rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine coalition forces 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 us. so many 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 we have colin is for regulation 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. and coming up here in our differences on missile defense moscow field seems ignoring trying to place a bodyguard and it's better off with us to find out what that means. after fifty eight years of formally being a war of we reported on why north and south korea still haven't signed a peace deal and who's benefiting from the tension along the surrogates parallel.

norway's police have released the first list of names of those killed by others behring breivik in friday's mass killings bricks lawyer says his client is probably insane and unaware 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 immigration in europe as laura abbott's has been finding out many warn of a new wave of brevik style terror. and ethnic hatred that led to the slaughter of scores of innocent young people. braving 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 brave fix 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 they. 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 discussing the issues enough. in this going forward in the future i think there's no way 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 the move towards nationalism is pan-european as well as the b.n.p. making gains in the u.k.

hollands controversial girt builders now leads the country's third largest political party running on an anti islam platform nationalists the true finns 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. writing in this 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 far right. who lit the fuse and those brave it claims to have been involved with the english defense league which pledges to protect england from what it calls a wave of. the e.t.l. denies the 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. r.t. london. norwegian terrorism and its consequences are the heart of the debate in the latest cross talk in which peter lavelle's guest argued over the chances of

a repeat of the city's elsewhere. i don't believe that this sort of thing is going to happen again but underlying 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 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. 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 is that 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. debate is coming your way

later in the program here in our team. the a u. and the u.s. have let international condemnation of casa those decision to sand special forces to seize crossings on its share of 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 road block near a one of the disputed crossings cause of us says it's trying to enforce a ban on serbian imports in response to a similar boycott of cost of our goods around sixty thousand serbs live in the north and don't recognize cost of independence what should you know laterally declared in two thousand and eight the balkans expert in the boys are management says that the e.u. and nato made a mistake and recognizing caso because it's willing to work with serbia. the decision by krishna to introduce the treaty more review 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 indicates 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 worse d'you has made any mention of we were sort of recognizing your regime that is. that has no interest in any sort of dialogue it came to power through violence has conducted widespread and cleansing of serbs and we're not opening populations has been rewarded for a. white spirit karimova series in march twenty third two thousand and four and he has basically shown a willingness to behave in a civilized fashion in the opening to including to the region of independence and know this so i just leave and the new mission is there to facilitate their

independence contrary to international law and usual rules so obviously there's a message here so making it is a mess that the europeans and nato. basically made need to fix. for more news latest updates and fresh videos go to our website artie 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 now also admit pilot error was probably to blame a claim they previously denied. there's no get out of jail free card for a plot of an associate of convicted oil tycoon me how to prosecute prison officials claim that it does not deserve early release. and watch artie's exclusive interview with legendary queen guitarist brian made where 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 attempts 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 was the u.s. will improve the visit comes just days after a nuclear envoys from the 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 admissions as soon as possible broke down after north korea's deadly shelling of an island belonging to the south and water claimed wasn't response to a provocative military drills the u.s. says north korea must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any deal can be reached here leave from the campaign to end the korean war hold or tell you that

the u.s. is interested keeping up tensions 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 it. 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 than on 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. 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. and on the way here in our seeing the wood for the fees but only for daring illegal loggers and russia who are using wildfires as a smokescreen for raping a profit of details in a few minutes. brushes and a way to nato says he is disappointed after talks with the u.s. senators in washington dmitri were gazans thanks to republican lawmakers he met are

committed to seeing moscow as a rival not a partner in his visit as part of fresh efforts by russia to revive talks on a common missile defense system in europe but the american side insists 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 is something the u.s. has dismissed to be true or gazan told r.t. that washington's actions are violating moscow's personal space. but if you there are questions that remain unanswered and that's 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 suggestions are rejected and it's understood that iran is just a reason to. russia's nuclear potential is the real target then russia will come up with a military response which nobody is going to like. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the mayor of afghanistan's kind of our city killed by a suicide bomb attack in the town center it's the latest in a string of assassinations targeting top afghan officials two weeks ago president

hamid karzai is have brothers who ran the entire kind of our 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. it's official news agency says former president hosni mubarak is weak and refusing solid food hospital officials say he's suffering depression and a weight loss caused by not eating enough to sustain his health the bark 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. the via has warned a u.n. envoy that no peace talks will be considered until nato stops airstrikes a government spokesman also insisted that market obviously leadership is non-negotiable earlier this week as a u.n. envoy held talks with the 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. 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 to six on a boy go 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 forests every summer some unscrupulous and trip or nurse 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 down. fires

hurricanes flooding come what may illegal loggers are using all sorts of natural disasters to cover their tracks. these woods new st petersburg found the path of a major twister last year it uprooted thousands of hackers 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 their permit is valid for three weeks i'm sure you can easily get stressed. 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 for just a few percent of all timber production environment 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 you see it's guarded all over the place most of the illegal siberian timber in 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 following where

they may. according to x.p. if the they've been ability 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 one bethink chopping of trees from will look pretty and easy to carry out then doing it the illegal way from the artsy. and while our of bound environmentalist battle to keep russian trees safe arjun talks to the american astronaut who inspired the movement to protect the earth watch the full interview next hour here's a short preview. 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 sputnik and our

guarantee 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 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. and i'll be back with a recap our top stories shortly but first it's business news with marino. hello and welcome to business here on r.g.p. and we start this hour with or oil russia may be rich and the thought that doesn't show up the petrol pumps motorists are have been so concerned with rising prices and in some cases shortages the problems have been put down to a 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 petrified areas 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 at the moment so currently excise duties are varied the higher the level of quality the lower the g.g. the difference isn't big around three hundred to four hundred roubles according to the class now there is talk of increasing this difference to two thousand or three thousand roubles plus it's fair to all those who have already invested in upgrading their production which will give them further stimulus for further development. russia's leading gold producer paul as gold has been taken over by its subsidiary because gold deal has turned politics gold worth thirteen point one billion dollars and because soft gold worth fifty times less into a british company it is expected soap same

a premium listing on the london stock exchange by autumn and the company says it now wants to join forces with a gold will go through the inserts to develop russia's massive gold deposits. but let's take a look at the markets now oil has slipped into the red this hour light sweet is down twenty points in three cents and you see the breadth is actually off the south point zero two cents prices remain under pressure though as a result of washington wrangling over the u.s. debt ceiling a second look at what's happening in asia markets there are now mixed washington's that problems are affecting them faster confidence there as well and weighing on exports focused companies. and here in russia both markets are now open and they are in the red the arts and yes there's almost a quarter of a percent down and my sex is just going thirty three percent so investors are in the sciences and avoid the risk of moves ahead of economic reports and critical

decision making in the u.s. let's take a look at some individual moves on the my sex enters the majors are among the top losers this hour are all snuffed out in one fifteen percent and lou call is dropping around half a percent bucking the trend is which is that in point sixteen percent this hour. russian equities have sort of the week struggling to find direction. of the capital says the market looks to be entering as some 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 gone into next few weeks so i think we're the 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 highs for the 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 bonds on the foreign markets in twenty twelve that you see finance minister said against that check says russia plans to boost borrowing significantly over the next three years it was. worth it russia has an important comparative advantage it's so high debt sustainability greece allows us to convert the budget deficit by borrowing and i will 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 you can find more stories on our website that's our team dot com slash business and in the meantime stay tuned for the headlines with marina.

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welcome back you're with the guns for hire a company accused of killing seventeen innocent iraqis goes on trial in the u.s. but only on accusations of overbilling blackwater now known as elijah charged too much for protecting u.s. officials and war zones. norway releases the names of victims from friday's twin attack as the suspects lawyer says his client is not aware he killed seventy six people some experts are warning the spread of anti islamic sentiment in europe could lead to more. nato led peacekeepers are deployed along

northern border with serbia to call and ask the lady asking 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 hailed. in the wake of norwegian mass murder peter valen he is guest discuss possibilities of such atrocities being repeated elsewhere that's across the uk that's coming up next. wealthy british style. markets. scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on r.t.

. if you. follow me in the welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the color of terrorism as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a plethora of questions demand answers how could this assault be planned and executed under the radar of the authorities and as the west focused too much on islamic groups instead of homegrown extremists and terrorists. continue. to cross talk the rise of far right nationalism i'm joined by my guest in london he's chair of the muslim safety forum and stephen gas he is spokesperson for stop islamization of europe all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in any.