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nato says he's going to build a joint anti missile system with russia doesn't find it necessary to provide moscow with legal guarantees the shield won't be targeting the country as plunges the deeper into a stalemate. as the alliance runs out of the. campaign over libya germany u. turns on its policy of abstaining from the conflict so it can deliver. its war. general is objective from the war crimes court forcing the judge a not guilty plea on his behalf or not it faces charges including genocide carried out in the balkans war of. one sided justice. international news and comment live from moscow this is. russia or nato failed to

reach a consensus on missile defense plans in europe with the standing firm on its position nato says it's against a joint anti missile shield and doesn't find it necessary to provide russia with legal guarantees that the shield won't be directed against it. because it has more from russia city of sochi where the talks have now drawn to a close. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov described talks on missile defense shield in europe as long and not going as smoothly as it was expected while speaking at a separate press conference secretary general of nato rasmussen has said that nato never promised those stocks will simply happen overnight lover ups explains that's the reason why a sectoral anti-missile defense shield with the participation of russia is impossible is because nato cannot delegate the security of nato countries to a third party russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that if a sectoral and say missile defense shield is not

a possible option then perhaps there are other ones. we would like to reach an agreement which would allow us to work together without any additional risks and agreements that will strengthen strategic stability rather than undermine it we would like to have a guarantee that missile defense systems are not aimed against russia we're not asking for unilateral guarantees we would like all the members of the russian nato council to agree that missile defense will not pose any threats to the security of any of the participants. secretary general rasmussen has said that he sees no need of such a proof and once again try to ensure that i am dealing in here not going to be a threat to russia personally i don't think we need new treaty is what i think we need is practical cooperation and the best the best reassure. guarantee if you show wish that russia could get would be to cooperate actively

we want to see two systems that would exchange information. to make that defense of nato territory and russian territory more effective big part of russia will be covered by that and find itself defense shield and russian president's meeting with creative believes that that could be a potential reason for another arms race on the sidelines of the russian nato council and there was a need to meet and russian president dmitry medvedev and the president of south africa now jacob zuma came to preserve and new ideas on how to resolve the conflict in libya the ideas were deprived from the recent summit of the african union and he was here speaking on behalf of the union now the ideas were her doubts but it seems that russia and nato are still not on the same page when it comes to resolving the conflict let's listen to what russian foreign minister lavrov had to say. we

believe that the arms embargo that was introduced by the un security council is straightforward and it is captured this way in the resolution it applies to libya's entire territory therefore any arms supplies are violating this resolution as well as any attempts to send military instructors into libya to deliver military knowledge and know how these cases are covered by the arms embargo and this is our position and speaking of had all of this meeting of russia's and void to nato admitted our voice and said that he fears that and on the ground operation is just around the corner and if that happens. the situation in the region will severely be worse and meanwhile today secretary general rasmussen that once again try to reassure everyone that ground operation is not in nato plans. with civilian casualties mounting gadhafi still in power no end to the conflict in sight nato has hit yet another problem

a crippling shortage of munitions you know hundreds of people to germany which has previously resisted getting involved in the conflict chippin. discovered of those who believe but all too happy to get on board you know there's a profit to be made. more bombs wanted just over one hundred days of airstrikes and with just over two thousand bombs dropped by nato allies on libya the mission has run into an unexpected problem a lack of sales to drop where there is demand there is supply in this case germany has agreed to provide the much needed ammunition previously berlin has abstained from voting in favor of the un security council resolution on libya a move that surprised some and angered others but it may now be backing out of a decision the germans may not want to participate but they have decided that position does not preclude them actually sublime weapons in this case or systems some believe germany is under pressure from other nato members particularly the

united states friends in the u.k. to take a more active part in the libyan campaign at first our you know ministries toward the foreign affairs minister don't go into libya it's a very bad conflict it was started by the cia and it's a dirty business don't go there so this is why you voted with russia and china now the backlash from washington is so tough obviously we are under pressure to do something to make up for this decision aside from peer pressure germany may be lured by the possible financial benefits of making its weapons available for natives use in libya probably germany will get paid for delivering these to other countries but that is normal practice between can't even be in nato countries. out of the twenty eight nato members only eight are actively participating in libya with civilian deaths to which nato recently admitted to

a shortage of weapons and the ever relentless more market duffy still at the helm the coalition may be facing just the beginning of its problems. berlin is in a tough spot on the one hand it has. disappointed nato by refusing to support the mission in libya in march on the other by agreeing to supply bombs it may now lose friends in other high places and whatever the real reasons for its contradictory policy may be germany could find that by trying to please everyone it may end up pleasing no one it even goes. for months all nato is protracted intervention in libya has yet to yield the desired result even as the alliance battles accusations of violating its un mandate but a peace mission was never high on the coalition's priority list that's according to political blogger rick ross off. what it suggests is nato obligations override national it's concerns national interest international law roger many for

whatever reason why it is always certainly from its own for you to join the bric nations russia china india and brazil in the security council on march seventeenth and abstaining on you under a solution one thousand seven hundred three however the war is actually on it's a hundred a day right now in iraq was to characterize the thirty thousand nato air missions over a country of six and a half million people including what nato itself acknowledges as five thousand combat missions if it's not a war. you know this is not simply a question of protecting libyan civilians from the over the government violence and so forth this is a concerted long term military action of some kind of aggression the crimean this is a war making our organization it is nothing but that you know the presented as. a peacekeeping force because for kazan well you know as you know the united nations. authorization

to participate in certain actions says it is to disguise the true nature of nato it's the world's only military it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can dispute you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the merkel i mean really organization. nato has deployed commando units in libya to get rid of conall gadhafi well that's the claim from one of the sons this comes off to another son saif gadhafi spoke exclusively to he saying he believes the annoyance once only to feast on the beans which is. these country is a piece of cake rich for the guys. and we have more than one hundred billion dollars deposits abroad so we have to share this cake thats it. and we have to get mr gadhafi because he is the only obstacle between

us and the clique it's as simple as that. and you can check out the full version of this exclusive interview on our website. the news that the hague war crimes tribunals has entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former bosnian serb general. cuse was ordered out of the court for interrupting the judge and speaking out of turn the former general later complained of having had trouble hearing previously the judge refused to postpone the hearing at the request of another to threaten to boycott proceedings he's rejected the legal team given to him by the court demanding to choose his own defense lawyers but that it is accused of ordering the mass killings of thousands of bosnian muslims during the balkans but his country is out of reports many subs feel the international criminal court is only taking one side in the conflict. liquid little town of slippery meets in bosnia and herzegovina who looks at dilip

your houses are being built people go about their business and in the center of the town a mosque and a church sit side by side but this apparent unity is an illusion sixteen years ago the entire region was torn apart by ethnic clashes during the yugoslav war and. became infamous when the united nations stated eight thousand muslim men and boys were massacred by bosnian serb forces today and immoral for the deceased sits in the grounds of a former un military base the sort of thing it's a memorial ground as well maintained and frequently visited by locals journalists and tourists who get boston and the bosnian capital of. what the tourist aren't shown are the thousands of serbian graves that lined cemeteries all around the region. thousands of people were killed during the balkan wars of the one nine hundred ninety s. but cemeteries like these with entire families of murdered serb civilians only get

visited by the very few remaining survivors but only comes here all the time his entire family lives here he says a bosnian muslim general is responsible so you know i was only nine years old when i said took away everything i had and why first he killed my mother then my father and brother i was wounded and taken captive they held me for fifty six days and only god knows how or why i survived. but even though but on a survive his loss just like that of thousands of people here is being ignored. each was at the hague tribunal and i was supposed to be a witness in his trial but in the end me and about thirty other witnesses were simply cast aside they didn't call us didn't ask what happened to our families and the tribunal only gave him two years in prison. the balkan war so heinous atrocities visited an all sides and perpetrated by all players but the version most

often propagated by western media is rather one sided and blaming the serves the purpose is to set the stage and create a rationale for so-called humanitarian interventions which in the occurred in considerable number in the mouth so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important and the creation of that. scenario to make sure that in the minds of most people. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. simmered say the journey from

sibling eats it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced is a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination. castree knows are about r t boston and herzegovina. or coming up in a few minutes here on r.t. drawn out draw despite barack obama's plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come and paying for the conflict with blood and money. organizers of a pro palestinian flotilla have vowed to defy a greek sailing ban and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to go as that all costs the statement came after a number of ships were found to be damaged with activists condemning what they said was sabotaged by israeli security forces the greek government had offered to deliver the supplies through israel but it was rejected to have in turn has sworn

to prevent the civilian fleet from reaching gaza a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine people dead after israeli commandos stormed the flotilla campaign a david helping who's been involved in transporting relief supplies to gaza told r.t. how his own vessel was once attacked in the same way if an interview is coming your way in the next hour but here's a preview. we were trying to get to garza on the third of the barb and an inversion so called operation cast lead and we were high speed of about sixty six miles off the coast of. in the dark five thirty in the morning. and i'm quite certain that the intention was to drown us i believe in speaking the truth about this war because we're dealing. with people being sixty three years.

insufficient medical help cause the death of the magnitsky in two thousand and nine was being detained by authorities at the time that's according to russia's investigative committee which having no finished analyzing the additional medical evidence claims the prison staff involved will face trial. following the case the additional forensic medical examination into the death of surrogate magnitsky is now being completed a spokesperson for the the investigative committee said the. medical examination revealed that magnitsky had a preexisting condition which had contributed to his death now he also went on to say criminal a criminal case has been opened and charges of failure to provide adequate medical care and negligence are to be brought against staff at the detention facility where he was awaiting trial where he's being held waiting trial for charges of tax evasion now this case the death of surrogate magnitsky in custody while he was

awaiting trial drew huge interest all around the world with many many human rights groups calling for a full investigation to determine exactly what happened that led to his death. of a reporting their russian doctors have invented a groundbreaking medical procedure throwing a vital lifeline to a young girl in the pioneering surgery they have given her a unique transplant a world first for an operation of its kind. the medics with hearts of gold. only chance for survival i renounce surgeon is implanting a groundbreaking artificial valve made from a pig's heart into the chest of twenty four year old who has a rare and life threatening heart defect the valve invented by russian surgeons has never been used before after three hours the operation is complete aborted which would lead to believe your situation itself is

a success we need some time to see how the patient recovers but in any case her life before was unbearable. literally as employed came from this farm outside of moscow earlier surgeons had to sort through hundreds of pigs and cows hearts to find one that can be used as a valve and was almost impossible to find the right donor for the new model so they found it tailor made solution even before they were born each one of these cows was matched their particular patient who's waiting on a less than moscow now sends them the way that they've been fed every single part of their lifestyle has been carefully monitored so when the time comes they become the perfect donor the owner of the farm alexander cannavaro of was a multimillionaire entrepreneur with two years ago he sold all of his businesses and retired to the countryside to graze the most ecologically clean farm possible he gives away his animals hearts for nothing this was a way that we were just so proud we were helping save lives i never thought we'd be

doing this he knew that once the heart is removed from the animal it's taken to dis hospital lab here at the sterilized all the parts of the valve are so and together biological valves are often superior to traditional mechanical models and don't require the patient to take drugs for their lifetime the lab director is hoping more successful implants will encourage health authorities to invest more funds in them coarseness said only two years reproduces the biological volves in the whole of russia and it's not enough great no people here died. well they can get the treatment two weeks have passed and is out of the emergency ward it's just i feel wonderful i feel like i have always planned to return to my job and i want to have children but. doctors say that little you should be completely healthy in six months and hope she'll be the first of thousands to receive the lifesaving transplant. moscow. a quick look at some other

international news now in our world update of thailand a female prime elect. has already announced plans to form a new five party coalition government this comes after few pie party won by a landslide in sunday's general election taking it clear parliamentary majority the forty four year old is the sister of the country's. top all in the army five years ago. a south korean corporal in the armed forces killed four fellow marines and injured another at a base on the yellow sea close to the northern border and one thousand year old also wounded is now in custody his motive for what may have been a suicide attack is still unknown south korea stations marines close to the volatile border with north korea barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a minute trip risk but your list of finds out that talk of change may just be

a symbolic gesture as there is no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels this is where the error your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we have anybody pegged down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never comes by

cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west point well it certainly sounds like what the american people would like to hear for the first time ever a majority want u.s. troops out about ghana's down as soon as possible fifty six percent while thirty

nine percent want troops there until the situation is stabilized you can see the trend is really flip flop. but what is the reality of obama's plans for troop withdrawal all that thirty three thousand he's calling for is a minority of the one hundred thousand american troops that are there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lauren mr r. t. washington d.c. and to see what it's like to be a soldier involved in that kind of conflict look for a special report coming up shortly here in r.t. that will be run off to the business update and a roundup of main you stories stay with us life here.

hello welcome to business with maker in america and good to have you with russia is having to face up to its own banking scandal the former heads of russia's fifth largest lender bank of moscow are facing criminal charges after its huge bailout regulators discovered a third of the bank's assets were in bad loans or in a cost of a house house to. everything is sorted when d.t.p. took over bank of moscow and discovered bad loans worth knowing a billion dollars which is about one third of the bank's assets but this isn't the first time the bank is involved in this scandal the other one involved the building that you see it right next to me which is at the mayor's office and that was because the former head all the bank of moscow i'm able to do was accused of shady loans to construction companies are run by the former mayors right now he has since fled the country and the warrant has been issued for his arrest the bank of moscow

now getting fourteen billion dollars which is the biggest bailout in russian history it will be given over a ten year period i don't interest rate half a percent you know this amount is three times bigger than the capitalization of the bank and that's more than the amount that was given to all of the banks here during the financial crisis russia's finance minister has since called for a criminal investigation into the bad loans to figure out who was responsible and what happens. i mean isn't there also from ages the same says the bailout shows the state is expanding not reducing its dominance in the banking sector in accordance with the president's program. state owned banks continue. into the russian bank and so i took water more and more but you know it's been significant the pension to due diligence before very dubious campbell deals hoping that. shows why it's. right for state and then me to do for him because so far difficult this would

go to help from. now let's take a look at the markets oil has slightly retreated from early against the market digests contrasting day for the world's two biggest oil consumers on fuel demand prices are being encouraged by european policymakers approving an emergency bailout for greece but soft money factor in from china and ongoing concerns over europe's debt crisis are keeping traders cautious light sweet is trading at around ninety five dollars about. that one hundred eleven dollars. now u.s. markets are closed for public holiday independence day stocks in europe closed higher on monday london's footsie ended just under half a percent in the black held by gains for john would group and. company banks fell though after standard and poor's rating services warned on the rollover for greek debt. and russian markets closing the block as well. half

a percent while the aussie has climbed point six percent stocks were higher up to europe authorized a loan payout from greece easing speculation the country's prices will to re-open regions economic recovery now let's take a closer look at some individual shammal solemn isaacs most energy majors traded in the black gas problem was heavyweight he was putting pressure on financials the bank fell over a percent america's scandal with its newly bought bank of moscow and gain more than two percent on reports sales of lot of cars rose by a third in the post of the year. that's a business update for this hour i'll be back with more in about forty five minutes from now stay with us the headlines.

it's been in the year in iraq is military journalist. some ways to go in the news conference because there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed. i thought oh was the link below my thumb in my. view to be about twenty seven days going to publicize an invite more to make the move lead speaking.