all right mr bryant johnson thomas a former u.n. arms trafficking expert joining us live from birmingham thank you very much for your analysis. but europeans who are deeply angry over getting their welfare benefits while taxes are hiked are making their voices heard with loud protests across the continent they say they don't want to pay for the mistakes of politicians and bankers the latest demonstrations soft thousands of romanian teachers protest in bucharest demanding better wages an investment in education it's another country desperate to cut its budget deficit and is trying to do it by slashing public sector wages by twenty five percent but on the other side of the atlantic americans facing similar struggles are showing the same passion and fury prius reader looks at what europeans are doing a better job at trying to protect their pockets. it's october two thousand and ten and while things aren't looking too good americans and europeans have reacted to the tough times very differently about this story unfortunately you can't tell f

two thousand and eight in bangkok in an american led sting now he's in this now we spoke to former u.n. arms trafficking expert brian johnston thomas for his views on safety if he is eventually said to be honest. i have concerns about what the big three will be going back to based on the only other person who in recent times has been convicted on a sting operation involving the part of the colombian levels is a man called montreal counsel who was an arms dealer strangely also was of assistance to the americans on many occasions and when his lawyer sought to bring that into the courts he wasn't allowed to do so so i think that's on the president which is lawyers in the states if it got there would not be able to bring pictures assistance of the pentagon into the court to example the people close to boot including his wife fear for his life assuming the u.s. will use every possible effort to force any can fasten my like to hear do you think that's why i claim i just don't know if you asked me what ten years ago i was said grant alamo berry was not likely so you know the world we live in is a s

of fueling terrorism and conspiring to supply arms to colombian rebels which he denies a former u.n. arms trafficking expert says it is extradited to the u.s. might not get a fracture. i have concerns about what effect it will be going back to based on your new the person who in recent times has been convicted on a sting operation involving the fox the colombian rebels there's a man called monster all counsel who was an arms dealer who strangely also was of assistance to the americans on many occasions and when his lawyer sought to bring that into the courts he wasn't allowed to do so or not president i think it's unlikely that his depends team will be able to bring into evidence the fact that he has all my courage invaded assistance first of the pentagon to us in nato countries in providing or. i think it's unlikely that people who want deliberately to harm anyone but i think harm is sometimes done as part of the process but what people may see is getting good getting the truth out of somebody she my concern always has been not the soldiers necessarily innocent of all charges it but the

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interesting side to this is interesting too in your article pointing out that despite an existing arms embargo the u.n. security council provides exemptions for certain equipment to be brought into iraq well what are we talking about there and why would that be i think you may have lost the line james clearly still. lying to beirut i think we've lost the line to beirut there awfully sorry. yes we've indeed lost him ok well i hope you got the first part of the interview anyway i will try with maybe a little bit later here tonight right let's move on soon as we go in store for you russia's clinched a deal to host the legendary formula one grand prix for the first time the motor racing event will take place in sochi the city hosting the twenty fourteen winter olympics the f one drivers will compete on a challenging circuit and use the brand new infrastructure built for the games do is block skis got the details tonight. this is the movement that russian formula one fans have been waiting for it took more than three decades to find a suitable venue and to convince the formula one manager of the world's mo

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u.n. peace keepers to face a military prosecutor in the capital. >> one of these armed groups are held responsibley many for the massacre that occurred. they offered to hand over one of the senior officers, who would have been the leader in the rapes that occurred where 300-plus women were raped. >> that lies 30 kilometers from a u.n. peace keepers base. it became a site of a gang-rape. doctors who visited the victims of the attack said the rebels had come in peace and only began raping after being given food by the villagers. among them are women the u.n. says will identify the colonel as one of those responsible. >> this operation is important in the sense it will send a very strong signal that their action will not continue unpunished. >> the u.n. mission in the country admits it did not do enough to prevent the attacks. though they have 20,000 peace keepers in the region, they are spread too thinly. the u.n. mission sees the arrest of the colonel as just one step in their goal of ending systemic rape in war. >> in a bbc global debate, china's tom man said the devaluation of the yawn would not

the militants were then able to get inside the compound armed with ak-47s, security forces opened fire and killed the attackers. no u.nurt. >>> a quick programming note, don't miss a special edition of "geraldo at large." he is with the 101st air borne division and will talk with general dave petraeus only only fox news channel. >> with election day a little more than a week away, one of the key congressional seats is still hanging in the balance. a turf war is happening in california. the seven-term orange county democrat sanchez is working hard to keep her job, fighting van tran. both sides are campaigning hard, trying to appeal to the region's growing vietnamese community. >> reporter: good to see you. we're in the final countdown here for the mid-terms and races are heating up across the country, and here in california there is no exception. a new power force has emerged in the race for the 47th 47th congressional seat that represents much of orange county, california. the o. c. is an area where big political players have been white and latino. but looks like this contest could be decided by a small but mighty dem

armed with machetes have killed people in nigeria. sectarian violence has killed at least 500 people there. the area is in the middle belt. the u.n. secretary-general has urged the ruling military of burma to release political prisoners ahead of -- the leaders still have time to improve the credibility in the polls on november 7th. police and bolivia have molested a woman who attempted to send money to france -- arrested a woman who is attentive to send a -- attempted to send a mummy to france. with just one week to go until american voters give their verdict on the barack obama presidency in the u.s. midterm elections, many of the races are too close to call. bill clinton has been campaigning in illinois. he will be joined by president obama to rally democratic voters. >> call 8 capital casino, this is washington's favorite game. anyone who is anyone in politics is playing let's guess how many seats republicans will win in the midterm. it is thought that they could pick up anywhere from as low as 35 to as many as 60 in the house. anywhere from 7 to 10 seats in the senate. this gives the president a very big job to do. >> if every

arms to taiwan. the two countries agreed last month to restore them. the two agreed in the meeting that gates will visit china early next year. >>> biological diversity is in the spotlight as a u.nconference that started in japan on monday. representatives from more than 190 countries will spend three weeks discussing ways to preserve species and ecosystems. nhk world's yasushi kudo is there. >> reporter: japan's ministry of agriculture forestry and fisheries opened the conference with a call for international interference. >> translator: biological diversity is around the world as the climate changes. we have a responsibility to pass on environmentally compatible lifestyles and rich biological diversity to the next generation. >> reporter: the representatives have started discussing what should be done if genetically modified organisms from one country damage another country's ecosystem. the convention on biological diversity was launched in 1992. it's appeal for international efforts to protect the global environment along with the u.n. framework convention on climate change. the countries at the conference will set new goals for saving fauna and flora for 2020 and 2050. they

u.n. asked me to become their good will ambassador. >> ben, why do we call it human trafficking, as opposed to what? >> as opposed so drug trafficking, organ trafficking. as opposed to arms trafficking. today if we're talking about the best estimates that we have, there are organized criminal cindy cats that make more money from human trafficking than illegal arms trafficking. human beings are the second most lucrative commodity after drugs. >> who are these syndicates. >> put the idea out of your head that these are vast mafias. in some cases, in the case of some of the mexican cartels operating out of juarez, there's overlap between drug traffickers and human traffickers. generally speaking these are few small operations, a few people operating to recruit, to transport and to harbor people in forced labor. this is slavery. >> what kind of people in the united states are doing this? can you pinpoint the type of criminal? >> the type of criminal is somebody who basically understands that the risk for prosecution historically has been very low and the rewards over the long term are very, very high. in south africa, for example, i was -- i went undercover tore infiltrate a

u.n. peace keeping forces in southern lebanon and i asked him what the u.s. government could do to strengthen a deal with lebanon. >> they have to support, to assist the lebanese government and armed is the key for the country to get peace. >> what specifically could the americans do that could remain help improve lebanese military? >> they can help with assets, of course, and also with money, mainly for infrastructure. >> do we have any proof that hezbollah has rearmed more weapons in the south? >> we have information coming from the intelligence services, from different countries, but we don't have any evidence of the weapons here. >> is israel violating resolution 1701? >> the israelis are violating the u.n. resolution 1701 every day. and occupying the north area. we denounce every day, every week, in our reports, we denounce always this violation from the israelis. >> the village that rests on the border between israel and lebanon, but as long as hezbollah remains a powerful force in lebanon, the times here will be uncertain. back to you in new york. >> brian: great stuff. we got to find out where we go from here. thanks. we got to get you updated on other headlines. american