well, tonight, one of those voices, right here in london.y using his voice, but his guitar, too. here's jim sciutto. >> reporter: he looks like a rock star, plays like one and has the record sales, 30 million worldwide, to prove it. but salman ahmed, arguably the biggest rock star in the muslim world, now has a much bigger mission. what he calls rock and roll jihad. using music to stand up to the violent rhetoric of islamic terrorists. in the simplest terms, can rock and roll save the world? >> when i was 18, 19 years old, what i couldn't make sense of the world, it was movies, music and story telling, which gave me answers. so, that's what i'm going to do on my own. >> reporter: his songs give an alternative outlet to young muslims who rail against perceived injustices in places such as iraq, afghanistan and palestine. how do you help give a voice to that anger that doesn't lead people to violence? >> how do you deal with it? not by blowing yourself up. it's much harder, actually, to build something from the bottom up and help society. it's

this time in one of the world's fashion capitals, london. this is a new line of the first half an international designer. >> this fashion show is called made in afghanistan. this is the first time that afghani clothes are being showed in london. the design and the colors have captured the attention of the audience. raising money for charities related to afghanistan. >> these charities aimed to raise $80,000 from this show. the words of the designer have already been shown at fashion shows in paris, new york, dubai. >> trained in the style of the look, mixing the tradition as something very modern. i think at the pad has failed as traditional ethnic clothing. >> londoners calling his passion -- calling this a passion. >> it reminds me of my time in afghanistan. >> the second part of the show, afghan handicraft and carpets are put out for sale. most designers have come with many hopes to the root -- london fashion market. some of them have been successful. some of them have not. >> reminders of another era, relics of a time when the city was t

david muir spent the day on the streets of london. david. >> reporter: we have been traveling through london, diane, as you know, talking with so many americans visiting the sites here. you can see big ben over my shoulder. at so many of these sites, it wasn't massive new security that we found. it was something else. so many more eyes now keeping watch. here in london, and across europe today, the invisible surveillance. american tourists heeding the state department warning and keeping a close watch over what's around them. the maxwells from chicago actually left one site after noticing a suspicious man. >> carrying a bag in a place i thought he shouldn't be. so we hurried on. >> reporter: so, you are looking around? >> yes. >> reporter: this couple from phoenix lined up for the tower of london, even with so many historic sites in the headlines. one of them was the tower of london and you mentioned you went here today. so it didn't stop you? >> no. >> reporter: at buckingham palace, careful crowds but there were still crowds. in par

. >>> and good evening from london tonight. and we are here because of that alarming and highly unusual travel alert for americans visiting europe. the alert was issued by the u.s. state dapt today about the potential for terrorist attacks in europe. the alert says u.s. it is sevens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves. as we were covering this today, the british government followed suit, with a warning of their own about travel in europe. we do have reaction tonight, but first, the intelligence that triggered all of these alerts and brian ross broke this story on this broadcast last week. he's back with us again tonight. brian? >> reporter: david, what's behind today's alert is a team of terrorists trained in pakistan is already in europe, on a timetable and close to being operational. meaning, they have a go ahead to attack. authorities say they do not know the specific targets, only that popular tourist locations and transportation cente

bars like this are becoming more common across london.ying ping-pong with music and drinks has become a fashionable night out. the game first appeared in upper-class dining rooms in 19th century london. after dinner the plates would be cleared and guests would play on the dining table itself. ping-pong, or wiff-waff, as it was also called, soon caught on spreading throughout the country and the rest of the world in only 20 years. while china might now be the country best known for the game, the english table tennis association is hoping to rekindle interest in the land of its birth. the group hopes to attract new fans in the run-up to the london olympics. >> maybe 20, 30 tables over there in community centers, in public spaces, outside the maritime museum there, in an art gallery in the center. >> reporter: in the next two years the association hopes to install tables in a further ten cities across the country. >> the sport is going to have a profile like it's never had before. right from now until after the games. and it's really importa

officer in london three years ago. after the media panic over guantanamo trials being held in manhattan the first detainee is appearing in court but the hype over security and policing troubles has failed to materialize as mainstream news outlets put the story back on the burger. and one in eight british households has no one in were making the u.k. the worst among the major in u. nations a generous welfare system is being blamed for keeping the unemployed better off on benefits. but during the economic bubble few would listen to those who predicted it was about to burst laura emmet now hears from a top german financial expert who insisted the downturn was around the corner you can hear now about what he thinks could happen next. professor also thanks very much for talking to r.t. now you correctly predicted the economic crisis was your predictions for the year zero it's not so you see i think as long as strongly on the right.

we have it covered from here to london, beginning with andrea mitchell. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this travel alert is based on information that intelligence agencies around the world have been collecting for weeks. about possible terror attacks in europe. but they don't have any specifics about time or place. that left u.s. officials trying to balance just how to advise travelers to be cautious without causing panic. in paris today, americans like the new york knicks practicing for a preseason game against the minnesota timber wovrls this week are not being warned against going to europe, just to be careful in places like train stations and airports. >> we know where to go and places to visit. again, you have to cherish the moment. because how often do you get to place an nba game in paris? so we got to make sure we enjoy it and have fun. >> reporter: officials say the alert is based on many streams of information, including a prisoner the u.s. has been interrogating in afghanistan. and intercepted conversations indicating e

officer in london still hanging in the air. following mr hague's visit for aught. i know russian relations since then those from generation to how likely is it that russia and britain will be brought closer together now. will carry that as a question that many of course are asking specifically with the visit of british foreign secretary william hague to moscow right now he's already met with his russian counterpart so he's also scheduled to meet the russian president which many have taken to be a sign of a positive direction in the relationship between moscow and london of course the british foreign secretary. is expected to make some sort of remarks at a press conference is due to start it's really the russian and british foreign ministers both detailing the detail designing the specifics of their discussions and possibly outlining the need for their. a strategy and vector for the development of relations between moscow and london of course both sides have already managed to reiterate that they do want a better relationship they do aim for a better relationship th

. >> it arrived on time on platform five of london's st. can crustacean -- st. pancras station, a first for the german high-speed train. it ends the dominance of the french rival eurostar. the german transport minister is reaching the end of a long bureaucratic struggle which should soon start paying off. so far, the french have vetoed attempts by deutsche bahn to use the tunnel, allegedly for safety reasons. >> they want to put together trains in brussels arriving from frankfurt and amsterdam. they want to send them jointly through the narrow tunnel, which means passengers could not walk the whole length of the train, a clear breach of safety legislation. >> authorities finally yielded to the pressure and amended regulations to allow them to pass. a test evacuation of the german train last saturday took less than 20 minutes. 15 trains daily could soon connect amsterdam, cologne, frankfurt, and london. >> our market analysis shows that in the frankfurt-cologne region alone, 1.1 million passengers alone want to travel to london a year. there is huge market potent

and kill a russian emigre who is living in london. here it was clearly retribution to someone who had who was seen as having betrayed the the cause of the former k.g.b. . so as you know as a sovereign state i don't think britain could allow russia. russia north orate is to to reach into britain and kill someone in that way. or do you think it was all because litvinenko was really an m i six agent. i have no idea whether living younger was an m i six agent it is entirely possible that he was passing intelligence on to my six and it certainly wouldn't surprise me in any way whatsoever but i think the it was it was a great deal to do with the russian politics with the rise of the former k.g.b. in russia and i think the need to show that. a certain degree of power. the need to show people that we can reach out to you if we need to. america last question i know you want to write a book about the work of m i six in afghanistan and iraq in the modern times today could this account be accurate until all the archives are open. no it's a simple

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by mark oh no it's from the afghanistan world foundation in london could have on the program tonight what can we read into this latest news the netherlands withdrew their troops to may in august calibers probably next year now italy looks rather like an exodus from a sinking ship fair comment. just to action i'm actually a director the global strategy project all apologies of apology said. you cannot. sure hope of course. the right now there's a perception being created in the media once again of that of a sinking ship the reality is that during the last nine years of the campaign hasn't been a real serious effort to address the issues in a coherent strategic fashion and i think in the last few months we've seen much more of a serious attempt to be just the most recent troops arrive the full amount of troops on the quote unquote has been referred to as a surge is only right of the summer so it's going to take time before you start seeing any results is going to take about twelve to eighteen months but obviously you have to understand that it's important to understand the domestic pol

london. you all with r.t. and still to come for you in the program brainstorming and a bridge building the french seaside town of hosts russian and european leaders for a while to warm relations. u.s. policies in afghanistan aimed to be stabilizing soviet forces decades ago by back find out why america is losing the war on drugs that's coming up. it's one of the richest cities in the world home to bankers expensive real estate and luxury stores but recent figures suggest the pay gap between new yorkers is now wider than ever and i start your truck and reports on how the big apple is split to the core. the lucky few are shopping for shoes where thousands of dollars to chanel's and just a wave of a wall it away for just a few steps away a person with their entire life belongings in a shopping cart look serious lifestyles that rich people in new york are richer than rich people most places are living side by side with those for whom surviving in a tough economy has become a full time job according to recent publi

and the supposed to be the in the vanguard of london is the nation and actually the federal government has a look from vicious plans of how to create a financial center in moscow i think said bennett has enormous experience hole for work in the government he is known as an efficient professional he has managed to create an effective system within the government stuff he was quite successful as a governor of one of the reaches regions in russia so he has enough experience to do so and besides i think it's also a matter of personal trust because he's well known by the president and by the prime minister and they trust him as a person and as a professional. perspective from dimitri pollack on from the united russia party. authorities in russia's southern cross to the region have declared monday a day of mourning for the victims of russian recent flash floods the deluge has taken the lives of thirteen people nine more are still missing more than twenty villages were completely swamped with some fifteen hundred people caught up in the floods the storm caused rivers to burst their banks and

at least gives us an airing we can't do that with our own national television here in london the b.b.c. just pays no attention but then their pensions are paid by green industries as it turns out so they have a reason in their case for not letting skeptics speak or philip foster enjoying climate fulls they there in london we really appreciate we don't need well thank you very much and thank you joining us the climate change skeptic and author joining us there in london thank you you thank. well now let's have a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world this wednesday the former president of argentina. has died of a heart attack the news a shocked the country's many expect the sixty year old to win the next presidential elections and it's thought he might succeed his wife cristina fernandez she's currently in office actionable be responsible for his six pre-med i should say will be remembered for his successful battle against economic crisis and attempts to build bridges with the country's south america and. also all the states the government in relation to no c

while russian companies account for thirteen percent of all international public offerings on the london stock exchange so we will work to build on these strong foundations and we also discussed our common interests in ensuring stability in afghanistan and have indeed agreed a joint statement on afghanistan covering a coherent political strategy transition tackling illicit drug production and supporting the government of afghanistan in the cheating and hands of cooperation with regional partners we have discussed the crucial issue of nuclear proliferation and of working towards peace in the middle east on proliferation it's essential that britain and russia work together with the other members of the ether you plus three to encourage iran to cooperate fully with the international atomic energy agency and to restore international confidence in the peaceful intentions of its nuclear program we also share a common interest in the stability of the. stability and denuclearization of the korean peninsula and we welcome the important role that russia has played in the six party process which we

a british television station had him replicate the sights of london. >> i use a lot of the devices of traditional painting or classical painting in terms of composition and roads or in this case tracks leading us into the picture. people are very familiar with that sort of landscape pictures -- postcards, very classical painters that painted in this way, the use of perspective and of lighting. it's something they are very comfortable with visually. they automatically key into it and then have the double take that it is actually done with food. >> on average, he and his team work for two days to get that one, perfect shot. but the advance preparations -- the sketches, planning, models -- can take weeks. >> i don't think it's high art and i don't think that big galleries will ever show this work. but im much happier with people putting it on their kitchen walls or dining room walls and enjoying it for what it is. it's just pictures made out of food. there's no deep significant meaning to it. it's just visual pleasure with food. >> around half of his works are the result of ideas he's ob

london saw it a different way. and that's part of that culture that bp didn't get. >> we know we have to beat the others to win you over. can we do it? >> you bet your bp we can! >> narrator: 20 years ago, bp was nothing like the powerful multinational corporation it is today. the years of the once great anglo-persian oil company were long past. a revolution in iran had crippled the company. >> among its peers, it was a company to be pitied rather than emulated. it had had to cut its dividends, its share price was at a low. bp was in a very dark place in the late '80s, early '90s. >> narrator: it was then that a new group of managers came along and attempted to rescue the company from mediocrity. >> it was a good year for bp in very challenging times. >> they had not found a way to replace the iranian reserves. they were not going to do so remaining hierarchical and stuffy. they had to get out there and they had to compete. >> narrator: a young engineer, john browne, was one of the new managers. from early on, he h

"pirates of the caribbean " star in a classroom in south london. midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 7:00 p.m. in china, where this year's winner of the nobel peace prize is languishing in jail. the political dissidents, liu xiaobo, whose campaign for political reform goes all the way back to tiananmen square in 1989. in the last few minutes, chinese officials described the award as an obscenity and said it would damage china's relations with the home of the nobel committee, norway. >> the warning from china not to honor liu xiaobo. as the chairman of the nobel committee explain, in their view, he was a worthy winner. >> for over two decades, liu xiaobo has been a strong spokesman for the application of fundamental human rights in china. he took part in the tiananmen square protests in 1989. he was bleeding author behind -- leading author. >> the reaction of china was blunt. liu xiaobo is a criminal who violated the chinese law. awarding the prize to him runs contrary to the principle of the nobel peace prize. liu xiaobo is a writer in prison in china for inciting

it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington and early evening in beijing were china's communist party has opened its annual meeting. with economic development on top of the agenda. they will discuss the countries next five-year plan. their aim is to maintain the rapid growth that is transforming china into an economic superpower, while maintaining stability. this assessment of the challenge. >> china's economic success is easy to spot from 80 floors up. a sparkling high rise buildings, streets full of new cars. the rest of the world is struggling, but things look different in china. the economic slump was barely felt here. and people are enjoying the rewards of their labor. but some economists think china might be too confident about the future. >> that's actually a problem because they think the leadership may be looking at the recent performance and over estimating how good it there really have done and underestimating the need for structural reforms that would generate growth in the future. >> china has got a l

we have a problem tomorrow things won't get any easier for the londoners who have a number of injury problems coming into the clash didier drogba and frank lombard of both mr trip to moscow for salomon kalou could make a return for visitors may be missing plenty of star names but sponsorship defender nicolas party still believes chelsea have the ability to cause his side all sorts of problems there. is the one of the best for us in europe and in the world but ok he don't we don't want to play but we're going to play and it's almost the same thing that is chelsea they have a lot of a lot of quality players that is the same who plays and for us we have to take in and it's but he knows and we knows what he says see how ho ho they play but we have to put the head you know what dean and we have to try. we know sponsored have injury problems of their own they'll be without influential midfielder and captain alex was injured in his side's last major of a line you're on friday and compensates his loss is a major blow even though it seems fellow brazilian billiton will be fit. by the early fo

lama hasan in london this morning. thanks. ron? >> now to talk more about this we've brought in jack cloonan, 25-year veteran special agent for the osama bin laden unit for six years. he's now an abc news consultant. now, jack, what details are you hearing about this attack directed apparently against europe? >> what you're hearing is information coming from a variety of sources. some of it is pretty specific in nature meaning that they think there is a mumbai-type style attack that might be in action. but they don't have any specific targets selected, so you have a lot of information coming from various sources, and the state department says we need to put this information out in a travel alert. >> but when you make public this kind of information about a plot, doesn't it necessarily tell the plotters this plot is now known and they change it or call it off? >> of course, they do. in fact, when it was announced that ahmed siddiqui, a man that they have in custody in afghanistan, was supposed to be aware of these details, that made

and here in the city of london that would really put the cat among the pigeons nor and it r.t. . you all with r.t. it's good to have your company today and still to come of the program brainstorming and a bridge building the french a seaside town of the view hosts russian and european leaders for a true way to warm up relations. it's one of the richest cities in the world home to bankers expensive real estate and luxury stores but recent figures suggest the pay gap between new yorkers is now wider than ever artie's anastasio kind of reports on how the big apple is split to the core. the lucky few are shopping for shoes where thousands of dollars to chanel's and just a wave of a wallet away just a few steps away a person with their entire life belongings in a shopping cart look serious lifestyles the rich people in new york are richer than rich people most places are living side by side with those for whom surviving in a tough economy has become a full time job according to recent published report the gap between the rich and poor in the big apple is greater than india country whe

coming to you from london -- here are the headlines. police and in northwest pakistan say militants have again attacked and destroyed nato fuel supplies. and hungary is stepping up its investigation into how big quantities of toxic sludge and leaked from an industrial plant. a u.n.-backed tribunal in cambodia has formally indicted four of the most senior leaders of the khmer rouge on charges of genocide. for many in cambodia, this may mean it justice at last. >> he is the village chief, the most respected in the community. his 29 grandchildren live close by. some are building him a new house. he tells me they have a good life. there may be fun and games here now, but he used to be a soldier for one of the world's most feared armies, the khmer rouge. his statue protected him from enemy bullets for 15 years of fighting. the khmer rouge members of like these are being accepted back into society. some have returned to the government or the military. but now four of the leaders have been charged with genocide. for people here, there is defin

in raleigh he is the senior vice president of the foundation for individual rights in education in london we have robert sharpe campaign manager at english pan and in greensboro we cross lenore billings harris chief diversity strategist at excel development systems and author of the diversity advantage a guide to making diversity work and another member of our cross talk team and the hunger all right folks crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want a first thought i had to go to robert in raleigh i was looking at some of your case studies that do deal with political correctness in your opinion what does it mean going too far in political correctness because as i was researching this program i typed in that political correctness going to far very high correlation is it going too far. i think it is going too far especially where we called straight which is on college and university campuses in the united states political correctness has sort of a choke hold on the way universities believe students should talk and think and behave and we've seen that over and over

officer alexander litvinenko is back in the picture his murder in london four years ago caused a deep strain in relations between russia and the u.k. but british foreign secretary william hague is now in moscow seeking to restore ties and catherine those are the now reports despite disagreements the two sides are determined to work together. it doesn't did seem that the two sides have basically agreed to disagree one of the major issues that throws a shadow over relations between moscow and london is of course the case of. a former k.g.b. officer was poisoned by a radioactive substance polonium two ten in london just a few years that britain believes that the main suspect in the case a russian state duma did deputy the bellboy has been refused extradition to britain in order to stand trial despite the numerous evidence that they have presented to russia to the russian side of course the russian side maintaining the fact that the evidence that the british side has presented is not conclusive and basically the situation remains at a standstill both sides reiterating the fact that they w

and that was professor anatol lieven of king's college in london. war torn afghanistan is seeing a boom in charge labor has many men either fighting on the front line or have been killed in action for a large number of young afghans school is a luxury they can't afford as they have families to feed. reports now from kabul. for a few hours each friday these street kids get to remember they still just children . to them kite flying is more than just a pastime it's a sport of skill we all who master taught you call and for a few brief moments forget that they live in abject poverty. one name is what's he doing in the form of the house i'll never forget one day there was no job i came home and there was no food and my brothers and sisters and my mother they went to sleep hungry that god is only thirteen years old but as the man of the house has responsibility start early at six in the morning. good bye. good bye my brother. and the first born this is a typical poor kabul neighborhood children with runny noses dirty feet and crawling stomachs every day w