now in the meantime the editor in chief of italy's prominent weekly news magazine is going to be talking to r.t. you'll be discussing with us italy's controversial mission in afghanistan and also its vested interest in seeing gadhafi in libya that is our exclusive interview next on r.t. . allegations of italian forces paying bribes to the taliban first appeared in the media in two thousand and nine a place that was furiously denied by rain but now u.s. diplomatic cables uncovered by italian less press a magazine revealed it concerns a video that's payments reached the highest levels of the us administration we're joined now by the editor is the thing jennifer thank you very much for joining us say you like a scene uncovered these diplomatic cables here these cables go. down

so what was going on in afghanistan we have. sought to make an intelligence about this by him and been made by the government until ninety nine. do we can. leave as a confirmation because according to these files bush personally president bush was asking berlusconi our first minister to stop by a man in afghanistan when the. publisher of some allegation all of the ten out of these of the member of the government of the defense minister. the buscombe person won't deny that they said that the was no by meant why we can exclude boars now or give us the evidence that the government was paying some tribes the taliban in afghanistan ok so let's talk a bit more about what happened in two thousand and nine when these allegations

first came out the response from the italian government are true there was no response you have to feel that every finger about afghanistan he need is a. question because we never say that italian troops are in afghanistan for war we always said to the parliament that this. a peace mission and so everything about afghanistan is covered by a deep secret state secret the military secret and most of all disinformation all the evidence about what to tell him to do every day in afghanistan fighting. what all the troops do in afghanistan in italy is the night of the levels why did the italian forces take this approach towards easing. it's a traditional way i mean all the forces doing it can stand the proof of british forces paying some tribes in. cash there was an incident

in two thousand and five or. the c. one hundred eighty from the bleed from the reality for. the south of afghanistan manti's was full of money there was this man a bear named with the cash man a dollar left and they were used to live according to. many sources including these files italian secret service were just two hours some sort of quiet say ok italian troops are going to stay here for six months we don't care what they were going to do in the future we just want to six safe months and this is the prize we are going to pay for let's talk about nate and italy's involvement in libya the name in. public opinion in libya is

a different question because libya is. is a big economic call affair for italy. traditionally leaned over to tell it for. us for not sure for the interest of the. all the big italian factories in the. media and government. over ukraine which is the biggest bank a in the past they even today that only a small amount of. it's. very important for our economy and so that's a different question in there we we have we have the side the telegram and the side of the bell seen in benghazi because there was a bigger comical interest in it and they can sense now that we could possibly see

a very disorganized group of rebels coming in and maybe a similar situation to be seen in iraq that this organization plays out this is a big. speech really because of the actually that people are sol does not be made by forces coming from the east the fault is. more link at the retail end government but the falls is coming from the west which seems more link at the with british government i mean anything seen in the. question libya even if even now as like a big chest between eataly france would be trying to reach. of all the oil fields on the gas fields in libya libya is a big question we. we forward to that french the great retain

or using red belts to. c.l. italian assets in libya that's was the biggest fear of italy and you think that's the case i don't know we will see at the end of the game actually the game is going on and so. palin governament most of the tally and the energy company and was gov strongly the county envoy has got there he is. for an affair. the path mental which is very very strong i think that and he was playing good in the last part of the secret the libyan war but we will see at the end witching but secretly and was what was going in. the. game or trysts between different tribes different groups read months different former gadhafi government

now we have some very important land of the government. used to withdraw the use to prove. it is an italian economical groups but the we don't know if these people are still. good links with the tribes and with the groups who made the rebellion and so we don't know which tribes which group which government is going to start in the next future most of all we don't know. really tall the. gas lines. pipelines this is the most important question for you to describe what's happening live is a chess game of if issue reason. the nato mission in libya was

humanitarian reasons i move it is to get i mean how much of it does come down to political games or money the libyan mission has in run a play in question is a no say in this because the reason of the mission was to. protect the population and so when yesterday there was the red bell back there was. while the nato mission got to do to stop the rebels up that can. lead to. people living in tripoli i mean you money study on a mission was just a diplomatic mission for different interests. i don't think it was and. you have just made me up about that one. is keeping the former lead me down so given for. having problems with. the way the sea. ships were not in them.

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breaking news from libya this hour north korea hundreds of rebels are reportedly ends of the libyan leader's compound and heavy fighting inside continues the opposition claims control of most of the capital however the whereabouts of colonel gadhafi remains. nato forces have been backing up rebel forces with bombing raids casualties are said to be melting off the intense fighting in the three days since rebels entered the city. and we'll bring you more from libya as soon as we get it our coverage continues in fifteen minutes from now the sport news with kate. and i welcome to the jews and i suppose updates thank you for joining us here at the top stories a million a fortnight are on the verge of signing cameroon and into milan strike

a son making the highest paid football in the world. while final hurdle munched a city agreeing with also most applause midfielder samir nasri for the gunners champions league play off the table top side. and down and out russia's lucky stars prepare for their final warm up game ahead of the world cup in new zealand. but first football and russian premier league club and she are expected to complete the signing of cameroon and into milan strike a sunny let's say later this cheese day the move would make him the highest paid player in the world with a weekly wage of around hof a million dollars the club said finally agreed a fee of around forty million dollars for the thirty year old according to these arrangements you know today he's helped mediate the deal in two with the. also i guess another six million if you successful at the russian club well as you said the african story set to become the world's highest paid football and netting over hoffa million dollars a week off to tax which is nine hundred thirty million dollars a year around

a billion and he's expected to sign a three year contract and you were bought by billionaires who have been carry most in january and he has already signed brazil legend throughout the call us and recently russia by make a move. well they bring the following last week's departure of captain says fabregas to bosler also have now agreed terms to sell their other stomach feel that summer and now is really too much to city the twenty four year old france playmaker is now set to undergo a medical it yes he had stadia before completing a reported forty one million dollar move the timing of the deal will also ensure now he's not cup tied in european football asking what features an awesome stick to deny easy the away like that champions league play off on wednesday well meanwhile also have all the way for to delay manager also invest too much touchline ban until after wednesday's match oxygen a.z. bangle was found guilty of contacting the gunners bench while serving in the ban during last week's one the first leg win also fine for improper conduct and have

appealed against the ban if the request is denied then there will be forced to sit in the stands for the time in italy which could prove crucial for the governance off to a difficult start to the season. while the second legs of the other champions league qualifiers are taking place this tuesday night with a place in the group stages of the tournament at stake sippin side apple will have to overturn a one male deficit against impose if this was capped off by in munich looks to me almost there with a two goal advantage over the suited part in them a zagreb from croatia cruising for one up from that first leg to get the swedish champions malvo is really champions might be high for travel to the belgian champions denk spanish side they don't go out could miss out on champions league football they don't tend to run a subset of them sick. well elsewhere at that we go hundred have got prolific porto and colombia strike out for fifty seven million dollars the twenty five year old is a direct replacement for. the matter that hugo sold to manage the city last month thought out scored

a stunning forty one goals in fifty one games with porto including a formidable seventeen in their europa league winning campaign last season. we want to go and bounced united maintains their perfect start to go joint top of the premier league after a three know when at home to tottenham they go aldridge was missing from spurs squad as the twenty five year old croatian midfield star too used to be linked with a move to chelsea despite his absence the visitors did hold united until the hour mark when danny welbeck broke the deadlock and then fifty minutes later the forward set up anderson for the second and wayne rooney headed the third in the dining minutes united now have the maximum six points with two games along with leaders manchester city and wolves. but meanwhile michael obey the father of chelsea midfielder john obi mikel has been rescued by police after being kidnapped for ten days imagine area those suspected of adopting him were paraded in front of the media at a police station in the central nigerian city of jos mr i did claimed soldiers were

among his captors. elsewhere around the dictates jersey merino has said he's not going anywhere despite reports he may quit the self-proclaimed special want to space in a band of up to twelve games for power in poking boss alone assistant coach tito villanova in the eye the portuguese apologized to the fans for the bus stop which occurred often feel tempted supercuts second leg at the nou camp last wednesday the capital outside woman's high five for an aggregate but i don't know if it is also subject to a four match ban for retaliating. staying in spain or players from the top two leagues are set to strike for a second week in a row the issue is a pay dispute as around two hundred players have not been fully paid by their cash strapped clubs demanding a wage guarantee from the league and the right to brag. their contracts if they're not paid three consecutive months this proposal has been rejected by the league baseball it is a holding further meetings this tuesday to try to resolve the stalemate. now it's just over two weeks to go until the start of the rugby world cup in new zealand

russia hope to bring back their melbourne rebels star adam burns to their final woman match against gloucester on friday coach nikolai now though she said the lot is maternal grandparents of both russian should be fit for the clash in england and will feature in a team that will be more or less the one that will face the usa world cup opener in new plymouth on september the fifteenth russia have lost all three of their warm up games in britain so far the latest a hefty forty six nineteen loss to the all sprays. is pleased with his side's progress headed their first appearance at a world cup. motorsports now in the russian touring car championship has passed its midway point newly refurbished track in the ancient city of cazan with both experience and use grabbing their share of the spotlight a racing day includes two sessions at the national championship so there are two chances to rack up points towards the overall standings on the first one sore defending champion because of top everyone else as the fifty three year old bounce back from a less than perfect outing at the previous leg in is no good old however he didn't

make the podium in the second race that was won by the young standing as leader alexander thrall of the retained top spot head of next month's race here in moscow . now to a sport that has been played for thousands of years polo the tradition of playing the sport had been lost in oblivion in russia for over a century but it's now being revived with help from the sports historic powerhouse argentina but for the young reports. horses count among the most trusted brands of mankind in the world like this is why paula is one of the most. was first lady more than two thousand years ago and he was only slight. change since then. it still takes the same skills to score goals with a long handled mount on the field that's twice as big as a football pitch much as the most important thing in polo is probably the so-called chemistry trying to man on the horse feeling they should be sympathetic to each

other and also it's to learn the equitation in childhood although even adult persons who come to the sport late can reach critical results in terms of training hard every day back at the turn of the twentieth century was quite a popular sport in russia but after the revolution the tradition was broken it was only brought back to life several years ago and the most kills a whole club which was established in two thousand and six by leagues here at the knees now one of the major centers for the sport it also hosted the russian open championship which was being held for the sixth time you need a lot of players you need a lot of horses you need a lot of competition as in any sport you need to practice practice practice you need to invest invest invest and so far we're doing what we can but it's all private and it's all based. players and their money.

in terms of price but horses are like cars it's not only about how expensive it is it's very important to choose the one that would suit in this respect you should always take an expert's employ for the price maybe for not a ten thousand dollars sale argentina and up to five hundred thousand dollars at some auctions you. think human resources are always a crucial factor in this respect call in russia as a competitive advantage that very soon brothers going to grow more serious from the sports while house with argentina these them around glamorous russian fans of this elite sports have good opportunity to get up close with their known for a short months to clear all the secrets even. and witness the russian open finals where the tournaments top player one hundred left his team beluga to victory. however there is still a lot to do to make question full competitive in the international arena. because

it's new it is a new sport here and we need a lot of work. and we need. to know what is bordeaux because a lot of it it doesn't know what he is. but i think he's improving. and he's possible to come more prepared to play polo has never been only about winning and losing with another member of the winning team rush just. being the best group of the. first three but you treat your horses the better they perform i don't care if i lose or win worse i just enjoy it it's a team sport and first of all it seems here it means the horse and the riders and that's the best thing about it. and that idiot which often leaves the fastest way to success. there but for the new r.c. school region. for now they'll be more interest on.

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breaking news from libya hundreds of rebels event took the libyan leader. the opposition claims to be in control of most of the capital whether the whereabouts of colonel gadhafi remains unknown. secret assistance british intelligence has reportedly plan b. endgame for gadhafi regime guiding the rebels in their push trip and. maybe into joining jubilation anticipating gadhafi is full but skepticism but maybe she would need to celebrate is just as widespread. and eager. to be on a red carpet. new government to reward those who helped oust gadhafi.