says it carried out a suicide car bombing that killed seven people in the afghan capital president barack obama wrapped up a brief visit to the country he said to do with president karzai cementing america's commitment to supporting forces even after the nato combat mission ends in twenty fourteen. stressed the importance of peace talks with the taliban even though the latest was in direct retaliation for his visit pact with. the us the appeared to. reports america intends to stay for at least another decade. the fact that president obama traveled to afghanistan exactly year after bin laden's killing to sign the strategic pact with ghana's then is seen as an attempt to put the new years 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 u.s. staying in afghanistan through twenty twenty four at least not in those numbers of course and the equipment 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 uighurs warrants a permanent 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 because my report on how bin laden's killing could serve as a convenient cover for some dubious policies we have been able to decimate the ranks of al qaeda and a year ago we were able to finally bring osama bin ladin just. 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 on. the one. produced in my opinion the best from so. as hyped as bin laden's killing is some ask whether it's being used to mask the feeler of us policies abroad during the last ten years the bin 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 justification was 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 the recruits for. you know you had this kind of salafist. you

know 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 and new wave of revenge extremism. 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 through. a success on the war on terror front 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 bin laden's killing could serve as a convenient cover for bad policies of the past as well as the future i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team will get more from marty online where we've lined up a host of news and analysis for you including warning the surprise how twitter means even some of barack obama's top level secrets don't stay hidden for long we explain why. the hood could cure his job thanks to a new top ten fashion magazine which focuses on the trademark muslim headscarves religious trends and r.t. . in karo at least twenty people were killed up to one hundred injured when unknown gunmen attacked a protest against egypt's ruling military council since being deployed to try and end the violence growing tensions ahead of egypt's presidential election have led israel to strengthen its southern border as well as reinforcing the north because

of syria's turmoil. reports from. 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 sous reserve battalions many of these are soldiers who've already 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 who's been demonstrating there and holding the city and since friday they're demonstrating against the disqualification of

a candidate who's 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 than metaphors mubarak seeing is this week israel beginning to build a seventy so high concrete wall along its border with lebanon and this according to israeli sources is to stop firing form in lebanon into northern israel would be 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 wall that israel is building in the south of the country along its border with egypt's sinai now here to israeli 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 the server isolating israel from its neighbors and from the international community. r.t. can you live from the russian capital with the twenty four hours a day still ahead this hour the may day which turned celebration to frustration. because rallies across europe see thousands vent their anger over suffering deeply unpopular cards parted boils over in some cities those are to report shortly. but first in four days france chooses its next leader and the front runners will make their final big t.v. push to win voters just a few hours from now because of causey and force roland are trying to scoop up supporters of far right leader marine le pen who's refusing to endorse either of them but it's substance choice for weary french voters as 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 and 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 yeah. maybe 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 come to the t.v. you will see. this from oprah to the next five. i will see the wall in this. and i will i would like to see for all this wall 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 doing ninety percent of g.d.p. growth has all but ground to a halt and a series of 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 global. then they work very small things that are out there if you recall that ok we're going to vote for.

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 but tough choice to make for those who don't see want to begin with the. tests are still here r t paris. what a little early we were reporting on the latest developments in caro well let's talk about those events now unfolding in egypt we have political activists. joining us live from london well the attackers outside the defense ministry in caro who are allegedly responsible for something like twenty deaths now they have not been identified but who could they be. they've definitely been identified they've been definitely there since day one of the revolution but this is what the military council kept calling or deferring to a party the party have been part of the militias the national democratic party and the state security i put out this past twenty years those are all of them have very

intense criminal records and they've been used instead. of. militias or the army itself so they're doing the dirty work for the military council. all right then with that accusation all that supervision from me with a little over three weeks to go until the election with this current violence is that a sign that there is definitely an element there within current that doesn't really want to see people go to the polls the more you're suggesting it's the military government absolutely they've tried already in november and december during the parliamentary elections but it failed they trying to drag the muslim brotherhood into the you square so that they can declare martial law and say that the muslim brotherhood is a violent violent group but they failed to do that now they're trying to do the same thing in every single time it turned against them they've obviously not

learned the lessons that they're following mubarak's steps exactly and that's why they've managed to unify everyone again all the liberals and the brotherhood and everyone is in the same. against the military council nevertheless it will we see will we see that election go ahead and if so will it be free and fair. let me tell you something there's already a route of. uncertainty with the article twenty eight and that was passed through the referendum on the declaration that came as a result of the referendum on the nineteenth of march in two thousand and eleven that says that no one can revoke the results announced by the head or the chief of the committee of the electoral committee which means even if you verbal announces someone else and the person truly won nobody can revoke those results so there is a clear intention to rig those elections and this is why today we heard some we are

none the second in command in the military council saying that they are ready to hand over power even on the twenty fourth of may if a presidential candidate wins from the first round this only means that they're ready with a candidate in mind and being who could be the winner then of the elections. well it's first of all the polls has it that apple for two an independent one or who used to be part of the brotherhood is the leading candidate you've got see who is the former head of the force and minister of education under mubarak and prime minister under mubarak as possibly the military candidate first comes to worst. meeting people halfway that would be. the former head of the arab league. what about the muslim brotherhood but what about their chances of gaining obviously we

saw them gaining a lot of power in the parliamentary elections but what about the whole of egypt now gaining control in the future what what's their position. the presidential candidate that the muslim brotherhood fielded is a very weak one but they depend on the brotherhood's collective power and agenda however their candidate is very weak and hence everyone is disenchanted by this candidate which will weaken the position of the brotherhood but if this person wins and it's. quite possible we'll see. possible cooperation between the brotherhood and the military council to more or less smooth political scene and peace some of the people with some trials in you know repatriation of funds that were sovereign funds that were you know sent abroad

all those things might happen but again it will be quite shady all right just briefly were reporting today that israel is strengthen its borders with egypt amid the growing pre-election tension there in in-car or why is tel aviv so concerned by what you've just been saying it doesn't seem that. with the muslim brotherhood not potentially coming to power there is much for to be worried about. what you have to understand that the military council is nothing but an extension of ridging and they've been in close contact if not embed with israeli government for over thirty years now it could be a theatrical in order to take over and tighten the grip over the government if if a military action on israel's part is a virtual wall taking place not a real war so that they can put round all the activists throw them in prison and say egypt is in threat our economy is in being threatened our our our borders are being threatened we need to more or less assume power and position this is quite

likely and the the military council has been flying through the rain the whole democratic progress of egypt since day one and as we all know mubarak was in close contact with until the day he was arrested so all sorts of. work being put forth to the progress of egypt this is likely bought to launch a war against egypt this is highly remotely unlikely because they failed in two thousand and six against hamas let alone a country with eighty five million people like egypt interesting to hear your perspective in this thank you very much we thought political activist thank you as live from london thank you. deepening european anger crane couldn't come at a worse time as the country prepares to host football's prestigious euro twenty

twelve finals members and lining up to possibly boycott the event because of ukraine's treatment of its jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko eastern correspondent the next year the chef. 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 boycott the tournament here in ukraine the list which already consists of the german and 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 angela merkel 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 and prove 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 to put it all skoal radio created serious concerns about the security during the summer storm in 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 villa 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 nowadays 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 keven particular now. board presented portrait says the football community wants to keep its on the ball and is reluctant to get involved in the role i think here in the situation there is a divide between the political side and the football side the football side is very much to do with the seams taking part of said coaches players and also the fans the other side of politics so this situation there's a reason with you have these teams coming in but in terms of the fans themselves there isn't really a great deal of reaction from the fans as there is there hasn't been any sort of blogging or responses on the political sense the fans are much more concerned with the logistics of getting a hotel getting flights getting tickets sporting football in particular it's not it's not never been their place to be politically involved it's more a case of taking the game taking the game to the wider world to the wide to the fans to the wider global football community and by helping regeneration and by

definition just by being there helping to highlight some of these issues. mayday marches were out in force across europe the thousands getting the chance to vent their anger at the austerity they're enduring but violence mob the demonstrations in some cities in italy police beat protest is with cheer in saying the this is clashes italians are angry over the punitive cuts being carried out mali country three millions denounced reforms being pushed through by unelected technocrat prime minister mario monti rallies also turned violent in germany is left with demonstrators clashed with police in berlin and hamburg with injuries reported on both sides and must estimated four hundred thousand walked across the country to demand the 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 when half of young people. one message was clearly throughout the whole match the economy of the future needs centering around

citizens and not bailing out banks. in italy where the violence come from. establishment with the political territory when you have a cut in your wage. your wage when you cut social security when you of cut of. meant when you see that. the people are confronted with very violent process in their life they 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 basis that's one one thing but directly for the moment we are to take measures that the rich people are paying for the crisis with taxes against them and not against the common people. time now for more of the world's main news now a rebel ambush in syria's aleppo province is apparently killed fifteen government soldiers while tuesday u.n. observers reported multiple cease fire from both sides during a gun battle near the turkish border you and the attacks threaten the peace plan helped broker and wants to significantly increase the number of monitors in the country by the end of may a serious conflict is taking problems of life since it began over a year ago. sudan and south sudan could face sanctions if they don't hold the border violence he know the most un security council resolution gives both sides two weeks to return to negotiations clashes in the disputed oil rich area have claimed dozens of lives in recent weeks raising fears of

a return to military conflict the decades long civil war killed over one and a half million people and ended last july when the south won independence. it's the herald of a new era for me along with opposition leader san suu kyi making it into parliament after twenty five years the nobel prize winner was sworn in along with other opposition m.p.'s marking a historic chapter in the country's slow moves towards democracy the party still has to few seats to challenge the military dominated parliament but the reforms have seen other countries soften their attitude towards. a rare ratings chink of light for greece standard and poor's elevated the country's status out of default back of the world's biggest ever debt restructuring which let greece stop cash from emerging but it means investors have lost billions greece is now rated triple c. meaning it's vulnerable and dependent only to bailouts from the e.u. and the i.m.f.

totally two hundred fifty billion years. well let's stay with the world of business and finance next to me trade traders have come back from may the first celebrations and it seems they're in a selling mood why is that that is true because all eyes are now on the jobs market of course but europe and stats. going out from there not really positive i can tell you well a.d.p. in the u.s. has reported that the private sector has added one hundred nineteen thousand new jobs and that's the slowest growth rate since september therefore the markets in the u.s. are showing a decline well a moderate decline at this hour now within half a percent it was more than half a percent just an hour ago at the opening and what we're seeing of course is ahead of the official labor department data coming out on friday with crucial april employment was over in europe the situation is not that much better the latest data shows the unemployment rate in italy has reached

a twelve year high in march in germany even the jobless rate rose point one percent for the first for the same period which was slightly higher than expected and of course spain leads the unemployment chart with twenty four point four percent or five point six million people looking for a job. and therefore european markets also feeling the chill today with the footsie dropping almost one percent that's a bit better than that over here in russia the markets were fairing a much better than before but then in europe and the u.s. but at the opening of the u.s. markets they plunged more than one percent as you can see that well among the interesting stories on the my sex was there is slightly better than the market still down point six percent as its shareholders are expecting record dividends twenty five percent higher than last year was the billion dollars nover tech shares up plunged ten percent after the government approved new changes to the new hikes

that of the mineral extraction tax and burbank among financials is down one percent . and in currencies the euro and dollar have been pretty stable the past couple of sessions barely any changes you can see there was the ruble managed to strengthen against currencies. and that's what i have for you bill this hour drew thanks a lot more for me a little later than now this is all t. live here moscow in just a few moments the falklands war legacy between britain and argentina which threatens to open old wounds that's a recap of our top stories stay with us live here in moscow.

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. all main news stories the taliban boarding till seven in kabul in retaliation to barack obama's surprise visit which saw him commit americans in afghanistan for at least another decade and a pact with the afghan leader a promise to help. even after the end of the nato combat mission in twenty fourteen . clashes in cairo you see nine people killed in the run one hundred injured on the attack is during a protest against egypt's military rulers the pre-election tensions put neighboring israel strengthening its borders that. plus the e.u. reaches for the red card as countries move to boycott football's euro craned and the handling his job former prime minister yulia tymoshenko she claims she's being physically haul while serving her sentence for abusing power.