o. free press thank you for being on tonight. i still to come on the program time to say goodbye. taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan to get expert opinion on how the pullout of u.s. troops from the country could improve security there. just imagine this piece is about four and a half billion years old like the air. space rocks but it's cosmic passion or is it the pursuit of profit well we explore the lies behind the meteorite fever that spreading in central russia. service expecting progress on its bid to join the rest of war crimes suspect go and how they should have been a key hurdle in the road of membership that still need clearing had to be extradited to the hague on saturday. paul snow from the serbian capital belgrade. it was the government's very much to the west the public opinion actually does differ quite significantly now the last time i was in belgrade at the end of last year i spoke to the deputy prime minister here and i asked him why there's still such a government drive to this membership and he said that they really s

o. free press terry funk you for being with us tonight on r.t. now betting shops here shorten the odds on david cameron's chances of staying in office would you take that bet as well what do you think you think the prime minister will resign and a time soon. i wouldn't i wouldn't make that bet but i would i would certainly enjoy watching it play out. you know it's there's been a very cozy relationship between media and government throughout western democracies it's no less true in the united states that it is in the u.k. . and what we've what we've seen is is sort of a laying bare of that relationship in a way that that everybody suspected but now we now we can see that it's the that our suspicions are proven true called bloodbath little roman gladiator ring isn't it i mean murdoch's far reaching influence on the world of politics and well and truly exposed now how much do we really know the still other more revelations you think that come out. the only surprise would be if there weren't more surprises. certainly certainly intrigued by the way th

o. free press i spoke to him he said we've only seen the tip of the iceberg as he sees it the crisis. there's been a very cozy relationship between media and government throughout western democracies it's no less true in the united states than it is in the u.k. . and what we what we've seen is is sort of a laying bare of that relationship in a way that that everybody suspected but now we now we can see that it's the. that our suspicions are proven true the only surprise would be if there weren't more surprises and there is suspicion that something similar or to a lesser or greater extent has been happening in the united states if in fact it is found that the allegations that news corp properties were looking for looking to hack the telephones of nine eleven family victims or victims' families that is going to be a storm the likes of which you've never seen in the u.s. well this story spark passionate debate on our web site form of many of the stories rules for discussion as well of course if you want to join and please do it's about say go home while you are aligned with us check out