in spite of all over me. in spite of all a lot of dependence on the stews and the talk we developed an independent foreign policy. despite the prime outlook from the afghan president in their interview with our t.v. foreign nations increasingly consider pulling out of the conflict amid a search of violence. murky money and the monarchy queen elizabeth's cousin 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 a terrorist alliance of al qaida and the foreign backed groups as fears grow that

extremists are driving the country's deep sectarian. thanks for joining our team this monday it's nine o'clock here in moscow with me karen. well there's been a surge of violence in afghanistan with a nato soldiers killed over the last three days and a top afghan the go shooter shot dead haskell ational comes as the country prepares to take full control of security in more areas and a week before the nato summit in chicago and as tests are silly reports alliance support for ongoing involvement in the embattled nation has never been lower. afghanistan looked over two thousand and one and nato led international military offensive in response to the september eleventh attacks in the u.s.

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. the one thing that's not keeping pace is support over seventy percent of the 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 anti nato rhetoric in its presidential campaign season with most french in favor of early withdrawal and australia is the latest nation to make a surprise announcement raising the question of whether more will follow suit a potential sticking point at a 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 lowing over ten years into the war in afghanistan but for some of the of 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 invasion 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 know 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 the r r t. afghanistan situation remains alarmingly volatile and its president seems confident that this country's ability to control its security and foreign policy are to talk time made karzai about the challenges the full interview is here later on today here's some of what's ahead. constantly in a strong good 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 ordinations with pakistan from an american perspective we don't see or delusions with iran from an american

perspective we don't see the relations with russia and with china from an american perspective afghanistan has been able. in spite of all our needs if i could put it in short words in spite of all our dependence on the dives teas and data we have developed an independent foreign policy. it could have been a simple tale of one friend helping another except the two in this story are a fugitive russian all of dark and a cousin of britain's queen elizabeth london based buddies but is off scheme has reportedly given prince michael of kent more than half a million dollars a financial support raising questions over what a wanted man in russia wants in return ivor bennett takes up the 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 keen to play down any shady implication here stressing that everything was above board has come out and said that there was nothing underhanded called it just a matter between friends and prince michael of kent who is 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 prince 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 is certainly

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 ass it's so awesome seeking a 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. russian t.v. producer alex on that says there is a growing anger in britain over refugees using their status to interfere where they shop at the year and to him prince michael probably would be very confer

concerned about issues welfare and i think that is. all they were really garth would have supported that they're a pretty soon it's yet they're american journalist told me actually referring to that article. well i didn't know that the house of windsor takes blood money so that is the opinion of many people as for work with many in brief not being offended with with people who are you know using their position using their status of the refugee to basically bring evolve to the political and the rest elsewhere or using that simply as a leverage and i think that it's not going to reflect very nicely appointed by the prince michael or mr berezovsky. and so had all of our to the euro choice for greece austerity or amputation. the only way out of the problem is the color of the gold jayne's in polish it was dirty come continued athens and

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that's to be. will. love. the little. thanks for tuning in to our tea with me karen tara now syria claims it's being targeted by terrorist alliance comprised of al qaida and elements backed by regional powers the country's been enduring a series of deadly suicide bombings the deadliest came in damascus on thursday

claiming fifty five lives as artie's sarah firth reports they are is 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 of the al nusra front they claimed responsibility for last week's massive building in syria. carried out in a busy residential area designed to cause maximum damage damascus which the solo hit seem 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 week in just the devastation that it's cool to. go out. back at the scene angry crowds to quite them as terrorist acts shouting blame at saudi arabia and qatar it's plain that many analysts are saying these countries actions are undermining the peace

process if you. stop but the supporting of united states of america and saudi arabia supporting guns to the. everything will be finished within two months but if they want to continue supporting them they want to. in the region trading amongst the rubble its 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 is splintered into a confusing mix of various groups political a nonpolitical. and the continued instability here left the country wide open to attacks like this taking place. it's a ploy problem it's a dilemma for the syrians that their policy

a very easy provided the chance for everyone to end the world to interfere and this you know. i there by providing arms of providing funds providing fighters and soldiers and terrorists as people are left to bury their dead and with the hospitals full the syrian people are once again trying to rebuild their homes and their lives and the focus has once again turned the on going peace which is looking more by the day a wall is now in place around the blast site stark reminder that terror has served only as yet another barrier to peace here. surface. in arab countries where a revolution did take place there are now questions about how much they are actually following a democratic path egypt tunisia and libya recently barred anyone involved in their

toppled regimes from taking part in elections as well here in the next hour arab media monitor sharif nashashibi says the moves opened the way for further conflict . with these electoral laws are doing in a way just the same as what those regimes that was 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 but the officials from the former regime. if they don't have any support then let them fail electoral rather than make them political motive and this could create the kind of instability. and extremism. greece's bailout pact with its international lenders it's proving to be an impossible hops to call for the country's party leaders the latest bid to form a coalition a week after the election is still far from

a done deal and the talks will continue on monday the far left have ruled out any deal with pro bailout parties saying they don't want to be the hard nose in crime it brings greece a step closer to a new elections as the political deadlock casts doubt over its euro zone membership of the e.u. has indicated the only way for athens to stay in the club is to stick to the bailout agreements great journalist and lecturer. sorts here this says a default is guaranteed on the country's massive debts and loans i think the only way to solve the problem is to have a radical change in total is it austerity cannot continue if you know we it is a choice between austerity and democracy the people have rejected the terms of the bailout agreements they have rejected that there is a little or no agreement they want a radically different policy how worse going to get we are in this case the year of

the recession we have unemployment all the drink you and thirty two percent there's no exit. exit strategy and big will 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 fuels protests across europe thousands in spain have returned to the streets of madrid. a day after police force them to vacate the capital's part of the area eighteen were arrested early sunday morning for risk. using to leave a total of seventy two thousand people rallied across spain over the weekend a similar event happened last may with spaniards setting up nationwide camps that

lasted for weeks. mexico's drug wars have taken a gruesome turn forty nine to capitated and mutilated bodies have been found along the highway connecting model railway to the us security official suspect the forty three men and six women were migrants heading for the states may have been killed just 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 rocket soars to the stars with an international team of three on board since nasser's shuttle fleet retired last year the u.s. has been heavily relying on the russian spacecraft and even met the crew and their families as they countdown to blast off. it's the world rehearsed routine for people working at the baikonur cosmodrome top

level security precisely worked out procedures and imposing looking rocket prepared for takeoff for two crewmembers who will head towards the ais as 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 everytime their loved ones sick off for american jew a call but it's a blast off number two but his relatives are no less anxious of colonel reassured by the look so that rocket behind us in the manner of which they appear to be doing this so it's sort of reassuring that there are so pros do in the war that taking care of my son commander is a man with a lot of experience under his belt eight space walks and for. live missions go a long way towards taking an assist trip in your stride.

good the rookie to use a run to the ferry but i'm really grateful to everyone who did in the 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 buy 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 with 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 that of course of course being in space and saying the earth from up there and working in a way also in baikonur it in a ghost go party. but our website we details of a sky high or

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thanks for joining r t with me karen town it is twenty three minutes past the hour and demetrius coming out next crank from the business desk and looks like asia is slightly of beat this monday morning it does seem so we just look at the figures that we've go right now in the asian markets their flats to positive this is on the back of our decision made by the chinese. national bank. on the reducing the reserve ratio for banks and therefore loosening of monetary policy and this is being taken in positively but as you can see not that much hike over in the us second week straight week of losses we saw i mean on friday ending on a flat to negative note with the dow jones declining around one third of a percent this is on the back of j.p. morgan chase reporting at two billion dollars trading loss way that was weighing in on shares of banks on the commodities market we are seeing yet another session of

declines with both blends the light sweet and brant declining around within half a dollar per barrel this is on the back of worsening that crisis saudi arabia saying that also about bread should be trading at around one hundred dollars per barrel as opposed to almost on a twelve zero right now on the currency is market we are seeing the euro continuing to decline and this is of course due to the fact that the debt crisis was over in the e.u. problematic countries of the eurozone and the elections in france and greece are pretty much demonstrated how the people are fed up with the austerity measures and this is why we are seeing a decline in the euro the past couple of weeks and in russia trading will begin around half an hour's time this is the closing values for saturday's session which was a working day and therefore a trading session also and we did see

a negative close on that session once again now if the market then my six is down more than one percent since the beginning of the year. and one of the a largest gas fields in the world and in russia notably stockmen now it is we will be developed at a lower cost to be able to compete. with mass production of shale gas and gas from the international partner project norway's stats oil says that plan to work on the deposit could be announced next month but it will take much longer of course for an investment decision to kick off production. must the next know of shale gas has taken the gas prices in the us quite significant you know there are you know the chinese authorities say look talk about you know. gas in china it will obviously have some impact on sort of the numbers but the you have something so therefore i

think there is a challenge ahead of us about this debate in the coastal stockmen down to the level where you project is economic definitely more than ten percent. and that's all i have for you this hour of course in the next hour will be much more interesting i'll have the opening values for the right hand as it always thanks for that update to me three. up next there a kind heart and hospitality are known across russia we may be i began the south that's after a minder of our top stories. the

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