ten children are reportedly killed as a nato. afghan village and a stark reminder of the price civilians are paying in a war that has bogged down into a high stakes stalemate. the united states delays an intercontinental nuclear missile test after a week of atomic threats naval provocations and ballistic cat and mouse games put the korean peninsula on the brink of war. israel online the hacker group anonymous a wave of cyber attacks on israeli web sites testing against the mistreatment of palestinians our top stories this hour. back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. at least ten children reported to have been among eighteen people

killed today in the latest strike by u.s. led forces in afghanistan the raid was allegedly called in by troops on the ground after a bitter fighting nearby. and all ten childrens are said to be a mine of the eighteen children not to strike in afghanistan conor prudence according to officials there are reports says actually that it all happened when they knocked on his silence hits the home of a suspected taliban insurgents in a small village in that area at the time when the family actually was inside taking drugs or from the right after after the house was hit some locals from the area rushed to help the people who were hurt in fact at that house and were seen carrying some out out somebody on the children's and

others from the under drivers of some of the problems actually the u.s. led coalition's had confirmed that the car the have carry out air strike just statements or spokes man of the force acknowledge that they were carrying out or we'll their reports at the civilians were killed in that area but as yet could not conform with the deaths the raid was originally called and by international troops can do for senate after a heavy fighting with the. insurgent me the pakistani border a lot of governments officials confirm the chosen as this adding that of that another and women and there's seven men also died in that airstrike and u.s. led forces here also say that there were. carrying out its mission operations in advance the senior exciting one commander up in that area a number of u.s.

troops and civilian advisers working for for this are all sort s. it will have an ad will have been killed in the same air operations that it was initially reported it's actually that there were. even taliban fighters had been gill's datz where that figure was brought down and revised to seven and said there are still a number are subject to be changed into if you will and next hour or so. well such strikes are strong relations between international troops and the afghan government printing president karzai to his forces from requesting western support or teased because nobody's here in the studio now will tell us more about this toys in two posts tragedies within a well a decade long war in afghanistan the started back in two thousand and one has cost

the deaths of thousands of afghans directly from insurgent and foreign military action as well as the deaths of possibly tons of thousands of afghan civilians and directly in recent years the death roll has rocketed there is no single official figure for the overall number of civilians killed by the war but as to means for specific years appear is have been published by a number of independent organizations let's now have a look at the grim statistics of the civilian casualties in just some months of last year now in fabry eight civilians including seven children killed in a nato airstrike in the same month in february sixth civilians including one woman one child killed in a noisy trade than in a may eight civilians six children two women killed in a nato airstrike in eastern afghanistan in all almost average time women and

children are in the casualties neighboring pakistan had even asked the u.s. to leave the air base it was using for drone operations in the region that order came after a nother in the air strike that again resulted in multiple deaths international forces are preparing to withdraw from of damage done by the end of twenty fourteen civilian tasks in western military operations have been a source of townshend between the afghan government and the u.s. and its nato allies frequently these strikes have been. denbigh forces on the ground but such has been the anger over the so-called collateral damage that president karzai ordered a complete ban on afghan security forces call in airstrikes however as we have continually seen these rays have not stopped but thanks very much indeed for that caution over there. political analyst kimi i spoke to

middle earlier he says the taliban is to initiate an afghan life to be separated which all the guarantees collateral casualties if they don't happen strikes. and this kind of war which is going on in afghanistan it is very difficult to avoid civilian casualties because the taliban are living among the people among developed is among. those eventually areas. they are receiving support from the people and they are eating and. among the people living among among developed is because of this i think it is very difficult for nato forces of particularly in airstrikes to avoid civilian casualties. and you've been on a website on what you think the consequences of this latest deadly strike here are the results coming up on the screen for you from these figures it looks as though opinion is evenly divided between those who think that the afghan president will

make forceful statements but those who believe it will spark attacks from groups looking to hit back coalition soldiers six percent think it will be forced and you'll have to nato strikes in a very small amount if you believe the date for nato troops to leave will be brought forward those are your thoughts good to hear from me if you haven't already . this week's or dramatic escalation on the korean peninsula with. a preemptive nuclear strike on the u.s. response was not left wanting with u.s. and south korea more ships and aircraft swarming to the north coast washington has canceled a planned intercontinental missile tests to avoid further inflaming the situation. to north korea's threats washington responds with an even more intense buildup of military power in the region that north korea responds with even more threats even

though defense secretary chuck hagel called north korea clear danger the white house. from north korean military forces suggesting that it may be just rhetoric but talks washington acts apart from f. twenty two fighter jets and other bombers that it sent to the region for the ongoing military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying an advanced missile defense system to guam one major u.s. military base in north north korea has announced that it has the final approval for a nuclear attack. as they tell us. they can. there are twenty thousand u.s. troops just across the border. since the cuban missile crisis between the soviet union and the u.s. even though the rhetoric is probably as hostile as it's ever been no one really believes that north korea is actually going to carry out an attack north korea itself knows that if it didn't attack at the tact united states it would be

committing national suicide the united states would retaliate in a tremendous fashion north korea does not want to commit suicide i believe north korea is doing all this so it can get to a point to actually negotiate some kind of peace agreement with the united states in the u.s. media to you have all pundits basically saying the same thing that north korea is not going to strike because they know it's a suicide that they want to reach some kind of a deal with washington but they're not going to get it you have former officials experts all saying that but with all this war talk from north korea and with u.s. military buildup in the region some say all it may take is for one of the sides to snap or some kind of a mistake. out of control in washington i'm kind of. a specialist on security and nuclear weapons dr jim walsh offered his view on the risks and payoffs of america's engagement in korea. this is for sending

a signal to the south koreans it's treaty ally saying we've got you back it's also intended to send a message to the north koreans hey we can reach out and touch you you know be careful what you wish for i do worry though that you know when all these moving pieces and plus all this new leadership a new leader in south korea a new leader in north korea all this stuff going on someone could make a mistake and that could light a match that would lead to a conflict that no one actually wants to have the north koreans are crazy. they're not going to deliberately start a war but they are they try to stay just below that level of provocation will they react the way we want them to react i just don't know we don't know what's inside the minds of north koreans it's the most closed country in the world but when we brandish arms and do that we we are taking a risk that they will misunderstand that and respond in the wrong way reporter merging of israeli police arresting palestinian activists in response to the massive cyber offensive by the hacker group anonymous the computer attackers have

said the aim is to disrupt and raise israel from side to space in protest over the policies towards palestine and in the going to come as more. the mission is coming from a twitter account from the palestinian authority presidential advisor on the technology and communication who said that israel has retaliated to the daylong that go on israel by arresting several palestinians and several of the west bank towns where you have the attack on israel is going on for the entire day at least twenty eight meijer israeli sites have been down including the knesset's site today out of the israeli parliament which we're hearing is still also the activists are saying that tens of thousands of israeli facebook and twitter accounts have been brought down as well as well as they tried to target the banking system as well as other major sites as well all of this of course is being done. by the had to his group anonymous or arabs or groups associated there with of course saying that this is

their way of getting back at israel for occupying limbs in the west bank and mistreatment of palestinians where there is an attack there's seems to be a response now at least their husband response from the israeli hackers who have issued a statement saying that whoever whoever is participating in the so-called israel is weak and feeble minded and for every attack that they do is really have a tail ever tell you doesn't fold but at the same time you have to understand that israel is a rather powerful country and of course the officials long before the attack has actually taken place and it was well it was well advertised you may say they have said that they're fully prepared for this and they have their best specialists working on preventing it and yet we're looking at twenty major sites down we're still looking at thousands of israeli which are being housed which kind of brings the question exactly what exactly is happening with the israeli specialist and just how powerful the the anonymous hackers really are. for

an emotion believes the damage of these attacks is negligible compared to what some governments should be doing. it is very much matter of inconvenience to the websites that are under assault but of course it does get a lot of publicity the difference between this and real hacking real cyber attacks can be seen very stark what happened when the us and the israeli governments committed an act of cyber terrorism when they attacked the iranian nuclear production facility is when they released the stuxnet virus now this is the first we have western governments colluding to attack the infrastructure of another sovereign country so that is cyber terrorism that is what a real cyber attack looks like and of course it has ramifications now because the stuxnet virus went out to attack these precise passivity but it's now out there in the wild it can be used and abused and mutated by real father criminals out there so what the u.s. and the israeli government did that stuff net is actually far more damaging than

any protest movement trying to bring down certain websites in certain countries calls for justice from prisoners of america's war on terror account but being ignored as the hunger strike at guantanamo bay enters its third month later in the program we assess why the authorities are still talking down the scale of the protest. also toxic river dozens of residents are forced to flee their homes as a major part bursts swamping a small u.s. term with five thousand barrels of oil that after the break. ten years ago baghdad was taken. ten years to live in fighting terrorism and economic decay. in iraq arise. the same. power april ninth.

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news continues here in the weekly here on the president vladimir putin is addressed the largest industrial fair in germany's hanover today as he arrived to the country with an official visit the russian leader will also be meeting with the german chancellor angela merkel with the role of the country's funds and cyprus as well as europe's economic troubles for debate is keeping across developments for us. they may be economic partners but they don't always see eye to eye on the world's most pressing issues do they so one of the key aims of the russian president's visit. well russia and germany are two key economic partners you'll write in what you say that they don't always see eye to eye on some issues now what we have been seeing here is at the opening ceremony of the message

industry fair we seem to me a putin highlight why people should be doing business in russia the russian president picking out the country's growth rates of three point four percent and twenty twelve low levels of unemployment secure currency and gold reserves also the fact that russia generates it so eight hundred billion dollars in trade last year is reasons why people should be should be coming to russia to do business he did however highlight some of the problems exist particularly singling out inflation he did however say that this was something they were aware of and something that they were desperate to try and tackle inflation currently around six percent in russia but that is the lowest in around twenty now his the german chancellor angela merkel was also on the stage at the opening ceremony she praised cooperation between russia and germany and basically said long may that continue both politically but

also in the realms of trade and industry which is what this trade fair is is all about now. she mentioned the natural resources in russia and how chimney can help. to be exploited in the right ways folk both countries but she also spoke about one of the major resources that russia had there was a young and skilled workforce something that german companies would be looking to to get involved to waste in the future in russia now later on monday the two will lay a wreath. a monument to those who died in the fight against nazi germany during world . to here in hanover. then there will be visiting the actual trade fair for the major issues that have split the two in recent times have certainly been concerning cyprus we're expecting to hear. what's come out of their talks this week as we get

out later on all day but essentially after the opening ceremony of the handover message trade fair the word from let me a putin was russia is open for business it's welcoming you to come and put your money there and bring your companies there . are all of our lives there and however in germany thanks very much indeed for that live update. a toxic swamp of oil has down streets in a small town in arkansas this week forcing dozens of residents to flee after an aging pipe burst they currently staying in hotels and may not be able to return to their homes for some time and locals have started to feel like victims as they say the company responsible for maintaining the pipe did little to address their concerns one hundred forty residents in the town of filed lawsuits against exxon mobil worried that the value of their homes has plunged local resident chris howell says the spill came as a complete surprise i got off work early and was headed back to my home and

the police officer at the entrance to the neighborhood not allowing anybody in i asked why he said the issue was there with all still miriam i told him our family and my wife and children at the home so he allowed me in a little town to get them on the road in any kind of survey the damage there was all just flowing down the street behind our house were kind of taking a wait and see approach what happens next how are we going to be compensated and along with for some of our neighbors can get back in their homes so far as the cleanup process they've done a good job there but they've not done a really good job of communicating to some of the residents that would be much. authorities at the guantanamo bay prison acknowledge this week the hunger strike among the camp's inmates is growing efficient number of those refusing food now stands at forty one inmates lawyers however say the figures several times higher with three of the prisoners hospitalized and around a dozen currently being force fed the strike began more than two months ago in a protest over treatment and conditions jonathan hafetz use represented

a number of the guantanamo inmates believes it will be some time before the extreme action achieves anything. but i think the more pressure may force the us to respond it may not come right away but i think that the pressure triggered from the hunger strikes and the international attention of the statement by the u.n. i think you know may have been affected over time i think that it's going to force the united states to realize that it just can't simply ignore what's act want to animal and that at some point it's going to have to come to grips with the fact that you know these these men are being imprisoned year after year without charges and you know more and more and more are in fact eyeing him in jail and i think it's very difficult to. you know be able to to justify this and you have to really kind of tires off and not do so and you talk of bird flu has been discovered in china this week promoting the government to cull tens of thousands of birds so far

the virus has killed six people out of the eighteen infected is not the first time a new strain of flu has hit china and have a quick look now at how the infection has spread not only across the population but in the media as well many of the articles written read like horror stories sparking panic way out of proportion with the facts remember past bird flu and swine flu outbreaks and the attention they grabbed across the media katie pilbeam has more on how the hype took hold. 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 says slumped in chinese airline stocks in an attempt to restrict travel vietnam bans poultry imports from china and taiwan it raises quarantine level alerts all 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 out of 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 off of 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 die regular flu every year so while china battles with the flu drug companies are no doubt preparing for a multi billion dollar order. have a hundred police of clamp down on them unannounced ready in montreal arresting nearly three hundred protesters new laws saw so that a demonstration has to be registered with the authorities for it to go ahead legally you think caucuses the correspondent for the canadian affairs website rebel

dot ca says the law is a clear violation of citizens' rights. mina's followed by a lot of the sixty's and active at the height of the student strike last year in your provincial laws. laws twelve which was denounced by everyone in the united nations high commissioner on human rights to back bar association representing all the provinces lawyers and prosecutors but it was a serious violation of civil liberties which was then repealed by the incoming provincial government nobody really knows what to make of this late in a country where we've always taken for granted the right to protest the right to express our opinion and so a lot of people right now are very very fearful and so there's an attitude that people want to go out they want to challenge this by law they know what's out and it's not right but at the same time they're afraid. egypt has once again been gripped by protests and fighting one person has been killed and around three dozen

injured as violence erupted outside caro's main cathedral that's following the funeral of four out of five coptic christians killed in a sectarian stand off outside the capital on saturday the mourners unhappy with the government's inability to protect them clashed with local residents when leaving the service this follows a day of rage against the ruling is lists which also ended up with scuffles on the streets of cairo journalist tom dale witnessed the unrest. clashes have broken out in downtown cairo metal barricades have put being called across the street take us in smoke fills the air and the wave of sirens the familiar green laser cutting through the gas once again clashes and spread to the town of my house which is so important the first of the you will see movement five years ago on that day five years ago police fired live ammunition into a crowd protesting against rising food prices they killed three people including a fifteen year old boy still there on an easy echo's about day once again an

unarmed peaceful demonstration has been fired upon there are complaints of the interior ministry and the security services are brutal and reform food prices are rising world wages remain stagnant and in that context this is just the latest sign of a growing polarize ation between mohamed morsi says the misled government and the opposition on the streets i spoke to the leader of the april fix he actually led the movement to support the muslim brotherhood. and president mohamed morsi indeed against the alternative contender for the presidency in someone last year but now the muslim brotherhood and president mohamed morsi of broken the promises which they made to the revolutionary youth including to april sixth and that's why people are on the streets and that's why they're angry. let to bring it up today for the moment but with a new city with more in half an hour from now in the meantime after the break we report on the lives of palestinian families. washing shoulders with an israeli waist. with us for that if you can.

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 that 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. dave bolland says once again flared up. these are the images girls world has been

seeing from the streets of canada. china operations to rule the day. if.