with me rule received the taliban says it carried out a suicide car bombing that killed seven people in the afghan capital president barack obama wrapped up a brief on the nelson visit to the country but he did sign a deal with president karzai cementing america's commitment to supporting afghan forces even after the nato combat mission ends in two thousand and fourteen obama also stressed the importance of peace talks with the taliban even though the latest attack was in direct retaliation for his visit and the pact with karzai the us leave pledge to end the war zones he's gone nature can report so america intends to stay for at least another decade the fact that president obama traveled to afghanistan exactly year after bin laden's killing two signed a strategic pact with ghana's that is seen as an attempt to put the nears of a success story on the decade long war in afghanistan but success in afghanistan is very arguable to say the least the afghans want american troops out we constantly

see people there expressing outrage over the killing of civilians over night raids and other actions by u.s. troops the american people want their troops out so both governments are anxious to tell their people that this is over but the agreement that the leaders have signed in vision is the us staying in afghanistan through twenty twenty four at least not in those numbers of course and the agreement by the way does not address specific troop levels or the size or location of u.s. bases and this is something that many afghans are worried about and that is that the view was born from an end basis in afghanistan so it made all these questions you have the anniversary of bin laden's death which is hailed as a great victory but there is more of a border house with a lot of history that serves as a convenient cover for some dubious policies we have been able to decimate the ranks of al qaida and a year ago. we're able to finally bring osama bin laden justice.

by now nobody doubts that bin laden's killing is going to be the highlight of obama's presidential campaign it's already featured in his ads. the harder. than the more honorable. and the one that produced in my opinion the best in show. as hyped as bin laden's killing is some ask whether it's being used to mask the feeler of u.s. policies abroad during the last ten years the ben laden thing i think makes things easier it sells well but again i don't think you can put that good a face on ten years of combat in afghanistan and the afghan and the iraq invasion i think is to me question still yet to be asked about what the truck no matter how much killing bin laden means you can't take away ten years of failure it was going into afghanistan and especially into iraq ok that created more enemies you know and

recruits for. you know jadis this kind of salafist. you know than than weakening them the pentagon's new strategy is to move away from ground wars bin laden's killing has become the face of the new war on terror obama style through targeted assassinations in different countries with the use of drones and special ops experts say that policy can also backfire the attacks end up killing many civilians and they steer a new wave of revenge extremism you know how many people are we going to have to kill before we can finally say ok that's it objective achieved war over we can call this thing off and i look at the israeli experience with targeted assassination and that suggests to me that when you engage in that kind of a policy really what you're going to do is end up having an endless list of targets . and i fear that's the past we have gone down bin laden's death was

a success on the war on terror no doubt about that but there is an attempt to sell it as the success story of the whole war on terror and many fear that the law. serve as a convenient cover for bad policies of the past as well as the future i'm going to reporting from washington. you know as i get much more from line where we've lined up a host of news and analysis for you including spoiling the surprise twitter means even some of barack obama's top level secrets. we explain why online. also on our web site and the. job now thanks to a new top. fashion magazine which focuses on the trademark of muslim headscarves are the latest trends on that as well. in cairo at least nine people were killed up to one hundred injured when unknown gunmen as

a protest against egypt's ruling military council a growing tensions ahead of the presidential election have led israel to strengthen its southern border as well as reinforcing the north because of turmoil in syria. with more. well it certainly is a massive mobilization what we're hearing from the israeli army is that they've given the approval for the call up of twenty two reserve battalions many of these are soldiers who are really completed their annual reserve duty what commanders are saying is that these troops are needed to deal with security threats that are coming from israel's borders with egypt and syria and also because of the growing instability in those countries now we're hearing from sources today wednesday also that the situation in the sinai desert which of borders israel is becoming a manageable i mean one in a separate development in cairo several people have been killed and dozens have been injured as clashes turned violent in front of the country's defense ministry

these clashes happening between armed police protesters demonstrating there and holding the city and since friday they're demonstrating against the disqualification of a candidate who is running in the country's presidential elections which are slated for the twenty third and twenty fourth of this month and these elections to be closely monitored by television which is fearing that the regime will now come to a place in cairo will be one that will be a lot more hostile to the jewish state and that of course mubarak what they're seeing is this week israel beginning to build a seven needs a high concrete wall along its border with lebanon and this according to israeli sources is to stop firing from lebanon into northern israel would being told that the war will take several weeks to finish until now there has been an electrified fence along the israeli lebanese border but it comes on the back of a nother security barrier war that israel is building in the south of the country

along its border with egypt's sinai now here to israel the sources are saying that this is to stop security alerts and also to prevent smuggling into israel so certainly we are seeing a lot of activity happening on the ground israel taking security threats very seriously and fearing that they will be more tax. but at the same time this is having the effect of isolating israel from its neighbors and from the international community. right there were still ahead for you this hour in the program of the may day wish turn celebration to frustration for workers rallies across europe see thousands venting over the suffering of deeply unpopular cuts but i go balls over in some countries as r.t. reports short. in four days france chooses its next leader the frontrunners will make their final big t.v. push to win voters on wednesday night and nicolas sarkozy in france were trying to

scoop up supporters of far right leader. who is refusing to endorse either of them but it's a hope since choice for weary french voters as are his tester australia explains so it's down to two men socialist francois long and incumbent nicolas sarkozy and the french say around one of the presidential race is about choosing the candidate you like the most round two is voting for the one you dislike the least unless of course you voted for one of them to begin with but this is where it gets tricky for some especially for those who question what kind of power or if there really is one . yeah yeah. it may be in jest but what's seen as a lack of a clear solution for france is economic woes have left citizens skeptical from the onset. of the french people to see one of the two come to the t.v. you will see. this the most the next five. i

will see the wall in this. and i will i would like to see for all those in this wall in this in this. especially when france's economic quagmire is already a tough one to muddle through unemployment is at a twelve year high of almost ten percent debt is dearie ninety percent of g.d.p. growth has all but ground to a halt and a steady measures are likely to continue both candidates are in favor of euro bonds more intervention from the european central bank and to varying degrees both have put on a confrontational tone towards brussels and germany but there is doubt that there will be much room for maneuver at all. whoever the elected president is sarkozy or he will subject himself very quickly and very visibly to the power of the european union it will always require more sacrifices for workers for the obvious

interests of the large banking group. then they work very small things that are there if you recall that ok we're going to vote for him in local elections or you know what we're going to lead and what sexual couples adopt children those are important measures but they're not the biggest measure of a tough choice to make for those who don't see want to begin with. tess or sylvia r.t. paris. r.t. is coming to life from moscow deepening european anger at ukraine cannot be coming at a worse time as the country prepares to host football's prestigious euro twenty twelve finals countries are lining up to possibly boycott the event because of ukraine's treatment of its jailed former prime minister yulia tymoshenko has our eastern european correspondent. it certainly is getting darker and darker for key of in

relation to the euro twenty two well football championship which starts in less than forty days from now and now the dutch government is the latest of the european officials to express their wish to boy call it the tournament here in ukraine the list which already consists of the german the czech republic presidents the head of the euro commission and the german chancellor angela merkel who even said that the german national football side should boycott their participation in the upcoming summer storm here in ukraine and poland now the demands of the european politicians are all different but they all relate to one person the jailed ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who is now spending seven years in prison for the abuse of power when she was convicted in the last year and now. says that unless tymoshenko is released she would not come to ukraine for the euro twenty two well football championship the dutch government and the czech presidents are a bit softer in their statement saying that they just want to see. in the treatment

of political prisoners in ukraine but all in all definitely this creates a very great deal of pressure on key of last friday's terrorist attacks and it also already created serious concerns about the security during the summer storm and but now the euro twenty two off to become a victim of political pressure from the european union on ukraine the ukrainian leadership reacted to all these statements coming from the european union but saying that this kind of rhetoric puts the countries back in the cold war and in fact there may be right in some sense because the one of the vivid examples of a political boy called during a sporting championship sporting event was in one thousand nine hundred eighty one sixty countries refused to come to moscow for the olympic games there and then the soviet union four years later replied by not sending fourteen countries fourteen republics of the soviet union to the olympic games in los angeles but you know the political boycotts during the sporting events happen even now days four years ago during the beijing olympics some countries also wanted to abstain from coming to china for the olympic games but then they managed to negotiate it somehow with the

authorities in china but certainly the situation is very very tense for ukraine and for keep in particular now. the reporting now a may day marchers were out in force across europe thousands getting the chance to vent their anger of the austerity they are enduring but the violence did the demonstrations in some cities in italy riot police beat protesters with toure and seeing the fiercest clashes italians are angry over the punitive cuts being carried out while the country's three main unions denounced the reforms being pushed through by unelected technocrat prime minister mario monti rallies also turned violent also in germany as a left wing demonstrators clashed with police in berlin and hamburg with injuries reported on both sides an estimated four hundred thousand water across the country to demand a growth strategy rather than cuts and in spain which is battling

a double dip recession trade unionists focused on the record eurozone unemployment rate of twenty five percent nearly half of young people are out of work one message was clear that the economy of the future needs centering around citizens and not around bailing out banks. in italy where the violence come from the. establishment with the political territory when you have a cut in your which. you wage when you cut social security when you have a cut of. when you see that. people are confronted with very violent process in their life the lose their middle to survive and that's why i think we see that sort of reaction in the population we have to have an economy with the with the people first the people and not the profit and we have

an economy with solidarity and corporation. and not always fighting and competition between countries and people and and so on so we have to renewed economy in total business that's one one thing but directly for the moment we have to take measures that the rich people are paying for the crisis with taxes against them and not against the common people. us certainly wasn't left out of the may day rallies the anti corporate occupy movement burst back with a vengeance after a long hiatus this to the campaign's birthplace in new york city is more important i decided to join in. may day doesn't just mark the international workers day it now marks the resurgence of the occupy wall street movement thousands of activists

flooded the streets of manhattan picking up where the grass roots coalition left off in the fall we saw demonstrations taking place throughout the entire city including bryant park union square and wall street repeating the message that they have been saying over and over again voicing their outrage against wealth inequality in the united states against him for influence on us politics on affordable higher education and health care in the us and the ongoing jobs crisis that ninety nine percent of americans are dealing with thousands gathered at veterans memorial plaza in lower manhattan literally occupying the property many were organizing and demonstrating with respect to their issues but once ten pm came the n.y.p.d. stormed through the plaza evacuating it to literally floor seeing the activists to

leave arresting some pushing many others out onto the street once the group was out onto the street activists were all walking through lower manhattan and police officers were odd motorcycles and trying to keep the activists penned in on the sidewalk once an activist steps into the street they got arrested there were instances where activists were being taken into police vans with blood dripping from their face so there were some incidents where it got bloody between police officers and the unarmed occupy optimist back on the streets saying they will. holding washington accountable for all the the favoritism that is being seen to the one percent in the united states is more important are

reporting now america's chief diplomats on a charm offensive in china right now hillary clinton's high level talks come amid concerns in beijing over washington beefing up its military presence near chinese territory last sunday clinton promised military assistance to the philippines it's with which beijing has a territorial dispute relations between china and the u.s. are also tainted by a diplomatic tussle over chen guangcheng and that the blind activist who has been under house arrest for four years that's now i discuss this with our foreign affairs analyst richard area joining us live in manila good to see you today the chinese media saying that the u.s. is disturbing calm walters' the waters in a in asia by bolstering its presence there why do you think america needs to widen its military reach in the region. you know where this so-called american people have. a difference of vagaries and has to be mentioned the first they mention is of

course the economic dimension and as obama administration has always said it's a recognition of the fact that asia pacific region is emerging as a center of gravity economy got to be with the highest population concentration so that's the economic dimension and there's not going to read you have bought that the clinton administration started this very process by getting degrees and being close enough i mean there's nobody during the night and i think this or this circle they mention is what makes this super for clinton to tie in a very tricky which is precisely the military dimension of america's e-books and what we see an increase in their opinion the presence of american forces in singapore and australia and now also you have a problem there with negotiations. or you know a few requests in the presence of the philippines and of course it's been really nice an awfully sorry move in the chinese that have also been in the philippines it sounds as if the philippines and that this is something strengthen our very military least on starting point is that of course the tridents media will have its own. regime long since you know the reason but this is what there is of not being

released you know things and i'm going to the part of vietnamese and chinese are going problems then the one thing that concerned americans we prefer to rejoin the incident during the strains of our school in one sense by having some sort of small little particles but even with no horses and since two thousand going to work including syria that the chinese are very nice and rich i mean the real you know another time traveler sorry to interrupt you i do apologize but to be totally honest with you i just kind of hear you very well we've got a really bad connection here richard had buried him in a foreign affairs analyst please just stand by i will try and solidify the connection i put a drive to you and two of us will be back with you later in the program. ok. let's go back to our now some of the world's main news here on r.t. a rebel ambush in syria's aleppo province has reportedly killed fifteen government soldiers on tuesday u.n.

observers reported multiple ceasefire violations from both sides during during a gun battle near the turkish border the u.n. warns the attacks threaten the peace plan that helped to broker wants to significantly increase the number of monitors in the country by the end of a serious conflict has taken thousands of lives since it began over a year ago. opposition leader aung sun suu kyi has been sworn in as a member of the state parliament and it's the first time the nobel peace prize winner has taken public office since launching her battle against off there it thora tarion rule nearly twenty five years ago now. party did boycott the two thousand and ten general election saying the poll results were altered to favor the military but later did decide to rejoin the political process. a rare ratings chink of light for greece standard and poor's has elevated the country's status out of default it's on the back of the world's biggest ever debt

restructuring which let greece stop cash from hemorrhaging but means investors have lost billions greece is now rated triple c. meaning it's vulnerable and dependent following two bell outs from the i.m.f. totaling two hundred forty billion you. now corrupt police in india bypassing the courts luring criminal suspects to their death but claiming the murders are in self-defense what's worse innocent civilians are being subjected to extra judicial killings as reports from mumbai. sure mima is a widow with six children desperately trying to make ends meet doing embroideries work for local shops her family has been at the center of the media storm after her daughter ish roth was shot and killed by police at the age of nineteen as an argument my world fell apart and my house felt empty without her she was the only

one bringing light into my life and she's the one who supported the whole family i totally depended on her i mean it got me is sure it was part of a fake encounter where police kill usually an armed suspect and claim the killing was in self-defense she was accused of working with pakistani militants and planning to assassinate a key regional politician a later investigation concluded she was murdered by police hoping for financial gain for killing suspected terrorists is just story is unfortunately not uncommon here according to indian civil rights groups police everyman and that is that they've been trained encouraged to carry them out for money it's a reality as it sheds light on india's lawless society where rampant corruption and bribery has led to a broken law enforcement and judicial system those who have served on the front line say it's a tough job with little pay police here have to cover three times as many people

per officer compared to many parts of the world is a part of the business and this is. the norm and some of the problem is i think. maybe going to show us what can go to the new change new committees have been set up to monitor police complaints while an extra two hundred thousand officers will be hired in the next two years but for those like shamima who have to live every day without her beloved daughter the government's reforms are simply too little too late the wall. i have totally lost my faith in the police we were just living our life quietly even though we did not have enough money we didn't do anything wrong so why did they kill my daughter it just makes me so angry. still trying to make sense of her family's tragedy preassure either our team mumbai india. straight over to the r.t.

business section we go there is to retreat good to see you today it certainly seems according to the numbers and your side of the office here that more and more signs are showing the european economy is a far from recovery that is truly i know you're pressuring us for bringing only bad news but i'm afraid we don't have any good good news so far when it comes to europe because the unemployment rate in italy has reached a twelve year high according to the latest data in germany the jobless rate reached a point one percent for the same period which was slightly higher than expected and of course spain has the highest unemployment rate in the european union the number of job seekers rose for the eight months in a row in march to hit five point six million or a record twenty four point two percent. now let's take a look at how the markets are taking this there's a slight negative reaction to this day that seems investors are pretty much used to what's going on in london the footsies down point six percent frankfurt apparently

isn't really worried by this date so it's even up a bit of course all eyes right now will be on the u.s. where we will have a.d.p. data on the unemployment on the jobless jobless markets and this will give us a rough idea of what the key report will look like. let's move over to russia where the markets have moved into the red zone there's not much activity actually going on we're in a we're in a period of holidays a lot of traders or of. others who are still. trading on the market do not want to make any dramatic moves so this is what we're seeing also a bit of encouraging economic news a bit manufacturing activity speeding up in russia h.s.b.c. is reported to its purchasing managers index of fifty eight points and that means it's expanding looking at stocks actually all the stories we're looking at are all

positive rosneft is much better than other energy energy companies which are losing theirs there's a one point three percent it's expected to pay a record dividends to its shareholders of around one billion dollars burbank is also doing better than the market and gold is up just point one percent still better in the market it may sell five percent of its shares to china investment corporation as well as two and a half percent of russians p.t.b. bank and that could rake in around six hundred million dollars over the course these markets the euro is absolutely flat versus the dollar whereas the ruble is slightly weaker to the dollar but seeing a one percent gain versus the year. that's the way the markets look this rory. always a pleasure we will see you next hour in just a few moments here in the falklands a war legacy between britain and argentina which threatens to open old wounds that's coming up after a recap of our top story. at

least. the. people killed in around one hundred. strength. for the red.