cops in hock is the senior second of british police officer now quit over his links to executives at risk of murdoch's media empire as the pressure builds on the prime minister. the taliban assassinates more high ranking officials in afghanistan as nato begins to hand the control of the country's problems is to local forces facing huge question marks over their ability to cope with. russian security forces for a major teleport in moscow that's believed could have caused a huge loss. also the former head of b.p. tony hayward russian oil companies roofs and fast one that's business starting in

twenty minutes. welcome this is r t it's nine pm monday night now here in moscow my name's kevin and first another day and another scalpers the news of the world scandal continues to unravel britain's second lease office is now quit following the example of his boss who resigned on sunday it follows revelations they hired a former news of the world executives of media adviser. more pressure on the prime minister david cameron who also hired a former editor from the same newspaper. reports. the feeling on the ground here in london is that this is an unfolding scandal not one which is drawing to an end every day there are more allegations and more arrests and more resignations and dismissals we need to see in those countries the two top police officers resign in

the last couple of days over the relationship of the police with the news of the world needs paper and there are several reasons for that the first is that the police obviously closed an investigation into phone hacking back in two thousand and nine saying that there was no evidence to support it and of course we've also seen allegations that police including officers the seniors detectives were involved in accepting bribes from journalists at the news of the world in an exchange for tipoffs allegedly now when the assistant commissioner yates resigned he he says that the news of the world had been uncooperative in that original inquiry but that he never lied and that's all the information that he's provided to parliament about the phone hacking scandal up to now was in good faith but m.p.'s widely dismissed that evidence is unconvincing and they said that this was not the end of the matter so we will see further questions on the relationship between the

police and the news of the world and of course in the next couple of days we'll see people appearing before parliament including we have rebecca brooks both top ranking police officers they will have to answer more questions role in the scandal in front of parliament what we're seeing more and more that everybody in the public eye is implicated in this scandal really more and more people being implicated when commissioner stevenson resigns he really starts the knife into prime minister david cameron he said that the prime minister's relationship with the former news of the world editor andrew cool and who of course he hired to work with him made it difficult to disclose certain facts to the prime minister about the phone hacking and he also didn't tell the prime minister about. it's the employer and the employment of neil wallis who's that former executive director of the news of the world as a consultant to the police for fear of compromising david cameron that obviously puts cameron very much in the spotlight we've also seen boris johnson the mayor of

london who is supposed to be in charge of the metropolitan police officer in some very difficult questions from journalists in a news conference just a little bit earlier cost what we see here in the u.k. is first people losing trust in the press secondly losing trust in the police and now we may even see them losing trust in their m.p.'s so this is not the end of this scandal certainly not and indeed the labor leader ed miliband is calling for the break up of murdoch's media empire. that is laura rupert murdoch and his former yukos c.e.o. rebecca brooks and facing employees on tuesday over the scandal but media analyst phil reeves told us the practice of police being paid for information by the media is not likely to disappear any time soon. this is a good example of what the police have been doing in the kind of murdoch years they've been using a rest they've been leaking they've been paid for telling people when celebrities have been arrested actually manipulating the arrests of people and it's actually

a practice it has become in trying now in my view as a result of the kind of bribery thing so this would hardly be out of practice but i don't think it's going to deflect any and i mean there are so many m.p.'s now and indeed so much of the british establishment which for so long kowtow to murdoch is now prepared to get to the bottom of this and weed out those people who have been corrupted and different levels remember that four years ago the police had these bags with i think it was a leaven thousand letters about four thousand celebrities and victims of crime and all these other people and they knew they were taking part investigation and these bags were just left there i mean it's amazing it's remarkable that it took four years for them to do anything about this meanwhile senior police officers were wining and dining with members of the empire they were they were meeting them for drinks privately one even hired them at a thousand pounds a day to work for him so you know what does this tell us about the relationship between the police and the news corp employees well it's very very serious and if

this can happen at the top of the police look at the example that gives the officers there on down the lines now you could well you know can any organization properly examine itself but so much is at stake that if that operation is seen to be corrupted as well i think we've got you know an even bigger problem and i think so many people now are watching it including you know members of parliament select committees these are the investigative bodies within the british political system they're all all eyes are on this let alone all the journalists who are looking at what's going on so i think that the ramifications of this is so big i mean you know britain is it's it's shaking it is each day it's headline news and people are asking who's next. coming up here on r.t. searching for answers as the recovery operation the crimes of the russian told the river continue to bring all the latest from the scene as we know also ahead. would be very very tough to get off the valley and find out why twenty two thousand

winners of the green card lottery have similar luck run out on their way to united states. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior advisor in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m p's local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the attack the murders come less than a week after hamid karzai is half brother who run the south of the country was. the taliban stepping up its assault on afghan officials as nato combat troops begin to withdraw indeed on sunday the alliance handed over control of the first of seven designated areas to local forces lancy war activist jim brown told us a trail of military bases are being left behind. i would question to what extent they really want to leave clearly they have to present themselves as leaving whether they really intend to leave i think you can gauge try for example the amount of construction that's going on at places. nato bases at places like

kandahar and diagram and so on which look very permanent involved hundreds of millions of dollars but certainly some process is going on and it may end up in a withdrawal or something that we could recognizably call a withdrawal but compared to the goals that they set themselves or that they claim for themselves ten years ago there's very little to cheer about i think you have to ask the question security for who or for walks when they talk about handing over responsibility for security because by all accounts for example the afghan army as it's called this is very much biased towards certain ethnic groups so it starts with that handicap from the beginning so the idea that it would be an impartial force or seem to be an impartial force things to be extremely unlikely. we want this to change at the top for nato in afghanistan with general david petraeus

leaving to take over threat to the cia he's been replaced by general john allen who will oversee the gradual transfer of responsibility for security from nato troops to local forces projects and not live reports for r.t. next this concern afghan forces are to divide too ill equipped and lacking in training to fend off the taliban on their own. there's confusion on the faces of the afghan army soldiers as a firefight unfolds on the other side of the wall and lucky for them this is the kabul military training center and the bullets being fired blanks i mean here halfway through a ten week program and the officers don't cut the many slack when it's over the be deployed eastern province one of afghanistan's most violent corners. but we must push them hard so they can perform under pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan national army has already come a long way its ranks have swollen to about one hundred seventy thousand troops thanks to fresh waves of recruits attracted by higher wages and extra perks the

soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to beat back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then in the army we are all brothers and we are all called by one name was right the call of duty has also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first of a class of women soldiers has just graduated it's. and there's even a mujahedeen unit made up of for the veterans against the soviet you this is all good news to u.s. military planners who have sent two thousand and fourteen gently detained over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation of the police force and has even been featured in recent movies. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming in the expense of quality starters more than eighty percent of troops are literally a big problem in the ability to read maps and numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the worlds are widespread drug use and desertion it's today roughly one in four combat soldiers quit their post critics also point

out that the military leadership is made up of many rival x. warlords who still command loyalties along regional and ethnic lines and could drag the country deeper into conflict as the u.s. begins to scale back its role as custodian this summer there are concerns that these divisions may flare up if i start mutual. it wouldn't be here late ninety's you should be killing each other these people waiting in groups of groups who control it in yet another obstacle for a young army that still has much to prove before it can still its are too small to live in kabul for a time. a major terror plot hatched in moscow as before by russian security services police have detained a group of four people from the north caucuses or allegedly planning the attack our correspondent in a culture of in the caucuses has got the latest. well all the members of the group that was detained by russian special forces were originally from the north caucasus

regions and they were planning an attack in crowded areas as well as a transfer of hobbs' of the moscow region now special forces found guns explosives maps and scoundrels all for these plans attacks also old as the detained people have asked and police other people there are believed to be linked to the plant a toxic were also found now president mediated has ordered an urgent investigation and once those who are responsible for the failed it's time to be severely punished now since the start of this yeah there has been a number of anti terror raids and despite the fact that dozens of terrorists were killed during those operations still these potential terrorist remains high according to russia's interim ministry and today are true the news of this failed operation of this failed attack president mugabe just underlines about the situation in the region remains very timed for the last twenty four hours have seen

two dogs the blast that hit russia's north caucasus and the first one happened in change now two policemen were killed and seven august one says when an explosive head to such operation in the mountainous area and that was the second one happened in the republic of dagestan it was a roadside bomb detonated as potro car was profiting by now the explosion allowed to policeman and three others wounded oldies happen in the wake of what we can see tearaway i was launched in the region in the republic of that town two days ago now despite. a number of air raids and fighting against terrorism goes on still good friends remains and search operations containing. of his within a culture of a still recovering the program tonight revealing the secrets of your good safe from the crew said the story teller. objects we bear for it send off which is one of my

that is well to be more like that also father was some russian girl showing their support for the dream of putin at next year's presidential elections now but taking a closer. listing of a cruiser that sank in russia's volga river last sunday killing around one hundred thirty people may take up to several days the vessel first has been moved off its side in what is one of the operations most difficult stages the recovery could play a crucial role in finding answers as to why the ship went down tom parton is following developments. we're up here on the volga bank about three kilometers from where the recovery attempts are taking place in the distance behind me police and authorities have been trying to stop journalists getting any closer to the recovery efforts and that's because late last night one of the cables holding the ball guerrier snapped and they were trying to at the time to right the ship before lifting it now they've they're attempting to repair that cable and thread it back

underneath the ship so that they can write it and then begin to lift it divers will then be able to go under the ship to look for fifteen bodies which are yet to be found and also to try and find the causes essential to the hole that let all the water in so fast and maybe bulgaria sink in under three minutes there are many people on the banks that are waiting for those answers firstly the relatives and the survivors some of them have been waiting for over a week now the news of where their loved ones may be and they also want the same answers as to why this tragedy happened as the investigators for all the criminal cases that have been opened they're going to want to know if the shit really was so many revelations have come out same old and decrepit in fact not even worthy to be on the water of the volga hopefully the raising of the ship will show in very short time what has remained a mystery up till now and hopefully help help provide some kind of answers as to

why so many lives were lost in such a short space of time. russia says it won't recognize the libyan rebels as the country's only legitimate authority foreign minister sergey lavrov criticized the u.s. and other nations for taking a step at a diplomatic meeting last week in istanbul but suppose you. do not share this position for one simple reason this position again means that those behind the recognition are fully siding with one political force in the libyan civil war this again means that those who took this decision are pursuing a policy of isolation in this case nicely triple the asteroid's just like any other conflict will reject isolationism as a weak resolve problems we believe in involvements and in this context at different levels we maintain contact with both tripoli and benghazi we urge them to show a constructive stance and responsibility for the fate of the libyan people dance to get to the negotiation table to launch a dialogue about creating a transitional structure here reforms on

a free democratic elections for the president the risk of the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton announce the recognition of the rebels on friday at a meeting of the international contact group on libya washington and more than thirty other western and arab states vowed to deal with them until the interim government is emplaced the move also potentially gives the libyan opposition access to billions of dollars of good graphics assets frozen in american banks. also making headlines tonight according to the press has cleared a ninety seven year old home gary about a nazi war crimes sham daughter kate hero a former police captain denied being involved in the massacre of civilian hostages in serbia during world war two it was alleged their patrol under his command took part in the murder of jews in a raid by hunger in four thousand one hundred forty two more than twelve hundred people killed when a tourist massacre. south africa is celebrating former president nelson mandela's ninety third birthday to mark the event people around the globe are asked to do

charity work for sixty seven minutes representing every year of mandela's life in a. to politics millions of school children also sang a special version of a happy birthday song for the x. media the eighteenth of july is recognized by the un as mandela's day for his major contribution to the cause of peace and freedom. un size causes all the vote come both here in thailand to withdraw the troops from the disputed border area around eventually temple complex two nations were asked to allow the neutral observers to monitor the sense the temple belongs to come both here but much of the surrounding land is in thailand tensions increased when the building was awarded world heritage status in two thousand and eight. some twenty two thousand people who want a green card lottery to live in america good luck seems suddenly to have deserted them their dreams of a new life are done in the u.s. state department claims have been a computer error and at the results were no longer valid now the story is cast fresh to on the way the lottery operates as artie's girl if you can founder.

hoping for a better life in america. from nigeria applied for the green card lottery he won or so it said in the letter he received from the state department almost two weeks later the us voided the results of the lottery for some twenty two thousand people including it could work but i want a lot of thoughts and a lot of. it's one for each year the u.s. state department grants green cards to something fifty thousand people from around the globe the lottery where the jackpot is the right to live and work in america is advertised as completely random the state department claims in this case there was a computer glitch and the results were not arbitrary a computer programming error caused more than ninety percent of the selectee to come from the first two days of the registration period the victims of the blogger have joined in a class action suit against the u.s.

state department and lost the court here has been struggling with the issue of randomness asking how the result of the green card lottery not the random even if there had been a computer glitches with a department claims one of the arguments is that even an error like that could produce a random result and the whole idea behind the green card lottery is that whoever you are whatever you do you can win it but this case would very well undermine that perception experts specializing in information technology say the decision of the state department as well as the court that dismissed the case defies simple logic rhonda means that if all records of all the tracks are on your cd player where you can. you may get tracks three four and five and your track twelve are still running to the state department has brought up intricate technical arguments to explain the blunder but thousands of its victims say they have the feeling that someone has

gambled with their lives we believe that america is. going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . for a lonely vigil of nasa's hubble telescope and all bids come to an end as it now gets to show the job of looking deeper into the universe than anyone has done before russia sent of its own in the sky and it's got a shop inside of the galaxy that is ready for an ocean was the launch pad to see it off. this is the moment a russian space scientists have been waiting for for decades the space observatory equipped with a cutting edge telescope a huge top in universities for ration as an enormous i will be able to see further and deeper than ever before it will be possible to observe the most mysterious the darkest and the most shadows of corners of our galaxy and other galaxies as well and stars even to be able to observe black holes and shed light on their dark nature and these huge enormous i will be able to provide detailed images detailed

pictures of the universe with a resolution a thousand times shop with an america's goal well let's enjoy the moment. really. to be closer to. fully within a month or two we will receive the first images of the universe. he reported from baikonur. space expos looking forward to getting that if you want to see more of the amazing launch you can you know we go to my web site is trivial in time you'd like to see it on one of the two stories making headlines is that some desperate financial problems continue to terrify europe we bring you expert analysis and opinion of how the scale of the problem just keeps rising it's nothing dot com

tonight boy you. know more secrets find out how a mistake why a russian mobile phone giant mental private message using including intimate ones while paris in the made public and bustle done. it was less than a year left before the next presidential elections here in russia voters were already coming up with their own ideas of how to support a potential candidacy is one of the more extraordinary words for you an online campaign has been launched urging young women into back living their polluted by ripping off their clothes a group calling itself the putin army on the move girls revises offended videos of them stripping off with pride is promised for the winners to the judges similar stunts are becoming something of a tradition in russia last year students from a top university posed for a raunchy calendar expressing their love for the premiere. you're watching our team items kevin are in focus being with us shortly we go behind bars to sample the tough life in russia's prisons it's business right now though to be tree.

thanks glenn hello and welcome to the business update on out the former boss of b.p. is considering a bid for two major russian wilford sky news quotes people close to tony hayward saying he's interested in both and basnet our correspondents marion across the world looks at how likely such a deal could be. tony hayward the natural child have been lookin so that's ever since our company's float on the london stock exchange last month they raised over two billion dollars which could hardly throwing the acquisition of soup russian oil producers bashing their every new snapshot worth around twelve billion dollars this takes a question of what we bought from the russians i live in where you have to send those holding company cases the emma none of the companies being talked about have made an official statement but analysts we've spoken to believe that such a deal could be possible if he has repeatedly said that he has no interest in

selling outsold kalashnikov and bruce now but analysts say the price being talked about is not enough to make a f. k. take it seriously especially since all companies are know it's poor business at the same time india's all and natural gas corp has been in talks with passion if ever so they have to merge the two companies and by its twenty five percent stake both whoever ends up getting these assets one thing is for sure and that is that they will be getting that says to one of the biggest discovered oil fields in russia. moving on that russia's first largest oil producer tanguay v.p. is continuing its international expansion the company has agreed to buy a forty five percent stake in an exploration project in the amazon forest area covers around fifty thousand square condolences holds over five hundred million barrels in the oil equivalent so this is close to the deal say ten k. b.p. could call thought to one billion but with the stick claim it will take

a look at the current oil price that it is heading down and it's actually a very sharp drop more than two dollars for lloyd's sweet brant is down one dollar in the heart this is as debt problems are still looming in europe and the united states was in worries about economic demand the demand for fuel and also the dollar is high versus the euro therefore we're going to. moving to stalk. markets now in the u.s. there's still more than one point two percent for both the dow jones and nasdaq this is build the confidence showed slight improvement in june not much of prospects for improvement in the. european stock saw seeing as pretty similar picture of the down the one point five five percent of the worst both in london and in frankfurt lenders may have to raise additional cash that's according to the results of the recent stress tests for banks and therefore banks were the prime

losers both in london other frankfurt on monday. and russia also start of the week on a very negative note see of red all over the board actually they are two years down one point eight percent my six one point six percent take a look at some of the main movers because of declining oil rolston have lost more than two percent b t v the decline one in the whole percent despite publishing positive financial results and among mine as polymaths so once again again almost four percent as investors are switching to precious metals like gold for safe haven purposes but you have dragon now wraps up with a strong. rick a day or two before investors was sort of the crisis in europe in the stock markets was a negative role market for the bottom one percent which is comparable to the european stock market was good news in this oil price which strafed guy gold price was very clear and which drive some stores in stocks to new highs or america which i did

have all three four six percent which is quite different from other self-serving pieces i'm going to talk more of the day this is our team will be back in fifteen minutes time with nothing else either. measure disciplinary punish. education. work.

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