two concerns having worked in the middle east central asia and south asia i've seen public opinion turn against america because of our military endeavors in the country and secondly i real concerns with the authorization to use military force from two thousand and one to let the president kill anyone anywhere any time so all right is it really concerns that we need truly heated debate i appreciate i agree with both of you many thanks to my guests in washington and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember. the only one. isn't. wealthy british style it's time to rise. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy because a report on. some of the sixteen percent imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. they enter our territorial waters they fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing is taking the bread out

and there have been very close links between central asia and india. founded iempire was babar. -- by we have these close relationships with these countries. and the indian film industry has been a object of great fascination for ordinary russians. as it is for ordinary chinese, let me add that too. >> is that the bali would? >> that is essentially a term we have used in the last two decades, but we have 100 years of indian films. >> it was not all flash and dance and romance. >> soon after independence, if you look at what came out after independence

south asia has a chance to benefit from the energy rich central asia and west asia.here is a huge potential for interregional trade, transit, and connectivity. pakistan provide central asia with the shortest access to the warm waters of the arabian sea. ladies and gentlemen, contrary to common perception, pakistan- united states relations have stood the test of time. despite the occasional pickups, the solid foundation of this vital relationship has always why should the -- whether the occasional storms and turbulence. as democracy takes loose in pakistan, there is support for building a strong and stable partnership between the two countries. it should be based on mutual interest and mutual respect, as so clearly articulated by president obama in his speech. our country share perceptions and interests on a wide range of issues. these include afghanistan's peace and stability, in south asia in the middle east, as well as extremism and terrorism. moreover, despite the planned drawdown, there will be a continuing need for close cooperation between the two countries, es

south asia has a chance to benefit from the energy rich central asia and west asia. there is a huge potential for interregional trade, transit, and connectivity. pakistan provide central asia with the shortest access to the warm waters of the arabian sea. ladies and gentlemen, contrary to common perception, pakistan- united states relations have stood the test of time. despite the occasional pickups, the solid foundation of this vital relationship has always why should the -- whether the occasional storms and turbulence. as democracy takes loose in pakistan, there is support for building a strong and stable partnership between the two countries. it should be based on mutual interest and mutual respect, as so clearly articulated by president obama in his speech. our country share perceptions and interests on a wide range of issues. these include afghanistan's peace and stability, in south asia in the middle east, as well as extremism and terrorism. moreover, despite the planned drawdown, there will be a continuing need for close cooperation between the two countries,

to maintain a footprint in central asia so with that in mind the u.s. was definitely like to stay on beyond two thousand and fourteen the reason why is scaling back its involvement because his kind of stalemate is what the taliban cannot defeat the taliban with one hundred thousand troops will not be able to control the taliban with ten or ten or twenty thousand troops and will be relevant soon enough because he's stepping down anyway and the administration will collapse and his army will collapse so the us is pulling back because it's going broke home and is armies exhausted from from fighting the taliban which it can't defeat and the election itself will be illegitimate because the taliban which is the strongest force in afghanistan were not participate it will even try to sabotage it so my prediction for the future is that the taliban will have a stronger presence after us back its presence there you know john you are reading antiwar dot com is the first thing i do in the morning after having some coffee and i run a fascinating article on that websit

two concerns having worked in the middle east central asia and south asia i've seen public opinion turn against america because of our military endeavors in the country and secondly i real concerns with the authorization to use military force from two thousand and one to let the president kill anyone anywhere any time so all right is it really concerns that we need truly great i appreciate i agree with both of you many thanks to my guests in washington and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember. one hundred days remaining. one hundred days a flake. to keep. most of the missions that soldiers. still. prevention are in many ways targeting the civilians that have nothing to do. with the actual attacks against israeli targets. his lover into an amazon. that had been my dream for so long. but he couldn't hold on to there is such a thing as. now she runs her own muslim factory throw down a challenge to men there's no alcohol or smoking and even coffee is forbidden they worship the sun. and learn martial arts. will he be able to wind up back man versus w

to maintain a footprint in central asia so with that in mind the u.s. was definitely like to stay on beyond two thousand and fourteen the reason why is scaling back its involvement because his kind of stalemate is what the taliban cannot defeat the taliban one hundred thousand troops will not be able to control the taliban with ten or ten or twenty thousand troops and will be relevant soon enough because he's stepping down anyway ministration will collapse and his army will collapse so the us is pulling back because it's going broke home and is armies exhausted from from fighting the taliban which it can't defeat and the election itself will be illegitimate because the taliban which is the strongest force in afghanistan were not participate it would even try to sabotage it so my prediction for the future is that the taliban will have a stronger presence after us back its presence there you know john you are reading antiwar dot com is the first thing i do in the morning after having some coffee and i run a fascinating article on that website how karzai i

technologically advanced region, south asia stands to benefit tremendously from the energy enriched central asiat asia. there's a huge potential for connectivity. afghanistan provides central india with access to the warm waters of the arabian sea. ladies and gentlemen, contrary to the common perception, pakistan, united states relations have stood the test of times. despite the occasional hiccups, the historic foundation of this vital relationship have always weathered the occasional storm and turbulence. as democracy takes loose in pakistan, let us build a strong and stable partnership between the two countries. this should be based on mutual interest and mutual respect. as so clearly articulated by president obama in his cairo speech. our two countries share perceptions and interest on a wide range of issues. these include afghanistan peace and stability in south asia and in the middle east as well as extremism and terrorism. moreover, despite the planned drawdown, there would be continuing the for close corporation between the two countries. especially in afghanistan on issues of mutual conc

we explore how the brainchild of a song in la nina spread its wings from central asia all the way to the atlantic since washington launched its war on terror. and president obama and reportedly known for years the n.s.a. was spying on the german chancellor yet chose not to stop and claimed that it agency strongly denies.

thousands are from central asia. there have been thousands of forced evictions. these are all topics that are very much taboo. if you do a search on google for these articles in the press on russian issues, they are few and far between. they are rife across the western press. >> nobel prize week is underway. it kicked off today with the 2013 prize in medicine. proteins and other materials -- they discovered how proteins and other materials are delivered to the right parts of ourselves. you are watching ""france 24. -- "france 24." stay with us. >> montpelier trounced. -- montpellier trounced. monaco and psg are tied in points. >> there were some who did not help the teams. it changed the balance of the match. obviously, we are disappointed, but it is still not over. we have many games left to play. we need to get back on track and win the next one. >> i would like people to knowledge that, even when playing games that -- we did not panic. we felt we could what some pressure on the team. we managed to equalize. in a changing room at halftime, we had the will to wi

basis meticulously and china is also speaking for a lot of the developing world all across asia central asia south asia southeast asia you name it that's all and this is not going to stop and james clapper kiesel that. they already said many times it's going to go along just like before and they will always come back to the gift that keeps on giving nine eleven own last we're going to have perhaps another nine eleven provoked by saudi arabians by the way so why not the n.s.a. doing the connection between. intercepting communications in saudi arabia saudi one hobby creatures and the fact that al qaeda is whatever which way you look at it it could be dubbed as a branch of saudi well and directly involved in nine eleven are they making this going to actions forget it. live in london asia times correspondent thank you very much indeed for your thoughts here. thank you well more details on the techniques used by the n.s.a. are being revealed a report in the washington post shows the agency's been harvesting huge amounts of data from google and yahoo by breaking into their communications links thi

more terrorism appears we explode all the brainchild of osama bin laden has spread its wings from central asia all the way the atlantic since washington launched its war on terror. president obama has made some. spying on the. claim that the agency strongly denies. least so.

witnesses blame the migrant from either central asia or the caucases. they clashed are security forces. police detained around 400 protesters. about 30 people were injured. russia's interior minister ordered tighter security in the district and other areas where migrants work. >>> farmers from different backgrounds are rolling up their sleeves and working together in russia's far east. growers from russia and japan have joined forces in an agricultural cooperation program. a group of 12 government officials and bankers from japan inspected a plot in the region. it was about the size of 350 sports field. farmers there grow soybeans and buckwheat and the officials wanted to check the quality of the soybean harvest. farmers in the region can plant their crops in rich soil, but a decline in the area's population caused agricultural production to slump. >> translator: if japan and russia share technologies, they'd be able to boost harvest and cut down on cost in this vast farmland. >> the japanese and russian leaders helped to launch the program during a mee

hstan in central asia. "this is america" is brought to you by -- the national education foundation.ue of arab states, representing 300 million people in 22 countries. the rotondaro family trust. the embassy series, uniting people through musical diplomacy, representing international artists in diplomatic settings. ventana productions and distribution services. kazakhstan, with the leaders of world traditions, i was able to speak to the chairman for the agency of religious affairs. >> it is good to see you once again. the agency for religious affairs. tell me about this. >> the agency was set up september 11, 2001. we have involved 50 specialists in our agency, and we also have centers on the organizational thet and they deal with form and the congress and the other is on research. we also study all sorts of religious material. this is for the state and the religious form. that is our primary concern. 70% of ourate -- and members are muslims. 75 celebrate orthodox christianity. and with our establishment we religious focus on activity and the secular state. that means the governor is

happens after two consecutive extremely successful tours by chinese president xi jinping one in central asia another one in southeast asia clinching deals with everybody china is in terms of their twenty major trading partners they have currency swap deals with almost all of them and the most important part of this story is what happened this past week and with that it is this see one use agency calling for a de americanized world of course this is not going to happen to morrow or the next few years it's going to happen by two thousand and twenty two thousand and twenty two which means the decline of the u.s. dollar yes center of the you were a convertible you were all over the world and best of currencies instead of the u.s. dollar as an international reserve currency the chinese have been at it for the past three or four years big time and now they are in fifth gear. but debate in china is the largest holder of the u.s. treasury bonds i mean i understand that it's been bad p.r. for the americans in the asia. towards the dollar how is it reacting now that the deal has been made is i given t

it is really happening across the muslim world, particularly in the middle east, and in south central asiaand it is because there is a rising fanatical strain of islam in those places. >> george: you talked about this earlier in the interview, you fear there could become a day where the middle east is totally emptied of christians. that's your big fear, right? >> i do fear that. because we're seeing only four countries with significant christian populations in the last 10 years. and that is egypt, iraq, syria, and lebanon. and three of those countries now are really -- the christians are terribly persecuted. and only lebanon has not seen that. and there is only about a million christians left there. this is the cradle, the birthplace of christianity, and it is going to be a huge loss for the church. it is going to be a huge loss for the region. and it is going to be a national security problem for us because this region will have no experience of living with christians. >> george: lena shay, someone who has been a voice for the voiceless for many, many years. thank you so much. with the hu

and kristen are executive vice president andrew wilder who is our vice president for south and central asias a good team of people that brought this event together and i thank them all for that. i think everybody in the room who is pretty familiar with usip that we have others watching by television so i should simply say the united states institute of peace has a mission globally of attempting to prevent mitigate and resolve violent conflict. that is really our focus and we work very closely with the state department, the defense department, the usaid and other entities and geos and foreign governments foreign ngos come for parties all over the world to further that mission. our most active programs actually are now in iraq, afghanistan, pakistan and somewhat our south and central asia program is really quite large. where pakistan alone is concerned we convene roughly 80 meetings here at the united states institute of peace with experts from all over the world to talk about pakistan and how to move pakistan forward in a positive way just in the last three years alone. done analytical work

in a separate incident, we heard a group of men from central asia attack someone's car.many fear there will be a series of ethnically motivated crimes. it is not a move -- immune to hate crimes. you can imagine in the wake of riots, security has been very tight in moscow. i have seen it here in the mosque. the city employed 4000 people to make sure the celebrations are peaceful and safe for the public. >> heightened security paid off in southern moscow, and almost 300 people were detained at a rally for disorderly behavior. witnesses reported they were abandoning cars and fireworks. we invite you to head to our website for a full timeline of what went on this weekend. you can check for dramatic images and footage. focusing on spain, the number of people living in extreme poverty there has doubled in five years according to a new report. around 3 million spaniards now have to survive on under 307 per month while the cost of living continues to climb. not one person employed has gone up. 1.8 million households. the spanish government is set to become the first in europe to

stabilize remain important important stepping stone for interconnectivity between central asia and south asia to be a successful sovereign state but when you see when you say that you know it's very important to hear the afghan people so therefore the taliban being part of the afghan people what i see is signing them in the future afghanistan like being part of the government maybe or something else well we've been we've been told by president karzai that he did give a thought and perhaps he still is open to that idea gone government should have some representatives of the. as you know. largely from the southern part of understand and largely if not entirely push. but of course what is important for of. just inclusion of of the taliban strengthening the push to an element of ramadan but also an integrated future in which all elements including the boss the northern alliance. and the pursuance all live together it is important that we we see. grow into an integrated unified society and that would be the ultimate success of. corruption is another topic that's widely discussed in india and

joining now is a former afghan ambassador to france and candidate and senior central asia fellow at the new american foundation. and michael winebaum at the state department. he's a scholar at the middle east institute. marvin, let's begin with you. how badly does the u.s. want troops to remain in afghanistan? >> well, there is a strong feeling here that if we don't have a presence there that it's a question whether the afghan security forces will be able to maintain the kind of posture that's going to enable them to survive beyond our leaving. we are concerned about the possibility here that they may not have the cohesion, and that we can make a great deal of difference in terms of particularly our training with them, monitoring them, mentoring them rather. so this is important. there's one other element here, too. that if we're not there physically, the question is, will our funds be there? because really their ability to have any security force is going to be contingent upon the funds that we and others have promised. we're talking about something in excessive of $4 billion. >> that'

terrorism appears we explore how the brainchild of asylum bin ladin has spread its wings from central asia all the way to the atlantic since washington launched its war on terror. and president obama has reportedly known for years the out of state was spying on the german chancellor yet chose not to stop and claimed that the agency strongly denies . this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a series of bombings has ripped through iraq killing at least sixty six people such coordinated attacks have become the hallmark of the country's al qaeda cell its bloody efforts to undermine the authority of the iraqi government have already made this year the deadliest in the country since two thousand and eight let's look now at the roots of the crisis from ninety ninety six to two thousand and one that was based in afghanistan where it enjoyed the protection of the taliban and it was also present in pakistan its expansion gathered steam after washington launched its war on terror in response to the nine eleven attacks the us invasion of iraq prompted radical is

certainly would like to know what is it about its central asia is that there are. members of the shanghai cooperation organization and of the collective security treaty organization would like to know everything you know without any. exceptions because this is the region next to our doors. russia china central asian countries there are. resorting to believe that. cold duration was international community to resolve the problems of this region is very important and relevant for this. by the international community this case or less controllers must be thrown spear and what they are planning for doing this will become big and we would like to know what it was about plans for several thank you very much thank you. mission and free accreditation three pounds for charges three. maintenance three. three stooges priests mostly blunt counseling video for your media projects a free media dog our teton tom. delivered torch is on its epic journey to such. a one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousan

no one was injured there and then in a separate incident in moscow we heard a group of men from central asia attacked someone's car many fear there will be a series of ethnically motivated crimes russia is not immune to hate crimes especially with tensions over illegal immigration and other issues so you can imagine in the wake of the right it's security has been very tight in moscow i could see it here at the mosque the city deployed police forces four thousand people to make sure that the celebrations are peaceful and safe for the public. we've got more on the rioting in moscow at r.t. dot com so had therefore a full time for full timeline of events and you can also check the invision and in motion sections for dramatic images and food each of the clashes. the number of people living in extreme poverty in spain has doubled in just five years according to a new report from charity groups there around three million spaniards now have to survive in under three hundred seven euros per month while the cost of living continues to climb that's as the number of families were one person is employed

surveillance every country in the world has a cause intercepted ranging from thousands to billions all central asia as well as the middle east appear to have been the chief targets but all fall from the only ones in euro america's a close allies found themselves under intense surveillance with three hundred sixty one million calls intercepted in germany in total in the united states monitored one hundred twenty four billion calls around the world now in just one month this year it says hans of christophe a. former u.n. assistant secretary general believes the u.s. should try its best to win back trust. well european problem in our. government do with the german government no doubt we're. no longer. here that we are strong. useful for. repeat. of the. euro they were to come our way where. reassurance and great you're going to rebuild for a very wrong. reaction to the flood of questions over n.s.a. spying the white house has said it will review the security agency's programs and may narrow its research and search but there's already a strong a lobby against any scaling back among the u.s. political e

were fears that words could last well into the night their anger towards migrant workers from central asia is essentially indicative of the ethnic as well as racial tensions which have been simmering in russia for quite some time something very similar happened about three years ago in december of two thousand and ten after a murder of a football fan by a representative from the from the northern caucasus region of russia also sparked massive riots in the center of moscow this i'm on when there's no square around five thousand people came out most of them again with ball fans and not just nationalistic groups so the tension is subsided but definitely there is still some upper henchmen hanging in there. well for more on the chaos that broke out in southern moscow you can go to our website r.t. dot com there you'll find a timeline showing what happened in the city over the last forty eight hours as well as the dramatic pictures. of several major universities in greece still closed as a strike by teaching staff continues one into a fifth week they say they're not going back to work until plan

the world to head of phone calls intercepted from tens of thousands up to tens of billions of central asia and the middle east appear to have been of the cheap targets but far from the only once now let's take a look at this in europa america's closes their lives to find themselves under intense surveillance with three hundred and sixty one million conversation intercepted. in germany that also goes for the middle east as well as they are in asia now one hundred twenty twenty four billion close calls globally have not been monitored by the u.s. in just one month this year according to glenn greenwald of form a guardian journalist there who first published edward snowden's leaks told he told a video agency ruptly that america's snooping will not be scaled back any time soon . brazil germany finance. course it's. going to repeat itself continuously in the next several weeks or months almost every country around the world very clear objective review is to not just go over this but you keep a very long history of the big time. if you're a citizen of spain or anywhere else for everything they d

work fears that words could last well into the night their anger towards migrant workers from central asia is essentially indicative of the ethnic as well as racial tensions which have been simmering in russia for quite some time recently something very similar happened about three years ago in december of two thousand and ten after a murder of a football fan by a representative of the from the from the northern caucasus region of russia also sparked massive riots in the center of moscow the somme on one there's no square around five thousand people came out most of them again with ball fans and not just a nationalistic groove so the tension is subsided but definitely there is still some upper hench and hanging in there. and dmitri bobbish political analyst at the voice of russia radio station explained why he thinks toggling illegal migration to countries particularly difficult because this is a very. unpleasant wake up call for their authority just because of the problem of illegal migration needs to be handled part of the population wants a visa regime we are therefore more conscious of

the flames of this instability will grow further out outside afghanistan beyond afghanistan to central asiaand even russia and then europeans and americans will feel it later but the sort of the lesions and russians will feel it first have lessons been learned after iraq. i don't think superpowers or so-called super powers. have a very good memory even if they see something they seem to see that they are invincible they seem that they're invincible and and these lessons don't apply to them and this has happened many many times in history and no one wants to learn from history unfortunately we keep repeating our mistakes looking ahead to the elections in april next next year what sort of afghanistan does sometimes i leave behind or will you leave behind then. mr karzai is not leaving an afghanistan that will be remembered as a stable afghanistan and afghanistan that our government has public support a government that has been able to attack a bigger problems the people are suffering from which is poverty lack of jobs corruption lack of rule of law there may be some of the some some achieveme

footage shows are embedded with dark hair in his thirty's seemingly for more than carcasses or central asia but the monsoon of course aired while the police have identified yet of course at moments like these all immigrants are down slide with appearance in russia fear that the incident can provoke more hate crimes and russia is not immune to that especially with tensions over illegal immigration and there are lots of other issues that we've heard russia's islamic leaders religious leaders call for russia's muslim community to help. find him to help a investigate to give a shit about those murder as much as to you know they they called for the community to help investigate this a good portion of those murder as much as they can and also not to allow themselves to be provoked and so you can imagine that in the wake of those riots the security is tight here in moscow we know that around four thousand people line force officers were deployed to make sure that the celebrations are peaceful and safe for the public. and that is advantage and you can join me live now from moscow on a that celebrat

work here's the wires could last well into the night their anger towards migrant workers from central asia is essentially indicative of the ethnic as well as racial tensions which have been simmering in russia for quite some time recently something very similar happened about three years ago he said because each of you very much was it would be five or six different from the from the northern caucasus region of russia also sparked massive riots in the center of moscow to someone when there is no square around five thousand people came out most of them again football fans and not just nationalistic groups so the tension is subsided but definitely. there are still some upper henchmen hanging in the er. and for most of the chaos that broke out in southern moscow you can go to our website dot com and you'll find a timeline showing what happened in the city over the last forty eight hours as well as dramatic pictures. also the israeli intelligence in the dog its main story iran begins the trial of a group of alleged secret agents who go to descriptions of the supposed spying mission online. the

no one was injured there and then in a separate incident in moscow we heard a group of men from central asia attack someone's car and many fear there will be a series of mass nuclear motivated crimes russia is not immune to hate crimes especially with tensions over illegal immigration and other issues so you can imagine in the wake of the riots security has been very tight in moscow i could see it here at the mosque the city deployed police forces four thousand people to make sure that the celebrations are peaceful and safe for the public. well we've got more on the rioting in moscow had a common hand there for a full timeline of events you can also check the invision and emotions sections for dramatic images and food of the clashes. police in south florida are forced to stop attracting criminals to town for staying operations a newspaper investigation uncovers a practice which earned the cops over a million dollars in illegal drug deals. and the promise of t.v. fame luers one of somalia's most atory is pirate captain into jail after he falls for a fake documentary proposal a story and more

more terrorism appears we explore how the brainchild of osama bin laden has spread its wings from central asia all the way the atlantic since washington launched its war on terror and. president obama has a body may suggest the n.s.a. was spying on the german chancellor it chose not to stop but i claim that the agency strongly denies. to. everyone welcome to you if you've just joined us here on r t we're live from moscow are you with me to bomb would say to our top story this hour. a series of bombings has ripped through iraq killing at least sixty six people such coordinated attacks have become the hallmarks of the country's our kind of sell its bloody efforts to undermine of the authority of the iraqi government have already made this year the deadliest in this country since two thousand and eight let's look at the roots of the crisis from nineteen ninety six to two thousand and one al qaida was based in afghanistan where it enjoyed the protection of the taliban and was also present in pakistan its expansion they gathered steam after washington launched its a war on terror in response to the