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i've been all over the. in spite of all i would been doing this whole day that's true so indeed. we have developed an independent foreign policy despite the bright look from the afghan president in an interview with r t foreign nations increasingly consider pulling out of the conflict amid a surge of violence. murky money the monarchy queen elizabeth's cause and gets half a million dollars from a fugitive russian tycoon raising concerns over how he might benefit from his generous gesture. syria says it's being targeted by terrorists alliance of al qaida
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and foreign backed groups as fears grow that extremists driving the country is a deep second scenario is a. thanks for joining r t this monday with me karen taraji well there certainly has been a surge of violence in afghanistan with eight nato soldiers killed over the last three days and a top afghan negotiator shot dead in columns as the country prepares to take full control of security in more areas and a week before the nato summit in chicago and us tests are so he reports a line support for ongoing involvement in the embattled nation has never been lower . afghanistan oktober two thousand one nato led international military offensive in response to the september eleventh attacks in the u.s.
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largely backed by international partners more than a decade ago. now after tens of thousands of casualties and hundreds of billions of dollars later. this will not be quick or easy. but one thing that's not keeping pace is support over seventy percent of the u.k. population more troops are the figure is rising in the u.s. sixty three percent last week want to see an end to the war and this is what it's come down to nations breaking ranks with nato by deciding to pull out troops earlier than planned france the fourth largest contributor of troops to the war saw a rise in ante natal rhetoric in its presidential campaign season with most french in favor of early withdrawal and australia's the latest nation to make a surprise announcement raising the question of whether more will follow suit a potential sticking point at nato summit in chicago no not at all concerned. should we stay or should we go that is a question several members of the alliance for france australia have been moving
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over ten years into the war in the galveston before some of the the answers already foregone conclusion as it has become increasingly difficult to justify staying on board what some have already dubbed a sinking ship. this security in afghanistan is worse now than it was ten years ago when when the very soon began not to mention justifying the cost of war to skeptical europeans who were already in over their heads with debt the afghan war after ten years is having a disastrous effect on all the countries connected to it but the clearest way to bring not to an end and the clearest way to stop the war spilling over the borders into other countries is to end the occupation no the advice that should be given to all the major powers that. work in afghanistan is to get out as some appear to be rushing for the exit nation when the us may find themselves wondering who's going to be the last man standing as the water rises does or still
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the r r t. well afghanistan situation remains alarmingly volatile its president seems confident in this country's ability to control its security and foreign policy r t talked on me to karzai about the challenges the full interview is here later on today here's some of what's ahead. constantly in a strong did equated it to do well with pakistan and with our other neighbors but at the same time with this it's the complicated relationship between the united states and islam about the years they do have an impact and afghanistan is affected by it both ways. from the from approx thirty perspective and from an american perspective but we have issues we don't see older nations with pakistan from an american perspective we don't see old releases with iran from an american
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perspective we don't see the relations with russia and with china from an american perspective afghanistan has been able. in spite of all a lot of needs if i could put it in short words in spite of all our dependence on the united states and nato we have developed an independent foreign policy. it could have been the simple tale of one friend helping another except the two in this story are a fugitive russian oligarch and a cousin of britain's queen elizabeth london based buddies but is off scale has reportedly given a prince michael of kent more than half a million dollars of financial support raising questions over what a wanted man and rochelle wants in return ivor bennett takes up that story. the two men are said to be very close but were these payments just a friendly exchange or was there something more to it both sides have been very
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keen to play down any shady implication here stressing that everything was above board has come out and said that there was nothing underhanded recall that just a matter between friends and prince michael of kent who's the queen's first cousin their fathers were brothers his spokes person has said that everything was conducted properly and all the appropriate tax was paid on these payments they were fifty six payments made in total over the years between two two thousand and two and two thousand and eight to one of michael's offshore companies amounting to a massive three hundred twenty thousand pounds so over half a million dollars and serious questions still remain over these cash payments such as what was the money used for and why was it needed neither the questions answered so far by either party lawyer however has said that his client client neither saw nor obtained any benefit from this friendship however it's certainly
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worth noting here that there is all ski at the time of these of the first payments was and still is. on the run from the russian government he used to be one of the country's richest men he was highly influential but in two thousand and fled to the u.k. after an investigation was launched into his assets so aussie is seeking as political asylum here he was actually convicted in russia in absentia in two thousand and seven for embezzlement he's been living here ever since. and obviously was in his interest that he should be allowed to stay in the u.k. despite numerous extradition requests from russia now he said there was nothing in it for him but the fact that substantial cash payments were made to a member of the royal family here certainly begs the question why were these payments made. you can best russian t.v. producer alexander says there is a growing anger in britain over refugees using their status to interfere where they shouldn't. the year end to him prince michael probably would be very confirmed
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concerned about his welfare and i think that is. all they were really garth would have spoilt of that there pretty soon it's yet the american journalist told me actually referring to that article that well i didn't know that the house of windsor takes blood money so that is the opinion of many people i spoke with many in brief not being fed up with people who are you know using their position using their status of a refugee to basically bring evolve their political and the rest elsewhere or using that simply as a leverage and i think that it's not going to reflect very nicely of either prince michael for mr berezovsky. all right eight minutes past the hour and still ahead on our team the euro choice for greece austerity or amputation the only way to some of the problem is the follow road to gold chains in total it's jury duty to continue
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athens in abeyance and a euro exit gets closer as antara cuts r.b.s. a whole down from a coalition of all citizens easy you wide overall iover being forced to suffer at the hands of banks. plus a commute to the calls most become second nature for seasoned astronauts but the countdown to liftoff still has family on the ground feeling uneasy.
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a series of deadly suicide bombings the deadliest came and damascus on thursday claiming fifty five lives and as our teaser firth reports there's a growing sense that a third power is creeping into the civil conflict with its own terrifying agenda. it was a little known terror group the al nusra front they claimed responsibility for last week's massive bombing in syria last carried out in a busy residential area designed to cause maximum damage damascus which the solong had thing to remain sheltered from the conflict going on in the rest of the country in recent months become the target of an increased bombing campaign this latest explosion it considered the largest one you can just see the devastation that it's cool. but at the scene angry crowds to quite them as terrorists shouting blame at saudi arabia and qatar it's
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plain that many analysts are saying these countries actions are undermining the peace process if you. stopped supporting of united states of america. supporting. everything will be finished within. but if they want to continue supporting them they want to. in the region chatting amongst the rubble as people show us the ruins . and what is one of damascus is poorest neighborhoods there's a real sense of a revolution. was there is uprising began as a peaceful pro-democracy movement that has splintered into a confusing mix in various groups political a nonpolitical. and the continued instability here left the country wide open to attacks like this taking place. it's a plot problem. that. provided
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the chance for everyone to in the world to interfere and this you know. either by providing arms of providing five sons or providing fighters and saw jurors and tourists as people left to bury their dead and with the hospitals full syrian people are once again trying to rebuild their homes and their lives and the fake is his once again turned the on going peace which is looking more able for the day to be a wall is now in place around the blast site stark reminder that terror has served only as yet another barrier to peace here. and arab countries where a revolution did take place there are now questions about how much they are actually following
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a democratic path egypt tunisia and libya recently barred anyone involved in their toppled regime and from taking part in elections arab media monitor a sheriff says the moves open the way for further conflict. with these electoral laws are doing in a way just the same as what those regimes that was with barring candidates from running and that is inherently antidemocratic. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support the officials. if they don't have any support then let them fail electorally rather than make them political motives and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism. greece's bailout pact with its international lenders is proving to be an impossible obstacle for the country's party leaders the latest bid to form a coalition
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a week after the election is still far from a done deal and talks will continue on monday the far left have ruled out any deal with pro bailout parties saying they don't want to be heartless in crime. it brings greece a step closer to new elections as the political deadlock casts doubt over its eurozone membership the e.u. has indicated the only way for our friends to stay in the club is to stick to the bailout agreements greek journalist and lecturer but i do you want this to this says a default is guaranteed on the country's massive debts and loans. i think the only way to sort of the problem is to have a radical change in turn this is austerity cannot continue if you no way it is a choice between austerity and democracy the people have rejected the terms of the bailout agreements they have rejected that there is little or no agreement they want a radically different policy how worse going to get we're in the fifth year of the
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recession we have unemployment all are going to own thirty two percent there's no exit. exit strategy and big oil are in despair and this is or should have been the last election this worst was expressed this social diverse station took a political stand the question is not whether or when greece is going to exit but how i think that there's a difference and an exit from the euro zone practically inevitable. as frustration feels protests across europe thousands in spain have returned to the streets of madrid. just a day after police force them to vacate the capital sport but the area eighteen were arrested early sunday morning for refusing to leave a total of seventy two thousand people rallied across spain over the weekend a similar movement happened last may the spaniards setting up nationwide camps that
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lasted for weeks. mexico's drug wars have taken a gruesome turn forty nine to captivated and mutilated bodies have been found along the highway connecting monterrey to the u.s. security officials suspect the forty three men and six women were migrants heading for the states and may have been killed days ago then dumped near the highway mexico's drug cartels often leave multiple bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals. final preparations are being made before a russian soyuz rocket sorts to the stars with an international team of three on board since nasa shuttle fleet retired last year the u.s. has been heavily relying on the russian space craft met the crew and their families as they count down to blast off. it's a well rehearsed routine for people working at the baikonur cosmodrome top level
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security precisely worked out procedures and imposing looking rocket prepared for takeoff for two crewmembers who will head towards the isis on tuesday this will not be their first trip towards the stars but their family members who are left behind on terra firma still cannot help but get butterflies every time their loved ones take off for american jew acaba it's blastoff number two but his relatives are no less anxious a colonel reassured by the looks of that rocket behind us in the manner in which they appear to be doing this it's sort of reassuring that there are some pros though in the war that taking care of myself commander is a man with a lot of experience under his belt eight spacewalks and five missions go a long way towards taking an i assess trip in your stride.
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the rookie to use a round of the fairing but i'm really grateful to everyone who did in excellent job . so what's involved in becoming so calm and collected before space mission training of course but also a whole lot of patience generally cosmonauts have to bide their time for years before getting the chance of a date with the stars. always nine years that i've been waiting it's been training and learning it's all you think about tests and learning like eternal students. perhaps that's why those who do this regarded as a truly stellar experience first starting from kazakhstan training in russia different sized crew for a different mission a long time on space station so the whole thing is is a completely different experience of course of course being in space and seeing the earth from. they're working in a way it was us in baikonur if you negotiate go. on our website we have
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my grandmother did not like what you call. it is afraid. and she was very good. if. i was frankenstein smarts. we do have the problem. every. effort is made. by the palestinian or the european sorry to negotiate. to the violent attacks against israel which i have no. i was quoting her song goes you have no.
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calling the leader of the state of israel one of the main terrorists in the world. we are supposed to be seriously examining history but you mention a few words about jewish culture happening and people gets so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's a form of emotional blackmail. why . here with our team where we bring you the latest news twenty four hours a day seven days a week now dimitri is coming up next with the business news how is that we can't
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kingoff on the global markets slow and sleepy i have to say but when it comes to the markets it's a mixed feeling after we've had a very negative week of course we're seeing a flat to positive picture in asia if we can take a look at those figures probably in just a second maybe another second ok anyway let me tell you the nikkei there the nikkei is up point one percent the hang up point two percent that's as a result of easing over in china over the weekend when when the bank of china decided to decrease the reserve ratios and this is supporting a banking and financial stocks of course over in the united states we've had a negative and of the of the week on friday we've seen the dow jones decline point three percent actually coming down to the biggest loss of two thousand and twelve two weeks of losses straight in a row nasdaq is up by just one point now j.p. morgan chase reported two billion dollars worth of trading losses weighing on
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banking shares of course and this is driving the dow lower. over on the commodities market we are seeing oil prices decline to almost five months lows. down point six percent brant around thirteen cents that's due to the worsening crisis in saudi arabia where the exporters saying that brant should trade at about one hundred dollars a barrel as opposed to one hundred twelve. here on the currencies market not much of a movement with the euro declining continuing to the client versus the dollar we've seen a tremendous decline over the past two weeks of course due to problems are continuing with the. with the debt crisis with countries like spain and portugal and it's only far from finding a resolution and complying with austerity measures but also with the with the elections in france and greece demonstrating just how people are unhappy with these
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austerity policies and now let's take a look at what's going on on the russian markets trade here will kick off in one hour as it was all in on saturday markets were catching up for a long weekend the session during may holidays and we're seeing the r.t.s. decline of one point six percent of my sex one point two percent as you can see there so probably in for another negative negative session now with one of the largest gas fields in the world and and russia's stockmen should start developing at a lower cost to be able to compete with the growing shale production now gas from the international partner in the project to norway stats oil says that a revamp planned to work on deposit could be announced next month but it will take much longer for an investment decision because there must be the next know of shale gas has taken the gas prices in the us quite significant you know there are you
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know the chinese authorities said look talk about you know also gas in china it will obviously have some impact so the quote the numbers that you have something so therefore i think there is a challenge ahead of us and that is to bring the cost down the level where you project is equal only definitely more than ten percent. and that's what i have for you this hour care and i will be back with more of course next hour all right thanks very much for that update dimitri on the way of finding the facts amid the chaos and the arab world more on that after a recap of our top stories shortly. the
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