nato 2.0 started. a nato that wanted to do for eastern europe and central europe what nato had done for western europe, to provide a platform and a basis for a democratization for building up the economic vitality and capitalist systems that we saw occur over the last 20 years for countries like poland, and the czech republic, and hungary, and then the baltic states, and romania, and bulgaria. and even croatia and albania became vibrant places of western democracy of, of market economics and nato members. >> if you look down from mars on earth the bulk of the nations with free political systems and free economic systems that are close friends and allies of the united states and canada are in western europe and, uh, what they're gonna have to do is to recognize that, that it obviously remains important to defend the needed treaty area. >> originally founded with 10 member states, nato now comprises 28 nations and scores of partners who contribute military personnel and equipment to its ever widening mis

first was the language that we used in nato documents to destroy the purpose of nato's nuclear weaponsso the language we used and that language had to be consistent obviously with the language of the three nuclear powers who were at the core of being a nuclear united states united kingdom and france so that language had to be consistent with the language used by the three individual countries. so the purpose of nuclear weapons and the first element discussed the policy and their was controversial. finding the right language that covered the three countries particularly was in d.c.. the second element was the posture itself. what does nato need in terms of capabilities for extended deterrence to have a satisfactory deterrence policy? there the purpose obviously was on these warheads, the american warheads based in europe to be used by dca aircraft in the four countries concerned. again a controversial issue in several countries. the third element not covered at all was the role of missile defense. missile defense is sort of the new boy on the block somehow that has been introduced gener

there's no kind of mechanism for enforcing this. >> but there is nato. >> nato became the military arm of the international community to deal with the extraordinary atrocities that were seen for the first time since world war ii right here in the middle of europe. uh, concentration camps in bosnia, ethnic cleansing throughout the area, and at a time when the international community was unable to resolve these kinds of issues diplomatically it decided it needed to intervene militarily. >> take bosnia, for example. bosnia was an easy call for the united states because this was a conflict at the heart of europe, one of america's core security interests, but also an economic one as well. >> the kind of physical and geopolitical disruptions that the war in the balkans was causing and the ripple effects that it was having throughout europe were politically dangerous, but economically as well. >> when nato, under a u.n. mandate, moved into libya in 2011 it showcased a renewed readiness to stand up for threatened populations. >> you had these extraordinarily dramatic sort of scenes playing out

missile shield in europe defenseless so with claims the system may fail to protect america and its nato allies could be aimed i think russia. and experts in the u.k. claim the failing economy and cutbacks are driving creasing the more britons to suicide. twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. and islamist rebel group is claiming responsibility for ongoing violence in mali is northern city of town that's after gunmen launch a surprise guerilla tag over the weekend the city was rocked by two suicide bombings however alfonse maintains the military campaign in mali to force out islamists is almost complete local correspondent gonzalo one report. the situation in mali is obviously going to have a gruesome ending there are more than enough indications of that last friday the country was shaken by the very first terrorist attack in its history according to the witness report of what was carried out by a fifteen year old suicide bomber that of arab descent the bomber was the only one killed after the detonation a few hours later responsibility for the attack was claimed by the m

and nato supported militias. the country now you can clearly see that the country is suffering from the front problems the not exist before the country's infrastructure has been destroyed and you have militias running. freely on the streets. people killing people and doing whatever they want so yes a lot has changed but not for the better amnesty international describes tribalism post gadhafi as armed militias acting completely out of control hundreds of them across the country arresting people without warrant detaining them incommunicado and torturing them all these points gadhafi was accused of by the rebels and the west now the watchdog says this is happening while the government is unwilling or unable to rein the militias in another problem is the south in december libya closed off its borders with algeria niger chad and sudan citing a deterioration of security and declared the region a military zone well recently a video has emerged of representatives of the south libyan tribes declaring independence for the

missile shield in europe defenseless so with claims the system may fail to protect america and its nato allies could be aimed i think russia. and that's what is in the u.k. claim that failing economy and cutbacks are driving creasing the more britons to suicide. twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r t. and islam is a rebel group is claiming responsibility for ongoing violence in mali is northern city of town that's after gunmen launch a surprise guerilla tag over the weekend the city was rocked by two suicide bombings however france maintains the military campaign in mali to force out islamists is almost complete local correspondent gonzalo wanta reports. the situation in mali is obviously going to have a gruesome ending there are more than enough indications of that last friday the country was shaken by the very first terrorist attack in its history according to the witness report of what was carried out by a fifteen year old suicide bomber not of arab descent the bomber was the only one killed after the detonation a few hours later responsibility for the attack was claim

is checking the boxes with key allies in europe first tour abroad look at what is mission with old nato allies could be like. in the latest efforts to negotiate peace in syria the country's government says it's ready to talk to all sides of the opposition even those. drugs are made russian vegetables drug control officers seize almost two hundred kilograms of heroin hidden in sacks with a radish market. thank you for joining us on this monday here on our. with your twenty four hour global. disappointed italians are choosing parliament for the second day in what's largely seen as a protest against painful austerity and corrupt politicians and the man helping them to punish the mainstream parties is a former comedian is promising to swing the country around from its current course but he. reports the outcome might be no laughing matter. the streets of rome aligned with posters from various political parties and candidates all smiles and bright colors offering the best future possible for italian voters. if you like i was . thirteen yes it. was it was was he was. the program loz not the le

an expert on american foreign policy it's always been very important for the americans to keep the nato alliance together but they always wanted to keep it together on their own terms it's always been the case for instance that the senior commanding officer in nato is from the american armed forces what the americans constantly want to do is to shift the burden of military intervention on to the europeans hard for to keep political control over the process and i think that we've seen that a number of times recently especially since the american focus is now beginning to shift towards the pacific to deal with the rising threat of china we are going to the europeans now have. a greater share of burden in respect of policing the arab world and north africa what we're seeing here is an attempt to convince the nato allies that they should pay more but have no more influence. iran has announced it found thousands of tons worth of uranium reserves and it says it will use them to expand its nuclear infrastructure and to build will power we actually it's called for you find eligible to get us in

again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year alone it's expected another thirty billion dollars could be spent to nate this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from a watchdog monitory bad aid they say there's no way of ensuring all this money is going to the right place or whose hands the cash is falling into and that it's too dangerous in many places in afghanistan to safely observe what's happening well former and. some have become very rich including western officials well most afghans have been left with nothing many countries thrive on this war they make money there in their un people are others who are lined up and making fat salaries and while the life of afghan ordinary afghans have not changed we of course we have had some

missile shield in europe defenseless with claims the system may fail to protect america and its nato allies could be aimed against russia. and egypt braces for yet another string of antigovernment drag on the true year anniversary of former dictator hosni mubarak's ousting. it's ten am here in moscow you're watching aren't to you with me to bomb with say. and islamist rebel group is claiming responsibility for ongoing violence in manas mills when city of god that's after gunmen launched a surprise guerrilla attack every week into the city was rocked by two suicide bombings however france maintains the military campaign in mali to force out islamists is almost complete local correspondent reports for r.t. . the situation in mali is obviously going to have a gruesome ending there are more than enough indications of that last friday the country was shaken by the very first terrorist attack in its history according to the witness report of what was carried out by a fifteen year old suicide bomber that of arab descent the bomber was the only one killed after the detonation a few hours lat

and nato supported militias. the country now you can clearly see that the country is suffering from the front problems that the not exist before the country's infrastructure has been destroyed you have militias running. free on the streets attacking people killing people and doing whatever they want so yes a lot has changed but not for the better amnesty international describes tribalism post gadhafi as armed militias acting completely out of control hundreds of them across the country arresting people without warrant detaining them incommunicado and torturing them all these points gadhafi was accused of by the rebels and the west now the watchdog says this is happening while the government is unwilling or unable to rein in the militias and another problem is the south in december libya closed off its borders without niger chad and sudan citing a deterioration of security and declared the region a military zone well recently a video has emerged of representatives of the south libyan tribes declaring independence

again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year alone it's expected another thirty billion dollars could be spread to nate this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from a watchdog monitory bad aid they say there's no way of ensuring all this money is going to the right place or whose hands the cash is falling into and that it's too dangerous in many places in afghanistan to safely observe what's happening well former and. some have become very rich including western officials well most afghans have been left with nothing many countries thrive on this war they make money there is their people others who are lined up and making fat salaries and while the life of afghan ordinary afghans have not changed we of course we have had some things

missile shield in europe defenseless with claims the system may fail to protect america and its nato allies could be aimed against russia. and egypt braces for yet another string of antigovernment drag on the two year anniversary of former dictator hosni mubarak's ousting. it's ten am here in moscow you're watching r t you with me to mom would say. and this mama's rebel group is claiming responsibility for ongoing violence in manas mossman city of god that's after gunmen launched a surprise grill attack every weekend to the city was rocked by two suicide bombings however france maintains the military campaign in mali to force out islamists is almost complete local correspondent reports. the situation in mali is obviously going to have a gruesome ending there are more than enough indications of that last friday the country was shaken by the very first terrorist attack in its history according to the witness report of what was carried out by a fifteen year old suicide bomber of arab descent the bomber was the only one killed after the detonation a few hours later responsibility for the

it's always been very important for the americans to keep the nato alliance together but they always want to keep it together on their own terms it's always been the case for instance that the senior commanding officer in nato is from the american armed forces and what the americans want to do is to shift the burden of military intervention onto your field cars but to keep political control over the process and i think that we've seen that a number of times recently especially since the american focus is now beginning to shift towards the pacific to deal with the rising threat of china we are going to the europeans now have to take on a greater share of burden in respect of policing the arab world and north africa what we're seeing here is an attempt to convince the nato allies that they should pay more but have no more influence on line for you more disturbing pictures emerge of israeli soldiers and their treatment of palestinians. these are the kinds of images that have been appearing on social networks are seeing how are you will see some of them now if you log on to r.t. dot com

in nato or on the by letter level but not necessarily in a group we're just not fully fit what about how the issue of human rights certainly the e.u. like to talk harold how it always has an excellent human rights and their staff and the other but however unlike europe turkey for example ankara has more journalists jailed in iran and china come behind what would make of that or is she just simply conveniently ignoring that aspect of it. no she's definitely talking about and she's also taking care of the problems of the kurdish minority so this is an issue where we have to talk in a very friendly and open way with with our partners in ankara but finally it is absolutely clear that for strategic reasons we need to turks we need a closer cooperation but this is very difficult because it's much more a question about became like a religious question being a member of a fundamental religious question being member of the european union or not that makes it very difficult because my party in our country is against a full membership in this long as we are in power in germany in berlin it make

nato people didn't react to it they said there's nothing to talk about but perhaps now it's just time to be give it a thought how selfless of them you know indeed so i'm not sure all of us are waiting for another sort of extraterrestrial from space like i'm talking about that's also this is a roy twenty. eight it's about. time somebody said also way but a lot of people are saying that perhaps this is something that kind of you know kind of a preview into what i could what's happening or maybe this is as far as we're going to get busy with this is the closest one of the story asteroids that there will be no risk of collision if you believe me well the scientists don't. view one so why. just keep hoping that this is as close as we're going to get to a possible disaster ok well you're not packing your bags and going to the moon yet no not yet i'm not quite ready for it i'm quite fond of this planet although i have to say something about the climate. profiteering thank you very much for that so the picture is pretty clear that nothing is clear for the moment so there's a story developing

. >> the new commander of nato and american forces here says that any understand the president's not callying they may in nato air strikes where there are afghans of billions, afghan homes or villages. he is meeting this afternoon with his afghan counterpart to work out the modalities of implementing this decree on the ground. this is all following an air strike on wednesday leaving 10 afghan civilians dead. there were called in by his own afghan security forces, afghan security forces. these measures were to mitigate civilian casualties and had a number of them last year in 2012. general dunford the protecting civilians is what it is all about. he is working to implement his new presidential decree as he moves forward in his support as tens of thousands of nato forces leave an afghanistan takes the lead in securing the country for the afghan people. >> the u.n. peace envoy to syria has been talking with the arab league in cairo. brahimi talks between the two. but he said he would be willing to meet it with a representative from the regime. live pictures coming in now from benghazi w

presence plus nato contributions. and we didn't define specifics on that. >> president obama has not decided how many troops would remain in afghanistan. officials say he's still reviewing options. >>> now tonight, the department of defense grounded its entire fleet of f-35 war planes due to engine problems. the authorities say a crack was found on a turbine blade during a routine inspection on tuesday. the decision affects fighter planes for the air force, marines and navy. >>> willgoing -- boeing get the dreamliners cleared for takeoff? and staying safe, how to protect your identity when your bangor credit card company is hacked. >> the weekend is here but this friday night is featuring cold temperatures and drizzle. the problem is some of that drizzle might put down some glaze. we're talking about winter weather advisory advisories for some of you. lindsay, what about sports? >> rg3 shows off his progress at rehab one each at a time and is geo gonzalez in the clear? the carrier dome is preparing to say goodbye to t

i would consider the fact that there is a nato, and to whatever forces we are going to have. -- a nato complement -- complement to whatever forces we are going to have. will looke things i that closely early on. they are still in the process of making decisions on what is going to look like post-2014. >> do you think it is useful to put those numbers out there so far in advance? is there a military reason it is useful to put those numbers out there? >> i do know we are part of a coalition effort. i do know the coalition is really trying to determine what their commitment is going to be going forward. they would like as much predictability as possible. >> i appreciate it senator reed's question that he asked general rodriguez. how would you assess the threats to your command? what do you see those as being? >> it is a complex and dynamic and volatile region. we see on number of things that are kind of working together to fuel that instability. you see sectarian strife in a number of places. you see former autocratic governments that have failed or are failing creating further instabilit

nato people didn't react to it they said there's nothing to talk about but perhaps now it's time to be given a thought how selfless of them yeah indeed so i'm not sure all of us are waiting for another sort of extraterrestrial from space and i'm talking about that's all this is a roid twenty. it's about. time silly so i also worry but a lot of people are saying that perhaps this is something that's going to you know kind of a preview into what i did what's happening or maybe this is as far as we're going to get busy with this is the closest one of the story asteroids and so they will be no risk of collision if you believe them so well the scientists don't. view once that was. just keep hoping that this is as close as we're going to get to a possible disasters ok you know packing your bags and going to the moon yes no not yet i'm not quite ready for it i'm quite fond of this planet although i have to say something about the climate. profiteering thank you very much for that so the picture is pretty clear that nothing is clear for the moment so here's a story devoted to me that is let's

back to mess in the arab spring countries and nato is a to do list in afghanistan r.t. takes a look at the global use us president obama wasn't keen to talk about during his much anticipated state of the union address. and the news that the pope is to be the first head of the catholic church to step down and six centuries of course shot across the world the pontiff said his help the no longer permitted him to fulfill his duties. lives and that. i am here in the russian capital moscow you live with us on our to you with me to bomb would say it's good to have you company this morning it was the meteor that became a huge media star and the one event of the dominated the headlines this week searching and flashing across the skies of central russia one of the only times a major of such size has been captured coming to earth residence shot footage from every single possible shot as it fell in the urals the guests from a space also stole the spotlight from an even bigger asteroid that made a record close approach to the earth on friday which is you got a piece going up has bee

on his first tour abroad with his mission with old nato allies. in the latest that was to negotiate peace in syria the country's government says it's ready to talk to all sides. even though. drugs vegetables. two hundred kilos of heroin with. twenty four hour global news live this is with me thanks so much for joining us polls have now just closed and where dissolution public has been choosing its parliament the election is largely seen as a protest vote against painful austerity and corrupt politicians helping to punish the mainstream parties is a former comedian who's promising to swing the country around from its current course of cuts and. reports the outcome might be no laughing matter. the streets of rome aligned with posters from various political parties and candidates all smiles and bright colors offering the best future possible for italian voters. i. was since i was a candidate was thirty six i think it's nice because it was a good job thanks to the program low is not the leader but the face of a movement whose plan is simple to do away

the boxes with key allies in europe on his first tour abroad a look at what his mission with the old nato allies could be like. the latest efforts to negotiate peace in syria the country's government says it's ready to talk to all sides. even though. drugs are russian vegetables drug control of. two hundred kilograms of heroin hidden in. this right now just ticking past five pm on monday here in moscow this is. it is good to have you with us today. dissolution choosing their parliament for the second day in what's largely seen as a protest vote against painful austerity and corrupt politicians and the man helping them to punish the mainstream parties is a former comedian who's. the country round from its current course of cuts. reports the outcome might be no laughing matter. the streets of rome aligned with posters from various political parties and candidates all smiles and bright colors offering the best future possible for italian voters. he feels like he was experiencing i think it's not as it was he was. the program low is not the leader but the face of a movement whose plan is simp

seems to me pretty hypocritical if the people of sweden want to join nato well that is their choice but they shouldn't be tricked into having their taxpayers pay for their sons to die in afghanistan based on totally bogus arguments that make no sense but that's just my opinion.

seems to be pretty hypocritical if the people of sweden want to join nato well that is their choice but they shouldn't be tricked into having their taxpayer.

checking the boxes with key allies in europe on his first tour abroad look at what is mission with all nato allies could be. the. syrian rebels release a video which they say shows a government helicopter being shot down with a missile that's as the regime says it's ready to talk to all sides of the opposition even those who are armed and fighting. and afghan drugs the middle russian vegetables drug control officer sees almost two hundred kilos of heroin hidden in sacks with ragin radishes at a market near moscow. good evening i'm lucy catherine of things for tuning in this evening you're watching our t.v. well voting has ended in italy where dissolutions public has been choosing its parliament exit polls show the center left coalition is leading with the main surprise of the selection the party led by a former comedian is also showing good results well for more on the outcome let's cross live to our team. who is in rome probably slightly better weather than here in moscow arena how are the exit polls stacking up so far. well it's actually starting to snow here but that is going to really i

look at what his mission with the old nato allies could be like. to negotiate peace in syria the country's government says it is ready to talk to all sides. including those who are. drugs vegetables drug sees almost two hundred kilograms of heroin. with. good to have you with us here today. live in moscow with your news from around the world. voting has ended in italy where a disillusioned public has begun choosing. exit polls show the center left coalition is leading with the main surprise of this election the party led by a former comedian also. more at all. good to see you can you give us a bit more specific numbers stacking up at the exit polls. well at this point of course the numbers are going to be changing every every minute you can say that of course that is it according to the exit polls but at this point we have yet allude to bits that means you have said with the center left coalition and the first place with just over one third of the votes that have been that have been counted according to the exit polls in the second place we seem to

sweden wouldn't be able to last a week against the onslaught therefore sweden must immediately join nato he said that currently it is not quite possible to invade sweden but due to the two thousand and eight war with georgia it is possible for russia to somehow push through established european borders bring their forces up to sweden gates putting the generals country in danger but guess what according to your own council of the european union georgia started the war so by that logic if the two thousand and one with georgia is the example of the future then don't kill russian peacekeeping troops and you'll have nothing to worry about but general gordon so also made the point that president putin is rearming the russian army hinting at a threat of being heavily armed to defend yourself is a bad scary thing then joining up with nato seems to be pretty hypocritical if the people of sweden want to join nato well that is their choice but they shouldn't be tricked into having their taxpayers pay for their sons to die in afghanistan based on totally bogus arguments that make no sense but that's

that was reported just hours after the president's speech by nato strike killed ten afghan civilians one could sense a change maybe even your concern as the president on the results of the revolution in the arab world he said it's quote unquote messy he said the u.s. cannot dictate the course of changing countries like very very briefly pressure on syria there was a change of tone remember how the u.s. was cheerleading for revolutions in those countries just a year ago with radical forces gaining momentum in places like syria like libya maybe the changes that we've ministrations he's now in the region are not much to their liking among other threats america. faces the president talked about cyber attacks he said he had issued an executive order to protect government agencies and key infrastructure from cyber attacks but he did not mention is how the u.s. government itself is carrying out cyber attacks like the reported cyber attack on iran's nuclear program while there's no proof that they're building them on this administration said it would view a serious cyber attack against the u

seems to be pretty hypocritical if the people of sweden want to join nato well that is their choice but they shouldn't be tricked into having their taxpayers pay for their sons to die in afghanistan based on totally bogus arguments that make no sense but that's just my opinion. wealthy british style it's not on. markets weiner scandal. happening to the economy because the report. is trash. but it's also a treasure. worth fighting for. and a trap with no way out. if . today. flatow for these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. today. i'm very pleased to introduce russia's envoy to the united nations with only choking that's a trick and thank you very much for making yourself available for this interview thank you let me begin with iran russia is about to sit down yet again for talks with five other world powers on iran's nuclear program the negotiations are due at the end of february the u.s. vice president joe biden said that the u.s. was ready for direct negotiations with the with iran do you see it as a breakthrough as a serious push for diplomacy

the u.s. a missile shield in europe defense claims the system may fail to protect america and its nato allies could be aimed at russia. and the u.k. claim that the failing economy and cutbacks are increasingly driving britain's suicide . twenty four hours a day you're watching t.v. . well breaking news this hour ten miners have been killed after me thin explosion in russia's northern cali republic let's get more now from. a with the smell of in the studio what more can you tell us arena well at this point we know that there have been two hundred fifty nine people inside the mine at the moment of explosion the minister emergencies is saying that they have taken out two hundred forty two people have led them out to the surface safely there was a question of seventeen people missing ten of those have been confirmed dead at this point seven are still missing but the minister of emergency says that there is a high chance that they will be recovered safe and sound and alive so we're still waiting of course for the numbers to change as usual in these circumstances. prime minister medvedev has

missile shield in europe defenseless claims the system may fail to protect america and its nato allies could be aimed at russia. and the u.k. claim that the failing economy and cutbacks are increasingly driving more britons to suicide. live from moscow twenty four hours a day you're watching t.v. . well breaking news this hour ten miners have been killed after a me thing exploded in russia's northern cali republic let's get more now from. here with a smile of in the studio what more can you tell serena well at this point we know that there have been two hundred fifty nine people inside the mine at the moment of explosion the minister emergencies is saying that they have taken out two hundred forty two people have led them out to the surface safely there was a question of seventeen people missing ten of those have been confirmed dead at this point seven are still missing but the minister of emergency says that there is a high chance that they will be recovered safe and sound and alive so we're still waiting of course for the numbers to change as usual in these circumstances. prime minis