the afghan president insists his government is in control of the country's security and foreign policy and in interview with r t but nato and its allies increasingly consider pulling out of the conflict amid a surge of violence. murky money on 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's violence the spills into neighboring lebanon with deadly sectarian clashes as fears grow in syria itself that extremists are driving the country's deep divisions.

thanks for joining r t at this monday it is one o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen terror well there's been a surge of violence in afghanistan with a bomb blast in the north of the country killing at least nine people they ask question comes as the country prepares to take full control of security in more areas and a week before a nato summit in chicago tells our so we are reports a lie and support for ongoing involvement in the embattled nation has never been lower. afghanistan oktober 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. 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 two 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 added 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 mulling 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 were already in over their heads with debt the afghan war after ten years it having it is our 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 and the occupation know the advice that should be given to older men. the powers that. work in afghanistan are used to is 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 yes or still the r r t. well afghanistan situation remains alarmingly volatile it's president's aims confident and his country's ability to control its

security and foreign policy are to talk to him it karzai about the challenges the full interview is here later on today now 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 gets 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 parks them from the american perspective we don't see your delusions with iran from an american perspective we do so relations with russia and with china from an american perspective of ghana's than hers been able in spite of all our

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 accept the two in this story are a fugitive russian oligarch and a cousin of britain's queen elizabeth london based bodies but is off scale has given a prince michael of kent more than half a million dollars of financial support raising questions over what a wanted man in russia wants to 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'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 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 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 us

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. still out on r t a the euro choice for greece austerity or amputation. the only way to solve the problem is the following article jane's intelligence post story they cannot continue athens and by and sunday its euro gets ag exit gets closer as anti cuts parties hold out for from my coalition all citizens elide rally over being forced to suffer at the hands of banks. plus

a commute to the call's malls become second nature for seasoned astronauts but the countdown to lift off the still has family on the ground feeling uneasy. my grandmother did not like because. he was afraid. and she was very good. though. i was frankenstein's monster. we don't have the problem. every. effort is made. by the powers than you normally european side to negotiate. to the violent attacks against israel which i have no fear of war or the us so long as 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 when you mention a few words about jewish culture happening and people get so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's a form of emotional blackmail. thanks

for joining r t a ten minutes past the hour and 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 your old male out parties saying they don't want to be partners in crimes it brings gray's a step closer to new elections as the political deadlock cast 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 with me now we have journalism professor the need to come out of this the founder and editor of the news website daily greystock professor come out us so chances of a great coalition seem to be crumbling with yet another election and very likely at this stage tell me how chaotic is greece's situation if voters themselves can't decisively choose a government and neither can the party leaders who know the answer is. that the movie. and. the. politicians who have to be brave and the mother to. believe they're going to feed their comefrom. and citizens who have to after the after and polish. of the putative world do we call it i think they should think clearly now and make

decisions we are running out of time of course but. if i if i may we're used to you know so many dead lying so fast all these times that. november if you which is the. final countdown for the effort. it seems that. you have to have to decide to be brave and. whether on taking a boat to get on board which is the. left or not is it tough for me but perhaps they have to be great. also certainly is a part of it but tell me a member of the left a leftist party said a default within the euro is possible now is there an element of wishful thinking here i mean does he really think germany or the other eurozone paymasters will even

accept that. we have to keep in mind that. this part of the political spectrum. has spent a long time very long time in the opposition in the manner of this issue. cultivating a very aggressive tory. was fine for all these years and you know everybody was looking. at the last sunday. and now it's this huge environment and if they want to rule they have to come up with a program if somebody goes through their program arctic documents or series it's a carer. for their daughter good self but also for the country to speak to speak about the dark about nationalisation about. freezing the balls it's although it's not that exactly but this is the spirit they took about many things that are not of

the twenty first century but i don't think they come out. and i think citizens when eventually there decide between. if you want to think about it simply mine it's none of the calgary or not now the. hell and that sarkozy i had been a driving the e.u. austerity policy now with sarkozy going and merkel's party suffering a major setback in sunday's local elections which direction do you think the e.u. might shift. while we have a long period of time. seeing the. killin sarkozy corp. i think it's going to change not. only faces but they think the way we see europe we see europe and also the way we see the economy itself we. utilize human resource. always you know two

resources and we need to use drugs we can do the jobs it seems you need there's maybe you can see at least these two barely believe that people is going to. another thirty degrees is going to screw this the closer to me that it's come out as a from daily grease star thank you. deadly sectarian violence linked to syria's unrest has shaken neighboring lebanon in its northern city of tripoli at least two people were killed in clashes between sunni muslims posed president assad and alawite supporters of the syrian leader meanwhile syria itself claims it's being targeted by a 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 into mass chaos on thursday

claiming fifty five lives and as sara furthur reports there is a growing sense that a third power is creeping into the civil conflict with its own terrifying agenda. in territory on this for a 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 the so long had been through and they 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 it considered the largest one you can just see the devastation that it's caused. but at the scene angry crowds at a quite and 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 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 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 spinning out of control syria's uprising began as a peaceful pro-democracy movement that is 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 it's a dilemma for the syrians that. provided

the chance for everyone to win the world to interfere and this. i there by providing arms of providing five sons providing fighters and soldiers and terrorists as people 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 sarah. and in the 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 topple to regimes from taking part in elections and that's why 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 is hard 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. twenty minutes past the hour and it's time now to take a look at other news from around the world and the air a crowd with twenty one people on board house crashed in the himalayas fifteen people are confirmed dead while six critically ill survivors were pulled from the

wreckage it's thought technical problems on board calls the plane to hit a mountain as it turned to land at a high altitude airport in an area popular with tourists it's the second crash involving the same local airline within the past two years. gas pipeline in eastern yemen has been blown up again by suspected islamic militants no one has yet admittedly blast but the authorities are blaming al qaida which has carried out the previous two attacks on the pipeline it's being suggested the latest blast is in retaliation for sunday's skirmishes between yemeni forces government forces and insurgents. mexico's drug wars have taken a gruesome turn forty nine to capitated and mutilated bodies have been found along the highway connecting monterrey and 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 site use 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 in the go met the crew and their families as they countdown to blast off. it's the will rehearsed routine for people working at the baikonur cosmodrome top level security precisely worked out procedures improved. prepared for takeoff for two crewmembers who head towards the eyes as on tuesday this will not be the. 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. blastoff number two but his relatives are no less anxious

reassured by the looks of that rocket behind us in the manner of which they appear to be doing this it's over we're showing that there are pros doing the war but 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 and i assist trip in your stride. 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. that i've been waiting it's been training and learning it's

all you think about tests and learning. students. perhaps that's why those who do this regarded as a truly experience first starting from. training in russia. different sized crew for a different mission a long time on space station so the whole thing is a completely different experience of course of course being in space and saying you're from up there and working in a way also. and on our website we have details of a sky high orbit that's fixed firmly to the ground. is the name of this roller coaster . built to mark the london olympics summer. just seeing red rather than beauty take a trip to the top of britain's tallest monument at r.t. dot com. plus promising to love honor and download the first somewhat unusual wedding for the officially recognized church of copy me as

a congregation sees file swapping as sacred. thanks for joining r.t. it's twenty four minutes past the hour and it's time to take a look at what's going on in business we have dimitri here and it seems like the markets keep falling and falling i mean is there any hope for a change of weather or change of weather world could be some economists say that a perfect storm could be coming as soon as next year which would kick the u.s. economy back into recession and break up the eurozone that's according to new real roubini also known as dr doom and the fact is that he mentions for this are of course crises in the u.s. and europe but also the slowdown in china and the potential military conflict with

iran and the warning sign that the storm is coming is the freefall in the political situation that we're seeing in europe according to bank chief economist stephen jacobs. i think what has happened since the first quarter is really that the political situation is getting out of control and that's industry me important for both the market and the outlook you just talked about because really in my opinion three individual pieces two to a crisis there is the economic situation which is just getting from bad to worse than there is to flip the situation which is moved into a freefall in my opinion and then you have to start might get a new valuation off the stock market to some extent is only natural that when you have no head tell when in the economic situation then clearly you will need to see valuations come down you can only keep the stock market elevated for so long when the underlying fundamentals as weak as they are right now on the list take

a look at how europe is fairing right now in the markets and it is going from bad to worse for the now almost two percent doubt that the acts even more so this is of course due to the stalemate that we're seeing in greece with the inability to form even a coalition involvement and this is a very worrying for investors worldwide. let's move over to some other markets first of all asia and we're also seeing negative picture there in the hong kong notably down more than one percent near the close on the nikkei was up a quarter of a percent. optimism about china's easing its monetary policy and reducing the reserve ratio for banks. over in the rush hour we are seeing also a negative picture with the r t s m i six falling almost two percent this is a cause on the back of low energy prices we look at them in just a second first of all the movers on the russian markets we've got gas from

declining around half a percent or two one percent secular those are those movers pollies gold is also coming down because of lower gold prices. and seventh continent is bucking the trend it's up more than one percent as the company has decided not to pay out dividends. to move over to commodities as i said no support the light sweet now down even the below ninety four dollars per barrel brant is at one hundred ten dollars while saudi arabia has been saying that it wants to see brant trading at around one hundred dollars per barrel and over in the current things we're seeing the euro falling deeper against the greenback and while the ruble now has descended against both currencies it's also falling versus the euro not seeing any support from come on it's course. that's the way the markets look at the south so not much

room for optimism that all right unfortunate news but thanks for that update to me three up next of their kind heart and hospitality are known across russia we mean the odds against of the south that's after a recap of our top stories. at

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