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 u.s. . source many of the military and security functions to the meat and security companies they are not regulated in that they are not control and this is what we have extremely concerned that what we have called in is for relation at the national and at 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 our team. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow coming up in the program differences on missile defense is washington's ignoring its concerns and trying to place a bodyguard in its bedroom stay with us to find out what that means. after fifty eight years of formally being out war weary poor and why north and south korea still haven't signed a peace deal and benefiting from tension along the thirty eighth parallel. norway's police have released the first list of names of those killed by anders behring breivik and friday's mass killings lawyer says he's client is probably

insane and unaware he killed as many as seventy six people the gunman who has admitted his guilt claims he's not alone in a mission to turn back the tide of immigration in europe as lore and it has been finding out many warned of a new wave of brevik style terror. and ethnic hatred that led to the slaughter of scores of innocent young people to 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 condemn brave ics horrific actions anti immigration sentiment is growing across europe other groups all express their condolences and then are quick and separate themselves from are also quick to lay blame left wing politicians which. are responsible because they allowed immigration 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 voting increasingly for previously marginal anti immigration parties and joining street movements like the anti islamic english defense league. of course it will have groups who are satisfied and we will have other groups who say that the governments are not doing enough they are not discussing the issues enough. in this going forward in the future i think there's no way a texan 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 the move towards nationalism is pound 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. 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 will 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 the disenfranchised cities becoming a breeding ground for a far right. who lit the fuse and those brave it claims to have been involved with the english defense league which is to protect england from what it calls a wave of islamic the case said the e.t.l. denies the lake but political analysts are saying if the attacks in norway don't prompt an honest appraisal of the issues surrounding immigration that could further frustrate the european public and create more space for potentially violent far right groups to expanded all over europe lower and they are to blunt it. no we didn't terrorism and its consequences are the heart of the debate in the latest crosstalk in which people argue over the chances of a repeat of elsewhere. i don't believe that this sort of thing is

going to happen again but i underline threat that you know if we're not listen to you're going to see more terrorist acts 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 acts 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 islam mic and muslim 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've banned the minaret they've banned the where a lot of all of these things are happening because they're in the u.k. it's not that bad at the moment they go he says it's good seed now we knew impinge on people's human rights then what are you talking about a liberal democracy. of all heated debate is coming your way in an hour's time here on our team. the e.u.

and the u.s. led international condemnation of cause it was decision to see and special forces to seize crossings on its shared border with serbia nato led 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 roadblock near a one of the disputed crossings possible says it's trying to enforce a ban on certain imports in response to a similar boycott cost of our goods around sixty thousand serbs live in the north and don't recognize cost of independence which you know actually declared in two thousand and eight the balkans politics expert market gossip says hospital could not have acted without the go had from what he calls its puppet masters in washington. should bear in mind that the. leaders could have done nothing without the ok from the us administration and we know that

the us has got a massive investment in kosovo it's got the biggest military base in the world income bomb still smack bang in the holocaust of all and so everything that. gets up to is also rise by washington in the first place having said that the poverty in costs of all over for all peoples is albanians as well as. is so huge that they're suffering already under this combined washington regime which has brought them nothing but poverty and pain and really has done nothing for the region but bring organ harvesting and pain and quality to everybody in this region so that course always a failed sleighs a failed state i mistaken experiments and this kind of expansionism of a failure. ethnic albanian leadership have produced for the world should not be encouraged by the world we should all oppose this we know who can stop it and it is time that the us administration stopped its extremist puppets and from even further inspire and begin to. recognize territorial area. for more news latest updates and

fresh videos you can go to our website r t dot com and here is 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 now also admit pilot error was probably to blame a claim they previously denied. there's no get out of jail free card for. an associate of convicted oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky prison officials claim live video does not deserve early release. explosive interview with legendary queen guitarist brian may work he discusses his passion for music and science and gives his views on the mystery of life universe and everything.

north korea's top diplomat is in the united states as part of attempts to restart negotiations of the country's disputed nuclear program 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 a nuclear and 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 the six party talks over pyongyang's atomic ambitions as soon as possible to go she broke down after north korea's deadly shelling of an island belonging to the south and what it claimed was in response to provoke of military drills the u.s. says north korea must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any deal can be reached huli from the campaign to and the korean war authority that the u.s. is interested in keeping up the tension on the peninsula. the u.s. military needs justification to maintain its troops in the north east 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 conveniently 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 south korean japan and weapon 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 economies and unproductive 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 to its provocative word games that simulate the collapse of the north korean regime is a good start. on the way here in r t seeing the wood for the trees for the fees but only for the log or as in russia who are using wildfires as a smokescreen for me being a prophet all the details in a few minutes. rushes and void to nato says he's disappointed after talks with u.s. senators in washington thinks the 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 the fan system in europe by 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 would compromise its national security something the u.s. has dismissed me to regarding told r.t. that washington's actions are violating 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 system 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 has 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 well russia's nuclear potential is the real target then russia will come up with its own military response which nobody is going to like. this. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the mayor of afghanistan's city has killed by a suicide bomb attack in the town center it's the latest in a string of assassinations targeting top officials two weeks ago president hamid karzai as have brother who ran the entire kind of hard province was gunned down one of karzai is top aide was also killed by the taliban who are stepping up their

assault as nato combat troops begin to withdraw from afghanistan. leaving us warning u.n. envoy that no peace talks will be considered until nato stops airstrikes a government spokesman also insisted that gadhafi is leadership is non-negotiable earlier this week the u.n. envoy held talks with a rebel council in benghazi where he also made little progress towards a peace deal going civil war in libya started four months ago and has taken the lives of over two thousand people. it's official news agency says former president hosni mubarak is we can refusing solid food hospital officials say he is suffering depression and weight loss caused by not eating enough to sustain himself barak is supposed to stand trial in a week accuse of ordering the killing of protesters and corruption over eight hundred forty people died during the popular uprising which forced from office in february. 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 are not a boy who 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 with flames terrorizing the country's poorest every summer some unscrupulous intrapreneur 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 they using all sorts of natural disasters to

cover their tracks. these woods near st petersburg fallon the path of the major with three 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 the wrist. 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 cons with just a few percent of all timber production environment will actually save 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 current 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 who are to turn to for comment say 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 it in the meantime the chiefs are still towing where they may according to x. press if the thieves 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 are they 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 kind of like an artsy. and while earthbound environmentalist battle to keep russian trees safe are t. talks of the american astronaut who inspired the movement to protect the earth. we were there to prove not just to ourselves and the american people but prove to the whole world that america was a second rate when certainly the soviets now the russians with their sputnik and our gerund the missile gap were making america look really bad well i'm proud to have been lucky enough to take the picture that maybe define.

the start of the environmental movement 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 you know more expansive way. watch the full interview in a few minutes here in our to right after our headlines before that we'll take a look at the business news with marina. hello and welcome to business here on our team now we start this hour with oil russia may be richer the but that doesn't show at the petrol pumps motorists are having to contend with rising prices and in some cases shortages the problems have been put down to higher duty and intervention in the market and it's got to the stage the government is considering allowing a low grade class to petrol back on the market petrol refiners 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. to keep if you do pretty well there are a few stimuli being implemented currently very high at the level of quality. the difference is in big people 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 boyle is mixed the sour light sweet is down thirteen cents and runs has climbed fourteen cents prices remain under pressure as a result of washington wrangling over the u.s. that ceiling let's take a look at what's happening with the asian markets they are next this hour washington's that problems are backing investor confidence there as well and

weighing all export focused companies. and here in russia will be artsy asked open flaps now point zero one percent and why stocks will start trading shortly. russia like what is have started the week struggling to find direction. to be capital says the market looks to be answering a summer long period. it still looks like we're going to hold in a two hundred thousand range for here 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 mark is just going to hold its breath until some positive signals are received from europe or of us moving further on beyond summer we do expect the russian market to go higher and reach new highs for a year of this lee 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 in twenty twelve that you see finance minister sergei start to chalk says russia plans to boost pouring significantly over the next three years. ago as butcher with russia has in the porton 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 the business news for now for more stories you can always check out our website r.t. dot com slash business but in the mean time it's the headlines whether marina.

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we're back here with our here's a look at the top stories the guns for hire company accused of killing seventeen innocent iraqis goes on trial in the u.s. but only on accusations of overbilling blackwater now known as allegedly charged too much for protecting u.s. officials in war zones. norway releases the names of victims from friday's twin attack as the suspects lawyer says he's client is unaware killed seventy six people some experts are warning the spread of and islamic sentiments in europe could lead

to more of brevik style terror. nato led peacekeepers are deployed along causes northern border with serbia to call an escalating ethnic tensions over attempts to enforce a trade embargo the e.u. and the u.s. led international condemnation of the action that resulted in one police officer being killed. now r.t. so if you're a nazi meets and nasa astronaut who was part of the first u.s. mission to the moon on that historic flight bill anders took a celebrated photograph that inspired the environmental movement around the globe he talks about the bigger picture behind that shot. lander's think you very much for being with us today it's a great pleasure and an honor nice to be with you soldiers all right so apollo eight commander frank berman and come on come command module pilot jim lovell had

flown more hours than any other often not where they tap on you well i was the rookie. but it turns out that none of us had ridden on the saturn five so we were all right rookies for saturn five and we were all rookies for a trip away from the earth with a lot of screaming and shouting during the six and a half days no not screaming and shouting you didn't have to in the spacecraft to reach at our jobs level was basically the navigator and i was the systems engineer and copilot looked at the shot actually frank borman no. i think it's been. definitely proven that i took the shot but i think find more might have taken the first one but unfortunately he didn't use color film and didn't use a long lens so i gets the credit what is the earthrise mean to you. well i'm proud to have.