had been cooperated with yemeni counterterrorism forces in targeting al qaida but they've since left the field preoccupied instead with the nationwide turmoil against the sollie regime that means the americans are likely to have a freer hand going it alone with the cia to take a central role because the agency is not subject to the accountability the us military is legally under expect more bombs to fall on yemen when the us starts to hit people who are members of the new arabian peninsula and then i think the real worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al qaeda their security. yemen over the killing of scores of civilians by the drone strikes in one attack there the american military presumably aiming at an al qaida training camp ended up killing dozens of women and children in another strike a year ago a drone mistakenly killed a deputy governor in yemen his family and eight with the expansion of the wrong war its influence is seeking only in itself the lighting of the light and they say some of them make the turns that this is all the fate

the decision to cast the cia with tracing down al qaida yemen marks a major escalation of america's covert war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the on an undeclared wars that the u.s. is waging against hurt but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes sort of in cooperation with the yemeni counterterrorism units but now with the power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and according to u.s. officials because the cia operates under different legal. then the military the cia will have greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate here greater latitude in other words they don't have to ask anybody's permission to go in the country the yemeni leader who is now out of the country after months of violent popular revolt against him and his government for many years had been supported by the u.s. in exchange for letting americans go after all quieting yemen as we can leaks cables often taking credit for the u.s. drone strikes we have t

nothing that would strengthen the hand of al qaida and promote them a western intervention in yemen particularly the west who supported presence for all these years sold him large numbers of arms and weaponry and now seem to be opposing him in all that to try and create some of the settlement i think the western role should be to try and promote a political dialogue between the various factions which is not impossible to achieve that and try to bring about some kind of resolution and peace there but if the west goes in with our. starts bombing on behalf of. who then i think that will make the situation markedly worse yemen has huge poverty and social issues it's the poorest country in the region its median age of population is less than eighty and it has the greatest social discrepancies of any country in the whole region the last thing it needs is more bombing what it needs is peace what it needs is people coming together and it needs overseas aid to help it develop its historical reason why to get involved in yemen i mean obviously used to control part of yemen maybe wants to gain ground over

qaida terrorists there fearing they make spoil the current unrest in yemen to seize power the cia is also reportedly building a secret air base in the persian gulf to target militants and starts he's gone it's to council as introducing a spokes will move the operation into the legal. decision to pass the cia with tracing being given marks a major escalation of america's covert war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the on an undeclared wars that the u.s. is waging against hurt but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes in cooperation with the yemeni counterterrorism units but now that power vacuum and all the political perm while in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and according to u.s. officials because the cia operate under different legal authorities than the military the cia will have greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate they are greater latitude in other words they don't have to. ask anybody permission to bomb the country the yemeni leader who i

qaida and al qaeda no longer permit these drone attacks in the country they need a base. from which to fly really very much more involved in terms of both the u.s. and the u.k. . british m.p. jeremy corbin thinks the u.k. and america risk making grave mistakes and repeating old ones by getting involved in yemen if the west goes in with our starts bombing on behalf of unclear who then i think that will make the situation markedly worse yemen has huge poverty and social issues it's the poorest country in the region it's median age a population is less than eight i mean it's the greatest social discrepancies of any country in the whole region the last thing it needs is more bombing what it needs is peace what it needs is people coming together and it needs overseas aid to help develop any government or political unity. to bring together all of the factions and all of the interests across the yemen i cannot believe that drove you to bring this about and in their haste to be involved the u.s. looked to me like you're in danger of making all the mistakes they made in afghanista

qaida and al qaeda no longer permit these train attacks in the country they need a base with which from which to fly they really are very much more involved in terms of base the u.s. and the u.k. . is laura right right there ok let's go to some other headlines from around the world for you this hour starting intelligence says that at least fifteen alleged insurgents were killed in a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan a series of strikes targeted a suspected militant compound near the main town in pakistan's south waziristan tribal area the region is known for housing many taliban insurgents who frequently carry out attacks against the government forces. syria is calling on refugees who fled to turkey turn to the town they abandon moved into groups the government says it's regained control and will continue to pursue what it calls the remnants of terrorist groups eight thousand people left town are now in refugee camps on the turkish border syria is in jewett months of brutal crackdown on protests to try and force the president to quit. a suicide car bomber has struck in northeaster

qaida and al qaeda no longer permit these drone attacks in the country they need a base with which from which to fly they are really very much more involved in terms of both the u.s. and the u.k. . it's reporting from london while other news now from around the world in our world update a nato air strike has hit a blast in the libyan turn the key one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli libyan state t.v. reports of these twelve passengers have been killed there are no further details of the incident and nato was not immediately available to comment on this and we'll bring you more details on this development as we get them here at r.t. . to start intelligence says at least fifteen alleged serjeant's have been killed in the u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan a series of strikes targeted a suspected militant compound near the main town in pakistan itself was it a stand tribal area the region is known for housing many taliban insurgents who frequently carry out attacks against the government forces. syria is calling on refugees who fled to turkey to return to the term the

for the authorities there are trying to break various terrorist cells and there are a connection with al qaida and if you talk about that you started for example the same republic where the events are unfolding right now just last week the our police found and destroyed what they called was a factory of death an underground weapons factory where they found numerous homemade explosive devices will be more controls which could have been used in terrorist attacks across the entire a country also just last week police announced that they've eliminated personal been will be have been searching for since last a new year's day he was supplying a terrorist attack which went wrong actually the female suicide bomber who was supposed to all conducted exploded before her she could she could conduct this this terrible job of hers so the fighting is going on in that region and it is. like the president says it's very important to keep security very straight and. he's gorgeous you know reporting live from moscow thanks for that. still to come here on r t stripping millions of people want their privacy

fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations but let's take a brief look at some other world headlines pakistan's prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the death of a go about at the hands of paramilitaries it was captured on video showing footage filmed by passers by in the city of karachi close then the breaking for his life before being shot. still stay the course while trying to rob some of the victim's family the noise this incensed innocent person has been killed. a volcanic ash cloud has grounded more flights in argentina. chile that's. something that had already caused flight cancellations earlier in the week now all flights from the travel as ours and so forth from montevideo have been suspended and it. could damage the engines. well it is a journey across russia continues as a close up team travels to the ones on television i'm not asserting. yes the mountainous region on russia's southern border has had an unstable existence since the

qaida from coming back to have a safe haven in afghanistan is failing to come to grips with the reality that al qaeda is already well ensconced in pakistan that is the safe haven that they have carved out over the past ten years it's extremely secure much more secure than anything they ever had in afghanistan there is absolutely no reason to believe f. that is interested in going back to afghanistan the real problem is pakistan the united states is essentially denying that again because of the political interest and i would have to jump in here we've run out of time so we'll see if the americans and its allies will ever leave afghanistan many thanks to my guests today in washington and in london thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember rastafarians. innovation cluster in the center of siberia one city has revolutionary ideas for the automotive industry you're a cool bandages that suck the infection straight out of the software to make three d. goggles free and the building blocks for russia's first nationwide four g. network tomes going top one te

qaida from coming back to have a safe haven in afghanistan is failing to come to grips with the reality that al qaeda is already well ensconced in pakistan that is the safe haven that they have carved out over the past ten years it's extremely secure much more secure than anything they ever had in afghanistan there is absolutely no reason to believe after that is interested in going back to afghanistan the real problem is pakistan the united states is essentially denying that again because of the political interest and i would have to jump in here we've run out of time so we'll see if the americans and its allies will ever leave afghanistan many thanks to my guests today in washington and in london thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember rastafarians. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice seems to say so with the news makers. civilians in libya feel the brunt of violence from both nato airstrikes and bombs and pro and anti-government forces at war in the country hundreds have been killed by the western alliance

qaida militants have managed to escape from a challenge yemen now turned serjeant's attacked the prison from outside they targeted security guards and seize their weapons killing at least one officer in jail is believed to house more than one hundred key al qaeda members among those who broke out were prisoners convicted on terror charges months of unrest in yemen have led to fears of al qaeda is growing influence. syria has poured scorn on you moves to impose sanctions saying it will simply forget europe is on the map a violent crackdown against anti-government activists in the country has left hundreds dead since the uprising began in march because activists are calling for president bashar asad to step down meanwhile the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon has renewed his supplies to allow humanitarian missions into the country. the u.s. president is expected to confirm later today his decision to cut american forces in afghanistan by a third rock obama has called the scale of the withdrawal significant and said troops will start to return home by joe long the afghan defense ministry

qaida from coming back to have a safe haven in afghanistan is failing to come to grips with the reality that al qaeda is already well ensconced in pakistan that is the safe haven that they have carved out over the past ten years it's extremely secure much more secure than anything they ever had in afghanistan there is absolutely no reason to believe f. that is interested in going back to afghanistan the real problem is pakistan the united states is essentially denying that again because of the political interest and ok i would have to jump in here we've run out of time so we'll see if the americans and its allies will ever leave afghanistan many thanks to my guests today in washington and in london in thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember rostock rules. children play war in the old piecemeal. hundred forty one these walls were the first barriers will announce the troops on the way to moscow. centers and breasts were dying one by one under siege the subsequent want to. ask you a. shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words farewell mother

qaida has left at least forty fourth day in the capital protesters continue to rally to. days away he's currently in saudi arabia and he's a serious injuries after activists want to use his absence to push for change. un's human rights chief has condemned israel's deadly unrest on the syrian border are up to forty people have reported the garden recent weeks and he also expressed concern over rights that syrian authorities encourage people to protest in an area filled with landmines israeli police riot on civilians and protesting one hundred sixty seven at least one and so learned seized from syria. the. severe weather that's pounding several caribbean countries has killed at least twenty three in haiti mudslides and flooding swept through crowded slums and it's present hundreds of thousands still homeless the last years a massive earthquake for saying many of those killed ignored warnings to evacuate the area aid groups warn the cyclonic could worsen a quarter outbreak has already killed wouldn't reference and. germany's health minister says the outbreak look at deadly n

al qaida is under more pressure than at any time since nine eleven together with the pakistanis we have taken more than half of all kinds of leadership and thanks to our intelligence professionals and special forces we killed osama bin laden the only leader that al qaeda has ever known here in the u.s. the pressure president obama faces with regards to afghanistan mostly has to do with the enormous war spending and the number of casualties among american troops president obama was elected as a war and ended up waging more wars and spending more of taxpayers billions on inconclusive battles overseas that's what a lot of americans are frustrated about what doesn't get enough spotlight here is actually the results on the ground if you listen to american military officials they are cautiously talking about progress fragile progress as they put it but various reports on the ground say insurgency is growing among the afghans the systematic killing of civilians by nato strikes doesn't help experts say many of those now fighting against the allied forces in afghanistan are not a car that they a

think al qaida by any other name correspondents found on bin ladin this compound reveals that top terrorist was planning to rebranding his organization admitting to losing a p.r. war with the west. in and out of moscow graduation bash and with a bang as a boat hosting celebrating teenagers gets smashed into by barge well for more on how disaster was narrowly averted so i had to our website r t dot com and over again to check out our other videos on our new to. the official on. your own phone called talk from the. lawyer on the. video on demand. and omission street now in the palm of your. question on the dot com has one of the most unpredictable climates in the world but for people who go to antarctica in the name of science dealing with environmental extremes is a daily reality in the latest in a series of special reports ours is showing thomas has witnessed how people survive at the ends of the earth. antarctic storms are known to be fierce sometimes forcing those who have to endure them to take safe harbor and it was pretty bad it was. and. thirty to thirty but not. so it was just rollin

other top stories from around the world classes in a southern yemeni town that's reportedly held by al qaida was there for at least forty people dead in the capital protests continue to rally since he stays away he's currently in saudi arabia for a serious injuries because it's back to this old. regime change. the u.n. security rights chief has condemned israel's deadly response to rest on the syrian border forty people reportedly guarding recent weeks they also expressed concern that syria for instance encouraged people to vote. test even though the area is filled with landmines israeli police fire on civilians who are protesting over on a. sixty seven least war which saw learned seized from some. extreme weather that's pounding several caribbean countries has killed at least twenty three eighty mudslides and flooding swept through crowded slums and rising hundreds of thousands still homeless of last year's massive earthquake authorities say many of those killed ignored warnings to evacuate the area aid groups with the severe weather could worsen conover break that's already killed an

so i knew how to al qaida would need friends for both the united states a terrorism expert tells us aligned how the world still needs to stay on the lead. and also here and calm i beethoven it and subzero water is full of free diving champion who is very useful been to go away it's. next march hendry's runs rings around moscow and he's exploring one of the capital's orbital roads but one which is perhaps one of the pritchett still find. hello and welcome to the moscow outsell in the program this week i'll be exploring the capitals gautam ring approximately sixteen kilometers in succumb friends it was a recently created in the early days of hundreds as a tree lined boulevard took place the city's outer wall today is undeniably the heartbeat of the russian capital i'm a salsa theorised makes of the moscow river at the famous public outdoor space gokey pog. the golden ring consists of seventeen individually named streets and squares. it's not the same circular layout as the moscow metro a mistake many people commonly make the brown line actually overlaps it in several areas and features metro

and who's next to the terrorist crosshairs al qaida has launched its own hit list featuring pentagon officials and u.s. politicians. from. a russian mother is facing criminal charges over the death of her daughter who it is alleged was not given proper care after catching him on yeah or the case sparked widespread outrage what it was revealed that the mother failed to call in doctors and instead is sought advice on the internet. or has been finding out why some parents prefer to avoid the services of medical institutions. asio was an eagerly awaited baby adored by her mother and everyone around she was a lively newborn for three months when she became ill and died within a week doctors say had been hospitalized earlier she could have had a chance of survival however us his mother julia hesitated too long and she's now facing criminal charges for negligence which. you have to understand we did want to avoid unnecessary medical intrusion but we're not in a coat we cared about her children's health and wanted only the best for them this is julia's heartrending response in a t.v. show ca

the cia is reportedly building a secret air base and the persian gulf to target al qaida terrorists in yemen the plan. has managed to strengthen america's military presence there with the u.s. saying it's concerned militants makes lloyd the current unrest in the country to seize power but as an educated reports introducing cia spooks will move the operation into the legal shadows. decision to task the cia with tracing down marks a major escalation of america's covert war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the on an undeclared wars that the u.s. is waging against terror but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes so if you can walk ration with the yemeni counterterrorism units for now and get that power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and according to u.s. officials because the cia operates under different legal authorities than the military the cia will have greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate here greater life

qaida that's left at least forty five people in the capital to continue to rally since he's away he's currently in saudi arabia for a serious injuries or a rocket or activists want to use his absence to regime change. human rights chief has condemned israel's deadly on the rest of us were up to forty people have died in recent weeks i've. expressed concern that syria has. people to protest in an area filled with landmines israeli police fired on civilians who were protesting on the un question of a nineteen sixty seven eastern will soon learned seized from syria. extreme weather that's pounding several caribbean countries has killed at least twenty three eighty mudslides and flooding swept through crowded slums and it's also hundreds of thousands to homeless often lost as most of the earthquake forces say many of those killed in the warnings to regulating the area aid groups warmness a very weather could worsen a cholera outbreak already. germany's health minister says the outbreak of a deadly new strain of heat the worst is over objections so killed twenty four people and left a furt

qaida it is believed that it's quite heavy presence there as well and in fact if you remember after u.s. forces were able to feel also a bit a lot of washer authorities i believe it was the next week that they've announced that they've managed also to find an element in each one of the biggest key a representatives of all tied up in the russian officers as well. five corpuscle now following this developing story seven officers dead after an anti terror gunfight in thank you stan thanks for that. well it's nine minutes past the hour still ahead for you stripping millions of people of their privacy and all the in the name of fighting terror report on us at first to keep information on all transatlantic passengers from the e.u. for fifteen years top lawyers have slammed the proposed deal asking we go. now to greece where the prime minister as was a crucial part of the mentoring vote of confidence on handling the country's debt crisis he must now navigate the nation through a series of tough spending costs and sells of national assets in order to secure a new e.u. bailout and avoid defa

the united states specifically bahrain for example what to do with yemen because of the presence of al qaida there i mean the there is one thing that key is a common denominator is how much the west wants to intervene and not intervene mr ambassador go ahead. yes that again is it is that similar square i mean and i'm just now you know you wish myself the question i have sort of put to you a call would with the saudis like to see a functioning democracy in yemen and. and that's the thing going on here and the thing which is which is calling i think change across perhaps i mean i have read many many reports and so on and people say that what is stalling the whole change in yemen has taken a long long time and i've seen the this is an initiative which had in many many flaws and perhaps to a certain extent it cause there's cause this now sort of gears and very. grave area where we are now in yemen you know we don't know where we're going to stay where are we just taking towards and the west unfortunately our friends our friends in all the yemen has been a little bit different from the rest

doesn't help experts say many of those now fighting against the allied forces in afghanistan are not al qaida they are not terrorists they are fighting against who they see as invaders after one of the recent strikes that killed a significant number of civilians including children even the u.s. backed afghan president karzai had to make a harsh face saving statement warning nato that if they continue killing civilians the whole of the afghan population will treat them as occupiers actually it's not just the afghan people it's also the neighboring pakistan whose assistance is key to the u.s. efforts to u.s. efforts in afghanistan and nonetheless the secretary of state said the pakistanis would rather see the u.s. leave afghanistan take a listen they would be perfectly happy if we picked up and left tomorrow but what would we get for it and what would they do with it and i think the answers to those two questions mean that the president's approach which is this steady careful transition while we try to work the the diplomatic and political piece of this which includes pakistan. is exactly

fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations. check out our website dot com for more opinions on that instrument including one point by us radio host alex jones the abuse of drone technology could be the beginning of a terminator style world ruled by computers also while mined for a new album gathering of the world's movers and shakers we talked to activists who make a stand against the end patentable media blackout surrounding the annual build their birth meeting find out some of the theories and just what's being decided on the wall of silence and whether it's worth taxpayers having to fund it. also crowd in space the i assessed gets three new presidents doubling the number of humans currently in orbit the combined international proveable perform unique research including attempts to find cancer cure there also be expecting a farewell visit downfalls atlantis the last hour flight of the current u.s. space shuttle program. to japan now where the str

fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations u.s. drones have also been used in pakistan of words latest strike killed at least eighteen people while official reports claim the casualties were militants some witnesses named civilians among the victims and as drones have a common one of washington's most favored weapons americans fear that acknowledging might soon be used to snoop a little closer to home. reports. when a u.s. drone hit the house of this young man in pakistan he lost an eye both legs and three family members. these people are demanding the cia be held responsible for the deaths of their loved ones but to no avail with the use of drones comes a lack of accountability those are being operated by somebody at a command center willingly virginia they're watching it on videotape on a video screen they're pressing the button there. deciding who lives and who dies and then they go off for a weekend where they have barbecues in their suburban v

qaida washington will still use the perceived terror threat as an excuse for military action. he was the main fear a titian osama bin laden thought in broad strokes it was a means of quarry was involved in the nitty gritty and some people even said he was the brains behind the movement so in that sense they'll be a continuum i think the west was it was wrong footed by what was going on in the middle east and i think they're very keen to have a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who was injured recently he used al-qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then he used those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states can attack you know drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's fine we going for al qaeda so our influence there shouldn't be questioned so i think we should be slightly cynical about those claims. israel is also using it terrorism fears to withhold money from pale

fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations. well many more stories are available for you online twenty four seven at r.t. dot com and here is what you can find there right now on a legacy of civil war with side of the united states while a few enthusiastic way dressed up to reenact history millions of americans are still fighting for equal rights one hundred fifty years later. and that the designers of a dancing branch in southern russia face criminal charges for stealing over half a million dollars after a massive flaws were revealed in the reconstruction the full story is that our teams are. in the war enough north africa to. moscow's ban on european vegetables the range of issues facing russian and european leaders meeting on the banks of the volga river the traditional russia e.u. summit is being held in the city of nizhny novgorod hundreds of kilometers from moscow and r.t. if you got there he is there for us. on the first informal day of the