have to look at that because you have to you know put them in their respective body bags or send them to their expected family and nearly four thousand five hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from iraq in caskets more than fifteen hundred flown in from america's other war in afghanistan that was a marine and right there for the millions who do make it home alive and many like adele are tour meant it by memories post-traumatic stress disorder depression and substance abuse i couldn't leave my apartment you know i didn't have friends and fox anybody and i suffer from flashbacks and nightmares and i i couldn't process that i had a really hard to make sense of it more than six years later could tell says she's

still searching for reasons to justify the damage and death caused by the u.s. war in iraq as a marine she did what she was told as a civilian she questions why u.s. leaders glorify soldiers as heroes but neglect to speak about the consequences of their service i don't know that the government respects the trends because if there is like that i don't think that they would send us to these places. to carry out what they're asking of us so i don't think that they're it's like this they're like. declaring war is the prerogative of politicians over the decades us wars have resulted in a reported twenty three million american veterans many left struggling to adjust to life follow. a shift from fighting enemies to fighting demons. or

r.t. mean work. and next hour here in r.t. the american freedom campaigner is dancing to a different tune. for people who say are we believe that everything would lead to these ideals and then when it comes down to something like this in the summer divided on something's wrong don't show your moves at the jefferson memorial because dancing jailable offense next to the country's symbol of liberty we explain why. a 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 all without ever leaving the ground experiment involves six volunteers who are a locked in a mark space ship where they are spending seventeen months which is how long a return trip to the red planet would take the joint russian air european space experiment to study the psychological effects of long term isolation the crew have had no theme and content for eleven months and are now on the return leg having

successfully completed a simulated landing dr patrick for access we can tell not 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 contact with 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 sort of course the data that we collect will support scientific studies for many months at least if not years to come obviously the primary 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 contract. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a bomb has blown up a passenger bus in northern pakistan killing six people and wounding eleven others it's thought the explosives were detonated by remote control now once he had admitted to the bombing but the most recent attacks have been claimed by the taliban in vain for the death of osama bin laden. crowds have spilled into the streets of yemen after news spread of their president have left the country ali abdullah saleh is in saudi arabia for treatment after being reportedly injured in a rocket attack at a mosque by insurgents the country's vice president takes over in the mean time you have and has been verging on civil war since president saleh refused to step down three months ago with over one hundred sixty killed in the ensuing violence. a changeable cato's have started erupting in southern chile prompting the evacuation of over three thousand people from nearby areas plumes of smoke and ash are rising

more than six miles into the air and there are no reports of injuries so far but the camera chain has been dormant for decades and saw its last major option in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. other natural disasters and how to tackle them in artie's interview coming up in just a few moments right after a recap of the week's may have lines. to it will.

be live with me next to the border of the gaza strip and egypt but also on the border of peace and war. they're responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones and they are ready to take any risk. i will jump in the streets on r g.