. >> british troops in the helmand -- in helmand, dropping into an area the taliban previously controlled. the taliban wisely weren't there to meet them. so far, the british soldiers have not met any opposition. usually, the insurgency retreats, but not always. the villagers hope things will improve without the insurgents around. the taliban steal our food, he says. i am very poor, but if i protest, they say, you support nato. nato is successfully pushing the taliban out of places like this. in helmand, that's because 10,000 british troops were reinforced by 20,000 americans. that deployment has now peaked. david cameron said in kabul that progress was good enough to withdraw more british troops. they will make an announcement tomorrow. it will probably be just a few hundred soldiers. by 2015, there will be no british combat forces here at all. >> i think the british people deserve a deadline. we have been in helmand province since 2006, in afghanistan since early 2001. i believe the afghan government, the afghan people, the afghan army deserve to have a deadline so they can plan properly

unlike helmand, there has been little fighting here for the last 10 years.hey're still waiting for the dividends of peace. bombs and bullets are not the biggest killers here. it is diarrhea and on nutrition. international aid keeps this possible going. the biggest concern is what will happen when the foreign troops leave. the test for the afghan government is how to win the trust of its own people. >> there are going to be lots of questions and concerns. we acknowledge the concerns. our job is to change our institutions and the perceptions as a result of the performance of those institutions. >> the native transition is about finding the way out. -- been a to a transition is about finding the way out. -- the natio transition is about finding a way out. will it be done with dignity? >> live from singapore and london, you are watching "news de-." will the japanese man be found guilty of the murder of a british teacher? we have a special report on the drug ketamine. >> fighters in misurata say they face further advances of forces loyal to colonel gaddafi. >> we

led coalition parts of helmand have seen a rise in violence after security control was handed over to local forces earlier this month. well shortly legendary queen guitarist and songwriter brian may he talks to sophie shevardnadze about life with the stars and not only working alongside frontman freddie mercury but also his other life as an experience astrophysicist well that's after a short break. it's great to have you with us today sir thank you so so recently i was going through the glass bead and about music and what it says about music is that except it's art form it's also true power over nations and souls and then many people say that exactly why music is compared to exact sciences like math. so i never really got that because i finished kind of conservatory and i always failed my math class now you as a man of music and science can't tell me how music is related with science or exact science like math for example it's a hard question. there are all mathematical things in music but ironically i think the most important things in music are be instinctive things so i don't know

we should continue the excellent work we're doing in helmand province handing over to the afghans and seeing the transition -- it may be possible to transition parts of helmand province before the end of the process in a very effective way. on the issue of equipment one thing that struck me on my recent visit i just returned from and visits over the last couple years is there is now a real sense among our troops that they have the equipment that they need. body armor is much improved. the quality of vehicles much improved. there is no use of land rovers outside bases any more. i think it is very positive what has taken place and some of that action was initiated under the past government and continued under this government funding operational requirements in afghanistan is working well. clearly we need to make sure we have helicopter capacity and the rest of it goes ahead. in terms of -- in terms of talks he mentioned the need for a new international figure. i feel that perhaps the time for that has actually passed. now what we need is an afghan lead process. there are much more effec

led coalition parts of helmand have seen a rise in violence after security control was handed over to local forces earlier this month. the lawyer for anders breivik the confessed attacker says his client is insane but that it's too soon to establish a defense the thirty two year old norwegians already been charged in court with terrorism but may yet face charges of crimes against humanity noise police have now named some of the seventy six victims of last friday's two attacks the bombing of government buildings in central australia and a massacre at an island youth camp devastated the nation around one hundred fifty thousand people gathered in the capital to pay tribute to the victims. and a little later in our debate show cross talk they tackle some of the issues raised in the norway attacks. on the right of it but it's the exception that proves the rule the automatic assumption was that it was muslim terrorism because that is the no one for our present. you know this nice term to think i think is complete but mostly me i don't believe they exist is something that historically i'm an

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province late on monday part of helmand have seen a rise in violence after responsibility for security was handed back to local forces earlier this month. because it was sent forces to its northern border with serbia to enforce an import brown imposed last week the move has led to a rise in ethnic tensions with local serbs resisting the police presence say they control one of the border crossings but another is being blocked by locals bad was to counter because of boycott of cause of goods in place since its unilateral declaration of independence in two thousand and eight. more often a military aircraft carrying seventy people has crashed in the south of the country c one thirty plane went down in the mountainous region of. just north of the disputed western sahara territory reports say bad weather and low visibility could have caused the crash rescue teams are currently working at the scene more more this as we get here an artsy. also has passed an historic lore allowing couples to divorce in their own country it will take effect from october after the president signs it in malta it w

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led coalition in parts of helmand have seen a arrives in violence security control since the security control rather was handed over to local forces earlier this month. a moroccan a military aircraft carrying seventy people has crashed in the south of the country twenty six people have reportedly been killed four injured when the transporter went down in a mountainous region just north of the border with western sahara bad weather and low visibility are thought to have caused the crash. well it's true that not every girl is lucky enough to fight her prince but it's even harder for russian women with census figures showing they outnumber men in vast numbers were often our reports on the demographic by limo that's leading to an unusual method of making sure many of them are. meet andree a father of three and has been for three and never used again andrei got married two years and he proposed again and then again. why should i refuse any of the middle i love them all really why the country's demographic reality is andree site including to the latest census there are ten million me we wer

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led coalition parts of helmand have seen a rise in violence security control was handed over to a local forces earlier this month. well shortly we talk show biz and star gazing as queen guitarist brian may talks to r.t. about his two great love so that's after the business update with kareena. welcome to our business report here in r.t. thanks for joining me russia is looking forward to expand its privatization program to spur economic growth seventy prime minister eager chevelle of laid out the new plan that was disclosed by britain is to newspaper he suggests the full privatization of fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes in infrastructure companies like russian railways and france they have to. the momentum for privatization is gathering from last but it's also partly a function of the fight that we're going to face to do this. it's not so much about the money or there's a significant amount of money in both of the original plan was for thirty three billion dollars will be raised to me which wi

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afghanistan's helmand province killed thirty five people most of which were in so. that's where the fighting broke out between taliban nato and local forces as militants try to regain territory lost to the u.s. led coalition's parts of helmand have seen a rise in violence security control since the security control rather was handed over to local forces earlier this month. a moroccan a military aircraft carrying seventy people has crashed in the south of the country twenty six people have reportedly been killed four injured when the transporter went down in a mountainous region just north of the border with western sahara bad weather and low visibility are thought to have caused the crash. well it's true that not every girl is lucky enough to find her prince but it's even harder for russian women with census figures showing they outnumber men in vast numbers maria phenomena now reports on the demographic dilemma that's leading to an unusual method of making sure many get their man. needs andree and father of three and has been to three and never use again andrei got

it may be able to transition or areas of the helmand province. on the issue of equipment, one of the things that struck me on my recent visit i returned from and indeed visits over the last couple of years is there is now a real sense amongst our troops that they have the equipment they need, the body armor has much improved. the quality of vehicles again much improved. there's no use of droves outside bases anymore. i think it's very positive what's taken place. obviously some of the action was initiated on the past governments, continue under this government. follow the requirements in afghanistan is working well. clearly we need to make sure we have helicopter capacity and the that nukes and the rest go ahead. in terms of talks, he mentioned the need for a new international figure. i feel that perhaps the time for that has fuelly passed. i think now what we need is an afghan-led process that honor much more affected discussion is taking place between afghanistan and pakistan, a much more positive attitude on both sides. i think we should do wh

home at a steady pace as afghan security forces move into the lead as nato hands over the capital of helmand province to afghan security forces there is concern afghan army may not be ready to take control. but these who are on this. stage. are committing crimes against this country in all countries of the world and more backward deal from both union grove and what dark secret protesters have found out about the historic men's club. good afternoon it's wednesday july twentieth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster in your watching our t.v. well deal or no deal that's certainly the fourteen point three trillion dollar and counting question i'm talking about the debt ceiling of course and to raise it there is the debt debate let's see there is the gang of six plan the cut cap and balance proposal and other words you have plans that have support but no fine print written on paper yet plans that passed that have no future it's confusing it's driving anger at the government to a near twenty year high for us politics folks so why. we accept it as such to help me figure that out is sam

helmand is the deadliest province. do you feel like you're ready to retire? >> i'm jest getting started. >> reporter: and 23-year-old jones has one of the most tang rouse job, bomb disposal. >> it's a big deal for the country and the guys behind you. i saw an opportunity to do a little bit more. >> reporter: he's from dalton, georgia. a father of a 2-year-old boy. on this day, a tip comes in. jones and his team prepare for a tough day. >> bad day is coming out and doing our jobs and something going on. >> reporter: there are no big bomb suits. they prepare to detonate the ied. there's an achingly long silence, an then -- the blast rings in our ears. we walk to the crater. a local resident says there are three more this the area. >> get them out of here. >> reporter: hearts pounding, we follow our own footsteps across the canal. >> it is a good day. >> reporter: after we leave, jones updates our team with facebook messages. >> we have worked more ieds than any marine team in the country since march. shortly after y'all left, things got pretty hairy. we spent a

. >> high at the northern end of helmand province, man and nature have combined to produce this. this came about through the american aid project. nato want to double the power. so far, the designs have failed. this used to be a market and home to thousands. the people left just before the british came here in 2006 and have never come back. the u.s. marines now patrol. >> is used to be a thriving bazaar due to the fighting and because of the intensity of it, people used to work in the bazaar moved out. >> is there one person who lives here? >> there is a bread maker. >> holding on has cost many lives. soldiers here must result to artillery and even air power to maintain their hold. the americans inherit the dam and its problems from the british. now the u.s. would like to complete a plan to upgrade the dam and install a new turbine. >> to add the turbine which has been vacant for a number of years. we will get that in a and add 50% to the production which is 80 megawatts making it one of the larger facilities in afghanistan. >> it was the british who are originally spoke about in

in this respect to the be worthwhile to note a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents but the production of opium has never stopped that's why i have a peaceful settlement is necessary but we've started talking about this at long last it was highlighted at the london conference on afghanistan in two thousand and ten the autumn conference in kabul also stressed the need to find a peaceful settlement but the latest initiative was voiced by the us president barack obama on negotiations with the taliban and the latest resolutions of the united nations security council which divided responsibility between the taliban and al qaeda are offering a unique opportunity in my view to drop a program of eliminating drug production i've just come from a meeting of the parliamentary faction of the progressive alliance of socialists and democra

children have been injured in an attack by a british apache helicopter they were working in a field in helmand province on saturday where you can forces were targeting an insurgent on a motorcycle nearby almost fifteen hundred civilians have been killed this year which is already the deadliest since the invasion started in two thousand and one or peace activist lindsey german told me earlier that the alliance is actions prove that war isn't working. i think that it will just convince more people in afghanistan that the war isn't helping them really is that true the killing and injuring more and more people that there isn't working isn't going to work when you have a war where the rules of growing the will be all sorts of people who are victims of this and children are obviously one of the worst of the casualties the only solution to this is the war isn't working it has there is absolutely no justification for the nato forces to be there and that they should withdraw the troops this is now coming up to the tenth anniversary of the war and there is absolutely no question that this war is not get

yesterday he met both british and american troops in helmand province. on the death of the same day of the british shoulder of the lines of dangerous the situation is. in kabul today with president hamid karzai, mr. cameron said he is confident over all things were on track. >> i do believe that it is right, as we build up the afghan national security forces, as we see a stronger and more confident afghan national army, stronger afghan police, many of whom we trained ourselves, and also the local police, i do believe it is right to start planning the withdrawal of some of our troops. as i say, we start with 9500, there are 426 coming home, over and above the 9500, and i will talk to the house of commons tomorrow about a modest reduction that will take place next year. >> the afghan president says his people have to take charge of their own security. >> this, of course, does not mean there should be a sudden and immediate end to assistance to afghanistan or to cooperation between afghanistan and its allies, like the united kingdom. but a process in which

afghanistan this morning, at least 18 civilians died when a mini bus hit a roadside bomb in southern helmandit's just the latest in a surge of taliban violence increasingly targeting afghan politicians and civili civilians. seth doane reports. >> reporter: it was two years ago fausia kufa wrote this troubling message to her daughters. >> reporter: maybe today is the day i will die. >> reporter: her published farewell letter was written because as an outspoken member of parliament in afghanistan, kufi is a target of the taliban. >> right now i think the terrorist acts are the biggest threat for me and for others. for me more because i talk against them. >> reporter: her father was assassinated as were three of her brothers. you're willing to die for your job, for this country? >> we will die one day. i think the pride will be if you die paving the way for others, we're leaving something behind. if i'm afraid i will die and i don't do anything, who will take this country? >> reporter: targeted killings in afghanistan are up more than 100% since 2009, according to the united nations. is anyone

. >>> yesterday's handover took place in helmand province. cbs news correspondent mandy clark was there for the changing of the guard. >> reporter: helmand province has been the deadliest battleground in afghanistan. nearly half of all coalition deaths have happened here. president obama's surge focused on turning that around. the province's capital saw troop movement of a different kind. with the official handover to afghan forces. one sign of how fragile the security situation is. the ceremony was not announced in advance. out of fear the taliban would strike. the new commander of coalition forces in afghanistan acknowledged the heavy price american and british troops paid for the progress made here. >> there are some voices that are raised to question whether this sacrifice has been worth it. those of us who wear this uniform have one answer -- yes! >> reporter: it was certainly a proud moment for the afghans as the defense minister inspected his troops. the handover of power from coalition to afghan forces has been done with pomp and cere

and even at the funeral, a bomb targeted the governor of helmand as he made his way to the ceremony.e escaped unhurt, but four policemen were injured. it is a grim reminder of the tense situation that is unfolding in the aftermath of mr. karzai's death. already questions are being raised on the manner in which he was killed and who could have carried it out. ahmad wali karzai was seen by many as someone who could come to the taliban, especially in a part of the country were the work really influential. it was the reason that nato chose him as a close ally, overlooking the serious allegations against senator by the end of the year, thousands of troops would have left afghanistan, handing over security to afghan forces. this killing leaves a vacuum in the south and comes at a really sensitive time. bbc news, kabul. >> now to a very different story from the war zone in afghanistan. the request of one u.s. marine grabbed worldwide attention when he asked a famous hollywood actress to accompany him to the marine corps ball. now he has the date of a lifetime. here is the story. >> never mi

children have been injured in an attack by a british apache helicopter they were working in a field in helmand province on saturday where you can forces were targeting an insurgent on a motorcycle nearby and their injuries are not thought to be life threatening almost fifteen hundred civilians meantime have been killed this year which is already the deadliest since the war started in two thousand and one. the syrian government adopted a law to allow political parties other than the ruling ba'ath party opposition groups have been banned for almost half a century. party political system is a key demand of the anti-government protesters who have been staging a four month uprising the army is still coming down hard on dissent against the regime though detaining scores of people in the capital and in its suburbs. the new york hotel maid who accuses the former i.m.f. chief of sexually assaulting her has gone public now. has told newsweek magazine that she's telling the truth about the attack in may i want to see dominique strauss kahn behind bars the authorities are considering meantime whether to d