said that was simply a lie that cools and had known all along. to drink and drugs drugs and so 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 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 so what we're seeing in this country really is a loss of trust in the press first and foremost and subsequently a loss of trust in the police just underlines 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. artie's laura and reporting for us there are now under fire for phone hacking the murdoch media empire has now found itself the victim of hacking a group called second best known for successfully attacking cia and fox news posted a fake his story on his son newspaper's website claiming the media mogul had died the website of the downmarket british tabloid displayed an account of his death while visitors to the site were also redirected to the hackers twitter page meanwhile an allied group called anonymous has claimed credit for an attack that brought down the web site of the times another murdoch paper but it's not only hackers who are angry with the rich and powerful and the level of corruption at the top james corbet the editor of the independent news website says the public's trust has been seriously undermined. but the idea again of

a parliamentary inquiry it has to be at least seem to be completely free of ties to the prime minister's office certainly and and to any other m.p.'s who may have been implicated in the scandal so it's going to be an incredible mess unfortunately for the british people to be sorting through right now and i think trust in the public institutions has been necessarily eroded by this appalling disgraceful conduct on the part of so many different people in whom the public has invested so much trust not only of course cameron but numerous prime ministers before him have had a very cozy relationship to say the least with with news of the world and with various murdoch operations and not only his relationship to andy colson but to rebecca brooks the recently resigned and recently arrested c.e.o. of news of the world i mean it's again it's a very difficult situation for him to extract himself from or to claim that he had no idea of what was going on i think definitely there will be

a power vacuum if if murdoch does vacate or obviously murdoch's instant newspapers will be tarnished by this so i think there will be a power vacuum and unfortunately vacuums are tend to be filled quite for quickly so i would imagine that there will be other people in other organizations come along to take its place quite quickly the idea of this this phone hacking and the idea that we are all vulnerable to this and in our times of greatest vulnerability in times of a death of a loved one or a seven seven bombing victims for example being hacked into like that it's the it's the most. incredible intrusion of people's privacy that i think really horrifies people and it's interesting to see how people get horrified in this circumstance but not in the circumstance of for example when the british government comes out and says they're tapping the phones of one thousand citizens per day as they did back in two thousand and eight there was a report released about that. coming up here on r t 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. find out why twenty two thousand winners of the green card lottery have seen their loved 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 homemade 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 combat 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 that. 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 is 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 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 karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily its spending one hundred twenty billion. there's 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 us isn't gained anything i think the us is losing ground it's 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 of the top for nato in afghanistan with general david petraeus leaving to take over as the 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 reports there's concern afghan forces are too divided in liquid and lacking in training to fend off their 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 races. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming to spend some 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 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 usually. we need to be here late ninety's fighting each other to be killing each other these people. groups or other groups

to control it yet another obstacle for a young army but still has much to prove before it can stand on its own feet jason was in kabul for two. 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 medina cochin 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 ole of 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 medvedev 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 of this failed attack president underlined the situation in the region remains a very tense the last twenty four hours have seen two dads the blast that has russia's north caucasus and the first one happened in change 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 anti terror raids and the fighting against terrorism goes own still the remains and search operations continue. boosting trade and a reaffirming ties are 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 set to meet entrepreneurs from both countries our correspondent daniel bushell is across development and head of 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 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 that most go that the defense system could be aimed at russia or libya germany or russia both abstained from the u.n. votes authorizing nato action in libya and they both want to stop further escalation of the void and that's their own report that nato countries all being libya's rebels so both countries will be looking to strengthen their already strong relationship while the range of issues on which they share a common position. and you are with r t ahead in the program.

find out why some russian girls are showing that their support for vladimir putin ahead of next year's presidential elections by taking their clothes off. and of revealing the secrets of the universe a unique russian observatory is sent into orbit to study go live to god jack's. 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 registrar 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 in the riverbed for fifteen missing victims the bulgaria sinking has become one of russia's worst ever shipping disasters.

for twenty two thousand people who won a green card lottery to live in the u.s. a stroke of luck has turned out to be rather short lived 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 are going to church account has more. hoping for a better life in america. 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 in the era like that could produce a random result then 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 say the decision of the state department as well as the court that dismissed the case defies simple logic

rhonda means that if all the records of all the tracks are on your cd player when you get the room to move you may get tracks three four and five and you're trying to twelve that's still run 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 through their eyes are. going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . now it's time to take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world for you tonight. a court in budapest has cleared a ninety seven year old hunger man of nazi war crimes. k. piro 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 hunger and forces in one hundred forty two more than twelve hundred

people were killed in the notorious massacre. the un's highest court has ordered both cambodia and thailand to withdraw their troops from the disputed border area around the ancient temple complex of. 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 how least twenty people have died in clashes since two thousand and eight when the complex was awarded world heritage status. libyan rebels say they've taken control of a key eastern town of brave guy as 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 meanwhile u.s. officials have met with representatives of the gadhafi government the state department said the meeting reiterated washington's demand that colonel gadhafi step down and involved no negotiations. you can always find out

more about the stories we're covering on our web site r t v dot com and others besides here is a look at some of what's lined up for you there right now. as deaths and desperate financial problems continue to terrify europe expert analysis and opinion of how the scale of the problem just keeps rising. no more secrets how a huge tranche of private text messages including the most intimate why. were made public online with an investigation into the leak underway by a russian mobile phone giant. 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 action by launching an online campaign urging others to join their cause and back in the new push by ripping

their clothes off already thirteen hundred strong it's called itself the army of putin girls are invited to send in videos of them stripping off with prizes promised to most passionate supporters similar stunts are becoming something of a tradition in russia last year students from a top university university excuse me posed for a raunchy calendar expressing their love for the theme. the solo vigil of nasa's hubble telescope in orbit has come to an end as it's now going to get help in looking deeper into the universe than ever before russia has successfully sent up its own eye in the sky a new telescope with the sharpest side of the galaxy scientists have chosen a highly eccentric orbit for the telescope station to allow it to turn under the moon's gravity to scan the sky it will also synchronize its work with telescopes on earth to make high definition shots of far distant objects and mark their locations

but ten metre long telescope will also be capable of registering solar wind quasars black holes and neutron stars. as russia launches into orbit telescope which will boldly see where no telescope has 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. 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 a will now have company in our bit is the russian telescope looking to discover something 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 the 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. does 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 of sending people into space 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. and they're exploring mars and talk 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 now 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 as. 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 get 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 like this year to detect and forecast you logical or not to 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. or russia traditionally had a strong position our circle is completely grown us we've been talking about it since two thousand and seven and it's high time to realize it but it isn't pleasant for russia space agency thank you very much for talking. to a good mission. in

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the grand imperial truly the torch west coast coromandel hotel the closeness you see don't need to go and. present the kennel was a hotel or treat. and broadcasting live from moscow where it is six thirty in the morning this is our to bring you the top news and commentary from around the world. a former news of the world a journalist who was the first to name names in the phone hacking scandal is found dead at home near london a death police say is unexplained but not suspicious it's the latest twist in the spiraling of political crisis going all the way up to the prime minister david cameron. violence persists in afghanistan as three more nato soldiers are killed following the assassination of an aide in the half brother of president karzai last week just as the alliance begins handing over control to local forces in parts of

the country. and russian security forces for oil a major terror attack on the moscow region's transportation system which could have resulted in huge loss of life. next to our interview show spotlight with a groan all of this time his guest alexy the first deputy head of the russian central bank he has come on the program to discuss the u.s. national debt and the chances of the dollar failing. hello again i'll walk up to spotlight for you for help on our t.v. i'll do you know they. see. the growing multi-trillion u.s. national debt makes economists say the country's default is just

a matter of time but the arguable tellabs solve the u.s. economy badly hit america's protrudes including russia and the difficult time for moscow is counting every dollar and can't afford to lose billions it's like to washington what are the chances to see the dollar fail at the world's economies straits if money really talks to understand the language dad al the russian central bank. the russian central bank says the international rate in russia will not exceed seven percent official say the economy is recovering and the g.d.p. is growing but next month the u.s. will either raise the multi-trillion national debt ceiling or worse be used to pay baghdad and declare a technical default russia holds one hundred twenty five billion dollars of american debt and risks lou.