expedition to the bottom of the earth. stories from lots of general wiranto lot of schools the genocide charges against him as monstrous fines the extraditing him to the hague is not the fast track into the e.u. that it. is always on a high alert this is the palestinians threatened to storm the country's borders at least four people have so far being killed twenty points now in a few moments i'll give you an update on the. missile helicopters war in libya's sky as nato aims to break months of deadlock talking fears that a ground invasion may already be in the works. spain blames for pushing you to

the brink of a bail out why prematurely accusing it of starting the deadly e. coli outbreak investigators are now homing in on a german restaurant. we are running down the top stories of the week here when i see welcome to the program . so i asked the hague to question the former general rocco blodgett she was accused of genocide as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict appeared at the war crimes court for the first time this week calling the charges against him a monstrous and but not just the former bosnian serb army chief has been indicted on eleven counts of war crimes including the murder of eight thousand muslims that's. the next plea hearing will take place in. a month. on the run for sixteen

years was arrested in serbia just over a week ago his extradition was touted by the e.u. as a key objective for the country's membership but is also used when i thought about reports the e.u. dream doesn't appear to be any closer. still waiting for the green light service arrest an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief law that was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot and the european union's door 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 you know step it off and they go secure this you 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 i know go there

so that is your big other steps remain to be taken your right to say to the rest of the political chief of croatian serbs had d.h. who is still in hiding electrolytic. 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 sure that we are going to rest mr harkins. in the next few weeks. for us so this is a crystal clear that sort of gets a feel for going all international obligations but while officials prepared to jump through yet another year of hope most wonder if the list of conditions ever 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 the officers are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognise the fact the record. it's all province of course

little before it can really get into the e.u. so for somebody else is talking about the fact the serbia is very corrupt and really as long as the trees and color and his party the list of demands will be endless so is the union stalling on opening its doors to serbia who are its condition is 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 co-operation will be rewarded and continues to be a path to the e.u. door the officers 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 but the 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. the balkans a political analyst and we should have a little of each says the tribunal pompeian partial. because it's there to do american speaking. the people who actually try this is the judges of the prosecution are not subject to the same rules as the acute i mean the principle of all civilized countries the legal north would be accused and all those who participate in the legal process and must be subject to the same laws of the accused no one is above the law the slate low here everybody but everybody is above the law how the new key was let's consider for example the bombing of radio television serbia in belgrade on the twenty third of april one thousand nine hundred ninety and now sixteen people died as

a result of the normal being which happened by a u.s. plane. and the tribunal never actually indicted anyone over that. party elsewhere after the killing of civilians is going unpunished as we report later this hour here on out to polish soldiers are being cleared over the killing of innocent afghans including children due to a lack of evidence to support a war crimes case and also. just a few days left before the last stop in the soyuz is headed to the launch pad for final preparations here at the black nor possible ground. and without a live from moscow now israeli security forces have opened fire i propose to encourage meisters on the syrian border reportedly killing four people. is in israel with more details on this for us and hello to you paula we were looking at some pictures earlier live pictures are from the border area and we were seeing that it appears that it's calmed down perhaps a little bit about what's caused the tension to turn violent but you know.

hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of these really some of them one looking to the local. until you've been try to actually spilling the border things they were trying to cut it when israeli soldiers but what we're being told by warning shots in the air now those sorts seem only to have inflamed the crowd because the soldiers very soon followed up with actually aiming at some of those protesters and syrian media is reporting that if these people have been killed the israeli army has not responded hasn't given any figures of its own but for days now israel has been on high alert the government and the army has been preparing for today it is essentially a cooler in town for all palestinians living in lebanon syria gaza and the west bank to make their way to the border posts to the border fences with israel and took him to cross over into israel this is to mark the thirty fourth anniversary of

the six day war that was nine hundred sixty eight the palestinians referred to as the i was down for now earlier today speaking at this. weekly cabinet meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that his soldiers had been trained in quality control but that if this fails they are all orders to shoot if necessary now we almost see the reports of clashes that have broken out in the west bank as you say things are conditional quiet on the northern border but that certainly could change in the coming hours or it seems that it is ready troops what work well prepped for something like this are well prepared one. that's likely will go prepared as i say the call did go out and also a very similar incident happened on may the fifteenth at that time be exact same chord went out for palestinians living in lebanon syria gaza and the west bank so again try and and infiltrate israel to cross the border with israel at that time there were thousands of people who feed it backward and if ten people were killed

when clashes broke out along the israeli syrian border and hundreds of people actually crossed back water into is also is will very much try not to seem piece of what happened several weeks ago that particular incident on may fifteenth was actually commemorate the establishment of the state of result which palestinians were guarded and knocked but they called it a task to feed when tens of thousands of palestinians were either expelled from their homes or chose to flee and now the israeli government argues that it has the right to take its state that this is a sovereign state with borders that its soldiers patrol and if people try and cross those borders it has to want to respond with fire but of course human rights activists are very critical critical of the of the fact that it's a great deal if we are to believe the records for people are being killed today and ten people were killed back on may the victim they criticized the israeli army for being very quick to fire at demonstrators are after this policy of evidence of your point here. but it has been eventful week in libya with nato intensifying

its controversial bombing campaign and the coalition rather voting to extend its intervention mandate in the north african country the un accuses colonel qadhafi of war crimes but admits the rebels are guilty of similar abuses iraq britain and france have deployed low flying combat choppers to the country but the move has brought operations closer to the ground it's prompting concerns over an imminent land based offensive by the us russia's foreign minister warns of pushing the boundaries of a u.n. mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions losing their impact. and. we expressed our opinion over distance collation of the military operation with 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 did choose towards you and decisions. about the claim from the outset the

libyan opposition was a puppet of western interests and the christian item says that nato is continuing one bomb and of libya only gives credence to his claims about. what they are effectively saying to get that for years we're going to. keep killing civilians. in towns and cities until you go it's entrenched because he from the start was saying that the popular movement in the east of the country was a was a movement that was sponsored by the west and he used that to pose these position the their war has been lengthened the war's been deepened and it's actually good that he's in. a strong if not stronger position now than he was when the west first got involved. nato intervention in libya drags on without break through colonel gadhafi have taken a turn his loyalists have begun using cluster bombs and weapons that dispersed many mines which they are active for decades and is artie's etc for three ports it's

embarrassing for spain because the supply traces back to them with other countries been bringing the antiwar 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 his right or recently he always guarantees civilian death one of the many reasons more than one hundred countries the fans their production the markings on the shells found in the libyan city belong to spanish company insta loves and there were arms that one twenty s that are prohibited that were purchased by gadhafi that were used against the residential areas in these other and they were produced by a spanish company and financed by spanish banks so here's how to get out the forces come to acquire spanish made armies in hundred thousand and seven and still ours 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 quest. into two thousand and eight in 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 firepower to instill laws and to make their deadly weapons a pool we wanted to bring this link forward uses as kind of a way to illustrates what things there is between a bank and civilian deaths in conflicts without legislation to mainz a direct connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the banks that finance them and therefore to the banks customers bernsen not really transparent

about what they are using the same sievers money for so it's not easy to find out a recent report by spanish n.g.o.s it's. and revealed that as many as fourteen banks in state. funding weapons produces the dva is the spanish bank this active in financing produces a 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 more robust policies to ensure that banks are held accountable many of the banks named in the investigation and now coming forward to say their policies on funding on reduction are change we've always sounds legislation that's until that happens in the murky world of bones production walls and things of profitable business sarah artsy. it with r.t. live from moscow works now or just after quarter past the hour a military court in warsaw has cleared seven nato soldiers about

a typo on an afghan village which killed several civilians including children four years ago the charges were dismissed over a lack of evidence soldiers claimed faulty weapons for what happened but afghans insisted there's no excuse for us. civilians killed and nato soldiers go free the same old story in afghanistan the threats and for a moment to be different polish soldiers are 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 in the afghan villages. as a result six people were killed and three were severely wounded but the soldiers were cleared of all charges one of the accused told r.t. it's all been a big mistake we didn't see. we were accidents decides again was because. there. was.

something. a problem we. grenada malfunctioned and missed its target by five hundred meters claims a shit ski the 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 leigh wrong this is not logical operators of them or could not make such a serious error with such a large distance the question is did it it's a turban fired themselves or did they receive this connection from above but there is no doubt they were shooting at the village nearby. to defend the commanders who ordered the attack and they should be the one standing trial activists while the conflict continues civilian deaths from. are inevitable and will only rise you know the longer the war goes on the war situation is so the answer is i think quite

simple to withdraw troops from afghanistan beginning of any process of stop ization of this country because their troops western troops doesn't bring stability. just the opposite as the death toll goes up on both sides support for. me 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 the hundred billion euro cause services are being cut a hole the size of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the civilians on punished for the weakens the case sustain afghanistan even the afghan president's turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed how many cause delivered his strongest words yet giving a final warning and threatening war if it happens again shorty.

coming up shortly here on r.t. the american freedom campaign is and dancing to a different tune to the law. for people who say are we believe in liberty with leading these ideals and then when it comes down to something like this in the summer divided on something's wrong don't show your movie to the jefferson memorial because dancing is a jailable offense next to the country as a symbol of liberty we explain why shortly. but i'm going to restaurants being investigated a possible source of the deadly e. coli outbreak in europe germany has blamed spanish cucumbers that contain a mutated form of the virulent bacteria which has killed nineteen people so far. and now reports on how the accusation is costing spain dearly. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany blamed spain as the source of the it's not that's costing innocent spanish fruit and

vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week and it would all be obvious statement sure an absolute lack of responsibility what is happening today is a check made to the spanish vegetable and fruit industry calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to all friesen vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction in brussels called disproportionate. our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the w.t. you know frankly i don't know about that get you can keep people off of 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 produce to go unsold and we.

cannot 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 bird flu 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 this . is from the. large farm. industry like they did with the swine flu but they have something to protect people against a new strain of recall i would scream so true. across europe all these health care

has 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 relevance or storage fees in europe after its prime minister criticize 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 titan task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exports or a freesat in vegetables of all over the new position essential to its a link economy. brussels. you're watching the weekly here on our t.v. now the european court of human rights has ruled that the incarceration of former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky was not politically motivated but the judges did find violations in his detention and all of the russian government to pay a small fine. and his business partner platon lebedev were jailed for billions of

dollars of investment and tax evasion however became a rallying point for government opposition on a european business analyst told r.t. that it's long since been blown out of proportion and now it's just a media star. in the sense i mean not completely but it. definitely under a stage in the holocaust so. you can call it as not rules for he's a political prisoner then the situation becomes a bit clearer consider that he's only recently been convicted on a second churches and he's due to spend more time in prison so in that sense it's a bit of a strange. you know both sides are playing a show here. it's april second charges that kept him in jail for longer at the same time he keeps his name in the news as does what he does in this case is asking for

parole and almost certainly refuse and then that will be a story as well and consequently the so it will continue for the foreseeable future . where you can always give us your thoughts on the stories we're covering by just heading over to our t.v. dot com news and analysis updated every minute. a couple of items that are waiting for you right now and smartphone but careless with confidentiality millions trust their devices with private data on firm says it can unlock the treasure trove and sell your info for a hefty fee. for. a devastating blow to several villages in a central russian republic as an ammunition disaster lights up the night sky details and impressive video cards. it's a monument to american liberty but not if you struck your stuff hundreds gathered again at the jefferson memorial to dance to the defense of their rights to freedom last time it happened for what i rested including r.t.

america host adam kokesh our washington of course one of a guy named chuck out watched as the law took offense to another lighthearted. this is what i saw the crowd was this cursed sort of pushed out of the jefferson memorial but dozens of people really risked being arrested for just peacefully dancing at the memorial everyone had this fear that it could happen at any time to many it sounded like a joke you know because freedoms you know the first amendment of the us constitution explicitly to protect freedom of assembly and actions that symbolically expressed a viewpoint 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 greedy just 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 which is silent tears of the new

oriel they were brutally oppressed ignored of them was an iraq war veteran civil rights activist adam kokesh who is a recently also has his own show on our t.v. just a week later thousands of people after the arrest in different criticize the way not only washington d.c. joined him and others to say no to police brutality take a listen just stop after everything else after all the other violations of our freedom over the trash of the economy you know for everybody to suffer in this country under the boot heel of the police theory it's going to advance and that's the only freedom we are looking going to come in and do it for people who say oh 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 something's wrong obviously for a lot of people because they hands washed up has turned into something very symbolic especially here in washington at the thomas jefferson memorial he is one of america's most we've heard founding fathers jefferson exertions of america as a great quote and part of liberty liberty which as they were saying 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 her. curtailed many of their freedoms and i was very new leak interviews blogs as well so this they are saying flash mob is just one symbolic drop. in the what they see is why they should have their rights. he's going to have to can reporting right there where you are watching the weekly here on our t.v. and a version of the tried and tested so you spacecraft has been towed into position it's ready for a blast off in just a few days it will carry three crew members to the international space station for a six month mission on board mankind's most remote outpost but it's france it's not the baikonur cosmodrome ferrazzi. the twenty eighth expedition to the international space station blasts off in just under three days from here at the baikonur cosmodrome so far everything is run according to plan very smooth indeed we've got

three people heading up into space from here russian cosmonauts sergei volkov japanese astronaut food and american astronaut mike fossum and with us is mike fossum son he's going to give us a little inside story as to how it's been living and preparing for a space expedition with an astronaut what is it like actually living with an astronaut day in and day out he's just a normal guy you know we were just talking a minute ago about how he seems like a nice guy and he really is the he's really down to earth and i feel like a lot of these guys are they're just they're just due to managed to get his job and now as i was going into space it's going to school you know what are the things you notice about your dad comes back from a trip up there where you know he's kind of a macho man and so you know he likes to think that he's going to be ok when he comes back but we'll see because you know if they're really weak when they come back we'll be up there for six months and his muscles will be it's going to be weak so we'll see if he if he takes that wheelchair like so many of the other astronauts

do or not thank you so much for talking about it we will all right guys this rocket is being put into position to hold steady upright for the next three days until launch until then we'll be keeping a close eye on the operations seeing how everything is going to make sure that it is smooth sailing for blastoff on june eighth. lynsey france right well next to an aussie we report on how life has changed in our media in the decades since i stopped being a soviet republic that's often a recap of our top stories in just just a few moments. that

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