oh geez availability in the movie joins me that shows the i love you that's the great way to turn the branding period should george was the coromandel you can a letter to the church of civility to go. read this in the kernel was her job as used to retrieve. the guns for hire company accused of killing seventeen innocent iraqis goes on trial in the u.s. but only on accusations of overcharging. norway releases the names of victims from friday's twit's hack as experts warned the spread of and islamic sentiment in europe could lead to more atrocities. nato led peacekeepers are deployed along cos it was northern border with serbia to call an escalating ethnic tensions over attempts to enforce a trade embargo. this

is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm maria joshing the private security firm formerly known as blackwater is on trial in the u.s. now over allegations that it killed innocent civilians in iraq four years ago because two x. employees claim the company overcharge washington for protecting state department staff in war zones a firm which is now called z. provides more of mercenaries for the u.s. in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scales in two thousand and seven as hired guns were accused of shooting dad seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre the company is now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as the u.s. withdraws its combat troops and as our team is going to reports there is concern washington could keep covering for its hired killers like this iraqi man son nine year old arab league. khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors

four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot life they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre to other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her retake human rights violations including porcher rape and murder the u.s. supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contractors. in a plan is that it's reported that human rights violations and even feelings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves in general kill innocent

afghans 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. so many. functions to the security companies they are not regulated in that they're not control and he says we're we're extremely concerned that what we're calling is for relation to be national in at the international level so the. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate

their kitties saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable and 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 of. 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 uniformed 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's a quote we cannot win a fight for hearts and minds when we outsource critical missions took on

accountable contractors and of course 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 down to increase and with a terms of their crime still begging for justice i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. coming up in the program differences on missile defense moscow feel washington's ignoring signs and trying to place a bodyguard and it's better stay with us to find out what that means. after fifty eight here is the formally being at war we report on why north and south korea still haven't signed a peace deal and who is benefiting from the tension along the thirty eighth parallel. norway's police have released the first list of names of those killed by arab spring break and friday's mass killings. as his client is probably insane and i where he killed as many as seventy six people the gunman who has admitted his

guilt claims he is not alone in a mission to turn back the tide of immigration in europe as laura am of has been finding out man in warren of a new wave of brevik style terror. and nick hatred that led to the slaughter of schools of innocent young people she does prefix the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike he gets the political left for supporting open borders and multiculturalism and even though the staunchest of hardliners condemned for a fixed horrific actions and see immigration sentiment is growing across europe other groups express their condolences and then are quick and separate themselves from general so quick to lay blame left wing politicians which they say are responsible because they allowed immigration happen and effectively pushed the scar to the edge it's a cry that many feel is not being heard by european governments as people show

their discontent increasingly through previously marginal immigration policies arms joining street movements like the mc islamic english defense league. the course you will have groups who are satisfied in the real have other groups who see that the governments are not doing. discussing the issues enough. in this going forward in the future i think there's nor there has to go bring this topic into the center of the gun and they will force. officials as well as public to focus on these issues again they 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 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 sweden there's grass roots support for prefix to disturbingly depicted on the internet by some extremists as a hero three thousand people voted for his video manifesto on you tube and his group knights templar became a popular search topic on google but i'm quite concerned that there are a lot of individuals. privates writing in his manifesto will resonate with him so far i'm very concerned that you will see other people copycatting these types of attacks in the coming months or 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 bright eyes the logs lit the fuse and those great great plains to been involved with the english defense league which is to protect england from what it calls the wave of the cage said the e.t.l. denies a political analysts are saying if be attacked. did norway prompt an honest appraisal of the f.c. surrounding it a great said that could frustrate the european public and create more space for potentially violent groups to expanded all over europe. are to be done to. the region terrorism and its consequences are at the heart of the debate and the latest and which people of bell's gas 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 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 happening here and 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 like it's a happened if you look at the right wing. 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 wearing of all of these things out on easter in the u.k. it's not that at the moment he says it's good so you now when you impinge on people's human rights then what are you talking about a liberal democracy. and the full heated debate is coming your way later in the program here on our team. now the e.u. and the you ask have let international condemnation of casillas decision to send

special forces to seize crossings on its shared border with nato led peacekeepers out the way to the area to help control the situation which is stoking ethnic tensions one police officer has was killed after coming under fire from local service mounting a road block near one of the disputed crossings possible says it's trying to enforce the ban on serbian imports in response to a similar boycott of cost of our goods around sixty thousand serbs in the north and don't recognize possible dependence which it you know laterally declared in two thousand and eight politics expert market possible could not have acted without the go ahead from what he calls its puppet masters in washington. you 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 but i'm still not buying in the halls of cos a lot and so everything that. gets out to you is also rise by washington in the

first place having said that the policy in course of well for all peoples is albanians as well as. is so huge that they're suffering already under this combined washington regime which is brought to nothing but pain and really nothing for the region but bring organ harvesting and plain and policy to everybody in this region so that course always a failed sleighs a fake state of the state can experiment and this kind of expansionism over a failure of. ethnic albanian leadership could use 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 explained begin to. recognize territorial area. so more news latest updates and fresh radios go to our website r.t. dot com and 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 blaming previously that i. know get out of jail free card for part on legacy of an associate of convicted oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky prison officials claim they would have does not deserve early release. and watch artie's exclusive interview with legendary queen guitars brian may where he discusses his passion for music and science and gives he's views on this really of wife 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 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 envoys 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 you know she broke down after north korea's deadly shelling of an island belonging to the south in what it claims was in response to provoke military provocative military drills the u.s. says north korea must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any deal can be reached from the campaign to end the korean war told r.t. that the u.s. is interested in keeping up tension on the peninsula. the u.s. military needs justifications that maintain its troops in the nordics ensure region so they 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 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 for a start and is increasingly exercises in the region building missiles that defense systems and inextricable inextricably linked games are korea and japan and systems with. 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 you bet on rebuilding their domestic economies that are provided at 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 weapon states in the world and that is that it is the only country that has said that it's willing to give the mark any 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 a 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 a trance capability unless the u.s. is also willing to take steps and an end to its provocative work games that simulate the collapse of the north korean regime is a good start. all the way here at r t seeing the award for the fees but only for airing illegal loggers in russia who are using wildfires as a smoke screen for reading a profit all the details and a few minutes. brushes and wanted to nato says he is disappointed after talks with u.s. senators in washington dmitri regards and thinks the republican lawmakers who met are committed to seeing moscow as a rival not a partner his visit as part of fresh efforts by russia to revive talks of a common missile defense system in europe but the american side insist on creating its own field which one uses to combat missile attacks from so-called rogue states russia feels the project could compromise its national security something the u.s.

has dismissed mr abbas and told r.t. that washington's actions are violating moscow's personal space and there is 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 a group of 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 fabrication of 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. 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. you were to take a look at some other stories from around the world the mayor of afghanistan are city has killed by a suicide bomb attack in the town center it's the lay. it's in a string of assassinations targeting top afghan officials two weeks ago president hamid karzai as have brother randy entire province was gunned down while karzai is top aide was also killed by the taliban or stepping out of the result as nato combat troops begin to withdraw from afghanistan. it gets official news agency says former president hosni mubarak is reagan refusing solid food hospital officials say he's suffering depression and weight loss caused by not eating enough to sustain his health barque is supposed to stand trial in a week of ordering the killing of protesters and corruption over eight hundred forty people died during a popular uprising which for some of our markets in february. levy has warned a u.n.

envoy that no peace talks will be considered until nato stops airstrikes a government spokesman also insisted that its leadership is nonnegotiable earlier this week the u.n. envoy held talks with the rebel council in benghazi were you also made a little progress towards a peace deal going civil war in media started four months ago and has taken go lives of over two thousand people. 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 artie's of time boycott reports. fire has long had a reputation of a bad mustard but in russia these it's increasingly being used as a good servant with planes terrorizing the country's forest every summer some unscrupulous entrepreneurs 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 the author oist and the area is set ablaze to cover their crime even determine how much logging the sanctions and how much is actually cut. fires hurricanes flooding come what may illegal loggers are using all sorts of natural disasters to cover their tracks. these woods new st peter's were thousand the path of the major last year it grew thousands of hectares of mature forest many more were chopped up towards the swindlers like these ones who managed to secure a permit for the hurricane cleanup of the myth that it 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

stretched. they see 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 to actually say this heel of the problem is much greater if you. 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 green a result for rebirth as belongs of the planet at close examination though you see it's cars all over the place most of the illegal segueing timber goes to china and while the locals already see the impact of deforestation on their own lives the cedar 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 water jobs here. the government officials who 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 glowing where they may according to x. powers if the plates 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 fund the thing chopping of trees problem and easy to carry out then doing it the illegal way from the artsy. and while earthbound environmentalist battle to keep russian trees safe archie talks of the american

astronaut who inspired the movement to protect the earth watch the full interview in a few minutes here's a short preview. we were there to prove not just to ourselves and the american people but to prove to the whole world that america wasn't second rate when certainly the soviets the russians with sputnik and garrett and the missile gap would make 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 i think the earth rise picture has helped people start thinking in a more expansive way. religious leaders from russia and georgia are uniting to celebrate their christianisation of ancient russia here in ukraine were at the end of the town century prince

a lot of mere force thousands to convert georgia's patriarchial ya is on his first official visit to ukraine he is due to meet with his russian counterpart to discuss the strained relations between the two states who cut off diplomatic ties more than five years ago this year t. it has prepared massive celebrations to mark a pivotal moment russia became part of the world's christian community. it brings us up to date here in our he'll be back soon we'll recap our top stories but business news is next with marina. hello and welcome to business here at sea now russia may have plenty of oil but that doesn't show at the petrol pumps motorists are having to contend with shortages and rising prices the problems have been put down to high tags duty and the greater profitability of selling fuel abroad refiners in russia have also been

reluctant to convert to the higher class through standards the government says even consider an extended production of low grade class to petrol until december twelfth and twelve the russian gasoline union says stimuli to upgrade production is in employment a. particular figure. there are a few stimuli being implemented at the moment currently it's a do these are very high 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. those who have already invested in upgrading their production which will give them through the stimulus bill for the development. russia's leading gold producer polling is gold has been taken over by its london based subsidiary because gold as a result of a share swap aside gold worth two hundred ten million dollars merges with polio is gold worth fifty times more than the company under the name of hollywood's gold

international will start trading on the london stock exchange on a wednesday the combined company now wants to join forces with a global rival as early as this year to become one of the world's top three gold miners. and let's take a look at the markets no oil has slipped into the red this hour light sweet is losing around twenty two cents and the growth is actually up this hour point zero two cents and prices remain under pressure as a result of washington wrangling over the u.s. that ceiling. and e.u. markets opened lower of with washington is that problems affecting investor confidence both the foot sea and the dax are losing actually the footsies now gaining almost half a percent and the dax is losing almost half the cycle of what's happening and rochelle markets are mixed this hour world where the r.t.s.

almost a quarter over for science and my sex down almost a quarter of percent investors are indecisive avoiding risky 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 socks energy majors are among the top losers this hour gasper machete a third of a percent and luke was dropping twice as much bucking the trend this polling not only adding overrepresent on the higher gold price. russia may place europe also on the foreign markets in twenty twelve that we see finance minister said against that check says russia plans to boost boring significantly over the next three years with a group build. you're worth it russia has an important competitive advantage and so high debt sustainability and lots of these allows us to convert the budget deficit by borrowings and i will cross poor wings will amount to seventy two billion dollar essentially in the next three years. and that's all the business is for now for

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