agana stands president tells us that r t the security in the country is under control this despite incessant violence and the plans of key nato members to pull out early from the costly war big zammit out ahead this hour. also syrian army arrest sparks three days of deadly clashes in neighboring lebanon while in syria itself terror groups try to drive the opposition to point with a series of suicide bombings hoping for comment on. the latest installment of jewel in the sunday show is almost here this time it focuses on the innocent casualties of america's war on terror including one man who managed to get out of. a.

low life for moscow at ten pm me watching our. top story the latest outbreak of violence in afghanistan has claimed the lives of nine people in explosions rocked a market in the north of the country that attack happened ahead of the next transition phase which will see control of three quarters of the country pass from nato hands into those of afghan security forces and all this is a lie and support for the war is hitting a new low as artie's tester a sinner explains. afghanistan to over two thousand one 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 so 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 will renegotiate the place of france in the integrated military command. expected from afghanistan 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 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 the midst of

a some 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. the security in afghanistan is worse now than it was ten years ago when when the invasion began not to mention justifying cost of war discover tical europeans 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 spin. to go 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 where the u.s. may find themselves wondering who's going to be the last man standing as the water rises yes or sell your r.t.

. and despite the ongoing violence in afghanistan its president says he's got the country security one of the control cars i was given an interview to which you can see in full next hour. constantly in a strong good equated it to do we'll 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 as world we call it after back for a reason is 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 or dilutions 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 can put it in short it's in spite of all our dependence on the united states and nato we have developed an independent foreign policy. well to talk more about afghanistan and the challenges facing we're joined by don't know why i've been there you see country rissa lucian's us space political and economic rise referred to in your thanks for being with us tonight of several member nato states of member states of nato considering early withdrawal from afghanistan a stray france among them why are they breaking ranks. well i think they're breaking ranks for the same reasons that a lot of other countries are asking some basic questions about how american foreign policy is conducted america is even at those questions now aside from the election that's going on here i think people in general are asking is the way this issue has

been addressed appropriate for the time going forward it may have been in the past going forward it's a good question. ladies of course we did in chicago later this week we're going to try to persuade these new president that election probably see they did remain part of the military effort in afghanistan why is france so important for the for the france is sort of a linchpin for america in a similar way that germany and the u.k. are. and that is that. america needs to feel that it can rely on some of its traditional allies and with so much change and turmoil going on in europe it's a really big question mark whether that is going to be the case or not my view is that mr longdon is going to have a very difficult time breaking his campaign promise and i think the pressure is on in chicago and what about the overall withdrawal plan for twenty forty what impacts

are going to have on afghanistan security do you think. given that mr obama has made a special trip there in the last week and basically said we are not abandoning afghanistan we're going to be there through twenty twenty four i don't think it's going to have much impact mr obama's in a very dim difficult situation on one hand he's under extreme pressure in america to. not to remain on his campaign promise to remove america from afghanistan in a very substantial way on the other hand historically the last thing that america wants to be seen to be doing is abandoning afghanistan so he's doing a delicate dance and he's done a credible job i think he's preempted his critics in that regard and he's removed it as a source of discussion largely from the campaign and the president because they doing a delicate dance as well we heard in that interview you gave to his he said that he's got the situation the security situation under control there yet we're also

hearing that some u.s. troops are going to remain in afghanistan for another decade after that a full twenty fourteen so what's that all about why they needed. part of what's going on here is creating the perception that there is some semblance of continuity and control from the afghans themselves as mr card's i just said they don't have nor should they have an american perception of the relationships that are going on with the countries around them they have a unique afghan perception as well they should their challenge is a very substantial one you know there are elements in the u.s. congress who believe that the taleban and al-qaeda are just steps away from returning to afghanistan and the challenge for mr karzai is going to get people in the united states and elsewhere to believe that he actually does have the situation under control it's not an easy thing to do. to his solution the u.s. things have to be on the program. coming up here on r.t.

we've more another state where nato has intervened as well a human rights group wants the lines to be brought to justice civil claims that dozens of civilians in libya with killed after the military campaign that has come also coalition talks in greece big story tonight dragging on despite a total deadlock because he was doubtless months give voice to a future without maybe the greeks on board. but right now foreign ministers have slapped new economic sanctions on the syrian regime for the fifteenth time since the uprising there began they're urging damascus to implement a new un backed peace plan which is so far failed to provide any stability or this is violence and syria's now been spilling across the border into lebanon reports for. the clashes broke out between those who support the syrian presidency of bashar assad and those who are opposed to it it comes in the light of observers in this region expressing concern for quite some time now that the violence and

instability in syria will spill over into the rest of the region levanon is a close neighbor and if she is political and sectarian ties as well as rivalries with syria now out of concern that the violence would spread further into lebanon the lebanese army has deployed three more units the violence started on saturday when an islamist by the name of malawi was of wristed he was accused of having links with terrorist organizations but his wrist did cause islamists to go to the streets of the city of tripoli they close the entrances to the north and the south they also staged a sit in and they held up the syrian a flag of independence for some time now damascus has been warning that arms as well as fighters are being smuggled into lebanon and being used to assist the rebels in syria fight and take on the syrian regime of bashar assad. will place

a total bit more about this season visiting professor of international relations a bill came university to catch up with other market evening for what is happening in lebanon right now are we seeing the beginning of a wider spread of the syrian turmoil. lebanon obviously has a history of civil war not least. because of the role of lebanon. into syria. and so more recently an army of a rebel group. of many lebanese. but the victory of one. area. also dominating. maybe you know. we might see a new syria. regime reimposing domination over many lebanese and. of course lebanon also labels a transit point for arab league weapons to the syrian opposition how much is that

contributed to the violence do you think. well i think certainly one problem with any solicit. funds and the other kind of just waiting to leap into this round in society look at mexico's drug wars was an example. and certainly. i think many lebanese who. look at recent problems with various christian groups. fundamentalist groups who are the main staying behind the. trees in syria would use a victory in syria to a certain kind of domination. and what we're seeing is a kind of sectarian civil war spreading beyond the international boundaries or sorry to. hear is very horrible so mark it was sort of a chart you said this could be spread and if this spread of violence continues over syria's borders are we likely to see the u.s. maybe using it as an excuse for one of a better word for a foreign intervention. or with of the word certainly.

has wanted to argue syrian crisis is a threat to peace i have a lot of refugees as we have. used to argue a neighboring country is no stability maybe i'm afraid that people in lebanon would create the argument that the u.n. security council. nato must be seen as fog. sounds a bit dodgy i'm afraid on your skype tonight but will stay with it for one more quick question the e.u. is once again using sanctions against syria's president assad urging him to immediately stop force but you know can even do that now considering the rise of terror and factional rivalry in the country that we're witnessing here i think the trajectory. even the presence of sounds that are retire gracefully to sorry a lot of his supporters will be afraid of them if very. clear a lot of people watched too going control a lot of produce we're now into

a cycle of violence of revenge and as we saw in libya just because the regime was overthrown doesn't stop when you had this kind of a war and also meant to. you know rather irresponsible were people who would. have a concerned about what happens after. more come and visit prefer serve international relations or bill can university always very good to have you on the program thanks rym thank you. series and you had a series of deadly recent suicide bombings to the worst claiming fifty five lives in damascus on thursday the regime says it's being targeted by a terrorist alliance of al qaeda and regional opposition fighters and as artists or first reports next there's a growing sense that a third player could be creeping into the civil conflict and its own terrifying agenda. it was a little known terror group for a front they claimed responsibility for last week's massive bombing. 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 the target of an increased bombing campaign this latest explosion considered the largest one and you can just see the devastation that it's caused. but at the scene angry crowds at the quite them terrorists shouting blame at saudi arabia and qatar it's plain that many analysts think these countries actions are undermining the peace process if you. stopped supporting of united states of america. supporting. everything will be finished within two months but if they want to continue supporting them they want to. in the

region trying amongst the rubble its people show the ruins. and what is one of damascus is poorest neighborhoods as 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 problem for the syrians that. provided the chance for everyone to and the world to interfere and this you know. either by providing arms of providing five funds or providing fighters and saucers and terrorists as people are 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 has once again turned the peace it is looking more able to 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. gloom for greece tonight after disheartening start yesterday greek political parties again failed to agree to a coalition government today more talks are now underway but the forecast is bleak for the second largest county yesterday faction refusing to even attend the meetings its leader alexis to says the program parties are perpetrating a crime that he wants no part in but the crisis in greece is being viewed very differently by the rest of europe more and more speculating now it's exit from the eurozone he was also said to be considering cutting payments to greece as

punishment for his bad behavior i spoke to marcus kirby's professor of political economy at the burnet institute technology you told me a possible greek exit won't be enough to save europe. the unconditional. euro savers as they are now prisoners of their own misjudgments their errors of judgment turn out to be fatal because the crisis about the euro is on far more than just a currency it's about the future integration of europe and we have come to a point where we can no longer solve the euro crisis by simply urging or pushing or requesting greece to opt out and to leave the eurozone because the problems are far beyond that we could have some two years ago when the crisis was the very beginning so the discussion is no longer about greece. the discussion is no longer about whether germany is profiting or benefiting last or more from view from the eurozone the question is how we can get the problem solved as quickly as possible without

damaging the european integration process. to remind if you get a minute to check out our web site for more news videos and photos quick look at what you find at r.t. dot com right now you might be interested in the talk about the spies in the sky you can find out online from us how u.s. drones are recording surveillance images of americans and store and analyze of them for up to ninety days a little more for you to r.t. dot com also a story for you last night the prince of the oligarchy new scandal for the british royal family over revelations that the queen's cousin except his huge sums of money from a fugitive russian tycoon will be more in that to come of the coming weeks again get updates on that story if you don't know it already at r.t. dot com.

an exposé of the cruel reality of life inside guantanamo bay next on choose day we're bringing you the latest installment of julian sunday's new show featuring a former inmate from the controversial prison london correspondent laura smith reveals now some of what's to come in that interview. speaks to people who have had first hand experience of the effects of the war on terror one of them is who is used to be a corporate lawyer but now campaigns for detainees of the war on terror through an organization called caged prisoners this second interview here is a man called begg he himself spent is in guantanamo bay before being released without charge during his detention actually signed a confession which said that he had been prepared to fight alongside al qaida he provided assistance to al qaida members knowing that they could commit terrorist attacks against the u.s.

during the program he talks about how he came to sign that confession let's hear him. walk me to the point where i would sign something like this was being tied up with. my legs with a hood placed over my head being punched and kicked and listening to the sound of a woman screaming next door and told us we believe it's my wife my children's pictures being waved in front of me and being asked by these interrogators when do you think you're going to see them again what you think happened the night that we took you from the back during the show goes into great detail about the horrors of his detention in guantanamo bay the immense sense of injustice that he felt during his detention he was ultimately released without charge in two thousand and five he then when he got home to britain he sued the british government for complicity in his ordeal and he reached an out of court financial settlement with the government since then he and i. have been actively trying to end this practice of detention

without trial. during the program talks about what drives him to carry on with his fight scene guantanamo. charge of the. extradition and all of these things common and you will actually be abused for a specific purpose and. i mean convince me i used to be involved something was working against these things policy isn't age prison is this an important voice for muslims to empower and they also talk about the future so both have visions about what's happened in the middle east and what the u.s. is achieved in its war on terror they say that they don't think that al qaida was ever as powerful or as all denies all the nature of the organization that it's been made out to be by western powers but they say terror is very much still thriving today that the united states didn't just attack or something like in the interest of truth they went after nations and they killed tens of thousands of people in the

process so bin laden may have come and gone it's irrelevant because those symptoms that bin laden was addressing the stalder that's just a little bit of the program you can see the whole thing which is being broadcast for the first time on r.t. tomorrow cheese day at eleven thirty g.m.t. don't miss it. is not a member states are getting ready for this summit in chicago this week a report surfaced blaming the alliance for dozens of civilian killings during its military campaign in libya new york post human rights watch has called for a further investigation while for its part nato denies the accusations frigidly cold from human rights watch says the alliance is trying to hide from its responsibility. well my colleagues went to eight sites and louis they knew the civilian deaths have occurred people died and there were no signs of any military presence so this of course lots of questions asked to nato

we found at least seventy two civilians have died without any connection to any military activity on the ground so we are asking nato to investigate the laws of nature sent us to the states the state sent us back to to natal so we have kind of trapped in a bureaucratic thing machinery there and they to really is obliged they need to investigate those killings they have to ask the transitional government in libya to get some people on the ground to do that so it can't be that difficult. home is close to the night here in moscow thanks for a beer with our two of your watching around the world let's go to the i'm a business show katie katie as we've been reporting on the program the last of those you've been watching as well i'm sure. from the eurozone looking more and more likely knows exactly about the point investors that is that the forefront of their minds is all about these fears that are growing that greece will soon be

ousted from the euro zone is the king increasingly likely that what will happen is they will be confronted with their international creditors and they won't be able to pay their bills this is all because the chance that the coalition forming is the thing ever so more likely it is such a concern the moment the talks of an election as you say kevin you've been following yourselves are right now let's have a look at the u.s. because they're feeling the pressure across the pond today a look at the dow jones around half of the cent down in the nasdaq a well on the domestic scene this j.p. morgan situation two billion dollars of the trading loss that was reported to is taking its toll dollars head over into europe and see how they finished up today as i say greece was the main contender for the headlines today as well as spanish bonds and italian bonds really failing to really deliver us to what they wanted

there really are high levels at the moment german bonds are considerably and that's because investors are heading towards those safe havens as you can see there with the foot sea nearly two percent down as was the dax for this hour though there was other news sentiment going on today german chancellor angela merkel she's going to meet with the new french president francois hollande tomorrow that would be an interesting one there's been this whole austerity the growth debate she wants cuts he's talking about investing to grow we'll see what happens if they can come up with some kind of compromise invested there. we hope so let's move on to the euro dollar and see how the common currency is performing at this hour is indeed still declining but one twenty eight forty seven that you put the closing figures for the russian ruble on the screen there at last against the u.s. dollar and the euro for those globetrotters watching we've also got the oil prices they are indeed coal mining and that's because of all these global sentiments

pointing to the fact that supply demand should i say all go down our supporters down to. the market is that we. now as we can see that list some of the bread as well as you can see the price of the saudi arabia oil minister is that that he won't see that price right there one hundred dollars per process all that sentiment . pointing to the fact that prices will be dropping and it is it's so crazy because i remember being sat here about a month ago talking about this but the prices are at an all time historical hard to just show you what can happen is get onto the russian market and see how they close of the session today is no surprise that they finished up on the back of a well into the third percentage point down if you look at the stocks to see who really suffered so have seven confidence which is a food retailer hey they finished up i said maurice as well maybe six percent in the red sea as well as up are also they are diversions. here in russia the biggest one and they failed to shine despite the fact that they reported that fifty

three cents never first quarter of this year so that it didn't claim it might have had for the country over the next program much other detroit lost out of my things could be coming your way you just. follow the facts and more indeed about the chaos in the arab world is such a big story given a lot of coverage as you'd expect more right after recover of our top stories on our two live from moscow this late monday night.

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