painful scars of war caught up with an american army veteran who was an eyewitness to the u.s. led massacre in iraq he says the horrors he saw almost made him take his own life. career with foreign embassies in pyongyang to clear out uncontrollable risks that says u.s. and south korean war ships drop anchor at the maritime borders. with asia at its heart and the world at its fingertips the economic form kicks off today china top politicians business leaders and nobel prize winners. business in emerging markets . taking advantage of his new a strain of bird flu kills six prompting a mass poultry we investigate who could benefit from the fast spreading. stories.

from our new center here in moscow this is our to you with the twenty four hours a day. it's been exactly three years since we could a graphic video which left an indelible blot on america's reputation the footage which shows u.s. helicopters killing more than a dozen iraqi civilians not only shocked the world but had an impact on american soldiers who witnessed the massacre we spoke to an army veteran who shared his memories of a day he'd rather forget. by the way it was the video that put wiki leaks on the map turned the tide of war in iraq and landed private first class bradley manning in military detention but for army veteran ethan mccord it was just another day on duty the helicopters are approximately about a mile and a half away. when they resume his guys. and from looking at it

now you can't see anything when i mean that right there is obviously a camera dangling. if you're to really pay attention. that guy has in a k forty seven right there baghdad iraq two thousand and seven the two hundred sixteenth battalion was out patrolling a volatile part of the city i was about five blocks away four or five blocks away to the. to the left of the screen this was a battalion wide mission and then the situation turned deadly. we heard the apache was firing. ethan and his infantry squad began running toward the scene to provide support again the apache helicopter opened fire. when he arrived on the scene the apache guns were quiet the accused enemies were dead. one guy's head the top of his head was

completely off and the brains were. on the ground and the smell this smell so. i don't even know how to describe it when he approached the van a noisy thing wasn't expecting a cry of a little girl and she was four years old. you could tell she had a wound to the stomach and. remember looking at me and. the blood around her eyes made her eyes so ghostly why isn't grabbed a girl and ran into a nearby building he didn't pick glass out of her eyes so she could blink and handed her off to a medic i went back outside and. was told to take pictures i started taking pictures of the inside of the van and that's when he discovered the little boy and that's me. who to her. that is a little boy who i originally thought was dead despite their injuries the children survived but part of ethan changed forever that day i couldn't stop myself from

crying i couldn't stop myself from feeling the way that i was feeling when he did seek mental help he says he was mocked by his commanders and threatened with expulsion from the military when i started drinking and metal have given me prescriptions thirteen prescriptions. geodon depakote. prozac and i was i was a zombie but things got worse i started daydreaming of killing my own children and everybody around me so even took matters into his own hands i had already began drinking pretty heavily and. down all the pills and i drank a fifth of crown row ten o'clock in the morning and

my wife at the time found me that was the first time even tried to take his own life after that he was dismissed from the army i was kicked out with no disability . no benefits from the army was whoever he returned to wichita and then even attempted suicide for a second time i actually wrote a poem before i did it. up again in my mouth and. i don't know if i really want to talk about it. he's been story is tragic but he certainly isn't alone tens of thousands of military veterans suffer the effects of p.t.s.d. long after they leave the battlefield and for the also simply can't cope with the stress often times they choose to end their own lives their fathers and brothers sons and soldiers and now they're simply another and american wars abroad in the

past two years alone even has lost eight of his veteran brothers to suicide and his outlook on life hasn't improved with time i know that i will never ever ever get better i'll never get over this for the world of the collateral murder video was just another black mark on an unpopular war for ethan it was a catalyst that made him question the entire purpose of the iraq war america. john wayne you know we were the white house. americans are always out well we're going to try to help people that's all we did was try to spread freedom and democracy the barrel of a gun history will be the ultimate determinant of how the iraq war is viewed but for ethan and so many soldiers suffering from post war stress the future is far and the past is too much to cope with reporting from wichita kansas meghan lopez r.t. and check out our website for more information related to this week elise video and

the storm which followed its release. foreign embassies in pyongyang is staying put for now despite warnings from the regime that to evacuate the north korean government says it can't guarantee the safety of diplomatic enclaves such intentions and the threat of war the north has primed at least two ballistic missiles in response to u.s. and south korean warship encroachments geo political analyst at twenty first century wired dot com patrick henningsen says so far he sees only hype in this crisis. the big question is how this hyped up at the beginning had to do with the nucular threat from north korea and there's a series of things that have gone on in the last month to get us to that conclusion and i can't help but remember in the run up to the iraq war everyone was asking would saddam hussein used chemical weapons or not but no one actually asked the question does he really have them in the first place and the same question i just asked regarding north korea what is their nucular threat and as far as i can see as

far as u.s. officials actual emissions are there is no need no nucular threat as we can say in triple the stick missile threat to the united states so this is very much overhyped in the cold war theatrical sense but the pivot towards asia from the united states is very real ok right now since this crisis began the philippines has already okayed the use of more bases for the united states in our country and there was a deal to decommission some of the okinawa sites in japan and that might be off the table as a result of the hype of this particular conflict so you know you see the military industrial complex needs a reason to exist and i believe the north korean threat to be a theatrical real you just that reason here is the pretext for the expansion of the military economy from the u.s. side and if you're wondering how the korean situation devolved to the level it is at today you can catch up by visiting the timeline of events at r.t.

dot com aside from pictures and videos we've got full analysis of what's transpired in these last few hectic weeks. a second chinese city has begun cutting birds in a wave of panic about a possible avian flu outbreak the fears of also spread to neighboring countries six people have died out of the sixteen infected figures fall from an epidemic pill being looks now what you might hope to benefit from any bird flu hype. panic is already spreading across the globe over fears of a bird flu epidemic in china twenty thousand birds were slaughtered at one local market japan has but health warnings on people coming into the country from china hong kong shares slumped in chinese airline stocks in an attempt to restrict travel vietnam bans poultry imports from china and taiwan raises quarantine level alerts while the u.s. and china are already looking into creating

a vaccine for this specific type of bird flu drug producers are already poised to jump in produce a cure at a price of course now let's look at the example of the swine flu epidemic which cost the british taxpayer one point two billion dollars the government panicked and splashed out billions on vaccinations pharmaceutical giant black say smith kline secured a billion dollar contract from it making a billion dollars from vaccines alone last year i reality four hundred fifty seven people died from swine flu a third of which dive regular flu every year so while china battles with the flu drug companies are no doubt preparing for a multi billion dollar order. and it was no need britain where big pharmaceutical companies may billions from the swine flu of panic let's take a look at how fear spread across the world during the outbreak so after the very

first suspected cases reported in mexico back in march two thousand and nine it took less than a month for the word epidemic to appear in the media and that was even before the first death from swine flu was confirmed well about three weeks later when that happened swine flu immediately became the most covered news story in the media and shortly after the world health organization declared a swine flu pandemic and mass vaccinations were produced despite the thousands of deaths worldwide it transpired that many millions of dollars spent on the vaccine were actually wasted less than a year after the doses were ordered in the u.s. alone forty million of them expired and had to be destroyed well as a result billions of dollars worth of profits were made by big pharmaceutical companies in a little over a year as you can see here when we have to wait and see where the current bird flu hype leads. are to live here in moscow stay with us for more news just after the break.

the book about international airport in the very heart of moscow. he continues here on r t the latest round of international talks on iran's nuclear program is wrapped up in kazakhstan with participants praising the negotiations as constructive despite reaching no immediate agreement we're going to speak exclusively to iran's chief negotiator jelly about the outcome of the talks. yes the special characteristic of of this round of talks was that a number of issues poor discussed in

a very frank tone of voice. based on what has happened we believe that. their layer of of the rocks. also yesterday the very reason of their both parties who put many questions over to the order of priority was it was reason enough to become much more familiar with each other's position and have a better understanding of the other party's position. as i see it this is a good beginning helping to push the talks for ford. the u.s. china russia and the u.k. france and germany have proposed easing economic sanctions in return for iran stopping enrichment past twenty percent to run says its responded with its own set of counterproposals based on the points made during

a previous round of talks in moscow mr chilly also said that while enrichment of uranium is iran's indispensable right the country may consider suspending it in order to build trust the former head of the iran section of the british foreign and commonwealth office michael axworthy says it's been a much more positive meeting but there's still much to do. what has happened seems to sound like a good deal not positive the moment some previous rounds and i don't think anyone quite yet should expect very dramatic developments the history of this dispute is very long running. for a long time and there's been a stalemate there's a lack of trust on both sides and i think it takes precisely these sorts of developments. a gradual shift in positions towards each other to begin to escape from our stalemate. moscow's accuse the un of trying to

undermine the investigation into the use of chemical weapons inside syria the syrian government claims rebels used illegal agents near the city of aleppo last month getting around two dozen opposition however directs the plane at damascus. discussed the issue with artie's rif a notion she spent some time in the country covering the bloody civil stand off then. almost as such reaction from you and such position is not constructive and doesn't help investigate actually what happened in syria in march when damascus requested and has asked for an unlimited access for its x. period to any place in syria including to neuter in secret places they've also requested to allow them to do all the people they think they have to be within the frame of this investigation and of all of those they also sent to travel by plane and of course russia's main concern is that that may end syria and sabotage investigation while we know that these chemical weapons have always been. a very

sensitive issue for syria and for is of evidence very very important to shed light on what happened. this is why russia is very concerned and also comparing this with what happened during the investigation of the use of weapons of mass destruction in iraq can you take us back maria for a moment tell us how did the alleged use of chemical weapons in the usage of them come to light and how did the blame game suddenly shift into such a serious national news agency reported that the rabble to had fired containing chemical agents but this is exactly almost exactly what we were moving here in time from the rebels that the army had attacked a target in syria's north using chemical weapons well still today almost a month later it's very hard to understand exactly what happened and this is why damascus has asked lantern investigate what would you say about the methods of war being used by both sides i think that the army of syria is using all kinds of

methods that any in the war old can use as for the rebels they are not carrying weapons all the time with them they have storage is a weapons everywhere throughout the country in major cities and in the trial of these cities and every time the army comes to the area to liberate this area to fight against these rebels they just throw their weapons and pretending been civilians they leave the area safely. a court of despair from palestinian prisoners in israeli jails inmates say they've been left to waste away behind bars and denied any medical treatment alleged inhumane conditions or blame to be behind the recent death of a palestinian official in israeli custody which was followed by angry riots in the west bank and gaza r.t. spoke to one of the prisoners who describes the plight of those locked up. or. we suffer from an incredibly low standard of medical assistance among those

detained here there are at least twenty five people who suffer from cancer and they're not getting the treatment they need the most recent example is abu hamed daya who died in the prison hospital but this hospital is really like a jail like the ones in fascist germany during the holocaust it only has a small infirmary if you get placed there for several hours you leave with sick kidneys or liver or any other kind of disease his life could have been saved if you received treatment at an early stage medical assistance in the prisons is not given on purpose they do it to break the will of the detainees we are a people who are forced to live with occupation we are demanding that the international community take historic responsibility for the life of palestinians we are demanding that the international community uses the security council to free the sick detainees we're talking of those who were mortally ill i was just released from a hospital where i saw a young man suffering from kidney stones who was only getting painkillers instead of treatment there are people among us who spent thirty five years behind bars we

ended minding an international committee who would visit these prisons and prison hospitals all of them. the death of abu hamza sparked renewed protests and tension which triggering an all out push to war in new york the conflict between israel and palestine elected in a new wave of propaganda by activist groups supporting both sides we've got more on the inflammatory rhetoric in a couple of minutes for you here on r.t. . but before that asia focused but global in scope the twelfth but while forum has kicked off to much fanfare in china and as europe america's struggle to boost their flagging economies national leaders and big names and business have gathered to talk about how to give emerging markets a shot in the arm local correspondent alexander reports now from china. when people hear it can all make for the first thing that comes to mind is this no escape in doubles but this is now changing as the repertoire eyes of the so-called

asian tigers shifted the focus east towards when it comes to the world's economic development established twelve years ago the ball form had its main focus in asia but it left the door open for other countries to join in years later in two thousand and thirteen we have top ranking government officials and business leaders from all over europe and america attending the conference including bill gates christine legarde and george soros and the excitement is understandable as well america and europe have been dealing with a no go in economic recession china's trade ball in his skyrocketed for example the trade wall between brazil and china in two thousand and twelve alone has reached a whopping one thousand percent or seventy five billion u.s. dollars the same happen to other countries in the region they can china their number one trade partner the place previously occupied by the u.s. on the top of that china and brazil have recently struck an agreement to ditch the u.s. dollar and trade in their own national currencies similar agreements have been made

between china and russia and china and australia china's rise has certainly faced criticism and accusations of currency many feel lation from washington d.c. is the u.s. is feeling that is losing its position as the world's leading economy. but china consistently demonstrated its resilience in diplomacy and its independence in the economic decision making so the tropical island of none may be nothing like the mighty slopes of switzerland but the economic agreements made here may send avalanches across the globe that are just as powerful. john kerry. stalled peace talks between ton of even ramona. between israel and the death of a former member in israeli custody. of a high tensions in the middle east has spilled over into a full propaganda war in america as the international community continue searching

for the best path to a middle east peace agreement the issue has sparked a contentious war in new york our purpose to mean group recently unveiled an ad campaign that calls on the us to stop sending three billion dollars in aid to israel every year the poster compares israel's policies to the south african apartheid and also includes a quote from dozen to two who led the fight against the apartheid now this campaign is being sponsored by the american muslims for palestine national grassroots advocacy group now in the meantime really a group called the american freedom defense initiative is planning to fire back with a campaign depicting what it calls islamic apartheid the counter ads which have already been submitted to transit officials for approval show the image of two blindfolded iranian men getting wrapped with nooses the caption below reads under islamic law

shari'a another ad shows a woman dressed in a white burka getting whipped and there the caption reads under islamic law rape victims are tortured or killed unless they agree to marry their rapist now last year the american freedom defense initiative sponsored an ad campaign that compared muslims to savages those viewed in new york city's subway stations jewish organizations in the majority of new yorkers criticize that campaign as hate speech a tone of speech that does nothing to assist in cementing a permanent peace plan in the middle east reporting from new york. presidents monarchs and superstars worldwide have been left red faced in a new tax haven scandal originating in the british virgin islands a collective of journalists has begun publishing millions of leaked emails exposing the offshore ties of the world's elite to the sunny caribbean islands believe that some twenty trillion dollars may be hidden across global tax havens margaret from

the financial advisory firm a.t.m. partners says act packed whistleblowing is becoming an effective trend. let's use france as an example if you look at what's going on there you have the president his pushing for a seventy five percent tax on millionaires well some of his body. close colleagues are getting their money offshore so i think you almost have to rely on the sort of twenty first century vigilantes to really get the true information it's easy to say one thing you know corporate billionaires and fat cats and all of that it's another to actually see it in writing those two point five million accounts and see who's hiding what so i think you're going to see a further end of that kind of vigilante and secondly it'll be interesting to see what happens in the euro zone most of all i mean you have riots in several countries right now from regular you know folks who are being asked to take their

about not just not take vacations but having trouble feeding their children meanwhile the leaders friends and like i said colleagues are busy stashing their money away and not hanging arguably their fair share of taxes i think it would be pretty devastating if something didn't come out of this what has been a turbulent few weeks for offshore tax havens and on the home page of our two dot com we're asking what you think the future holds for these offshore havens and these are the results so far the majority forty three percent thinks that the future is looking good because tax evaders and criminals will always be looking for those sort of havens to the money we see that twenty seven percent believe many people would still put their money in these offshore havens because of the distrust of their own governments and nineteen percent thinks well not much risk really off to the cypriot crisis that to stay and eleven percent say no governments will actually shut down tax havens those the responses so far because here what you have to say r t dot com that is the website on our home page more news for you in about

a half an hour from now that will be off to the kaiser report stay with us in moscow. you know when the history of any culture there are some dark chapters throughout human history there's been war on every continent and religious strife and oppression every culture has some skeletons in their closet and in recent u.s. history the scandalous prison at guantanamo bay as making patriotic americans scurrying around a decade or so rather than slamming the door shut and get mall i hate that term condemning it as one of the greatest mistakes in american history and gloriously declaring on t.v. channels and newspapers the country wide that it shall never be repeated again the pentagon instead wants to blow another forty nine million dollars expanding it even

if you are one of the types of things that american gulags are super cool and awesome do you realize it takes over one million dollars per year per prisoner to keep the place open are you sure you don't want that money to go towards something else like your children's education the thing that burns me up about this the most is that obama promised if elected to close guantanamo bay and as commander in chief of the armed forces he could do this whatever he wanted no amount of filibustering by the republicans could stop him obama you promised hundreds of millions of people to do something very simple start the paper work tomorrow buddy make the nation look better that's your job but that's just my opinion.

more news today. these are the images. from the streets of kandahar. today. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser the where the concerned trolls they cut and paste are a concern for your well being oh my god george soros is selling his paper gold just like he did last year and the year before that in the quarter before that every other quarter before that of course he is and was buying the paper gold right back .