trades and boots for bombs in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops while deadly drone strikes are stepped up it's sparking fears of more civilian casualties nearly seventy thousand americans will still remain in afghanistan after two thousand and twelve. accused of inciting hatred and discrimination against muslims such far right politician heard fielder's walks free from a court in amsterdam his supporters have praised the verdict as a win for the freedom of expression and religious political debate. and in bringing the best of russia and his heart and soul to a global audience twenty four hours a day to use a brand new documentary channel goes live with the help of a president talk brings the best of russia's culture nature and history to a global audience broadcasting in english twenty four seven. the next he sits down with a former afghan m.p. turned human rights champion malalai joya about braves death threats and assassination attempts to expose what she calls the dark side of life and her country joy claims that the nato occupation has

the trades boots with a bombs in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops while deadly drone strikes are stepped up because of more civilian casualties nearly seventy thousand americans will stay in afghanistan after two thousand and twelve. accused of inciting hatred and discrimination against muslims such far right politician the hood builders a walks free from according to them today while many held it as a win for freedom of expression experts say his trial shows that europe's multiculturalism policies have had the opposite effect driving communities apart. and bringing the best of russia and its heart and soul to a global audience twenty four hours a day to use a brand new documentary channel goes live with the help of a president. brings the best approaches culture nature and history to a global audience broadcasting. time now for the sporting news with natasha. well welcome to the sports all day thanks for joining us this hour the headlines staying put says come oscar the native new slogan might seem to remain top of the russian football premi

class to the us a trade suits a football news in afghanistan obama announces that the withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops small deadly drone strikes are stepped up stocking fears of more civilian casualties and nearly seventy thousand americans will still remain in afghanistan after two thousand and twelve. on exports and sits down with a film afghan m.p. turned human rights champion malalai joya braves death threats on assassination attempts to expose what she calls the dark side of life in her country joy claims the nato occupation has only brought more suffering to the people of afghanistan. well enjoy thank you for taking the time to be with us thank you very clear recently returned from a trip to the u.s. and started world you were denied entry visa a decision was later averse to but why do you think this happened especially after the. visit and there were several times when i'd be proud because each time in the past also when i bring to us and also. pleased i exposed the wrong policies of us in latin in afghanistan who are occupying our country and did about it on women

it trades a boost from ball music in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops drone strikes has stepped up small fears of more civilian casualties nearly seventy thousand americans will still remain in afghanistan after two thousand. and bringing the best of russia and his heart and soul to a global warming twenty four hours of aussies a brand new documentary channel goes along with the help of president. brings to the best of russians culture nature and history to a global audience. and. it was the headlines here on our next let's see what's going on in the world of sport with natasha. thanks rory hello and welcome to the school thanks for watching headlines the saying. of the russian premier league. with fists of the cold weather but the final answer than a massive brawl with everyone involved. and also our team with the russian and polish soul of its school of medicine. the basketball team to gold of the soul index and has now become a hero of the documentary. but let's go straight to wimbledon first where they fools action is now in progress with som

afghanistan. the u.s. first launched strikes in 2001 under president george w. bush. when president obama took office there were 36,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan. president obama announced the surge of 30,000 additional troops in 2009 and tonight he offered a time line to withdrawal with a target of ending the mission by the end of 2014. you can watch more of the president address on www.ktvu.com. look for the video feed on our home feed. >>> for the troops returning home their toughest batself ahead. john fowler is live with new research on how the mental impact of war is turning into a physical one. john. >> reporter: some of them may be getting treatment here for drug addiction, for early alzheimer's disease, even heart disease. all linked to posttraumatic stress. >> reporter: you can find many veterans on the street, for them the war isn't over. it's a new battle with invisible injuries. >> i lost two of my best buddies over there. >> reporter: he is just getting out of the army after tours in iraq and afghanistan. >> i feel like people don't understand. you know? and -- >> perezners

afghanistan. president obama's speech announcing troop reductions in afghanistan is a real trend online. 3,000 soldiers will come home in the next 15 months. some people saying the troops should come home immediately and others think they should stay there longer. at number two, lady gaga's plea, the singer is using her star power to convince it's safe for people to visit japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. she's saying that it's important to remind the world that the doors are wide open for tourists to enjoy the country. >>> and then at number one, glen campbell, the legendary country singer has been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. 'padre pretty disoriented at a concert earlier this year. campbell says he'll be releasing his final album this summer. >>> cash-strapped carmaker saab has admitted it is not going to be able to pay workers' wages. the company's owner, swedish automobile, formerly known as spiker says it hasn't been able to get the necessary short-term funding. for more on that, "world business today's" nina dos santos joins me now. can it

jump in anytime you want gareth i'd like to go to you first in washington details of obama's pullback from afghanistan are becoming more and more clear are you satisfied that it's legitimate or is it just all about domestic politics the united states obama is trying to satisfy public opinion without alienating the military all that much because it's still open ended even what we've heard about these plans american and nato troops will be in afghanistan for a very long time. well i wouldn't quite put it that obama is trying to satisfy public opinion in a sense opinion in the united states on afghanistan is way ahead of president obama in terms of the desire to withdraw our troops i mean the latest pew poll shows fifty six percent. to thirty eight percent want to withdraw our troops as soon as possible only thirty eight percent are interested in keeping troops there until the situation is stabilized quote unquote so i mean that's really you know it's not that obama is satisfied in public opinion what he's doing is primarily satisfying the interests of the pentagon in the military they have gotten most o

the pressure president obama faces with regards to afghanistan mostly has to do with the enormous war spending and the number of casualties among american troops president obama was elected as a war and ended up waging more wars and spending more of taxpayers billions on inconclusive battles overseas that's what a lot of americans are frustrated about what doesn't get enough spotlight here is actually the results on the ground if you listen to american military officials they are cautiously talking about progress fragile progress as they put it but various reports on the ground say insurgency is growing among the afghans the systematic killing of civilians by nato strikes doesn't help experts say many of those now fighting against the allied forces in afghanistan are not a high that they are not terrorists they are fighting against who they see as invaders after one of the recent strikes that killed a significant number of civilians including children even the u.s. backed afghan president karzai has to make a harsh face saving statement warning nato that if they continue killing civil

i feel the french may feel they got left of iraq and afghanistan. obamating leading from behind. sometimes works like he is just teaming up with other guys who want to do their own muslim- world peacekeeping types. >> they don't missouri in the middle east without us leading down there. and our wig -- trying not to be as deeply involved. but we've already got two wars to worry about. >> give me a grade on obama's performance in europe this week. a through f. >> i think he gets an a+ in ireland. he did an excellent job -- >> overall grade. >> a. >> easy a. >> easy a. >> b. >> a b? why? >> i'm a tough grader. i don see much of substance, this they all talk free trade in europe, and they'rer now they're mild in bailouts. something bold needed to happen. he didn't. >> what came out of conference? >> that's what i'm saying. >> what are you looking for. >> maybe we can all start believing in the free trade re used to talk basketball, stop bailing out banks, stop bailing out countries and maybe stop intervening in places like libya. >> and start celebrating the

trades of boots for bombs in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of more than a so. troops while deadly drone strikes are stepped up and the fears of more civilian casualties seventy eight thousand americans will still remain in afghanistan after two thousand and two. and bringing in the best of russia and its heart and soul into a global audience twenty four. osses new documentary goes live with the help of a president who. brings the best of russia's culture and history to a new broadcasting in which. those are the headlines here and now is that dozens of movie stars and filmmakers gathered for the opening of the moscow international film festival spotlight host al gore and off one of the organizers and ask what it means for lovers of the silver screen here in moscow that's next you're with us. how again a wall come to spotlight they interview show on our take i'm going out of bed today my guest is kidding you it was a lot of. those out famous actors and directors have gathered in moscow today at the opening of the moscow international film festival for the first ti

now it's the weariness of afghanistan that's got us dragging. is obama off base here? could the republicans actually run to his left on this? funny you should ask. does john stewart want to call the shots in american politics or just take them? does the man want to lead us or what? finally, light my fire. in olden days of romney or huntsman, they would have all the tickets, successful business, governor, nice family, no rough edges. but that was pre-tea party. will it take michele bachmann or rick perry to lighten things up in 1012? i'm chris matthews. with us today, "time" magazine's michael duffy, nbc's norah o'donnell, "new york times" helene cooper and "the washington post," david ignatius. first up, it was the weeks politics of the war became clear er, and ending the surge in afghanistan is now a given. but is the president lagging the country on this? in a new pugh pole. 67% of democrats say get the troops out asap, as soon as possible. 43% of republicans agree with that. and the republican establishment, mitt romney and jon huntsman, may pressure president obama

well i wouldn't quite put it that obama is trying to satisfy public opinion in a sense opinion in the united states on afghanistan is way ahead of president obama in terms of the desire to withdraw our troops i mean the latest pew poll shows fifty six percent. to thirty eight percent want to withdraw our troops as soon as possible only thirty eight percent are interested in keeping troops there until the situation is stabilized quote unquote so i mean that's really you know it's not that obama is satisfied in public opinion what he's doing is primarily satisfying the interests of the pentagon in

dozens of die in terre bombings in afghanistan barack obama promises to follow through with the decision to withdraw one third of u.s. troops from the country. london is accused of harboring a foreign a fugitive former egyptian finance minister to live openly in britain despite a thirty year jail sentence back home. parties are coming to you live from moscow city center welcome to the program now one of russia's richest man has set his sights on politics after conquering the world of business. and being elected now to the right course party which plans to run in december as parliamentary elections go to his going off has spoken exclusively to the billionaire. is not yet known as a successful politician but he is known as a very successful businessman and when it comes to pull her off and to write cause they have quite ambitious goals as well which are not only to get into the state duma to the max election but also to become the second most powerful political force in the country right there next to the united russia party and even though. he's just starting he's already aiming for the s

afghanistan. >> that's right. one way or another. president obama will look you in the eye tonight and tell you why we're still in afghanistan. he'll likely say we have to stay there so the taliban won't take over the country again. we have to stay until afghan president hamid karzai's government is stable enough to hold its own. the question is, are americans so angry about the state of our economy and so war-weary they'll tune out whatever is the president will say? lawmakers are aware of that. you only had to watch c-span or cnn to know that. listen to democrat joe manchin and john mccain. >> in which we are rebuilding police, in other words, building a country, even at the expense of our own. >> the statements by the senator of west virginia which characterize the isolationist, withdrawal, lack of history and attitude which seems to be on the rise of america. >> president obama will tell you tonight he is going to withdraw 30,000 troops from afghanistan over the next year and a half, but 70,000 will remain. the united states will continue to pou

all about exit strategy obama's long awaited plan to start drawing down troops levels in afghanistan is in play but is it a real drawdown or just a reduction of the so-called surge of eighteen months ago did obama capitulate to public opinion over military needs and will american and nato troops ever completely leave afghanistan the afghans. can. still. get cross-talk u.s. afghan strategy i'm joined by gareth porter in washington he's an investigative historian and journalist also in washington we have sam side by he is senior director of iran programs at nonviolence international and in london we crossed the alexis crow she's a research fellow in the international security program at chapman house all right folks this is cross talk and that means cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want gareth i'd like to go to you first in washington details of obama's pullback from afghanistan are becoming more and more clear are you satisfied that it's legitimate or is it just all about domestic politics the united states obama is trying to satisfy public opinion with

the us trades boots for bombs in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of over thirty thousand troops while deadly drugs drugs are stepped up sparking fears of more civilian casualties. accused of inciting hatred and discrimination against muslims far right politician courage builders walks free from a court in amsterdam experts say his trial shows europe's multiculturalism policies have simply driven communities up on a. plan to bring the best of russia and his heart and soul to a global audience twenty four hours a day parties a new documentary channel goes live with the help of a president. this is r.t. live from moscow where it's now or just after seven pm on the recent show welcome to the program but throughout the course of the four month long revolution against colonel gadhafi his regime libyans have found themselves surrounded by threats of forces have killed hundreds of civilians during the bombing campaigns this according to government claims and rebels have been accused of committing atrocities against their own people. for not for national expense. this family hasn't had t

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trades boots for bombs in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of all who thirty thousand troops while deadly drone strikes are stepped up sparking fears of more civilian casualties and the seventy thousand americans will still remain in afghanistan after twenty two. and accused of inciting hatred and discrimination against muslims far right politician here to build this and walks free from a quarter months to down the many headed as a win for freedom of expression experts say his trial shows europe's multiculturalism policies had the opposite effect driving communities of plants. and bringing the best to rusher and his heart and soul to a global audience twenty four hours a day was his new documentary channel goes live with the help of the president as he called them to the best of russia's culture and they check out history to put global audience broadcasting in english. taverns update for a moment i'll be back with another summary for in fifteen minutes from now the meantime r.t. meets a former afghan m.p. turned human rights champion. a death threats and assassination attempt

dozens killed in a terror attack on a hospital in eastern afghanistan president obama pushes forward with plans for a drastic troop reduction labeled risky by some u.s. military commanders. in the u.k. he used to double standards for providing safe haven to egypt's former finance minister who was convicted of corruption despite london publicly supporting the pro-democracy movement. six am in moscow i am not treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story run of russia's richest man has set his sights on politics after conquering the world of business but how progress has been elected leader of the right cause party now plans to run in december as parliamentary elections are he's able to sort of spoke exclusively with a billionaire. because a lot of it is not yet known as a successful politician but he is known as a very successful businessman and when it comes to brought up and the right cause they have quite ambitious goals as well which are not only to get into the state duma as of the next election but also to become the second most powerful political force in the cou

trades at groups for bombs in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops while deadly drone strikes are stepped up sparking fears of more civilian casualties. accused of inciting hatred and of discrimination against muslims far right politician here wilders walks free from the. experts say his trial shows europe's multiculturalism policies simply driven communities apart . and bringing in the best of russia and its heart and soul to a global audience twenty four hours a day that new documentary channel goes live with the help of a president. join me for those stories and more in about thirty minutes but before that we talk to those who still remember nazi germany's first offensive against the soviet union which took place in the city of brest in modern bella ruse that's next on r.t. . brest fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of belarus formerly the soviet republic of belarus a fortress was once the westernmost outpost of the soviet empire each day schoolchildren in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monu

president obama has announced the withdrawal of 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistanhis year and another 23,000 by september 2012. mr. obama -- mr. obama's announcement outlined the exit of the forces he sent. the reductions are larger and faster than military commanders have advised. while president obama said u.s. forces were fulfilling their goals in the afghanistan, it led to this announcement today. >> we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year. we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge by analyst at west point. after this initial reduction, our troops will continue coming home at a steady pace as afghan security forces moved into the lead. our mission will change from combat to support. by 2014, this process of transition will be complete and the afghan people will be responsible for their own security. >> he added that, by working together with their allies, the afghan forces are ready to meet the challenge . >> in afghanistan, we have inflicted serious losses on the talib

president obama has announced that 33,000 american troops will be withdrawn from afghanistan by the summer of next year. 10,000 will end this year, mr. obama said he is starting from a position of strength. and under more pressure at any time since the september, 2001 attacks. that's all from us in london and singapore. you can get more on our website or followous twitter. good-bye for now. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles.

afghanistan for a very long time. well i wouldn't quite put it that obama is trying to satisfy public opinion in a sense opinion in the united states on afghanistan is way ahead of president obama in terms of the desire to withdraw troops in the latest pew poll shows fifty six percent. want to be thirty eight percent want to withdraw our troops as soon as possible only thirty eight percent are interested in keeping troops there until the situation is stabilized quote unquote so i mean that's really you know it's not that obama's satisfied in public opinion what he's doing is primarily satisfying the interests of the pentagon in the military they have gotten most of i would say eighty percent of what they wanted whereas the faction in his administration that was really concerned about the cost of the war got very little of what they wanted a lexus and i'm going to you in london what is obama's priorities then because a lot of people see this is this kind of smoke and mirrors but it's not really a real drawback at least at this point because. drawing the number of troops is still there still really very few deadlines ou

in afghanistan as barack obama promises to follow through with the decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the country. gyptian finance minister openly in britain despite. international news in comment line from our studios here in central moscow this is . one of russia's richest men has set his sights on politics after conquering the world of business because has been elected leader of the right party which plans to run in december parliamentary elections. spoken exclusively to the billionaire. it is not known as a successful politician but he is known as a very successful businessman and when it comes to andy a right cause they have quite ambitious goals as well which are not only to get into the state duma as to the next election but also to become the second most powerful political force in the country right there next to the united russia party and even though. he's just starting he's already for the senior levels political elite i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into allusions we have particular goals to get into russia's lower house of parliament w

the us trades a boot in afghanistan obama says the withdrawal of over thirty thousand troops drone strikes have stepped up with. more civilian casualties. and bringing in the best of russia. to a global audience twenty four. new documentary channel goes live with the help of. world wide news live from moscow this is a. well throughout the course of the four month long revolution against the regime libyans have found themselves surrounded by threats nato forces of killed hundreds of civilians during the bombardments this according to government claims and rebels have been accused of committing atrocities against their own people. explains. this family hasn't had the war quiet and peaceful like this one for months they've escaped from the libyan rebel stronghold of benghazi to hide in this refugee camp in the west of the country after a life in their native town became a nightmare. it's not safe there anymore it's become dangerous and it's not only because of explosions and gunshots one day people from the government and then you call them rebels we call them terrorists came to me and told m