had a chance to discuss it with the president of afghanistan and pakistan and the counter to their strength should be a joint effort for afghanistan or russia or any other country is able to attack on their own with as i've already sent this is a joint problem and we should combat it jointly while this summit we choose the second in a row is of course a significant achievement of the four countries and it will take a long way towards strengthening economic regional ties providing jobs all of which are critical for the people of these countries russia is ready to align resources behind peaceful goals of of ghana stand just recently russia signed to over the last fortune of again a stance debt and overall was twelve billion dollars all this is done because for russia central asia is a traditional sphere of interest and it has always been sensitive to stability which the afghan conflict is causing currently it's drug trafficking and islamic radicalism which are the main security threats opium comes all the way into russia and further into europe through to jake is done because no visas are required to travel from to g q stan to russia and this

stopping terrorists and stemming the flow of drugs that's what the leaders of afghanistan and pakistan together with russia agreed upon at a summit in sochi middle east expert james denselow thinks there's a chance that afghanistan could become a source of corporation between russia and the u.s. . i think russia is strengthening strengthening its presence in the world in the last few years and i think it's interesting that afghanistan a country which for ten years during the one nine hundred eighty s. was a source of conflict between the two powers is now a source of potential cooperation between ties that are remarkably improved between moscow and washington they both have exactly the same issues there whether it's drug trafficking all islamic radicalism so i think it's very much a case of russia leading its own initiative to improve security in its own at least a neighborhood that the u.s. can take enough to support i find it almost incredible to think that the americans say that countering the narcotics in afghanistan isn't part of its mission if we look at the the size of the amount of money that drugs

russia is not going to solve it. it's the elephant in the room in afghanistan and pakistan the u.s. military regrettably has determined that a policy should be had of not interdicting and not eradicating the drugs in afghanistan because it would destabilize afghanistan what a mistake of a policy and it's a policy mistake both by the military by general petraeus by ambassador holbrooke because it's the drugs that that fund al-qaeda which is the reason that the united states went into afghanistan in the first place drugs are seventy percent as much as seventy percent of al qaeda is in the taliban's funding according to senior democratic senator charles schumer and if that's the case what are we doing making happy farmers in afghanistan or is our job to secure afghanistan stop the drug trafficking create alternative economies and then stop the killing that goes around the world both by the terrorists and by the drugs themselves that as you've pointed out have killed millions throughout asia and europe because of coming from afghanistan and pakistan which transits thirty percent of afgh

seat during today's summit in sochi where the route to this aim is not going to be easy russia afghanistan pakistan and iraq it's done a while a way out of their challenges they will need some in the world wonder whether success is even possible and if so whether all countries of the international community are committed to achieve it by bringing the four nations together russia shows its commitment to support a peaceful stable and prosperous afghanistan and stability in the whole region. probably trying threat is a common problem in the region already i've already had a chance to discuss it with the presidents of afghanistan and pakistan and the counter to their strategy should be a joint effort is probably what you might half ghana stand on the russian or any other country is able to attack on iran with as i've already sanctioned because you know joint problems and we should come back to it jointly for this summit we choose the second in a row is of course a significant achievement of the four countries and it will take a long way towards strengthening economic regional ties providing jobs all of

this is me russia is strengthening its position in the region where it's always been present and is opening up new opportunities for cooperation primarily with afghanistan and pakistan things than the it because. you're doing much better if you have three minutes of course. i think that russia is trying to strengthen its position russia is trying to reserve its position in the settlement process in afghanistan via this quartet to achieve this goal which is really important for both afghanistan and for the region as a whole as well as for russia these regular events take place pakistan has one view on the afghan crisis stan has another view russia may have yet another position but as for russia entergy christan it's obvious that they want to settle the situation in the country as soon as possible they are concerned with terrorism and with drug production and trafficking that's where pakistan has been playing a double game over the past forty years virtually express the willingness to fight terrorism but in fact and everyone knows that everything that is now going on in afghanistan has pakistani origin pakistani influence and impact if it was not for the external powe

russia brings together afghanistan and pakistan to discuss how to tackle drug traffickers and terrorism in central asia the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability. and human rights group publishes new photos of israeli soldiers unity palestinian prisoners comes after former israeli officer posted pictures of herself posing with prisoners on facebook. because first coalition government since nine hundred forty five is marking one hundred days in office has been characterized by massive cuts in public spending and this is to mark that she's got. a new polish president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries joining forces to work out what calls april's plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. with less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime extreme weather conditions have affected the lives of millions this year each has been raging here russia and floods devastating pakistan so what's behind these catastrophes well ought to have been talking to we're now and russian physicist alexander ginsburg who says the only force to blame

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glad to have you with us now let's take a look at our top headlines russia hosts afghanistan and pakistan to discuss battling the drugs coming from central asia when the afghan war is seen as the major cause of instability. in moscow police on high alert as investigations suggest russia's number one terrorist suspect and the man behind march is moscow metro bombings could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in southern russia that injured thirty. also a human rights group says the scandal involving an israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and the new polish president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to continue examining what's caused a plane crash which killed president like. that's a look at our headlines next in our special report we look at the personal stories of female u.s. soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the army's attempts to cover it up. jefferson barracks national symmetry here the u.s. military alone is more tha

russia hosts afghanistan and pakistan to discuss battling the drugs that scored coming from central asia with the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability . in moscow police on high alert as investigations suggest russia's number one terrorist suspect to the man behind march is moscow metro bombings could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in southern russia that injured thirty. also a human rights group says the scandal involving an ex israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with a palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and the new polish president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries joined forces to continue examining what caused a plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. next analyst max kaiser and his co-host stacy herbert look at all the scandal behind the financial news. oh yeah it's time once again for the times a report markets finance scandals and political scandals too barack obama appears to have lost his mind his spokesman and the white house recently classified his supporters he

broadcasting live from moscow russia's capital this is our team now look at your headlines russia hosts afghanistan. and pakistan to discuss battling the drugs coming from central asia with the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability . in moscow police on high alert as investigations suggest russia's number one terrorist suspect and of the man behind march is moscow metro bombings could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in southern russia that injured thirty. also a human rights group says the scandal involving an ex israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with bound palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and the new polish president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to continue examining what caused a plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. those will look at the headlines coming up josh will be had about thirty minutes with a full look at your news but right now it's back to the only on the show. well tonight's tool time winner involves the g.o.p. and a man who has his eyes on the white house in tw

russia hosts afghanistan to pakistan to discuss a battling the drugs that scorched coming from central asia with the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability. moscow police on high alert as investigations suggest russia's number one terrorist suspect and the man behind him our moscow metro bombings could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in southern russia that injured thirty. also a human rights group says the scandal involving an ex israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with a bound palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and up next our t. is crosstalk our debate show tonight's question in focus is the war on narcotics waged for years with little success peter lavelle asks his guests whether it is time to try a completely new approach. if you can. follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle after forty years the so-called war on drugs is achieved preciously little nonetheless governments around the world continue to pursue remarkably similar policies is it time to completely rethink the entire illegal drugs equation from p

russia hosts afghanistan and pakistan to discuss battling the drugs that scored coming up from central asia with the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability. moscow police on high alert as investigations suggest russia's number one terrorist a suspect and of the man behind marchers moscow metro bombings could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in southern russia that injured thirty. also a human rights group says at the scandal involving an ex israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with bound palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and the new polish president pledges better will ations with russia as investigators from both countries joined forces to continue examining what caused a plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. the war on narcotics has been waged for decades in our debate show cross talk peter lavelle and his guest ask what if any successes have been won. continue. to. follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle after forty years the so-called war on drugs is achieved preciously little nonetheless govern

from our studios here in central moscow this is our top stories now this hour russia brings together afghanistan and pakistan to discuss how to tackle drug traffickers and terrorism in central asia more seen as the major cause of instability. investigators say a blast in southern russia that injured thirty could have been the work of the al qaeda linked militants behind march's moscow metro bombings police in the capital are being put on a high state of alert. human rights group says the scandal involving israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to work out what calls plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. as our top story so far this hour with a look at more developments in this in half an hour from now on any time a special report we look at the personal stories of female u.s. soldiers who were sexually assaulted while serving in iraq and the army's attempts to cover it all possible to report next. jefferson barracks national c

russian capital twenty four hours a day this is our top stories now this hour russia hosts afghanistan tajikistan and pakistan to discuss battling the drug scourge coming from central asia with the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability. police on high alert as investigations suggest russia's number one terrorist suspect and the man behind march is moscow metro bombings could be responsible for tuesday's car bomb blast in southern russia that injured thirty. or so human rights group says the scandal involving an israeli army officer posting pictures of herself posing with palestinian detainees is just the tip of the iceberg. and the president pledges better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to work out what caused april's plane crash which killed president lech kaczynski. or sean thomas will be here in less than half an hour as the news continues here on r.t. in the meantime the war on drugs has raged for more than four decades presumably debate has there actually been any notable success cross talk is next here on. every month we give you the future we help you

does it mean russia is strengthening its position in the region it's always been present and is opening up new opportunities focal ration primarily with afghanistan and pakistan standing with pakistan here too much but if you have three minutes of going to play here i think that russia is trying to strengthen its position russia's trying to reserve its position in the settlement process in afghanistan by this quartet to achieve this goal which is really important for both afghanistan and for the region as a whole as well as for russia these regular events are taking place and i don't think this meeting will lead to any important strategic decisions as the current format in sochi is characterized by the different positions of its participants but with pakistan has one view of the afghan crisis tajikistan has another view russia may yet have another position but as for russia and turkey could stand it's obvious that they want to settle the situation in the country as soon as possible they are concerned with terrorism and with drug production and trafficking as for pakistan it has been playing a double game over the past forty years virtually to express their wi

russia brings together afghanistan and pakistan to discuss how to tackle drug traffickers and terrorism in central asia the afghan war seen as the major cause of instability. and human rights group publishes new photos of israeli soldiers humiliating palestinian prisoners comes after former israeli officer posted pictures of posing with belled prisoners on facebook. on the first coalition government since nine hundred forty five one hundred days in office time has been characterized by massive cuts in public spending and comparisons to margaret thatcher's government. i'll be back. in fifty minutes from now in the meantime extreme weather conditions of affected the lives of millions this year heat raged in russia and floods devastated pakistan so what's behind these catastrophes walty talk to the russian physicist alexander ginsburg who says the only force to blame is mother nature herself that's next. recent climatic chaos has caused many conspiracy theories to wonder what could possibly be behind the climatic events that are causing worldwide attention to talk a little bit more about w

russia brings together afghanistan and pakistan to discuss how to tackle drug traffickers and terrorism in central asia and have all seen as the major course of its. news coming away with me in the meantime the war on drugs has raged for more than four decades and peter lavelle and his guest debate has that actually been any notable success cross-talk is next. the united states of america is waging war within its own army. joe now advantage is on no one side. and human losses are quite significant. is it possible to win the war against sexual assault in the u.s. armed forces sex in the army on r t. q. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle after forty years the so-called war on drugs has achieved preciously little nonetheless governments around the world continue to pursue remarkably similar policies is it time to completely rethink the entire illegal drugs equation from production to consumption. can you. discuss measures to fight drug pandemics i'm joined by even needleman in new york he's the executive director of the drug policy alliance in edinburgh we go to dr ian all o

terms what sort of coup steps the measures do you think between these four countries russia afghanistan to stand on pakistan can be taken to stop drug traffickers in the region russia tries to solve this problem and offers lots of military and political expertise to the jigger stand the country of that office from the floor of drugs from of get a stand but now i have see this summit as a great chance to talk directly saw the present president majority of have delivered his message directly to the leaders of all contras because strong cooperation between islamabad. and more school is needed to solve this problem frankly speaking americans and their european allies have failed in afghanistan they have failed to restore peace they have failed in their nation building problem and i think is a great chance for sure to contribute much to the stability of the region and just for example what do you make of the proposal put forward by the president. stands to sign some sort of agreement on corporation in fighting terrorism is that viable yes terrorism and drug trafficking that's international problem so no contrie

russia brings together afghanistan down on pakistan to discuss how to tackle drug traffickers and terrorism in central asia with the afghan was seen as the major cool's of instability. many polish president pledges of better relations with russia as investigators from both countries join forces to work out watercooled de france plane crash which killed president kaczynski. and ideals gone sour while hundreds of u.s. nationals feel the american dream has failed them and choose to denounce this this is the shit. stream weather conditions of affected the lives of millions heat raged in russia and floods devastated pakistan so what's behind these catastrophes auntie talks to renowned russian physicist alexander ginsburg who says the only force to blame is mother nature has self. recent climatic chaos has caused many conspiracy theories to wonder what could possibly be behind the climatic events that are causing worldwide attention to talk a little bit more about whether there is any truth to the serious and what is really causing our planet to behave in such a way i'm now joined by dr alexandre

terrorism and drug trafficking is on the agenda at a summit in russia seaside resort of sochi president and the leaders of afghanistan pakistan and tajikistan and together to discuss them to bring about peace in central asia. iran starts pumping fuel into the country's first nuclear energy southern city a ship russian built to react to is being closely monitored by the un's watchdog and it's expected to start producing electricity before the end of the year. the thai government says it will have the final say on the fate of the next question comes to. softer but he'll score to use to be extradited to the us decision russia condemned us political. the world has already seen more than its fair share of extreme weather and natural disasters russia was hit by a record breaking heat wave that led to wildfires which killed more than fifty people and left thousands homeless but weather forecast says it has nothing to do with global warming but is just due to weather cycles that interviews from next. thanks very much for talking to us now we've seen the devastating hate which has caused widespread wildfires in rust save the summer c.

facing up to the global drug threat the russian president meets the leaders of afghanistan and pakistan with russia ways of tackling opium trafficking experts say a regional approach is vital to combat the dealing of heroin which kills tens of thousands of people each here. a growing number of u.s. nationals are choosing to renounce their citizenship last year alone over seven hundred people gave up their american dream three times as many as if you're before . the weather's extreme conditions have been the summer. hottest topic with heat raging in russian floods devastating pakistan people are lost as to what's causing these catastrophes are to talk to the prominent russian physicist alexander ginsburg who says the only force to blame is mother nature herself. recent climatic chaos has caused many conspiracy theories to wonder what could possibly be behind the climatic events that are causing worldwide attention to talk a little bit more about whether there is any truth to the serious and what is really causing our planet to behave in such a way i'm now joined by dr alexander ginsburg who will be

monsoon rains killed hundreds and leave millions homeless in china and pakistan, afghanistan, in india. russia suffers sweltering temperatures and killer smog. it's all this lethal weather related? >> is all to do with the global weather patterns, and particularly to do with the jet stream, which is fast moving and high in the atmosphere, around 35,000 feet. let's take moscow for example. 39 degrees celsius at the end of july, 15 degrees above average. the reason is, all the hot air is in the mediterranean. with the jet stream so far north, it sucks up all that and takes it to moscow. it would not normally be there, but the wave, as we like to call it, would be much fatter. as a result, it goes that far north. it also goes much further south. it is well to the north of pakistan. but because it is dipping so low, it is taking the pressure systems. in india, it is our monsoon. it is not unusual for it to be wet. there are heavy showers. but the combination of the months and and the fact that we have become a nation of the monsoon and the jet stream, you get more suction, like a vacuum cleaner, a

russia seesawed results of. the leaders of afghanistan pakistan in touch if you start came together to discuss how to bring about peace in central asia. iran starts pumping feeling the country's first nuclear energy plant in the southern city of bullshit the russian built reactor is being closely monitored by the un so technically it still is expected to start producing electricity only in the year. the thai government says it will have the final say on the rate of an alleged russian arms to it to boot. appeals court ruled he was to be extradited to this decision russia condemned as political. inspectors review whether russia is better suited to post cup in two thousand and eight two thousand and two another including the us in spain. or the future. the decision. to send the second. nearly one in three female soldiers a sexually assaulted while serving in the us military according to the latest statistics one victim's family was determined to expose the truth of the tragic consequences of special report is next. jefferson barracks national symmetry here the u.s. military alone is more. than simply thousand wound

trafficking in central asia was a focus of a summit this week in russia's resort city of sochi president leaders of afghanistan pakistan and tajikistan discussed how to stabilize the troubled region . reports. what a lovely bridge. which was the world yes and they weren't just talking weather terrorism poverty and one other burning topic took a front seat as russia hosted its three central asian neighbors in sochi. we focused on the drug threat because it's a common problem we should face up to together not individually afghanistan nor russia consoled the problem in their own option problem and it was no coincidence president medvedev singled out these two countries and ghana stan is the world's largest opium producer russia the world's largest consumer what costs one country thirty thousand human lives a year is a profitable business for the other organ makes fifty two percent of the of going to g.d.p. now and in the harry market i think of going to. record as not a far larger two percent of the whole market so we whole economy is based on a drug that there is even a term that afghanistan is a drug based economy afgha

poverty in central asia where the focus of a summit this week in russia's result of president medvedev hosted the leaders of afghanistan pakistan and. to outline a set of actions to combat common threats. i think about the details of the list which do so. much for the logos and they weren't just talking whether terrorism pull the t. and one other the burning told took a front seat as russia hosted its three central asian neighbors in sochi. focused on the drug threat because it's a common problem we should face up to it together not individually know that afghanistan or russia can solve the problem in their own problem and it was no coincidence president medvedev singled out these two countries have ghana stand is the world's largest opium producer russia the world's largest consumer what costs one country thirty thousand human lives a year is a profitable business for the other organ makes fifty two percent of the of going to g.d.p. now and in the harry market i think of going to. record as not a far ninety two percent of the market so we whole economy is based on drugs there is even a term that afghanistan is a drug based eco

russia's caucasus region which left up to thirty people injured. facing up to the drugs that the russian president meets the leaders of afghanistan ijaz dam pakistan that many believe the problems impossible to tackle while the war rages on. i started to look at the american history and politics and realize that the way for the boy to. giving up on the american dream a growing number of us nationals choose to renounce their citizenship party asks why. the city coming to live from moscow with marina joshua welcome to the program police in moscow are on high alert as authorities fear more terror attacks could follow a car bombing in russia's caucasus a chechen militant with links to al qaida is thought to be behind the blast in the town of pythagoras' which left up to thirty injured four have been brought to moscow for treatment and officials say scores would most likely have died if it hadn't been for a sudden downpour keeping people inside our correspondents on the control is on the scene. we are right now at the exact street where their car bomb explosion took place and the police officers just five minutes walk from here their post office is in