in the. week's top stories on our t.v. and a former general a raccoon let it denies charges of genocide in front of the hague tribunal while the serbia finds handing him over has done little to speed up e.u. membership. in nato is extension of the military campaign in libya and the deployment of all but helicopters tanks concerns a ground operation could be next in the country. also spreading hysteria over killer compass cripples european attributable markets pushing it spain prematurely accused of starting with deadly blackout break to the brink of a bailout. and the man is suspected of shooting a dead journalist on the part of course sky is officially charged investigators

claim they have enough evidence to prove the chechen fugitive pulled the trigger. with the top stories of today and all of this this is the weekly here on out see now a prosecutor. permission to question him as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict back in the ninety's the former bosnian general is in custody at the hague where he's accused of eleven counts of war crimes including genocide this week he made his first court appearance before the trial you know when he didn't make a plea instead he told prosecutors that the charges against him were not stressed and that noxious his next appearance would be you know one month's time of course not as had been on the run for sixteen years before being arrested in serbia. a

week ago the e.u. said his extradition was keen to hopes of joining the union but his arteries catherine are sort of reports the e.u. dream doesn't appear to be any closer. still waiting for the green light service arrests an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief 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 e.u. is actually a no step at all and they go secure this is very great 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 go and had search who is still in hiding look to legislate in reform engagement in regional cooperation with neighbors for serbian president boris tadic there is no task too challenging to take on in a quest for a new membership sure that we are going to rest. in the next few weeks. for us this is a crystal clear the service of fulfilling all international obligations while officials prepared to jump through yet another hero who most wonder if the list of conditions ever and some visuals are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognize de facto recognize the sole province of course before it can really get into the e.u. as long as are the trees in power and his party the list of demands will be congress still serbia hopes it's corporation will. rewarded and continues to be

a path to the e.u. door 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 but the list of conditions for a possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach catherine r r t belgrade serbia. meantime says he needs more than the official thirty days to study the charges against him but his son says that no matter how much time he's given he's simply not able to take part in a trial. you can't even read he has to go through thousands of pages to be able to testify in court that he simply unable to do that he has difficulties with speech too how will you consult with his lawyers it's impossible you can watch the full interview with her daughter son of the former bosnian serb general ratko lot it's on our website of course that is r.t. dot com. now this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in

libya and decided it would last for at least another three months a u.n. report has accused colonel gadhafi of war crime so let's bring in the rebels are guilty of similar abuses written in france over a ploy to low flying combat helicopters out of a country the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an imminent land based offensive because the russia's foreign minister warned of pushing the boundaries of the un mandate and that may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility. when 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 doing actually choose towards us decisions. nato had hoped for a quick result in libya without never happened and so you watch on this patrick

hayes says that means plan b. it's likely warming of the regime in place of russian the situation getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull a swoop in two months ago and basically bomb the country into the into a democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their hands you know keep a bit of a distance hold bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right no obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these bunker busting forms in the apache helicopters are inevitably going to make this is you know worse they could bring about severe civilian casualties in libya and i think also reek of desperation maybe making a lot of noise and so for a lot of very expensive bombs over the last couple of months but those who have done very little else they've ripped the democratic initiative from the libyan people and taken it into the hands of a small elite of western leaders. well during the nato intervention in libya

colonel gadhafi loyalists have been using cluster bombs now these are banned weapons that dispersed many mines over a wide area with civilian casualties almost inevitable but as artists are further reports it's embarrassing for madrid because the money trail behind the weapons leads right back to spring. which is one strike because the phone can spread thousands of smaller explosives is a wide area is fired into populated areas if they were in misrata recently he always guarantees civilian deaths one of the many reasons more than one hundred countries bans their production and markings on the shells found in the libyan city belong to a spanish company instead. there were arms that one twenty s that are prohibited that were purchased by gadhafi that were used against the residential area and these about that and they were produced by a spanish company and financed by standish banks. deathy forces come to acquire

spanish made arms in two thousand and seven and still hasn't made the most of the lifting of sanctions against libya as the chip leader gene fell back into vevo with west. spanish company what a contract to supply get out these forces with their costs. until two thousand and eight in spain signed up to the international convention banning they used. 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 the spanish banks which provided the financial firepower to insta loss and to make their deadly weapons a pool if you want to think forward use this as kind of a way to illustrates what the there is between a bank. civilian deaths and conflicts without legislation through means of direct

connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the banks that finance their fall to the banks customers transparent about what they are using the savers money for so it's not that easy to find a recent report by spanish and ten revealed that as many as fourteen banks in spades folded funding weapons produces the b.v.a. is the spanish bank has been 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 all right first policies to ensure the banks are held accountable many of the banks named in the investigation and now coming forward to say their policies on funding arms production are to change we've all without legislation that's until that happens in the murky world of arms production all the means of profitable business sarah firth artsy.

and profits of war in dangerous civilian lives in libya in afghanistan of the deaths of innocent bystanders. punished later this hour here on our t.v. report on the controversial acquittal of polish soldiers who killed a number of civilians in a mistaken attack on an afghan village. plus as the mocked up mission to mars enters its second year we'll look at the challenges faced by the participants in the longest ever space flight simulation. and as the u.k. announces it's preparing for a cyber space war for a couple. of these suspected a russian spy got a sex bomb by the british media gives us her insight from london. well there you are watching the weekly here and artsy germany is considering a for spain after it wrongly accused the country's campus or of course with their.

right it has so far claimed at least nineteen lives most of them in germany where a restaurant is now being investigated as a possible source of negative publicity over spanish produce has destroyed the country's vegetable exports he said or any reports it may mean another round of global hysteria. 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 must 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 ban all fruits and 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 this. frankly i don't know if you commers or kill people after the that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirit 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. because all the. time. you 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. from the. large pharmaceutical industry like they did with the swine flu they have some. to protect people against you. creating so true. 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 relevance or storage fees 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 titan task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exports or a freestanding vegetables all over the new position essential to its ailing economy

your avatar to brussels. continues to track down the latest on that situation in europe. we have a look right now in. twitter so you. tweeted scuse me. about the infection grows no one's taking any salad for the weekend picnics. our school come to be on top of this. well this week breakthrough in the investigation. is assassination five years ago the main suspect a chechen fugitive has been officially charged with the murder of a prominent russian journalist but they have enough evidence to prove the thirty seven year old was the one who pulled the trigger. reports on this latest development. this is the man investigators say fired the shots which killed an

impala called skier. mood of had been the subject of a wide ranging manhunt after spending years on the run in belgium he was arrested by police at his home village in chechnya on tuesday and later charged with the murder. of the rest was carried out with the help of belgian police where 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 a market of was forced to leave the country the 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 the murder in two thousand and nine due to lack of evidence but the russian supreme court and no doubt verdict and ordered the investigation reopened. son told me the family hopes this arrest will bring them closer to finding out who killed his mother course it's a very important step but we have to wait and see if guilt will be proved but even

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

a billboard of honor and human rights lawyer stanislav mark a lot of children these type of murders do get solved in today's russia this is definitely a landmark victory in the fight against impunity in russian journalist murders not just journalists but also the rights defenders lawyers. and if we see that as they are significant step forward mahmud of currently in moscow where his lawyers are preparing his defense well for the family and friends about a product of their long wait for justice continues these are all about r.t. moscow right now with the top stories of today and of this week you're watching the weekly here on r.t. poland now where a military court has cleared seven nato soldiers of killing civilians in an attack on an afghan village four years ago the panel ruled the evidence was not sufficient to support war crimes charges saying that honest mistakes or faulty i mean ition might have been to claim it was after use of daniel a bushel records

a verdict outraged many observers and fueled calls for troops to be withdrawn from afghanistan. 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 including a pregnant woman and a child. on the sixteenth of august two thousand and seven water shells that were fired by polish troops hit 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 people. that's against the sides again was it because. there. was. something. also a problem we. agree made mel functioned taliban target by

five hundred metres 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. could not make such a serious error with such a large distance a question is did they decide to fire themselves or did they receive command from above but there is no doubt they were shooting at the village not the nearby hills to defend their commanders who ordered the attack and they should be the one standing trial activists while the conflict continues civilian deaths from nato bombing or inevitable will only rise and the longer the war goes on their war situation is so the answer is i think quite simple to withdraw troops from afghanistan beginning of any process of the opposition of this country because

their troops western troops doesn't bring some of these asian to afghan. just the opposite as the death toll goes up on both sides support for nato as mission plummets the 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 because while services are being cut at home the size of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the death of civilians on punished the weakens the case sustain afghanistan even the afghan president's 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 it happens again the new bush your party. but you can always give us your thoughts on the stories we're covering by heading over to our web site. news and analysis updated every single minute and here's one

for years to discover right a devastating blow to several going to yours and a central russian republic has an ammunitions exhaust and lights up the night sky the details on the startling video don't come. trying to see how hundreds exercised their first amendment rights of the jefferson memorial in washington by dancing and soft of five people were arrested last week for a similar flash mob including an artsy american present a police action is described as aggressive unconstitutional. when israeli security forces have opened fire on protesters on the syrian border reportedly killing four people are things policy and she has details from inside over hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of the israeli syrian border and every long day today a group of about one hundred and fifty of them made their way to the border fence

we're being told that they were actually trying to cut that border face when israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the air now those one shots seem only to have inflamed the crowds because israeli soldiers very soon followed up with actually taking aim at some of the protesters and syrian media suggesting that at least four people have been killed there hasn't been any statement from the israeli army they haven't confirmed those dates but certainly this is a day but they have been preparing for several days now the country is in a state of high alert and has been ever since the call went out for palestinians from lebanon syria the west bank and gaza to make their way to the borders with israel and will today to try and cross those borders today is the fortieth anniversary of the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war now that was a war that israel won but it is a ball that palestinians refer to as the arab downfall but of course human rights activists will be critical particularly of the fact that if we are to believe this through the courts four people have been killed today and ten people were killed

back on may the ten they criticize the israeli army has been very quick to fire up and didn't stray to his. and as israel's relationship with its neighbors becomes ever more tense r.t. looks at the plight of communities on the egypt and gaza border and you israel's decade long blockade sabean population has resorted to underground smuggling just to stay alive they live only next to the border of the gaza strip and egypt. but also on the border of peace and war. they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved one. they are ready to take any risk. to. the streets on r.g.p. . he would not say yes we are one of the week's top stories here and

a major milestone in space research on a possible space travel that's all been reached this week it's now over a year since the crew began a simulation of a first manned flight to mars and all without ever leaving the ground six holland says are taking part in the seventeen month mock up mission that's how long the return trip to mars will take a look inside a capsule with russian and european scientists studying the psychological effects of long time isolation the crew is now on of the return leg after a successful simulated landing dr patrick fuller told us what challenges they are facing on the way. 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 that there's a huge amount that they're learning during this that of course the data that they collect will support scientific studies for many months at least if not years to plan but 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. and more stories coming your way next hour as preparations for the next or last off to the international space station are in full swing to bring you the latest report from the launch pad of the baikonur cosmodrome where we also talk to the son of one of the astronauts are soon to head into. this week the u.k. has admitted for the first time that it's taking steps to prepare for cyber warfare

and says it's doing his defenses and is recruiting hundreds of experts to help but r.t. contributor catherine as a tool of yet are suspected spies a time a british tabloid target says putting a cyber attacks on an equal footing with conventional conflicts could be dangerous in. the u.k. has fought on the ground. and space. this week it officially recognized the existence of the phillips battlefield cyberspace non-solutions minister need harvey announced that the u.k. is developing cyber weapons even though u.k. cyber security strategy was adopted back in june two thousand and nine this was the first time when u.k. has acknowledged that it's developing its own program of cyber weapons it shouldn't surprise anybody if from now on this program would be covered with a curtain of secrecy but there are some things that should be open to the public

but first step should be to explain what cyber warfare is as it's important to recognize that cyberspace is not all about war so far the british government failed to do stop it appointed general jonathan sure to had a cyber operation it within the ministry of defense is a military man with no id experience how would he know that conventional warfare should be prohibited as the response to the cyber warfare using the same old matter it's will not be proportionate and hardly possible to hear of a cyber attack or due to its virtuality and anonymity it's logical that you case in with the us to develop its own cyber program but cyberspace calls for an international agreement and north secret bilateral deals. so much about some of the headlines from around the world where this hour the government have the presidential compound in southern yemen killing for starters president ali akbar

salehi also suffered injuries on his left from saudi arabia for treatment there's now speculation over whether or not he will return the country has been hit by an arrest for around three months now with at least one hundred fifty killed in the car. trying to volcanoes have started erupting in southern chile causing thousands to flee the area plumes of smoke and ash are rising ten kilometers into the i have been at this point no reports of any injuries of all kind of trains being dormant for decades and last major eruption in nineteen sixty. current updated on the stories of today and all this week here on the weekly i will be back in a few moments with a recap of our headlines you're watching out. for

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