the u.s. has the second worst tax system amongst our competitors. japan has the privilege of being first. i draw your attention to this chart which boasts statutory rate, marginally effective rates, and average effective corporate tax rates. however you slice it, the u.s. is pretty bad. for the reasons that barry mentioned and grant has emphasized, the u.s. is not an attractive place from a tax standpoint to produce and it is becoming an increasingly less attractive place to have headquarters. the u.s. has many other advantages, of course, and those more than offset, in many instances, the tax disadvantages but taxes are something the federal government can actually do something about. i agree with most economists would subscribe to what barry said which is the exchange rate is the big elephant in this room. however, if you recall the last time a treasury secretary argued for a weak dollar, your memory is better than mine. that is never an explicit u.s. government -- has never been an explicit

u.s. embassy cables. >> i have certainly raised the issue of the leaks in order to assure our colleagues that it will not in any way interfere with american diplomacy. >> clinton was attending a meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe in the kazakhstan capital on wednesday. she later told reporters that the participants there agreed that despite the document leaks, the u.s. would continue to play an important role in the international community. clinton added that it is natural for foreign governments to raise questions about the leaks and pledged to offer a satisfactory explanation. >>> in washington, state department spokesperson phillip crowley said the u.s. government is investigating the leaks as a criminal matter. he said the government will continue to review security procedures to make sure that this does not happen again. the leaking of classified documents the whistleblowing website wikileaks is drawing mixed reactions. some say the site supports the pu

u.s. and south korea are scheduled to meet in washington on monday to address tensions on the korean peninsula. maehara said he wants to discuss with his u.s. and south korean counterparts which conditions must be met before the three countries accept china's proposal for talks. >>> large scale joint japanese-u.s. military drills have begun in various locations across japan. the eight-day exercise kicked off on wednesday involving 60 ships and 400 airplanes. 45,000 personnel from japan's self-defense forces and the u.s. military are participating. >> continuing to build the u.s. navy's relationship with the japanese self-defense forces is an important step forward as we work together for the defense of japan. >> the maneuvers include training on shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. they are simulating defensive drills in kyushu and okinawa. south korean senior military officials are expected to participate as observers forhe first time. the military exercises between japan and the u.

u.s. is that in the situation on the peninsula as it continues to hold joint military drills with the sound. well it's an extremely serious and tense situation this is a fourth direct provocation of u.s. south korean military exercises in less than a month so you're talking about we're really talking about many many ships in the area fifty to seventy ships hundreds of aircraft tens of thousands of troops operating just a few miles three to seven miles off of north korea's coast many miles north of the demilitarized zone that in itself is a provocation so here is south korea u.s. and backing support and u.s. participation and the united states moving nuclear powered a nuclear weapons aircraft carriers directly into the region off the coast and i think the u.n. security council meeting was an important effort to call on all sides but but nevertheless in the even in the face of that and the world calls that south korea and the u.s. went ahead with these military exercises so the very fact tha

and u.s. policy review what did washington fail to mention its report on its strategy in afghanistan. for many people in central asian states russia scenes and then the opportunity millions of migrants every year in search of greener pastures but many are forced to work illegally and their life is far from perfect as in the pollution reports. the federal migration. officers say they arrive at this early hour before the immigrants leave for work which usually happens around six am like duty the. conducted in order to find illegal immigrants usually we have about seven or eight such raids and. this time around the federal migration just a few people without permission to work in the country one of them is a twenty two year old. i don't have documents i don't know russia i've been in russia for about a year and i don't understand the rules and customs of the country. is one of a dozen immigrants who were apprehended during the raid but officials say there are millions more undetected in russia. c

may be repairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. well shortly the middle eastern musicians with a message for the world. number of arabs are letting their music cage the people who politicians can reach. the world needs a new integrated security space from the pacific to the atlantic is the key message from the organization for security and cooperation in europe that's holding its first summit and for a decade. security on the war in afghanistan are on the table for the fifty six member states attending events in kazakhstan president has once again pushed his initiative to create a pan-european security treaty and also said they are seen as using its influence and needs much more modernized the head of the organization described it as well this was a great. proposal by president evidence that one great merit becaus

u.s. and china now the u.s. made it very clear that they weren't going to agree to anything without a very clear condemnation of north korea's actions recently what they called provoked to attack the no we. military drills now going ahead but we've also had north korea possibly has made it very clear that the international community if you like buffy will strike but nothing yet happened but of course will now be waiting to see what the response from north korea will be today's military drills going ahead serious these exercises that you talk about taking place in the south korean island and the shows by the north last month tensions between sold on really have been rising have very recently. absolutely as you seen these tensions building up and we had the u.s. as we said talking about the strong condemnation that has a full day's events in november the twenty third attack then particularly. and that that's the result of. poor. people killed and the thinking of the china before that the shi

may be repairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. a quick update now on some other world headlines making news an emotional service has been held in new zealand for the twenty nine miners lost following a series of underground explosions at a coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister attended the open air memorial in. rescue teams have been unable to recover the victims' bodies as conditions are still deemed too hazardous the disaster is the country's worst mining accident or a century. fifteen people have died in europe as a result of a cold snap that's causing havoc across the continent a fourth day of heavy snowfall also forced major airports to close and many train services to a standstill so far be one of the worst affected should read through its code the start of decembe

u.s. national security a world without buying u.s. russia arms control treaties is a more dangerous world the obama administration is going out of its way to have the deal ratified the president's arguably major foreign policy chief meant is on the line not only does the start cut nuclear arsenals of both countries by a third it's also seen as a symbol of trust between the two nuclear superpowers russia has cooperated with us on critical issues to our national security like iran sanctions transit to supply our troops in afghanistan working on securing loose nuclear materials and their relationships and trusts that are built from the nuestro treaty spill over into a whole host of other national security issues that are of vital importance to america these shoe of trust and america's reputation globally was addressed by the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee every senator has an obligation to ask that question of themselves over the course of these next days are we a credible

u.s. and russia and it doesn't need to be changed their actions provoked an avalanche of criticism from the country's top security experts who fear of the treaty could become a victim of political games on capitol hill in the final days of debate on start they wanted to we write the language of the treaty which would have actually killed it they wanted to take out the line in the preamble of the deal which states the fact of the connection between offensive and defensive weapons in a security expert would say the connection is obvious and in fact all of those from the military who testified before the senate were saying exactly that they also maintained it's not the start treaty that would make the u.s. we curd the treaty itself explicitly says either side can pull out of it if a some point they deem is threatens their national security if we look at the cots part of the do we have some very significant reductions on the way over the next ten years both states will cut their nuclear arsena

bashar on the u.s. may be resetting their relations but the country still fails to see eye to eye on many issues and u.s. is one of the few countries to vote against a draft resolution table by russia the united nations and contending of course occasion of notes is an associate accept the possible reasons behind the american decision. we have one hundred twenty nine countries saying they want to fight against the glorification of not citizen and then the united states says no but we don't want to sign up to that document this is especially interesting because the united states obviously fought against naziism in the second world war and this is one of those rare opportunities when we have countries like iran and israel even agreeing on an issue which almost never happens but here is the united states who does not want to go along with everyone else over the last several years there have been documents leaked and declassified revealing us cover ups of nazis right after the second world war of course of p

all right so now that big u.s. side has paused agreement what's the timeline do you think for ratification russia's federation council which is the equivalent of the senate and. i'm not the best authority on what the timeline is the expectation certainly is that the duma will work with greater speed than the u.s. senate did in considering this treaty and i think it's very important for that consideration to the people pushing the treaty through the u.s. senate were very careful to avoid changes in the treaty that would require a renegotiation so the treaty that is being considered by the duma is the same one that they have had since since april to look at and analyze the new start treaty means means big cats in american and russian nuclear arsenals how will stars at factor is of authoring nuclear power. well i would i would say that the cuts in the arsenals will not be big we usually describe them as modest depending on how you how you count this it's approximately thirty percent reduction in the last limits we had

the u.s. is the un's fattest financier said to contribute more than two and a half billion dollars in two thousand and eleven and this is not the first time the u.s. has been caught spying. back in two thousand and three in the lead up to the invasion of iraq the national security agency was reportedly conducting secret surveillance operation providing intelligence on the voting intentions of u.n. members this time around diplomats were asked to provide information on computer upgrade security measures passwords and personal encrypted and keys of their human colleagues the exhausting level of details allegedly demanded about pop u.s. officials has not only left the us red faced but it's also caused some to question whether washington was ultimately laying the groundwork for surveillance for hiking operations here that the world body had orders from governments that are constantly talking about democracy the transparent see in poor and in the world and say that they're invading all sorts of cou

may be irrepairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. so after all that what is this next month of presidency over the u.n. security council going to look like for the u.s. well here to discuss it with me is marc leon goldberg managing editor of the u.n. and global affairs blog which mark thanks so much for being here and thanks for having me that we just heard. say in this story our diplomats are just that they're diplomats and that's all they do so is this what diplomats really do they all spy on each other and take biometric scans and look into credit card accounts well you know i don't think it's altogether surprising that the united states or frankly any country would be conducting and some sort of intelligence gathering operation at the u.n. it's happened in the past in two thousand and three the observer reported

effectively promoting the u.s. pows is that the u.s. drug store policy in afghanistan leading lose all these things and drug lords that's resulted in in effect. the drug trafficking in afghanistan keep personae fight the trail of the historical u.s. counter-narcotics approach in afghanistan just for the benefit of the leap service preventing the so-called friendly farmers from going to tell about the united states of the drug enforcement administration together with the state department have by default opportunity to reset and jump start the russian american cooperation specifically. on that counternarcotics with the main focus on. because the reason no other alternative and the reason the personalities in the white house who are opposing richard holbrooke. look now at the world news in brief for you and that's our pm silvio berlusconi has won the first round of a confidence vote in the senate is now set to face a second round in the lower house where his support is what shaykh here in an earlier speech he warned that the country would

may be repairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. talk more about the latest wiki leak we're now joined live from paris by john laughlin director of the institute for democracy and cooperation thanks for being with us mr laughlin now the u.s. has been left red faced by the revelations but i want to talk about russia the latest leak cables allege the country is rife with corruption and crime something of course no arts country is free from but it's also not news to any russian people know this the president knows this so what kind of headlines do you think wiki leaks is trying to make here that's already something people know. well the allegation made by the american diplomats is not just that russia is a victim of corruption and crime but instead that the corruption and crime in russia is being controlled by the gov

for the u.s. congress to slam the pentagon over shady jet fuel deals for american military air base in the central asian republic of. fuel worth around two billion dollars was purchased for civilian use and to avoid higher tariffs it was actually from a. key supplier for the u.s. campaign in afghanistan. democracy initiative says the deal helped spark unrest that ousted the president in april. what the congressional subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs. dealt with in the report was allegations of corrupt dealings between subsidiaries of the pentagon which were supplying fuel for kyrgyzstan to prosecute the war effort in afghanistan and members of the family of the deposed former president of kyrgyzstan key of the same report stated that these subsidiaries namely the mena corps and red star back in two thousand and nine to reach out to the former president's son maksim but has subsequently followed his father in exile and is now in hiding in the u.k. to try to engage in baghdad or

u.s. military will begin their annual joint exercises on friday. the drills are being held amid growing tensions between north and south korea following artillery exchanges in november. 60 vessels including the u.s. nuclear aircraft carrier "george washington," 400 airplanes and 45,000 personnel will begin in the tenth annual exercise. eight days of mock drills will take place over a wide area, including waters off japan's main island in the sea of japan and near the southern islands of kyushu in okinawa. one of the main drills will focus on responding to ballistic missile attacks. mock attacks from the two countries ekewind with aegis radar will practice acquiring and tracking missiles. drills will also include defending japan's remote southern islands. jet fighters will patrol the southern air space. and destroyers will patrol the waters to prevent enemy forces from landing on the islands. >>> as military tensions on the korean peninsula and other east asian regions continue to increase,

may be irrepairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york thoughts about the story from john locklear the is director of the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris he thinks the latest wiki leak demonstrates that u.s. foreign policy is based on an unhealthy approach. there is an incredibly immature and frankly dangerous attitude on the part of american diplomats to categorize the world only in terms of whether people are friendly towards america and whether people whether countries want to be like america this shows i think the real intellectual floor at the heart of american foreign policy because it shows that america at least the state department at any rate is the victim of a sort of political autism in other words a political inability to deal with the other to deal with other people with all the difficulty an

the u.s. senate ratification documents they need to look over before the voting can begin i need to look over these to check the terms and conditions are as they were agreed upon the take there as they expect them to be and if they are which they assume they will be then they think that the voting could begin tomorrow that's what the state duma spokesman said today and then as for the opportunity with the federal council they say they want to begin discussions tomorrow maybe even vote on it as well tomorrow if the voting by the lower chamber is done in time certainly get their voting done by the new year and so what they see is russia really pushing through this ratification process you want to do this is fast as possible because all along russian the u.s. says that you have said that the ratification process is a both countries will be synchronized because they want to show that was the both countries are together on this and setting an example together now we can hear from the foreign minist

but the u.s. already fighting two wars and has been revealed as another possible front opening up there could be secret links between the countries that is feeding into the american media which is now still contrary is that the arab nation is a hotbed of terrorism are you going to you can report. america's secret aims in yemen are secret no more as confirmed by recent we can leaks this patch of classified diplomatic cables u.s. special operations forces are carrying out strikes against suspected terrorists in yemen and the yemeni government is taking the credit in exchange for yemen's cooperation the u.s. heavily finances the country's fragile government but u.s. plans in yemen go further than strikes the military are discussing long term basis and asking for more than a billion dollars to fight all carted there some of bin laden had a dream for him in a nightmare for us it was to involve us in in inconclusive wars in distant lands that would cost us a fortune there's a kind of intelligence nation

the u.s. government has presented no charges against julian a song but that hasn't stopped government officials from reportedly putting pressure at the highest level to cut off weiqi leaks money supply a senior executive of america's money transfer giant pay pal said the state department had written to the company claiming the online whistleblower was involved in illegal activities so pay pal along with massive card and b. so are no longer accepting cash donations for the controversial website but it's the threat of this has some impact on national security and when you say that in the united states everybody. you know what's their parents and they do what they're told. and so i think that it's a misconception in some cases that people think that the u.s. is purely a money driven society it's not the government has certain parag it is particularly over national security no court ruling no legal procedures were needed to crackdown on the media organization later pay-pal backtracked on its state

the u.s. senate has voted down another attempt to amend the new nuclear arms treaty in the start to deal the republicans want to recognize the link between strategic and tactical weapons but that would need further negotiations with russia republicans want to postpone the debate until january when they will hold a majority in congress tuesday could become a crucial day when most of the senate members gather and u.s. president has described ratification of the start treaty as a national priority it was signed by him and the russian president in april and was hailed as a major achievement in relations between the two countries a deal that would see the nuclear arsenal slashed by one third. twin suicide attacks on military bases in two afghan cities have the thirteen people dead in the northern city of continues militants dressed in the us form the recruitment center for long gun battle ensued earlier insurgents attacked a bus carrying army offices in the capital. some of the countries. the talib

may be repairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. but you had to r.t. dot com for around the clock updates and analysis of the world's stories here's a taste of what's on the line few right now but we and the press on them by slum residents they want compensation from officials who are trying to evict them to expand the airport plus. the f.b.i. is hunting a young russian spammer who's thought to be behind a third of the world's junk e-mails his network is apparently the biggest pumping out billions of messages a day that details of ulti dot com. a quick update now of some other world headlines an emotional service has been held in new zealand for the twenty nine miners lost following a series of underground explosions at the coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister attended th

is serious the u.s. and russia are serious about nuclear arms reductions and that we are moving into a world where we want with less nuclear weapons not more and i think overdo the incentives for other countries not just iran and north korea's but countries like brazil that could develop nuclear weapons if they wanted to but i think that sends a clear signal of where the world is headed and that's a world with fewer not more not more nuclear weapons so i think it sends a very positive signal and i think it may ensures that nuclear stability global nuclear stability can be maintained and more progress can take place after this and more likely be a new round of negotiations with the russians to try to go even deeper so you know i think this is a very good first step and ensures that we're on the right track yes interesting point you raised but you know well from here on i mean how much is this new going to open doors for moscow and washington to boost cooperation in other areas and think he'd be all been a

as the u.s. missile defense program but they failed because in the end enough republicans thirteen to be precise voted against their party with the democrats to give a bomber that majority that he needed if he needed a majority of two thirds of the end they got that about five or six votes and there's been a long time coming really a part they've passed the original expiration date of the previous treaty this time last year they passed that deadline they were worried that it wouldn't get signed in time and then the two presidents did get their signatures down to say that both . partners would have to ratify it that was in april or less a number of stumbling blocks but finally there has been signed by and ratified by the u.s. senate now it's russia's turn and it's been welcomed here in russia very much so nonetheless by constantine process who has the state duma's foreign affairs committee and he took part in a number of those regional negotiations and here he is saying how much of a significant s

the lead government is more closely aligned with u.s. foreign policy goals on the korean peninsula than say the government's president's role in presidents kim. in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united states of south korea south korea certainly seized on any opportunity it can to escalate tensions there is the sinking of the south korean corvette chain on then which was immediately blamed on north korea over north korean denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry then we have the artillery exchange that happened on november twenty third which has been blamed on north korea however the exchange was triggered by south korea marine garrison on an island that lies very close to the north korean coast you consider that you consider a president leaves hostility toward north korea. it's his policy of confrontation deescalating more games and it's hard not to conclude that south korea is

a u.s.enator -- hamid karzai to take the british away and put in u.s. forces instead. they believed that there were not up to the task for securing helmand province for the elections. >> this suggestion the british are not prepared to fight as actively as american. the facts do not bear that out. there was a cohesive pulling together of the american and british at the core of nato, and we should not allow that very fractured position it to be distracted from by the leaking documents which are not helpful, not least the british and american soldier who are slugging their backs guts out. mcneal was said that there had been a lot of action are narcotics but little progress. and he was dismayed by the british effort. they made a mess of things in helmand. anthony phillips and his son was killed in june, 2006, is dismayed by the sentiments revealed in these cables. >> at least we went in there. coulddone the best we with some of the finest infantry in the world. we have taken terrible casualties.

u.s. will still hold more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the new arms reduction treaty is not just in reductions but i think it's also important to say that the significance of the treaty is much larger than the implications for arms control it really does give a lot of momentum and boost to the broader u.s. russia reset and i think puts obama and medvedev on course to cooperate more closely on a whole host of issues and it may well be that this is seen as a turning point in which the russia u.s. rivalry of the past is finally laid to rest for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of his administration the military all living former secretary of state and of defense were calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for us who are sure relations and the message did resonate with many senators every senator knows when you're trying to get things done relationships matter and the relationship between the

a u.s.ation led by deputy secretary of state james steinberg is heading for beijing to discuss north korea with chinese officials. nhk interviewed sung kim before his departure with the delegation on tuesday. he's the u.s. special envoy to the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. >> we're looking forward to having a productive discussion. >> china has been calling for an emergency meeting of the chief envoys to the six-party talks after last month's shelling of a south korean island by the north, but u.s. president barack obama is reluctant to respond to china's call, saying north korea should first take concrete steps toward denuclearization. he is also urging china to use its influence with the north as a long-time ally of the country. the talks in beijing are expected to be difficult as the u.s. and china remain far apart on north korean issues. >>> china says north korea has responded positively, meanwhile, to attending an emergency meeting of the chief envoys to the six-par

it's been reported that u.s. commanders in afghanistan are pushing to extend their presence in pakistani tribal areas the new york times quotes an anonymous american official who claims special forces will start targeting militants across the border opening a new front it's something we u.s. military denies washington's been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgency bases in pakistan and is often accused of killing civilians in the process is on the band's been strongly protesting against the attacks describing them as violating its territorial sovereignty but a stunning officials say they're capable of handling the militants by themselves kathy kelly spoke to a she campaigns against u.s. led war she says america's military establishment is simply hoping for more money. it seems to me that the united states would have an effect similar to what has happened in the past here in afghanistan along with the drone attacks the invasion of a sovereign country. a united states joint special operations whose mea

effectively promoting the u.s. post as the u.s. drug store policy in afghanistan relating lose all the beings and drug lords that's resulted in effect. for the drug trafficking in afghanistan keep personae fight the trail of the historical u.s. counter-narcotics approach in afghanistan just for the benefit of the leap service preventing the so-called friendly farmers from going to tell about the united states of the drug enforcement administration together with the state department have by default a new opportunity to reset and jump started the russian american cooperation specifically. on that counternarcotics with the main focus on area there were indications because the reason no other alternative and the reason no other personalities in the white house who were opposing richard holbrooke. and a few hours on our team we take you on again underground journey between gaza and the egyptian border. they live only next to the border. but also on the border of peace and war. they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for t

the u.s. i think the discussion of political issues is some what more dominated by policy rather than crazy washington life. here you tend to get weeks of tiny u.k. stories that i don't think people are interested in. in terms of the politicians, the politicians in the u.k. do talk about the issues probably more than the politicians in the u.s. so i was struck by that. they're worried about their money raising and everything else. it doesn't happen so much in the u.k. >> we need to get back to the stephanie flanders story. those people in the u.s. may know your sister, laura flanders. what's the relationship, age, who's older? >> she is seven years older, although i get rather disconcerted. people do ask me, i like to think it's clear but i'm afraid it's getting less and less clear. we've had a trans atlantic time of it as sisters. she went to america for six months off. then was going to come back to college here in the u.k. but she fell in love with new york and stayed there ever since. that

the u.s. delegation is expected to ask china to put more pressure on north korea to dissuade it from taking any more provocative actions. china is expected to call on the u.s. to agree to an emergency meeting of the six-party talks on the north's nuclear program. dai has said that north korea responded positively to the proposed meeting when he met north korean leader kim jong il last week in pyongyang. >>> the u.n. security council has decided to partially lift sanctions on iraq in a move that would allow the country to develop a civilian nuclear program. the sanctions have been in place for nearly two decades. the council met to discuss iraq on wednesday. with u.s. vice president joe biden serving as the chair, the united states this month holds the council's rotating presidency. sanctions were imposed on iraq one year after it invaded kuwait in 1990 under the then president saddam hussein. the council adopted resolutions to lift restrictions on the country's civilian nuclear program. it als

and with this approval russian the u.s. will start the new year with a treaty that has become a symbol of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers i am glad that democrats and republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and it will make us safer and reduce our nuclear arsenals along with russia. both states have some very significant reductions underway over the next ten years the countries will cut their nuclear arsenals by a third down to some fifteen hundred fifty deployed warheads on each side the deal also limits the number of delivery vehicles and launchers but even with those cuts both russia and the u.s. will still hold more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the new arms reduction treaty is not just in reductions but i think it's also important to say that the significance of the treaty is much larger t

u.s. armed forces -- the gay men and women could serve in the u.s. armed forces. welcome to "bbc world news." keeping the peace in the most dangerous city in earth. we go with african union troops in mogadishu. going to extremes. what is it like living in one of the coldest places in the world affects -- in the world? as the whistle blowing website wikileaks releases its latest casper -- latest batch of controversial documents, interpol has added the details of founder julian assange to its watch list, saying he is wanted for sex crimes. it is a sexual offense in sweden. he denies the allegations and has not been charged. this does not amount to an arrest warrant. if people have any informations about his whereabouts, they are asked to contact interpol. the risk of terrorism from extremists in pakistan is spelled out in the latest batch of documents released by wikileaks. britain, the united states, and russia all expressed deep concern that they could steal enough from pakistan's faciliti

in 2007, we started a u.s. office to start a u.s. presence. my company only has two full employees but we use a lot of contract employees or events and projects. our total payable has amounted to over $1 million and all profits have been reinvested in the u.s., nothing sent back to the uk. here is my experience with emigrations -- immigration's. 2002, they issued a visa. 2003, successfully renewed in the u.s. be given eight months to prove our viability. thanks to my attorney for her experience and patience. 2005, the says are renewed successfully. but we have to return to the u.k. for processing because the laws changed. basically, when i try to renew again, they did not believe that i was a manager. also, they refused to recognize our employee as a professional, even though a four-year degree would exactly mirror the situation. we have been in limbo for 15 months until last friday when we found out the appeal was dismissed on grounds similar to the original denial. at least we know now. or something as important as a green card process, ther

senior u.s. military commanders reportedly want to expand their afghan campaign into neighboring pakistan but officials deny allegations that secret cross border operations are already happening washington does however use unmanned drones to strike at suspected militants across the border kathy kelly who campaigns against the u.s. led war says america's military establishment is just trying to make more money. it seems to me that the united states would have an effect similar to what has happened in the past here in afghanistan along with the drone attacks the invasion of a sovereign country. a united states joint special operations there was a means of attack and the death squads and assassinations and night raids would exacerbate the tremendous almost title wave of anti-american sentiment amongst the public united states establishment the military industrial complex companies have learned that you can make an enormous profit you can stuff your financial portfolios and run to the bank and that y

no christmas cheer for u.s. lawmakers to a new strategic arms reduction treaty with russia gets ratified democrats are pushing for the republicans to agree to the nuclear pact before they would. the majority needed to pass it in the senate if approved the treaty would reduce the nuclear stockpiles of both nations by a third. and the wiki leaks founder failed by a british court but his supporters fear the u.s. may still be trying to get him in there to be sweden wants to extradite chile on a connection with the allegations of sexual assault charges which are some. time now for part two of the low to show up next they take a look at whether it's a conflict of interest for the supreme court to teach certain members of congress about the u.s. constitution it's coming your way next. well it's time for tonight's tool time award and it's fifo president sepp blatter he made a comment is drawing sharp criticism around the world blatter was discussing the two thousand and twenty two world cup of events that will be played

may be irrepairable what is the u.s. policy is this u.s. policy going forward and you know it was in the past will it be going forward and if so you know people better hold on to their wallets around here while the u.s. appears to be left holding the smoking gun. r.t. new york. where you can head to r.t. dot com for around the clock updates and analysis stories here's a taste of what's just a click away. and the play by islamists they want. compensation for the visuals we're trying to expand also. the f.b.i. is hunting a young russian spammer who is thought to be behind the third of the world don't you know his network is apparently the biggest thing out billions of messages a day details of. a quick update now and some other world headlines. emotional service held in new zealand for the twenty nine miners last following a series of underground explosions at a coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister time to the open a more grey mouth on the south park rescue teams have been unable to recover the vict

on wednesday evening in the u.s. and is likely to be the last statesman to appear on their evening live as a veteran interviewer time soon. security in europe is in the spotlight as the fifty six member states of the overseen gather in kazakhstan for its first top level summit in more than a decade russia says it wants to see reform of the organization for security and cooperation in europe so the group can function properly key issues include overcoming disagreements over european conventional arms treaty which russia backed away from three years ago because of america's missile defense plans interim and that it is also pushing his own proposal for better europe wide security. but. the new treaty we have proposed would be aimed at guaranteeing common security for europe i think everyone who supports it here it's been discussed for two and a half years maybe the stereotypes of the past are still strong a nation initiative is ahead of its time but it turned will inevitably come. and later we'll be joined live by r.t.

relations by the rectification in the u.s. senate is now in danger since republicans are threatening to derail it the russian public opinion research center asked russians who would benefit more by signing the start treaty thirty three percent of the respondents said both russia and u.s. twenty seven percent believe the entire international community will game twenty two percent cited the u.s. to profit more in case taught is signed and another four percent think it will profit russia only back to peter. ok i want to talk about why the republicans are opposed this but i will tell you made a very interesting point at the end of the first part of the program about the demonstration effect here and so can i reiterate here russian the united states can set a good example for the world for being for in terms of transparency in dealing with nuclear weapons and be a demonstration to other countries to take the n.p.t. seriously you mentioned ok like india but him even israel could be thrown in that category saying you know the two maj