frontline after more than a decade of war this time planning an assault via the ballot in the battlefield. no shortage of ambition is a new generation prepares to take the reins in china the communist party promising to spend everything it needs to cement superpower status. must comply with a clear and global military threat israel's benjamin netanyahu pulls no punches on iran labeling diplomacy a waste of time calling once again for the taking up of arms against iran and its alleged nuclear ambitions. one pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the taliban considering a serious run for the afghan presidency next year according to a senior official of the militant movement after more than a decade of war

a vast numbers killed and little ground made by either side it would mark a significant shift in the group's approach the official ever made clear the insurgency wouldn't be wound down instead continuing alongside the taliban's bid with a ballot box he also said the group may form a registered political party which could well have a very solid chance of seizing some power this map showing regions that are either poised for a taliban comeback where is that are already under their control seventeen and all according to data from the carnegie endowment earlier i spoke with a former afghan m.p. daoud sultanzoy who told me that the current government has set the ground for a taliban comeback. this government has so much so many problems the western world have lost their credibility and this government has no credibility so in that sort of a situation that taliban and had they've been smart they would have scored big in the political front but i think the taliban can take advantage of this void and fill that vacuum it is up to the taliban to show their real face not the face that is

pushed by the british intelligence are the facts on the intelligence do you think and aleck did taliban could save face so to speak for the western groups there well they say they may say ok well the taliban is here but this time it's by a vote so that's good enough. i think the west is confused the west is looking for an exit a very speedy exit and then. i'm afraid that they will probably do whatever is possible whatever is convenient to put up a very very tedious. and very temporary fix and leave and then things will go back to where it started that's the problem in that region has to realize that we have to find sustainable fixes for this problem not a temporary face saving thing for the nato to leave and then leave a big problem for afghanistan for the neighborhood. raging violence across egypt

shows no signs of letting up government buildings torch seven hundred injured protesters police and the army clash in the city port side after the funerals of those who've already died in the turmoil. the british military faces up to allegations of torture as an inquiry is shown graphic gruesome evidence that iraqis were abused at the hands of u.k. soldiers that are still to come. but first china's prime minister's open the grandiose national people's congress in beijing this year is more significant than most because they'll be a passing of power to a new generation of communist party leaders delegates will also rubber stamp the country's economic social and military plans for the future among the aims continued and still unparalleled economic growth plus a ten percent boost to military spending environment an anti corruption measures also mention reflecting concern over pollution and abuse of office by senior politicians james corbett an expert on the asia pacific says there were

a number of topics that were mentioned for the first time. where we saw a couple of the main issues on the table are increasing calls even among the party officials by an increase. in calls for easing of regulations on private capital in china's economy and we're also seeing another big issue right now is the idea of environmental concerns obviously there's been a lot of problems with air quality in china as they still continue to develop so that's a huge concern in terms of the foreign relations i think that's something we're going to have to see play out in the coming months but we already have indications that there are more people within the party itself that are calling for china to go its own way in the east china sea so we'll see how that develops with japan china and the us realize that their economies are intimately linked at this point and i think that in more ways than they'd like to admit they are actually on the same side of this conflict as it were and i don't think china can allow the u.s.

economy to sink any more than the u.s. economy can cut its ties with china so no matter what the political rhetoric might be i think there's actually more collaboration than there is conflict and and that underscores what's going on in the political arena. on line for you now the berlin wall dividing people yet again is the clash with police while protesting against the demolition of what's left of the historic barrier at over dorothy dot com to find out what could replace the city's iconic landmark. emails calls may not be enough the pentagon looking for ways to transcribe every conversation into a giant computer database should you watch your every word find out on our web site or to.

egypt's port saïd city locked in a cycle of violence the funerals of those who died in fighting sunday served only as a catalyst for yet more clashes government buildings set ablaze police and the army locked in the street battles troil started after suspects held over severe football violence last year were moved to prisons outside the city are true has more. we're seeing very bloody and chaotic scenes coming from the coastal city of port saeed this comes off to a funeral for three people killed and the ministry of health announced to find people to kill or killed three civilians. to the officers who should be in their very confusing reports of the army and the police fighting each other although we have no confirmation on that the military maintains that the armed forces are in the streets to protect the police and help the police in this situation that is gradually descending this comes ahead of a very important verdict on saturday on this massacre at this point saeed football

muska that occurred february last year when the crash actually broke out on sunday august thirty nine the defendant said relates to this case that were moved from the prison that they were in families found out about this very angry when security directorates where they started fighting with police even in the funeral imports which is really related towards this verdict and saturday people were chanting against the muslim brotherhood the ruling party here behind the ring party here and also it gets the president there's been a lot of anger in the streets of cairo and also the major cities across the country since the second anniversary of january to do find revolution here in tahrir square a sit in continues even though security forces attempted to clear it yesterday morning but there's been clashes actually in the capital small clashes on the cornish and what people are saying here is they've seen no change as major economic worries a quarter of the country is below the poverty line people are against this i.m.f.

loan the four point eight billion dollars loan that said the president is trying to push through they also against the constitution who they say was. drafted by an islamist dominated assembly and in addition we've got parliamentary elections on the horizon that people say you know shouldn't be happening so there's many many grievances here with these clashes erupting across the country and no sign of any of this violence abating anytime soon. and here in cairo further fueled by the visit of the u.s. secretary of state who the opposition believe was only there to push washington's agenda john kerry continued on afterward to saudi arabia to send joint warnings to iran and syria as a leader journalist neil clark things allying with a country that has no democratic credentials though undermines the message well these autocratic go states are the way in which the u.s. has for decades maintained its control of the east very important region having these kind of leaders that the undemocratic leaders in saudi arabia bahrain. is the

way in which the u.s. can maintain its control of this very strategically important region and of course now there's a big problem because these governments these autocratic regimes and in the gulf are coming under increasing popular pressure and we see now quite clearly that. the u.s. because these great promoters of democracy when it comes to bahrain and saudi arabia not siding with the protest as they're not signing with the opposition they are in syria on the contrary they're sending more military hardware to these countries and they are supporting crackdowns on the opposition. still to come live here shows its devotion to the idea of joining the euro zone despite the currency blocks economic woes critics say it could be bartering financial safety for political leverage plus . a mysterious acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of one of the world's most renowned ballet theaters the bolshoi could be a step closer to being solved as police arrest a suspect this after a short break stay with us here on r.t. .

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for staying with us here on r t twelve minutes past the hour now moscow police have brought in a suspect over an acid attack on the ballet director of russia's ball football for all future sergei filin our teams are in a delusion go with us now with the details so irina tell us what's the latest that they have on this investigation. well apparently we're being told that they have the investigators have arrested the man who they believe is actually the pair of the person who carried out the crime of of the acid attack on the of the on sergei filin and now they're not to talk they're not disclosing his name at the moment

they do say that he was arrested in the town in the moscow region and brought to moscow for interrogation they're also saying that he did have an accomplice but it's unclear at this point who that accomplice was and whether or not he was also i pretended as well another thing to know it is that the investigators are saying that these two men have have been merely the executors of the crime and indeed there is somebody else behind it the mastermind so to speak and that person or persons is yet to be determined and they're also saying that neither of the of the suspects of who have actually committed the crime are in any way associated with the bolshoi theatre or the ballet troops so. that is one important issue to keep in mind while thinking about the case now before he left for his treatment in germany and us again feeling did receive extensive burns to his face and neck and his eyesight has been especially damaged so he has been undergoing treatment to restore his eyesight in germany before leaving for that he did say that he believes he

knows who has been behind the crime but he didn't want to disclose the name or the names of those persons so as not to enter interfere with the investigation all right thank you very much for that update arena. israel's prime minister has made his feelings clearer than ever on iran benjamin netanyahu told a meeting of the u.s. most influential israeli lobbyist and gauche asians with tehran where waste of time and only military action may make the difference or his policy or has more the israeli prime minister is at it again addressing his favorite topic words alone will not stop iran sanctions alone will not stop iran sanctions must be called with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail strong statements from a leader emboldened by new could come power this one yahud wants the american israel public affairs committee iran is using international negotiations to buy

time so it complicit with its nuclear program a message he's warm to in the past. how do you stop well you have to put greater pressure on you have to upgrade the sanctions and they have to know that if the sanctions and diplomacy fails they will face the credible military threat that's essential nothing else will do the job. and it's getting closer. so much for the science released many breed following last month's parliamentary elections the surprising win by same ten pro peace political parties prompted many to believe netanyahu would back down from his threats to strike iran ask those on the street who voted against netanyahu they feel their message was clear take your finger off the trigger in your three to attack iran give economic sanctions and diplomacy a chance but analysts on so sure netanyahu has any intention of toning down the

rhetoric and the ten year old is a man which is very much concerned about his position in history and he understands that now his third or prime ministership i'm afraid that one off the reasons if you would like to foster taking against iran is to place himself at the history of the israeli people and it's making the israeli public nervous daniel be an obvious company sells a system that provides ventilation in bomb shelters in times of chemical or biological attacks he says each time it on yahoo mentions he ran the number of queries goes up. some people prefer not to think of the threat but it's a bear and they know it so we have climbs just calling to find out about the system but who have difficulty deciding to buy one and then we have some people who are more alert these are the people who as soon as there is some tension in the media

will call and order the system you know a lot of what is good for business and that's really help problem either and we were so many money go. on that matter one is an israeli graphic designer who accidentally created an online movement after posting a facebook message declaring that israel would never bomb iran other israelis quickly created the own posters with the same message and iranians responded in kind but they're up against this on yahoo and he's more powerful message i think a big part of it these people are voting out of fear out of you know being afraid of a walker coming in he's the one you know fighting the war lynch a speculation about a possible israeli strike on iran is also keeping foreign investors away maybe away we that while war might mean big business for some it spells disaster for others policy r t tel aviv. paper conference also saw hundreds of activists protest against the

u.s. close relationship with israel where they are benjamin a human rights campaigner thinks people should be concerned about the nature of the meeting. apac is really a danger to our national security a pac is pushing the policies of a foreign government in israel which is not always in the interests of the united states and i should say is not always in the interests of the israelis either i think this push towards war with iran is disastrous for everybody in the region as well as us here in the united states we're looking at a conflagration of tremendous proportions so much so that there are those in the u.s. military that are trying to hard to stop this because they know how disastrous the u.s. getting into such a conflict would be in fact it would be very easy for iran to retaliate against u.s. embassies against u.s. troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know

that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy austerity protests across europe an anti government power for a lot of you doesn't seem to care of the country still formally applied for membership to the eurozone in two thousand and fourteen. being to a member of the european parliament once a lot of your says lot of your wants to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. and lead of you wants to be a member of nato all of the e.u. of the eurozone so want to be member of a big a bloc no need to i can imagine the e.u. i can't imagine what the eurozone at the moment is not the right club to join because lead view came out of the crisis in two thousand and ten and the economic recovery started shortly after actually legacy is doing quite well so one could wonder why does latvia want to end the eurozone if you have an economic crisis

would come back to you that you lead to yes indeed you cannot lead have you and will have to stay in it like a greece's doing you know in greece is go towards a lot of suffering and that is the economic downside to perhaps the political advantage to a number of a bigger club. still to come in the broadcast one having a home is just too pricey rising real estate prices see berliners forced out as the high is better is for more prosperous places grab the prime spots that's still to come. but first shocking photos have been shown at a public inquiry into allegations of british troops killed and tortured iraqi soldiers after a firefight in two thousand and four the u.k. military denied charges that echo the horrific treatment suffered by detainees at the hands of u.s. troops in abu ghraib ortiz probably boyko reports victims and families of victims say that british troops took a number of iraqis from the battlefield and then murdered and tortured them the

ministry of defense strenuously deny that british troops are normally killed and the iraqis in fact the evidence given by the ministry of defense is so different to the evidence provided by victims and their families that it was it's resulted in this very long three year delay this inquiry was ordered back in two thousand and nine so three years later it's only just coming to fruition i'm joined in the studio by christopher stanley of rights what you take this isn't a first inquiry of it's kind of already had this very embarrassing case of the killing of. back in two thousand and three is this potentially another big embarrassment for the british military it would be a big embarrassment if they allowed it to become one which i think is what they obviously do not want to know the embarrassment on the hounds because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigations were undertaken against the death of innocent civilians iraqi

civilians day they are trying to manage it from the company these are people getting away with grave human rights violations including killing without punishment or due process of law whether it's your pin law international or domestic little it depends on the cost of how much wants how much you want to spend on the stuff we spend a lot of money on leveson and the media inquiries. hacking of senior people in the public eye this is about death and human rights violations and it calls for two million then that something that people come be swallowed christmastime from right but you can thank you very much and of course the issue of iraq is a very sensitive one at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has in a private memo the minister says not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year and the vast array of the invasion later this month turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe and as well as president hugo chavez suffering from a new serious respiratory infection he returned recently from cuba after surgery

for cancer and is now being cared for at a military hospital in caracas rallies in support of the president and protests by the opposition calling for more information about his health have been frequent over the last few weeks. syrian rebels claim to be in near total control of the key border city of iraq this comes days after heavy fighting with the syrian army who are holding out of the intelligence headquarters government troops remain at the airport outside the city footage emerge showing fighters destroying a statue of hafez al assad former leader and father of the current president bashar al assad. finally in the news block berliners fear they may soon be forced out of the german capital because their income can't keep pace with housing cause real estate becoming unaffordable for locals and people coming in from richer areas or peter all over has more. who are both sexy that so. lovingly described his city. now some berliners feel this way of life is coming under threat

it was and here in the if you keep hearing phrase work we've seen big changes over the past ten years more and more apartment buildings have been built in areas where people traditionally used to rent what we're seeing is people being forced from their homes real estate prices in berlin have shot up by thirty two percent since two thousand and seven well ahead of the german average this is resulted in some tenants of the victim as their rented flat says sold from underneath them prompting anger and demonstrations from those who see the city's identity being sold to the highest bidder isn't. our problem here is that berlin is turning into a city split between the haves and have nots rising prices of forced people who have lived here for years to move out and those who have come don't mix. this year has seen an increase in the amount of protests against the gentrification of lynn

as well as growing resentment towards other germans and foreigners moving into the city for the most part the public image of this still poor but sexy however times are changing the new a merger in face of perlin is certainly stylish however it's also becoming increasingly an affordable due to the demand from people wanting to live and they desirable location economically viable and politically secure the lynas becoming the place of choice for southern europeans to invest in during turbulent times in their own countries. can't turn sales and rents property to italians. and the town. one of the main reasons our customers are buying here is that there is no trust in their telling economy or the. banks people see an apartment in berlin as a good way to preserve the value of their savings. was about the claims that the

real estate boom is stealing and sold as they could have been god this is progress berlin is developing sure it presents some challenges but this is just the same as when the wall came down and people moved into more areas if anything this creates the mall and that makes for a what it is the best new housing developments are being built all around the city to try and accommodate demand however with rental prices having risen by ninety percent in the last decade it does seem that the writing is on the wall for the dream of an affordable life in the german capital peter all of a. belin. kaiser report still to come stay with us here on r.t. .

john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mixing the nonexistent country of courage to stand in one of his speeches of course it is funny when politicians misspeak george bush was pretty good at that but i can say that we all make mistakes and i speak trust me it is very easy to butcher the pronunciation of someplace on earth like course to low voltage or walla walla washington the thing is that he didn't just misspeak his speech was written correctly and if you look at his eyes as he said it he wasn't really looking at notes or something he's reading it off of a teleprompter right now i am reading off a teleprompter but i put every word there myself which is probably why john kerry is spelled with a q but my question is would kerry and prompter mr obama just read anything put in front of them to even really know the realities of the tiriel they're reading in their speeches and who are deeply versed on some subject and you should need to read word for word from the teleprompter to give a speech just try writing some notes and speaking with your brain and maybe your heart like in the good old days but that's just my opinion.

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