this week's top stories are in our c former bosnian serb army general but cannot it denies charges of genocide and mass murder in front of the hague tribunal world to see if handing him over will do anything for its e.u. membership. made his deployment of attack helicopters and leave there under three month extension to the mission sponsored russian concerns that the military campaign could be moving a step closer to a ground operation. also on the program spain's already troubled economy takes another blow up the mistaken german accusations that spanish vegetables caused the deadly e. coli outbreak and the country's exports into

a nosedive. and the man suspected of shooting a prominent russian journalist anna politkovskaya in two thousand and six has been charged with murder investigations claim they have enough evidence to prove the church and fugitive pulled the trigger. and welcome to the program this is all she's weekly review. thanks for joining us this week rather cold blood it has made its first court appearance at the hague crimes tribunal after sixteen years on the run but the former bosnian serb general refused to enter plea to eleven accounts of genocide and mass murder during the bosnia war in the nineteen nineties it claimed a long list of genocide charges against him were monstrous and have been noxious many prosecutors and misinforms the tribune. question large as

a potential witness in their early investigation into crimes committed against said the us about his extradition to the hague was skater belgrade's hopes for joining in such as catarina reports that strain doesn't appear any closer. still waiting for the green light services 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 no step at all and a go secure this is very big news this is a very courageous decision by the serbian president this is one additional step to be integration of serbia into the european union one day is really i know there so

that is your. other steps remain to be taken your right to say to the rest of the political chief of croatian serbs go and had search is still in hiding literally legislation with full engagement in regional cooperation with neighbors preserving president boris tadic there is no task too challenging to take on in the quest for a new membership. in the next few weeks. this is crystal clear the sort of thing all the metro stations while officials prepared to jump through yet another euro hoop most wonder if the list of conditions who ever and some visuals are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognize the fact to recognize its own problems of course before it can really get into the e.u. as long as the trees and power and his party. of the. hands will be endless

still serbia hopes its carte ration will be rewarded and continues to be a path to the unity or 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 this is always visible and always out of reach catherine r r t belgrade serbia. and got his political analyst michel got rid of its claims they tried bureau is now falling to the national law and can't be impartial towards. the people who actually try this is the judges of the prosecution not subject to the same rules as the accused i mean the principle of all civilized countries will legal the laws will be accused and all those who participate in the legal process and must be

subject to the same laws as the accused no one is above the law is the state well here everybody but everybody is a bob or i will in the accused let's consider for example the bomb being afraid your television serbia in belgrade on the twenty third of april one thousand nine hundred ninety now sixteen people died as a result of the bombing which happened by a u.s. plane and the tribunal never actually indicted anyone at all without. and later in the program look at why the deaths of innocent bystanders in afghanistan go unpunished as their soldiers controversially three clear displayed the killing of civilians in a mistaken attire on an afghan village. is this previously unseen video going to rein in planes deadly crash during an air show two years ago. this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya and agreed to prolong the

mission for another three months until september also on wednesday the un they should it will cool claiming the rebels as well as cattle kadar had been guilty of committing crimes meanwhile british and french attack helicopters have carried out their first try it so believe we're hearing the nato campaign more muscle against colonel gadhafi the move has prompted concerns over an imminent land that russia's foreign minister warns that pushing the boundaries of the two our mandate and leave it may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility. we expressed our opinion of it is an escalation of the military operation we think what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because divine illusions of the security council resolution ready to meet in place are more than enough to think you've got to choose to alter your decisions and colonel gadhafi clean from the start that opposition forces in libya western puppets and peace activist crease in

needham says nato is continuing but mandans it was credence to those allegations. what. we're going to. keep killing civilians. in towns and cities until you go it's entrenched gadhafi because he from the start was 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 bolster his position though the war has been lengthened. and it sort of gadhafi is in. a strong if not stronger position now than he was when the west first got involved . during made his intervention in v.b. a colonel gadhafi his loyalists had been gazing cluster bombs and weapons that dispersed many mines over a wide area with civilian casualties almost inevitable. first reports it's embarrassing from the trade because the money trail behind their weapons leaves

a ride back to spain. just one strike a cluster bomb can spread thousands of small explosives if a wide area is fired into populated areas is big news relative recently they always guarantees civilian deaths one of the many reasons more than one hundred countries and their production the markings on the shells found in the libyan city belong to the spanish company instead. there were. twenty that are prohibited that were purchased by gadhafi that were used against a residential area in these rather and they were produced by a spanish company and financed by spanish banks cities how do you doubt the forces come to acquire spanish made arms in two thousand and seven and it's the last of me and most of the lifting of sanctions against libya as it should leave it back into favor with the west. spanish company won a contract to supply get out these horses with because. until two thousand and

eight and spain signed up to the international convention banning the yeast. with libya now once again the enemy spain is part of nato finds itself fighting the 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 to make their deadly weapons and. one of supreme this thing forward uses as kind of a way to illustrates what there is between a bank and. conflicts without legislation means 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 savers money for so it's not that easy to find

a recent report by spanish and yes it's revealed that as many as full team banks in spain over the funding weapons produces baby v.a. is the spanish banks that's 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 more robust policies in chilled the banks are held accountable many of the banks named in the investigation are now coming forward to say their policies on funding on to production are to change with or without dysplasia and that's until that happens in the murky world of bombs production all the means of profitable business sarah firth r.t. richard. at least twenty people are reported dead and more than three hundred injured after israeli security forces opened fire for a palestinian protesters on the syrian border thousands of demonstrators were in the area to among the fortunate fourth anniversary of the arab israeli war he is

put to sleep or has the details from television hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of the israeli syrian border and every one day today a group of about one hundred and fifty of them made their way to the border fence we're being told 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 were receiving thought about what 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 the state of iowa 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 for 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 israel won but it is a war that palestinians refer to as the arab downfall but of course human rights activists are criticizing israeli army we've been very quick to fire at

demonstrators. greece may receive the next installment of its one hundred ten billion euro learn in july athens has promised to implement its tricked out with carroty measures to stabilize its economy a goal it's grow to reach so far public anger with the cuts with tens of thousands of greeks protesting outside the parliament while opinion polls suggest a majority oppose the belt tightening plans professor of political science can learn thanks to bailing out countries is a mistake a strategy. for europe and the i.m.f. one greece to tighten its belt more and more 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 the situation gets worse and worse and it's harder an art of you to pay back your debts i don't see how this money can restart the economy if the people spend less and less i think the remedy suggested now goes on there's

a real danger 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 so are all regionally when the euro was created the left in europe was there much against it because you had a strong economy used a strong current dean mark 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 after germany wrongly it said the country's cucumber had caused europe steady call i outbreak he claims have destroyed the country's fruit and vegetable exports think it's now being pointed at germany beats parents as a possible source of the contamination which has claimed twenty two lives and as lower end it reports it may need 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 it's not that it's costing innocence punish brewton vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week and it will but all the all the statements are 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 fruit and vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction brussels called disproportionate emission of our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the frankly i don't know about that but hugh connors and 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 and we.

all. 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 fifteen 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 spent billions of dollars on unnecessary vaccines probably will see a very soon behind all of this. pharmaceutical industry like swine flu they have some. people.

across europe all these health 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 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 tight task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exporter of fruits and vegetables all over the u. a position essential to its a link economy nor ever is r.t. brussels and nor and it continues to try and down the latest on that situation the euro twitter feed and in her latest tweet or a says that as the panic grows all vegetables are now under suspicion as a possible source of the whole break so please follow our twitter feed at r.t.

underscore com to be top of the story. this week saw a breakthrough in the investigation of anna politkovskaya investigation and assassination five years ago the main suspect in a fugitive has been officially charged with the murder of a prominent russian journalist police say they have enough evidence to prove the thirty seven year old was the one who pulled the trigger. on a report on this latest development. this is the man investigators say fired the shots which killed anna politkovskaya. 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 him and it was this cooperation that helped us capture the suspect belgian police triggered the

manhunt and mark would have was forced to leave the country the 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 due to lack of evidence but the russian supreme court an old bad 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 five course it's a very important step but we have to wait and see if off guilt will be proved but even that is not enough we have no clue who the mastermind of the murder is nor about the organizers it's a significant part of the journey but it's certainly not the end and internationally renowned journalist anna politkovskaya was shot dead in october two thousand and six when she returned home she was famous for her investigative work particularly reports into human rights abuses former colleagues believe that due to

the close family ties of those accused of the murder there will always be some unknowns surrounding the crime of them as well as the player it's hard to tell how many people are involved we have the three mood of brothers and their own call he's a criminal boss and could easily be the mastermind of the murder of relatives especially chechens are unlikely to testify against one another pollack or sky or murder isn't the only high profile case to see a recent breakthrough journalists need of gian of the things they're. along with the conviction of the killers of freelance journalist honest border and human rights lawyer stanislav markelov children these type of murders do get solved in today's russia this is definitely a landmark victory in the fight against impunity russian journalist murders not just journalists but also human rights defenders lawyers. and we see that as a very significant step forward. currently in moscow where his lawyers are

preparing his defense while for the family and friends. the long wait for justice continues his role of a r.t. moscow to poland now where military court has cleared seven nato soldiers of killing civilians in an attack on an outgoing village four years ago the panel ruled the evidence was not signal a sufficient to support war crimes charges saying honest mistakes or faulty ammunition might have been to blame but as aussies daniel bushell reports the verdict outraged many observers and fuelled 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 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 big mistake we didn't see people. we were accidents of the south sudan was because. it was. something. and it was a problem we got a grenade malfunctioned and missed its taliban target by five hundred metres claims a shit scheme but 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 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 they decide to fire themselves or did they receive his command from above but there is no doubt they were shooting at the

village not the nearby hills the defendants the commanders who ordered the attack and these should be the one standing trial back to vist while the conflict continues civilian deaths from nato bombing or inevitable will only rise and 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 somebody's zation of this country because their troops western troops doesn't bring somebody is a shame to have done. just the opposite as the death toll goes up on both sides support for nato's mission plummets 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 of course while services are being cut a hole the size of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse believing that

this the 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. all right give us your thoughts some of the stories we're covering by heading to r.t. doc home news and analysis updated every minute and here are some of the stories lined up for you there at the moment. a devastating blow to several villages the central russian republic and i mean a disaster lights up the night sky the details and video. of the sea hundreds exercise it exercise their first amendment rights at big jefferson memorial in washington by dancing it's after five people were arrested

last week for a similar flash mob including and all see america present with police. criticized as aggressive and unconstitutional. and also how a birthday party turns out to be almost a national celebration a sixteen year old girl posted an invitation to her party and facebook forgetting to make it private i doubt and actually dock home how it gets work on objected. now revamped version of the tried and tested spacecraft has been towed into position ready for blastoff and if you days to talk carries three crewmembers to the international space station for a six month mission on board kind words could most remote outposts in france is a good bike and also want to run for two. 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 he is really down to earth and i feel like a lot of these guys are that is their just due to managed to get this job and now he's going into space it's going to you know what are the things you notice about your dad he 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 it's really week when they come back will be out there 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 all right guys this rock 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 blast off on june eighth. and more space stories coming your way next hour as the mocked up mission to mars enters its second here but the big challenges faced by the participants have been look just after space flight simulation to the red planet hell and back. and shocking video showing a rein in military jet crash has emerged on the internet as two years after the tragedy the footage was taken from another plane taking part of the military air show near tears ran around it captures the moment the illusion of seventy six military plane tumbles out of control and explodes ashmead a collision with

a fine to jet all seven crew members were killed and the. well you're up to date out we're back with the headlines after every short break.

for the full we've got it's. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on r.t. and nine hundred eighty two dr ralph minster at the university of pennsylvania said what if i can take the gene responsible for growth in human beings and put it into an ounce. on all the main risk issues most often is that ninety five percent of all competent scientists in these fields are verkin for the produces side and only five percent. really genuinely independent. there's not a lot of science that says transgenic fish is unhealthy for people to consume which is what the food and drug administration looks at there is a lot of concern about the environmental impacts if it transgenic fish escapes what

kind of horrible impact will it have on the rest of the fish population i don't know what this might do to us or our children or our children's children in our congress here in the united states or our legislators out there will be vote all these different laws tax laws and corporate laws what can be more important then deciding on the feminine genetic future of life on earth. wild teens gone mad there are people suffering. how some to good advantage of power that was given to them. the secrets of big dirty money. on our genes. wealthy british scientists i'm told some expert on this.