sean hoare said that was simply a lie that cools and had known all along. to drink and drug drugs potence and the news of the world at the time said to take his claims with extreme skepticism with a large pinch of salt last week he was in the news again after he told the new york times that news of the world reporters were not only hacking into things but they were also using police technology to locate people using their mobile phones and paying the police for the privilege of doing so nor in the last twenty four hours we've seen newspaper executives and senior police officers resign so far not only politicians how much pressure is this putting though on david cameron the government give close ties to murdoch executives. well this is a really extraordinary story as we know in terms of the sheer scope of it it seems to be widening all the time we saw commissioner support stephenson the head of the metropolitan police resigning and he very much stuck the knife into david cameron as he did he said the prime minister's relationship with the former with his former

communications director and former news of the world editor andy cools and made it difficult to discuss certain facts about the phone hacking scandal with him he also says that he didn't tell the prime minister about his employment of neil wallis who was a former executive director of the news of the world as a consultant for the police he didn't tell david cameron about that for fear of compromising cameron he also said that his decision to hire. wallace was less controversial and less serious than cameron's decision to hire cool soon as the communications director in the light of his apparent involvement in the phone hacking scandal we also see boris johnson the london mayor being drawn into this because he of course is supposed to be in charge of the metropolitan police he answered some difficult questions from journalists earlier on monday so what we're seeing in this country really is a loss of trust in the press first and foremost then subsequently

a loss of trust in the police and more and more the knife being stuck into into the government and just to underline how serious this could be for david cameron he's decided to cut short a trip to south africa to come home and take part in a debate on this phone hacking scandal and of course all those questions to be answered tomorrow as well live from. across the very closely with your help. live from thank you very much. well this is the british government holds a review into claims of police corruption and follows the resignations or was talking about their britain's two top cops over the last twenty four hours of the revelations surrounding the phone hacking and police bribery scandal as photojournalist north roller michelle trembly says a lot of evidence to implicate murdoch's newspapers in paying the police for information. there's been reports of about one hundred thirty thousand pounds worth of bribes that were given to the police in england but at the moment they are turning queries going on on every level within the police outside the police with

some communities with the judge as well in all every kind of domain in this situation so we'll have to wait and see where this investigation will bring according to biographers of. murdoch rupert murdoch says that it's likely that they will speak more than you should or that they're not exactly prepared for these kind of meetings and the last one in two thousand and three i believe or there have become books already says stated that there was corruption that he paid police officials to get information about a public if it is even said that the news of the world what. people via their mobile phones that only the police should have for there are lots of questionable probably be asked tomorrow and if they do answer and as likely that leamy and then we might see that tomorrow might actually be something explosive could be extraordinary revelations that will actually lead to more arrests and more

resignations but we will have to see to wait and we'll have to wait and see tomorrow coming up here on r t searching for the recovery of the cruiser sank in russia's volga river continues with all the latest from the scene for you. but also a bit with secrets of the universe a unique russian observatories sent into war bit to study galactic objects. next the taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser 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 or those murders come less than a week after how many cars i was half brother around the country was gunned down the taliban's stepping up its assault on afghan officials right now just as name. combat troops begin to withdraw indeed on sunday the alliance handed over control of the first of seven designated areas to local forces with more on the situation unfolding in afghanistan let's talk to on the war. here brian very good evening

chief thanks for being an r.t. international these latest attacks on senior official show that the taliban is still a substantial force to be reckoned with without the mind of nato forces doing the right thing by withdrawing now. well the nato forces are facing. a dilemma they're on the horns of a dilemma they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to get afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling brought is there any significance to think that the timing of these assassinations

coming just as the u.s. is having a local forces in parts of the country. yes the attacks on karzai is inner circle are designed to create panic and i think they will succeed in creating panic because those who have been loyal to the occupation and in turn loyal to the karzai government now have to contemplate a future without their sponsors without their protectors without their patrons without the nato us forces and i think it's designed these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within the very heart the foundation of the cars like government and is the president because they capable of leading the country in the fight against the taliban without support do you think about how much power does he actually have. well i think even with nato support karzai has limited support there's large parts of the country very large

parts that are not under nato karzai government control whatsoever and if they're under control at times it's fleeting so i think be in the the answer is clearly no the karzai government by itself cannot survive without the nato forces but the nato forces can't stay forever there's a growing desire or a majority sentiment within the nato countries including right here in the united states for the withdrawal of these troops that means the only possible salvation for the u.s. and nato side would be to come up with a negotiated resolution to tell ben are insisting in order to have a negotiated settlement that there be no permanent u.s. military bases i think that's the rub of the issue is there any danger to the future of president thinking of the brother who has been assassinated is president karzai in any danger of being assassinated do you think. well i think i think you would have to say the answer to that question is clearly yes if

karzai his brother while he karzai the most powerful force in southern afghanistan in khandahar can be assassinated if the next day the funeral service can be blown up with a suit by a suicide bomber another words penetrating the very funeral service the next day in the midst of high security and then cars a senior intelligence officer is also gunned down i think you would have to draw the conclusion that no one within the karzai government is in fact immune from a possible assassination of broadway and given all those events you just talked about how much has the u.s. really achieved in afghanistan than in the past ten years as it prepares to leave. well i think we have to look at it almost in reverse the u.s. is losing ground steadily at spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties on the afghan and american

side is is increasing not decreasing and yet they're no closer to victory in fact they're losing control of the country and the government that they sponsor is is in fact in danger of crime when i would say the u.s. hasn't gained anything i think the u.s. is losing ground it's part of what david petraeus and the obama administration say this is a bad situation possibly a catastrophe for the united states brought back a director of the coalition thank you for being on the line from new york city. to the top tonight in afghanistan general david petraeus was talking about in the evening to take over as director of 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. reports next for c. there's concern that afghan forces a too divided quit 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 lucky for them this is the kabul military training center in the bullets being fired blanks the men 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 when in the army we are old brothers and we are all called by one name. by the call of duty is also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever class of woman soldiers has just graduated. and there's even

a mujahideen unit made up of hardened veterans of the anti soviet jihad this is all good news to u.s. military planners who have set a two thousand and fourteen deadline to hand over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force and has even been featured races. 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 for starters more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem and the ability to read maps and numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the woes are widespread drug use and desertion is 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 neutral. we need to be out here late

ninety's fighting each other we will be killing each other these people waiting in groups or little groups to control it in yet another obstacle for a young army but still has much to prove before it can stand on its own feet jason waterlogged in kabul for two. a major terror plot hatched in moscow has been foiled by russia's security services police have detained a group of four people from the north caucuses who were allegedly planning the attack on our correspondent in a coach never was in the caucasus forces got the details. 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 the transport hubs of the moscow region now special forces found guns explosives maps and schedules all of these planned attacks also old as the detained people have can fast and police other people there are believed to be linked to the

planned attack were also found now presently days of has ordered an urgent investigation and once those who are responsible for the failed attack to be severely punished now since the start of this yeah there has been a number of terror raids and despite the fact that dozens of terrorists were killed during those operations still the potential terrorist rats' remains high according to russia's in terra ministry and today off through the news of this failed operation of this failed attack president underlined the situation in the region remains about the last twenty four hours have seen two dads the blast that hit russia's north caucasus and the first one happened in change now two policemen were killed and seven others wounded when an explosive head to such operation in the mountainous area known as the second one happened in the republic of dagestan it was a roadside bomb detonated as car was passing by the explosion allowed

to policeman and three others wounded oldies happen in the wake of a recent terror raid that was launched in the region in the republic of dagestan two days ago now despite not being a number of terror raids and the fighting against terrorism goes on till the remains and search operations continue. we did a coaching over the caucuses forest mistake that we got online she denied it r.t. dot com their deaths and desperate financial problems continue to terrify europe we've got expert analysis and opinion for you of how the scale of the problem just seems to be getting worse and keeps rising it's online from us and this want to know more secrets so we can stay really embarrassing brushwood mobile phone joint meant that all private messages including in from the one that did some bank details here would made public the stories online for you without ego.

boosting trade and reaffirming ties there among the top priorities is to me to read very was in germany to be chancellor angela merkel the russian president also focusing on the growth of small businesses he set to meet entrepreneurs from both countries our correspondent daniel bushels across developments in hanover. germany is russia's biggest trading partner and the announcement by the country that it plans to shelter all its nuclear stations in the light of the fukushima accident in japan gives an opportunity to russia's gazprom which is hoping to tie up big deals here and how to get from really seeing germany as a stepping stone to the whole e.u. market spatially given the fact that the european union for germany is closing up it really hopes to expand on the relationship with russia tapping into dmitry medvedev. program for the country germany hoping to snap up deals in russia russia hopes germany can bring nato round to the point of view of a joint missile defense system in other words that they can avoid the fear that the

missile defense will be pointed. there are fears that most go that the defense system could be aimed at russia or libya or germany or russia or both abstained from the u.n. vote authorizing nato action in libya and they both want to stop further escalation of the void and that's their own reports that nato countries all being libya's rebels so both countries will be looking to strengthen their already strong relationship one a range of issues on which they share a common position. also making headlines tonight libyan rebels say they've taken control of the key student town of brega those forces loyal to colonel gadhafi retreated to the west but further fighting is likely in the city with around two hundred gadhafi troops still holed up in buildings there is an important oil town it's about seven hundred fifty kilometers east of the capital has changed hands several times since the uprising began in february. the court of budapest has cleared a ninety seven year old hunger area man of nazi war crimes shandor khepera

a former police captain denied being involved in the massacre of civilian hostages in serbia during world war two it was alleged the patrol and his command took part in the murder of jews and in a raid by hunger in forces in one thousand nine hundred two more than twelve hundred people killed it's massacre. the lifting of the cruiser that sank in russia's volga river last sunday killing around one hundred thirty people has been resumed it had been called off earlier because of bad weather workers have been trying to move a vessel off its side in what is said by people there to be the operations most difficult stages it's thought the recovery could play a crucial role in finding answers as to why the ship went down the next task is to search the riverbed for fifteen missing victims the bulgarian sank in just a matter of minutes with more than half two hundred eighty passengers drowning one of russia's worst ever shipping disasters.

lonely vigil of nasa's hubble telescope in orbit is coming to an end it now gets to share the job of looking deeper into the universe than anyone's done before because russia is sort of its own eye in the sky and it's got the sharpest sight in the galaxy riff and was at the launch pad to see it off. this is the moment a russian space scientists have been waiting for for decades the space observatory it creeped with the cutting edge telescope a huge top and universe explorer ation as an enormous i will be able to see further and deeper than ever before it with the possible to observe the most mysterious the darkest and the most shadowed the corners of our galaxy and other galaxies as well and stars even it will 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 that thousand times shop and then america's. well i'll let you enjoy

the moment. the south. pacific really well. it's not the. first to the small center here. probably within a month old two we will receive the first name in just of the universe. t. reported from baikonur. with less than a year left before the next presidential election here in russia voters are already coming up with their own ideas of how to support a potential candidate always some extraordinary ones as well like this and online campaigns being launched. when we need to continue by ripping off the closer we are to that for that group calling itself the polluted our music on the move girls are invited to send in videos of them stripping off prizes from this by the winners don't know who's judging similar stance of becoming something in

traditional russia's past year students from a top university posed for a bomb she calendar expressing their love for the present. whatever floats your. boat from said calendars seventy sites in space next to the story of the russian telescope has just been talking about this been sent into war but we speak now to the country space chief about the future of space exploration as he sees it. russia is launching its biggest space telescope yet

a huge orbit earth and carefully observe our universe looking deeper and further to shed light on the darkest and in most mysterious corners of our galaxy and others what does this mean for us and for russia they had a russian space agency ross costless is here with me thank you very much mr porter came for joining us. thank you for inviting me well americans have a will now have company in our beds is the russian telescope looking to discover something new. operating deal with foreign scientists not russian so our telescope the specter are is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of capacity for new discoveries it's a very exact science implying that final results must be analyzed in detail and are open to interpretation so it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope makes it possible to monitor emerging new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band to witness the events and to gather statistical data on the

basis of which it would be possible to predict how our planet and indeed our universe develops to understand where we all have come from and what's waiting for us in future in this respect this is a historic event which marks russia's return to space science with america's shuttle program coming to an end russia is set to become only country. but how long will that monopoly last. the u.s. is aiming to have a new space launch program for man's ships and a new manned space ship ready by twenty sixteen but this depends on investment from the private sector let's wait and see how things go i think that today russia's role is irreplaceable because at the moment the world has only one manned space ship the soyuz which is capable of taking cosmonauts to orbit including the international space station. american names exploring mars in one space priorities what does russia nicely focused on. those who

say a flight to mars is a top space priority understand that it's a very long term goal which is unlikely to be achieved will i hold this post it makes the life of those who set such priorities easier and more comfortable in my view the organization should prepare for one core objective it may even be a flight to mars program but it should dictate developments today tomorrow and the day after because anyway people need some tangible results and the taxpayer who contributes huge sums money of. space exploration want to see a return on his or her investment that is why our program is split into a number of priorities yes today decisions on the future of manned space exploration are made as a global level during closed door meetings with space agency heads in europe and of course with nasa chief charles bolden as well as the french british germans and italians the main pool so to speak to determine space policy we arrived at the conclusion that today no single country is in a position to develop such

a huge space program like a flight to mars on its own the international cooperation is fundamental on my initiative we've set up an expert group to prepare proposals by the year's end on how to realize and consolidate international cooperation and how to divide obligations and responsibilities between various space agencies in order to avoid duplicating each other we need to define responsibilities of each party involved at this stage we haven't got past talking about it that's for immediate challenges to mount spaceflight the most important thing for russia is to increase its role to at least the american segment of the international space station our second goal is to return to the international automated spacecraft manufacturing pool. we must regain our position in manufacturing communications surveillance and meteorology satellites the three major fields an automated spacecraft communications we're beginning to establish cooperation with europe on transponders we've also launched two meteorology units and over the next three years we plan to launch

a pool of satellites that would make russia self-sufficient in all meteorological issues weather forecasting or any climatic emergency warning. for earth surveillance we're launching our first satellite this year to detect and forecast geological or natural emergencies this is a direction we'll follow through on i think the key for us now is to use western technologies to regain our positions in third country markets such as south east asia africa and south america where the u.s.s.r. russia traditionally had a strong position our circle is completing growing us we've been talking about it since two thousand and seven and it's high time to realize it is good at that but it isn't pleasant for russia. thank you very much for talking to a. few

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sedated to go and. run the some of the kennel was hotel as a retreat. close midnight thirty or more. if you will on our top stories this morning before the world journalist who blew the whistle on phone hacking at the british tabloid is found dead this is how it comes as the storm arrived rupert murdoch's media empire turns its focus on the police and the prime minister. the taliban claims responsibility for the killings of more high ranking officials in afghanistan it comes as nato begins to hand over control of the country's provinces to local forces facing huge question marks over their ability to cope. and russian security forces foil a major terror plot in moscow police have arrested a group of people from the north caucuses who are allegedly planning an attack on

crowded areas and major transport. brushes prisons and a tourist places but now the jail system itself is facing calls for reform. the special report next. but. not. any complaints. i. guess of the church. pulse of life for the sake of my wife and kids. according to statistics one out of every four men in russia has served time in prison currently nearly nine hundred found inmates are serving time in prison colonies most of them have committed serious crimes. convicts entered a quarantine see a mix of the old penitentiary system and then you. initially the russian pain all system had inherited the legacy of stalin's notorious killers. but now it is going

through a period differ from the likes of which have never been seen before. everyone here has to decide whether or not they're going to change their ways sure go edging toward needs to see that it's happening what kind of changes are already in place behind the barbed wire and will modernization benefit both the inmates prison staff . convicted coverley on all of masterminding the murder of a fellow businessman and sentenced him to seventeen years so he has spent several months in one of moscow's investigators isolation wards now pavo is due to be transferred to a prison colony. face the wall. spread your legs right up. the new.