officials agree on the wording of a security which will give us troops. twenty fourteen immunity from prosecution however. has yet to be convinced. the united states government subsidize. the taliban and al-qaeda the haqqani network those groups that are trying to kill our soldiers. the u.s. millions of dollars to companies linked to terrorism. also with the british government of war. some middle eastern countries to syria to investigate the impact of sectarian violence that. joins the race to dominate the sky.

sparking fears of fresh unaccountable attacks from above. the world's top headlines for this hour on live from moscow i welcome to the program today america has allegedly given a more than one hundred fifty million dollars to companies in afghanistan that are suspected with links to terrorist organizations and the revelations come from an investigator who was specially appointed by the u.s. congress. the u.s. special inspector general for ghana stern reconstruction found out that the pentagon has hired forty three companies with suspected ties to terrorist networks the data comes from the pentagon's own classified investigative reports and

commerce department list of terror connected companies now the list of these forty three companies including a road construction firm presumably owned by a leader of the whole colony network the network was blamed for an attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul that killed sixteen people two years ago the u.s. army has carried out a classified investigation and said there was evidence of a direct role of both the company and its owners quote in the facilitation and operation of the hakani network and that approximately. from one to two million dollars per month flows to the network to finance its activities the inspector general said i've seen the information and it made my hair stand on and he said well not just his united states government subsidizing. the taliban al qaeda the haqqani network those groups that are trying to shoot and kill our soldiers from these specter general members of congress have heard about billions

of dollars simply wasted in of ghana's that now they have evidence suggesting that u.s. taxpayer money goes to finance terrorists or suspected terrorists the same networks that the u.s. is fighting despite these findings the pentagon has resisted permanently blocking the companies from getting more u.s. contracts because his lawyers say they cannot use the evidence against these companies because the evidence is classified especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction pointed out what he called the absurdity of it he said we can probably attack them via drone on monday and will issue them a contract on tuesday in washington i'm going to check out our team and our washington has moved one step closer to securing immunity from prosecution for soldiers who remain in afghanistan beyond two thousand and fourteen the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says the text of a security agreement has now been settled on it ultimately though clears the way for thousands of american troops to stay on the ground and remain under u.s.

legal jurisdiction or today the document is being considered by three thousand members of the council of afghan elders who have now come to kabul from all corners of the nation and the size of the remaining american contingent is also a sticking point the need needs to be agreed upon sultanzoy is a candidate in the upcoming afghan presidential election he says the current government has not considered the will of the people. i think the afghan president is trying to use this as a personal game the people of afghanistan and all others who are involved in this country we're tired of or we're tired of bickering and we're also tired of. being playing politics with the lives of people of afghanistan on one hand the president wants to portray it on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption the rule of bringing rule of law and good governance that's

what the people are suffering from he's trying to distract the people of afghanistan from what he hasn't been able to do to for this country are coming up a bit later this hour here in the that of dealing with the debt and the ever rising cost of living in the u.k. results in soaring personal debt millions of families unable to find enough money to pay for their homes. now western officials are alarmed at the plight of christians in the middle east where they're increasingly becoming targets of sectarian violence britain's faith minister says the turbulent region is now seeing an exodus so biblical proportions with christians under threat are becoming extinct in some countries. reports. for many christians in the middle east the arab spring has been wintry at best the international society for human life says that for want of if we five acts of religious discrimination in the world today a perpetrated and carried out against christians nowhere is this more acutely felt

than in the middle east and north africa if you look at syria for example with ten the state of the total population is christian a third of them have already fled from the civil war that started two years ago and that number continues to grow off to the murder of father but serious nasser last june two thousand and twelve the threats and the persecution of christians escalated so much so that many today say the night made facing the christians of syria is the same night me that the questions of iraq have been living under since the invasion in two thousand and three zero. zero zero zero zero and i believe it is all systematic and planned foreseen christians to leave in iraq for instance less than two hundred thousand christians remain we do have concerns we do hope we can stick to our land syria which is the cradle of christianity we also hope that the pope and heads of christian denominations shall call for denouncing

violence and adopting dialogue you know this year the christian town called moon outside damascus was attacked by rebels tens of soldiers were killed and many residents fled it's still not clear how many of them have know the story of an age and live in fear they have been displaced earlier i visited the town of homes where seven sold it took me to the frontline and showed me the damage the rebels had carried out against a local church one hundred pieces the chair as if a mcgovern fortunately it was not like that before look at this of destruction in mass from here the explosions were coming down on people praying and of course a little started crying out for help from us as. but east was right here and they were captures your country cha elsewhere in egypt the muslim brotherhood supporters have blamed christians for the army's own story of the president mohamed morsy more than eight hundred christian sites were attacked and some fifty two churches razed

to the ground one in iraq after the american invasion back in two thousand and three home for the iraqi christian population lifting for other middle eastern countries and american think tank the pew forum says that christians face harassment and oppression in one hundred and fifty nine countries this is maybe three quarters of all the countries on the face of the point to see on television and also he's coming here live from moscow as america's on man drones are notorious for that deadly operations and flashpoints all around the world but now the european union also wants a slice of the sky leading members of signed a deal to co-produce their own drone technology though the plans are sparking fears among activists who say they use still lacks accountability peter all of the has more. well the group has been dubbed drone club and their intention is to develop a new generation of unmanned aircraft over the next ten years now the reason that

they're doing it this is that they believe they're being left behind when it comes to drone technology by countries like the united states and israel and currently both britain and france do operate drones they use the american bill to reprint drone interesting lee enough though germany has said that they are opposed to the use of any kind of weaponized drones and the european defense agency has being quick to point out the known weaponized uses for drone technology however the use of drones particularly by the united states in countries like pakistan and yemen and the widespread civilian casualties that is being caused well that's left drone technology as a very emotive issue and here in germany the war activists on topic about the decision to develop them here are very very concerned i think that the very nice phrasing that they've tried to say that says for to control human trafficking over

that mediterranean airspace and so forth for surveillance purposes i don't see them necessarily helping migrants coming from africa from that because it didn't help just to save any of those people so there is no control about these things they can see it being used for humanitarian purposes but actually they could be used for lethal purposes well this comes after a recent u.n. report that was somewhat damning of drone technology in fact referred to them as being a danger to global security and that by using these type of weapons it encouraged more nations to try and acquire them and i coming up in today's edition of breaking martin the debate is up about the potential ramifications of a global buildup of drones. and the play was technically over looks like a new kind of arms race is alive and well so european leaders have just announced they're forming a drone club decision that been decades in the making and france germany and

several other nations are pouring money into a new generation of armed drones to rival those used by the u.s. and israel looks like all of america's unmanned kills are leading to a bad case of drone and b. but it's not just europe that has set its sights on these deadly robots for the last few years iraq one has been working on its own drone fleet this week the islamic republic on the veil that's the largest armed unmanned aerial vehicles to date capable of striking targets almost anywhere in the middle east in fact the u.a.e. views are so popular now seventy six countries possess them according to government accountability office one can only hope the world leaders are taking into account the alarming inefficiency and deadly outcome of these drone wars because if they don't we'll find out the true danger of a global drone race. for the american captain of the greenpeace a vessel that was involved in the storming of a russian arctic oil rig has been freed on bail

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told pictures of today's news. on demand from around the globe. up to. fifty. if you are just joining us welcome to the program here on our i'm all green peace activists. call today to find out whether they'll be granted bail twenty men and women have been let house since the beginning of the week. hooliganism trying to scale a russian oil platform in the arctic in september let's get some more details on this now cross live to watch east correspondent yeah go to get off good to see you you go to so well ha for those in custody have been bailed what's the latest. well six more greenpeace activists are going to be in the. court hearings on thursday at

two courts in st petersburg already twenty activist out of the arctic thirty have been released on bail which is around sixty one thousand u.s. dollars including the captain of the arctic sunrise and the russian. photographer who also got caught up in this whole story although several activists their detention was prolonged for another three months but those who have been released on bail they are still going to have to attend the actual trial and when they do this bail is going to be returned to them just to remind you still all of them are being accused of going to them because this whole scandal the whole incident happened. when this group of greenpeace activists which eventually became known as the arctic thirty they approached a russian oil platform in the north a small group of them event came even closer to the platform on the rubber board

right scaling it all of them were arrested brought to the mainland then first to move then delivered to st petersburg accused of piracy of thirst first then these charges were reduced to hooliganism but the penalty for that could still be up. seven years behind bars if they are found guilty greenpeace itself has been strongly criticizing russian officials for these accusations saying that it was a peaceful act of protest aimed at protecting the arctic sea environment and also cause a huge scandal in the relations between russia and the netherlands since the arctic sunrise the vessel which is involved. so they are actually already suing russia at the international maritime so definitely a story some major consequences which is still developing but like i said this is just yet another day more hearings concerning possible release on bail all right.

thank you. thank you for joining us here today people in britain a burying themselves and loans and credit just to meet the high cost of living the level of personal debt in the country is now close to an all time high and as aussies laura smith reports millions of families risk losing their homes as they struggle just to make ends meet. tehran london's main shopping dried christmas has already begun with all the exhausting spending that entails but millions of households across britain will be entering the festive season already saddled with unmanageable debts a new report says personal debt has hit one point four trillion pounds as the rising costs of living forces people to borrow to make ends meet debts they ultimately will be able to repay that one point four trillion is an average of

fifty four thousand pounds per household that's almost double what it was ten years ago and almost as much as the country's entire economic out that figure includes mortgages secured debts but the report warns that owns secured debt has also tripled in the last twenty years britain's fifty five point six billion pounds on their credit card treble what it was fifteen years ago all that says the report has a how doing a fact on people and their relationships so i start change that chart he sees about half a million people a year in that ruins their relationships it can really kind of pressure pressure on their family life and and the stigma associated with that just makes it really hard for people to deal with their problems and they're about to feel the pinch even more despite historically low interest rates britons have failed to pay off as much

debt as their american counterparts and when interest rates rises the bank of england has promised they will as unemployment fulls mortgage payments will go up to potentially putting thousands of families out onto the street. now ukraine is embracing fracking in an attempt to explore its natural resources and gain energy independence but thousands of people have joined rallies around the world worried about the effect this new form of drilling could have on the environment a short time ago i spoke with. it's unclear yet whether ukraine will be signing the much desired free trade agreement with the european union it's still being decided but it's already and it's a solid fact it's already let in the western oil and gas companies into its market to extract potentially the biggest of shale gas in the whole of europe the companies like chevron exxon mobil and royal dutch shell and ukraine for certainly for ukraine this is certainly a blessing because it's been long looking for energy independence from the gas

imports from russia it's been long unhappy with the prices he's been paying for the russian gas imports and as once the energy minister of the country told me the reserves would make ukraine not only resolving its domestic issues but as well turning it into a exporting country so keen the government is rushing this extraction that it disregards largely disregards concerns voiced by many colleges in the country have been saying that the fracking and extraction of shale gas would lead to ecological catastrophe in the east of ukraine very densely populated areas and what's interesting here that ecologist have told me on many occasions that we're just voicing these concerns they are being labelled by the state media as agents of gas problem let's listen to one of the callers just one told me about potential risks of fracking in ukraine. we could deal goes and usually have different camels that extract more gas from the rocks the bottom of the underground system which provides fresh drinking water is completely destroyed because water is

a strategic ecological resource when once fall in the area becomes practically non-viable and so you have basically the same situation happens in romania was also looking to extract its shale gas reserves and we've also seen protests there so it is a very tricky situation but experts are saying that even if extraction of shale gas begins in ukraine that would not happen until the twenty year twenty. now fracking is offering governments around the world access to potentially vast amounts of energy resources that take a closer look at fracking let you know what it's about because the method involves breaking up rock at least one kilometer below the ground opponents say there could be grave environmental consequences warning that the use of explosives and chemicals contaminate the water supplies that pollutes the ground in the air as well as suffer cisco based climate campaign director rose broths she believes the fracking industry is wasting its time trying to push this technology.

fracking has been associated with air pollution water contamination water depletion earthquakes and of course climate change you know across the u.s. and internationally and these threats are just being quieted by oil and gas companies reaching often confidential settlements with people who are desperate to get some compensation for the damages they've suffered oil and gas companies have spent billions of dollars. really selling. you know a story about how fracking is safe and their reality is quite different that all the dot com right now a diplomatic spot involving over two so. nations a group of one hundred thirty three countries abandons a major u.n. conference on climate change right in the middle of the structure and you can find out why it ought to be doggone right now i want you to check out this story apple is plunged into

a legal battle after trying to register the brand name in russia upsetting one of the country's oldest political those details also with the website right now. right. first right. and i think that you're. on a reporter's twitter. in. the in the. it's on the line from moscow let's focus on geneva right there it's day two of talks on iran's nuclear program with all sides actually expressing confidence that a breakthrough is possible is off to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu flew right here to moscow in a last ditch attempt to get russia's president to toughen the terms of the proposed

deal by the. being discussed would reportedly create a six month diplomatic window for terror on before a final pact can be negotiated during this time the country must freeze parts of its atomic program in return for limited relief from sanctions but israel thinks the deal would just buy time for terror on to make a bomb and is now threatening a firm military strike against the islamic republic here at r.t. we talk to one israeli journalist who believes that netanyahu is efforts to prevent the agreement simply put will not work. all indications at deal is in the making of course it could always fall through if one of the players insists on some minor point but the general direction is thoughts and agreement. and many in the israeli public think it's a very good development contrary to what. would make it

appear hard of course will be keeping you updated on the second day of talks in geneva but if you need a more information about the the negotiations of the run i should say just head over to r.t. dot com right now for the meantime though into the world of that we go let's get some other global headlines for you in brief to pakistan the northwest where a suspected american drone strike has killed at least six people police say the unmanned aircraft fired three rockets at an islamic seminary killing teachers and students burning their bodies beyond recognition of two afghan militants reportedly also among the dead and in a separate incident two policemen and a civilian have been killed by an explosion in southwestern pakistan after a bomb rigged to a bicycle went off near a group of people at this point it's not clear who was behind that it. and to italy where hundreds of protesters threw smoke bombs at police who responded with tear gas and brute force scuffles broke out on

a square in central rome where people had gathered to protest against a high speed rail link between italy and france and the opponents of the project argue it's a waste of money and it will hurt the environment the rally was time to coincide with the meeting between the italian prime minister and the french president who arrived in rome to discuss the plans. were right up next the skyrocketing success of bitcoin explained by an insider to artie's oxana boy live from moscow this is one. if you got nothing and you got no opportunity. to start to construct your own currency. no longer be

a bit give don't want to be gangsters you don't want to be drug dealers they don't want that blow with no time to be a kid came be we can see. you just means a hundred thousand i hope i live in the hood. some very very well. but i said. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young age. sigrid laboratory tim curry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only on the r g dot com.

hello and welcome to worlds apart it's been treated as both the world's based save guard against corrupt bankers and potentially the biggest ponzi scheme in the history of humanity why is bitcoin so extreme both in the fluctuations of its value and in. the opinions they draw as well to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by patrick murphy general counsel of the bitcoin pollination mr mark i really appreciate your time here thanks for having me now we're recording this program just days after the landmark hearing in this saturday on the future of digital currencies and one outcome of that hearing was that the value of bitcoin soared past nine hundred dollars and then drop just as sharply do you see that as

a positive development that market's reaction well i think it's a positive indicator of sentiment in the coin community. i don't know that i would consider it positive the there are the wild fluctuations and price but you know that these volatility of bitcoin is what makes some people extremely excited about this new digital currency and other people extremely wary of bitcoin and i think that it is also something that droll speculators in and may keep some of the mainstream consumers that bait have you thought of any sort of trash hold value beyond which the steep increases will start impeding the growth of the market for for for the actual consumers rather than speculators sure well i don't think it has to be either or there are speculators and mass consumer adoption of the u.s. dollar both play a role speculators help with price discovery and of course consumers use it as

a currency so i think that's likely to be the trend with big point as well the difference is that the it's supply and demand right now on the demand is far outstripping supply and that drives the price up in these parabolic curves but eventually will will settle in. and that is fair or for mass consumer adoption and when i get to that absolutely i'm sure you've heard of bitcoins kept to comparing. this new currency a two ponzi scheme or warning of a possible bubble. you know that. like in the case of housing bubble or high tech bubble the problem was not in the actual asses that far behind those industries but in the amount of speculation that surrounded it so it seems that the same thing is now happening live bitcoin a lot of speculators are drawn to it.