international news live from moscow this is us here with me thanks for joining us ten years ago the u.s. began one of the longest wars in its history invading afghanistan in response to the nine eleven attacks last time i did by osama bin laden former commander of nato coalition forces retired american general stanley mcchrystal says a frighteningly is simplistic understanding of the country means the u.s. and its allies are only around hot way towards reaching their military goals and jason has visited by graham airbase north of kabul and reports that while america plans to leave afghanistan it's continuing to build up its forces where. if the united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base getting bigger when u.s. led forces overran the taliban in late two thousand and one bug a mere field is little more than a flight tower and a cracked runway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of the

afghan capital has grown into a small city that's helped over twenty five thousand full time personnel fleets of military cargo aircraft and enough equals to cause traffic jams and expansion is now underway aided by scores of contractors u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more many more hardware after sending an extra thirty thousand troops to afghanistan last year president obama started bringing them home this summer but with afghan forces struggling to stand alone it's likely that less will even planned bases like this one aren't going to shrink any time soon. at least there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tough you know long deployments they can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to find jewelry enjoy a cappuccino or grab some take out the new pizza hut franchise and if they're tired of working out of the gym they're free to go to the salon for a haircut and massage although some officials have tried to limit such amenities calling them a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have them and these are

extremely. useful if leave the. lot of them have a case that the right. mobile afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and outside the wire without beggarman the soldiers my business would be nothing we like having them here but not everyone agrees deadly taliban rocket attacks are on the rise and as the base becomes more and more crowded the threat to those living inside multiplies no matter how high it's almost become ever rockets a close call when you this can just get this much equipment personnel it's all into one tight spot get close it's going to destroy something or someone easy as it may be to forget at times this is still a war zone jason muckluck in barbara for r.t. . almost two thousand eight hundred american and coalition soldiers have died trying to rid afghanistan of the taliban but according to president karzai nato has failed to provide security for civilians ruthless insurgent attacks have increased

in recent months with several high profile assassinations and shootouts in the heart of the capital kabul civilian casualties are also on the rise this all comes after the u.s. announcement of plans to withdraw combat troops by the end of twenty fourteen and in. universities a muslim chaplain in north carolina says it's hard to accept how little america has achieved in afghanistan after all the military resources and the money spent that. it is really horrible and depressing. it is it was you look beautiful to witness the bleeding wound up on society as a result of one war and destruction as to another and it is it is a little unfortunate that through all these efforts all this money. coming and one of the major outcomes of the u.s. led operation afghanistan is a dramatic increase in drug production in the country it has become the absolute leader in our cortex trade producing ninety three percent of the world's entire

opiates and as cannot lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff under secretary of state colin powell says u.s. forces are doing close to nothing to change the situation three more resistance in the country. the drugs are going to be there cocaine heroin whatever other opium bobbies in afghanistan so long as they deliver more money than we grab our poles present mons or whatever. it's the market as my republican friends like to say as long as you can make money off drugs in the risk is low and it is incredibly low considering all the law enforcement we marshaled against it the drugs are going to be there and i suspect they're going to be there at either the current levels or heightening levels for as far as i can see into the future the troops don't want to attack those people who are raising drugs not any blatant overwhelming comprehensive way because that just adds to the enemy list that they have to fight . to the american. target.

the same. way. to be sure to bring peace and stability to. the don't leave after they. leave in interim government forces have launched their new just sort of cattle gadhafi his hometown of sirte with heavy tanks and ground rocket fire despite reports claiming substantial progress in their efforts to take the city they're still facing stiff resistance from those loyal to the ousted leader well thousands of people have that many more have yet to do so meaning there is a high risk of civilian casualties and his most recent order your message they deposed can allege libyans to keep fighting against the former rebels now in power the civil of the full force under the cover of nato following a un mandate to protect civilians has already claimed thousands of lives and should

count chanda an activist and journalist says we shouldn't expect western powers to leave anytime soon. from the part of the global south africa in particular this has been an absolute disaster that civilians are clearly targeted and i think when now china in this last few days china and russia have vetoed the u.n. resolution which is a similar program by nato which they can buy from libya that they want to conduct now in syria i think china and russia have admitted that they were fooled over the resolution one thousand seventy three on on libya and they're not going to be fooled again there's no sign whatsoever that nato is going to leave nato as will intervene even further if the faction amongst the rebels continues to this that the relationship continues to worsen and it's very clear that for the west and for nato their men on the ground is people like jabril and so the battle is far from over.

president medvedev has again stated that russia will not support any u.n. resolution to impose sanctions on syria it said it's up to the syrian people not the u.n. or nato decide the political course the country should follow to make sure it vetted claims they proposed u.n. resolution on syria which russia and china recently vetoed would have opened the door to military action i want a repeat of the libyan scenario instead moscow wants the u.n. to take action to push all sides towards dialogue but when to that it says that if president assad fails to carry out much needed reforms in the country then the syrian leader will have to go. ahead for you this hour the u.k. may be facing its was an economic crisis in the history of england's looming comes as the country feels the bite of recession with buyouts downgraded and the government implementing desperate measures to boost growth. last russian prosecutors book had to bring new charges for the murder of journalist anna politkovskaya shot dead in moscow exactly five years ago. at slate about the state

in the us occupy wall street protests again in momentum and have spread to more than a dozen cities across the country including boston chicago los angeles and washington d.c. helicopters and a heavy police presence are on patrol in new york where they cross has already called the city of two million dollars in extra security costs activists say they're that out with worsening unemployment and the rule of the wall street bankers and blame them for causing the recession had been many a mare michael bloomberg has severely criticized the debates arguing that the failed banks were only to move people losing their jobs but radio is that china and good americans have been waiting too long for politicians doctors and had no other options but to take the situation in their own hands. i think the reason that their union was actually fairly quick to join and a lot of other groups are excited by this is because finally someone is taking the fight and taking real action. to wall street i mean the tea party came out and so

they were against the bailouts and they never did a damn thing about it and if they were you know earnest and honest with what their stated goals were i actually think the tea party movement could have been great and i don't mind conservatives coming at this issue from the right i welcome it i think would be fantastic but they immediately got mr right to do so when someone finally goes to take on wall street and say stop corrupting our politics and stop getting all the advantages because you bought all the politicians well then that's why people get excited that's why the unions go hey yeah that's what we're saying we're on board that's why progressive groups go away that's what we were saying and that's why they're on board we're just waiting for the conservative side because they should be onboard with this too and you can also have to our twitter feed to get the latest on the protests in the u.s. and in one of her latest tweets alex he's captain of the police are on high alert in new york with lots of plastic counts as concerns that were expressed that some political groups are trying to take over and capitalize on the movement that he

described. across the atlantic british banks have suffered another blow to rating agency moody's has downgraded a dozen leading u.k. financial companies including lloyds and world bank of scotland believing the british government is now less inclined to bail out banks again if they get into trouble deepening concerns have prompted the bank of england to pump seventy five billion pounds into britain's faltering economy but little good director general of the u.k.'s institute of economic affairs says the cash injection in my do the country no good. we already have inflation of around about five percent in the united kingdom which compared to recent years this is hardly putting more money into the economy risks actually increasing that inflation is supposed to be the bank of england's central key toss to actually keep inflation under control two and a half percent or less my concern is that quantitative easing throwing another

seventy five billion pounds into the economy is actually a distraction from what the u.k. government needs which is a very aggressive and radical growth strategies one that i think they lack at the moment what we've got to get away from in the united kingdom and actually right across the western world more generally is this idea that every single bank is copper bottomed because if they get into trouble the tax will kill them out and one of the key things that the u.k. government is struggling with is how do we allow a bank to go through the wall and to fail without actually describing the wider economy and i think that these. sort of actually reflect the fact that we are beginning to move away from what was a hopeless and helpless situation in which basically every bank you that if you crash in the time when the government would come to the right so it's a grim warning but in the saying why you would wish to have only just a toy from your doctor about your state of health i think it is

a welcome warning. right russian prosecutors out of file fresh charges against key suspects in the murder case of prominent journalist anna politkovskaya she was gunned down five years ago at her apartment building in moscow investigators suspect a church on a limb ali great to college of masterminding desolation human rights activist and campaigning journalist anna politkovskaya sought to expose corrupt a curator for shawls and human rights violations but while her murder has drawn worldwide attention no one has he had been convicted over the killing the slain journalist daughters the investigation is moving forward but valuable time may have been lost. if you would have been different periods in the process both busy people were arrested almost simultaneously in two thousand and seven and passive when nothing was happening however the events of recent months give us certain optimism for a successful ending successful in terms of finding the mastermind of the murder i can tell you if the investigation was as active five years ago as it is now by this

time we would have had more evidence i was well aware what kind of journalism my mother was into she would ok janelle you see if something happens to me documents are here the money is here here are all the numbers to call but we never really took it seriously i was four months pregnant the family was full of hope and my mother promised that after her first grandchild was born she would stop going to church now and take up choir to journalistic work. so more news making international headlines around the world three women two from liberia and one from yemen one this year's nobel peace prize among them the liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf the laureates were praised for their peaceful promotion of women's rights and gender equality in africa as our world that women also share an award a one point five million u.s. dollars. pakistani doctor could be charged with high treason for legislate assisting the cia in their operation to kill osama bin laden state investigators claim. operated afaik. oxidation program to gather d.n.a.

samples in the city where they are counted a head was killed pakistan claims the us violated its sovereignty by carrying out the sanctioned mission to take out bin laden in may the second. student leaders have called for a total nationwide shut down for a day in response to thursday's police going down on peaceful protests the labor unions are biking the move calling a general strike for the nineteenth of october two hundred fifty people were arrested and they're so injured after chilean police clashed violently with a town student demonstration protesters are demanding sweeping changes to chile's education system which they say favors the rich but it's funded by what appears to . be up to date and just in a few moments time followed martin andrews on a cultural trip to the famed pushkin museum of fine arts in the heart of russia's capital.

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a great. comfort to. some to be a little. moscow. hello i won't come to moscow out so in this big plays out i'm exploring the famous facility is the i'm located right in the heart of the russian capital that opened in one thousand and twelve i let's see if we'll celebrate his one hundred one of us . so join me as we take a look at the stunning collection. representing centuries of creativity history and

culture. to kooyong which you see here is a reproduction of the. body in florence the spin the blockade has incredible examples of german medieval art and italian missiles of the fifteenth century highlights michelangelo's david sculpture of the museum was founded by the professor it sounds for tires the main building was constructed from eight hundred ninety eight by architect remark klein recently named off the end products on the stand that it was late to change in the one nine hundred thirty s. in honor of the russian power it's diffuse of the museum and breathtaking just like the thousands of exhibits on display located close to the kremlin and across the road from the christ city cathedral the complex of building this is also known as museum village and to has turned the whole area a cripple to sky metro this was thriving cultural quarter. when bills losing was

the first of its kind in russia it was officially open this past the centennial celebration of the polish defeat boots on the clyde second himself in attendance through the revolution to serbia times in the break about to us a song the museum withstood the to much use times of the last century during world war two for example the greater part of the museum resources to asia to novosibirsk and silly chomsky was major events and celebrations plans for the one hundredth anniversary next year the museum can now look forward to the next one hundred years . when the museum was founded one of its main objectives was to become an educational institute for local students many of the exhibits on display inside the museum are exact copies of original masterpieces from around the world commissions and. specifically for. example you can see replicas of the statues and

sculpture is between the fourth and first centuries basically. greece here you can see various boss religious. copies all designed to introduce you. to the main stage is in the history of the last dozens of team to pass the costs are on display in the room featuring heads or several great philosophers afraid a brilliant insight into the artistic creativity thousands of years ago. because of ancient greece is why even presented in the museum and the untitled is one of its highlights it showcases examples of fission for centuries b.c. when the arts and culture in new york at the time flourished. with so many schools and exhibits beautiful day to look around the museum but we are interested in sculpture post-impressionist art or gyptian artifacts wonderful examples here some

are copies yes but the museum also holds many originals to. the museum has a substantial collection of original vases the great pottery from the six to fifty centuries b.c. the black and red figure techniques to pick various images created to showcase rituals feasts will fuel ceremonies. i think a little shabby to push the museum is a considerably more peaceful place to contemplate great art the many of the. big galleries in the west. really impressed. different artists. wonderful. dutch and. just beautiful. other

valuable objects from asia greece and display are regional items that were found by the german enthusiastic fire actually went in the nineteenth century the amateur of geologist famously helped excavate the city of troy. here in a museum there over two hundred fifty items third century b.c. mainly jewelry. the collection of art from ancient egypt in the push to museum is the largest of its cards in russia defeats these pieces apart and also objects used by the egyptians in the every day life span thousands of years but the oldest items come from the fourth millennium b.c. . one of the highlights in this room is the cosmetics bill as it's called dated from the end of the fifteenth century b.c. made from all every it features a naked girl swimming in the sacred lotus flower for the most splendid examples of

egyptian decorative art the gods of ancient egypt or is it pictured as animals or features of an animal like birds heads for example injections view death almost as a cult and here in the museum there are many items connected with us. some of the most interesting paintings in the museum represent the flemish hours of the seventeenth century created mainly to decorate lavish interiors of palaces and cathedrals the features paintings are religious themes portraits and landscapes large scale paintings by such artists rubens dyke and rembrandt are all featured in the collection. students from all actuality has come to study to museums paris pieces many programs the lectures for lovers of all ages are also regularly organized as an establishment at the forefront of moscow's art scene where one day you'll see lines of people queued up outside every day so. the museum so popular.

with the museum job description it's like you're looking back to the days of all the places are temples of the interest from everyday life from the worries of a big city. is my favorite as it gives a great fear an art history depending on your interest you can explore various ages a school which is clean in russia without moscow could be in moscow without going to the first especially the impressionist parks the artists are beautiful the paintings cared for. so that you can see the whole thing. closely altering its display which gives the public a chance to see more of this collection. template exhibitions which often include collection is from a brood twenty five. currently on display here. it works being demonstrated in. this exhibition office a unique opportunity to see his paintings. on display courtesy of the dalai fifty

museum in space putting together such exhibitions great vision and passion with the collections and. the team at the museum constantly look at ways to improve this to see experience. the history present and future of the museum let's meet this week's guest. tell me why is the. tradition. was. authentic. and number of. a mixture is a very long. for the museum as it's the one hundredth anniversary. it is very

remarkable because of. and. back. to the home. was. yes it was dramatic. and. was established just. by the way no one there to be asked so much it cost him to the exhibition rooms the but it was never planned temporal exhibition i mean not just the odd but is stunning a breathtaking. building in a whole. season one of the most dramatic. and. kill. it thank you very much a very welcome. finally with

regard to this building houses streaming assortment of impressionist poster precious and. many experts agree that museums gracious try to be found in its collection of painters. displayed here we saw just to screw over your. spike in surprise. when you walk in the museum a second was by me to use you and despite the issue through such beauty she's quite well made especially amongst famous pieces that cost millions of dollars to push the museum is definitely one of the world's great cultural institutions why do they seem easy in paris london. visit is something. she gets. while absolutely breathtaking. and deal with you know oil on canvas white more than anything painted by mike in eighteen nights you know i will vote for you that's the

time we have on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week until then for me and the rest the crew of the safest museum of fine arts by now. monitoring. the story cold. friendly. dynamic. friends. among. the close a team has been to the spitzbergen archipelago. for the world's northernmost statue

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cheese grater how do you what is the headline. waging a long war ten years after the invasion of afghanistan when nato coalition commanders timely mcchrystal says america's only hot way to reaching its goals of the country citing a frightening and since simplistic lack of understanding in part for the video. interim government forces and leave their launch their biggest at times you know one colonel gadhafi has lost her main stronghold sons that stiff resistance from fight as loyal to the ousted leader despite many residents fleeing there's still a high risk of civilian casualties but large numbers of citizens staying put. over the rule of violence is gaining momentum in new york.