government was not just burhanuddin rabbani, but also gholam shakuri, which according to mr.nuddin rabbani is a senior member of the iranian revolutionary guard corps. is that so? >> look, i do not know the exact name, but my point is the whole issue is a fabrication against iran. so the issue is not the name of some people that was, you know, accused or publicized by the media. in my view, and in my government's view, it is the most absurd thing ever to implicate iran in an assassination plot in the united states. therefore, i have to make the statement that we strongly reject this shameless accusation and warn the american public to be vigilant about such vicious campaigns which are definitely aimed at furthering political pressure against my country. this is the main point. >> thank you very much for calling in and making your point, given the iranian take on the story. mr. khazahee which is the permanent representative to the united nations in new york. we will have more on the terror plot after the break. okay, so you mean you just ignore the environment. actually, it's

government was not just burhanuddin rabbani, but also gholam shakuri, which according to mr.is that so? >> look, i do not know the exact name, but my point is the whole issue is a fabrication against iran. so the issue is not the name of some people that was, you know, accused or publicized by the media. in my view, and in my government's view, it is the most absurd thing ever to implicate iran in an assassination plot in the united states. therefore, i have to make the statement that we strongly reject this shameless accusation and warn the american public to be vigilant about such vicious campaigns which are definitely aimed at furthering political pressure against my country. this is the main point. >> thank you very much for calling in and making your point, given the iranian take on the story. mr. khazahee which is the permanent representative to the united nations in new york. we will have more on the terror plot after the break. e collar or no collars. we are business in america. and every day we awake to the same challenges. but at prudential we're helping companies e

was pakistan's friend rabbani was killed in a suicide bombing last month afghan officials to spec this is behind the murder and claim they've already provided pakistan with supporting evidence. the palestinian bid for statehood is being considered now in the un security council total of nine out of fifteen votes are needed to push the application through meanwhile u.s. defense secretary leon panetta on the trip to the middle east has warned israel that it is becoming increasingly isolated and the region urged israel to restart peace talks with the palestinians and restore relations with turkey and egypt palestinian leader mahmoud abbas told r.t. arabic he's fears the u.s. will pressure of the u.n. security council members to vote against the bid the full interview is coming next hour here on r.t. but here's a preview. just for the right to veto we knew in advance and we would be notified that washington will use its veto journeying devoting and all the it's clear that the u.s. as the dominant. power wants to extend its support to israel but what concerns us most is that the us wants to

hina rabbani khar was appointed foreign minister in july.d the first woman to hold that post. welcome, foreign minister. >> thank you. >> admiral mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has been a friend of pakistan. he has had very good ties with the pakistani government. he has been an advocate of engagement with pakistan. yet he felt clearly frustrated enough that he publicly pointed out something that frankly reporters and diplomats have said privately for a long time, which is that the isi has links with the haqqani faction. the isi being the intelligence wing of the military and the haqqani being the faction of the most deadly of the militant groups based in pakistan that attack americans and afghanistans, westerners, indians. he points specifically to the attack on the u.s. embassy and says that there are cell phone intercepts that show that the pakistani military was assisting in that attack. now surely this is beyond a problem of misunderstandings. >> mm-hmm. certainly. this is something that i have reacted to adequately,

rabbani was organized by the taliban leadership with the help of the pakistani spy agency.fficials deny any involvement. >>> and in the philippines tonight more suffering and more destruction after a second typhoon slammed into the main island. at least one person was killed. authorities warn of flash flooding and landslides. a typhoon struck the island on wednesday. >>> bad weather forced crews to put off inspection of the quake- damaged washington monument. today's planned inspection was postponed due to rain. crews have been repelling down the monument and removing loose pieces to document the damage. a wocker was blown 30 feet off the monument by a gust of win. he wasn't hur the national park service says the work will continue tomorrow. >>> a big battle in pleasanton left people covered in big, juicy tomatoes and they are loving it. the bay area's first-ever organized tomato battle happened at alameda county fairgrounds. participants enjoyed beer, music and of course, a lot of tomatoes being thrown at edge. ktvu caught up with two people who traveled from overseas to c

it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make decisions about its own relationship with those insurgent groups. >> reporter: the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate. the kabul government and the u.s. now face the huge task of quelling the violence before the pull-out in 2014. >>> now for an in-depth report, in the second part of our series on mongolia, we focus on the nomadic herdsman. this main industry used to be the main way of life in the country. now their numbers are falling sharply. changing political systems and natural disasters have played a role. so has modernization. >> reporter: for the nomadic herdsmen of mongolia, li

it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make decisions about its own relationship with those insurgent groups. >> reporter: the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate. the kabul government and the u.s. now face the huge task of quelling the violence before the pull-out in 2014. >>> now for an in-depth report, in the second part of our series on mongolia, we focus on the nomadic herdsman. this main industry used to be the main way of life in the country. now their numbers are falling sharply. changing political systems and natural disasters have played a role. so has modernization. >> reporter: for the nomadic herdsmen of mongolia, li

former president burhanuddin rabbani, who led efforts to talk with the taliban, was killed by a suicide bomber last month. the president's own brother was also assassinated in july. such incidents are a sign that the afghan government faces an even tougher situation as it looks for ways to open peace negotiations with the taliban. hideki yui, nhk world, kabul. >>> a protest rally has been held in central washington, d.c., to demand an immediate withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. demonstrators say huge sums of taxpayer money being spent on overseas military operations should be used to create jobs at hole. >> it's no good. we say health care parole now. >> the rally took place on thursday, one day before the tenth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan. more than 500 people took part in the rally. they were underby many anti-wall street protesters who have been demonstrating in new york. young people are upset about the disparity of wealth and high unemployment in the u.s. the u.s. government spends about $10.4 billion every month on military operations in afghanistan.

secretary clinton's trip comes just a month after the assassination of former president rabbani by taliban bombers. the secretary of state is drawing a harder line on peace efforts between afghanistan and pakistan calling for a partnership with the u.s. against insurgents. clinton will travel to pakistan later today where she's expected to put pressure on the government there to help in the fight. >>> another key vote on budget cuts is scheduled for today in greece as protesters vow to bring the country to a standstill in the second day of a strike that has already shut down schools and disrupted public transportation. let's take an early look at the markets as we get all up in your business. steve sedgwick is live in london. good morning. >> very good morning to you. the protests part of a rolling series of measures from people who are up in arms against the government's latest austerity measures. it's the final vote as you said today. a cabinet meeting and after that a final vote. it is expected to get through. the government has a majority of 354 seats but it's real severe cuts for the

void of former president burhanuddin rabbani was killed by a suicide bomber pretending to be a taliban peace negotiator. time now to take in more of russia close up and today war on a health kick. where in the pens are region i mean east european plane although most of its territory lies on the wall the highlands capitals also called paths it was founded as a small fortress in the seventeenth century was growing ever since to leave the city striving to be one of the healthiest and savior stone in russia by order of the governor of arkansas want to find out why. almost every day the government is telling us that we should eat more fruits and vegetables drink less exercise more of course many people ignore these recommendations in fact working for the government will be very frustrating always telling people to do stuff but having no way of enforcing it now what would happen if you could actually make people follow through and be more healthy well officials are no longer have to wonder because in penza that's exactly what the government has done is introduced a new ambitious and not a go

afghan president but one who did it up on the islamic jihad called the allegations baseless and said rabbani was pakistan's friend he was a couples chief negotiator with the taliban and was killed in a suicide bombing last month afghan officials suspect islam about behind the murder and claim they've already provided pakistan with supporting evidence. the palestinian bid for statehood is being considered at the u.n. security council a total of nine out of fifteen votes are needed to push the application through meanwhile u.s. defense secretary leon panetta during his trip to the middle east warned israel that it's becoming increasingly isolated in the region he urged the jewish state to restart peace talks with the palestinians and restore relations with turkey and egypt palestinian leader mahmoud abbas told r.t. arabic that he fears the u.s. will pressure the u.n. security council members to vote against the bid the full interview coming up right here right here on r.t. in about ten minutes time but for now here's a preview. as for the voice of veto we knew in advance and we work efficientl

focus on relations with the lamb of god following the killing on september twentieth peace envoy dean rabbani whose murder was linked by investigators to pakistan providing was a meeting of with taliban groups on behalf of the afghan government meanwhile violence continues in pakistan where government killed twelve shiite muslims in what appeared to be terry an attack. to the u.s. now where a fire fires have almost contained a huge fire at a chemical plant south of the city of dallas and spread quickly throughout the facility causing a chain of explosions all staff were evacuated along with local residents and students from nearby schools officials say that initial air quality tests show no evidence dangerous contamination in the area. a cell phone scandal involving patients at a mantle illness institution is barred the long lasting issues of psychiatric institutions in russia low wages and a lack of reforms are blamed for the problem but the way out of the situation is not quite clear you may find some of the images in p. all of us report distressing. are scenes of psychiatric patients kissi

against humanity charges lot of he is accused of being responsible for the siege of sarajevo and this rabbani to massacre a ninety ninety five during the bosnian war last week the former general complained to the un cord about his health and asked to be examined for kidney stones. hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in the chilean capital santiago follows a peaceful march or the day of the meeting of indigenous peoples which replaced the traditional columbus day march over seven thousand came to support indigenous rights but after protesters were stopped by security forces they started throwing rocks at police and armored vehicles police used tear gas and water cannon in response. well it's a man's world according to the song by maybe not for much longer scientists say males are on the road to extinction as their genes slowly fade away and with a whole world heading for a fully fledged sperm crisis russia could be affected worse than most are very poor it's. this is this plan horror two heads three tails or an inability to swim are becoming almost the norm for modern man's sperm. wh

talks about cole the allegations baseless and seventy former president's body was pakistan's friend rabbani was killed in a suicide bombing last month afghan officials suspect islamabad is behind the murder and claimed they have already provided pakistan with supporting evidence. palestinian bid for statehood is being considered now in the u.n. security council a total of nine out of fifteen votes are needed to push the application through meanwhile u.s. defense secretary leon panetta on the strip to the middle east as war in israel that is becoming increasingly isolated in the region he urged israel to restart peace talks with the palestinians and restore relations with turkey and egypt palestinian leader mahmoud abbas the arabic is fears that u.s. will pressure the u.n. security council members to vote against a bit of the injuries coming this hour here in r.t. but here's a preview. yes for the right to veto we knew in advance and we were patiently notified that washington will use its veto during the voting in our bid it's clear that the u.s. as the dominant world power wants to extend i

conducting an investigation that suggested the murder was plotted in the pakistani count city of quetta rabbani was assassinated by a suicide bomber pretending to be a taliban peace envoy two weeks ago. up to thirty soldiers have been killed after yemeni warplanes bombed positions of the country's own army it's not clear if the attack was a mistake the government has denied the incident however reports claimed the troops have joined the rebellion against yemen's president ali abdullah saleh the bombing was said to have been followed by an attack from al qaeda linked militants who killed more officers at the base. france and the u.k. have warned of their citizens not to travel to the volatile kenya somalia border that follows that the kidnapping of a wheelchair bound french woman by somali militants near the popular resort of lamu on saturday the woman has reportedly been transferred to somalia after a sea rescue failed to get her back three weeks ago a british woman who was abducted from a nearby resort and her husband it was killed in an attack by somali pirates. violence flared up again this

of which being be a september twentieth assassination of former afghan president bush who didn't rabbani. yemeni activists say at least eight people have been killed and over one hundred fifty injured in the past twenty four hours in the southern city of taiz government forces shelled the rest of actual areas while opposition led on thrives men supporting the demand for president saleh to go joined in the fire fight thousands continue to take to the streets across the country protesting his decades long rashid the uprising in yemen started in february and has reportedly claimed the lives of over fifteen hundred people. the nobel prize in chemistry has gone to an israeli researcher for his discovery of crystals now the complex structural form was previously thought to be impossible because the atoms were not are contrary to the laws of nature seventy year old daniel shechtman will receive around what is happening in dollars reward at a ceremony in december. security forces in mexico have arrested eighteen police officers accused of working with us. one of the most powerful drug cartels we

north a policeman in the north was killed and we had the recent assassination of burnt on indian rabbani was a former president of afghanistan which means in the eyes of every afghan the americans and our allies are not succeeding the place is dangerously low and if i can jump in some plan for how to do something and sorry i mean yes having said all that even if he has made some of somewhat of a success after all a summer games model is that about was the goal pulling incidents wasn't it. that was our original goal correct but he was in pakistan wasn't he and he was perhaps very closely allied or at least protected by some parts of the afghan excuse me the pakistani military political establishment. is the key here the united states does not want as i mentioned earlier pakistan to once again as it did under the taliban have afghanistan as a satellite it wants to assure more than anything else that it does not again not again become a harbor for for what they call terrorists it took ten years for them as i'm repeating myself but i think it's critical to note the capture they have not capt

pakistan's foreign ministeforeia rabbani khar recently said that if the united states persists in allegations about the isi- haqqani connection, the united states "will lose an ally." our response should be that if the only option that pakistan presents us is a choice between losing an ally and continuing to lose our troops, then we will choose the former. again, my thanks for the invitation, and i would be happy to answer your questions. thank you. [applause] >> thanks very much. have a seat. so much to talk about on pakistan and afghanistan. almost just to get it out of the way, if you will let me take that short diversion before we get back to the afghanistan- pakistan region. an early and vocal opponent of the iraq invasion. people are making comparisons to what happened in libya to what happened in iraq. join nato air operation, cooperation with rebels on the ground. is that a fair comparison to make? is this a policy template for the u.s., something that is reviving the debate? should we get involved in syria? we know the reasons why that would be more difficult. is this a new policy te