with a look back at the week's top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. here in moscow a scientific clash over the cause and 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 the mainstream backed by big pharmaceutical companies are further 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 and they've been holding their own talks things like the accuracy of the hague hiv test a person's defined as having a if they developed one of the twenty nine

a finding diseases those are things such as pneumonia and. and as well as that test positive for hiv hiv so a positive or negative hiv test can mean that if it's between so on being diagnosed with pneumonia or being diagnosed with aids if they're calling into question the reliability of this very important 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 and 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 a team 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 antivirals 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 we said they're not even really willing to enter into a discussion. william my colleague at his habit spoke to two experts currently in

vienna bursting from the global hiv vaccine enterprise and also julian assange she's a doctor who questions the official hiv aids theory and nobody could give me the paper. is isolated in the way scientists. are asking for it since the seventy years since the seventy's the other thing is that there doesn't exist any paper. shows if a chevy is existing how it is doing a and especially situation to use their data is a fairly different thing is in 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 norm of virus diseases because viruses. 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 viruses when i saw it it's been molecular cloned using d.n.a. cloning technologies it's been sequenced literally thousands of times from different individuals infected with the virus. simply isn't ever on our soil and secondly. nor knows how the virus causes of you know deficiency it's also not true we know very well how it works now let's just hear from dr spock if 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. this is r t here in moscow still to come in the program this hour bin laden gets the bollywood treatment comedy featuring a look like the world's most notorious fugitive is banned in pakistan but it's producers say the film carries a message of peace rather than hatred. victims of the deadly chemical weapon agent orange according to washington to make further knowledge about the toxic legacy of the vietnam. story still to come but first twelve people have been killed and at least twelve were injured after a bus plunged off a cliff in a mountainous region of suffer search here the bus was on its way to russia's southern city of logic of cars when it left the road and fell over sixty meters traffic officials say the crash may have been caused by bad driving as it's believed the bus was trying to overtake a lorry at the time it happened on the trans caucasian highway connecting russia's republic of north korea with south ossetia and georgia the driver is among those

injured and he's in a critical condition. this week russian security services broke up a suspected terrorist cell in the southern republican stand in the homes of six arrested women one of them just fifteen years old they found suicide belts disguises and will two men were also detained one of whom is linked to the deadly moscow metro blasts in march what is cartoons are of a has this report. so young but deemed old enough one of the alleged terrorist teams 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. i'm fifteen years old and you go against the house i even help 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 a different story the childish handwriting and hearts make it hard to believe these women were capable of the deadly deeds their cues do have 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 they are 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 the 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 look the mastermind behind the entire operation people in the run up to the stump continue to maintain their innocence to terrorist believes it has more than enough that it's to make its case that's it is a hard task. and 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 a model of the resting place after the french police had been tipped off by russian security services the suspect reportedly had firearms explosives and a map of moscow with marked locations of possible targets they're believed to be linked to doc one of the most wanted militant leaders with suspected connections

with al qaeda a lot of who claim responsibility for organizing the deadly moscow metro blasts in 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. an iranian nuclear scientist who claims he was kidnapped by the cia and held in the u.s. for fourteen months returned home on thursday shot from a minute he says he was tortured to give up information about iran's nuclear program he also claims he was asked to confess to being an intelligence agent of the u.s. could swap in for three americans held in iran on charges of espionage washington denies this american media meanwhile reported that the merely had been a u.s. spy for years working undercover at a university in tehran. christine for looks into the. 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 and miri himself but his answer is 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 on the u.s. state department seems to agree with that statement he is here of his own volition that 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 that we're not preventing him from returning to iraq this building is the pakistani embassy the office representing iranian interests the old iranian embassy in washington sits empty because there's 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 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 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 the 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. still to come this hour religious controversy

a clash between the church and autists over an exhibition these to accusations of a return to soviet style censorship. in the country. first a state of emergency has been declared here in central russia where have been a drought is ravaging crops the devastating dry spell is turning normally rich farmland into little more than a dozen a correspondent sean thomas went to the republic of china russia 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 which. you see because of the unprecedented 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. 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 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 treks 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. no food for people means even less food for animals causing farmers to take drastic measures just to make ends meet. most of the moves are blood urine we are already thinking about reducing

our cattle stock we are selling this year's calves to individuals. which we were also thinking about sending under-performing cows those are you less than five to ten liters of milk to the slaughter house but 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. thomas party . well moscow is in the midst of the hottest july week for almost fifty is on saturday the mercury hit thirty five degrees centigrade which is ninety five degrees fahrenheit and this is in temperatures of full cost to soar even further one consequence of this record breaking summer is an increase in the number of people drowning across russia majority of victims seeking relief from the heat and lakes and rivers and firefighters have also been kept busy battling almost a thousand wildfires nation. and wherever you are in the world tell us what

you think is the best way to deal with soaring temperatures you can log onto our website is hearty dot com let us know. to get to hear from you as you can see already we've had a good response the majority of us fifty four percent say they're walking around in their underwear at the moment to take the heat that's more about the votes of. conditioning up that someone suggested in fifteen percent prefer to stock up on cubes for drinks and seemingly desperate minority sticking their heads in the fridge. good to hear from. you know top stories section on our website online all the time. the u.s. has released confidential documents on the vietnam war showing bitter divisions among white house officials at the time of the conflict it comes as hearings were

held in the house of representatives on the impact of the deadly chemical weapon agent orange victims want the u.s. government to fully acknowledge the chemicals toxic legacy you may find some of the images and you can have his report disturbing. i was born with and with too late and missing a hand it is because of america's chemical war against her people in the jungles of vietnam that has left tran in these conditions she is a victim of agent orange second generation tran is one of many her story represents millions living in the shadows of a lasting legacy. these kids will never live a normal life their deformities physical signs of human decay and although their parents were not even born until after the vietnam war eighteen million gallons of toxic herbicide sprayed through the jungles of south vietnam is still penetrating the d.n.a. of those being born today manmade marion said the victim into still alive and

are suffering from internet space ok to us the u.s. government has acknowledged agent orange is directly connected to the health ailments and defects that continue to plague the lives of vietnam war veterans for generations to come but the u.s. has refused to make the same length for the millions of the enemies of war victims whose lives have been devastated as a result of agent orange they say that has nothing to do with agent orange. then the u.s. government has the reason to deny it. which is why delegations are here in washington following a report issued by lawmakers scientists and doctors calling on the u.s. government to own up to its agent orange legacy in vietnam today also people will stand me government records show nearly ninety five percent of all u.s. agent orange related aid is committed to efforts to contain and remove dioxin contamination we asked it just east on the victims those fighting for justice in

the case of vietnamese agent orange victims want the physical and psychological damages to be acknowledged with. the dark legacy left behind by the u.s. in vietnam is one with millions of human face. since their struggle three decades in the making will not end with money from the u.s. government but it could ease the pain the u.s. has been ignoring scented dump to monsanto manufactured agent orange in these jungles jan hoffa's r. t. washington d.c. and later in the program in our special report looking at the stories of four u.s. soldiers haunted by their time on the battlefield and caught between the g.t. and the humans. that are killing innocent. allies in the call of course and that's never a. shock

when those cars kill me or i think of it every day. i stay on the flyers fire truck to memorise. the same i saw a long time i'm just here trying to help. i was assure you. i was ashamed that i knew. i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero was. just the way. it. was in the modern. era would just be our knowledge of poetry. that i believe what i was born i was or i think. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just not. that special report coming away on r.t. later today two organizers of

a controversial submission in moscow have been found guilty of inciting religious hatred the prosecutor said the show called for bed not insulted human dignity but many others say the decision is simply return to soviet era censorship. has more. a gross humiliation or an artistic license when these images went on display in two thousand and seven they oust wage rush's religious community and they put the curator and the museum director and the middle of a nasty tug of war over freedom of expression and ultranationalist thousand complaint and so began a fourteen month trial on charges of inciting religious hatred through controversial works of cricket it was not the church that initiated this prosecution but the people who are offended by the investigation proved that the yard at this exhibit was offensive towards believers and incited religious hatred throughout the trial artist rights activist journalist and opposition members

fiercely fought to have the charges dropped warning that such attempts at censorship could lead to the return of soviet era constraints dictated by conservative and politically powerful church this prefers most likely is an attempt to apply censorship to art it's a field where things are allowed it doesn't harm the public if anyone disagrees they're free not to watch it despite russia's cultural minister insisting the artist did not cross the red line of law the judge disagreed finding the pair guilty and fining them around twelve thousand dollars today the court discovered a new type of ideological crime one that criticizes the church where the us state is a secular one any exhibit of artworks where religious symbols are used in a non-religious context expressing other ideas is banned the judge in the case called the artwork a growth and of sense of humiliation to the viewer a sense of human dignity that she came short of handing down a prison sentence for the pair still they impose fines have some wondering if

artistic freedoms will be replaced by a church imposed danders stevens r.t. . senses have also been at work in pakistan this week a new bollywood comedy for. and bin laden look at night has been burned authorities were worried that a comic depiction of the world's most wanted man could trigger terrorist attacks on his charan singh went to ask those behind the indian comedy if the world is really ready for post nine eleven humor. this could well be the biggest school of my career interviewing the world's most wanted terrorist however this man does not have a twenty five million dollar reward on his head in fact he is not bin laden but an actor in a bollywood for any bin ladin or without you lot in but just in case you think this is a movie glorifying a terrorist it is a. sort of film. biography it's

a film which is on the post nine eleven world of which bin laden happens to be a very very important character and this is a fair number of feet below the. over using it's not insensitive or offensive in any way and anybody from any part of the world is going to enjoy this from i can guarantee you that it's american comedy set in pakistan where the young journalist is fixated with going to america and he decided to stick it to get there is an interview with osama bin laden so he goes about creating a fake or. using a lookalike. so they had to keep the twenty five year old actor under wraps to prevent making the film. i had gone to shopping mall in noida to promote this film and there was a commotion there a crowd of more than a hundred people gathered so it will fall in this time pete i will secure it can wait to attack me but nothing like that happened they wanted to shake my hand and take my autograph so i signed with love

a summer. who plays the journalist is a pakistani singer and this is did you film how does it feel acting in an indian film set in pakistan and would greatly appreciate your scene. people enjoy them so i mean to see a pakistani in a bollywood film something very refreshing and new for them but pakistan's firm censors have banned the movie saying it mocks security agencies. and screening it in public could trigger violence the film's distributors in pakistan call it a message of peace and not appealing the ban but i thought it was a nice film there's a lot of good humor from the name it sounds like a serious film but actually it turned out quite different it's full of great jokes . that's. definitely quite a good film people will definitely like it mind vice to them is to come and watch it and they will like it there's nothing here that will incite people to violence.

the selling point of this film is osama bin laden but it's very tongue in cheek. to act the part. i challenge you america there will be retribution old in justin evil actions you have committed in the countries like iraq and afghanistan for these you will have to pay a heavy price when i first heard about this film i thought it was going to be a lot of vacation but actually it's quite irrelevant in the way pakistanis and muslims are looked at with suspicion in the west today and how the media could be fooled into believing something that doesn't exist i think this film could do well in south asia but western audiences would probably be a good sense of humor to appreciate the message got and saying r.t. . well now for some of the stories from around the world at this stage of the day two suicide bombers killed at least forty eight people south west of baghdad members of a sunni group working with government forces to fight al qaeda were blown up as

they connected their salaries it was the deadliest. a series of targeted attacks across iraq in the last three months among the victims were at least six iraqi soldiers. c.p.s. experience hope that i should say expressed hope that an oil leak in the gulf of mexico could soon be plugged for good a test cap that was installed on the well three days ago as contain the oil so far a top b.p. official said there are no plans to remove it until a permanent solution is found in all that was triggered by a drilling rig explosion in april. brings up to take them out very shortly and also a little later we'll be looking into the tragic death of the last russian zone and his family that's coming your way in a few minutes from now stay with us for that. would

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davis is to have you with us top stories now the skeptics challenge traditional theories. as thousands of scientists and politicians gather in vienna to discuss how to prevent the spread of the disease. russian security services broke up a suspected terrorist republic of dagestan this week. to the deadly attacks earlier this year. and iranian nuclear scientists who claims he was kidnapped and held by the cia in the u.s. for more than a year returns home. with reports of america spying for washington. russia remains in the grip of a heat wave some region suffering a severe drought. without a harvest.