lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contractors. in afghanistan it's reported that human 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 said to grow dramatically us. so many military and security functions to the security companies they are not regulated

and they are not controlled and that is what we have extremely concerned that what we're calling is for relation to the national and international level so that. companies 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 case actually a criminal investigation or prosecution or sing out 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 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 to 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 a contract as wall 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 martin. well earlier i spoke to derek crowe from the social justice group the brave new foundation and he says the u.s. prefers private contractors because they aren't as easy as regular troops to bring to justice these folks are not the people that you see held up as as kind of

paragons of american patriotism they're not uniform troops they are private for profit contractors and they are much much easier for a president to use politically because they're not who we typically think of as the troops or our brave men and women on the ground that would like to talk about it with reference to regular forces and so because of that and because they're a private company operating in kind of a jurisdictional black box you don't have the embarrassments usually i guess that you would if u.s. soldiers were on the ground in these conflicts far beyond the usual mandate and they are there since they're not as accountable as u.s. forces to the u.s. government into the american people they're able to get away with a lot more and so presidents tend to want to use them any time any foreign force goes in and kills locals either through mistake or through over aggression or things like that it absolutely damages u.s. security and what the united states was trying to achieve in any of these countries but it's worse when those actions occur and in the local see that because there are

these high paid mercenaries that there is no accountability that absolutely enrages people and it should it should in rage both the people in the countries where it happens and it should enraged the people here in the united states is tax dollars are paying for it and in whose name those actions being taken. in a short while when our t. were in q. where they're keeping the faith church leaders from former soviet states have gathered together to mark a russia's adoption of christianity. norway's intelligence service says there is no evidence that anders breivik is connected to far right extremists in norway or elsewhere the thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six people last friday claims he is part of a wider question will his lawyer insists of brevik is insane and didn't know what he was doing but as archie's lore and that reports his anti immigration message is one that has chilling echoes across europe. and ethnic hatred that led to the

slaughter of schools 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 condemned brave fix horrific actions anti immigration sentiment is growing across europe and other groups express their condolences and then a quick separate themselves from are also quick to lay blame left wing politicians which. 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 voting increasingly for previously marginal immigration policies and joining street movements like the anti islamic english defense league.

of course it 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 this nor their attacks will bring this topic into the center of the attention again and they were. 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 villagers now leads the country's third largest political party running on an anti islam platform nationalists to truth in this 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 brave it too 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 i'm quite concerned that there are a lot of individuals. privates writing manifesto will resonate with them so far i'm very concerned that you will see other people copycatting these types of attacks in the coming months or coming years politicians including germany's angela merkel and britain's david cameron have already said multiculturalism has failed now the leaders of western europe have to stop their disenfranchised cities becoming a breeding ground for far right. who've 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 islamic the case said the a.d.l.

denies the link 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 potential. by the fall right groups to expanded all over europe. but jill the sociate of convicted oil tycoon me and how the ski has been denied parole and will stay in custody at a hearing in northern russia little negatives wife and daughter made an emotional plea for his early release but the judge ruled that level of is not eligible to be let out of prison r.t.c. cut that he was at the hearing. it was up to the small local court to decide the fate of one of russia's best known prisoners after two days of hearings and intense debate between prosecutors and the defense team the judge ruled against granting

him for the not looking a bit different me how about a pool of skin were found guilty in two separate cases in two thousand and five and twenty eight time they were found guilty of tax evasion and money laundering or what some seventeen billion rubles that equivalent of over billion dollars the defense team managed to reduce that by one year and now the two will be released by twenty sixteen now under russian law though those convicted of economic crimes can qualify for parole after serving more than half of best sentence but the navy defies been behind bars for over eighty years now and they must condition for him to be released is that he demonstrates good behavior and also admits his guilt the latter has never been the case with blood believe he did and as for his personal records the reference which was brought out by administration of the prison where he is now serving his term ruled against granting him a role citing the last of prison property and misbehavior the reference also sought

but they did not find it reasonable to grant him early release and peace was of course the crucial factor which inflows to the judge's decision. britain now officially recognizes libya's rebels as the legitimate government and has expelled colonel gadhafi is diplomats it's also unfreezing one hundred fifty million dollars of libyan oil assets to help the rebels tripoli insists it will not enter peace talks to be a four month long civil war until nato stops its airstrikes well you were talks with the rebels had big ozzy's also making little progress towards a cease fire british opposition m.p. a piece of paper jeremy corbyn says britain is effectively trying to play the role of judge and jury and the future of libya. what we have done is involved selves in a civil war between the government and the gadhafi regime in tripoli and i suspect this is going to run for a very long time and incredibly nasty and bloody and there are human rights abuses

being reported on both sides including the treatment of african people by the transitional government as well as the treatment for position people by the government of market f.e the reality on reality is a war for regime change and this is now been successful and i think this is going to be subject to a lot of legal argument it's a very strange situation all round because britain formally recognized the government of gadhafi indeed we were providing arms and training for his forces until march of this year huge amount of trade with libya and indeed a vast amount of digging investment in britain then the war started in libya britain and france joined in and they persuaded the u.n. to pass one hundred seventy three which is allegedly a no fly zone and now they've decided they're going to switch horses and expel the diplomats from. tripoli replaceable the people from brain garcia rule seems to me that we are now deeply involved in the civil war and effectively trying to play

judge and jury on the future of libya surely the future of libya is for the libyan people the source not western. iran is praising russia's efforts to diplomatically solve the dispute over its nuclear program while the country's foreign minister is in moscow for talks with this russian counterpart iran is under u.n. and u.s. scrutiny over allegations it wants to produce nuclear weapons but iran insists its program is purely peaceful and has no intentions to use it for harmful purposes caught up with the foreign minister in moscow and he told our rabbit sister channel that washington is playing a political game. with the new home only international body that has the authority to judge our activities is the. state is allowed to accuse iran over its nuclear program confirmed that iran has made its intentions regarding its nuclear

program why it's clear and prove that it is peaceful living is for our intentions how can the u.s. accuse us of. intentions and if america itself was the first. atomic weapons killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in japan this is why we have no faith in america's intentions as history shows it can't be trusted think that it's a political game iran's nuclear program and allegations that it wants to produce nuclear weapons have become instruments of exerting pressure on ourselves we don't see any problem in reaching a solution that will suit and benefit. and allow iran to go ahead. under the supervision of the international agency. well you can watch the whole interview on thursday right here on our take. now russia has harshly criticized america's the station to impose travel restrictions

on a group of russian officials linked to the case of a lawyer who died in jail. died after spending almost a year in a rough. prison while awaiting trial for tax evasion he could not face across the story from. washington says that this so-called blacklist is a consequence of what it says was a violation of city mother needs rights just to remind you magnitsky was a war of a worked with a lot of foreign investment fund here in russia he was accused of organizing a huge money laundering scheme was arrested but died before the court could make a decision on his case now he's a family blamed for the police and doctors for his death and leader several of human rights groups put together a list of people who they say are connected to his death it's not clear whether the blacklist is exactly the same as that one but it is reported that around sixty people are all dead including some senior russian police officials agents of the

federal security service lawyers and doctors and others washington says that it has the full right to deny access to the united states to people who are connected to human rights violations while there's been a fierce reaction of trauma the russian foreign ministry here in moscow they say first of all washington is informed of all of the steps and measures being taken to investigate the circumstances of city monied ski's death there are actually several investigations being held at the moment they are monitored by president need to be different also the foreign ministry says that none of the people on this a list have been found guilty by a court of any human rights violations but most importantly moscow says that this is an unfriendly act which may and negatively affect the trust between a russia and the united states and has also promised an adequate reaction from

moscow will follow. the russian foreign ministry's reaction on the u.s. travel bad has been echoed by lawmakers as well they say that before punishing other swashing to should first look at its own human rights record. americans. have a lot of problems even inside their country and that's because dunham a lot of people died in american prisons in your early do we know a lot of abrasions of syria abroad and. through such. illegal illegal activities or illegal behavior of american officials. seems to me that i'm not in the position to be a judge. where you can head to archie dot com for more on the news you need around the clock and online right now archie investigates the rise of suicides and post a knowledge of hand as thousands find it too much to cope with the aftermath of the

disaster. and the russian man hunting for husbands with women outnumbering manned by millions report on and the usual matrimonial brand agenda it's at our team dot com. and here's a look at more world news from our t.v. this hour the mayor of the volatile afghan city of kandahar has been assassinated after a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden in his turban is the latest in a series of killings targeting the country's top officials well earlier this month president karzai is half brother and to see her eight were gunned down in separate attacks the violence comes as nato combat troops begin to withdraw from afghanistan . the white house is threatening that president obama could veto the republican debt limit plan i don't want to speaker john boehner wants to cut public spending and raise the limit or congress has just less than a week to raise the country's multi-trillion dollar debt ceiling if it wants to

avoid a potentially devastating default obama blames republicans for a stalling and refusing to accept a balanced approach. human rights groups say syrian security forces have killed eight people in a devout. residents responded by throwing stones and closing roads with piles of burning tires several people were wounded in the raid that happened after electricity and phone services were cut off in the area well over fifteen hundred people have been killed across the country since the brutal anti government crackdown started four months ago. religious leaders from post soviet nations are uniting in ukraine to celebrate the christianisation of ancient russia with ukraine's capital kiev used to be the center of the ancient state what exactly one thousand twenty three years ago this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity russia's patriarchial is meeting his georgian counterpart and other

orthodox leaders for the festivities tens of thousands of people attended the liturgy at the monument to prince video here to christianized russia in the center of cue all celebrations are expected to continue for the next couple of days not just in kiev but across the post area. and next meet one of the first men to ever get up close and personal with the moon and its astronaut bill and her celebrated photo of earth which inspired people to protect the planet as artie discovers now.

bill i understand 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 comment command module pilot jim lovell had flown more hours than any other. when 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 the 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 copilot look to the shot actually frank borman no. i think it's.

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 when it's the earthrise mean to you well i'm proud to have been lucky enough to take the picture that maybe define. the start of the environmental movement i mean of the bigger stars. yet. it really and hasn't. well beyond my imagination a lot of people not only is the earth fragile and and beautiful but it's very small and i think that last message is just beginning to creep in to people that we're not the center of the universe as people would like to think and i think that picture along with the hubble telescope deep space view you know where even looking through a tiny little hole in the universe there's millions of go axes and so though

we have still i think a lot of people think we're the center of the universe or it's clear that that's not true and i think the earth rise picture has helped people start thinking in a more expansive way but you guys all three of you you're pretty religious you had religious convictions yet faith when you see for the first time how. does that somehow change your perception of god based religion. people everybody's free to believe what they want and of course if you go back you know sooner or later you have to wonder in the creation of the universe who was it or what was it the divided by zero and we get all this but i must say it did affect my religious views they became much more much broader than my narrow catholic upbringing and john glenn said that compliment for all humanity did you feel that at that time we felt the particularly. i felt it as

a air force fighter pilot fighting the cold war. that we were there to prove not just to ourselves and the american people but to prove to the whole world that america was a second rate when certainly the soviets now the russians with the sputnik. the missile gap were making america look really bad when you think of that garrett want us to symbolize that to mean. i don't think this the russians have gotten the full cry. for sputnik. i mean i know he's a hero of the soviet union but. course like me he just had to be at the right place at the right time but to be the first human to. get away from the earth we were the first to get really away from the earth but he was the first to get up there i think. that makes him and the russia the soviet union.

something they can really be proud of that gives that if it hadn't been for the russians wouldn't have had public support for the taxes that were required to beat the commies as an air force pilot how did the cold war motivate you well i was chasing him and i say dirty commies i well i probably bet it but. i was chasing russian bombers soviet bombers around iceland and carrying nuclear rockets to shoot them down if they attacked our country and there would not be the political support for john f. kennedy's sort of crazy statement of what we're going to go to the moon had it not been for american paranoia over the russians over the soviets and that was particularly made clear even to the farmers in iowa who pay taxes by sputnik and we think about the average age of a team on the ground twenty four and looking back at it do you do you feel safe to

trust a bunch of twenty year olds now trust them more than the old guys. well that was in a period where we had some very good elderly leadership. but that leadership was smart enough to leave a lot of the technological and quick decisions up to the young people it was very they had a lot of screening and they were tested time and time again but there was a. management listened to the younger people. and i'm not sure i could say the same about sold it for thank you very much for this interview nice to be with you so very. mission. critical three months for chargers free arrangement

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welcome back here's a recap of the top stories here on our take the story as american security firm blackwater goes on trial but for overbilling the government and the office for killing civilians in iraq despite claims of atrocities against innocent people there was from a source to music a more contractor. on foreign missions. region intelligence says the far right suspect who admitted deadly terrorist attacks that claimed seventy six lives acted alone but europe's growing nationalistic mood is speeding fierce of more violence

elsewhere. britain is officially recognizing libya's opposition as the country's legitimate leaders it is stepping up the diplomatic offensive against colonel gadhafi it's also on freezing one hundred fifty million dollars of libyan oil assets to help fund the rebels. are now takes you to a corner of the baltics that spent the past two decades tackling its soviet legacy that's coming up next. noose is the capital of lithuania the city changed hands many times during the twentieth century after world war one the poles were in charge then during the second world nazi germany took control when the soviet army drove the fascists out of the baltics the city became if you a nice competent once again in the country join the soviet union. they like saying

in russia we liberated the lithuanian people from that scene germany let's go to that i add the following yes you did but you didn't bother to leave afterwards should we. when perestroika go to underway in the late one nine hundred eighty s. if you are a neo was one of the first soviet republics to demand independence. was far as we're concerned phone use is the capital notes moscow is the way it's has been on whale a b. in the future. the confrontation between the soviet empire is weakening senta of the rebellious baltic republic resulted in street clashes. fourteen people were crushed by tanks hundreds were. that the town came to hold to when my leg was caught between the caterpillar tracks i realized then that there was no escape other than death and. if you a new one at independence in one thousand nine hundred one.