in spite of all over. in spite of all over the weekend and so did those who suddenly. we developed been independent for all of some despite the growing outlook from the afghan president to an interview with our t.v. foreign nations increasingly consider pulling out of the conflict at a surge of violence. murky money and the monarchy queen elizabeth's cousin gets half a million dollars from a fugitive berkshire tycoon raising concerns over how he might benefit from his generous gesture. syria says it's being targeted by terrorists to line up al qaida and foreign backed groups as fears grow that extremists are driving the

country's deep sectarian there's something. here's a column of broadcasting to you live from the heart of moscow i'm karen tara well there's certainly been a surge of violence in afghanistan with eight nato soldiers killed over the last three days and a top afghan negotiator shot dead the escalation comes as the country prepares to take full control of security in more areas and a week before the nato summit in chicago tests or so earlier reports that the alliance support for ongoing involvement in the embattled nation has never been lower. afghanistan the tuber 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 nor easy. but one thing that's not keeping pace is support over seventy percent of the population want our 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's 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 blowing over ten years into the war in afghanistan but for some of them the answers already foregone conclusion as it has become increasingly difficult to justify staying on board what some have already dubbed a sinking ship the 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 are already in over their heads with debt the afghan war after ten years is having a disaster effect on all the countries connected to it but the clearest way to bring up. the clearest way to stop the war spilling over the borders into other countries and the occupation know the advice that should be given to all the. the powers that. work in afghanistan are used to get out as some appear to be rushing for the exit nation when the u.s.

may find themselves wondering who's going to be the last man standing as the water rises does or still the r r t. well afghanistan situation remains alarmingly volatile its president seems confident in the country's ability to control its security and foreign policy are to talk to him it karzai about the challenges the full interview is in the next hour here is some of what's ahead. constantly in a strong did it get it. to do will 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 old illusions with pakistan from an american perspective we don't see or delusions with iran from an american

protective we do so relations with russia and with china from an american perspective afghanistan has been able in spite of all our needs if i can 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 its off scale has reportedly given up prince michael of kent more than half a million dollars of financial support raising questions over what a wanted man in russia wants in return however 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 on the hand he's called it 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 there 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 it's 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 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 be asked russian t.v. producer alexander cut or says there is growing anger in britain over refugees using their status to interfere where they shouldn't. the year round to him prince

michael probably would be very confer concerned about his welfare and i think that is. all they were really garth would have spoilt of that they're a pretty soon it's yet they're 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 offended up with 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 upon either prince michael or mr berezovsky. and still ahead on r t the euro choice for greeks austerity or amputation. the only way to solve the problem is the color of the gold

chains in solis is to. continue athens and stranded seek euro exit gets closer as anti congress party's hold out from a coalition last citizens e.u. walling to rally over being forced to suffer at the hands of banks. plus a commute to the calls most become second nature first season downstream halts but the countdown to liftoff still has family on the ground feeling uneasy. with. the load. the speed. of.

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technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. if you're just joining our team it's eleven minutes past the hour and syria claims it's being targeted by a terrorist online comprised of al qaida and elements backed by regional powers the country has been enduring a series of deadly suicide bombings the deadliest came in damascus on thursday claiming fifty five lives and as sara furth 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 the blast carried out in a busy residential area designed to cause maximum damage damascus which for so long had been through and then sheltered from the conflict throughout the rest of the country has in recent months found itself the target of an increased bombing campaign this latest explosion considered the largest one and you can just see the devastation that is caused. at the scene angry crowds at a quite them as terrorist acts shouting blame at saudi arabia and qatar is playing that many analysts saying these countries actions are undermining the peace process

if you. stopped supporting of united states of america. supporting guns to the rebels everything will be finished within two months but if they want to continue supporting them they want to be in the region treading amongst the rubble as people show us the ruins of their homes and what is one of damascus is poorest neighborhoods there's a real sense of a revolution spinning out of control syria's uprising began as a peaceful pro-democracy movement but it splintered into a confusing mix of various groups political a nonpolitical. and the continued instability here has left the country wide open to attacks like this taking place. it's a problem. that. provided the chance for everyone in the world to interfere and this.

either by providing arms providing funds providing fighters and soldiers and troops as people are left to bury their dead and with the hospitals full the syrian people are once again left trying to rebuild their homes and their lives and the focus has once again turned to the ongoing peace mission which is looking more and more fragile by the day a wall is now in place around the blast site a stark reminder that terror has served only as yet another barrier to peace here. so. in the arab countries where 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 about fifteen minutes

arab media monitor sharif nashashibi says the moves opens 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 the that is inherently to democratic. you should give people the choice. you should be able to gauge the level of support that the officials from the former is use her if they don't have any support then let them fail electoral rather than make them political martyrs for this could create the kind of instability. 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 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 partners in crime that brings greece a step closer to new elections as the political deadlock casts doubt over its eurozone membership the e.u. hers indicated the only way for athens to stay in the club is to stick to the bailout agreements greek journalist and lecturer bunnag york this is sorted is says default is guaranteed on the country's massive debts and loans. i think the only way to solve the problem is to have a right to go jane's intelligence or story cannot continue is you know it is a joy to be doing austerity and democracy there 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're in the fifth year of the

recession we have unemployment over drain to on thirty two percent there's no exit . exit strategy. and big wall are in despair and this is or should have been in the last election this was was expressed this social diverse station took a political side of the question is not whether or when greece is going to exit but how i think that that's different and an exit from the euro zone practically inevitable. fast frustration fuels protests across europe thousands in spain have returned to the streets of madrid today after police force them to vacate the capital square but they'll sol 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 with spaniards setting up nationwide camps that lasted for weeks. mexico's drug wars have taken

a gruesome turn forty nine to capitated am mutilated bodies have been found along the highway connecting monterrey to the us security official 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 rocket sorest to the stars with an international team of three on board since nasser's a shuttle fleet retired last year the u.s. has been heavily relying on the russian spacecraft in the gulf the crew and their families as they count down to blast. it's a well 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 ice 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 take off for american jew or car bomb blast off number two but his relatives are no less anxious reassured by the looks of that rocket behind the manner of which they appear to be. reassuring that there are some pros though in the war 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 assist trip in your stride. problems. the rocky two years a round of the fairing 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 patients 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 learning when i could turn all students. perhaps that's why those who do this regarded as a truly experience first starting from kazakhstan very thing in russia different sized crew for a different mission a long time and space station so the whole thing is a completely different experience of that of course of course being in space and from up there and working in the way it was in baikonur. on our website we details of a sky high orbit it's fixed firmly to the ground. orbit is the name of

this roller coaster style sculpture built to mark the london olympics although some are just seeing red rather than beauty take a trip to the top of britain's tallest monument at our home. promising to love honor and download the first somewhat unusual wedding for the officially recognized church called. his congregation sees file swapping as sacred. my grandmother did not like we're going to become. he was afraid. and she was

very good. she felt. our lives frankenstein's monster. we don't have the problem. every time and effort is made. on the palestinian or on the european side to negotiate an end to the violent attacks against israel which i have no fear of war call the. song goes you have no. 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 cover labyrinth and people get so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's

a form of emotional blackmail. to what extent and i would call them paid mercenaries how much are they going to be in your defense to protect your administration now and your successors none none you're saying the mercenaries like blackwater will not play a major role on syria this kind of tradition of this is one of the issues over which we are in many. gentian but they will be here they will be they not as far as the afghan government is concerned no way no mercenary no way way no. all right it's twenty three minutes past the hour and we now head to the business tasked with dimitry foreign teams the russian markets have kicked off how's it all looking at the opening well the the gap was as traditionally we've seen in the past

two weeks was down around half a percent we just take a look at those figures the r.t.s. now is losing indeed point five five percent the misers a bit lower than that and what i'm seeing is actually losses pretty much across all blue chips with the loop oil gas from burbank the t.v. all fooling around how four percent this is due to the fact that while has been coming down massively over the past two weeks two or five months a low you are seeing right now with light sweet bread declining around half a dollar per barrel due to the worsening debt crisis in europe and saudi arabia one of the top oil exporters in the world also saying that it wants to see brant at around one hundred dollars per barrel as opposed to almost one hundred twelve that we have right now. over in asia the markets are slightly dizzy you can see there over the weekend china has taken

a decision to loosen our monetary policy and basically reduce the reserve ratio for banks and this is been taking in positively but not that much of a high presidency. and in the u.s. on friday the markets ended on a mixed or flat to negative for the notes as j.p. morgan reported losses of two billion dollars and this has been. this has been taking a toll on the financial financial stocks however on the currencies market we are seeing the continued drop of the euro to the greenback and therefore the russian ruble started trading strengthening against the euro but weakening slightly versus the gold. but not much of a movement. with the russians. now one of the world's largest gas field russia's stockmen is going to be developed at a lower cost has to be developed at

a lower cost in order to compete with mass production of shale gas now gazprom is international partner in the project norway's stats well says that revelant plan to work on the project could be announced next month but it will take of course longer for an investment plan for production to kick off the must of the snow of shale gas has taken the gas versus in the u.s. down quite significant you know there are you know from the chinese authorities a lot of talk about you know. gas in china it will obviously have some impact on sort of quote the numbers that they have some impact so therefore i think there is a challenge ahead of us and that is to bring the coastal stockmen down to a level where a new project is he can only get this all definitely more than ten percent is. nowhere for you this hour so indeed the russian markets opened on a negative note. many thanks for that update to me. up next and

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