in britain, liberal interventionism has generated much debate. to varying degrees, all of us have subscribed to it. the economic sanctions i have mentioned have enjoyed consensus political support, as have the military interventions in other countries. iraq is a much more controversial case, but heavily supported at the time. we all agree we would try to intervene if another rwanda were predicted an like to do more in darfur. in the years and decades to come, the rise of other nations will constrain our ability to act in this way. a further constraint will come in the form of tightly controlled military budgets. the extreme pressures on our own defense budget, obviously necessitates a strategic defense review, which an incoming scud conservative government will certainly undertake. it is crucial that such a review is informed by the changing pattern of threats i have described, rather than financial considerations alone. france is also busily engaged in reshaping its armed forces. beyond britain and france, there is no sign of other european nati

during the battle of britain, churchill then exhorted and threw britain's forces into attacks. a strategy that would be catastrophic. churchill himself eventually said, correctly, doubting was the architect of victory but if churchill had had had his way, my goodness me. the next time britain had a victory was wo years later. and montgomery leading the eighth army another al amain. and churchill had wanted montgomery to throw britain's forces into a premature, ill prepared attack. montgomery said no. and montgomery insured that all of the resources necessary were harnessed before the, the famous battle of el amain, which we know went to heck. they hen with his meticulous planning, monty, insured victory. once again, a victory which was accomplished by a great commander, monty lacdo youry. but standing up to churchill and showing the correct strategy was introduced. and churchill had a preworld war i, royal navy view of armored warship, battle ships. he didn't appreciate that the capital ship of the navy by 1940 had already become the aircraft carrier and up until too late did h

britain did, and was: say? instead of losing dancing, they lost half their country -- instead of losing danzig. churchill excoriated chamberlain for appeasing hitler. his 4 year of appeasement of josef stalin may double chamberlain look-alike davy crockett at the alamo. churchill told stalin he could keep all the fruits of his devil's pact with hitler, including the baltic republics. he accede to moscow's demands for domination of eastern and central europe, in violation of the solemn pledges he gave in the atlantic charter. when he came back from yalta in 1945, he told parliament, i know of no government that stands to its occupations were solidly than the russian and soviet government. he then gave his benediction to the most barbaric act of ethnic cleansing in history, a forced expulsion of 13 million german old men, women, and children from their ancestral homes in eastern and central europe. 2 million died in the exodus. germany was a smoldering ruin, with all the capitals of central and eastern europe, wa

what is important is countries like britain and america engage in the right way. we have to support credible strong government in pakistan that is able to come to grips with its own problems because it's a mortal threat that their own society faces. >> would you scene more troops into afghanistan if president obama asked you to? >> we will decide on troop deployment on the need on the ground. we have 9,000 troops in helmand province now or 6,000 helmand, 3,000 elsewhere in the country. the british commitment is very substantial, 12% of the total before the american surge. but the biggest increase in troops and i think people forget this in the next few years will not be brits or americans it will be afghans. >> this sounds like you are saying no. >> no one should say given the level of sacrifice of british soldiers, 169 british soldiers have died in afghanistan, we've increased our numbers from four to five to six, to 9,000. >> but now no more >> we always judge according to conditions on the ground. we agreed to put in an extra 700 because of the elections in aug

so he move to britain in 1951 to continue his rear. the authorities here were also interested in any left wing activities and kept a close eye on him, even intercepting his mail. in this letter from may, 1952, he writes to a friend who asked him to help organize a party supporting peace he says, you must understand that being an american in britain, one must tread with careful precision on matters involving peace. he explains why he can't be involved in organizing it all but he hopes to be a guest and concludes by write, he sincerely hopes for the success of the event and all it represents. >> he kept himself at arm's length from the communist party in britain. yes he was a sympathizer and a supporter in general of their objectives. besee -- we see in the theatrical work he's doing that he is following those agendas, but he's not involving himself in communist propaganda or activities. >> despite no obvious communist activity in britain, one file talks about what to do with him if the country is attacked. >> ms. koets rang on the 10th

britain. >> the fact is that it is his policies that have given us the longest and deepest recession in our history. only this prime minister thinks that we should all be pathetically grateful for this recession when he led the world when he left britain behind. he's normally reading out lists of countries. australia, canada, turkey, brazil, they all went into recession after britain but they came out before britain. france and germany went into recession at the same time as britain. and yet they came out before. can the prime minister answer this. given that all those countries are now in growth and we are not in growth -- can he tell us what on earth he meant when he said and i quote we were leading the rest of the world out of recession? >> mr. speaker, not one policy from the leader of the opposition -- we have taken action to restructure the banks and nationalize northern iraq opposed by the party adversary. we have taken action for a fiscal stimulus and kept poverty down for jobs opposed

a great many loyal is or tories soldiers for great britain and died fighting for great britain during this war. in fact, though we don't tend to remember it, much today, there was a point in 1780 when there were actually more americans fighting with the british army men were members of the continental army under general washington. if you add together the number of americans who died and the number who died on the british side during this war, and look at it on a proportional basis in terms of the population of those two countries at the time, then the death toll which would have been about 80000 actually, would be roughly the equivalent of losing some 2 million people from the american population today. it would be almost as if the place i live, atlanta, georgia, simply was wiped out completely. and it wasn't just soldiers who suffered during this war, but civilians paid a heavy price as well. diseases were brought on by soldiers on furlough. armies which were near civilian areas spread diseases are so that, for example, during the first year of the war at abigail adams, who was the

a great many loyalists, or tories, soldiered for great britain and died fighting for great britain during this war. in fact, though we don't tend to remember it much today, there was a point in 1780 when there were actually more americans fighting with the british army then were members of the continental army under general washington. if you add together the number of americans who died and the number who died on the british side during this war, and look at it on a proportional basis in terms of the population of those two countries at the time, and the death toll which would have been about 80000 actually, would be roughly equivalent of losing some 2 million people from the american population today. would be almost as if, the place that i live, atlanta, georgia, simply was wiped out completely. and it wasn't just soldiers who suffered during this war, but civilians paid a heavy price as well. diseases were brought home by soldiers on furlough. armies which were near civilian areas spread diseases. so that, for example, during the first year of the war, abigail adams, the wife of john

of london with an in-depth conversation with david miliband, the 43-year-old prime minister of great britain. he's the odds-on favorite to be the next labor party leader and the next prime minister of the country. he has to confront the problem arrested nine iranians who worked in the british embassy. western countries face a difficult set of choices with iran. should they return to the negotiating arena with iran? wouldn't that mean glossing over the rigged election and accepting president mahmoud ahmadinejad as the head of its government? yes, but it isn't clear what the alternative would be. the problem with iran's nuclear program remains, and we're negotiating with them to see if some agreement can be reached. that program continues to grow, and refusing to negotiate will not do anything to stop it. and, yet, it seems odd to act as if the extraordinary events of the past month simply didn't happen. so, here's one solution. do nothing. the five major powers on the u.n. security council, plus germany, have already given iran a very generous offer to restart the nuclear negotiations. iran h

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what does it mean for britain and america's special relationship? and, down under. at a time for one of the world's most iconic buildings to get if 21st century facelift. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london, and 6:00 p.m. in the indonesian island of java. that is where rescuers are in a different search of -- for survivors following wednesday's earth. 46 people confirmed dead there are fears that that number could rise. in western java, that is where most of the damage has occurred. we will be live in a moment with our correspondent, but first here is her report. >> the morning after a powerful earthquake struck the island of java, and survivors are picking up what is left of their damaged homes. most people had to spend the night outdoors. they were worried about the possibility of further aftershocks. villagers say they are still waiting for help from their government. >> we have no food, no aid, but we have to accept this. this is the fasting month. i hope we will get food and aid soon. >> it has been over a day since the powerful earthquake struck th

>> britain is said to be the most watched nation on earth. new cameras are added everywhere. in one of the most remote communities, people are being watched. in shetland, they have installed 14 new cameras turning it into one of the most watched towns in britain. another of these malls and stores in britain bought more cameras and the san francisco police department. 8 british cities have more cct v's than the authorities in paris. many have more than boston, sydney, johannesburg combined. the numbers we have indicate that they have not let up over the years. and one thing was interesting. several years ago, researchers counted all of the cameras on these two streets. they concluded that there was 4.2 million cameras in operation across the country. this company tracks the actual sales and he has shown us what his research has shown. >> we look at how this has been growing and this goes right back to when the first sentences were put in. we then factored in some replacement rates. working through the numbers, we arrived the number which is about 3.2 million. >> there might be

in the end, britain did not vote. downing street said it was a non-vote rather than a formal abstention. perhaps israeli pressure worked partly. perhaps mr. brown decided to send a signal to the israelis. but on second thought, not too much. bbc news. >> the high court here in britain ruled that documents should be published which relate to the torture of a former u.k. president while he was a detainee in guantanamo bay. the judges rejected claims from america's cia and the british foreign secretary the the publish -- the publication would damage its trans-atlantic intelligence sharing. the documents are still not seeing the light of day. our security correspondent reports. >> even before he returned from guantanamo bay, judges or agonizing over releasing information about the alleged torture of the hands of the americans. the argument has been over a seven-paragraph summary of the british resident treatment while held as a suspected member of al qaeda. he told me why he believes it should be made public today. >> the

it could not have happened anywhere else in britain. it is a long and i repeat myself, winding path which leads from james sizemore in jane archer to stella rimington but it begin here. that is one of the covers we used. he was a bbc naturalist but we don't use it in a more nowadays. this is ambassador agents, the name at the bottom says puddler but his name was wolf gain. fresen the mi5 understood nazi germany better than anywhere else in britain was that it had penetrated the german embassy. he has been interestingly bizarre career after the second world war but it was before the second world war, so we explain to mi5 that if he would attempt to appease the furer you would make if you are more likely to start the second world war then calmed him down. and then as i discovered when talking on some radio or television program after the last couple of days, i can't tell you the words he passed on to kill, who passed on to the intellectually challenged british prime minister whose name was of course neville chamberlain. neville chamberlai

a fair and responsible britain must also be an accountable britain. a nation not a powerful institutions, but powerful people. just as i have said that the market needs morals. i also say today that politics always needs morals. let me say that the best, overwhelming majority of the labor members of parliament are in parliament not out of self- interest, but to serve the public interest. [applause] our new generation of parliamentary candidates want to join them to make a difference for their communities. there are some who have let our country down. never again should a member of parliament be more interested in the value of their allowances and the values we did them the values -- never again should a member of parliament be more interested in the value of their allowances than their constituents. it should never be said that they err in it for what they can get. all of us should be in parliament for what we can give. where there is proven financial corruption by a member of parliament, and in cases where wrongdoing has been demonstrated but parliam

over britain. they hailed the courage of the opposition protesters. >> the protesters should not get excited by some statements made by other countries. if britain were there to make its remarks, it would be slapped in the mouth. >> protesters on the street. this is a pro-government rally in tehran. it is calling for the execution of the opposition protesters. there as been little word from mr. mousavi himself. >> they called and told he will kill you. -- we will kill you. the iranian secret police called him and informed him that we will kill you, and they did. the secret police came in and shoot him in the chest. before arriving at the hospital he was dead. " the secret police keeps his body and they still did not give his back -- his body back to his family. >> his sister is it iran pose the nobel peace laureate. -- of the iran's nobel peace laureate. >> russian prime minister about a mere prudence as u.s. missiles and shields are holding up a nuclear disarmament treaty. our correspondent report

here's what it says on its web site in britain. with the rapid advances in modern medicine, most people accept no public clip funded health care system, including the n.h.s., can possibly pay for every new medical treatment which becomes available. well, that's right. if the federal government has a monopoly, it probably doesn't have enough money to pay for every treatment that becomes available. the enormous rationing involves means choices have to be made. the qaly, the quality method helps us measure these factors so we can compare different treatments for the same and different conditions. the idea of how many extra months or years of life, of a reasonable person a -- quality a person might gain. each drug is considered on a case-by-case basis. generally, however, if a treatment costs more than 20,000 to 30,000 pounds per quality adjusted life year then it would not be cut, considered cost effective. and they don't give it to you. we have many, many examples of peach in great britain that are denied care because the government

we have to consult with other countries as well as britain, and the system in britain is one that is actually relevant to other countries around the world. >> we did a lot for recapitalization of the banks. but independent of the bank of england was a major selling point for the government in 1997. has it ended up with a two-edge sword for the government right now? >> not at all. i think we need a history book perspective. inflation was the major problem we faced for 50 years. every government, whether labor or conservative, was bedeviled by the problem of inflation. it got up to double digits physician as a result of the problem. in 1997 when we made the bank of england independent, immediately long term interest rates came down and the record of the monetary system has been good in controlling inflation. inflation has been half what it was the previous decade, and you know inflation has been far less of a problem in the last 10 years than any previous decade. that is the success of making the bank of eek land independent in a monday tore and fiscal framework based on accountability

great britain suffered, i think, it was eight casualties in the span of 24 hours. you had that very dramatic scene of the hearses going through towns. how long can they sustain that in public opinion? >> well, i think the brits are pretty dowdy. the brits are tough. and certainly there's been a great deal of resistance from iraq after a while and they did finally do that but i think that the brits are committed. i think the frustrating thing of course is the rest of nato is not committed to it. you do have other troops there in less dangerouause the rules of engagement are so -- you know, let's not take casualties. let's not kill anyone. it raises very big questions about the alliance and the long run. now does the united states have enough troops do what it needs to did and does president obama have the will to put in a lot more troops? there's also question here domestically. >> and what do you think the answer to that is, gideon? >> i think the real question is about whether the strategy is going to be working and showing results. my reading of history and of th

is the reaction in britain one of bemusement or anger? >> i think it started out with bemusement and certainly increasing to anger. people are pretty perplexed of some of the language that's being used. our health care in the system in uk has been described as orwellian, as socialist. even by some as evil in some way. so really what started out as a debate of how you pay for something has turned into something far more ideological where seems to have created a massive gap in understanding across the atlantic. >> what do britons make of suggestions that the nhs would let people like senator kennedy or like stephen hawking die without getting any treatment? >> i think that's caused a great deal of astonishment. i mean, first off, it's simply untrue. senator kennedy, who is 77 would have had exactly the same treatments as a 77-year-old as a 50-year-old or a 30-year-old. the only criteria applied would is body is robust enough to take certain aggressive tactics. but really i think people see that as an attack not just on the nhs but on the in

i would argue there are now serious questions about the quality of justice in britain. since 2003, we have seen repeated attempts to remove the and coroners' inquests and other criminal trials. justice has not been eroded just at home. we have seen surrender to further attack from abroad. britain allows extradition for a range of countries without that other country having to produce any proper evidence that the person in question has committed a crime. in all these ways, our personal freedom has been diminished. the balance of power in our country has shifted away from the individual who is just trying to live their life, and toward the state and its agencies. we will make some important changes. the next conservative government will revoke the unjustified and unreasonable powers that let people into your home without permission. we will change the law that allows councils to snoop on people for trivial matters. we will review the use of the terrorism act and the stop and search powers contained within it and change the criminal justice act to strengthen the right to t

he moved to britain in 1951. the authorities were interested in any left-wing activities and they kept a close eye on him, even intercepting his mail. he writes to a friend who has asked him to help organize a party supporting peace. he said "you must understand that being an american in britain, one must tread with careful precision." he explains why he cannot help in organizing but he hopes that he can be a guest. he says he sincerely hopes that to the event is successful. >> he kept himself at arm's length from the communist party in britain. yes, he was a supporter in general. we see this in the theatrical work. he is following those agendas. he is not involving himself in communist propaganda or those activities. >> despite no obvious communist activities, one final talks about what to do with them if the country is attacked. -- one file talks about what to do. >> there is a recommendation for interment or restriction. i ran on the 11th of november and i said it would be for interment. >> he died in 1993. hi

these policies will be anchored by britain's future. we have already seen the benefits of giving families and businesses real help now during this recession. if we had not intervened and acted decisively, at least another half a million jobs would have been lost in this recession. innovation has given an reinvigoration to our motor industry and saved our car workers' jobs already. the message we have put in place are considerable and i can say to date that in total health, 300,000 young people this year will secure help with jobs or training or college or school places. 72,000 more education and training places are being made available for 16 to 18 year-old spirit there will be more apprentice ships. 10,000 more university places. 10,000 -- 250,000 more places for your employment for young people. çwe are also helping a quarterf a million people to stay in their homes by paying the interest on their mortgages if they lose their job or by other means of helping homeowners. we are unable in over 170,000 companies in every region of the

britain's long awaited inquiry into the iraq war begins. the six-person team has started taking evidence. tony blair will face questions about a war that divided the country. >> we are apolitical. we want to examine and rely on the evidence. we will approach our task in a way that a sterile, rigorous, fair, and frank. >> the prime minister of ina gets the first state visit in the obama era. they protest against the evacuating settlements in the west bank. a cadre of the faithful. the 2.5 million muslims pray the threat from swine flu and descend on the holy city. >> it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, a midday in london, where the long-awaited inquiry into the iraq war has begun. former prime minister tony blair's decision to support the invasion of iraq in 2003 was highly divisive at the time, and continues to generate controversy. the central accusation is that the british government misled the public about the threat waged by saddam as sayihussein. >> the iraq inquiry was set up to identify the lessons that should be learned from the u.k. inv

the man in charge of the inquiry into britain's inquiry in -- inquiry into britain's involvement in the iraq war promises it will not be a whitewash. australia's prime minister says he believes a deal on global warming can be reached at next month's climate summit in copenhagen. america's relationship with india comes under the spotlight this week. the prime minister is in washington will be at the white house on tuesday for the first state dinner of the obama administration. our correspondent has been talking to indian americans about how things are between the world's two largest democracies. >> his excellency -- the prime minister of the republic of india -- >> the g-20 summit sought india recognized as a global leader. the indian prime minister enjoyed a warm welcome from president obama who was eager to build on a profitable partnership. trade from the -- trade between the two countries has doubled in the last five years. indian entrepreneurs have created a high-tech corridor in virginia. >> there are a lot of people in -- with talent. some of those talents are in high demand throu

outside of britain and america, will this have some interest? >> it was a controversial issue in terms of transatlantic negotiations and so on and so forth. there's a greater focus on afghanistan. that may be the case. the americans may have also moved on. there will be some interest in some of the details, perhaps including any criticism the british have of americans decisions, and operational focus. when i was the bbc pentagon correspondent -- one used to hear some complaints about the way the british went to beltingout things from the americans. there will be a sense that to some sense it is still a more anguish to debate in britain. the issues as the concerned people will be reopened and analyzed again. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up -- a u.s. army deserter presses his case for asylum in germany on the basis of the war and in iraq was illegal. 29 people dead in indonesia as rescue efforts are underway. a discussion on whether to pledge more nato reinforcements for afghanistan has been postponed. a meeting of nato allies in belgium

france, britain, in germany are calling on the g-20 to limit bankers' bonuses. after five days of intense and angry debate, iran's parliament has approved ahmenijad's cabinet. it includes the country's first woman minister in more than 30 years. it also includes ahmad vahidi, who is wanted by interpol in connection with the bombing of a jewish center in 1984. >> there have been five days of stormy debate. despite criticism that many of the nominees were inexperienced, ahmenijad won support from hardliners in parliament. >> you will know that our enemies have made efforts to tarnish the national authority of iran. i think it is appropriate that our representatives of the people produce a crushing response and lead our enemies disappointed. >> the mp's approved 18 nominees of 21 of for the president's new cabinet. ahmad vahidi is accused by argentina of the bombing of a jewish center in buenos aires. parliament also approved the appointment of a military commander as interior minister. the current foreign minister has been nominated for a second term. the presiden

many of the loyalists argued that one of the great reasons for remaining tied with great britain with the combined power of america and great britain, much more rapidly, the angle americans could sweep to the mississippi river and beyond the mississippi river to the pacific, they didn't stop there. they thought in terms of central america and south america so that the whole western hemisphere, north and south america, would be anglo-american in this end. >> you mentioned this what fox. over the years, i have read that it was largely a diversion, that he wasn't significant. would you expand on that? >> historians debate, there is not a uniform interpretation. i think it grows out of the fact that marion was a cantankerous, independent sort, who didn't always work particularly well with the continental army. when green came in and took command of the southern continental army, he had problems with marion. that said, as i tried to argue, the partisan leaders, not just marion, but sumter and others, waged a war that really turned things around, it through the british on the defensive, the

not only is britain and great, but china is, too. but the foreign ministry -- she said she is basically unhappy about what britain has said about the nature of the trial and they don't have anything to apologize for. i don't think you see you -- you will see it will go much further than the displeasure expressed. >> it is kind of hard to swallow, is in the? >> yes, absolutely. we have seen a very straightforward conflict. london trying to use its diplomatic might affect a difference in a foreign country. quite frankly, the diplomatic mike d not prove to be strong enough. this is not entirely about cyano-britain relations. one of the things that concern chinese authorities is there is a strong feeling against drugs, drug dealing, and the import of drugs. many ordinary chinese people frankly would not be nearly as upset about this execution than people in britain are. they have to consider their domestic audience as well. britain has made a very public diplomatic effort to seek clemency. it hasn't worked. there is some consequence, but

despite some evidence of a turnaround, more signs of misery from great britain. a progress report from there and beyond. >>> prisoner of the taliban. the harrowing tale of an american reporter held captive for seven months. his insights into how the taliban think and what drives their struggle. >>> and we return to the scene of a massacre. srebrenica, where more than 8,000 people were killed 14 years ago in what was supposed to be a united nations safe haven. still they are asking, why? as the man in charge back then faces trial for genocide. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening around the world. this is "worldfocus." major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> hello and good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. >>> we begin tonight with a subject, that while not in the headlines every day, remains a pressing co

and special report on britain. now to japan, where prime minister taro also has been a apologizing to his supporters for a series of election defeats. >> he is putting on a brave face, but even in -- but even some in his own liberal democratic party believe he is leaving -- leaving them to an historic defeat. japan is in a recession, but still the prime minister has called for an election. he called -- he apologize for past mistakes and ask for more time. >> in my time in office i have defended the general -- i have offended the general public and made id more difficult for people to trust the government. i am deeply sorry. >> the election could have been delayed until october, and critics have openly called for him to be pulled. >> i have received a document from the japanese prime minister. it says, i hereby dissolved parliament and the japanenese constitution, clause 7. >> the democratic party of japan is well ahead in the opinion polls. government for the ordinary people rather than big business. but a politica

in britain, around 8% of the nation's income is spent on health. in america, it is almost double that, but while the british system provides health care for almost everyone by the state, almost 45 million americans have almost no insurance, and so, almost zero health care. in true, the american general distrust of state support is so far from the european view that the ill informed comparisons being made are meaningless. bbc news, washington. >> more of the main news for you. in dawson, there was a group inspired by al qaeda that has been battling with the government of hamas, and shooting it out in a mosque. -- in gaza. our bbc middle east correspondent gave us this update. >> the area around the mosque, which is under attack by hamas, has been declared a closed military zone by hamas, hundreds of hamas policemen and members of its military wing of firing rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine fire at the mosque. inside the mosque, it is thought there are around two dozen supporters of that imam. they are firing back. at least one rpg has kil

that's just what they claim happens under britain's national health care system right now. well all of these comments have drawn the attention of folks in great britain including pril minister gordon brown, who this week joined a twitter campaign to defend health care in his country. how they see it there. that's our "lead focus" tonight. >> i don't understand this -- >> reporter: at town mall meetings to discuss president obama's health care plans people have had to be restrained as accusations flew that democrats want to copy the nhs. described as a socialist mistake. >> i don't want this country turning into russia, turning into a socialized country. >> reporter: president obama isn't proposing a national health service, but a national health insurance scheme which would guarantee everyone's covered when they need treatments. so gordon brown's tweet draud a careful line. >> the nhs often makings the difference between pain and comfort, despair and hope, life and death. thanks for always being there. >> reporter: sarah brown also posted, "we lot of nhs more than we can sa

the foreign secretary of britain and russia rebuilding relations after fi years of diplomatic wrangling. bled diamonds. activists say the zimbabwe shld be banned from trading after accusations of brutality against minors. >> it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london. in kabul, and has just been announced that the second round of the presidential election has been called off, leaving president hamid karza the declared winner. this is one day after abdullah abdullah, the only challenger, said he was pulling out of the race. the question now is whether president hamid karza will set up some sort of unity government or not. there's been speculation talks with abdullah abdullah. the election watchdog decision comes as general ban ki-moon made a surprise visit to the country. let's go to the afghan capital, kabul. you raised the question yourself. what kind of government does president hamid karza now preside over? >> that is the next stage. afghans wanted to know who would be their next president. millions voted on august 20. they waited more than two months. in the past 24 hours, you

deite some evidence of a turnaroundmore signs of misery from great britain. a progress rept from there and yond. >>> prison of the taliban. e harrowing tale of an american rorter held capti for sen months. his inghts into how th taliban think and wh drives their struggle. >>> and we return to t scene of a massacre. srebrenica, whermore than 8,000 peopleerkilled 14 ars ago in what was supposed to be a safe hav. still they a asking, why? as the man in char back then facetrial for genocide. >>> from the world's leadin reports are and analysts here's what's happening around th world. this is "worldcus." major support has been proded by roslyn p.alter and the peter g. peterso foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsility and addresng key economic allenges facing america's future. additional fundings provided by t following supporters >>> hello d good evening. m daljit dhaliwal. >>> we begin tonit with a subject th while not in the headlines evy day remains a pressing concern for just about everyoneit's the obal econom while some countries hav begun to ret

britain has 9000 soldiers helman as promised another 500. there are nearly 3000 canadians ithe neighboring cantar, 4000 german soldiers in the north, and 3000 french troops in kabul. joining me is the defense and security council, nick charles. is the secretary general right to say he is confident that we will provide that extra 5000 that mr. obama once? >> george, i think the mood here at nato headquarters is confident that 5000 is pretty fi. we will get full confirmation from ministers gathering here today and tomorrow of all those troops. it is a bit unclear. there is an expectation that there will be somewhat more announcements. the question still there is what kind of troops, for what missions? and what exactly will they be deployed? the message from the americans is that the pressure is on the allies of nato now. yesterday we were waiting for the lead from president obama who has not given that. >> i noticed that the albanians are offering 85. it sounds to me like a layperson that that might be more trouble than it is worth? >> one of

that is why they ration care and great britain. the quantitative a just and life helps us measure these factors of that we can compare different treatments for the same condition. it gives us an idea of how much -- how many extra years of life that a person may gain because of the treatment. each drug is considered on a case by case basis. if the treatment costs more than 30,000 pounds per quality adjusted life year, then it will not be considered cost-effective and they do not give it to you. we have many, many examples of people in great britain that are denied care because the government has decided that the cost of the treatment is more than your quality object -- suggested life here. this is adjusted for age. the older you get, even though the treatment may cost less, if you are less likely to get it because of your age. think about that. if something costs $20,000 in united states and you are 65 years of age and they decide they cannot afford to pay for it, is that what the united states of america is all about? should the go

and third, britain takes a very expansion of view of personal jurisdiction. a british court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a liable defendant if his or her statement, wherever it was made or aimed, is said to cause real or substantial harm or injury to reputation of britain. combined with the internet, this expanse of view has rendered american authors and publishers liable to lawsuits in britain. in the internet tainl, -- age, the british liable law can bite you wherever you live. h.r. 2765 will deter liable tourists from taking advantage of these differences in the laws of britain and other foreign jurisdictions and our precious first amendment by imposing important limitation on the enforcement of foreign defamation judgments in our courts. under the bill, a u.s. court cannot enforce a foreign defamation judgment inconsistent with the first amendment of our constitution. or when the foreign courts exercise a personal jurisdiction over the defendant does not comport with our due process requirements. and a u.s. court cannot enforce a foreign defama

hoand why britain went to war. the incest this will- they insistedhis will not be a whitewash. >> you leave us a free to do what we will, in our determination is to do not erely a thorgh job,but one that isrank and will bea public scrutiny >> inquiry will hearfrom key witnesses, such as britain's former prime minister rick -- fro -- prime minister, and e former chief of mi6. thethere are thousands of documents abouthe war, some of which have been leaked to the sundatelegraph. on aquipment, they revealed there were shortcomings. crical whitman did not arrive in time. on planning, documentsrevealed it was lacki incoherence and reurces. al material for the inquiry to consider. but the inquy will hope to do iso build as fu a picture as possible from the documents they have seecoming fro questioning seniorfficials, beore tonylair comes to sit right here to give evidence early in the new year. >> inquiry room is not courtroo no one will b on trial here, at least n in the formal sense. there iso question it is the evidenc

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