test are celia reports. alexi bullock is hiv positive is just one of about a million people infected with the virus in russia alone a country the u.n. says with one of the fastest growing rates of hiv in the world. i have to live with hiv and that involves a lot of difficult things not just physical but also social and psychological sometimes i refused treatment and i have to fight against that while alexy and others like him continue to fight their battles all they're really looking for is a cure it's already been a long way for those with the virus and respite doesn't seem to be anywhere inside just yet. the main issue at this point we don't even know which part of the virus causes immune deficiency that's why research is argue about the type of vaccine needed scientists and doctors have been trying to find a remedy since hiv was identified in the early one nine hundred eighty s.

but they've only managed to come up with preventive treatments and medication that slows down the degenerative process of the virus. there are more than twenty five types of drugs with clinical proof that they are effective if a person takes an early they suppress the virus preventing it from spreading the person doesn't get aids this point there is no drug that could destroy the virus completely. one of those clinically approved drugs is. a.z.t. a type of antiretroviral drug use for the treatment of hiv and aids joan shandon of immunity resource foundation is strongly against such treatment 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 days that that is well documented so it's extremely important to be challenging this hypothesis there are almost thirty two million people in the world with hiv or aids and more than one million deaths this year alone international organizations

are called. a pandemic but there are those who stand against this belief and are challenging the very facts we've come to accept as truth they say well but the majority believe you should just follow i'm sorry to say science is not the majority vote science is a free competition of the best arguments and verifiable arguments it is very there is no epidemic and it is very fiber that aids treatment today is just less toxic than in the early nineties and i would call for an open. the best arguments organizers of the eighteenth international aids conference being held this week in vienna say it's a gathering of individuals committed to ending what they've classified as a pandemic for alexei he'd rather not get his hopes up all he wants are the facts. i don't expect to see any breakthrough at this conference i just hope that it will be made clear as to where we are regarding the vaccine because we needed it

yesterday tests are cilia r.t. moscow. world leaders aren't doing enough to ensure a positive people get the treatment they desperately need and that's the message from the wheel monton era the president of the international aid society he was speaking of the ongoing aids conference in vienna which is calling for an end to treatment discrimination sarah ferguson is there for us. the really cool all the tests accurate and all of the aides say these are just some of the extremely controversial questions that it being asked by challenging the mainstream hiv and aids at the aids twenty ten conference and its second day here in vienna and nobody could give me the paper where. it is isolated in the way scientists. are asking for it since the seventy's since the seventy's the other thing is that doesn't exist any paper. shows if

a chevy is existing how it is doing and the special situation to use it is a fully different thing in the western countries so-called western countries and the so-called development cost in countries in africa. or south america and so on so it doesn't fit in the normal virus. because viruses only can make a very few things over the twenty five thousand people attending the official conference these have been met with extreme skepticism and criticism and as we've seen in the culture addict it has never been. well that's simply not true. using d.n.a. cloning technologies it's been sequenced literally thousands of times from different individuals infected with the virus. simply isn't true so it's never an

isolated certainly. nor the virus causes of you know deficiency it's also not true we know very well how it works the. talks that we saw yesterday were very much based on the theme of this year's conference which is right here right now so we had that. underlining the importance of success response to hiv will be resting on a successful response on an individual level so you heard lots about the need to address and marginalization stigmatize ation especially among high risk groups and russia in particular was mentioned. valence of take in injecting drug users and the need for greater resources to be put in things such as needle exchange programs so the debate will remain ongoing for this week and it's not a need to date since aids came to the public attention in the one nine hundred eighty s. there were people who openly oppose the mainstream visa as we can see that continues

but for the people that are attending this official conference the main focus really is what they're saying are these life saving treatments and making sure these reach the biggest number possible and that funding is from the governments of the different countries to provide this universal access to the hague hiv prevention treatment sarah first reporting there from the enterprise and you're watching are going to live from moscow on the way. find out why the use of drones by the u.s. military keeps coming under fire and that's in just a few minutes here in our t.v. . meantime the story of a teenager who committed suicide after being caned of school was pushing india to criminalize corporal punishment physical penalties are still widely used by teachers in the country despite being illegal karn singh has more. this is one of

india's worst kept secrets the prevalence of corporal punishment in schools but the recent suicide of thirteen year old rival has brought the practice out into the open a student at the prestigious law mark near four boys school in kolkata hanged himself at home earlier this year after being gained at school after spending months just in the school for answers his father has filed a police complaint against the three teachers he says were involved i think that they were after him for a long way limiting he was so long as he was getting an individual. battering if i may use the word he was able to take it but when they all descended on him at the same time that i don't think. i don't think his young mind could have that much animosity. elimination from his friends the school's principal

has admitted killing ranjeet but says this was not responsible for this was the case has set off a public outcry largely because it occurred in one of india's and most elite schools but most cases of corporal punishment take place in government run schools and go largely unrecorded ten year old monte is often beaten when he doesn't complete his homework on time. that. tries to teach us but when we don't learn she hates us and sometimes cry when i get it it's very important to have that sensitivity to understand as to what is going in the child's mind or what is happening for which the child has not completed his do work in time and then be addressed to his issues putting the blame on the child or hitting the child with a stick really doesn't solve any purpose one either the child would become too used to this kind of punishment and the effect would go off or else the child who's very sensitive and anxious by predisposition. i would feel very very vulnerable

a supreme court judgment in two thousand prohibited polish went in or lots firms in india but the habits die hard many teachers and even some parents still believe in the need for discipline. but believe me if a child doesn't do his homework even after reminding him repeatedly then we have to discipline them we don't want to hit them but we get angry sometimes because we're taking so much effort to teach them so sometimes we are forced to hit them with all of fifty children in a class teachers often resort to beating them to control their large numbers you hear words like or phrases like it's a theatre of war out there teachers are sometimes frightened to go into class because there is such a lack of respect and. it's very hard to with an inverted

commas control the class or discipline but discipline is a two way process so not only do you train the teachers you've also got to make the students understand that there is a code of conduct but for one loving father there can be no arguments about corporal punishment there's a law against it there's no debate if you let people hear your kids there will be a monster who will take out his frustration on your child and you will not be able to save your child it's not open to discussion nobody has the budgetary nobody you god gave them to us to love not for some go to beat them up. one follows just this is a new sport played on the corporal punishment which is illegal but still come on in good schools one wonders how many more children will have to suffer before more humane methods of disciplining them are in force got and seeing already knew that. hispanic groups and the u.s.

are calling for reform of the country's immigration system and a man to unjust policies are to sit down with a journalist and human rights activist jorge ramos who claims immigrants don't have enough for a presentation. latinos are on the represented politically we are fifteen percent of the population and we only have one senator that has to change this is it is incredible but the most powerful country in the world is persecuting and discriminating against eleven million people so again there's a lot of misinformation on the contributions of immigrants to this country and unfortunately when there is an economic crisis like the one we're facing right now immigrants are being blamed for for everything that's wrong with the sponsor from crime to unemployment and it's simply not for. now what's the full interview with jorge ramos in just under twenty minutes time here on our. sales of drones are taking off in a big way internationally raising fears that will lead to increased warfare peace

activists claim the relatively cheap and easy access to the weapons could also potentially harm innocent civilians or he's going to look into the growing man trained in the u.s. and its consequences. the comma out of the blue i have two words for you predator drones i will never see it coming a drone is ten times cheaper than a fighter jet it requires no pilot so there are no troop deaths to explain it's the perfect weapon for covered cia operations in countries like pakistan and afghanistan if things go wrong you can deny it all and things do go wrong studies by independent international experts suggest that for every militant killed as many as fifteen civilians also die there's no way of getting exact numbers the cia keeps its drones program under wraps but the united nations and other international open

is asians question the legality of the extensive use of the weapon it becomes different when you come to a sort of undeclared war with organizations which are. like al qaida all of that bob and you go off the persians you say day we suspect we say they are terrorists but who have proven that the person you're actually targeting the to terrorists. they're not they're not in uniform but humanitarian concerns seem to be doing little to dampen surging international demand for drones also known as unmanned aerial the colts or u.a.e. vs the military appetite is such that the market is expected to grow to a staggering fifty five billion dollars in ten years from now with the advances in technology they depersonalize warfare and so therefore you have people war willing to use them and you have people that don't understand the consequences because the

people who are flying the drones are not on the battlefield they're not in the plane they're thousands of miles away. when they caused a structure they don't feel it here in washington d.c. suburb but the i draw an operator wake up in the morning family goodbye come to the office and shoot at target thousands of miles away from here and go back home and no risk with the weather specialist say the whole operation reminds the media ok the question many ask is if it is so easy and convenient world of ours empty the way to move forward in the future if war is cheap why not use that before especially against smaller countries and organizations such you know the case you would try to sit around with a table with to talk it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons

a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh she can. r t washington d.c. . and a grammy award winning russian pianist and conductor appears in court in thailand over child sex abuse accusations if found guilty may help lead me off could spend up to twenty years in jail earlier this month thai police detained the musician for allegedly raping a fourteen year old boy which he denies that he also was then bailed to continue the world tour we're looking although he must appear in court hearings every twelve days the pianist claims his arrest was triggered by the detention of a time musician he knows who is suspected of involvement in a prostitution ring. railway officials say fifty six people have died

after a moving train wreck am interested in every one in eastern india dozens have been taken to hospital rescue workers are attempting to free those trapped in the wreckage for maintenance has been blamed for the rise in train collisions in the country. seventeen people have been shot dead and eighteen more wounded as a gunman opens fire at a party in northern mexico witnesses say the attackers arrived in several cars and started to shoot without a word many of the victims were young people the region has recently seen a rise in drug related violence sought to be linked to competition between cartels . the us government has ordered or oil company b.p. to submit a plan to reopen its capped well in the gulf of mexico the test cap that was installed earlier this week is feared to be leaking oil b.p. had expressed hope that the spill could be plugged for oil slick was triggered by

a drilling rig explosion in april. heavy rain and flooding have left twenty three dad and dozens missing in central china worst hit areas remain under a sea of water dance reaching up to ten meters nearly six million people across the country have been evacuated from their homes as a result of the floods last week rain storms in the south killed nearly one hundred fifty people and left forty missing. security is being stepped up in kabul would have two days international conference on afghanistan more than forty foreign ministers are expected to attend the event and there to discuss handing war power to the afghan government as well as the nato forces role in the country artist military analyst of getting which of says the meeting should focus more on tackling afghanistan's drug street for the upcoming conference and pro bowl is going to be a day or for reckoning for the united states. the issue very grave and very

simple at the same time at stake is the u.s. credibility and integrity regarding the unofficial undeclared war on drugs to get rid of these notorious have been scored open poppy and can it be feels now if the united states representatives and especially richard holbrooke the u.s. special rep to afghanistan and pakistan start delivering their regular job regarding the millions of raisins why the drug lords and their own people mules immune from any prosecution and they are untouchable the world community will get and next . prove that the us stance on the war of drugs in not is not only double standard but it's totally hypocritical and whatever they say and

whatever the u.s. wraps have set or we'll say the bottom line is very simple talk is cheap the only way for the united states to restore its credibility in afghanistan is to unleash war on drugs and in that endeavor they can count one hundred percent on the regional stakeholders in afghanistan mostly china india russia iran and pakistan. military experts get it crucial now soviet era cosmonauts and american astronauts who flew the first international space mission are celebrating the flight's thirty fifth anniversary the sun as a pole mission was the first joint space venture between the u.s. and the sob and marked a new era of cooperation rockets from the two countries met and connected in orbit in ninety seven by two mission commanders in exchange the first ever international

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and it's time now for a business update with an just an ask you to go while again we're hearing that russian vulgarian have ironed out their differences over a pipeline project indeed these south stream project to be precise bulgaria and russia have signed a detailed pro limon their agreement on the project after discussions concluded in varna the deal is deccan globe to show how the two countries will move forward that x. that will be to set up a joint company to study the things ability of georgia it would provide the details for a legally binding contract gal's dollars developing south korean to provide an alternative route for russian gals to europe its main partners in the project are telling the energy company any and france's e.d.f. . and in related news kazakhstan's president nazar buyer of

has accused the e.u. of not taken any steps toward realizing the project viewed as a competitor to south stream the energy rich central asian countries also keen on securing its gas supplies to europe and as i additional routes. and find out a check of the equity markets in hong kong the hang sang is down almost one percent reaching its own lowest level in more than a week this comes after companies including bank of america and citigroup reportedly lower revenues and u.s. consumer confidence dropped in japan the nikkei is closed for a public holiday. and the russian markets are opening up this hour of the r.t.s. is already trading and it's trading down what that of one percent the my sex is soaring is trading session a few minutes we're seeing friday's closing figures there hungary's deaths are topping economic headlines prompting investors to look for safer bets like gold

hence the equity markets are likely to read throughout the day strong corporate results in the united states last week were offset by poor konami data cast further doubt over the strength of the recovery under a year again the head of research of forks club believes the us serving season will continue to dominate sentiment over the coming days but the results of the european bank stress test will also be a factor. bridging the cuba stipulate to the america financial results of american corporate sector but also we are waiting for the results of stress test a few were being banks which are due to be presented on a plane to sort of july and this result. table euro zone ease the hold that second for all these years will be quite positive for investors and maybe we will see that next to be really we'll start on russian stocks because russian

stoves and now are very undeveloped comparing to other emerging markets if you see a russian in the r.t.s. so we could say that and under better maybe like fifty percent comparing to other emerging market indices and i want to have an exclusive to business r.t. industry joined siemens says it could help russia reach its ambitious energy goals that's after president major event of targeted forty percent cuts in energy use within a decade europe's top engine and group also said it has declared war on corruption in the company three years ago siemens was convicted of paying bribes for contracts and. we are living in like we say high risk country. several not only corruption several risks in the fall business we started the russian corporate ethics addition to. the malls and eighty

companies signed in code of conduct to make clean business only in russia some german business leaders here yesterday said the crisis is over and their country what's their impression for russia and the c.i.s. a few times between two saws and five and two thousand and eight definitely over and we have been tremendous closer than in russia. returning to i would say in normal times but hopefully next year you see overall investment in the industries and infrastructure of a comeback to a two zero two thousand and eight level what energy efficiency savings can russia make if it uses siemens technology we made actually is a study here and you can read in broken goods project when we analyze all kinds of power generation power transmission distribution and consumption in transport or in private use and in the city itself and what we found if we apply the

existing technologies see men's and other companies have. we could reduce energy consumption by forty four percent and if we think about new technology is about smart grid and sings like that. until two thousand and twenty our expectation would be to reduce c and i to consumption by seventy nine percent. so trying is to start assembling its cars in russia the french automaker plans to launch production of its popular c four model in the twentieth of july at its car factory in. in april said tryon along with his joy in that city she opened the six hundred million dollars factory which began making visual three zero eight models. and that's always from the business team this hour i'll be back with an update in about fifteen minutes.

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welcome back you're with r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories human rights activists blame treatment discrimination for disabling efforts to stem hiv and aids that's the focus of an international aids conference in vienna where scientists are debating ways to ensure universal treatment but patients say they should focus on finding a cure instead of. beating traditions india's school discipline is under fire after a teenager's suicide reveals corporal punishment is still popular among teachers tell the government outlawed such methods in two thousand some insist it is the only way students learn. and remote controlled warfare as a drone industry bloom's peace campaigners fear surge and casualties and terrorism they claim they're relatively cheap and easy access to the weapons make them more likely to end up in the wrong hands. it was tough new immigration laws being adopted in the west countries latino populations calling for reforms are spoke with .