was very brutal it did commit the most appalling atrocities and i was one of a very small number of m.p.'s in the one nine hundred eighty s. that opposed arms deals with iraq and raised the issue of human rights in iraq but i do not see the value in executing terakhir see any more than executing anybody else who will not bring them back further brutalise what is already a very brutal situation the death penalty does not work. the russians have said in agreement with the unthought what you're saying that this is wrong adding their voice to many international voices opposing this move do you think as a result of this that the iraqi government might actually listen to international opinion he may be reprieved. i hope they will i hope they will listen very seriously to it because clearly there are some enormous issues that have got to be addressed in iraq the death penalty on terror because these at the same time as trying to whitewash over and ignore the very serious allegations concerning torture that are very embarrassing to both the united states and the russian government i think those

the result will see less power for the president and more for m.p.'s as the country becomes the first parliamentary democracy in central asia. mourners have gathered to remember the victims of the plane crash which killed the polish president six months ago near the russian city of smolensk ninety six people died in tragedy including many of poland's top officials. and in our round up all the week the war in afghanistan enters its tenth year making it the longest in u.s. military history this year is already the deadliest for nato troops in a decade of country. plus three crew members arrive at the international space station after friday's blast off from the baikonur cosmodrome they'll remain there for six months while they complete their mission in. afghanistan is the world's largest exporter of opium and over a third of it ends up right here in russia that's according to russia's counter narcotics chief who explained to aunty just why the war on drugs is not being won. today we're talking to the head of russia's control service and mr pena thank yo

france and a swedish anti-man gratian party taking seats in the country's parliament former british m.p. keith bass has added to the germans said the transfer movement of labor around europe. i do not think people mean by integration that everybody should look the same they should. the same clothes they should all the same cuisine but they do mean that people should live in harmony with one another one of the problems that one faces in most countries now have very mixed populations results of globalisation of much greater ease for people to migrate from one country to another not necessarily permanently just for temporary reasons but you've got to remember of course germany really set the trend a long time ago by bringing in the guy. from turkey i mean these were people who were invited by the german state just as indeed britain invited many people in from the caribbean in order to help for rebuild britain and to do some of the jobs which british people were not necessarily prepared to do themselves. and the issue of immigration is also a topic for debate in the latest edition of crossf

now there was a british m.p. jeremy corbyn there and we are on top of that story line for you at archie dot com as well as more analysis of the fallout from the weekly it's revelations. also on the web side reaching for the stars of moscow based company let's aspiring pilots fly a plane without actually hitting the ground. and he may be a comedian but he has just been voted the most trusted man in america find out more . and russia's struggling to tackle an alarming crime rate among young people but the world health organization says a problem could be sold by offering youngsters more activities to keep them busy. meets some of the juveniles who are barely out of school but already behind bars thank you for free on the door where exactly you stabbed him with the knife it was here how many times. i don't remember roughly seven or ten times. in this reconstruction the suspects showing police just what happened when his gang carried out a brutal murder the main perpetrator would soon join his peers in one of russia'

former european m.p. there john stevens meanwhile researcher on russian u.s.relations victor cremin you told r.t. about a new security system is needed to unite moscow with the european states or as nato elise separates. the world today we should think about european security in a different way we should switch over to other forms of interaction between russia and the western community we are trying to pave this way while nato is dividing europe and russia for various reasons it's unlikely to join nato it's too big and it's quite self-sufficient in military terms it doesn't need nato and its guarantees a totally different system should be created there we have our views which our president has set forth however the west has so far been cautious. we'll stay with our team for the full interview with victor coming to you next hour here in r.t.e. . conflicts that has held a grudge against british comedian sacha baron cohen says his two thousand and six film bore at my country a laughing stock around the world but now a complex filmmaker is striking back with a com

former british m.p. john stevens talked to an expert on moscow washington relations probably look told r.t. meantime that a new security arrangement is needed to unite russia with european states as currently nato merely divides them and you can watch that for interview next hour but he has a preview. today we should think about european security in a different way we should switch over to other forms of interaction between russia and the western community we are trying to pave this way while nato. dividing europe and russia for various reasons it's unlikely to join nato it's too big and it's quite self-sufficient in military terms it doesn't need nato and its guarantees a totally different system should be created there we have our views which our president has set forth however the west has so far been cautious. the urals have always been russia's major industrial region but there is a city there that's become famous for all the wrong reasons cover bash is home to a copper smelting plant which has been

is already a very brutal situation the death penalty does not work thoughts there from british labor m.p. jeremy corbyn we're on top of that story online for you at r.t. dot com as well as more analysis of the fallout from the wiki leaks revelations also on the site reaching for the stars a moscow based company let's find pilots fly a plane oh absolutely from the ground. and he may be a comedian but it's just been voted the most trusted influential man in america find out more at our team dot com. welsh is struggling with an alarming crime rate amongst young offenders but the world health organization report also said that could be tackled by offering more activities to keep young people busy over some put the blame squarely on the parents as our city's risk over reports. i think please show us on the dole where exactly you stabbed him with the knife it was here how many times. i don't remember roughly seven or ten times. in this reconstruction the suspects showing police just what happened when his gang carried out a brutal now the main perpetrator would soon join his peers in one of ru

view the sentence as an attempt to divert attention away from the weekly leaks revelations british m.p. jeremy corbyn is among the critics of the trial the reason they're doing it now do you are correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced from tara to the user is there to divert attention policy absolutely no point in this form of victor's justice being carried out to do nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three counsel the death penalty abandon the whole idea of the death and instead look at least use of human rights and justice and look at the behavior of forces ever since the invasion took place i do not see the value in executing terek izzy's any more than executing anybody else it will not bring the dead back it will further brutalise what is already a very brutal situation the

a trial against a controversial dutch m.p. known for his strong anti islamic views will resume with its original judges a special panel refuse good will does request to change what he calls a biased panel get latest on the story and told more than your m.p. gerard button thanks being on the program with us you've met good world and some time ago you know he attracts notoriety revery goes but what impression did you get of the man when you met him face to face is it different from what's portrayed in the media. hello kevin yes yes it is i mean i met world as i think about two thousand six two thousand and seven and in fact i went to see our before i went to see him i asked people who knew him you know i didn't want have anything to do with him if he was and he was little more racist they assured me he wasn't when i met him i went to the hague going out to dinner with him and totally dispelled any fears i may have had of that i think that he's a very intelligent man very decent man and i think in his own way heroic because he's

that was british m.p. jeremy corbyn there are fifty thousand u.s. troops remain in iraq to train and support local security forces but in many places like kurdish controlled kirkuk the legacy of the american led invasion remains uncertain what of people there fear a civil war could eventually erupt as suppressed in mine are reports. a dawn raid a race against time to catch militants off guard in the iraqi province of kirkuk where in the suburb of duck cook and the police have just a few minutes to get into position before sunrise. daybreak's and the raid begins police under the supervision of the u.s. army go door to door searching rooms and checking residents against lists of unknown terrorists. dominated heavily by kurds have been remarkably successful recently they have cut terror attacks by over fifty percent in the past few months these guys are very good they are very good and they're very good at intelligence and develop they are gathering intelligence and developing intelligence and the other submerged current police who are not worried abou

the trial against a controversial dutch m.p. known for his strong and time muslim views will resume with its original judges a special panel refused her wilder's request to change what he calls a biased panel euro m.p. gerard bad and says wilders opponents are laying into him without properly trying to understand his position this whole thing his whole argument and i come from it from the same angle is we're not talking about muslims not about individuals we're talking about an ideology and a belief system and if you actually look at that belief system in detail you'll find that it does it doesn't fit in with it's not compatible with the west and western liberal democracy and free speech as we see you know this whole thing is this this is trial is this pression of free speech what is he saying these are actually talked about the ideology and the koran and and we're now having a trial because somebody has dared to criticize a book now recently here we've had professor richard dawkins had a whole t.v. program criticizing christian

when queen beatrice opened the new dutch parliament last month, there were 150 m.p.'s but no government. thanks to a spectacularly inconclusive general election. the winner just was this man. his right-wing pro business party won the most seats. and he's set to become the prime minister. but his night of triumph back in june turned to be a long- drawn out negotiation. he finally teamed up with the party of the former prime minister who resigned after his christian democrats came a distant fourth. but getting former rivals to knead the same delex not be easy. and the hague's former government is facing criticism because of the reliance of this man. he was a surprise success of the election. it more than doubled its seats. but earlier he went on trial accused of inciting hatred against muslims. he has not been offered a job in the new cabinet but has agreed to swrote the government coalition in return for a chance to influence policy-making. many in the netherlands a country famed with tolerant little bit lism worries that someone with such extreme views has gotten so c

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to see less power for the president and more for m.p.'s as a country strives to become the first parliamentary democracy in central asia. foreigners have gathered to remember the victims of the plane crash which killed the polish president six months ago a movie russian city of ninety six people died in the tragedy including many opponents top officials. of the war in afghanistan the. u.s. military history. this is already the deadliest for nato troops in a decade. plus the soyuz spacecraft arrives at the international space station after friday's blast off from the baikonur cosmodrome. two russian cosmonauts and a message. that the whole thing is. back with more news for you in less than half an hour from now on the meantime we meet some people who have grown so sick of big city life they've given it up altogether to live in harmony with nature a special report next. out in the countryside every day hard work is far more valuable than creature comforts here the people have no use for the latest high tech handheld devices will consume a c

which hasn't dictations put central asian neighbors to presidential rule will be giving more power to m.p.'s as the country strives to become the past fundamentally democracy in the region. united in grief six months on russia and poland and more into a full plane crash that killed ninety six people on board including the late polish president. also this week marks nine days since u.s. troops entered afghanistan in the so-called war against terror that sound say some american soldiers her fueling the flames of violence as well as the town of bani. walid mission made possible they modernize digital so you spacecraft carrying and you russian american crew are successfully docks with the international space station. those are the headlines is not escaping big city life for a short break all rejecting modern civilization altogether and now a special report now explore life in harmony with the natural environment. out in the countryside every day hard work is far more valuable than creature comforts here the people have no use for the latest high tech handheld devices consumer crazes. they bui

poll is going smoothly at this point the result will see less power for the president and more for m.p.'s as the country becomes the first parliamentary democracy in central asia. mourners gathered to remember the victims of the plane crash which killed the polish president six months ago near the russian city of smolensk ninety six people died in the tragedy including many of poland's top official. and in our round up of the week the war in afghanistan enters its tenth year making it the longest in u.s. military history base year is already the deadliest for nato troops in a decade of conflict. well despite almost a decade of conflict in afghanistan it remains the world's largest exporter of opium with over a third of it ending up right here in russia and russia's counter-narcotics chief explain to our t.v. just why the war on drugs is not being won. today we're talking to the head of russia's drug control service and mr want to thank you very much for joining us today first off let's talk about afghanistan i'm ganna stand is the number one producer all opiates in the world when we ta

implications for its central asian neighbors to presidential board will be probed to giving more power to m.p.'s as the country strives to become the first parliamentary democracy in the region. united in grief six months on a rush on poland mourn the april plane crash that killed ninety six people on board including the made hardest president. this week marks nine years since u.s. troops ended up got a start in the so-called war against terror but some say it's american soldiers are you willing to play games of on and says one of the top. so long days and plenty of other stories in just under fifteen minutes time but right now the time is here with this. hello and welcome to the sports update on r t good to have you with us and here is what's coming up in the program. to boston to tell reignites his world championship hopes with an emphatic victory in the japanese grand prix. but into the rossi finally wins after coming back from injury but it's more yellow around saddam secures the ultimate prize in malaysia. and big in japan rafael nadal storms to his. face in tokyo. and let's kick off wit

implications for its central asian neighbors to presidential rule will be kind of giving more power to m.p.'s and the country was to become the first parliamentary democracy in their reach. united in grief six months solid junction and poland of more than a full plane crash bush killed ninety six people on board including the late polish president. also this week marks nine good sends us troops into the palestine in the so-called war against terror but some say some american soldiers hope fueling the flames of violence as well as the tonopah. and starting with going to stand the country remains the walls of the largest exporter of opium with over a third of it and going up in russia russia's counter-narcotics chief because they've been off explains to aussie just why the war on drugs is not being watered. today we're talking to the head of russia's drug control service and mr pena thank you very much for joining us today first off let's talk about afghanistan afghanistan is the number one producer all opiates in the world when we talk about the transfer of the drugs to russia what kind of

this isn't time for some of the countries in the euro zone that's according to john redwood a british m.p. and euro skeptic he gave an interview to r.t. the full version is coming your way next hour but here's a preview. i think it's up to the current member states of the euro to come to political conclusions democratic conclusions about how much pain individual countries are prepared to put up with to stay in it whether they can reach a better global settlement within the euro zone which perhaps releases a bit of the tension and pressure on spain and portugal and greece and ireland without completely upset in germany. moscow is the biggest city in continental europe and hence faces huge daily challenges over five and a half million tons of waste is produce annually in the capital but only a small portion of it is recycled. now reports it's a problem that's not so easy to bury. when alexander and his family moved to their frantic ten years ago that you from the thirteenth floor it was so impressive the whole city early before them but soon this hump turned into a hill blocking the view of

caught breaking the law so this determination mr link no bill is known is if i can just run british m.p. here is that is that legal under european union standards and law. well if you take the roma situation for example the french government is clearly breaking every e.u. legislation it's even ignoring warnings from human rights organizations like amnesty international which stresses very strongly that rumor as european citizens are free to move within the e.u. so there is no such thing as being deported back home home is the european community they are free to move everywhere within that within those bought borders ok can't if i can do go to you do you think the czar causey's model is a good one for the rest of europe in why well i'm not entirely up to speed what the legal requirements that france are going to mean to me change what do you what do your party want to do with the the element of immigration what your elbows your what your platform. we want to restrict immigration from especially middle eastern african countries were saying that asylum and close to kin immigration should b

amid rising unemployment and president of levels of government debt income abandonment is a european m.p. he claims the euro currency is to blame for most of the continent current economic woes. i think the euro is teetering on the edge this is a manifestation of it this is a massive problem and you can throw hundreds of billions that it is they're trying to do but it's beyond that i mean the real underlying problem is you're trying to force together all these different types of column is that some a doing very well others are very weak and you cannot force them together under one common currency call the euro the euro's the problem it's just unsustainable this as a say you know they're throwing hundreds of billions of euros at it and the germans are paying through the nose and you know the majority of germans now want to leave the euro and that's conceivable that we recreate all the national currencies or certain strong currency is leave or that we currently one or the other person other story in the e.u. countries suffering the worst with the recession latvians have voted to give their

well there is a brief now this monday evening at a controversial dutch m.p. known for strong and his love of views has gone on trial for inciting hatred it stems from a speech good builders made where he compared his lantern math ism and called for the qur'an to be banned is remarks through protests from the right saying this. he's protected and free speech laws but if convicted he goes home for two years. an earthquake measuring six point three on the richter scale struck off southern japan the epicenter was in the sea two hundred miles southwest of now japan's meteorological agency has issued a tsunami alert for nearby islands tonight there are no immediate reports of any damage or injuries we'll keep you posted on that story. and israeli military courts found two sergeants guilty of using a palestinian boy as a human shield during israel's intense three week military offensive against gaza at the end of two thousand and eight the soldiers forced the nine year old to open to see if they contained explosives the boy wasn't injured but extremely distressed by

because very user friendly inaccessible but what this is really all about is me saying look actually an m.p. has a limited amount of time and we work hard there's a huge amounts in terms of demands a lot on what i want to do is prioritize my constituents the ones that are in the greatest need the issues that i think voted to deal with and not play pitter patter tape ping pong with lobby groups and their phone emails i don't think that's serious business and you'd be amazed at how many people have emailed me to say they agree to what do you think the biggest threats to civil liberties in britain today is i'm not sure there's a single biggest threat but for me reported journalists put it quite well he said we seem to be lost on liberty reflects and i heard phil johnson from the other end of the media spectrum from the daily telegraph say this they say something similar today we used to instinctively react against the state's incursions into our freedom and to offer free space and i think that what the last government which was very cunning and surreptitious was to be so long slice of freedom

for parliament that will rule the country the vote will take power away from president and give it to m.p.'s in what will be the first such case in central asia it's also hope to stabilize a region where hundreds of. people died in brutal clashes in recent months and earlier i spoke to our correspondents who were going off in the rest of the southern city of osh and you know the car in the capital bishkek. this is a landmark election for the country and regardless of how many people show up at their lection it will still be valid even once it's over kurdistan will become the first central asian country to become a parliamentary state where a prime minister has more power than the president and it's accountable to the parliament tradition essentially asian states are ruled by all three tarion leaders on in april when former president by key was overthrown the country was wracked with political violence that took lives of dozens of people and left many more injured people were unhappy with the former president's policies and many lives and after the president was overthrown temporary govern

and a half million mostly turkish muslims german identity is in the spotlight best a former british m.p. and chief executive of the foundation for care of the victims of torture says politicians are playing on voters' fears. i do not think people mean by integration that everybody should look the same they should all wear the same clothes they should all the same cuisine but they do mean that people should live in harmony with one another one of the problems that one faces in most countries now have very mixed populations that's a result of globalization of much greater ease for people to migrate from one country to another not necessarily permanently or temporary reasons but you've got to remember of course germany really set the trend a long time ago by bringing in the gas star biter from turkey i mean these were people who were invited in by the german state just as indeed britain invited many people in from the caribbean in order to help rebuild britain and to do some of the jobs. which british people were not necessarily prepared to do themselves but there is an interesting point i

a parliament that will rule the country vote will take power away from the president and give it to m.p.'s in what would be the first such case in central asia it's also hoped to stabilize the region where hundreds of people died in brutal clashes in recent months now let's cross live to our correspondent who is in the capital of bush for us hello to you natalia so talk to me why is this election so important. well this is the landmark pull for the country regardless of how many people are going to show up at today's election the election will still be valid and after this election kyrgyzstan will become the first country in central asia to become a parliamentary state where the prime minister has more power than the president and it's accountable to the parliament traditionally central asian states are ruled by all three tarion leaders and when former president by keef was overthrown in april this year the current she was wrecked in violence. dozens of people killed and many more injured people here were unhappy with the president's former president's policies that have left many to le

before serve pursed forward british m.p. and political advisor talk to us at r.t. because it star was furious when such a baron cohen's comedy bore out became a worldwide hit in two thousand and six but now a filmmaker is striking back at the movie that's made his people loving stock around the world and his ego god knows got the story. i'm not a lover of. this so my god say i haven't heard that that this right down of because. they said oh no. not the. four years after the top grossing years film about the hapless cows like t.v. reporter because it sounds premier comedy director has come up with their past. hiding behind their freedom of speech and democracy westerners insult our nation demeter seem backward it's all lives and i was shaking back the new film centers on an american keen to discover the real kazakstan after seeing the original movie where he meets boris brother only briefly mentioned in such a baron cohen's film my brother in law and a very a funny. together the tune gauge in various high jinks. in our film below gets married to a donkey. the payoff

confirmed that europe is considering russia's proposals for a new regional security system former british m.p. john stevens says european defense is meaningless without russian participation. things of common descent always since the cold war and i do think that the more your appear. later becomes the more stronger european pillow in nato is the more open it is going to be toward russia i think that particularly in germany and also in france but also i think in britain there is a recognition that defense of europe with russian participation is meaningless with the the challenges that you face from the far east in particular from the rise of asia economically strategically is immense and russia has to be part of that even before we start considering the middle east and the crucial thing i think is that there is a merger an idea of a new way to be nato was defined. the list and russia of the warsaw pact was seen as the east i think there is now in a sense because of the rise of asia there is a new way to which includes russia. and because the challenges that we face and the shared interests tha