olympic torch relay. are. officials agree on the wording of a security pact which will give us troops the left in afghanistan after twenty four seen in human tape from prosecution but a council of elders in kabul still has to be convinced plants. the united states government subsidizing. the taliban and al qaeda network those groups that are trying to shoot and kill our soldiers look at allegations the uighurs has handed millions of dollars to companies links to terrorism in afghanistan. also as the british government walls questions are a threat of extinction in some middle eastern countries r.c. had to see where it investigates the impact of secretary to violence.

and the huge joins the race to dominate the skies with unmanned drones of its own sparking fears of fresh unaccountable at times from about. this is coming to live from moscow hello and a very warm welcome to the program washington has moved one step closer to securing immunity from prosecution for soldiers who were maimed in afghanistan beyond twenty fourteen secretary of state john kerry says the text of a security agreement has now been settled on it is the way for thousands of american troops to stay on the ground and remain under u.s. legal jurisdiction today the document is being considered by a three thousand member council of afghan elders who have come to kabul from all corners of the name. the size of the remaining american contingent is also

a sticking point that needs to be agreed on and daoud sultanzoy is a candidate in the upcoming afghan presidential election and he says the current document 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 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 himself as a patriot on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption 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 the show the legal immunity for american troops has long been

sensitive for afghans in the face of some serious allegations against u.s. forces but when it comes to admitting mistakes in the decade long war washington says it won't even discuss an apology. interviewed. the journalists who broke a story about claims of mass that and murder which have been denied by american officials. 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 either by the red cross or by the afghan government afterward so i essentially investigated these allegations and assembled a quality of testimony from locals from officials. about two confidential u.n. and red cross investigations that corroborated the allegations that suggested that the special forces and their translators were indeed responsible for these men do you think that these incidents that you've uncovered and the greater pattern of abuses will somehow have a role to play in terms of what kind of position the united states forces will have after twenty four to it's possible that the so-called zero option could take place in afghanistan as well though i think that in this case because there's no oil money to buffer the afghan government they probably realize that it would be a bad idea at least for the karzai regime or whatever its successor is to push out . the international forces so while i want to hand the status of the let's say

official mission post two thousand and fourteen is still in doubt. the there is no doubt that there is going to be a very active and continuing covert black presence in afghanistan and in the surrounding region led by the central intelligence agency in the joint special operations command pursuing the kind of global war on terror that we see taking place in yemen and somalia in north africa pakistan and many other countries so it's been reported that america has allegedly given aid worth more than one hundred fifty million dollars to companies in afghanistan that are suspected of links with terrorist organizations the revelations come from an investigator who was specially appointed by the u.s. congress. looks at this story the u.s. special inspector general for reconstruction found out that the pentagon has hired forty three companies with suspected ties to terrorist networks the data come from

the pentagon's own classified investigative reports and commerce department a list of terror connected companies now the list of these forty three companies including a road construction presumably owned by a leader of the 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 in the facilitation and operation of the hakani network and that approximately. from one to two million dollars per month close 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 network those groups that are trying to shoot and kill our soldiers from these back

to general members of congress have heard about billions of dollars simply wasted in afghanistan now they have evidence suggesting that u.s. taxpayer money goes to fine is 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 the special inspector 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 on r.t.e. . this is coming up later this hour dealing with debt the ever rising cost of living in the u.k. results in soaring possible debt with millions of families i'm able to find enough

money to pay for their homes. western officials are alarmed at the plight of christians in the middle east where they're increasingly becoming targets of sick terror and violence returns phrase minister says the region is now seeing an exodus of biblical proportions with christians under threat of becoming interesting and in some countries. has. for many christians in the middle east the arab spring has been wintry at best the international society for human life says that for one to if week 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 him 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 best in years nasser last year in two thousand and twelve the threats and the persecution of christians escalated so much so that many today say the night me facing the questions 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 zero zero zero zero zero zero the way home oh yeah i believe it is all systematic and plan foreseen christians to leave in iraq for instance less than two hundred thousand christians remain we do have concerns and we do hope we can stick to our land in the 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 in all this this year the christian town of mahmoudiya outside of damascus was attacked by rebels tens of soldiers were killed and many residents fled it's still

not clear how many of them have not returned to the village and where in syria they have been displaced only i visited the town of homes where a syrian soldiers took me to the frontline and showed me the damage the rebels had carried out against a local church one hundred this is the church unfortunately it was not like that before look at this destruction in mass and from here the explosions were coming down on people praying and of course people started crying out for help from us as . the priest was right here and they were captured here in the church elsewhere in egypt to the muslim brotherhood supporters have blamed christians for the army's all story of the president mohamed morsy more than eight hundred christian sites were attacked and some fifty two churches razed to the ground while in iraq after the american invasion back in two thousand and three half of the iraqi christian population lived 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 nearly three quarters of all the countries on the face of be a point to see on t.v. television. america's unmanned drones are notorious for their deadly operations and flashpoints around the globe and now the european union also wants a slice of the sky leaving e.u. members have signed a deal to co-produce their own drone technology but the plans have sparked fresh fears among activists who say they use still lacks accountability based on a hostile. 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 report

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 years is 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 are being caused well that's left drone technology as a very emotive issue and here in germany and see war activists on topic about the decision to develop them here very very concerned i think that the very nice phrasing that they've tried to say it's just 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

say is 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. more greenpeace activists appearing before st petersburg called to find out whether they'll be granted bail twenty three men and women have already been paying about sixty thousand dollars says she suspects trying to scale a russian oil platform in the september. brings us all still all of them are being accused of hooliganism 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 then came even closer to the platform on a rubber boat right scaling it all of them were arrested brought to the mainland first to movements to 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 to 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 and the incident also caused 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 tribunals this is just another day more hearings concerning possible release on bail. and the rest of today's top headlines

in just a moment for you stay with us. led . her. favorite leaves the. economic ups and downs in the final months day the longer the deal sang i and the rest because it's going to be a single day every week told me. one of the wonderful strong arming a lot of the commune hall of fame types are like peter limone. pluck.

a pleasure to have you with us here on our team today i roll researcher. again this is the welcome back. ukraine's parliament has rejected a bill that could have allowed jailed former prime minister yulia tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad she is serving a seven year sentence for abuse of power links to a deal signed with russia back in two thousand and nine and has requested treatment for chronic back pain the e.u. has been demanding ukraine soften its stance to go as a key condition in this signing of an association agreement leading to closer integration with the europe another major point of discussion there has been energy

security moscow has made it clear it will stop providing cheap gas if signs a deal with the e.u. and that's led ukraine to explore other ways of achieving energy independence as. he reports. 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 it'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 a 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 were told me about potential risks of fracking in ukraine. we could deal goes and usually have different camels that extract more gas from iraq's most of the underground system which provides fresh drinking water is completely destroyed you think it's water resistant teach you keep a logical resource when spoiling the area because practically non-viable 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. fracking is offering governments around the world access to potentially vast amounts of energy resources let's now take a closer look at fracking the method involves breaking up rock at least one kilometer below ground opponents say they could be grave environmental consequences warning the use of explosives and chemicals contaminates water supplies and pollutes the ground and air and san francisco based climate compay and director rose broz believes the fracking industry is wasting its time in pushing this new technology in has been associated with air pollution water contamination water depletion earthquakes and of course climate change you know across the u.s. and internationally 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 the reality is quite different. and on r.t. dot com for you right now a diplomatic spot involving over two thirds of all nations a group or one hundred thirty three countries abandons a major gun conference on climate change right in the middle of the session had a mind to find out why. apple is plunged into a legal battle after trying to register the brand name in russia upsetting one of the country's oldest political parties there are more details on our website. right to see. her story. and i think the jury.

on our reporters would. be among. the people in britain are baring themselves on loans and credit to amaze the high cost of living the level of personal debt and the country's close to an all time high. laura smith reports millions of families risk losing their homes to make ends meet . heroine 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 wouldn't 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 output that figure includes mortgages secured debts but the report warns that own secured debt has also tripled in the last twenty years britain's fifty five point six billion pounds on their credit cards alone treble what it was fifteen years ago all that says the report has a how ruing effect on people and their relationships. change that chart he sees about half a million people a year in that room so relationships can really kind of pressure pressure on their

family lives and on 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. in geneva it's day two of talks on iran's nuclear program with all sides expressing confidence a breakthrough is possible that's after israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu flew into moscow on a last ditch effort to get russia's president to toughen the terms of the proposed deal being discussed that would reportedly create a six month diplomatic window for tehran before a final package can be negotiated during this time the country must freeze parts of its atomic program in return for limited relief from sanctions but israel things

the deal will just buy time for tehran to make a bomb and is threatening a military strike against the islamic republic and we'll talk to one israeli journalist who believes netanyahu is efforts to prevent the agreement aren't likely to why. of all indications a 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 towards an agreement towards. reconciliation and many in the israeli public think it's a very good development contrary to what. would make it appear. and that will of course we keep in your updates on the second day of talks in geneva but if you want to learn more about negotiations with iran just head to our website r.t.

dot com and now some more news from around the globe this hour a suspected american drone strike in northwest pakistan has killed six people police say the unmanned aircraft fired at least three rockets and islamic seminary killing teachers and students a burning their bodies beyond recognition to militants were reportedly also among the dead in a separate incident two policemen under civilian have been killed by an explosion in southwestern pakistan after a ball reached a bicycle went off near a group of people it's not clear who's behind that. hundreds of protesters in three small dorms as police who responded with tear gas and brute force broke out on a square in central rome where people had gathered to protest against a high speed rail link between easter and france the opponents of the project it's a waste of money and would have been vironment the rally was times to coincide with

a meeting between the thailand prime minister and french president who arrived in rome to discuss the plan. and up next the lake of truth about the controversial queens of topless protesting to stay with us that. in my research i randomly came across a sad statistic according to the montpelier a center for the constitution only twenty eight percent of americans have actually read the constitution although the overwhelming majority claimed that they understood some of it and now we see why the constitution especially the bill of rights are getting whittled away the average person doesn't really know what their sacred covenant with the government actually says which means the government can get away with reinterpreting the agreement to suit their needs and not yours because no one is the wiser but if you think i'm going to say blue ridge american

how dare you then you are wrong the problem is that any kind of philosophy or ideology or just even asking why seems to be getting out of favor in educational systems all over the western world and beyond i mean shouldn't the average american be taught in school about you know america and like the constitution and capitalism how can the society advocate praise or defend values they don't have any idea about please let's get the stuff back into the educational system but i shift my opinion .

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