has with the u.s. . you know this terrible one sided affair whereby nothing really needs to be put forward in the way of evidence for the british to have to hand people over for prosecution in the united states and what keeps happening over and over again and the fundamental problem is that if these are people who have committed some kind of crime in exactly where they are then those things should be dealt with there and the extradition treaty just seems overload is or is that is actually removing people unnecessarily and dangerously i think from the from the place where they they actually should be and i mean it's not just the case of this young man that you're talking about well course that's very very relevant it's now but we have other issues like that like barbara where for example was a young man who has spent eight years in a british jail without charge or trial pending his intended extradition to the united states you know these are these are terrible issues but as i say i'm not convinced they're

in 1965 they predict the u.s. will build up its forces, try to build up the arvin, the south vietnamese army and government. at the same time, they believed that the u.s. effort would be undermined by a lack of public support for the war and they also they believe the south vietnamese government was fairly weak. you still have thrive vi this r. general tan, he believed that the u.s. would not have enough troops to do what west mother moreland was doing. he believed the u.s. would end up having the same problems as the french had. so he adopts a very aggressive form of phase 2 where he's really going to -- he's not going to go full conventional war against the americans but he's going to very aggressively fight the arvin, fight the american army when he can. to provide the strength for this the north basically moves to point of immobilizing the entire country for the war. north vietnam has to become a base for sending men, material, so on for fighting this war in the south. now the problem with doing this, through 1

the u.s. was somehow behind it. that she was very active in trying to get veterans of the baton death march to sue japan for their enslavement, and the state department wasn't so happy about that, but it turned out that she fit -- that she fit a lot of patterns of -- of manic depressive illness, or -- or bipolar disorder that got worse after she had her son. which often happens with women. and was exacerbated by a lot of -- a lot of real pressures all around her. >> what was your last conversation with letter? >> she called me just -- just three days before she killed herself, and that was the first time i of said something was very seriously wrong. i realize now it was a good-bye call. then it just seemed like a strange, you know, desire -- desired thing. i didn't know what to make of it. but that was the first time i had of noticed her as really depresses and disconnected from reality. so depressed it was lard to get t hard to get the words out and in retrospect, why she was about to do this.

the u.s. needs a formula one race. the fact a venue in austin is constructed now shows some stability and the fact that you have another event planned for 2013 here in new jersey, right with the backdrop of manhattan is going to provide the u.s. with two grand prixs which is for the first time really in a long time and this is going to be awesome. it's going to be great. >> now speaking of austin, is that track going to be ready in ti time? >> things look quite good actually. there were some doubts just a few months back. i think there were some hurdles to be dealt with. things look pretty good. i got some late information myself and infrastructure has gone up so it looks good. >> fantastic. and also what the u.s. needs besides the f1 coming back are formula one drivers. do you see anybody coming out emerging as a star? >> well, we have some youngsters coming up through the ranks and, again, i think the fact you will have your grand prix will encourage even some sponsors to get behind some of the young lads and create t

the u.s. state department and north korea's foreign ministry made the announcement almost simultaneously. follows talks last week in beijing on the north's nuclear issues. the leadership announced it will suspend nuclear testing, firing long-range ballistic missiles, and enriching uranium at the nuclear complex. and it will allow the international atomic energy agency to inspect facilities. in return, the u.s. will supply the country with 240,000 tons of food with the prospect of more in the future. the u.s. stopped supplying the aid three years ago. north korean officials want to hand out food by mid-april. residents will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder kim il-sung. the officials say their u.s. counterparts have promised to drop their hostile stance and want to move forward on an equal footing. secretary of state hillary clinton says u.s. officials will move cautiously. she told a congressional panel that the administration still has profound concerns. nhk

the u.s. whatever move to imprison a reporter for merely uncovering the truth write another just a few weeks ago that jay carney reassured us all about the president's unfaltering commitments to aggressive journalism now and bring these questions up because they're exactly at the core of the case the herb out's discusses the case of julian law haidar showy he's an independent yemeni reporter who's been languishing behind bars at the personal request of rights or improper obama he's respected for his coverage of the war on terror he has interviewed al qaeda leaders including some in some of the ones that the u.s. has been hunting and he was the first to detail the u.s. role in bombings that killed civilians including children back in two thousand and nine and while he was imprisoned on terror charges was pardoned after a national outcry in that country it was a phone call from president obama that kept him from being set free so why would the president of the world's military superpower take tim

next as the u.s. a led campaign in afghanistan suffers a double blow both from the taliban and the afghan government crosstalk ways up america's struggling strategy. can. stand. alone and welcome to crossfire computers of all the quagmire continues after the killing spree by a u.s. soldier the burning of korans and the desecration of taliban corpses the u.s. says it remains committed to its afghan strategy this is at a time when some american super hawks contend the war is all but lost the occupation is coming to an end but under whose terms. can. get crosstalk tense u.s. afghan relations i'm joined by salt landau in berkeley he is a senior fellow at the institute of policy studies author commentator and filmmaker on foreign and domestic policy issues in washington we go to richmond peter she's an award winning journalist and author of seeds of terror and in los angeles we go to christian white and he is a principal with d.c. international advisory and a former state department senior advisor all right

in the u.s. continue it seems the victims are getting younger. max keiser says an extra ration of becoming slaves to get trapped by what he calls banks to. understanding them to the front line in afghanistan or iraq you could own one of these products there are now conscripted there in this bind where they're giving their life essentially for the glory of the banks or the cultural revolution the banks are glorious let us let us revel in the glory of the banks first you too can give away your life gets sucked into it when they sell these are products of the same kind of pretense you know a byproduct of we're going to fight al-qaeda by an advertising dollar called. total nonsense it's immoral it's illegal this poor person is now going to be facing a lifetime onerous debts but it's all for the glory of the glorious pranksters as part of the cultural revolution. persaud take a look at the world of business now with the reader and this time the european markets are broken and how are they doing holding up after yesterday's gains yes care they are ther

the dialogue that the u.s. administration has been secretly pursuing with the taliban is not going well. in a statement issued on thursday, the taliban announced the suspension of the dialogue saying the u.s. has a shaky erratic and vague standpoint. the militia group has pledged to retaliate against u.s. troops for sunday's shooting rampage. if there is a further deterioration in security, the u.s. will be forced to change its withdrawal plan. the reputation of the u.s. military in afghanistan has been damaged by a series of scandals including the burning of copies of the koran at the u.s. base last month. >> there's no question we're going to be tested. we will be continue to be tested in months ahead. this is a war. we'll continue to i'm sure s incidents of violence of one kind or another. but the key is how we respond. >> panetta has spent much of his afghan visit trying to ease the rising anti-u.s. sentiment caused by his own troops. the u.s. exit strategy appears to have hit a solid wall of -- >> next, one

in getting stuff into the u.s., people into the u.s. i wanted to invite you both to talk more broadly about that problem. general, if you could, describe a little bit for the record here some of what you say in your posture statement about the quite methodical movement of iranian activities, personnel, particularly this man rabani into latin america which is obviously not good for us. senator, iran is very engaged in the region. they have doubled their number of embassies in the last seven years. they have 11 embassies, 40 cultural centers in 17 different countries throughout the region. we see their activity very much as trying to build cultural awareness and awareness for iran, trying to circumvent international sanctions that are on their employee and they're seeing an opportunity with some of the u.s.-focused countries within the region as a method on being able to do that. our concern remains their traditional connections with hezbollah and hamas who have organizations in lat tichb america. those organizations are primarily focused

the u.s. trade representatives' special 301 priority watch list for ip violations. what makes us think it will live up to its commitments after being allowed to join wto? yes, we should have access to a wto dispute settlement process. if we grant russia pntr. but what has that gotten news our trade relationship with china? 12 years ago, congress repealed jackson vannic and authorized npntr for china, and how did that work out? the u.s. reports to china annually on compliance with wto commitments. the most recent report is 127 pages long. filled with problems. the u.s. has used the formal dispute settlement process to address these issues only in a handful of cases. one case has remained open since 2007. even in the rare cases that we get justice, it's not speedy justice. despite all the structures of the wto, china cheats and continues to get away with it. if this is what we get from china which ranks 75th on the the countries on transparency international corruption perceptions index, what can

the u.s. government has exempted japan and ten other countries from its financial sanctions against iran. the u.s. says these nations have significantly reduced their imports of iranian crude oil. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton announced the didition in a statement tuesday. the statement says japan and ten european countries, including france and germany, will be exempted from the measure. the u.s. enacted a law last year that effectively bars financial institutions from its domestic market if they do business with the iranian central bank. the move is aimed at blocking countries from importing crude oil from iran. japan imports nearly 10% of its oil from iran. it has been urging the u.s. to exempt japanese firms from the sanctions. a senior u.s. official says japan reduced its crude oil purchases from iran by 15% to 22% in the latter half of 2011, despite the accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the official adds that japan understands the purpose of the u.s. law. japanese

motion kristoff or still however the u.s. ultimately at the end of the day is simply sponsoring terrorism in syria. bashar. tried reforms from the start of his term you should he have been you know in a friendly manner supported by other countries syria would have been of much better position know what we have done is this the west has you know stimulated corrupt regimes and unfortunately also a deal a turkey to interfere in a syrian situation and what we have now is president obama you know openly declared that we have in the state sponsored terrorism in damascus i was present with this. attack in damascus that is very clearly a secret service business with some you know i people who sharpshooting any help was approaching to the scene and we have more incidents of the bridges incident in aleppo and things like that i call this terror minute by the u.s. . you're watching our t.v. still ahead for you this hour how tweets have changed the world one hundred forty characters at a time. they can twitter posts you know anything you

and so the u.s. has the taliban, its enemy, on the one side, and an enemy of the afghan government on the other side and slowly an enemy of the afghan people so you end up with fewer and fewer and fewer people in afghanistan who are able to bridge the cultural divide between the u.s. and the afghan people. there are very dedicated people who have been worked to bring those two things together in pursuit of a common goal which is a better life for most afghan people and a strong functioning government. that hasn't materialized to meet the needs and expectations of the afghan people. al is may khalilzad talked about it's important what the u.s. does in the judicial process. the afghans want to see this guy hanging from a tree with his head off that's what justice would look like to them and they want it fast. you only have to look at the way justice works in afghanistan to know they're not talking about weeks from now or months from now, they're talking about days from now so of course the u.s. can xi p

in 1965 they predict the u.s. will build up its forces there, protect its bases in the population centers, try to build up the south vietnamese army and south vietnamese government. and at the same time, they believed that the u.s. effort would be undermined by a lack of public support for the war. and they also believed the u.s. effort would be undernimined by the fact the south army was weak. you've still got this rivalry in the vietnamese high command, how do you prosecute this war? general tan, again, who commands the communist force in the south, he believed that the u.s. would not have enough troops to do what westmoreland was doing, to prosecute the attrition war that he's going to do. and he believed that the u.s. would end up having the same problems and the same fate as the french had. and so he adopts a very aggressive form of phase two where he's really going to -- he's not going to go full conventional war against the americans, but he's going to very aggressively fight the arvn, fight the american arm

the u.s. military i think is a very accurate one and they have the right to demand an immediate withdrawal just because the people of the us that have been very much very very important that this is happened every day and the occupation of afghanistan is going on ten years ago this is new to the people not new afghanistan what is it that happens every day. so everything a. bridge life of the person. that made it was a day to day. really stripping them of their right to exist on a daily basis and the people of afghanistan have endured long patient for ten years we do know as you said in the beginning just over the top month. after scandal that emerged this is only what we know i mean it goes on every day with things that we don't know from the marines urinating on the bed. that afghan men. marines posing with not. sixteen mostly children by that soldier to about a month ago were a children were torn to pieces by an apache gunship the children were simply herding sheep this is going to try to hap

that the u.s. government in prose cruel inhumane degrading and borderline torturous treatment on the alleged wiki leaks are absolutely worth a read and also check out our youtube page it's youtube dot com slash r.t. america and you can follow me on twitter at christine prism our. culture is that similar to maybe you should be sitting on the mark with the chance to meet middle east and beyond what is the condition of the arab spring are humanitarian interventions affected what about the war. good afternoon now welcome to capital and how time more and list are here in washington d.c. and these are your headlines for march twelfth two thousand and twelve does the u.s. imperial machine manufacture weapons in order to confront new threats or does it manufacture threats in order to sell new weapons to try to answer that question and more is the u.n. security council votes to extend its mission in libya and america's oldest active duty warship left yesterday on its last deployment to cover the area includi

recently in the u.s. health, lawmakers approved a measure allowing the commerce department to impose higher duties on goods from china. this one-hour portion from yesterday begins with a question on new u.s. trade measures. it's courtesy of china central television. >> -- on with reuters, i have two questions for the minister. the first one is recently the u.s. government announced that it's going to employ some new measures in case that the chinese government continues to provide subsidy for its exports and the specific measures will include the increase of import duty. i would like to consult the minister for your views as well as the view of the minister of commerce if that's going to be the case, will the minister employ any cuts to the measures and the second is, there are opinions to which the economic reform in china is not deep enough. i want to know your comments, minister over this opinion. do you agree with this kind of opinion and if you do agree, in which specific sectors or areas do you belie

the u.s. president is trying to convince the israeli prime minister to take his finger off the trigger. we have more from washington. >> reporter: israel has been fighting with arab neighbors since the country was founded. the israeli people have a strong resolve. they want to defend their homeland without relying on others. in the past, israel has attacked nuclear facilities in iraq and syria. israeli leaders wanted to prevent their neighbors from developing nuclear weapons. president obama has been frustrated in his efforts to press iranian leaders into abandoning their nuclear ambitio ambitions. the prime minister is getting impatient. obama is trying to dissuade him not to rush for the military option. officials in the obama administration are concerned that military tensions between israel and iran will spread throughout the mideast. they are concerned that the uncertainty will push up oil prices even farther. and they fear that will hamper the u.s. and other economies as they recover from

plus while the u.s. debates the rights and freedoms of other nations taking away many of those rights right here in the u.s. for the national defense authorization act but a team of authors activists politicians and professors are trying to stop a wall in the tracks i'll tell you how. it's monday march twelfth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out there watching our team. well there is worldwide shock and outrage today after a weekend massacre in afghanistan a shooting rampage led by an american soldier who left his base saturday night walked more than a mile and broke into three separate homes killing sixteen civilians that includes nine children and three women and happening as the village of the punjab my district of khandahar this area actually considered to be the birthplace of the taliban where this is day after the shootings the man gathered some of the bodies and set them on fire before returning to his base and turning himself in and that man is now in custody according to u.s. offic

now the u.s. and afghanistan have finally reached an agreement on the transfer of prisoners from the main detention center a deal that within six months afghans will take control of the thirty two hundred the painting is at the thirty to par want which is to join the bottom air force base now the u.s. will still have access to par one and in fact they will still have veto power to block the release of detainees and the green with being hailed as a compromise a major milestone in moving forward on negotiations ahead of the scheduled withdrawal of u.s. troops that's been especially touchy issue since the granting of qur'an by u.s. forces are one sparked protests in the country and it's one republicans like lindsey graham suggested are worth removing all troops over and then a cut and run strategy what does this really mean and what about the unresolved elements of nitrates and temporary holding pens here this process with me is joshua walker fellow truman national security project i should thank so m

the u.s. together with its allies once through i think speed up all do as much as it can in order to prevent israel from ocean and i think that david cameron by the way a recent visit to washington was very clear when he said we don't support a strike and if it is ready for a cause we would not even support it so i think there is there was a clear cut messages of how much europe and the u.s. . military strike and these measures taken for their i think what they show they show their fears genuine fears that israel might actually go ahead with a unilateral military strike on iran iran is expanding its influence in iraq and they are going to. so it is a country where the u.s. is currently looking for an exit strategy so. has to be said here that iran and the u.s. . asli when the u.s. actually wanted to enter through the taliban regime. i believe now with the coward we can use the us is in good for good behavior which is coming out of two wars in iraq and afghanistan is much weaker stupid it was b

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says that the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan shouldn't be pulling out as its job isn't even remotely complete the kind of chicken statement comes as the u.n. security council rolls over the latest developments in the water. and country let's get the latest details from ortiz marie important she's in new york marina why has decided to weigh in on this issue of russia isn't directly taking part in the afghan campaign so why is it telling nato what it should be doing. well simply put the international stabilization force in afghanistan was something that was mandated by the security council and according to international law it is the security council that house to give approval and write a report before all the troops withdraw from afghanistan and that is why russian ambassador vitaly churkin is weighing in on this situation and while that's why other members of the security council are discussing afghanistan today now what ambassador churkin indicated is that the fact that there is an escalation in vio

the reset. in russia u.s. relations earlier optimism appears to have cooled addressing a security conference in moscow russia's president dmitry medvedev says he wants western alternatives to missile defense plans and for nato to stop living in the past but it is at least an hour. the theme of this russian international affairs council is euro atlantica security is a myth or reality at present message it made it very clear that he believes it's a myth that needs to become reality there are two major is here is that are hampering progress on making that a reality the first is this mindset that there's nato and that's all that's needed for european security the second our expansion plans on missile defense which saw a little bit of relief it's been a long time standing issue between russia and the us and of course the cooperation with nato and after we saw the signing of the strategic arms reduction treaty in twenty ten between a bit of an obama there was a little bit of relief and it was the really as the peak o

the head of the u.s. based nonprofit organization the future all freedom foundation good to see you today the u.s. is hailing russia's latest rhetoric on syria but what moscow is saying is just been speaking the same breath all the time along which of the two sides do you think is more desperate for a compromise at the u.n. i think it's impossible to say you know each side is trying to maintain its control over the regime its influence over the regime the u.s. would love to have regime change in syria the russians would love to maintain regime the regime there but let's face it you know a cease fire leaves the dictatorship in power and that's exactly what the syrian rebels would like to get rid of so i'm not sure that that really accomplishes anything with respect to the what the rebels want. when you when they're trying to get rid of the dictatorship i would let's let's address the issue all of the u.n. security council if it passes a resolution on syria how much could it really affect the culture that i

now the u.s. did not no longer need to convince the iranians to give up the leu for nothing but rather they could give the proposal of saying instead of you buying the fuel, we'll take the leu, we'll turn it into fuel, that way both sides would win. it would be a confidence-building measure, it would give political time and space for diplomacy, it would give something positive it could show that diplomacy actually could work. and by the iranians themselves asking for it, the opening, essentially, had been delivered to the united states. elbaradei realized this. instead of doing what he should have done which was to inform all suppliers that the iranians wanted to buy fuel, instead he only informed the russians and americans about this. immediately, a proposal was in the making between the united states and russia in telling the iranians, we'll take your leu, we'll turn it into fuel pads, and you'll get it back. by september signals were being sent to iran that negotiations needed to be taking place

well the u.s. japan security alliance is the cornerstone of america's defense posture in the asia pacific and the united states as both a transpacific and a transatlantic power but we couldn't project that power without the men and women who serve here in japan as we look at the region it is at peace but we have threats like what we hear every day from north korea. and the security mission is essential to continuing to under gird america's leadership and being prepared for the kind of challenges we face but also to seize the opportunities for a better future. in two thousand and nine after years of local protests u.s. secretary of state clinton signed an agreement with the japanese government to move the eight thousand troops stationed in the for ten days to the island of u.s. territory the move though is tied to the construction of a new strip on the eastern coast of okinawa in himachal bay the project follows the decision to expand the jungle warfare training center. for the north in short the u.s

so the u.s. economy is moving back towards balance and i think people need to move their poiles back towards balance and that still means to be diversified because something could go wrong anywhere in the world. >> susie: there are trial yuns in cash on the sidelines, a lot of it in money market funds. what are you telling your clients who may be skeptical of thaiblging air money away from safe platess and putting it into the marketss, what are you telling them to do? >> first i think we need to redefine the word safe. if you're earning nothing, zero on your money or close to zero and the inflation rate is 2 to 3%, then your money is lose value over time. if you're lucky to live long and you don't get your money to grow it's not going to last. so you take a risk by not taking a risk, that's the first thing. the second thing is a lot of people think high quality long duration bonds are a safe place, but not when long-term interest rates are rising. so to me safety means a diversified portfolio, sto

did cooperate previously when the u.s. actually wanted to enter to overthrow the taliban regime are so hard believe now with the current weakness the u.s. is in good for good the u.s. is coming out of two wars both in iraq and in afghanistan is a much weaker state than it was before and this is evident by the constraints on its policies when it comes to syria for example and so i think here it needs the cooperation of sudden regional players and without admitting it america does need the regional cooperation of iran it does mean iran to play a certain role so i think because of the weakness now the different position america is in yes it might be willing to take a different approach to really talk about this sort of situation in order to defuse or tackle out of oils in the region well it's an expert on middle east risk her life in beirut thanks for coming out. let's go to some other international headlines for you in the arts world update now starting with the ordered a missile defense system to be prepared in response to n

. >>> the japanese ambassador to the u.s. says his government still has concerns over the damaged fukushima nuclear power plant. his remarks came one year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami set off a nuclear crisis. and despite concerns, the ambassador also discussed japan's progress in rebuilding efforts. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us today. my name is michael oslin. i'm an asian fellow and scholar here at aei and also direct the japan studies program. we're obviously very grateful at this busy time today ambassador fujisaki with us to kick off what i hope is going to be a robust and extended discussion here among our expert panelists primarily on some of the things that the ambassador brought up, which is lessons learned, have there been lessons learned, what are they, where do we go forward from here, and as we sitting in america try to understand japan's own response over the past year to the disaster of 3/11, how do we see our role and what we've done togeth

branlds like coors light or miller lite in the u.s. ake all of our focus. >> susie: how is the beer business doing? >> in most markets it's a challenge. but our job, quite simply is to increase earnings and margeibs, and the core brand, and innovate around the brand, and also expand internationally as well into new markets. >> susie: how are you dealing with the drop off in business? >> we concentrate on the core brands and also that's innovation as well. we have to make sure the brands are elvant. coors lite and miller lite, we're bringing out alum newt pints keep the freshness in, and for miller light, a can which allows you to make the beer come out of the can some more moogtly. >> susie: aren't those something easily copied by competitors? >> they can be copied, but it department matter, because you're bringing value to the consumer, and the consumer recognizes that, and they're willing to pay for it. >> it's a much better way -- >> susie: and the emerging markets like china and india and other places? what kind of growth due expect

the u.s. state department and north korea's foreign ministry made the announcement almost simultaneously. the leadership announced it will suspend nuclear testing, firing long-rang ballistic missiles and enriching uranium and will allow the international atomic energy agency to inspect facilities. in return, the u.s. will supply the country with 240,000 tons of food with the prospect of more in the future. the u.s. stopped supplying the aid three years ago. north korean officials want to hand out food by mid-april. residents will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder, kim il-son. they want to move forward on an equal footing. secretary of state hillary clinton says u.s. officials will move cautiously. she told a congressional panel that the administration still has profound concerns. nhk world reports from washington. >> i said that it is our hope that the new leadership will choose to guide their nation on to the path of piece by living up to its obligations. to

the u.s. has continued sending afghan detainees to facilities where prisoners had previously been tortured despite banning such transfers last july their port comes from the afghan human rights commission assisted by international or open society groups evidence of new torture has already been uncovered as are he's got a chick ya know reports. every year or national forces detained thousands of afghans and a good number of those are transferred to afghan interrogators now the report by the afghan independent human rights commission and the new york based open society foundations were deals that what awaits the detainees after being transferred is often torture and denial of due process the record refers to very specific cases and testimonies and basically asks whether the u.s. is complicit in torture there we're talking about some gruesome reports of abuse detail in that report beatings suspension from the ceiling electric shocks of threatened or actual sexual abuse and other forms of mental an

simply because anyone who doesn't like what you the u.s. is doing in order ride is just automatically on the wrong side of the u.s. government of politicians here pundits and in the media and so on it doesn't think that somebody reporter said it doesn't fit the narrative or something that is surely said to test the reset button big push putin vying to be the military over the next few years this of course as the u.s. is set to trim its defense budget do you think that could provoke a rethink in washington now. oh yeah yeah certainly i don't think that the u.s. is particularly they find the idea of a re military russia very appealing you know and i should point out i think that the u.s. had so many opportunities to you know even before the reset to like you know really normalized relations with russia i mean you know moscow had stood behind the u.s. in a lot of its activities including going into afghanistan in withdrawing withdrawing from the ballistic missile treaty and so on and i think that that's a lot of why you know russia and vladimir

i think a record irreparably weakened the u.s. position and particularly the us military position in afghanistan i also think that it's very. challenging possibly pointless to try and fight a counterinsurgency strategy when you're propping up a government that is as corrupt and inept as hamad karzai government is that said i do think there have been areas where the u.s. military pockets where the military has been able to bring stability however there is there are real questions about the sustainability of that stability so i think we're looking at a strategy now that lacks political direction and which really needs to be dramatically reshaped i would not however call for a precipitous withdrawal from the region entirely i think. primary but it just from afghanistan ok just from afghanistan i mean everything you've just said says we should just leave right now i mean it's pointless the key stay there because it gets worse and worse and worse or maybe the last couple of months are just an exception that's hard to believe. well i wou

sounds var to tsimilar to the pn the u.s. where the central bank expects inflation to be coming down, but i would agree probably stickier than general and as a result, it still provides to me an incentive from the u.s. investor point of view to the more on the equity side than the fixed income side. >> yields are low. roughly 2.3 on the ten year, 2.# on gilts. and those are through in-thags abo inflation. so we wouldn't disagree with you that pond yields look lbond yie. there are still uncertainties out there and central banks will keep rates on hold for the next two to three years. so the 2%, 2.5% rates don't look great in the context of inflation. at the look okay relative to short rates. equities and risk assets in general as you know had a very good run. so i'd be a little bit cautious on chasing risk assets at this point. >> also some chatter out there of course about a potential downgrade for the uk. would this be a big issue? >> i don't think would to be honest. i think the big news was the u.s. down grade last year. as

and the u.s. has come under increased scrutiny in light of a number of issues issues like seeker see extraditions torture and so on and so forth now they are the focus of my interview with journalist andy worthington which i'm about to play for you but there's an update in that story so let's watch that interview and then i'll fill you in on what's new. seven nine eleven and the war on terror began so we have a labor prime minister because being the republican president we've got a democratic president cozying up with a conservative prime minister. much different may be able to demonstrate interchangeable these people because they're pretty terrible reasons for a bomb or a cameron to be close buddies you know they're both deeply involved in this horrible war that has gone on longer than any anyone can remember. that should have ended long ago. you know they were the country least. hand in hand shoulder to shoulder with each other in countering terrorism and their development in torture and renditio

the u.s. is reportedly threatening india with penalties if it doesn't comply with washington sanctions against iran the asian giant is one of the biggest consumers of iranian oil but even though it's free to trade with the islamic republic america wants it to go elsewhere artie's preassure reports. so far indian officials have refused to stop buying iranian oil which washington has clearly been very angry about some top u.s. state department officials in the past couple of weeks of said that this was a slap in the face to them the indian foreign minister has said that while india has followed you once ancient in the past there is nothing that actually binds them to follow them another big point that many indian officials here are sort of looking at is that the new u.s. law doesn't specify what percentage nation must reduce its import to qualify it from exemptions from the same sions so right now there have been reports surfacing that obama could impose penalties on india as early as june twenty

the u.s. soldiers suspected of carrying out a bloody massacre of afghan civilians expect to be charged with seventeen counts of murder as six counts of attempted murder and assault staff sergeant robert bales currently awaiting trial in the u.s. and could face the death penalty if convicted his lawyer says there is a lack of evidence against his client who hasn't confessed to killing an investigation by the afghan parliament cleans up to twenty people could have been involved or a veteran and activist michael prysner says the trials unlikely to improve the opinion afghan people have us. politicians and the generals and the officers and the military commanders they have made every single person in afghanistan the enemy and it is an occupation that the people overwhelmingly a close and this is the this is the nature of the occupation where every single afghan is considered fair game by the u.s. military did we look at the have bases where of massacres have taken place in iraq and afghanistan a lo

moscow says the u.s. led coalition forces should not be pulling out of afghanistan just yet is the mission there has not been accomplished russia's envoy to the u.n. stressed the problem of drug production as rabbit with trafficking cash being used to fund terror or at least marine important i reports from new york. according to international law it is the security council that house to give approval and write a report before all the troops can withdraw from afghanistan what ambassador churkin indicated is that the fact that there is an escalation in violence that's ongoing and terrorism continues to be a stretch he said it is ill considered to establish arbitrary deadlines for withdrawing troops if the situation in afghanistan right now remains very critical and very unstable ambassador churkin said that security viable security needs to be established before international forces leave one of the many concerns that churkin raises the fact that conflict reduction and illegal sales of drugs continues in afg

motional a list of christoph waltz or however says that the u.s. is simply sponsoring terrorism in syria. in any case tried reforms from the start of his tenure and should he have been you know in a friendly manner supported by other countries syria would have been a much better position to know what we have done is this the west as you know stimulated corrupt regimes and unfortunately also a d.l. a turkey to interfere in a syrian situation and what we have now is president obama you know openly declared that we have. sponsored terrorism in damascus i was present with this double bomb attack in damascus that is very clearly a secret service business with some you know i qaeda people attached to who are in the sharpshooting on any helpers approaching to the scene and we have more incidents of the blown up which is incident in aleppo and things like that i call this terror management by the u.s. . watching r.t. and i still have for you this hour how tweets have changed the world one hundred forty characters at a time. if. you know anything you wouldn'