from or from or from i.c.u. killing him in front of i.c.u. and paying gig his body on the world of general hospital the doctor says people from the national transitional council were behind it this is the rebels' official political body set up after the revolution in libya started in the mid february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as the only legitimate representatives of libya very is no other venue there. you must be with them or you are against them they talk about freedom and democracy there is no freedom or democracy they just want to pair up the refugees here say they now finally feel safe but it's not that safe from the side of the frontline either. these people have gathered in the west of tripoli to bury those killed in nato air strike code until even government officials a bomb landed on the private compound and flattened it killing fifteen people

including three kids but we have been calling for peace and negotiation for months and no one wants to listen to us now we have to pay a very heavy price of. casualties civilian casualties and also military casualties i think the time has come for the world to understand that this conflict has to come to an end immediately who she is very unlikely to happen any time soon the new dog ground in the symmetry is still fresh while nato has already claimed the two your peroration to protect civilians must go on with clashes containing and benghazi and nato intensify in its bombardment of tripoli both eastern and western parts of the country are perilous to say and people are dying on both sides of the frontline many on the ground fear that when the democracy the west talks about will finally come here they'll last me enough people left to experience it.

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these are. a large part of. who want. to move. over thirty thousand troops to leave. france now says it's also prepared to pull out all of its forces by the same date military commanders however warned that progress against the taliban is a fragile and gains against the militants could be reversed or lost nearly seventy seventy thousand u.s. troops are said to remain in afghanistan with a complete pullout promised by twenty fourteen the u.s.

secretary of state has been seeking to convince congress that obama's strategy is the right approach to winning the war. has more commentary. clinton faced difficult task and that is to justify the billions of u.s. taxpayers dollars on the war that seems to have no and insight and there was a great deal of skepticism among the senators even amid the announced withdrawal of troops in afghanistan so the secretary of state had to focus on podhoretz accomplished and there and she did she mention the killing of key al qaeda members also that as she said the u.s. has broken the taliban momentum although various reports on the ground suggest the insurgency is not really subsiding there and some even say growing among the afghans the systematic killing of civilians by nato strikes doesn't help experts say many of those now fighting against the allied forces in afghanistan are not they are not terrorists they are fighting against who they see as invaders after

one of the recent strikes that killed a significant number of civilians including children even the u.s. backed afghan president karzai had to make a harsh face saving statement and warning nato that if they continue killing civilians the whole of the afghan population will treat them as occupiers actually it's not just the afghan people it's also the neighboring pakistan whose assistance is key to the u.s. efforts to u.s. efforts in afghanistan and nonetheless the secretary of state said the pakistanis would rather see the u.s. leave again this then take a listen they would be perfectly happy if we picked up and left tomorrow but what would we get for it and what would they do with it and i think the answers to those two questions mean that the president's approach which is this steady careful transition while we try to work the the diplomatic and political piece of this which includes pakistan. is exactly the right way to go many afghans are actually worried that less troops doesn't necessarily mean less bombs on their homes i mean

these upcoming trip was drawls the u.s. as were pointedly stepped up airstrikes including growing strikes in afghanistan is thought to be part of this twenty first. entry intelligent war strategy as they call it you know when you have no troops on the ground no deaths of your soldiers to justify back at home so it becomes possible to wage a war without having to face all these accountability shoes in pakistan the u.s. doesn't half blitz on the ground but it's chasing suspected terrorists with drone strikes and very actively doing so it ends up killing mostly civilians in those strikes the pakistanis are furious that they were government is allowing the americans killed there to kill their own people they choose their leaders so for doing that in exchange for billions of dollars they received from washington some experts say by killing innocent people the u.s. is only going to generate more extremism in the region but that was not one of the issues hillary clinton addressed in her testimony before the senate committee on

foreign relations this thursday going to church account with commentary from washington d.c. now addressing the american people obama said the poll was possible because the taliban's momentum had been turned but an ex cia officer who's now a journalist and a lawyer jack rice says it's a mistake and that local afghan forces are not ready to take over. i think the department of defense and the white house are probably mischaracterizing how this is successful if you will one of the problems is that somehow the u.s. has broken the taliban or is separating the taliban from al qaeda well the fact is is that the taliban and al qaeda were separate organizations from the beginning and to simply characterize them as bad guys as all the same guy was one of the biggest mistakes that the united states ever met and i think you are going to see more instability i mean when i talk to people they look at cars i president karzai as

a crook they see him as somebody who's doing nothing but protecting himself and his own democracy is not there but you know what at the same time anybody who thinks that the u.s. or the or the europeans can roll into a country and simply say we have decided we're going to a knowing chew with democracy and you put it in people's hands i can't imagine any country in the world where a foreign army would walk in and say we're going to give you something who is going to accept that after the u.s. announcement of a faster troop withdrawal than expected afghan human rights groups have expressed concern about the possible return of the taliban but former reagan administration official lawrence korb from the washington based center for american progress think tank says the u.s. shouldn't worry about the militant group's return. the military always is against any type of withdrawal and they want to slow it down as much as they can president obama has other things then just you know the advice of the military he's got an economic situation needs to keep the support of the american people even our

military commanders say there's no military solution you're going to have to negotiate with the taliban and i think this withdrawal more significant than our generals want sends a signal to the taliban that we're not occupiers that you know we're not going to stay there forever and it's a good time to talk to them because this is you know when you have the maximum amount of troops and by the end of this year well you know be down to only ninety thousand and remember even if when obama gets all these troops out he's still going to have twice as many troops as he had when he first came into office but our goal is to prevent afghanistan from being used as a launching pad for attacks on the united states and its allies and from the stabilizing the region i don't think anybody in our country would like the taliban to come back but if they do in the afghan people are willing to do that that doesn't impact our national security interests and later this hour we talk to afghan human rights champion joy on how possible reconciliation with the taliban

could affect the people of the country and coming up in the program that moscow welcomes and the stars. the russian capital gets a bit of hollywood blitzing gama as the moscow international film festival gets underway. right wing dutch politician here wilders has been cleared by a court of inciting hatred and discrimination against muslims the controversial m.p. compared to the koran to hitler's mind comes in two thousand and seven and later called for an end to muslim immigration into europe the court ruled that mr wilders statements while insulting fell within the boundaries of legitimate political debate member of the european parliament philip kleist says the verdict in his trial is a victory for the freedom of expression. this is very important not just for here to do this but for freedom of speech in itself i think you cannot have a working democracy

a functioning democracy if you don't have freedom of speech and certainly as a member of parliament avila's and everyone else should have the right to speak freely and openly on problems like mass immigration is a. multiculturalism you know we've always been told that multiculturalism and was going to be great and was going to solve a lot of problems on the contrary it has become a problem in itself and it's very important that everyone should be able to you know to put forward his own solutions to the problem and that it is balanced and free debate people from outside of europe who come to any country in the european union shoot themselves through the local laws the local way of living when in rome do as a romans do and this is very important multiculturalism in reality does not work in europe we are seeing big problems in major cities major capitals in western europe where we see power societies that have emerged you know with so many people who

don't feel they have to adapt themselves to the way of living in the country they went to and so this has to change i think we need a much more restrictive immigration and integration policy now let's take a moment to check out some other international news that we have for you on line. the european union has hit syria with more sanctions aimed at seven individuals and four companies it says the measures were brought because of the gravity of the situation in the country currently thirty four people and businesses face asset freezes and a travel bans including the president bashar assad sanctions follow months of clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces who civil rights groups say have killed over a thousand people. e.u. leaders at a summit in brussels say they'll back greece for a one hundred ten billion euro bailout if athens delivers promised tough budget cuts the opposition leader in athens has refused a government please for

a consensus in a croc's parliamentary vote next tuesday meaning the austerity plans are at risk public fury in greece has seen mass protests with citizens saying they're not to blame for the economic mess failure to agree to the plans and get a bailout it could mean a greek default in july and an international economic crisis centered on the euro zone. president dmitri medvedev has officially launched artie's new channel r.t. duck broadcasting worldwide to the new english language channel airs award winning documentaries and features about russia its people life and history twenty four hours a day it was all systems go in the russian leader came here and pressed the button at our t's headquarters continuous coverage features original documentaries exploring history culture and nature and science across the biggest country in the world and for those of you who want to learn even more the channel will feature

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transformers movie seven hundred films will also compete for the prestigious st george's award over the ten day long event artie's peter all over has more. fantastic atmosphere here in central moscow ahead of the opening of the thirty for thirty third international film festival here in the russian capital plenty of fans come out to greet the great in the good in the glitz and the glamour a lot of them over here right now how you all doing. they're enjoying themselves i certainly am it's not a bad day's work when you get sent here great atmosphere we've seen a lot of the stars entering into the cinema just behind me at pushkin square in the center of the russian capital we've seen sheila both the star of the transformers movie also michael bay the director of those films he was mobbed by fans as he entered transformers three get things under way today and then it ends with the debt a realist spy thriller that will end the festival but there's some great movies to

see of course we go outside of the competition there's also a competition for the gold in georgia as much wanted statue that you get for winning this bosco film festival there's also some great films that i'm a bit biased it is an international film festival i've picked out two british movies that i believe all things very very well one of them has already won the best movie award at the science about the on film festival this year that's it needs a drama about well known educated delinquents about young people in scotland that's supposed to be a very very good film also the biopic of the of the british playwright under it done by now that's supposed to be a very gritty biopic a very heartwarming biopic it was nominated for a bafta that's something that i'm definitely going to be trying to see the movie is called called the set in brad but in northern england should be something brilliant to see there but also another movie that i really want to check out is the angels of evil and the tally in movie about gangsters in the seventy's and the like

against the movie who gets the big prize now if i was a betting man i would be looking towards american translation french movie a. a. classic romance tale of young love with a bit of a twist when it turns out that one of those young lovers has a tendency to kill people very gritty drama supposed to be a little bit raunchy as well so that's really my tips to win it but i don't get to make those decisions there is a panel of of really the people that know what they're talking about the judges here now they're headed up by geraldine chaplin now if you might have guessed from that last name she does know i think it too about the movie business she's the daughter of the great charlie chaplin so i'm sure she knows a thing or two about a thing or two when it comes to picking good films she'll be deciding who picks up that prestigious golden george at the end of the festival and i'll be back with a look at your headlines in about seven minutes but up next our team talks to a former afghan m.p. turned human rights champion marline joya braves death threats and assassination

attempts to expose what she calls the dark side of life in her country joy claims the nato occupation has only brought more suffering to the people of afghanistan. well enjoy thank you for taking the time to be with us thank you times. recently returned from a trip to the u.s. the didn't start world you were denied entry visa the decision was later reversed but why do you think this happened especially after the fact you visited the u.s.

several times about the problem because each time in the past also when i went to u.s. and also to some other countries i exposed our own policies of us in that way in afghanistan who occupy our country and did about it on film and rights human rights and democracy and also imposed on our people at the border. drug laws who are foot a copy of the taliban and they waste taxpayer money and billions of dollars as now this operation in afghanistan this criminal wall become open secret political people around the world and us and also that you know pin countries that's why white house couldn't be out to hear the truth and they want to block my wife same us a puppet regime. impose a ban on my travel abroad by a freedom loving just a slapping and two who are. an actor meister and us and even democratic

minded politician they put pressure on like our mentor and finally give me reason you've said many times that the u.s. and nato pushed. afghans from the frying pan into the fire what exactly do you mean by that because these there are no deadlines fundamentalist warlords who are mentally sane like the taliban but only fiscally has been changed after nine eleven and these warlords they were in power from their duty to ninety six be full of domination of the taliban and alone in kabul they culled more than sixty five thousand innocent people destroyed our national security raped even our phoria sold babies and grand old matters and many other crimes similar like the kind of bond they committed against our people back there with bloody hands and with democracy suit and tie and they come in power after nine eleven and impose on our people and

that's why the situation day by day getting worse through wars but surely things were worse for women under the taliban regime when they couldn't go to school and walk in the street alone what sort of progress have you seen for women in afghanistan since two thousand and one it is true that after nine eleven tragedy. here in afghanistan especially in some big city us in metro they build some schools . they have access to drop an education i think most of problems are soft of getting so special in the fall with problems in the way of chairs and the streets that situation for women is like killing of women that much easier foot of water loss and also taliban like killing a book tens of thousands of innocent civilians has been killed by occupation forces who have all been from the sky most of them are foremen and children and right place to start mistake while in service as see the attacks bombing there goes to school send a man the other cities against woman crimes against women increasing rapidly even

historical united states invaded afghanistan more than ten years ago because the taliban regime was sheltering osama bin laden is dead now does that change anything for afghanistan. unfortunately know it those who give shelter to osama bin ladin now are us scour may deny to any why it was to. a mafia puppet regime of hama to kind of say and who lost also have no problem with them they are not increase and they are fighting just because of the power because of the dollar and our puppets. enemies are full of people especially for men but us government they are poor put. their movie star of by killing off or some of bin laden and. because i want to tell you elections are coming they want sam sexes and decide action and to deceive people

after all wars especially people after us for the people of afghanistan or some of bin laden has died has been killed ten year cycle. us government used him as a knife to me or to deceive people off the. others so. they need to have this criminal war and. so-called war on terror so you've clearly become a fierce critic of the u.s. mission in afghanistan but what happens when the united states reverse their plans to begin drawing down forces this summer are you worried about civil war or the return of the taliban i think your main ted. this honest politician who contend with war crimes in afghanistan and occupied my country they are just lawyer from one hand they are telling publicly to our people and to get people that they will leave afghanistan by mid off to thousand and eleven or two thousand and twelve by the same but from another hand they're talking about kaiser statically

she was talking to a us problem in complexity basis in afghanistan and they are here for strategy regional economy contract and they're going to make a lot. excuse and that's why i use it progress to make an enemy to me as always they need me to justify. why so. they leave afghanistan as now my people they face it. enemies warlord taliban forces thank you guys who are raising the truth. will. bring you the latest in science and technology from.

the future covered. in broadcasting live from the heart of moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us to put your top hat on us civilians in libya feel the brunt of violence from both nato airstrikes and bombs and the pro and anti-government forces have borne the country hundreds have been killed by the western alliance while rebels and government forces have been accused of atrocities with many people fleeing for their lives after being trapped in hostile regions of the country. barack obama faces growing criticism over his plans to pull out over thirty thousand troops from afghanistan next year with some saying it's true risky and too fast but others claiming it's not swift enough and the french say they're also going to withdraw forces but skeptics of nato plan hand security over to the

afghans in two thousand and fourteen. and to judge far right politician wilders is cleared by a court of speech charges. these statements. fell within the boundaries of legitimate political debate. president dmitri. new documentary. it's history people and culture into the world twenty four hours a day. and up next peter lavelle talks to his guests about president obama's speech and asks if american and nato troops will ever completely leave afghanistan that's all in our debate show cross talk right now on r.t. . for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker. peter

lavelle exit strategy obama's long awaited plan to start drawing down troops levels in afghanistan is in place but is it a real drawdown or just a reduction of the so-called surge of eighteen months ago did obama capitulate to public opinion over military needs and will american and nato troops ever completely leave afghanistan to afghans. afghan strategy i'm joined by gareth porter in washington he's an investigative historian and journalist also in washington we have sam said he is senior director of iran programs at nonviolence international.