in order. to drink and drugs drugs on 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 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 say he said the prime minister's relationship with the former with his former communications director and former news of the world at it. made it difficult to discuss certain facts about the phone hacking scandal with him so what we're seeing in this country really is the loss of trust in the press first and foremost then subsequently a loss of trust in the police and just underlines how serious this could be for david cameron he has decided to cut short

a trip to south africa to come home and take part in a debate on this phone hacking scandal. and that reporting for us meanwhile the british government is to hold a review into claims of police corruption it follows the resignation of britain's two top cops over the last twenty four hours after revelations surrounding the phone hacking and police bribery scandal journalist and author roland michel tremblay says there's a lot of evidence to implicate murdoch's newspapers in paying the police for information. there's been a report of about one hundred thirty thousand pounds worth of bribes that were given to the police in england but at the moment there are about ten increase going on on every level within the police outside of police with the subcommittees 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 the. murdoch rupert murdoch says that it's likely that they will speak more than he

should all that they're not exactly prepared for these kind of meetings and the last one in two thousand and three i believe they have become books already says stated that there was corruption that he paid police officials to get information about a public the it is even said that the news of the world. to people via their mobile phones that only the police should have for there are lots of our question of will probably be asked tomorrow and if they do answer as likely that leamy and then we might see that tomorrow might actually be something explosive could be extraordinary divinations that will actually lead to more arrests and more resignations but we would have to see to wait and we'll have to wait and see tomorrow and coming up here on our t.v. searching for answers. as the recovery operation of the cruiser which sank in russia's volga river continues we'll bring you all the latest from the scene.

believe that america through their eyes of valley. to find out why twenty two thousand winners of the green card lottery have seen their luck run out on their way to the united states. the taliban has 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. the murders come less than a week after how many cars eyes half brother seen as the most powerful figure in southern afghanistan was gunned down the taliban is stepping up its assaults on afghan officials as nato troops begin to withdraw on sunday the alliance handed over control of the first of seven designated areas to local forces but anti-war activist brian becker says the wave of afghanistan's summations only proves that

the us has achieved nothing during its war there. when 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 us 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 give afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling and 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 karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily its 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 crumbling i would say the u.s. isn't going to anything i think the u.s. is losing ground and spite of what david petraeus and the obama administration say this is a bad situation possibly a catastrophe for the united states. meanwhile there is a change at the top for nato in afghanistan with general david petraeus leaving to take over as director of the cia he's being replaced by general john allen who will oversee the gradual transfer of responsibility for security from nato troops to local forces but as jason ports there's concern afghan forces are too divided 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 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 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 mujahedeen 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 recently. but as the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quantity of troops may be coming in the expense of quality for starters more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem with the ability to read maps and numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the woes are widespread drug use and desertions today roughly one in four combat soldiers quit their post critics also point out that the military leadership is made up of many rival ex 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.

fighting each other killing each other these people. groups or other groups to control it here yet another obstacle for a young army but still has much to prove before it can stand on its own feet jason whitlock in kabul for two. a major terror plot hatched near moscow has been foiled by russia's security services police have detained a group of four people from the north caucasus who were allegedly planning the attack our correspondent in the caucasus region questioned over has more 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 of the planned attack 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 president 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 threat remains high according to russia's interim ministry and today off through the news of this failed operation all of those failed attack president underlined the situation in the region remains very towns they lost twenty four hours have seen two dad the blast that has 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 oldys blast happened in the wake of a recent terror raid that was launched in the region in the republic of dagestan two days ago and now despite that there have been a number of terror raids and the fighting against terrorism goes on till the remains and search operations continue. boosting trade and reaffirming ties that they're among the top priorities as dmitri medvedev visits germany to meet chancellor angela merkel the russian president is also focusing on the growth of small business as he's said to meet entrepreneurs from both countries our correspondent daniel bushell is 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 lloyds 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 especially 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 the most go that the defense system could be aimed at russia or libya germany and russia both abstained from the u.n. vote authorizing nato action in libya and they both want to stop further escalation of the void in their own report that nato countries all being libya's rebels so both countries will be looking to strengthen their already strong relationship while a range of issues on which they share a common position and you are with r t a head in the program still.

find out why some russian girls are showing their support for vladimir putin the head of next year's presidential elections by taking their clothes off. revealing the secrets of the universe a unique russian observatory sent into orbit to study galactic objects. police have made it one more arrest following the investigation into the sinking of a tourist boat in russia's volga river last sunday which killed one hundred twenty nine people many of them children the captain of another vessel which passed by the tragedy without stopping is now in custody earlier the director of the company that rented the boat and a ship register. who certified it have been detained rescuers are now working on lifting the cruiser despite bad weather conditions experts say the recovery could play a crucial role in finding answers as to why the ship went down in just minutes the next task is to search the riverbed for fifteen missing victims the bulgaria

sinking has become one of russia's worst ever shipping disasters. now time to take a look at some other headlines making news for you tonight. libyan rebels say they've taken control of the key eastern town of brega as a forces a 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 porton to oil town about seven hundred fifty kilometers east of the capital changed hands several times since the uprising began in february. a court in budapest has cleared a ninety seven year old hungary a man of nazi war crimes sham door kay pirro a former police captain denied being involved in the massacre of civilian hostages in serbia during world war two it was alleged a patrol under his command took part in the murder of jews and serbs in

a raid by hungary and forces in one thousand nine hundred two more than twelve hundred people were killed in the tory it's a massacre. the un's highest court has ordered to both cambodia and thailand to withdraw their troops from a disputed border area around the ancient temple complex of the hear the two nations were ordered to allow neutral observers to monitor the cease fire the temple belongs to cambodia but much of the surrounding land is in thailand at least twenty people have died in clashes since two thousand and eight when the complex was awarded the world heritage status. for twenty two thousand people who want to green card lottery to live in the u.s. a stroke of luck has turned out to be a rather short lived kind of a deal their dreams for a better life have been crushed as the u.s. state department said the lottery results were no longer valid because of a computer error it's been a disaster for those whose hopes have been dashed and not all are convinced by the

explanation as artie's guy can comments. hoping for a better life in america will quote from nigeria applied for the green card lottery he won or so it said in the letter that 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 a war that i want to launch in for a four star on the lottery. it's one from each year the u.s. state department grants green cards to some 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 selectees to come from the first two days of the registration period the victims of the blunder

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 could the result of the green card lottery not be random even if there had been a computer glitch as the state department claims one of the arguments is that even an era 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 could very well undermine that perception experts specializing in information technology is 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 if all the tracks are on your cd player when you have the room to move you may get tracks three four and five in the track twelve that's still run 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. going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . and you can always find out more about the stories we're covering on our website or to dot com and others besides here's some of what's lined up for you there right now. debts and it does put financial problems continue to terrify europe we'll bring you expert analysis and opinion of how the scale of the problem just keeps rising. and no more secrets how a huge tranche of private text messages including the most intimate ones were made public online with an investigation into the leak underway by a russian mobile phone giant. the lonely vigil of nasa's hubble telescope in orbit has come to an end as it now gets to share the job of looking deeper into the universe than anyone has done before russia has sent up its

own eye in the sky and it's got the sharpest side in the galaxy. was at the launch pad to see it off. this is the moment to russian space scientists have been waiting for for decades the space observatory it creeped with the telescope a huge top in 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 dock 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 and no most i will be able to provide detailed images detailed pictures of the universe with a resolution thousand times shop but then america's. i'll let you enjoy the moment.

i'm really. ready to see. how. we will receive the first images of the universe. t. reported from baikonur. with less than a year left before the next presidential election in russia some supporters are already coming up with their own and sometimes controversial ideas of how to boost their favorite candidates chances a group of young women have decided to spice up the troops by launching an online campaign urging others to join their cause and back lovingly and who can buy ripping off their clothes already thirteen hundred strong it's calling itself the army of putin girls and they are invited to send videos of themselves stripping off with prizes promised to most passionate supporters similar stunts are becoming

something of a tradition in russia last year students from the top university posed for a rocky calendar expressing their love for the premier. well from spice to space russia launches into orbit a telescope which will boldly see no telescopes ever seen before we talk to the country's space chief about the future of cosmic exploration.

russia is launching its biggest space telescope yet a huge. earth and carefully observed 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 cain for joining us thank you for inviting me well americans have all will now have company in our bit is the russian telescope looking to discover something hubble's missing during all the years it's been operating deal with foreign scientists not russian so our telescopes the specter are is more interesting than the whole space telescope in terms of capacity for new discoveries it's a very exact science implying the 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 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 set to become the only country able. 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 spaceship it's all used which is capable of taking cosmonauts to orbit including the international space station. and they're exploring mars and top 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 fly 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 of money to space exploration wants 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. 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. as for earth surveillance we're launching our first satellite this year to detect and forecast you logical 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. is our 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 this but it isn't pleasant for a russian space agency thank you very much for talking to our. security mission.

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see don't need to go and. read this in the kennel was a hotel retreat. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is our team i'm john thomas glad to have you with us. headlines a former news of the world a journalist who was the first to name names in the phone hacking scandal is found dead in his home near london a death police say is unexplained but not suspicious it's the latest twist in a spiraling a political crisis going as far up as the british prime minister david cameron. violence persists in afghanistan as three more nato soldiers are killed following the assassination of an aide and the half brother of the president hamid karzai

last week the killings come as nato begins handing over control of some of the country's areas to local forces raising questions over their ability to cope. and russian security forces for a major terror attack on the moscow region's transportation system which could have resulted in a huge loss of life. russia's prisons are notoriously tough places but now the jail systems are facing calls for reform party's special report on that is coming up next. up up up. and complaints. oh. yes the church. also was for the sake of my wife and kids. going to statistics one out of every four men russia has served time in prison

currently nearly nine hundred found inmates are serving time in prison colony most of them have committed serious crimes. convicts entered quarantine if they 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 of are full of the likes of which have never been seen before. everyone needs 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 . and court convicted coverly owner of masterminding the murder of a fellow.