in india oh she's available in the movie going to join t.v. shows a movie that's the gateway to the grand imperial valley towards west coast coromandel you can a letter to socialism which says don't need to go on a clear run this is the kernel was her job as used to retrieve. the guns for hire a 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 twin attack as experts warn the spread of anti islamic sentiment in europe could lead to more atrocities. nato led peacekeepers are deployed along because it was northern border with serbia to calm escalating out tensions over a tamms to enforce a trade embargo. and on business creates a goal of giants brushes lead in gold producer merges with its british subsidiary

will tell you more about that in business in twenty minutes. one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie a private security firm formerly known as blackwater is on trial in the u.s. that over allegations that it killed innocent civilians in iraq four years ago but because two x. employees crime the company overcharged washington for protecting state department staff in war zones the firm which is now called z. provides more mercenaries for the u.s. in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals in two thousand and seven as hired guns were accused of shooting death seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre. company is

now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as the u.s. withdraws its combat troops and has artie's garnished account reports there is concern washington could keep covering for its hired killers. this iraqi man son nine year old ali khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between life on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot right trigger happy u.s. 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 by 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 rethinking on 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 afghanistan

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 show horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything. in general kill innocent afghans destroy property. we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract and. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their effectiveness especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically u.s. . so many. functions to these security companies they are not related in that they are not control and he says what we are extremely concerned that what we are calling is for

relation to the national being the national 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. but the 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 . now here is a quote we cannot win a fight for hearts and minds when we outsource critical missions 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 wall in america's wars down to inquiries and with the victims of their crimes still begging for justice i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . coming out differences on missile the fans from moscow from washington said more concerns and trying to place a body guard admiral stay with us to find out what that means. after fifty eight years of formally being out of war we report on why north and south korea still haven't signed a peace deal and who is 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 in friday's mass killings of explorers has his client is probably insane and unaware he killed as many as seventy six people but the man who has admitted his guilt claims he is not alone in a mission to turn back the tide of immigration in europe 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 schools of innocent young people on does brave it 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 great picks for respect actions anti immigration sentiment is growing across europe other groups are expressing condolences and then are quick and separate themselves from

are also quick to lay blame when politicians which they say or how are responsible because they allowed immigration out 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 arms joining street movements like the empty islamic english defense league. will have groups who are satisfied and the real have other groups who see 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 nowhere to go bring this topic into the center of the attention again and they will force. public to focus on these issues are going to 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 and see islamic platforms nationalists the true finns really drew the political landscape this year when they won nearly twenty percent of the vote but danish people's party has also embraced gratian policies successfully lobbying for denmark to close its previously open borders with germany and sweden there's grass roots support for brave it too disturbingly depicted on the internet by some extremists as a hero three voted for his video manifesto one you cheap and his group nights. became a popular search topic on google i'm quite concerned that there are a lot of individuals. writing this manifesto will resonate with. i'm very concerned that you will see other people. types of attacks once are

coming your 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 distance from chinese cities becoming a breeding ground for bright. lit the fuse and those brave it claims to be involved with the english defense league which pledges to protect england from what it calls a wave of the case said the e.t.l. denies the big political analysts are saying if the attacks in norway don't prompt an honest appraisal of the issues surrounding it that could further frustrate the european public and create more space for potentially violent far right groups to experiment in all over europe your and r.t. runs if. we didn't terrorism out of. art of the debate in the latest cross start in

which period of hours gas argue over the chances of a repeat of the tri cities elsewhere. i don't believe that this sort of thing is going to happen again but underlying threat that 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 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 i don't even use that in the u.k. it's not that bad at the moment though he says it's good to see it now when you impinge on people's human rights and what are you talking about a liberal democracy.

all a full heated debate is coming your way. so stay tuned for that and also for more news latest updates and fresh video you can go to our website or to here's what we're actually on line 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 play a claim they've previously denied. there is no getting out of jail free card for part time maybe to an associate of convicted oil tycoon we heard of cost in prison officials claim negative does not deserve early release. and watch artie's exclusive interview with legendary queen guitarist brian may or he discusses his passion for music and science and gives his views on the mystery of wife universe and everything.

north korea's top diplomat is in the united states as part of a chance to restart negotiations on the country's disputed nuclear program he is due to meet with american officials on thursday and remains optimistic that ties with the u.s. will improve the visit comes just days after a 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 the agreed to renew six party talks over pyongyang's atomic ambitions as soon as possible gauche asians broke down after north korea's deadly shelling of an island belonging to the south and water claimed was in response to a volcano military drills the u.s. says north korea must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any deal can be reached if you leave. the korean war told r.t. that the u.s. is interested in keeping up on the peninsula.

the u.s. military needs justifications that maintain its troops in the not least in the 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 systems and demonizing north korea as an axis of evil country conveniently provides that kind of just because. the u.s. has been trying to strengthen its alliances with south korea and japan it's increasing military exercises in the region building missiles that prevent systems and inextricable inextricably linked gains are three hundred eleven systems words. but the reality is not creators and not provide a threat to south korea or the u.s. and the reality are so 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 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 weapon states in the world and that is that it is the only country that has spared that its a 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 u.s. is in 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 u.s. is also willing to take steps and an end to its provocative working that simulate the collapse of the north korean regime is a good start. but the e.u. as the u.s. of led international condemnation of casillas decision to sand special forces to seize crossings on its shared border with serbia they 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 one of the euro crossings possible says it's trying to enforce a ban on serbian imports in response to a similar boycott because of our goods around sixty thousand serbs live in the north and don't recognize also was an appearance which it unilaterally declared in two thousand and eight as politics expert market gossip says cost of oil could not happen without that they'll have what he calls its puppet masters in washington. the decision by krishna to introduce the dream or you. to send its mission fortunes is direct slap in the face to syrian government which has been nothing but cooperate you didn't even capitulate even in the ongoing negotiations which were set up by e.u. is a matter of fact to indicate that this action this will be either completely bypassed the europeans and nato or has been executed with their complicity in cooperation

and honestly i'm not sure which is which. means unimaginably worse are recognizing the regime that is something that has actually no interest in any sort of girl of it came to power through violence it has conducted widespread and cleansing its original you're not intervening populations has been rewarded for the. night hologram of syria in march two thousand and four and he has recently showed more willingness to behave in a civilized fashion to include even to ration of independence and know this show us the new mission is there to facilitate giri attendance is contrary to international law and usual rules so obviously this is missing here so making it is a mess that the europeans and nato these are clean water and needed we need to fix . and all the way here in our team seeing the board for the fees. before dealing with your loggers in russia who are using wildfires as a smokescreen for really being a prophet all the details in

a few minutes. rogers and what a nato says he is disappointed after talks with the us senators in washington through gaza's thanks to republican lawmakers he mad are committed to seeing moscow as a rival not a partner his visit as part of a fresh efforts by russia to revive talks on a common missile defense system in europe but the american side insist on creating its own field with claims as to combat missile attacks from so-called rogue states russia feels the project could compromise its national security something the u.s. has dismissed twitter it wasn't told r.t. the washington's actions are violating moscow's personal space that's its missile threats against europe come from the south why is the us placing part of its military infrastructure in the north or close to russia's borders this is the question that we can't get and. let me ask the legal guarantees that the system is not aimed at russia which is 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 there are 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. otherwise it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's bodyguard sitting in your bedroom or has been sent to provide your security who's going to like that. question like you live from moscow now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world to the taliban has claimed responsibility for killing the mayor of ghana stands kind of our city. a suicide bomb attack it's the latest in a string of assassinations targeting talk afghan officials two weeks ago president hamid karzai as have brother randy entire province was gunned down while

a car dies top aides was also killed by the taliban who are stepping up their assault as their combat troops begin to goes wrong get a stamp. 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 well barak is supposed to stand trial in a week used of ordering the killing of protesters and corruption over eight hundred forty people died during the partner uprising which forced the box office in february. the v.a. has awarded a u.n. envoy that no peace talks will be considered until nato stops airstrikes a government spokesman also insisted that market obviously the ship is not negotiable earlier this week the u.n. envoy held talks with the rebel council in benghazi where he also made little progress towards a peace deal the ongoing civil war in libya started four months ago in the lives of

over two thousand people while 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 battle disasters are jesus on a boycott reports. fire has long had a reputation of a bad master but in russia these it's increasingly being used as a good servant with flames terrorizing the country's poorest every summer some unscrupulous and trapper naras how is 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 conceded at risk of heavy illegal logging is strong again because through oist in the. area is set ablaze to cover the crime and we 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 new st petersburg fallon the path of a major twister last year and uprooted thousands of hackers of mature forest and many more were chopped afterwards by swindlers like these ones who managed to secure a permit for the hurricane cleanup. if it got a permit that allows them to take weeks to be truckloads of debris a job that could be done in a few days their permit is valid for three weeks i'm sure you can easily guess the rest. these seem money doesn't grow on trees but russia which possesses about one fifth of the world's forest resources pies the old wisdom well the government can turns the legal all the cons for just a few percent of all timber production environmental activists say this deal 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 greenery is often referred to as the lungs of the planet at close examination though you see these are the lower the police most of the illegal segueing 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 you know i know it's illegal but there are no water jobs here. the government officials who are to turn to for can't 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 kids and i still thought where they may according to our experience is that they'd seen the 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 it is so prone to any sort of punitive action while the federal authorities may condemn the practice all they want to cry of economic and regulatory environment ultimately makes one but after think chopping of trees one will look at it and easy to carry out then doing it the legal way. are three. and while are about environmentalist battle to keep russian trees safe r.t. talks to the american astronaut who inspired the movement to protect the earth what's the point of your next hour here's a short preview. we were there to prove not just to ourselves and the american people but proved 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 is clear that's not true and i think the earth rise picture has helped people start thinking in a more expansive way. and this interview coming your way next hour in the times religious leaders from russia and georgia are you writing to celebrate the christianisation of russia they are any grade worthy out of the ten science reprints lighting their forests thousands to convert george's patriarch you know 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 will cut off diplomatic ties more than five years ago all this year kiev has prepared a massive celebrations to mark the pivotal moment russia becoming are the world's

christian community. time now for the been some date with marina. hello and welcome to business here on our team well 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 tax duty and the greater profitability of selling fuel abroad new rules on the quality of petrol are also having an impact and the government is even considering extending production of low grade class to petrol and so the winds in twelve but they're often gasoline union says incentives for a finer sort of great production are being implemented. in the words of girls used to like being implemented currently. 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 plan now there is talk of increasing this difference to two thousand or three thousand roubles plus. those who have already invested in a production which will give them through the stimulus for free development. this province put fifteen percent of its oil. up for sale next year it could become the biggest prize ation deal in the nation's history under current market conditions the stake is valued at would seem billion dollars the government says it is also going to sell its entire stake of seventy five percent by twenty seventeen and also plans to divest holdings and diamond producer. to be bank racing around thirty six billion dollars. russia's leading gold producer probably has gold has been taken over by its london based subsidiary gold as a result of a share store result gold worth two hundred ten million dollars mergers with paul

is gold worth fifty times more the new company under the name of polish gold international will start trading on the london exchange on the wednesday and the combined company now wants to join forces with a global of rival as early as this year to become one of the world's top three gold miners. let's take a look at the markets this hour even markets are low world with washington's debt problems the fact that investor confidence the fourth seat in stone well actually we're looking at the oil markets now and let's see the light sweet is down almost half a dollar and brands and down almost three sons there. now let's take a look at the russian markets they are mixed this hour at the r.t.s. is almost half a percent off and my sex is down just point zero three percent of its investors are in the sinai simple who are doing risky moves ahead of economic reports and

critical decision making and the good wax let's take a look at something the visual moves on the my sex energy majors are among the top losers this hour gas from a shattering just zero point zero four percent i lugo is dropping pretty much the same point zero eight there and bucking the trend is probably metal which is adding over a long and a half percent on the heart of gold price. the united states has less than a week to come up with a deal to raise its fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling a failure of the politicians to agree could risk going to precedence the downgrade of the world's biggest economy. at the moment america is running a huge deficit which is financing rolling over it's that and if there's a downgrade from aaa to whatever it is doubled i bend the cost of financing that goes up and therefore that it starts crying for us to and the end of that process

is defaults however as far as russia is concerned. you could say to some extent emerging markets. decouples from the american economy that russia doesn't export anything that. the impact would be through the effect it would have on the whole process and all prices when i come down however that would probably be quite healthy as long as they don't go down below. seventy eight dollars. and that's all the business is for now for more stories you can always check out all that science r.t. dot com slash spy for the. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.