company and the u.k. company have themselves that admitted that they have indeed supplied ten of these vehicles but with the necessary export licenses from the government the issue here is of course that we don't think amnesty doesn't think that the government should have licensed ten armored vehicles to libya ok but surely they could have seen this coming some would say i guess but earlier on the program david cameron as we've reported is visiting the region along with defense firm representatives and he has defended his actions saying that britain has got tough regulations about who it sells weapons to but i guess those regulations not quite tough enough bearing in mind what we're seeing playing out now. well that's it but it is true to say that the u.k. does on paper have very strong rules that it's not supposed to sell any equipment where there is a reasonable risk that they will be used to fuel armed conflict and human rights violations in this case in libya and in elsewhere and elsewhere across the

by love or often certainly by the u.k. that through those business ties and through those economic cooperation better political and diplomatic relations can be built. it is or am i there in london well coming for you later in the program here want to see tough choices but no war some say as the u.s. slashes its next deficit budget defense spending remains a relatively untouched. the newly built centerpiece of sochi is a winter olympics is tested by the proud. the alpine skiing european cup now gets underway. right now we cannot cross live to london whether russia now foreign minister sergei laugh it off and his british counterpart william hague are holding a news conference after that meeting let's let's listen to what they have to say bilateral discussions with the foreign secretary of the day i strongly welcome and it's a chance to return the generous hospitality that he extended to me when i visited moscow last october we've had very good talks this morning i was very much looking forward to continuing over lunch his vi

the head of jordan kuwait oman and hacks are all trained at sandhurst here in the u.k. and of course this all comes against a backdrop of cuts in defense spending in the u.k. so it would seem that one of david cameron's missions is to ensure that the u.k. defense. product will always have a market in the middle east but the question that people are asking is is that morally right during this time of intense on rest in the region what is london correspondent laura among the military equipment britain sold to libya work crowd control vehicles and over partly been filmed on the streets of the country being used against the protesters as opposed to all of a sprog he's a u.k. arms program director of amnesty international he told me a little britain has got tough arms sales regulations they have been overlooked for years the vehicles that we've identified that appear to have been identified from from the you to footage should never have been sold in the first place it was just amnesty saying that an influential u.k. parliamentary committee was very critical of that decision

they are actively promote just such the u.k. government and actively promotes arms sales to a number of the presses of regimes this very weekend the u.k. government is sending representatives out to the launch in abu dhabi it's called eidetic. which the arms industry trade body in the k. claims ten percent of its executives will be british at this spare and the u.k. actively encourages these companies to sell including the very equipment that is being used to protest this in the middle east the u.k. is to seriously look at not just where the selling to a specific country is and which i is a good idea but whether but how it should be selling arms and if it should be selling arms are told. is the these weapons are widely misused and the u.k. is a arms and export criteria which look good on paper very rarely applied with any record . two astronauts from the mars five hundred program of carried out their second walk on a virtual surface of the red planet as part of a unique project that simulates an eighteen month mission when a pus

insensitive and crass to seek to bolster u.k. arms deals with countries in the middle east at this very sensitive time we've seen just just very recently embarrassment for the u.k. after it was forced to revoke arms licenses to rein and libya amidst fears that british arms had been used against protesters during the troubles david cameron is now trying to ascertain that they weren't that british arms weren't used in the suppression of protesters one just can't have that kind of control if one is an armed selling country we've also seen in the past accusation of the u.k. selling arms in exchange for oil particularly in relation to saudi arabia and we've also seen over a number of years a very in meshed relationship between. governments and the military and police forces of this country and in fact british police have frequently going to help train police forces in countries like libya bahrain abu dhabi and qatar and saudi arabia and these are all police forces that have a propensity towards violence and some of them have shown vio

they are actively promoted as such the u.k. government and actively promotes arms sales to a number of repressive regimes this very weekend the u.k. government is sending representatives out to the large arms fair in abu dhabi it's called i debts. which the arms industry trade body in the u.k. claims ten percent of its exhibitors will be british at this spare and the u.k. actively encourages these companies to sell including the very equipment that is being used to protesters in the middle east as we speak but you say britain aren't directly on purposefully would perhaps supply arms to dictatorships or indeed even rogue states like somalia i mean it's fairly choosy and know who it does business with surely the u.k. does tend to draw a line at somalia but it's not choosy about where it does its business. very clear example is saudi arabia where for years the u.k. has made saudi arabia its one number one target customer where we can see it very clear thora terry but. it's. but it's very clear a repressive state that has used thos

and william spring from a u.k. foreign policy monitoring group says the us started to sniffle nation's top official when they realize that he had doubts about they are lies as a. nato is a group dominated by the united states of america that in fact it's not an alliance a tool in the sense of being sovereign states. it's a bogus alliance united states works under various aliases nato is one of them. i ses mr gandhi strong is another this general rasmussen he has seen live in villages of the current strategic concept of nato and he is endeavoring in o.c. own way to make build bridges with the. country with russia has been regarded by hillary clinton i think for some from these cables anyway so it appears some sort of pale pink lefty and hillary clinton seems desperate to stop. anders rasmussen making any positive reach to russia. he will is the upheavals in tunisia and egypt have spread all across the greater middle east with opposition protests sweeping through other countries in the region clashes between rival de

to other news now the u.k. is preparing for a nationwide census to start next month well the government says it will help provide the services and resources that people need but a link up with a controversial u.s. security for our means that many fear their privacy will be violated as well personal data falling into the wrong hands lore ever reports. since this time in the u.k. when every household in the country is to provide detailed information about their to the government they can keep track of what's going on and who will be in charge of this sensitive data. yes it's controversial u.s. arms manufacturers melted and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to take to protection lobbyist. states on ethical grounds play on a number of oppressive regimes they also. the u.s. heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan opposed by. the british government hill vows to boycott the census despite the prosecution he says he won't be alone looking makes mines and nuclear weapons and co

carried out in the u.k. leave will be held at any point outside the u.k. . will have access to any personal census data well darter is the property of the and only u.k. e.u. only companies will have any access to. it it's that last point that raise red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that all the private information collected during your senses will be available to practically any organization that requests it any use under any statute. but only use by the security intelligence services for national security purposes any use for the pursuit of crime any use in pursuit of an e.u. community obligation so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essential any government use whatsoever. has been abolished and u.k. government agencies don't exactly have a great track record when it comes to safeguarding information three years ago a file containing secrets terror related documents was left on a train more recently the national health service lost the medical records of tens of thousands of people thanks to lockheed martin's involveme

the subject of the knowledge of claims ever made me u.k. commercial courts and what do you think it would take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with russia that well this is a long story but this seems to me that. there are some legal procedures and definitely we have to follow this legal procedures and you know just you just cannot say you know in general. this is there are some specific case and of course we have to deal with the every specific case you know case by case basis so i would say that you know you just change something globally. there are some i mean we have positions you know. on this matter and i think that we have to continue the dialogue between two countries and of course this dialogue is going on the level of the. legal authorities and of course on the political i'm going to be pushing for the u.k. to start some cooperation with russia on matters like. i'm not going just this is a long story i would like to say that for example if there are some rules in every country and for example when y

visit to london on the invitation of the u.k. government symbolises and you can see of the relations based on partnership interest economic cooperation between our countries is on the rise the strategic b.p. rosneft is among the latter examples we happy to look at the agreement on establishing a direct line between the british prime minister and the kremlin it's an important new elements of our communications that's meant to take it to a more high to levels and taking that relationship to a more high tech level is really symptomatic of how important russia and the u.k. are as partners together talked about how important u.k. was as its partner in it starlost with and with the e.u. and also the partnership that it has in dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let's hear him. countries continue to see patient steady improvement in relations. giant leaps it is a very measured steps this welcome visit is an important par

who's just taken up the post as the new russian ambassador to the u.k. he was formerly of the press department at the ministry in moscow thank you very much for talking to us he congratulations on your new pasting and a very warm welcome to london now who took up your first post as a diplomat in one nine hundred seventy six how do you think that working for the diplomatic service and diplomatic relations between countries in general have changed since then i think since that time you know there were quite a serious changes. first of all if you look at the gender of the leaders of the countries and the agenda of the negotiations between the ministers of foreign affairs you can find you know thirty thirty five years ago. more than fifty percent were the by little issues know when the ministers are meeting they are talking about the climate change they're talking about the international security so basically the big issues you know the global issues takes almost sixty or seventy percent of the agenda and that is very important this is first second there are

and a public outcry in the u.k. where the ball went to a controversial if you want security contractor laclede margin in britain's national census reigniting a debate on confidentiality and ethics. and russia's proposal we can balance that just signed agreements with the slew of foreign companies try the end of this year we're in business in twenty minutes. from our studios and also you're watching r t thanks for joining us opposition forces in libya say they are planning a final assault on the capital tripoli it's especially the last part of the country that remains under the control of longtime leader colonel gadhafi and protesters say his days in power are now numbered a recent u.n. resolution has referred him to the international criminal court for war crimes but some say that there are details of his recent friendship with western countries that might or washington or london would like to be revealed archies correspondents in the middle east peter all over has more from cairo. essentially the frontline of the b

it senses time in the u.k. when every household in the country is asked to provide detailed information about their lives to the government so they can keep track of what's going on and who will be in charge of this sensitive data. yes it's controversial u.s. arms manufacturer a lot martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists are really against it on ethical grounds to play on a number of oppressive regimes but also. the u.s. heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan opposed by the majority of people in britain even if supported by the british government hill vows to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he makes land mines and nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation of kuantan of a bay although it will be the u.k. arm that carries out the survey there's still a worry that the information could fall under the auspices of the us patriot act which compels personal data held by any company on

the u.k. is harboring what amounts to around forty people who all wanted criminal charges in russia the most notable of them include bodies but it's all ski the business tycoon and the chechen akhmed zakayev again extradition has been requested by russia but the u.k. refuses to extradite them but most recently the that was distance just at the beginning of this month the guardian correspondent new calling was expelled refused entry to russia he was trying to travel to russia according to the authorities on an invalid visa but he says that his expulsion and listening to his work with the wiki leaks diplomatic cable cables he's now allowed to come back to moscow in what's seen in london as a climb down by the russian authorities to really a lot of differing views on a variety of issues and people not willing go both sides not willing to budge in order to be friends essentially but at the same time with a diplomatic relations might not be very good business ties have always been very strong throu

the u.k. government and actually promote sales to a number of repressive regimes this very weekend the u.k. government is sending representatives out to the launch an abu dhabi it's called eidetic. which the industry trade body in the u.k. claims ten percent of its exhibitors will be british at this spare and the u.k. actively encourages is these companies to sell including the very equipment that is being used to protest this in the middle east to seriously look at not just where the selling to a specific country is and which i is a good idea but whether but how it should be selling arms and if it should be selling arms a tool. is the weapons are widely misused and the u.k. is a textbook criteria which look good on paper very rarely applied with any record. now in egypt there have been mass abrasions marking a week since hosni mubarak was ousted as president but middle east analyst james denselow from king's college london says that so far mubarak's associates are still in power. this hasn't

-u.k.cooperation would have continued to enhance, but the attack of the 19th of august was before we discovered that. >> when the matter was killed, he was not replaced by a special representative, but in early 2004, he was named as a special adviser opposed to a special representative. what were the implications of that? >> well, i mean, also there was service in afghanistan as well. it's impressive international public servant, very highly respected, but he was just a sad fact of life that the attack on the 19th of august led to a withdrawal by the u.n., and they then lost -- [inaudible] they lost many, many other staff they lost. they just pulled out. they took a long time to get any kind of representation. >> were you concerned with implications, international law, and the resolution that he was replaced by a special adviser? >> not directly. we wanted to -- with a sense i think it was a decision. the u.n. had been traumatized by that attack, and some very senior people as well as devel

polished and u.k. government agencies don't exactly have a great track record when it comes to safeguarding information three years ago a file containing secret terror related documents was left on a train more recently the national health service lost the medical records of tens of thousands of people thanks to lockheed martin's involvement in the sense that it would be hard for the u.s. authorities to lay their hands on that information if they wanted data from the census is used by the government grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society that sense is run by lockheed martin raises grave concerns investing about ethics and international security if a lot of people boycott this that says it will make it any effective and a waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amount will go into looking at martins pockets anyway your average party. and we've got more heated debate on ethics and freedom in the u.k. on our web site that's our team dot com and it's a place

and u.k. citizens have returned. the military logistics team -- we were the first country to set up a team at the cairo airport. i do not take any of this for granted. there has been absolutely no complacency. i think our ambassador has done in a -- done a terrific job and i presume. >> i thank you for that reply. let me ask about the wider issues on egypt. i think everybody has been moved by the images we have seen on the screens in the last two days of hundreds of thousands of people against overwhelming odds demanding a more democratic future. following the president's statement last month, can i ask the prime minister if he agrees with president obama, that a stable and orderly transition to democracy must be meaningful, peaceful, and begin now? >> whee august -- we absolutely take that view. the transition must be rapid and credible and needs to start now. we should be clear. we stand with those in this country who want freedom, who want democracy and rights, the world over. that should a

and the u.k. forces so we are more thickly concentrated in fewer areas and better able to do the job. we set this clear timetable of saying we do not want u.k. forces to be in combat or in large numbers by 2015. i believe that is achievable but we're going to have to work hard on training up the afghan national army on pursuing a political track to reintegrate those that have been involved in insurgency and we also need to make sure that the government of afghanistan improves in the way that i know he believes, too, is important. >> mr. speaker, it's that point about the political track that i want to pursue with the prime minister. does he agree with me setting a timetable makes it even more important that we have a lasting political settlement? and one that is of drawn beyond the departure of british troop. does he agree with that inclusive political settlement must reach out to the insurgency while prepared to break holdings with al-qaeda, renounce violence and respect the afghan constitution?

the head of jordan kuwait oman and cats are all trained at sandhurst here in the u.k. and of course this all comes against a backdrop of cuts in defense spending in the u.k. so it would seem that one of david cameron's missions is to ensure that the u.k. defense. product will always have a market in the middle east but the question that people are asking is is that morally right during this time of intense on rest in the region. there's a london correspondent laura. away from that story now for a while a little bit later on we're going to be taking a walk on the red planet you heard right find out how these men made it up there and what a moscow lab has to do with that journey. russian special forces have reportedly eradicated three gunmen in a counter-terror operate in the north caucuses some of those killed is suspected of shooting two wrists in the country's southern republic of dino bokhari a last weekend on saturday to masked men stopped a minibus heading from but these three tourists were killed and two more injured as the gunman opened fire more world news in br

u.k. over the involvement of controversial u.s. security contractor lockheed martin britain's national census igniting a debate on confidentiality and ethics. three pm in moscow i'm not treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story opposition forces in libya say they're planning a final assault on the capital tripoli and it's essentially the last part of the country that remains under the control of longtime leader colonel moammar gadhafi and protesters say his days in power are now numbered recent u.n. resolution has referred to him as referred him to the international criminal court for war crimes but some say there are details of his recent dealings with western countries that are washington or london would like revealed or he's correspondent in middle east peter all over more from cairo. current frontline in the battle between opposition forces and those soldiers still loyal to colonel gadhafi is the city of zawiya the mono that surround fifty kilometers to the west of t

the subjects of the largest claim ever made in a u.k. commercial court and what do you think it will take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with russia you just cannot say you know in general. this is there are some specific and of course we have to deal with. every specific case you know case by case basis ambassador you have got to thank you very much thank you. discover it's. just become. nature can give you. is that so much i would like to give a real full even hundred pounds.

s foreign secretary said disagreements between russia and the u.k. should not stop them from working together. has more. we have seen a series of meetings today which have really focused on the positive points in what has become a rocky relationship between russia and the u.k. and because of that a lot of what was talked about were economic ties and trade ties of course trade between russia and the u.k. amounts to around seventeen billion dollars and russia is one of the u.k.'s most important trading partners foreign minister lavrov outlined six priorities for improving the trade relationship he talked about finance he talked about working together in the nanotech sector energy efficiency of course one of the big projects coming up for us here is the lympics so cooperating on olympic infrastructure strengthening the small and medium business sector in russia and also improving the business environment in general they also talked a bit about modernizing communication links between london and moscow this is obviously a lover off first visit to london i

the subject of the largest claim ever made in the u.k. commercial court and what do you think it would take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with russia you just cannot say you know in general. this is there are some specific case and of course we have to deal with the every specific case you know case by case basis again thank you very much thank you. wealthy british style decide it's time to cut. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. world for. bringing you the latest in science and technology from a realm for sure. we've got the future covered well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's a sonic boom six tractor murderi

are as partners together talked about how important u.k. was as its partner in it starlost with and with the e.u. and also the partnership that it has in dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let's hear him. countries continue to see patient steady improvement in relations. giant leaps it is a very measured steps this welcome visit is an important part of the steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office. working practically relationship bilateral issues and global issues it is undoubtedly on an improving trend but it does seem that in the past every attempt this been made to put this relationship back on track has been de railed in some way and the latest example of that is new carding the guardian correspondent who was refused entry to russia this month there was something wrong with his accreditation and that's why he wasn't allowed back into the country but of

the u.k. is under fire for the court decision to extradite julian a song to sweden which experts say exposes the hypocrisy of a justice system that provides asylum to a number of suspected war criminals and terrorists basic tradition relating to asylum is that anybody can come here provided you. provided i got lots of money. and it's the final straight for the first race of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics sounds the winning must go on for the sochi games is due to be announced a little bit late. it's now or seven am in washington d.c. three pm here in moscow you without saying welcome to the program but the bloodshed and the arab world continues as the libyan army is once again reported to have fired at night or rounds at protesters in tripoli forces loyal to longtime leader mcconnell khadafi are said to have lost control over most of the country's territory and some fear it could descend into complete chaos peter all of us our correspondent in the region has the latest. forces u

the u.k. is under fire for the court decision to extradite join us to sweden which experts say exposed as they can prophecy of a justice system that provides asylum to a number of suspected more criminals and terrorists. basic truth you should read through a soil because if anybody can come here provided you. provided i got lots of money . out of the files straight from the first race of the twenty fourteen winter olympics as a winning mascot for the sochi games is due to be announced later. this is are to live from moscow with me marina joshie the bloodshed in the arab world continues as the leading army is once again reported to have fired live rounds at protesters and crippling forces loyal to longtime leader colonel khadafi are said to have lost control over most of the country's territory and some theory it could descend into complete chaos here all over our correspondent in the region has the latest. to get out the forces on the protesters have of arrested power away from us to control t

the subject of the largest claim ever made in a u.k. commercial court and what do you think it will take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with russia that you just say you know in general. this is there are some specific case and of course we have to deal with the every specific case you know case by case basis ambassador you have yet to come.

is the subject of the largest claim ever made in a u.k. commercial court and what do you think it will take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with russia you just say you know in general. this is there are some specific case. course so we have to deal with the every specific case you know case by case basis the i have yet to thank you very much thank you. well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's a sonic boom six factory marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria or iraq or egypt's destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that share shall be taken in war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is acce

the u.k. government and actually promote arms sales to a number of the press's have regimes this very weekend the u.k. government is sending representatives out to the launch. which the industry trade body in the u.k. claims ten percent of its executives will be british at this spare and the u.k. actively encourages is these companies to sell including the very equipment that is being used to protest this in the middle east at least with weapons all widely misused in the u.k. is a. criteria which look good on paper very rarely applied with any record but of course the mass outrage in the middle east erupted after popular up peoples in tunisia and egypt which brought down the embattled leaders and all people gathered in cairo's tahrir square on friday to mark a week since president mubarak was toppled middle east expert. says it's too early to celebrate victory. this hasn't really been a revolution in a traditional sense mubarak's power structure is his cronies are still really in a similar pla

should be prosecuted in the u.k. they always are bringing these people to account to these suspects but it seems very little is being done the list of the rich and powerful on interpol's wanted list resident in the u.k. is low on and around forty people wanted by russia alone living here in two thousand and three alleged chechen terrorists akhmed zakayev was granted political refuge the same year asylum was granted to russian tycoon buddies but is not ski convicted of embezzlement in russia but it shows here the hypocrisy of the british courts. he is quite clearly been involved in the mafia over the years all sorts of very serious offenses which he may actually quite literally equate with terrorism and yet he is not being extradited and yet we see here what appears to be anyway a trumped up charge of rape which hasn't actually even come to charges in sweden this certainly does appear to show political interference in the court system here in britain and total hypocrisy from the british justice system well today in ou

that u.k. is under fire for the court decision to extradite julian assad to sweden which experts say exposes the kapok receive our justice system that provides asylum to number of suspected war criminals and terrorists. basic tradition to a solid is that anybody can come provided you. know provided i got lots of money. and it's the final straight for the first race of the twenty fourteen winter olympics as the winning mascot for the sochi games is due to be announced later. when you are coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now the bloodshed in the middle east continues as the libyan army is once again reported to have fired live rounds at protesters in tripoli forces loyal to longtime leader girl gadhafi are said to have lost control over most of the country's territory and some fear it could descend into complete chaos but we now cross slide for more in situation the ground to our correspondent peter all over who is there for us here so the situation in libya is