it's sometimes. margetts weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy is because reports on. the week's top stories on our t.v. the former general denies charges of genocide in front of the hague tribunal finds planning him over has done little to speed up even after. nato is extension of all the military campaign in libya and deployment over helicopter spock's concerns a ground operation could be next in the country. also spreading hysteria over a killer a cucumber that's cripples european vegetable markets pushing spain prematurely accused of starting a deadly outbreak to the brink. and the man a suspected of shooting dead journalist anna politkovskaya is officially charged

investigators claim they have enough evidence to prove the chechen fugitive pulled the trigger. welcome to the weekly here on out we are highlighting the top stories of today and this week. i want to mention two questions as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans and the nine hundred former bosnian serb 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 tribunal he didn't make a plea but he did tell the prosecutors that the charges against him were not and the pictures his next appearance will be in the next month's time of light it had been on the run for sixteen years before being arrested in serbia just over a week ago he said his extradition was key to the hopes of joining the union

results he's got a lot about reports of 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 that can lead it 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 go secure this is a very great news this is a very courageous decision by the serbian president this is one additional step for the integration of serbia and the european union one 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 search he was still in hiding. in caves in regional cooperation with neighbors for serbian president boris tadic there is no task too challenging to take on in the quest for a new membership. and in the next few weeks. before. this is a crystal clear the service of fulfilling all. the while officials are prepared to jump through yet another hero who most wonder if the rest of conditions ever and some are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognize de facto recognize its own province of course before it can really get into the e.u. as long as they choose a color and his party the list of demands will be endless still serbia hopes its corporation will be rewarded and continues to be

a path to the door the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants. he joined the group but the worst conditions for a possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach catherine as our r.t. belgrade serbia. says that he needs more than the official thirty days to study the charges against him but his son says no matter how much time he's given he's simply not able to take part in a trial. because all even read it has to go through thousands of pages to be able to test the point cool because police 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 the daughter of god luggage the son of the former bosnian serb general ratko but it should turn our website of course that's our team dot com . now this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya i decided it would

last for at least another three months a u.s. court has accused colonel gadhafi of war crimes alleging the rebels are guilty of similar abuses in operating and france are deployed to low flying combat helicopters to the country the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an imminent land based offensive because russia's foreign minister is a war that pushing the boundaries of a u.n. mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility. and we were we expressed our opinion over this escalation 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 i'm old enough to think about the imagine choose to order unions decisions. independent journalist james corporate believes that the escalation shows nato's real motives and. might be surprising on

one end if he has held out as long as specially given the extent of the onslaught against him and the attempts to assassinate him and the killing of his son and grandchildren and i think that was perhaps not foreseen and the original action that was a part of the idea of protecting civilians by bombing civilian populations is on its face ridiculous and in itself exposing this that this is not about humanitarian intervention and that lie has been that has been it fairly exposed i think by the fact that the initial no fly zone turned pretty much overnight into a bombing campaign which turned into a campaign which we were promised was not to overthrow the regime and to get gadhafi out of there so i think it's just been a lie after lie and i think that pretty adequately exposes the fact that this is not alternately about humanitarian intervention the nato powers will not stop until gadhafi has been. unseated from power the inevitable end here is regime change and

i don't think anything is going to stop until that happens. during a times intervention in libya col gadhafi loyalists have been using cluster bombs and that's about and weapons that dispersal many mines over a wide area with civilian casualties are almost inevitable. is there a fourth reports it's embarrassing from a drib because the money trail behind the weapons that leads right back to. just one strike because the bomb can spread bals and the smaller explosives they go wide areas five into populated areas if they were in misrata recently they always guarantee civilian death 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 insta loves and there were arms that one twenty's that are prohibited that were purchased by that i think that were used against the residential area in these other and they were produced by

a spanish company and finance. to just how did you get out the forces come to acquire spanish made armies in two thousand and seven and still isolate them most of the lifting of sanctions against libya as the chifley regime fell back into favor with the west spanish company won a contract to supply get out these forces with their class. until 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 and. we want to bring this forward use this as kind of a way to illustrates what things there is between

a bank and civilian deaths in conflicts without legislation that means a direct connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the banks that finance and therefore to the banks customers bernsen looks really transparent about what they are using the same savers money for so it's not that easy to find out a recent report by spanish n.g.o.s attempt. revealed that as many as eighteen banks in state. funding weapons for jesus is the dva is the spanish bank this. financing produces 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. held accountable many of the banks named in the investigation are now planning to take their policies on reduction not change we've always downslope. until that happens and the make you know the bones reduction will

things of profitable business sarah out see the. war in dangerous civilian lives in libya in afghanistan the deaths of innocent bystanders go unpunished 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 on a. plus as the mocked up mission to mars enters its second day we look at the challenges faced by the disciplines in the longest space flights and make. it what you the weekly here on artsy germany is considering a for spain after wrongly accuse the countries of causing the deadly e. coli outbreak so far claimed at least nineteen lives most of them in germany where a restaurant is now being investigated as a possible source negative publicity over spanish produce has destroyed the

country's approachable exports and. reports it may mean another round of global hysteria. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany planed spain as the source of the e. coli it's not that's costing innocence punish pruett and vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week. but all this all these statements are an absolute lack of responsibility what is happening today is a check made to the spanish vegetable and from 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 called disproportionate. of our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against this. frankly i don't know about that a huge numbers of kill people actually 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. all. the time 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 is seven years until the end of two thousand and ten saw three hundred and 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. large pharmaceutical industry like they did with the swine flu they have. people. screaming 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 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 tightened task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exporter of free sound vegetables all over the new position essential to its a lake economy your avatar to brussels. continues to track the latest on that situation

in europe you can follow. what's the latest tweet so that as a panic about the infection grows no one's taking any salad for the weekend picnics . pretty feet up under school com if your story. how this week saw a breakthrough in the investigation of political sky assassination five years ago the main suspect a fugitive has been officially charged with murder of a prominent russian journalist and they do have enough evidence to prove that the thirty seven year old was the one. across the about. this is the man investigators say fired the shots which killed anna politkovskaya. 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 a murder. 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 and mark would 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 the murder in two thousand and nine cuti lack of evidence but the russian supreme court and no bad verdict and ordered the investigation reopened but of course because sunny 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 long as it's hard to tell how many people are involved we have the three movement of brothers and their own he's a criminal boss and could easily be the mastermind of the murder of lives especially chechens unlikely to testify against one of. a political skier murder isn't the only high profile case to see a recent breakthrough journalist nina or beyond of the things that. it's a rest along with the conviction of the killers of freelance journalist honest i see a billboard over 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 the us and journalist murders

not just journalists but also human rights defenders lawyers. and we see that as a very significant step forward. mood of currently in moscow where his lawyers are preparing his defense while for the family and friends about a part of their long wait for justice continues peace raul about r.t. moscow. you are watching the weekly here on are turning our attention to poland now where a military court has cleared seven nato soldiers of killing civilians in an attack on an afghan village four years ago a panel ruled that the evidence was not sufficient to support the war crimes charges saying that honest mistakes or faulty ammunition right to blame was also used during a bushel reports the verdict outraged many observers and fueled calls for troops to be withdrawing from afghanistan. that civilians killed and nato soldiers go free the same old story in afghanistan written 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 in the city afghan villages. as a result six people were killed three most 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 before. we were sudan's the south sudan was because. it was. something. and it was also a problem we've got a grim a function and it's taliban target by five hundred metres claims a shit scheme prosecutors alleged it was revenge for the roadside bomb which killed another polish soldier earlier in the day experts say it's unlikely anything could

go so catastrophic the wrong this is not logical the operator of the more could not make such a serious error such a large distance question is did they decide to fire themselves or did they receive this command from above but there is no doubt they were shooting at the village nearby. to defend this small group the commanders of the attack and three should be the one standing trial activists while the conflict continues civilian deaths from nato bombing or inevitable will only rise you know the longer the war goes the song the war situation is so the answer is i think quite simple to withdraw troops from afghanistan as a beginning of any process of the opposition of this country because their troops western troops doesn't bring stability to. and it's done just the opposite as the ball goes up on both saw its support for. me it's a majority in europe say opinion polls now think the conflicts going wrong

direction. this was already unpopular in the e.u. there's one hundred billion euro of course service is being called. a slice of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the death of civilians on punished for the weakens the case to stay in afghanistan even the afghan president's turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed how many calls so i delivered his strongest words yet giving the final warning written in war if you type in the game don't you see. it always are give us your thoughts on the stories we're covering just by heading over to our c dot com news and analysis updated every single minute his words there for you to discover right now a devastating blow to several villages in central russian republic just stunning pictures here as an ammunition might suffer a nice guy afterwards gloating details and video all of our team can't come. down

to see how hundreds exercised their first amendment rights of the jefferson memorial in washington by dancing at the start of the five people were arrested last week for a similar flash mob including an r.t.s. america presented with a police action is described as aggressive and unconstitutional. now israeli security forces have opened fire on pro palestinian protesters who were marching on the syrian border killing twelve people and injuring hundreds. has details from a nearby town. hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of the israeli syrian border and every 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 will to 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 certainly this is a day that 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 the palestinians from living on syria the west bank and gaza to make their way to the borders with israel and for today to try and close those borders today is the anniversary of the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war now that was a war that is well done but it is a war that palestinians refer to as the arab downfall but of course human rights activists are criticizing israeli army for being very quick to fire at demonstrators. right now as israel's relationship with its neighbors becomes ever more tense so you look to the plight of communities on the egypt gaza border into israel's decade long blockade the civilian population has resorted to underground smuggling just to stay and live. they live comfortably next to the border of the gulf. but also on the border of the east. they are

responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. they are ready to take any risk. to join the all streets on our g. q with our live from moscow we are featuring the weekly today the top stories of today and after a break now a my major milestone in space research and even possible space travel has been reached this week it's now over a year since a crew began a simulation of a first manned flight to mars and all without ever leaving the ground six volunteers are taking part in the seventeen month mission that's how long the return trip to mars would say they are locked inside a capsule with russian and european scientists studying the psychological effects

of long time isolation the crew is now on the return leg after a successful simulated landing dr patrick fuller told us what challenges they are facing all along 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 but 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 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. more space stories coming your way next hour as preparations for the next blast off to the international space station are in full swing to bring you the latest from the launch pad in the park and of course to try to where we also talk to the son of one of the astronauts soon to head into orbit. all right let's check out some other headlines from around the world for you this hour and a gunman have attacked the presidential compound in southern yemen killing four soldiers president ali abdullah saleh has also suffered injuries and has left for saudi arabia for treatment is now speculation over whether he will return the country has been hit by an arrest for three months with the least one hundred fifty killed in a government crackdown. a chain of volcanoes have started erupting in southern chile causing thousands to flee from the area plumes of smoke and ash are rising

ten kilometers into the air there be no reports of injuries at this point and the volcanic chain has been dormant for decades and source the last major eruption in one hundred sixty. hour do stay with r.t. for in-depth coverage of natural disasters later in the program we are interviewed a prominent oceanographer who says the phenomena are here to stay but for now you're up to date or you stay with us.

the close up team has been to build the grand reach. of the turning point i'm more to. this time r.t. goes to the region where half of the area is occupied by a nature preserve. where the young generation transit in their ancestors. and where the mysterious city of a deadlock come from republican to set yet russia. but that are killing innocents here oh i say. basic why some that's never asked said. mom a song from the skull spoke with me i think of it every day. the flashbacks from the memories. ah so much so long time to serious crime.

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