bases to an extent set to undermine call the show horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves they'll injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contractors. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically you know as. is. so many military and security functions to meet and security companies they are not regulated in that they are not control and this is what we have extremely concerned that we have call in is for relation to the national in the international level so

that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their activities saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so we're seeing around the world cases of kidnapping rape murder. and we see very very only very rare cases in which there's actually a criminal investigation or prosecution or sing out of. what experts say further privatization of war is convenient for the american government because among other reasons it doesn't have to justify the deaths of troops at home the president whoever the president may be can get us involved in conflicts only using uniform forces to do the official fighting and then thousands and thousands of

contractors to do the unofficial fighting that's under the radar screen that isn't covered by the media now here is a quote we cannot win a fight for hearts and minds when we outsource critical missions took on accountable contractors and of quote that's what senator obama said before he became president but apparently as a president now he thinks differently. with the contractors role in america's wars bound to increase and with the victims of their crime still begging for justice i'm going to check out reporting from washington. coming out differences on missile defense shield washington's ignoring its concerns and trying to place a body garden's bedroom stay with us to find out what that means. and we'll report on the visit of north korea's nuclear and boy visit to the united states for an exploratory meeting to see if the sides are ready to get back to the negotiating table. norway's police have released the first list of names of those killed

by brevik in friday's mass killings predicts lawyer says his client is probably insane and where he killed as many as seventy six people the gunmen who has admitted his guilt claims he is not alone in a mission to turn back the tide of integration in europe as laura has been finding out many warn of a new wave of british style terror. and to make a trade that led to the snow to exclude the innocent young people and does prevent the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike against the political left for supporting open borders and multiculturalism and even though the staunchest of hardliners condemned for a fix horrific actions anti immigration sentiment is growing across europe other groups express their condolences and then are quick and separate themselves from but they're also quick to lay blame left wing politicians which they say are

responsible because they allowed immigration to happen and effectively pushed the sky to the edge it's a cry that many feel is not being heard by european governments as people show their discontent increasingly for previously marginal immigration policies and joining street movements like the anti islamic english. so we. will have groups who are satisfied and we will have other groups who see that the governments are not doing enough discussing the issues enough. in this going forward in the future i think there's more the attacks it will bring this topic into the center of the attention again and they will force. officials as well as public to focus on these issues again to move towards nationalism is pan european as well as the b.n.p. making gains in the u.k. holland's controversial good builders now leads the country's third largest

political party running on an anti islam platform nationalists the true friends redrew the political landscape this year when they won nearly twenty percent of the vote the danish people's party has also embraced anti immigration policies successfully lobbying for denmark to close its previously open borders with germany and sweden there's grassroots support for brave it too disturbingly depicted on the internet by some extremists as a hero three thousand people voted for his video manifesto one you cheap and his group knights templar became a popular search topic on google i'm quite concerned that there are a lot of individuals. privates writing in his manifesto resonate with. i'm very concerned that you will see other people copycatting these types of attacks in the coming months or coming years politicians including germany's angela

merkel and britain's david cameron have already said multiculturalism has failed now the leaders of western europe have to stop their disenfranchised cities becoming a breeding ground for far right. who lit the fuse and those brave it claims to have been involved with the english defense league which play. it is to protect england from what it calls the wave of islamic cade said the e.t.l. denies but political analysts are saying if the attacks in norway don't prompt an honest appraisal of the it's used to rounding a great said that could frustrate the european public and create more space for potentially violent far right groups to expanded all over europe. are to be done. now we didn't terrorism and its consequences are at the heart of the debate in the latest cross dark in which people of als guest argue over the chances of a repeat of the atrocities elsewhere. i don't believe that this sort of thing is

going to happen again but underline threat that you know if we're not listen to you're going to see more terrorist attacks i just think i believe it's a load of rubbish we're not going to see this kind of thing happen in england we're not going to see it happening across europe and we all hope there are no more terrorism but it's very very naive to think that this was a one off and it's not likely to happen if you look at the right wing there and see the. rhetoric in europe it is far higher than the u.k. for sure we have countries in the u.k. countries in europe who are banning certain acts of islam so they banned the minaret they've banned the wearing of all of these things i have only used it in the u.k. it's not that at the moment they go he says it's good so you've now we knew impinge on people's human rights then what are you talking about a liberal democracy. and. if

you want. for heated debate is coming your way later in the day here in our team. the e.u. and the u.s. have let international condemnation of casillas decision to send a special forces spend special forces to seize crossings on share a border with serbia they'd allowed peacekeepers have been deployed to the area to help control the situation which is stoking ethnic tensions one police officer was killed after coming under fire from local serbs mounting a road block near one of the disputed crossings possible says it's trying to enforce a ban on serbian imports and response to similar boycott of possible goods around sixty thousand serbs live in the north and don't recognize cause of those in the pants which at unilaterally declared in two thousand and eight balkans aspart the body of knowledge says that even nato made a mistake in recognizing possible because it's unwilling to work with serbia the

decision by krishna to introduce the treaty more ago and to send a special forces this is direct slap in the face to the serbian government which has been nothing but cooperate you've been even capitulating in the ongoing negotiations which were set up by the e.u. is a matter of fact indicate that this action is completely either completely bypassed both the europeans and nato or has been executed with their complicity in cooperation and honestly i'm not really sure which is which has made any mention of we were spared recognizing your vision and it is true that if it has no interest in any sort of dialogue it came to power through violence it has conducted widespread ethnic cleansing of serbs and of your not of any in populations who has been rewarded for a. widespread or torah most serious in march two thousand and four and he has basically showed more willingness to behave in a civilized fashion opening to including to the region of independence and know

this show honestly and the new mission is there to facilitate their independence contrary to international law and the usual rules so obviously this is a message we are still making and it is a mess that the europeans and nato. basically made need to fix. more news latest updates and fresh video go to our website r t v dot com here's what we have for you online today the events leading up to the polish president's plane crash continue to unravel as investigators in poland also admit pilot error was probably to blame claim they previously denied. and there is no get out of jail free card for an associate of convicted. prison officials claim he does not deserve early release. and an exclusive interview with legendary lead guitarist brime a word he discusses his passion for music and science and gives his views on the mystery of life the universe and everything.

north korea's top diplomat is in the united states as part of a tamms to restart negotiations on the country's disputed nuclear program he is due to meet with american officials on thursday and has said he remains optimistic that ties with the u.s. will improve the visit comes just days after nuclear it was from north and south korea sat together for the first time in over two years on the sidelines of a security summit in indonesia there they agreed to renew six party talks over pyongyang's atomic officials as soon as possible we go down after north korea's gallant shelling of an in an island belonging to the south you want to claim it was a response to military drills the u.s. says north korea must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any zeal can be

reached from the campaign to end the korean war told r.t. that the u.s. interested in tension on the peninsula. the u.s. military needs justification to maintain its troops in the northeast asia region so that it can pursue its real interest which is to contain china's expansion of power in the region and also to continue to sell its weapons systems and demonizing north korea as an axis of evil country and the new provides that kind of justification the u.s. has been trying to strengthen its alliances with south korea and japan increasing military exercises in the region building missiles at defense systems and extra inexplicably linking the south korean japan weapons systems with its own. but the reality is north korea does not provide a threat to south korea or the u.s. and the reality also is that the u.s. and south korea are facing an economic crisis where their tax dollars can be better spent on rebuilding their domestic economy and provocative war games that have

already cost us lives on the korean peninsula last year there is one thing that distinguishes north korea from other nuclear weapons states in the world and that is that it is the only country that has said that it's willing to give them up in exchange for a guarantee that the u.s. will not attack it. and north korea has been very consistent it has said that everything is on the table as long as the us is the fear but it has to be a process of mutual disarmament you can't realistically expect north korea to simply give up its only deterrence capability unless the us is also willing to take steps and an end to its provocative war games that simulate the collapse of the north korean regime is a good start on the way here on r t seeing the wood for the trees for the fees but only for daring illegal loggers and russia who are using wildfires as a smokescreen for reaping a profit all the details from its. brushes and void to nato

says he is disappointed after talks with u.s. senators in washington the gazans think some republican lawmakers he met are committed to seeing moscow as a rival not a partner his visit as part of fresh efforts by russia to revive talks on a common missile defense system in europe but the american side insist on creating its own shield which it claims is to combat missile attacks from so-called rogue states russia feels the project could compromise its national security something the u.s. has dismissed which are a gazan told r.t. that washington's actions are file aiding moscow's personal space. but if you there are questions that remain unanswered if missile threats against europe come from the south why is the us placing part of its military infrastructure in the north close to russia's borders this is the question that we can't get an answer to when we ask for legal guarantees that the system is not aimed at russia we're told there's a big conflict between republicans and democrats in congress and they start to explain that conflict but we're not interested in that what's important for us is

that the u.s. is behind this project and they should provide security for all partners russia is very flexible if for some fabricated political reasons they rejected our suggestion to integrate our means of anti missile defense then there's another scheme they could be cooperation between two independent systems if nato wants to defend itself that's no problem but if russia wants to provide its own security so be it otherwise it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's bodyguard sitting in your bedroom he's been sent to provide your security who's going to like that so if all our suggestions are rejected and it's understood that iran is just a reason to have the plan while russia's nuclear potential is the real target then russia will come up with its own military response which nobody is going to like. i'll take a look at some other stories from around the world spanish activists are kept out with great to show their anger over the economic crisis are setting off on

a long march to brussels protesters started to gather two months ago all across spain holding meetings and collecting complaints in every city we are prepared to march over fifteen hundred kilometers to express their the stress in the heart of europe belgium spain currently has the highest unemployment rate in the e.u. twenty percent. media has warned a u.n. envoy that no peace talks will be considered until nato stops air strikes a government spokesman also insisted that obviously the ship is non-negotiable earlier this week that un envoy held talks with the rebel council in benghazi where he also made little progress towards a peace deal going civil war in the us started four months ago and has taken the lives of over two thousand people. egypt's official news agency says former president hosni mubarak is weak and refusing solid food hospital officials say he is suffering depression and weight loss caused by not eating enough to sustain his health but mark is supposed to stand trial in

a week accused of ordering the killing of protesters and corruption over eight hundred forty people died during the popular uprising which forced mubarak from office in february. a massive fire has got to plastics factory in california the burning plastic produced a large plume of black smoke which was visible for miles the factory makes plastic bins used for harvesting grapes and other agricultural products authorities are investigating the cause and monitoring the air for texas city. well those who say that money doesn't grow on trees have obviously never been to russia illegal logging is thriving all across the country as people learn how to profit from natural disasters or is accountable to the reports. fire has long had a reputation of a bad master but in russia these days it's increasingly being used as a good servant the flames terrorizing the country's forest every summer some unscrupulous intrapreneur as have come to use it as

a smokescreen for illegal logging the problem reached such proportions that even the government has realized the chips are down. in some regions considered at risk of heavy forest fires illegal logging is thriving they cut down more than authorized than the area is set ablaze to cover their crime nobody can determine how much logging was sanctioned and how much was actually cut the. fires hurricanes flooding come what may illegal loggers are using all sorts of natural disasters to cover their tracks. these woods near st petersburg fallon the path of a major twister last year it uprooted thousands of hectares of mature forest many more were chopped afterwards by swindlers like these ones who managed to secure a permit for the hurricane cleanup. mr they've got a permit that allows them to take away three truckloads of debris a job that could be done in a few days but they're permit is valid for three weeks i'm sure you can usually get

to rest. they say money doesn't grow on trees but russia which possesses about one fifth of the world's forest resources defies the old wisdom while the government contends that the illegal logging khans for just a few percent of all timber production environmental activists say the scale of the problem is much greater if you heard we believe that twenty to twenty five percent of all logging in russia is carried out illegally the figure is higher than a decade ago and it's still rising on a par with the amazon rain forest the vast siberian greenery is often referred to as the lungs of the planet at close examination though it's guarded all over the place most of the illegal siberian timber goes to china and while the locals already see the impact of deforestation on their own lives they see their only other option would be far worse. you know it's illegal what you're doing.

i know it's illegal but there are no other jobs here. the government officials are to turn to for comment see the state is doing everything it can to combat illegal logging new legislation has just come into force the number of forest rangers will be increased in the meantime the chiefs are still towing where they may according to x. press if the states inability to see the wood for the trees that is one of the main reasons why illegal logging in russia is so widespread and why it is so prone to any sort of punitive action while the federal authorities may condemn the practice all they want the current economic and regulatory environment ultimately makes plan bethink chopping of trees farm will look pretty and easy to carry out then doing it the legal way a kind of artsy. and while ours bound environmentalist battle to keep russian trees

save art he talks to the american astronaut has inspired the movement to protect the heiress watch the full interview later this hour here's a short preview. well i'm proud to have been lucky enough to take the picture that maybe define. the start of the environmental movement i mean the bigger a start. yet. it really and has influence well beyond my imagination a lot of people not only is the earth fragile and and beautiful but it's very small and so though we have still i think a lot of people think we're the center of the universe or it's clear that that's not true and i think the earth rise picture has helped people start thinking in a more expansive way. time now for a business update with marina.

hello and welcome to business here on our t.l. this hour we'll start with oil russia may be rich enough but that doesn't show i have the petrol problems motorists are having to contend with of rising prices and in some cases shortages the problems have been put down to higher duty and intervention in the markets and it's got to the stage the government is considering allowing a low grade class to petrol back on the market over finers in russia have been reluctant to convert to the higher class three standards but the russian gasoline union says there are ways to make it happen. so there are a few stimuli being implemented currently very high the level of quality the. the difference is in the big around three hundred to four hundred roubles according to the playoffs now there is talk of increasing this difference to two thousand to three thousand roubles plus. those who have already invested in upgrading their

production which will give them through the stimulus for further development. and let's take a look at the markets now oil has slipped into the red after earlier gains prices remain under pressure as a result of washington wrangling over the u.s. debt ceiling. and the asian markets are trading in the red washington is that problems are affecting investor confidence there as well anyway and on the export focused companies. all here in russia at the markets will start trading in less than an hour now they closed mixed on tuesday with the r.t.s. pointing slightly upwards and then why sex in the red among the most active stocks were to k.p. which jumped to its highest in more than a week and trans nafta which had the highest close in more than three months and that was after a what's its first quarter that income more than double. russian equities have sort of the weak struggling to find direction. to the capital says the market looks

to be answering a long period. it still looks like we're going to hold in eight hundred two thousand rates for the year two years which is roughly where we touched briefly at the beginning of the week going into the next few weeks i think with that sort of pace is going to continue marc is just going to hold its breath until some positive signals are received from europe more of us moving further on beyond summer we do expect the russian market to go higher and highs for a year of these three with the continued strength in the oil prices metals and other commodities finally being translated into the price of russian stocks russia may place your bones on the foreign markets and twenty twelve that it's the finance minister said against the chalk says russia plans to boost borrowings significantly over the next three years. ago as butcher with russia has an important competitive

advantage so high debt sustainability. to convert the budget deficit by borrowing i would grow school rings will amount to seventy two billion dollars serially in the next three years. and that's all there is a sense for now all the headlines are next with marina.

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welcome back here with our t. here's a look at the top stories the guns for hire company accused of killing a seventeen innocent iraqis goes on trial in the west but only on accusations of overbilling blackwater now known as allegedly charged too much for protecting u.s. officials in a war zone and. norway releases the names of victims from friday's twin attack as the suspects lawyer says his client is unaware he killed seventy six people some experts are warning just spread of anti islamic sentiment in europe could lead to more british style terror. nasal led peacekeepers are deployed along cos it was

northern border with serbia to call emasculating ethnic tensions over attempts to enforce a trade embargo the e.u. and the us led international condemnation of the action that resulted in one police officer being killed. up next a special report of how the baltic republic of list has changed over the last twenty years ever since it broke away from the soviet union. vilnius is the capital of lithuania the city changed hands many times during the twentieth century after world war one the poles were in charge then during the second world war nazi germany took control when the soviet army drove the fascists out of the baltics the city became if you a nice competent once again in the country join the soviet union. they like saying in russia we liberated the lithuanian people from that scene germany. i add the

following yes you did but you didn't bother to leave afterwards should it with. you when perestroika go to underway in the late one nine hundred eighty s. it was one of the first soviet republics to demand independence. was far as we are concerned phone use is the count but so notes moscow does the way it's has been on whale a b. in the future. the confrontation between the soviet empire is weakening the center of the rebellious baltic republic resulted in street clashes. fourteen people were crushed by tanks hundreds were. that the town came to hold to when my leg was caught between the caterpillar tracks i realized then that there was no escape other than death. if you a new one at independence in one thousand nine hundred one small baltic republic then desperately trying to join european structures.