little. league. little ego. the stolen trucks caught fire after being driven inside a british base in afghanistan near the plane of the u.s. defense secretary who was unharmed but military authorities are investigating if it was an attempted attack. as the u.s. president holds the british prime minister in washington it becomes increasingly clear that the mission in afghanistan is turning it will face saving operation for the leaders join me again a second in just a few short moments. also from marty tonight broken news journalists who've resigned from al-jazeera accused station bosses of fabricating reports to broadcast their view rather than show what's really happening in conflict on syria. and china

wards of the urgent need to slow down growth to avoid an economic and political crash just as debt ridden europe buys up beijing as a potential cash. flow you're watching r t live from moscow it's eleven pm wednesday night here now my name's kevin now in our top story in afghanistan a cars caught fire in the last few hours at a british military base around the same time the u.s. defense secretary's plane was landing panetta and his staff were not affected in the thirty's and now trying to determine whether it was an assassination attempt against him comes as president obama is hosting his key ally british prime minister david cameron for talks in washington d.c. college a color correspondent has the latest from the u.s.

capitol as culture within our galli good evening the two need to stress the relationship is a strong as ever and i don't plan to revise that afghan strategy they say sort of recent incidents that so outraged the afghans the massacre of civilians by the american soldier the burning of the qur'an by american troops make no impact at all . well president obama was talking about pulling out responsibly within the next two years so that hasn't changed that british prime minister was basically echoing what the u.s. president was saying is the two main contributors to the war in afghanistan are coordinating a timetable for withdrawal it becomes increasingly clear that this is turning into a face saving operation for the leaders especially in the wake of the tragedy that happened over the weekend when you say u.s. soldier apparently murdered sixteen innocent afghans in cold blood including women and children nonetheless prime minister cameron and president obama were talking about real progress in afghanistan but it doesn't quite look like the right time

for the leaders to pat each other on the back really and celebrate success when so much speaks to the contrary insurgency in afghanistan is rampant afghans clearly want the allied forces out incidents like the latest murder of innocent civilians are used by all kinds of extremists to recruit even more people to their ranks opium poppy and harry production in afghanistan has increased dramatically in the last ten years of the war and now it is at record levels of part of that money from drug sales effectively goes to support care around the globe so here are all those problems that are still there and are not going to go to america britain of course close allies on some of the key will the issues right now we talked about the nuclear program also the ongoing wealth crisis in syria which leverage do they have to go through that managing to tackle those problems at least. well as far as other crucial international issues the u.s. and the u.k. have been pretty much on the same page on everything on syria also want to see

regime change as prime minister cameron put it not so a revolution but through transition both leaders the military intervention undesired role both say they're looking forward to work with russia to bring about a peaceful outcome here a prime minister cameron appealed to the support that russia has among the syrian people and said that support is disappearing as russia doesn't go along with the uighurs send. along the the u.s. and the u.k. with their policies with regards to syria so this is something along those lines quite an interesting statement right there on iran's president obama said the window for a diplomatic solution is shrinking analysts say the u.s. president was pushed very hard by israeli influence groups to say that america's ready to go to war and to put forward an ultimatum for iran which is to either make progress with negotiators over his nuclear program or face consequences but most experts agree war will not solve the problems it will create

a million new ones. who are going to come things for example it was a view from washington d.c. as proof pressure to make sure we could submit reactions thoughts from journalist who's there as well judy good evening to you thanks be with us tonight. the bombers apologize for the latest killing of afghan civilians by an american soldier while pledging as well to keep up the military effort in afghanistan with britain and other allies but with a pledge to leave in twenty fourteen it does beg the question i guess the most of the really care about what happens in the country right now what are your thoughts . well i think politically the administration has to care a lot because since he came into office obama has tried to depict the afghanistan war as the good war as opposed to the not so good war in iraq and he's invested quite a lot in what might be called success but it doesn't appear to be. turning

out that way he said over sixty thousand additional troops during his term to afghanistan and if things go south too quickly it will be highly embarrassing to him it will be a major point of weakness during the his reelection campaign that republicans are sure to exploit on the other hand i think there there is increasing dissed me about how things are growing even within the republican party and particularly in light of this latest incident there been more indications. key republicans both in congress and with newt gingrich in some way rick santorum in the presidential campaign that they're having second thoughts about prolonging the u.s. presence in afghanistan and may possibly be considering i'm more rapid draw down. the administration and previous think plan when you look at the taliban has been defeated even. with the other side i guess. from

a native point of view. a lot of achievements of this war. well it doesn't seem so i mean i think from the military's point of view they feel that their surge in khandahar area in the southeastern part of the country has worked out as well as has been expected as well as could have been expected in terms of pacifying areas that used to be taliban strongholds but they haven't entirely cleared them of taliban influence that was also somewhat clear in the recent incidents around the just break in which the massacre took place last weekend but it's also clear that the taliban have have adapted have done much more in the northern part of the country and really i think perhaps the most important issue is that the kind of reform governmental reform or governance reform

crackdown on corruption that was promised in this counterinsurgency. strategy that was adopted by obama just hasn't produced very much and as a result there is increasing alienation i think. these would be the afghan government both by afghans themselves and to some extent by the u.s. government. in that press conference. it would be no. things wouldn't go as planned but it's a very unpopular war at home why isn't he moving to pull the troops. vote cut should they be in this election year. well i think he may still decide to do that he's committed to withdrawing another twenty two thousand troops approximately by september and then the big question is what will happen to the remaining approximately sixty eight thousand troops and how quickly will they be drawn down

over the following fifteen months and that the administration has not said that it's known that the military commanders want to keep as many of the sixty eight thousand in country as possible until or through twenty fourteen but there is a lot of political pressure indeed particularly from democrats in congress to quicken the pace of withdrawal to a lot of members of the u.s. military intelligence community. say that the taliban still holding strong thanks to a full told in pakistan what did need to go into pakistan. i'm sorry i didn't catch your question a lot of members of the u.s. military and intelligence communities say that the taliban is still standing strong thanks to its foretold in pakistan it begs the question why didn't they go into pakistan to get the. well i think because they've created a lot of enemies and pakistan the united states has become extremely unpopular in

pakistan as a result of violations of sovereignty regarding drone strikes and even cross border attacks and i think american ministration has felt there would be a huge risk in doing more of that and all indications are that pakistanis have become even more hard line against those kinds of incursions even six months ago or in the wake of the rough killing of. ok final quick thought if we may the u.s. and british allies also pressing around to give up its nuclear program turning up the heat on the syrian president as well the. with the continuing of all going to afghanistan the resources must be pretty much stretched thin or can they manage to think. well i don't know i mean i think the army in particular ground forces are completely exhausted so the issue then becomes are other can

other forces be deployed with respect to syria or iran and i think the pentagon would rather not take on either enterprise at the moment and are fighting hard against political pressure. on the administration to do something more and something that's armed in syria and they're certainly fighting hard against the idea of an attack on iran's nuclear facilities ok thanks jim lobe from the u.s. capital. so we come in a program with me kevin no in tonight's nuclear propaganda report on why israel still hasn't ruled out the possibility of an attack on iran and its atomic program despite public this word of. the next does the conflict in syria rages on media spin doctors are fighting their own battle to shape public opinion on the crisis made easier by unconfirmed and sometimes contradictory reports and footage from the

conflict but the zeal of one channel is already for several key members of its staff to resign in protest. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war. griffy claude freelance investigative journalist from damascus says he's found what he thinks is proof of media manipulation of the conflict in syria and this video from the syrian town of holmes the camera focuses on the city's all the refinery the shooting begins seven hours before media viewers around the world see a pipeline explosion allegedly caused by assad's army been by them and you can clearly see that something is slowly burning in the distance when the smoke has thickened english speakers correct their cameras position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video.

it is only images receiver it's clear it's not an explosion. people are reporting it will be a need to see it. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to a doctor and the corner we see little that. you should kill bush and good punish you talk about his wife or his will again after some thirty minutes of waiting in the crew starts to get nervous and it's cool maybe the whole one can read no we need al-jazeera while life on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details. punish you bishnoi and your children in this footage we see danny holmes activist known for his exclusive reports from the very epicenter of the conflict is preparing to go live on c.n.n. his relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it.

it's a digital easy target. no worries just do it. or . should i say my hell did i. tell them there are some buildings collapsed and we're taking buildings away the kid could be a miniature for your get dead in the last hour or two or three or two hundred three i would be paid for an hour before he did the can really cut the deal for you and the activists to become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible and old blood and death the higher the price up. but not everyone is happy about it well known walk respondent alley husham used to report to al-jazeera from the world's conflict hot spots but syria has become the rubicon he couldn't cross he mentioned armed groups fighting against assad's army and his bosses and told him he needed medication he has just resigned because of

biased coverage he says assad were like hugo. lucian's in libya syria. egypt tunisia whatever for example the revolution and behave as they enjoy zero chief in beirut where ali has been working has also quit for same reason. we started to invite guests from america who only criticize the regime in syria and support the regime in bahrain and persons who justify nato intervention this is unacceptable. this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by external power. actually breaks through the government by maybe the west to fuel this was. with no i look proof emerge in all of the international media is involved in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent they influence events and how much responsibility do they therefore share portfolios. r t beirut lebanon. government

shuttle parliamentary elections for the seventh of may russia's praising that move change in reforms a long overdue on the ground syrian troops of over one another flashpoint city. back armed rebels their opposition activists claim the areas now become the scene of a crackdown while the government's ailing victory against what it calls foreign funded terrorism rebel political leaders have confirmed that they've been promised more weapons from abroad and the international community still unable to reach consensus about how best to what's the been calls from some countries for military intervention but one veteran u.s. statesman. says getting involved could destabilize the entire region. the conflict within syria is still sporadic it's not a comprehensive conflict it is not a conflict which has visible united leadership. and a clear plan for so i think at this stage america plunging ahead with military

action by here or with some other notion of how to resolve this problem by force i think would be counterproductive. and probably even regionally perhaps destabilizing and there is a real risk that if america became more directly involved the conflict could assume increasingly anti american characteristics not only in terms of syrian resistance to it but even more generally in terms of islamic reception of america we have been told that no war with iraq we have had to be involved in and against and i would not want to list another part which america plays the preeminent role and relies on the military for its solution because in the general context of what i perceive as klein and american influence and it least that would further

aggravate the trend. china has put the brakes on growth and bring in urgent reforms to keep the world's second largest economy stable and avert political chaos that stark warning was made by premier wen jiabao who is preparing to hand over power later this year it comes as beijing finds debt laden europe holding its hand for help our correspondent sara sidner reports. with china's three trillion plus dollars in foreign currency reserves it was only a matter of time before debt lead and europe came knocking on its store from chinese side of the leaders are we for you ok bill waving the shoulder we can reach the car so actually you can see that's kind of a accurate because i feel. it's like a not putting in practice maybe we want some kind of a deal well it's not even a maybe now china's claw is clearly on the rise and so is its confidence this time

around china has no qualms letting the e.u. know that it is well aware of its trunk card and that any help will come at a price top of its list of demands gaining the status of a full fledged market economy and lifting the one nine hundred eighty nine ban on its purchase of military weapons from the e.u. . for the first time china has openly used its potential cash card to lash out at the e.u. for a recent ad the subsidy an anti dumping investigations into imports of chinese made steel products precisely because the chinese know that there is a danger of some form of protectionism what they want to do is have a company isn't leases in europe factories menu great green products or a screwdriver companies in europe so there are a lot of their products will be labeled made in germany made in france made in greece and so on so they will not be considered to be implications from china and

the plans already in action just last month the first chinese automobile assembly plant opened it will garia aiming to produce fifty thousand vehicles per year for the whole european continent raising more fears of china's far reaching influence it does will really mode so as a gun you know. these it's from cards where it can but europe hasn't thrown in the towel just yet it still has the power to grant china's wishes and as a country's second biggest trade partner the fall of one is the fall of both the e.u. also has its own demands for one backing on syria and iran part of the political game international politics game that is being played is very metro economists in particular resources but behind the gates of cash rich china it's fighting its own

battle trying to sell the idea to its people chinese internet forums were abuzz with annoyance at what they see as poor ordinary chinese pain for rich europeans so that's why they try to use prime minister when gallup obviously when you are trying to persuade people and people and. colleagues in the government. helping the european union is also helping ourselves not all the chinese are convinced but if business must go why one local commentator wrote don't hand over a dime without asking for the world in return that's our silly r r t brussels. elsewhere in the world tonight a bus with students aboard was crushed in a tunnel in switzerland it's killed twenty eight people mostly women children the vehicles taking fifty two tourists back the belgium from a skiing trip when the crash near the italian border and investigations been launched into the course of the tragedy. a series of earthquakes has rattled tokyo

northeast japan the strongest tremor measured six point eight on the richter scale it was centered around two hundred thirty kilometers off the coast in the pacific ocean a six point one magnitude quake was then later felt in tokyo just last year of course that massive quake and tsunami hit japan leaving nineteen thousand people dead or missing. the international criminal court convicted a warlord in the democratic republic of congo for using children as soldiers in the tribal war thomas lubanga will be sent to the state of later hearing and could face up to life imprisonment for prosecution also accused of using children as young as nine as bodyguards and sex slaves. iran's president has appeared before parliament to answer questions regarding his foreign and domestic policy decisions not would or would initiatives accused of mismanaging the nation's economy and challenging the authority of the country's supreme leader he denies the allegations but now faces calls for his impeachment it was the first time since one nine hundred

seventy nine the rounds parliament has summoned the president. meanwhile iran's rejected allegations by the u.n. nuclear watchdog that it pride to clean up radioactive evidence of secret nuclear work at a key military site there and also says it's ready to allow i inspect is there but under certain conditions tell of evo isn't backing down from its threats to attack in a spotlessly reports that's not striking a chord with the israeli public opinion right now. but. there's a growing chorus of anger in israel but the government refuses to listen there's no logic in attacking iran births we have a government that plans illogical things and that's really frightening and while most experts agree israel is far from having the capability to attack iran is really officials keep hinting a strike could be imminent the million dollar question right now is whether or not it's all would go it alone it could call on its closest ally the united states for

hope that washington is making a lot of noise not to strike i don't think of is a possibility. of america before we strike the best they would. we don't expect a green light. it will probably. relations between israeli and american leaders are tense but of barmah demanding an end to the loose talk of war coming out of little yahoo's government not buying we say that. you know. work is wrong. the u.s. government. is really. you know one of us. war and while no it's really official has gone so far as to confirm an attack

on iran the implications are clear the consequences of such political moves very well. put them in namely. closing the straits of. stopping the flow of oil from the gulf. we're not going to reopen. in spite of american express and. we. certainly. have relations with the united states. even break them all together and in the long run that might be a gamble even more dangerous then taking on iran's police here r.t. tel aviv. discovered for six minutes past. the late wednesday evening business that

day with dmitri a good bit of the russian market despite news of billions of dollars still think the country will go for absolutely right we saw some pretty remarkable performance on the russian market and that's all pretty much ignoring the news that another eleven billion dollars has left the country in february this year and this is a trend which is which has been around for quite a long time more than a year now and we talked to the chief economist billion people by russia. she told us about the reasons she thinks are behind this move. well. capital outflows must be driven by the russian companies taking money abroad including pain external debt and invest in a broad political fact is also strong we think the trend will continue since you're starting from april when this look i would say about the new government. most you can see there from the numbers the out here so myself feeling pretty comfortable

despite the capital outflow continue for yet another month for the r.t.s. and my six gauge one point two percent bear interesting stories on the nice ex-urban the moves up the virus gaining a half of a value on the rumors that it's part the company right now nissan could go ahead and take control of the stake in the russian carmaker now look where it was weaker than the markets on its ambitious plans to invest twenty five billion dollars in iraq he feels you know the west and burbank was the best performer days preferred shares went up more than five percent to values not seen since summer two thousand and seven. in the u.s. search trading is drawing to a close now and it's moved into the red well that's not much of a surprise actually after we saw some remarkable gains in the previous session of one point seven percent for the dow which is seeing a very mild correction in this action. in europe the markets closed mixed with the

footsie down point two percent again correcting after tuesday's hefty gains and that's was up one point two percent propelled by financial stocks. in commodities also a slight correction after we saw u.s. inventories rise and that was pretty expected so no surprise there but prices remain quite high to support the russian currency the ruble which was gaining for yet another session against the greenback and the euro well the dollar was gaining versus the euro on the chairman ben bernanke he's a rosy assessment of the states. all right that wraps up be have business news for the day you can always join us on our web site also you know come forward slash business or you can watch another update at eight twenty moscow time thursday morning.

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