an investigation into the murder of afghan civilians allegedly involving american soldiers is abandoned after the u.s. denies access to suspects we hear from a journalist who says he's got proof u.s. soldiers to blame the special forces and their translators were indeed responsible for these man's fate. the sanctions stay america prolongs the state of emergency and its relations with iran and even tougher restrictions despite attempts to seal a nuclear agreement. have been a british citizen for at least thirty years in this country we meet a man who was targeted by a controversial british government campaign to weed out illegal immigrants our top stories.

live from our studio center in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment. an investigation into the killings of civilians in afghanistan has been dropped after the u.s. refused to cooperate american special forces are suspected of the murders but investigators have been refused access to them well over a dozen men were detained during u.s. raids in afghanistan's wardak province between october twenty twelve and twenty thirteen they then disappeared ten bodies were later discovered just several hundred meters from an american military base the u.s. military insists its troops were not to blame and had no knowledge of illegal killings but journalist matthew can spent five months investigating the incident and in rolling stone magazine he claims to have seen evidence proving the guilt of american soldiers. had the chance to ask him what he found. the special forces team

the green beret a team as they're called was deployed to an isolated valley west of kabul where the taliban and other insurgent groups have a very heavy presence and what happened was over last winter the locals are complaining that the special forces team and the translators were murdering people torturing them abducting them and disappearing them just extraordinary allegations that at the time were essentially unproven after the special forces team was forced out of the area by the afghan government bodies started showing up outside the base bodies that they said were the bodies of ten men who had been seen rounded up by the americans and then were not able to be found out of by the red cross or by the afghan government. so i essentially investigate the allegations of the body of testimony from locals from officials. about two confidential u.n. cross investigations that corroborate the allegations that suggested that the

special forces and their translators were indeed responsible for these men's fate potential war crime allegations that they prove to be correct has there been any accountability for what happened while the military says that it opened a criminal investigation so they declined to comment the story saying that the from the speech is ongoing but in the five months that i spoke with one of the story a single one of the witnesses that i spoke to had ever been contacted by u.s. military investigators so it really does beg the question of whether these. users are actually going to be able to establish any sort of accountability for what happened there well certainly disturbing indeed but this isn't the first time that we've heard of allegations of torture and abuse by western forces in afghanistan and i wonder if you can sort of speak more broadly about this in a wider context well while the allegations and these incidents are kind of unprecedented in their severity and scale they do fit part of a larger pattern of recurring abuse. of detainees in u.s.

and afghan allied custody as well as continued lack of any sort of accountability for individuals or at the implicated in this kind of abuse of detainees is a recurring pattern of abuse and a recurring pattern of a lack of accountability and this incident really has to be seen in the context of . the allegation of aggravated tensions between washington and kabul over a joint security pact and that agreement defines the future of u.s. troops after all the foreign forces withdraw by the end of next year an american soldier's immunity to afghan law is the most crucial part of the stimulus or he's going to explains afghan authorities have repeatedly asked the u.s. to allow them to question the soldiers at the base but the u.s. repeatedly rebuffed the request u.s. forces are immune from afghan law but not for long the immunity issue is the various stumbling block on the way to an agreement between the u.s. and afghanistan under which some u.s.

troops would stay in of ghana's staying past twenty four teen and that's what the obama administration wants immunity for the troops so that they can stay beyond two thousand and fourteen the same agreement that the u.s. wanted with iraq but iraq refused to grant u.s. forces further immunity from justice incidents like the killing of civilians in the word out province make it that much more difficult for the afghan government to justify such an agreement with the u.s. seen fun of afghan people. well still ahead for you this hour here in our money woes that are pushing french farmers to take their own lives to suggest the one suicide every two days. so there you go wrong see one family a day. but workers on a couple farm in britain planted even the official figures suggest the report is coming up in just a few minutes from now. despite an apparent sore in u.s.

arabian relations officially they remain in a state of emergency america's decade long sanctions regime has been prolonged by president barack obama for another year and some lawmakers on capitol hill want even more restrictions to put in place. as more. u.s. president barack obama says it's necessary for the thirty plus years state of national emergency against iran to continue due to the fact that relations between washington and tehran have not returned to normal ironically the move comes as the international community continues taking significant steps to broker a deal over iran's disputed nuclear program now although last week's marathon ministerial talks in geneva ended without a deal ongoing negotiations between iran and western powers have been praised as constructive and comprehensive with discussions scheduled to continue next week now the biggest obstacle to a breakthrough has been america's ally israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu has

been publicly skeptical and fiercely opposed to easing sanctions against tehran or unless its nuclear program is completely dismantled now u.s. lawmakers have promised to wait for a rethinking by secretary of state john kerry this week before deciding whether to impose tougher sanctions on iran but in the meantime pro israel groups have reportedly been ramping up lobbying efforts on capitol hill pushing for more unity of measures now some experts speculate that obama's ongoing state of emergency against iran has more to do with accusing israel reporting from new york. r.t. . in his daily briefing white house spokesman jay carney says the u.s. is not in favor of rolling back restrictions this is ministration has imposed the most crippling sanctions in history against iran and we have all the however came to stress that washington is still aiming for a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis around iran's nuclear program we spoke to

us foreign policy analyst an expert on iran so we. can she believes obama's latest move indicates otherwise i think mr obama is sending a very clear message to tara that whatever agreement does make with iran in the future it cannot be trusted as it was not trusted in the past negotiations started it was undersecretary of state wendy sherman saying this. does not recognize iran's right to enrich uranium so they are interpreted an awful aeration treaty to see their politics i don't think that was ever any real desire to bring going to a peaceful end to this negotiation. france refused to accept what it called a full game during talks on iran's nuclear program and was widely blamed for blocking an agreement international affairs columnist for the guardian newspaper jonathan steele explained what he believes paris is worried about. france is

convinced to do ronnie's meddling in a region which was traditionally at least in colonial times under french influence i mean syria and lebanon and they feel they took a very hawkish line against bashar al assad the president of syria when the uprising began two years ago they thought he would be toppled quickly and they feel that it's really thanks to russia diplomatically and iran militarily that assad is still there and they feel very annoyed or angry over that and the second reason i think is quite simply money they see that saudi arabia is also having a row with the united states partly of iran but partly over other issues and i think they feel that they can get their foot in the arms sales door and take over as one of the major arms suppliers to saudi arabia which of course is a hugely lucrative market the diplomatic wrangling around iran's nuclear program is debated in today's cross-talk. guess just how serious the west was about finding

agreement. i want to know times it was and i'm spoke directly saying that binyamin netanyahu one directly off abuse that if the deal was a bad deal then they would be immediate we tally ation by israel on a certain number of. nuclear plants ok michael it sounds like there was that's extortion right there ok there is heavy pressure not just from the israelis but also from the saudis and other gulf countries warning the americans not to go too far the question for iran then arises is the united states really committed to the kind of end game that was understood when they began this round of talks and i think that iran may in fact be wondering now whether that is the case i think that's the real danger of the. cross talk coming our way a little later today here in r.t. the u.k.

home office is being heavily criticized for a campaign aimed at forcing illegal immigrants out of the country thousands of text messages were sent to mobile phones of suspected illegal migrants warning them to leave britain auntie's nor smith investigates what effect it had. your phone is a text message a friend asking if you. or your mom just checking your ok but no it's the home office telling you you are illegal in this country and have to leave this is the text got fair enough if he was illegal but he's not and he doesn't even know how they got his details i have been a british citizen for at least for this country so. it's all part of a government campaign to weed out illegals first they said round threatening. and now threatening texts this denies sending one to child it's triggered two

hundred complaints but the government defends the program we are taking proactive steps to contact individuals who record show have novell it right to be in the u.k. some of which date back to december two thousand and eight we believe it's right to enforce the immigration rules chan who's an immigration case officer reckons it won't have any effect on genuine illegals they'll just get a new sim card but will intimidate and alienate entirely legitimate community is pointing to what's there we're not welcome in this country chinatown in london's west end is where the majority of china's clients work and he says several of them have themselves received messages from the hope that together with a series of surprise raids on restaurants by the u.k. border agency makes the u.k. a pretty scary place to be chinese or indeed any kind of ethnic minority at the

moment bans texts and raids all add up say activists to an anti immigrant campaign and jeremy corbyn m.p. who represents a multicultural constituency says we can expect to see more of it as the general election approach. it's and it's essentially a battle for political ground between the right wing conservatives in the far right ukip but it's a pretty seemly image that we're getting this is electioneering paid for by the taxpayer knows strike rate data is available yet for the forty thousand text messages said it's all day the home office reports just eleven illegal immigrants have called havens the result of the bands cheaper than full simply removing them apparently but at the cost of the goodwill of immigrant communities country whites laura smith r.t. . this controversial go home campaign is being compared on some social media to the two thousand and six movie children of men has a lot why. are

we to five feet tall ships or even. protect the call. to watch. it tomorrow that's not how i see. this as you. wish i was that was we spoke to a member of the u.k. socialist workers party we asked him whether the grim scenes of decides to stop here in children of men but any comparison to the reality of britain today. i think it's a very dangerous and toxic policy which does indeed threaten to create the sorts of conditions which that film we've just seen indicated and in some ways is a throwback to the racist and fascist policies of the one nine hundred thirty s.

i think we're seeing a two pronged attack one is to strike fear to intimidate immigrants to tell them they're not welcome here to try and stop them coming here and to reduce the rights of people who have come to britain to work and to study the other and indeed perhaps more important from the government's terms is to offer up immigrants as a scapegoat for the rest of the population to say that there are real problems in society bad housing lack of jobs no future for young people and instead of blaming those who are really responsible the politicians the big businessmen and the bankers instead we're encouraged to blame our neighbor our workmates someone at school with us and to say that the immigrant is the problem not the rich. well so if you live in the u.k. where all of annoying your neighbors you could go to jail for up to today it will

be slapped with an unlimited fine if new legislation against anti social behavior comes into force will tell you more about this after the break. we speak your language. use programs and documentaries some spanish

matters to you. a little turn to angles stories. that the spanish find out more visit. the president opponent is apologize for an attack on the russian embassy it was carried out by nationalists protest as earlier this week when an independence march spiraled out of control and turned violent. as the details. the polish president has apologized on behalf of the country for monday's incident which the country's prime minister has described as an unacceptable act of aggression now monday was poland's independence day and to mark the occasion a march was organized through the streets of warsaw but it was hijacked by far

right nationalists who did the russian embassy with stones and firecrackers and slogans and banners with the russian sentiment some protesters even attempted to scale the walls of the embassy before the police dispersed the crowd with pepper spray and rubber bullets and around a dozen people were arrested in total now the incident has prompted the polish president bronislaw komorowski to suggest that changing in the polish law so that protesters are prohibited from covering their faces future demonstrations and he also claims that some are using this incident it is just that poland is a russophobe nation and that is something that he strenuously denies. playing off key can sometimes be simply criminal. you need start of this spanish pinnace ends in a seven year jail sentence for offending neighbors sensitivity is one details on

that of l.t. . america's sweeping surveillance activities could backfire washington has warned that the n.s.a. is activities could be the provocation for new terror attacks overseas and the danger is coming from one of its closest allies find out which one i go to our website. right the seats. first street. and i would think that you're. on a reef or split. instrument. in the. is america's ongoing drone war defeating terrorism or merely slaughtering civilians later on on t.v. abby martin takes on that issue in today's edition of breaking the set. last night

georgetown residents got an exclusive screening of a new drone movie outlining human cost of this covert warfare it wasn't a theater though instead it was on the side of the home and have it by department of homeland security nominee jay johnson yes code pink organize the event in order to bring light to the fact that johnson is one of the main individuals behind the legal justification for these unmanned killer robots and while it's true that many people are responsible for the creation and codification of the drone program one historian argues that the buck stops squarely at the white house is name is lloyd gardner is the author of sixteen different books on u.s. foreign policy is the latest is called the killing machine the american presidency in the age of drone warfare so war your book is a strong indictment of obama's presidency in terms of foreign policy what has obama done to exacerbate the war on terror well that's a very complicated question he obviously inherited

a very bad situation in iraq remember obama said he wanted to change the minds he not only wanted to change getting into the war why we got into the iraq war but the mindset that got us into the iraq war and many people assume that meant he was going to change some of the basic american foreign policies the george bush to push the limit certainly did change the minds now were completely detached from any sort of warfare or foreign policy that were perpetrated around the world. breaking this and coming away to later naughty in britain causing a nuisance may become a crime punishable by jail terms well unlimited fines you can make because it's. a bill to toughen the response to antisocial behavior even children as young as turn could be charged under new legislation and it also allows punishment for activities carried out in public which harm the quality of life for those living nearby the

bills freezing and tough approach a major criticism among civil rights activists and carry on windows is one of those who's launched an online petition to stop it from coming into force. attempting to do is give to police. to make any lawful protest immediately illegal simply because i quote this directly from the legislation may. always like. nuisance or annoyance energy can imagine the whole point of protest is to cause nuisance an annoyance is to get in the way to disrupt people in their ordinary daily lives you can have them focus on an otherwise ignore. issue which is really important. thing about this piece of legislation is it also allows the police to then people from what they call a pallet and localities hasn't been defined to be

a city county country. nobody really. intervention of a court of law. china is seeking to diversify its economy with more emphasis on markets and the private sector it's a new direction from the country's ruling communist party and the specific details when they're announced could affect the entire world trying to exploit hundred. changes needed to prevent social discontent and maintain the party's leadership. if china doesn't change and china will be stuck in in in the kind of low level development in the middle income trap as it were a time as more is built on energy in intensive low carbon economy and and profit margins are being squeezed by a group as they should and who grows us become increasingly unsustainable. particularly with the probable and you scan city and of course pollution and rising

associate this content because of the inequalities so all these are in total drivers for change in order to maintain the farthest leadership in order to enhance the legitimacy of the party. time now for some other international news in brief in egypt dozens have been injured after clashes broke out between supporters and opponents of president mohamed morsi a car as university both groups three stones flares a molotov cocktails at each other forcing police to intervene materia gas shop windows were smashed cars destroyed and a guard office set on fire unrest erupted shortly after the government lifted a three month curfew and state of emergency. the french economy may be showing signs of growth but it's too late for many farmers driven to despair the suicide rate in the agricultural industries is soaring ortiz to celia went to meet those working in the worst affected region to

find out why. since two thousand and eight mil kmita had to plow on the face of rising production costs and a fall in profits with some farmers taking it much harder than others. fifteen days ago my colleague tried to commit suicide some because he had nine hundred twenty music ready to run to be renewed to have to look. we were very long hours seven days a week they were simply disconnected from the rest of french society because work hard and keep our heads down i look around we all know what do we actually have to damascus the plight of french farmers has been causing a lot of frazzled recent reports show that missing two thousand and seven and two thousand and nine a total of four hundred eighty five farmers had committed suicide but that's an average of one a suicide every two days making it the third biggest cause of death after cancer

and cardiovascular diseases alarm bells are already ringing at the ministry of agriculture but farmers warn of the reality is even worse on their insurance reasons one if they decide to be an accident because the bank won't pay for his alone over issues so the figures are wrong one farmer a day. when farmers are going to the bank. the same day dead collectors will someone else from the social system who can assess the situation both to help find her solution brittany where isabel is from is the french region with the highest number of suicides they can exceed the suicide rate among us we're talking about those producing. is thirty percent higher than the general working population at the same age have more trouble talking about their problems and. when they decide to take their lives they tend to go through that so doc sickly france is the biggest beneficiary of farm aid nine billion euros a year in the twenty fourteen to twenty twenty period but most of that money

doesn't. farmers french president francois la has already pledged to shift almost one billion euros towards the livestock farmers and awaits in the betteroff quote farmers but the frustration has long boiled over isabelle hopes change comes before another farmer she knows throws in the towel does or sylvia r.t. britain. breaking the set is next on alt. this is obviously more for the latest because it's pink. women wanted to avoid rate they really needed to buy guns environ how to use them. this is the one that i want to go with them once again it's the field full of women definitely the target of the gun lobby and you don't kill them when you're killing money but if somebody

would you would just prefer. i've noticed that more and more and that's really scary marketing tactics which implies that women have some sort of moral obligation to protect their family and young girls shoot out here too so we do have a pink or. more kids young kids choke on food than are killed by firearms if being armed made us safer in america we should be the safest nation on earth we're clearly not the safest. on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out.

the shops were always full of good. works in september leningrad was blocked. one day mom went to some of the oldest shows were empty. in november the. warehouses it was the main storage place for all the food in the city people who are eating the earth because it had small traces of sugar in it i tried to eat it as well but i couldn't. look at. it was incredibly heavy bombing. going here it was a direct hit on that very shelter and everyone was buried underneath. all of them went dead.