gold told us really a ski creek in the ski this is a. good twenty two. on. this week's top stories in our t.v. former general right denies charges of genocide in front of the hague tribunal. handing him over has done little to speed up even bashir. nature's extension of the military campaign in libya and deployment of attack helicopters spots concerns or grown operation in the country could be next. also spreading hysteria over a kid like you come close cripples european vegetable markets pushing strain from a charity accused of starting a deadly dog outbreak the brink of a. man suspected of shooting there journalist anna politkovskaya is officially charged to get his claim they have enough evidence to prove the chechen

a fugitive pulled the trigger. with a look back at the main developments over the last seven days and the latest news this is the weekly edition from. prosecutors in serbia one permission to question recommend as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict back in the ninety's the 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 and didn't make a plea but told prosecutors the charges against him were monstrous and. his next appearance will be in a month but that it had been on the run for sixteen years before being questioned and arrested in serbia just over a week ago the e.u. said his extradition was key to hopes of joining the union but it's katrina's are of a rift. it's the e.u.

dream doesn't appear any closer. still waiting for the green light services arrest an 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 they go. this is very big news this is a very courageous decision by the serbian president this is one additional step for the integration of serbia into the european union one day is really my no go there 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 and had speech it was still in hiding literally legislation reform 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. rest. and the next few weeks. before us this is a crystal clear the sort of fall from being all the natural nations but while officials prepare to jump through yet another year of hope most wonder if the list of conditions ever and some e.u. officials are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognise the fact recognise that some problems are possible before to really get into the e.u. as long as the trees in power and his party list of demands will be endless still serbia hopes its corporation will be rewarded and continues to be a path to the e.u. door the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia probably gets. the flags of all of their member states and

serbia really want to join a group but the list of conditions for a possible expression seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach catherine as our part in belgrade serbia . recommended it says 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. you can't even read one has to go through thousands of pages to be able to testify in court or with a release simply unable to do that he has difficulties with speech too how will leave you so with his lawyers it's impossible. and you can watch the full interview with dr without it's the son of former bosnian serb general. website that is. dot com. this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya and decided it would last for at least another three months and your reporters accuse colonel

gadhafi of war crimes alleging the rebels are guilty of similar abuses the more britain france of deployed low flying combat helicopters to the country and the move has brought operations closer to the ground prompting concerns over an imminent learned based offensive because russia's foreign minister to warn that pushing the boundaries of the u.n. mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility. and. we expressed our opinion over this escalation 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 taken place are more than enough to think about the gratitude to all the un's decisions. colonel gadhafi claimed from the outset that opposition forces in libya what western pockets peace activists chris says nato is continuing bombardment gives credence to those claims. what they're effectively saying to gadhafi is we're going to keep bombing you keep killing

civilians keep bombing live in towns and cities until you go it's entrenched gadhafi because he from the start was saying that the popular movement in the east of the country was was a movement that was sponsored by the way and he used that to bolster his position the war has been lengthened the war's been deepened and it's actually a good half is in. a strong if not stronger position now than he was when the west first got involved. during his intervention in libya colonel gadhafi loyalists have been using cluster bombs these are banned weapons that dispersed many mines over a wide area with civilian casualties almost inevitable sarah furth reports it's embarrassing for madrid because the money trail behind the weapons leads right back to spain. just one strike because the bomb can spread thousands of smaller explosives they go wide areas fired into populated areas if they were in his right

to recently he always guarantees civilians one of the many reasons more than one hundred countries can fans their production and markings on the shelves found in the libyan city belong to spanish company insta lovers and there were arms one twenty s that are prohibited that were purchased by the lathi that were used against the residential area. and they were produced by a spanish company and financed by spanish banks so just how did the forces come to acquire spanish made armies in two thousand and seven mr larsen made the most of the lifting of sanctions against libya as the chip leader sheen fell back into viva with the west spanish company won a contract to supply good these forces with their quest. into two thousand and eight in spain signed up to the international convention banning the ease. with

libya and now once again the enemy played its part and need to find 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 insta loss and to make their deadly weapons if. you want to bring this thing forward uses as kind of a way to illustrate what think there is between a bank and civilian deaths in conflicts without legislation means a direct. connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the plants that finance their food to the banks custom is not really transparent about what they are using the seeders money for so it's not that easy to find a recent report by spanish n.g.'s a ten revealed that as many as full teen banks since they own folded funding weapons produces the b.v.a. is the spanish bank there's been most active 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 all right past policies in children banks held accountable many of the banks named in the investigation and now coming forward to say their policies on funding on the production are to change without slave dysplasia and until that happens in the murky world of alms production while the profitable business sarah artsy. and while the prophets of war in danger civilian lives in libya in afghanistan the deaths of innocent bystanders go unpunished for later this hour we report on the controversial acquittal the polish soldiers who killed a number of civilians in a mistake of attack on an afghan village. possums are still to come this hour don't miss this previously unseen video of an iranian planes deadly crash during. two years ago. a story sort of congo first israeli security forces of open forum

pro palestinian protesters who were marching on the syrian border reportedly killing twenty people and injuring hundreds syrian t.v. is also reported that thousands of protesters are staying in the border area for an open ended sit in. it has details for us now from tel aviv. 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 certainly this is a day that there has been preparing for several days now the country is in the stage and have even seen holding tanks the palestinians living on syria the west bank and gaza to make their way to the borders of israel and call today to try and

cross those borders today is the forty fourth anniversary of the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war now that was a war that is one one but it is a war that palestinians the third see as the arab downfall but of course human rights activists are criticizing israeli army for being very quick to fire at demonstrators. and as israel's relationship with its neighbors becomes ever more tense r.t. looks at the plight of communities on the egypt gaza border and due to israel's decade long blockade the civilian population has resorted to underground smuggling to stay alive. to be next to the border because of the media. but also on the border of peace and war. they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. they are ready to take any risks.

to jungle streets and marcie. greece may receive the next instal and of its one hundred ten billion euro zone in july athens has promised to implement strict storage of measures to stabilize its economy a goal it's failed to reach so far public anger is nothing over the cuts and tens of thousands of greeks are protesting outside the parliament fessor political science pit but as told by a little earlier on r.t. that he thinks that bailing out countries isn't there in. europe and the i.m.f. and greece to tighten its belt more and more are so there's no no way greece by itself can get out of the crisis is if you tighten your belt more and more you create a recession and if you create a recession this situation get quite some worse and it's harder and out of you to

pay back your debts i don't see how this money can restart the economy if people stand less and less i think the remedy suggested now goes on there's a real danger that greece will have to back out of the euro in order to be able to do that its currency to have more tourists to sell more products and saw her originally when you the euro was created the left in europe was there much against it because he had a strong economy used a strong currency that jean marc germany forming a monetary union with weaker economies and that is a recipe for trouble. and spain may be a step closer to an e.u. bailout or to germany wrongly said the country's cucumbers had cause europe's deadly e. coli outbreak and the claims have destroyed the country's fruit and vegetable exports meanwhile the finger is now being pointed at germany and it's been sprouts as a possible source of the contamination which is so far claimed twenty two lives and as laura 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 playing spain is the source of the e. coli it's not that's costing innocent spanish fruit and vegetable export is around two hundred million euros but we could with all the statements show an absolute lack of responsibility for what is happening today is a check made to the spanish regimen for 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 in brussels calls disproportionate use of our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against you know frankly i don't know about that good a few cameras that kill people after the you know 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 put used to go unsold. because. all the. time we. cannot hold back 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 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 the very soon behind all of this. from the. large pharmaceutical industry like they did with the swine flu.

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 tight task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exporter of fruits and vegetables all over the you position essential to its ailing economy nor ever its r.t. brussels. continues to try to turn the latest on the situation in europe you can check out twitter feed. her latest tweets she says that as the planet grows

vegetables are now under suspicion as a possible source of you can follow. to be on top. of the news this week. a breakthrough in the investigation of. assassination five years ago the main suspect a chechen fugitive has been officially charged with the murder of the prominent russian journalist police say they have enough evidence to prove that the thirty seven year old was the one who pulled the trigger. reports now on this latest. 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 in 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 who 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 mahmood of two brothers along with a former police officer who were acquitted of the murder in two thousand and nine q to lack of evidence but the russian supreme court and no bad verdict and ordered the investigation reopened but of course because son illyana 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 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 the duty close family ties of those accused of the murder there will always be some unknown surrounding the crime as long as it's hard to tell how many people are involved we have the three with mood of brothers and their own color he's a criminal and could easily be. specially church and unlikely to testify against one of. a bullet called sky or murder isn't the only high profile case to see a recent breakthrough journalist minogue jaan of the things that. along with the conviction of the killers of freelance journalist honest r.c. oprah border and human rights lawyer stanislav michael sure these type of murders to 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 he writes the fans are lawyers. and so we

see that as a very significant step forward rostam mahmood 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 for all of us r.t. moscow. to poland 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 honest mistakes or faulty ammunition might have been to blame result he's done a bushel reports the 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 but threatened 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 and the afghan village of nine 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 peak mistake we didn't see before. we were accidents that decides again was because of our. song something. we call a grim a function and taliban target by five hundred metres claims a shit ski but prosecutors alleged it was revenge for a roadside form which killed another polish soldier earlier in the day experts say it's unlikely anything could go so catastrophic really wrong this is not logical. of them or could not make such a serious error with such a large distance the question is did they decide to open fire themselves or did

they receive this command from him but there is no doubt they were shooting at the village nearby. 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 you know the longer the war goes on their war situation is so the answer is i think quite simple to withdraw troops from afghanistan as a beginning of any process of stop ization of this country because their troops western troops doesn't bring stability nation to. it's done just the opposite as the tall goes up on both sides support for mission plummets a majority in europe say opinion polls now think the conflicts going in look wrong direction. this was already unpopular in the e.u. there's a hundred billion euro because while services are being cut

a hole the size of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the death of civilians on punished for the weak of the case to stay in afghanistan even the afghan president turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed how it caused delivered his strongest words yet giving of warning and threatening war if it happens again shorty organise your thoughts on the stories we're covering at the moment on screen by heading to our website is r.t. dot com news and analysis updated every minute for you there and here's what's there to discover to day should you log on right now a devastating blow to several villages in the central russian republic as an ammunitions disaster lights up the night sky the details and videos spectacular video of that variable of r.t. dot com. also see how hundreds exercised their first amendment rights of the

jefferson memorial in washington by dancing up to five people arrested last week for a similar flash mob shooting in america presented with police actions described as aggressive and constitution. a revamp version of the tried and tested so the spacecraft has been towed into position ready for blast off in a few days the current three crew members to the international space station for a six month mission on board the most remote outpost lindsey france as the baikonur cosmodrome forty. the twenty eighth expedition to the international space station blast 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 out into space from here russian cosmonauts sergei volkov japanese astronaut such 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 is 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 this 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 being 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 will be applied for six months and his muscles will be weak and supposedly 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 be 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. find out more space stories coming your way in the next hour as the knocked up mission to mars enters its second year we look at the challenges faced by the participants in the longest ever space flight simulations of the red planets and back. previously unseen video footage has surfaced online allegedly showing the crash of an iranian military jet at an air show two years ago the haunting video was filmed by the crew of another plane flying in the show just outside tehran it captures the moments an oil seventy six military plane falls to earth and explodes after a midair collision with a fighter jet seven crew members were killed in the crash. script twenty seven minutes past the hour here in the russian capital of you back with

some of our main news stories this hour after a short break stay with us live here in moscow. to live not only next to the border the gulf of egypt but also on the border of

peace and war. they're responsible not only for themselves. well also. for their loved ones. they are ready to take any risk if. ul. upper lip. streets. are an admission free accreditation free transport charges free. range mention free cameras free gifts to tide free. download free broadcast clothing video for your media projects and free video don to our teeth dot com. if the close up team has been to the golden grand reach thank you on the turning point i'm world

war two. this time the party 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 the deadlocks well come to the republic of north to set you up to russia close up on our cheap.