an iranian nuclear scientist who claims he was kidnapped and held by the cia in the u.s. for more than a year returns home but mystery still surrounds a story with american media reporting he was spying for washington. as russia remains in the sweltering grip of a heat wave we report from regions where severe drought is left without a harvest. with a look back at the week's top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. in good to have you with us a scientific clash over the course of treatment of aids is unfolding as a major conference on the disease takes place in vienna a group of over two thousand doctors claim the official theory that the hiv virus leads to aids is wrong they also say their views are being ignored by

a mainstream backed by big pharmaceutical companies. has more now from the austrian capital. they're questioning the validity of the common assumptions that are often associated with hiv and aids and they also question the traditional means of treatment with the with the aid with the drugs treatment not some of the more specific questions that they've raised in the last couple of days prior to the official conference when they've been holding their own talks things like the accuracy of the hate hiv test now a person's defined as having a if they develop one of the twenty nine a finding diseases those are things such as pneumonia and. and as well as that test positive for hiv so a positive or negative hiv test can mean that if it's between son being diagnosed with pneumonia or being diagnosed with aids if they're calling into question the reliability of the importance another thing they've been talking about is about the

safety and effectiveness of the aids drug treatment now for more on this we can hear from journalist jane shenton from the community resource foundation he spoke to us about some conventional treatment has actually caused the death of a whole generation of young gay men in america when they were on the high doses of aids and t.v. that is well documented not one single young man or woman and there were a few women who took the high doses of aids their d. has survived many many others have survived who haven't taken the antiviral and many have survived who have taken antivirals at times to damp down what essentially is an immune suppression for many many different reasons so it's extremely important to be challenging this hypothesis which of course is tied up with hundreds and billions of thousands of dollars of international money which have led to absolutely no result the people that are here at this conference today and over

the next week they're extremely reluctant to even enter into a discussion about these alternative views. we've been trying to talk to some of the people that are here but they're really focused on the agenda of this conference and they're saying that this conference is about drawing together the best of the medical minds in the global community and really focusing on ways in which provide universal access to hiv prevention which is what they're all here for as he said they're not even really willing to enter into a discussion. when only my colleague and his habit spoke to two experts currently in vienna and berstein from the global a child of the vaccine enterprise and giuliana psycho she's a doctor who questions the official hiv aids theory. and nobody could give me the paper where a chevy is isolated in the way scientists. are asking for it since the seventy years since the seventy's the other thing is that there exist

doesn't exist any paper that shows if a chevy is existing how it is doing a it's in the spatial situation is there data is a fully different thing is in the western countries so-called western countries and the so-called developing cost in countries in africa. south america and so on so it is it doesn't fit in a normal virus disease because viruses only we can make very few things they are not so intelligent to do so many things it doesn't fit in a viral cause ok let's thompson is the best what's your reaction to that yeah. well a couple of points the first point to. has never been isolated well that's simply not true the virus has been isolated it's been molecularly cloned using d.n.a. cloning technologies it's been sequenced literally thousands of times from

different individuals infected with the virus so simply isn't true so it's never an isolated secondly. nor knows the virus causes of you know deficiency it's also not true we know very well how each of you works now let's just hear from dr spock and we think we can i would say that it's true that hiv is cloned thousands of times but cloning means to take something from a clone if it is a clone you have to have the original and original is never never shown in any paper. twelve people have been killed and thirteen were injured after a bus plunged off a cliff and a mountainous area in south the setia the bus was on its way to russia's southern city of logic of cars the crash happened on the trans caucasian highway connecting russia's republican north asserter with south ossetia and georgia the russian

emergencies ministry says the bus plunged over sixty meters the driver is among those injured he's in a critical condition and it's not clear at this stage what caused the crash. this week russian security services broke up a suspected terrorist cell in the southern republican dagestan in the homes of six arrested women one of them just fifteen years old they found suicide belts disguises and wills two men were also detained one of whom is linked to the deadly moscow metro blasts in march ortiz katrina czar of this report. so young but deemed old enough one of the alleged terrorist in the russian republic of the gets them is just fifteen years old that according to officials did not stop her from taking part in planning terrorist attacks she and the other woman were allegedly trained by their husbands. my late husband left the guns here i've held a gun i know how to fire one but i've never done it i know how to use

a grenade to. us i'm fifteen years old and knew there were guns in the house i even held them played around with them and then put them back they all say their handling of the weapons was just curiosity but the wills suicide belts and elements of disguise found in their homes seem to tell but different story the childish handwriting and hearts make it hard to believe these women were capable of the deadly deeds their cues of many psychologists worldwide however believe it is easier to set women on such a destructive course because they are more vulnerable. to terrorists disgraced these women raped them deprive them of a better future in the muslim society of the caucasus their psychologically shattered and are left with no other choice but to become cannon fodder one of the men detained in the same raid is accused of something even more tangible than planning future attacks bring to moscow the two female suicide bombers who in march

two thousand and ten set off explosions in the metro that two blasts within twenty minutes of each other took place during morning rush hour forty people died and nearly two hundred more were injured russia's anti-terrorist committee is still searching for others involved in the deadly attacks but these latest arrests officials say they are one step closer to finding not only the executers but the mastermind behind the entire operation people to take the bus stop the taking you to maintain their innocence to terrorists. believes it has more than enough that it's to make it's. cassidy's out of a hard task. in just a few days later three ethnic chechens were arrested in france and charged with conspiring with terrorists moscow says they belong to the group led by the infamous militant leader. the rest took place after a french police have been tipped off by russian security services the suspects reportedly had forearms explosives and a map of moscow with multiplications of possible targets they believe to be linked

to one of the most wanted militant leaders with suspected connections with al qaeda the model for who claimed responsibility for organizing the deadly moscow metro blasts of march is also blamed for many other attacks across russia in june the u.s. also put him on a wanted list of international terrorists. and iranian nuclear scientists he claims he was kidnapped by the cia and held in the u.s. for fourteen months returned home on thursday from a maid who says he was tortured to give up information about iran's nuclear program claims he was asked to confess to being an intelligence agent so that the u.s. could swap him for three americans held in iran on charges of espionage washington denies this american media meanwhile reported that a merely had been a u.s. spy for years before the election. but his distance was our looks into because. the looming question in this case how did the iranian scientists sure amiri get to

the united states one person has already answered that question sure amiri himself but his answers completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he. says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabian intelligence agency he claims he was tortured a few hours later though this video is released a man who looks the same and also says he is sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the u.s. state. department seems to agree with that statement he is here of his own volition and he has chosen to return to iran of his own volition that is how we do things here in the united states we didn't we didn't seize him and bring him here they were not preventing him from returning to iraq this building is pakistani embassies office representing iranian interests the old iranian embassy in

washington sits empty because there is no longer a diplomatic relationship between the united states and iran according to reports coming out of iran for amiri arrived here monday night he told those inside he was quote brought here by his captors and demanded an immediate return to iran but of course i was told that if i would confess they could swap me for three american spies who had been detained at the iran iraq border they said that this was a common process between countries intelligence agencies and that i wouldn't have any problems as media outlets waited outside for a glimpse of something those at the state department press briefing bickered about what this all means of other than knowledge that he has put videos up on the on you tube from time to time i actually have no knowledge about what he's been doing since he's been here in the states proof here of chaos in a case of a man shrouded in mystery with potentially far reaching implications for relations between the united states and iran and an outcome that is still unknown in

washington christine for south r.t. . here without it we're coming to live from the russian capital twenty four hours a day still to come this is the indian government apologizing for the deadly gas leak one activist among us blamed for the disaster over twenty five years ago is brought to justice. clear a sixty five years since the first successful atomic test looks back at the history of nuclear bomb development from both sides of the atlantic. the friendly nature of russia germany relations was on the show when chancellor angela merkel's visited president medvedev this week that leaders in a light hearted mood seem keen to push forward the latest trend in international relations but diplomacy. let me draw your attention to the fact that germany is number one on the list of russia's partners we have long time relations which have

not been spoiled even by difficult chapters in our history. when it comes to russia and germany's relations with other countries it's not like in school where you have just one friend we can have many friends germany and russia have their own issues they're completely different in nature to transatlantic problems it's useful for us to be able to discuss them together the room for dialogue doesn't exist in the same degree with president obama as a does between us but the u.s. relationship is still very important and i think president medvedev also would like to read to read that this conference is no way should signalize a better relationship with president obama. well we have two options either the three of us go and eat some hamburgers or we'd rather treat our friend barack obama to some kind of european cuisine. the same as i think the burger will taste best for me. and there are also jokes about paul the psychic world cup octopus predicting germany's defeat suggesting that mystic brother had been served

up for dinner the night before let the smiles the two leaders did get some business done germany has agreed to provide russia with a range of technology trains and wind turbines with siemens playing a major role the state of emergency has been declared in central russia where as have been a drought is ravaging crops the devastating dry spell is turning normally rich farmland into little more than a desert a correspondent sean thomas went to the republic of just one of the many regions suffering. a natural disaster is taking place in central russia painstakingly slow in the making but impossible to stop unseasonably high temperatures and extended periods without rain are leaving farmers without the possibility of a harvest. you see because of the on president of drought the crops are not laden they are empty the plants are underdeveloped they are good neither for grain nor for livestock feed we have harvested almost everything by now and it only covers

about half of what we need. it is one of sixteen regions along the volga and urals that have declared a state of emergency an area more than twice the size of switzerland which faces losing a billion dollars this year in this field of summer wheat should be about chest high on me in a rich lush green color but in fact right now it's dead withered and yellow and the ground itself is dusty and pretty much worthless at this point now it's true that the drought has affected crops but it's also affecting the people who live here negatively. we have a problem no water yes a problem dripping at the base. no no no water it's dry the wells and many of the villages have run dry forcing those who live here to make long tracks to a nearly dry river bed for water such conditions have locals concerned about their survival this is the size of the potato we have nothing else. no food for people

means even less food for animals causing farmers to take drastic measures just to make ends meet mr to move her blood we are already thinking about reducing our cattle stock we are selling this year's calves to individuals which we're also thinking about sending under-performing cows those are you less than five to ten liters of milk to the slaughterhouse at the situation however is further complicated by the fact that meat prices have dropped already leaving many to hope for government intervention and financial support so they can get by. sean thomas marty. well moscow is in the midst of the hottest july week almost fifty years on saturday the most cricket thirty five degrees centigrade which is ninety five degrees fahrenheit and the sizzling temperatures the full cost to soar even further along consequence of this record breaking summer is an increase in the number of people drowning across the country the majority of victims seeking relief from the heat and lakes and rivers and firefighters are also

being kept busy battling on. a thousand of wildfires nationwide. and wherever you are in the world tell us what you think is the best way to deal with such soaring temperatures you can log on to our dot com let us know we're on line vote let's have a look at the results so far on the screen so far the majority of you say you are walking in your underwear to beat the heat and smaller amount of votes stocked up on ice cubes for drinks is the suggestion in the minority is split between those who prefer to stick their head in the fridge and those turning the air conditioner on what's your method be good to hear from a boat. in the top stories section a website online all the time.

the world renowned russian conduct a visit in thailand to appear in court over child sex abuse charges earlier this month thai police accused of raping a fourteen year old boy they said they had received a tip off from a time suspected of involvement in a prostitution ring he denies the charges he was initially released on bail allowing him to go on a world tour with his orchestra with the condition he had to return to thailand every twelfth. in nineteen eighty-four gas leaking from a pesticide factory in the indian city of book caused a chemical disaster that killed thousands even today the toxic consequences are being felt the indian government has now admitted it was wrong to secretly dump toxic waste but artie's can sing found out activists want to hear from the american company that owned the plant. b.b. jon lives opposite the old union carbide plant granddaughter mozzie like many other children in the neighborhood who was born with birth defects she may look four

years old but she's actually seven if. she was born this way she can talk to her and she seven hear a song we've tried to treat her and have taken her to all the hospitals we can achieve isn't getting better. american based government a dire chemicals that now owns union carbide refuses to clean up the factory premises but tons of toxic waste are still slowly contaminating the city's soil and water a study last year found the poison has seeped into nearby homes we found very very high levels of toxins we found high levels of mercury we found high levels of pesticides which the company had manufactured lying still in the sludge more we foundered three kilometers downstream and we checked the groundwater we found it in now clearly this is unacceptable and there is no way that dow chemical stradella

can argue that it is not responsible for this the indian government has agreed to compensation to victims of the gas tragedy but the protests show no sign of letting up activists want the government to bring former union carbide boss was an anderson justice by indian governments to extradite him from the us have so far failed run b.r.d. job is ninety years old like many of the half a million people affected by the gas leak she suffers from cancer and finds it difficult to breathe she wants to see anderson brought to justice. no one listens to saturday in. this government is incompetent we demand that those responsible of course justice and we receive adequate compensation. indians have reacted with fuel. president barack obama's tough stance against b.p. they accuse the u.s. of hypocrisy saying it with us is firms like be polluting its environment but

ignores mistakes by its companies abroad in media where we really are where paos and have died and have continued to suffer because of. the american government can be as callous is to say we are very happy with this decision and we are glad that the matter is now over the after effects of the world's worst industrial disaster are still taking their toll it's community have d.n.a. reminders of the tragedy that happened here twenty five years ago but with no one willing to take responsibility it's a fight for accountability and justice the survivors won't give up on god and seeing r t. well coming up in ten minutes from now on our t.v. special report looking at the stories of four u.s. soldiers haunted by their time on the battlefield and caught between their duty and their humanity. did i kill innocent. or was it a call of course and that's never a. song

from the skull still with me i think of it every day. the flyers fired from their memories. the same time. i was. i was ashamed that i. i was ashamed that i had. to go. forward. and i'll believe what i was going on once or i think. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just as good. as the start of the atomic age sixty five years ago the u.s.

has won the right or i should say had won the race to produce a nuclear weapon america spent the modern day equivalent of about twenty billion dollars on the project in a bid to beat off its soviet rivals who also close to creating a bomb when all she has done has been exposed the remaining relics of the soviet union's push for nuclear supremacy. it was the culmination of the manhattan project the first american nuclear explosive device nicknamed the gadget went off in new mexico just weeks before devastating the japanese city of hiroshima and many including the godfather of the bomb j. robert oppenheimer were terrified by the power of the deadly mushroom cloud people . cried both people were spared the echo of that blast carried far beyond the atlantic and the soviet union

experiments with nuclear energy were on the way too but just like the u.s. and this research institute on the black sea coast the main roles were played by german scientists this used to be a top secret nuclear facility but aside from these lines the entrance was guarded by soviet soldiers the lab will see it in deep inside up cause a subtropical paradise. three hundred germans top nuclear physicists their assistants family members and even personal chefs were brought to this clue's compound in a pause by the order of joseph stalin in one nine hundred forty five the nazis were famous for their highly developed nuclear research programs so after world war two moves german physics and chemistry professors at almost no other option but to work for a washington if fierce competition between the us the saw in america to get hold of nuclear weapons was on and even though the us were the first to successfully carry

out a nuclear test their rivals caught up pretty quickly chess if you had to get the bullet goes over for the germans easier thoroughly analyzed the us media reports about the blast even from there they were able to say what had to be done next but. alexander is a veteran of the sukhumi research institute he says many people here remember the time the german successfully accomplished their mission and were let go by the soviet authorities in the nine hundred fifty s. he's showing us the four thousand book library with rare physics digests and german the office where head professor used to work and the equipment left for russian scientists. this machine is called the spectral brush it's a high definition device a very precise one even when the germans left are saying to us used to get great results with this equipment. but the rest of the building where german physicists

used to work on the soviet a bomb is totally deserve it all winds are disconnected and now days people rarely visit these dark hole ways sixty years after the beginning of the nuclear era this place hidden among the bamboo trees still holds many secrets and the story of german scientists behind the soviet union's very own project manhattan is just one of them. r t a pause. well i'll be back with a recap of all main stories in just a couple minutes from now he said to stay with us for that.

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