nato says it's not going to build a joint team with russia and doesn't find it necessary to provide legal guarantees the shield won't be targeting the country. into a stalemate. general. for the war crimes court forcing the just to enter a not guilty plea on his behalf and faces charges including genocide carried out in the balkans war. and despite barack obama's plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come paying for the conflict and money.

international. this is. russia and nato have 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. doesn't find it necessary to provide russia with legal guarantees that the shield won't be directed against it. has more now from russia city of sochi where the talks have now drawn to a close. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov described talks on the 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 that those stocks will simply happen overnight luvox explained that the reason why a sectoral anti-missile defense shield with participation of russia is impossible is because nato cannot delegate the security of nato countries to a third party russian foreign minister said that if

a sectoral and say missile defense shield is not a possible option and perhaps there are other ones. used we would like to reach an agreement which would allow us to work together without any additional risks 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 going to use when we would like all the members of the russian legal council to agree that missile defense will not pose any threat 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 to try to ensure that i am d. 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 the defense of nato territory and russian territory effect big part of russia will be covered by that anti-missile defense shield and russian president dmitry medvedev believes that that could be a potential reason for another arms race on the sidelines of the russian nato council and there was no need to be from the russian president's meeting with the very different the president of south africa jacob zuma to present your ideas of how to resolve the conflict in libya you would describe the recent summit there african union and he was here speaking on behalf of the union now their 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 is 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 all these cases are covered by the arms embargo and this is our position and speaking off had all of this meeting and russia's and void to nato admitted our voice and said that he fears that unknown ground operation is just around the corner and if that happens. the situation in the region will severely worsened meanwhile today secretary general rasmussen once again try to reassure everyone that surrounds operation is not in the plans. the hague war crimes tribunal has entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former bosnian serb general outage was ordered

out of the court for interrupting the judge and speaking out of turn former general lee to complain of having had trouble hearing previously the judge refused to postpone the hearing at the request of another to threatened to boycott. proceedings. given to him by the mommy to choose his own defense lawyer and that is accused of ordering the mass killing of thousands of muslims. which is a country there are reports many international criminal court is only taking up one . sick. little town of sibling. delich you 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 the disappearing unity is an illusion sixty years ago the entire region was twenty apart by ethnic clashes during the war instead and became infamous when the united nations stated eight thousand muslim men and boys were massacred by bosnian serb forces today a memorial for the deceased sits in the grounds of u.n.

military base the sort of but it's a memorial ground as well maintained and frequently visited by locals journalists and tourists who get boston from the bosnian capital of. what the tourist aren't shown are the thousands of serbian graves that line cemeteries all around us that have been it's a region. or. 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 already she took away everything i had and why the 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 why i survived. but even then but on

a survive his loss just like that 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 but they didn't ask what happened to our family and the tribunal only gave him two to years. the balkans you are saying is atrocities visited an old sides and perpetrated by old players the diversion most often propagated by western media is rather one sided in bringing the serbs the purpose of that is to set the stage and create a rationale for so-called humanitarian interventions which in the occurred in considerable number in the mouth of serpent so that circle 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. soon might say the journey from sibling made such a big ozzie via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination. castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. and coming up later in the program the animal rescue of a very different kind look at how cattle and be coming to the help of humans the

cure for heart disease using a groundbreaking new russian procedure. that's still to come but first barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans they say drawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but artie's lauren mr finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture there's 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 your. examples are strewn through the near decade more familiar aftermath we have any peg down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the

blast we're starting this drawdown from 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 look to different mark democracy never come by a question democracy never come by military invasion democracy never come by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by must 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 us 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 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 burdens some see as permanent observers believe u.s.

bases are in the forever future lauren mr r.t. washington d.c. . as the u.s. and nato are trying to complete a campaign in afghanistan there seems to be no wind to the new conflict in libya in sight but political blogger and anti nato campaign says we are for peace mission. 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 a good deal to join the breath the nations of us are 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 and i don't know how is to characterize the thirty thousand nato air missions over a country of six and a half million people including what nato itself acknowledges is five thousand

combat missions if it's not a war. you know this is not simply a question of the are protecting libyan civilians from the over the government violence and so forth this is a concerted long term military action it's amount of aggression with i mean this is a war making our organization it is nothing but that you know the presented as. a peacekeeping force because occasionally you know as you are the united nations. authorization to produce a plane certain actions to disguise the true nature of nato it's the world's only military or 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 think through the organization of. former i.m.f. chief and potential french presidential candidate dominique strauss kahn is about to face new sexual assault allegations

a french writer who claims he attempted to rape in two thousand and three has decided to press charges this follows the case of a new york hotel maid who will say accused strauss kahn of section assault but a case was badly weakened off to prosecutors admitted credibility had been compromised straus khan's fellow socialists fear the new allegation could ruin his chances of running for presidency he might have become the talkative. a political gain provoked by his popularity both in france and abroad and that's the view of paul craig roberts he's the former assistant treasury secretary under the reagan administration and a former wall street journal editor of the french press has reported that strauss kahn said before he ever came to the united states. that he expected star cosey to pay some french woman a million euros to bring sex charges against him and he said that was because he was leading the sarkozy in the polls for the french presidency and that he

stressed crime said that would be sarkozy's response and the french press has taken a serious i think he got in trouble because he began questioning the i am mouse use of its power to force the cost of the bail out banks onto the backs of just ordinary people and started questioning that he was meeting in the united states with the economist joseph stiglitz who was a big critic of that way of bailing out banks and i think he was sending signals that upset the financial community so it may have helped him with ordinary people but john have made him a target for. the establishment insufficient medical help cause the death of lawyer said again magnitsky in two thousand and nine he was being detained by authorities at the time that's according to russia's investigative committee which having now finished analyzing the additional medical

evidence claim the prison staff involved will face trial artie's correspond peeta all of a is following the case. additional forensic medical examination into the death. now being completed a spokesperson for the investigative committee said. medical examination revealed that magnitsky had a preexisting condition which had contributed to his death now he also went on to say a criminal case has been opened charges of failure to provide adequate medical care negligence to be brought against the detention facility. where he's being held. 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 let's look at some of the international news making headlines at this stage of the. already announced plans to form a new five party. party. taking . the forty four year old is the sister of the country's. top. five years ago. a position activists in syria say security forces are raiding houses and detaining people in the central city of hama which was a scene of massive protest over the weekend. with tanks deployed on the outskirts of the city. three hundred thousand protesters in hama held the largest demonstration against syrian leadership since the. governor was reportedly failing to suppress the demonstration. russian doctors invented

a groundbreaking medical procedure throwing a vital lifeline to a young girl in the punning surgery they've given her a unique transplant a world first for an operation of its kind are ordinary meets the medics with hearts of gold. only chance for survival every now and surgeon is implanting a groundbreaking artificial made fruitcakes carved into the chest of twenty four year old who has a rare and life threatening father defect the valve invented by russian surgeons has never been used before after three hours the operation is complete computers with thirteen pretty good situation itself is a success we need some time to see how the patient recovers but in any case her life was unbearable. literally as employment came from just outside of moscow earlier surgeons had to sort through hundreds of pigs and cows farts to find one

that can be used as a valve that was almost impossible to find the right tone of 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 since then 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 kind of was a multi-millionaire entrepreneur but two years ago he sold all of his businesses and retired to the countryside to graze the most ecologically clean possible he gives away his animals hard for nothing this was a way that we were just so proud we're helping save lives i never thought we'd be doing this he wants to harp is removed from the animal it's taken to this hospital lab here it's a sterilized and all the parts of the valve are sewn 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 and i'm forcing this. to use reproduce a biological volves in the only brush and it's not enough right now people here died. well we can get. two weeks of. is. it's just so wonderful i feel like i have a wife and plan to change my job to have children or to get my doctors say that my pal you should be completely healthy in six months and hope she'll be the first of thousands to receive the lifesaving transplant. about twenty one minutes past the hour here now in the russian capital i'll be back with a recap of our main news stories in nine minutes from the. british antiwar activist about his personal attempts to break the blockade of gaza.

today i'm talking to dr david how penn who says he's dedicated his life to fighting for justice in the treatment of others he's very many opposed to the wars in iraq and afghanistan and in two thousand and three dr helping filled a boat with food and medical supplies and sailed it girls are selling his own house

to pay for it to help and that voyage was a success in you've made subsequent trips to gaza since then has the situation improved at all. bottle you know that eighty percent of the people live below the poverty line to find as one point six dollars per head per day and fifty percent are unemployed a big factor in that is there is no port so they cannot change goods and they were burning building forts the french with saudi money on the stand in about and in two thousand that was just as it pulls bombed only from the same time as the start of the second thought or so you can see that the internment camp can't make money very easily or with a very ingenious and they are very industrious you've tried to help the people of gaza in a variety of different ways and particularly more recently have been met with official stonewalling and in some cases violence tell me about your journeys that

well the most dramatic incident obstruction was on the thirtieth of december two thousand and eight when myself and fifteen others the british master of the motor yacht was trying we were trying to get to gaza on the third day of the. so-called operation cast lead or better described as operation drive all i can explain and we were rendered high speed about sixty six miles off the coast of i fell in the dark five thirty in the morning. at an instant seize and i'm quite certain that the intention was to drown as your trips to gaza have often been very difficult what is it that motivates you i don't like giving up. a dog it isn't a family life we never told lies in our family and to to be quality is to tell a lie so that keeps you going it's

a little moment because i can't get back there but how in some other way drives to exert some influence with words only perhaps. for the people and for elsewhere. in the world where a mother cannot cradle her baby on her breast in peace and nurture the child until it's becomes an adult all over our world we're producing chaos particularly the israeli u.s. and u.k. axis i call it that there's no question and the people who call the shots are in israel every six drove israel is the whole ruddy lot including the rafa cage which is the stansby under the egyptian troll does israel use to tell his new year gyptian what to do and it is still happening no past lives of palestinians three days ago i'm told when they get out perhaps for medical treatment to see relatives in the water they control that they control a lot so we had of creativity going in my wife and i were treated we were treated

better than a palestinian going to tell you but it was still very distressing indeed to make a fifteen hundred mile journey have. valuable stolen car airport i'm fairly certain that was commissioned it wasn't just a chance theft if you know what i mean and then a five hour car journey at speed to rafa and then to be told you can't go in and big hell there for two and a half hours and coming out they would let us out laura it would they said the journey a large should enter this thing from embassy in london but it doesn't allow you to go out this is all the nonsense you come across professor gabriela shalev his the former israeli ambassador to the u.n. says that palestinians have nothing to gain from a un resolution that recognizes a palestinian state what's your reaction to that well i think there's a lot of words and really whatever happens whether they make a declaration of support of the majority of the general assembly which doesn't mean

much anyway security council holds all rules wrongly in my view if they declare that they'll find some other word tormenting them to be proud blunt about it i believe in. speaking the truth about this laura because we're dealing with people being tormented for sixty three years we now know with certainty that nato is killing civilians in libya including children as a consequence of its operations british forces are involved whose accountable and he's responsible the people who are accountable first and foremost are the leaders and this is why for the destruction of iraq and everyone when you know the maiming of over two million blair and straw or and who can campbell this is the cabinet is it down they call themselves they should be at the hague now behind bars while see assemble the evidence went a long actually and the same happens now i've just seen mr campbell in the house on your television monitor here and he will be held responsible and what has happened

is talking about upping the ante things like that he needs killing more civilian job the not that accurate and using massive weapons things like the payware bomb one ton one son this is sixty plus loose from the second world war and the nuremberg principles are believable and you hear the ribisi talking about an even tones this is all very ordinary do you think that britain's reputation for press freedom is does the bottle the printed media i don't really do used to support the morning star they have also resigned still not direct that call from my within the television you can see how soon you. would so much return for one of the trees to watch i think it's we are in with the vortex sucks for the louder we're somewhere that could it we're in in the bottom of. the today's help

and thank you very much thanks very much. he is immediately to eat. the food. in the. culture is that so much going on there is a huge business to find the mark latham's we will start this military withdrawal from iraq what does faith hold for the kurds and if the kurds.