to be cured rights activists accuse pharmaceutical giants of using people in india as human guinea pigs as the number who die in drug trials in the country source. shouted influences newly declassified documents reveal israel's current attempts at

shaping the us media agenda and american policy in the middle east. occupation redefined the u.s. withdraws its last combat troops from iraq ahead of president obama's deadline but critics say nothing will change in the country. and the truth is it's fifty years since two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel paving the way for future exploration. live from our studios here in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is. pharmaceutical companies are accused of using people in india as guinea pigs to test new drugs without their consent human rights groups say those who do know they're taking part in trials don't get

a full explanation of the dangers they face statistic health ministry show the number of deaths linked to clinical trials has risen over the last few years the figure is increased to more than the combined total for two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight. investigates. india government run hospitals provide low cost treatment to the poor but there are increasing claims that being made guinea pigs in drug trials for western pharma companies without their knowledge here at the. hospital in indoor the north has been taking pills for the last six months on the advice of his doctor he suspects he's being experimented upon. to get to me i had a pain in my abdomen they did all sorts of tests and gave me all sorts of pills to have in the morning after noon and night but i haven't got any. rash or a cap that they can test any medication they like. allegations have surfaced in the

media that the hospital conducts illegal drug trials on patients police are investigating the complaint the hospital official say any trials are being conducted in accordance with government guidelines india is fast becoming a global hot spot for testing new drugs with two million people estimated to be taking part in clinical trials or without their consent caught in this car year drug trials are increasing here because they cost just one sixth of what they do in the west the regulatory system here is comparatively corrupt inform the companies can easily register patients and begin trials in developed countries it would take six months to register for patients whereas in india in the same time they could conduct trials on two thousand people. giving informed consent to be part of an experiment is the golden rule of all clinical trials but many patients here sign on the dotted line without understanding the nature and the consequences of what's

being administered to them. are americans are treating indians as guinea pigs the patients being used for trials are really through pool they don't even know details of the drug that it is a drug trial this is unethical to root pace. without proper consent without informing them that taking part in a drugs trial it is both an ethical and illegal indian patients sometimes sign up out of desperation to them experimental health care is better than none at all but agreed to let her child be treated with a new drug which she's been told will bring his fever down. to cheap ministry sound happy with it. there are regulations in place to monitor drug trials including setting up takes communities and hospitals to ensure patient safety but these are often used by doctors to simply rubber stamp trials so. the ethics committee has

the important responsibility of money touring drug trials but it's a very ad hoc system that is misused for instance a medical institute in foreign women by gives permission for a drug trial in cities like indoor pulp all enjoyable tour how can you use permission from an ethical committee of another institute in another city just to find drug trials in institute here. with over one thousand three hundred drug trials currently being conducted in india this industry's already said to be worth one billion dollars yet it's clear that the laws against unethical trials are not working and the government will have to come up with other ways to stop the country's poor from being enticed into medical experiments that could potentially have serious side effects got unseeing r.t. india. live from the russian capital this is still to come for you this. they came out the inspectors leave after spending four days in russia to

discrimination by ability to host the world cup details ahead. also a trip to russia's first seaport and a diamond hotspot parties close up to visit the northern city of. foils declassified in america have revealed the covert public relations and lobbying activities of israel in the us the national archives made the documents public following a senate investigation they suggest israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important you can download the files from the website of the institute for research on middle eastern policy don't have smith who's a director at the institute in washington explains what's been uncovered. these files are from a sealed senate investigation which was the result of the senate foreign relations committee as the u.s. department of justice looking into groups that brought thirty six million dollars into the u.s. to plant stories in the us media and promote israeli foreign policy objectives in

the united states they're extremely relevant because they revealed for example of vast effort to divert us attention from the israeli dimona nuclear weapons facility by saying it was merely a research center they carefully tracked how that story was playing in the us media and they also were using outlets such as the atlantic magazine funneling fifty thousand dollars into that magazine in a major effort to disrupt the u.s. peace proposal which would have involved bringing some palestinian refugees and allowing them to return to their homes and properties in israel it's extremely important for people to see this media influence and the mechanics of it because over the passage of time this is only gotten worse they have successfully built

a campaign financing system in the united states that's extremely effective at pushing israeli objectives by withholding or dispersing campaign funding to u.s. politicians so there is a high degree of control that's in place but firm for your average american it's almost completely hidden honest when the council for national interest in the us a pretty good poll middle east policy but he is ready influences corrupting the american media which no longer represents the views of the country's people. this is not hyperbole these are the facts that when we really study the u.s. media coverage of israel and when you study the u.s. policies around middle east they do not represent american interests or american values they seem to represent what a certain faction with very close ties to israel wants u.s. policies to be and this kind of manipulation the american media is very disturbing

in some ways it's not surprising to me and i have done my own studies and found how extreme the israelis centric the coverage is that we're getting but the specifics that this has revealed are extremely important and very troubling i think is really lobby is very central to the whole ball of a legend war on terrorism i think they're very complicit in the coverage of muslims and arabs stepney seeing dangers that make them seem into americans i think that the israel lobby is pushing there is some very sadly part of their agenda i feel and this is supported by the facts instead of their agenda is to make americans fear and hate arabs and muslims and also i fear to me muslims and arabs fear and hate americans. this is very troubling and it's. going on a variety of those responsible for tuesday's cole bombing in southern russia will

be felled and should they attempt to resist arrest killed well that's the message of the russian president to travel to the last city appeared to go ask to discussing security measures with the local authorities but for the visit the victims of the blast fourteen of the thirty people injured in the terror attack remain in local hospitals russian leaders pledged to provide additional medical equipment wherever it's needed. the last u.s. combat brigade has left iraq two weeks ahead of their planned withdrawal at the end of the month but the fifty thousand strong american military continue will remain in the country for support and training until the end of twenty eleven have the power to use their weapons in self defense or at the request of the iraqi government and over seven years of being in iraq more than four thousand u.s. soldiers died according to the pentagon like ready from the antiwar group democracy village in london says there'll be no actual pullout for years to come. why simply is happening is they're going to stay there for at least twenty years and that's

the length of time the oil contracts have been signed the fifty thousand troops that are there is also a believing number because it's actually about one hundred thousand private contractors there that number is likely to increase so i don't see any change really for the iraqi people between now and then life is just going to be one big struggle for the iraqi population and it's really sad tale five hundred thirty innocent civilians killed last month alone that's more than one in afghanistan and the moment we're hearing about is afghanistan but look at the permanent military bases there in iraq i mean they've spent so much money that it's really unlikely they're going to move this look at the american embassy the u.s. embassy in iraq in baghdad is now the size of the vatican city i mean that's a huge investment there's no way they're going to believe in that what they're doing is they're rebranding the occupation and instead of call it combat operations they're going to call it stability operations it's not it's not a mass exodus at all you just need to look at where the permanent military bases have been built and where the money's been spent you can actually do a dot to dot on the map. there with the result in line is exactly what the pipeline

route is going to be. some of these iraqi troops some of these u.s. troops in iraq will probably be redeployed into yemen as well which is a another undeclared war that the u.s. is beginning so between yemen. afghanistan pakistan and iraq this is this is just permanent war this is what they've been talking about for the last ten years. russia's emergencies minister says there needs to be a rethink in far protection to prevent future disasters such as this summer's wildfires across the country the cost of combating the blazes was revealed at over four hundred million dollars however this figure dwarfs the bill for overall damage which experts expect to be around fifteen billion dollars officials say fifty three people died and three and a half thousand were left homeless however rescuers managed to save around four thousand towns and villages from incineration more than one hundred thousand rescue workers and volunteers were involved in the operation heat wave which triggered the disaster is the men in most parts of suffering. well they say

every dog has its day and for two dogs in the soviet union their days saw them literally to international fame half a century ago. became the first living creatures to circle the earth and come back alive they prove that humans were able to exist in outer space and pave the way for the first manned mission eight months later. just. became the first ever human in our space. is returned was. the first space. before manned space yielded to man's best friend at least fifty seven dogs were sent into orbit by the soviet union arguably one of the most famous travelers were too much or whitey and the little arrow fifty years ago after months of strenuous training they and a bunch of mice rats flies plants and

a rabbit boarded sputnik five all. the most important criteria was the dog there was only that much space aboard the spacecraft also dogs are much better at tolerating cold temperatures but it wasn't every dog that was acceptable their character their physical condition all that was taken into account. he worked with the soviet space program for decades he remembers bill as they really were under different names. the dogs got names assistance on the girl's name these two dogs and mark they liked the sound of those names but then our boss found out that he was not impressed he criticised us for giving these dogs foreign and politically incorrect names so we changed them and that's how they became famous. still his fame continued on the ground she had six pups one of which was presented by the then soviet leader nikita khrushchev to j.f.k.'s daughter caroline an

international room and believed to be two of her fluffy and another kennedy dog called charlie they in turn had puppies which the u.s. president jokingly referred to as pup nicks man's best friend became not only a link between two friendlies of the cold war dogs were also the guarantee scientists needed to safely send a man follow. in their part prince. nobody knew you see whether a living organism could survive in space how a body would react to those conditions which is why bill constraints were the first giant leap for mankind you could see that belka was more agitated in that the dog's worried times uncomfortable but they made it safely home and scientists knew that it was man's turn to reach for the stars. during stamps calendars became the subject of tales in news reports fifty years after their flight their trip thousand eight c.n.n.

all the like and then museum where they're displayed is proud to tell their story again and again catherine as are about r t. russia's chances of holding the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two football world cup and now in the hands of fee for inspectors who wrapped up their visit to the country. has been following their progress and reports from moscow's domodedovo airport. russia waits to see if its bid was strong enough to woo spector's now for four days the committee toured russia and four of the thirteen cities slated to host the world cup games in those cities include say petersburg moscow close on and sochi which is void to be the host of the winter twenty fourteen olympic games and they did all this to make sure the russian is in fact ready to host a world cup game now on thursday here at the airport the lead investigator along with the minister met with the press before the thief inspectors left town

and prime minister putin promised that all available all funds would be available and that all projects would be done on time believed and specter said that he was very impressed by what he called an excellent trip and that he said that russia's bid committee was very forthcoming and gave them all the information that they would need to make a fair decision now football is russia's number one sport and fun fans feel pretty good about its chances of being able to host a world cup including a legendary soviet goalie. success. proves we can host this world cup we've already held the games in the champions league final which everyone was happy with and the fact that we won the bid for the sochi olympics also proves that we are able to host. a heads to the u.k. and the usa before going to zurich to make its decision december second.

is where we bring into focus russia's diverse regions including some fairly hard to reach places all of these team gets an in-depth and personal insight on the everyday life of local people and the history of the country. and today we're in the northwest of russia in the region the country's first seaport back in the seventeenth century recognized as a regional capital it now has everything from ship building to dominance we sent to syria to explore. well now with the north of russia and the out how goes region a region which has a coastline on three arctic seas now because of its location it was extremely important in the seventeenth century as russia's first and only seaport as well as its first sea route to the west now this region became extremely wealthy because of

that city trade and monasteries were very much involved in the business in trading salt and wood and it was also here that the first arctic expeditions were outfitted as seen off who ever went cicutto is where it was found at sea trade was made from here to st petersburg at a loss its importance now today of honda's may no longer hold the titles it once did but it is still going to make a glorious history as well as thriving traits in shipbuilding and lumber as well as a budding diamond industry take a look thanks to its waterways on handles is known as the gateway to the arctic but this wasn't always the case in the one nine hundred twenty s. it was called the national hard currency shop as its rich timber and paper pulp industries yielded the lion's share of the treasury's hard currency earnings it's a controversial part of its past these industries flourished thanks to tens of thousands of prison inmates forced to work into north during stalin's time but on hunger else did make a more positive and lasting mark in history when peter the great founder of

russia's first shipyard here and it became the motherland of the country's fleet our crew visited a ship repair plant in the region which has also recently started making vessels the facility was set up in the one nine hundred fifty s. especially for repairing and retooling soviet ships and submarines in the ninety's in a way over the suv it government radical because the number of defense contracts and the plant's output foam they had no choice but to diversify and went into diamond cutting. where you were done including was one of the alternatives you have the idea of cutting rough diamonds in the direct vicinity of the diamond field looked attractive. that diamond field is the law of mine named after the local scientists and poet. back in the seventeenth century he said that there were diamonds in the region but the gems weren't found until much later this period opened in one nine hundred eighty two and the first diamond was extracted just five years ago not an

easy task in a water rich region the field is located smack in the middle of a marshland amid rivers and springs engineers had to build an eight kilometer long canal to divert the water flow. i don't know of any other diamond fields where the extraction conditions are so complicated. their work is like looking for needles in a haystack and every truckload of rocks only two or three diamonds can be found but they're no ordinary diamonds. it's produced transparent barely colored gemstones here we find intensely colored diamonds green even pink and blue . this side right here is one hundred metres deep and it produces about half a million carrots worth of diamonds each year now this is just the beginning because they want to go deeper into the earth where the soil is richer and where the a lot more of that precious stone many women call their best friends. but before

anyone could even see a single spark a long process has to be gone through. and when you get real gems jewelers as well as women from all over the world called it oh how girls today is still an important industrial and commercial region here in russia and if you do see foreigners in the city more often than not here on business there are a number of foreign companies based in. come a long way from being just a seaport and it will continue to reshape itself as more industries do. well up in this region. of about with a common story about eight minutes from now but i mean tom a soviet war veteran who fought in afghanistan in the eighty's says the u.s.

is failing in its campaign because even after nine years it still doesn't understand the country or its people. speaks to the tell me that our special interview in just a minute from now stay with us here. but

first mr kraft tell thank you for joining us today sochi has hosted a summit the second of its kind after the july session last year and this is me russia strengthening its position in the region where it's always been present in his opening up new opportunities for cooperation primarily with afghanistan and pakistan as you've said you're doing much good if you have three minutes of doing surprise you i think that russia is trying to strengthen its position russia is trying to reserve its position in the settlement process in afghanistan via this quartet you know to achieve this goal which is really important for both afghanistan and for the region as a. as well as for russia these regular events take place pakistan has one view on the afghan crisis stan has another view russia may have yet another position but as for russia entergy christan it's obvious that they want to settle the situation in the country as soon as possible they are concerned with terrorism and with drug

production and trafficking as for pakistan it has been playing a double game over the past forty years virtually they express the willingness to fight terrorism but in fact and everyone knows that everything that is now going on in afghanistan has pakistani origin pakistani influence and impact over. that i've used mission the drug trafficking issue the statistics say that about thirty thousand people in russia and nearly died because of drugs coming from afghanistan how can the american presence in afghanistan help resolve this problem and can russia solve it on its own. you have to have felt to finish it on the shield the point is the status of the international forces the u.n. mandate stipulates their participation in anti-drug measures from time to time they take part in such operations but it's sporadic and aimed at small producers and small smugglers carrying out anti-terrorist operations they come across some drug caravans just join them of course but nothing more but at

a recent international conference in moscow nato refused to state that nato troops must fight narcotics the few that it will only pose a greater threat to them and aggravate their position but. president obama plans to begin pulling out troops from afghanistan next summer how realistic is this. over the past nine months the position of the american authorities has changed considerably on the one hand american congress the house of representatives and most importantly the democratic party categorically insist on a considerable pullout of american troops from afghanistan starting july first two thousand and one on the other hand the u.s. military commander especially after the start of david petraeus his term as a commander has been looking for excuses to delay president obama's decision or to postpone it you must remember that the larger part of the u.s. military serves interests of the republican party and so does the us defense

minister the longer the forces u.s. and nato forces stay in afghanistan the more they will destabilize the region it's evident that the presence of any foreign troops nato u.s. or soviet troops will only inspired terrorism in afghanistan you cannot depict the country as a den of terrorism or its people as terrorist by default this is not true there's a faction of people within the rebel movement that use terror methods some of these people do indeed have links to al qaeda in no way does this mean that any afghan or any armed afghan is a terrorist the u.s. is facing a philosophical problem if they spent. nine years there by december two thousand and ten the length of their military presence will match that of the soviet contingent now over this period they have failed to understand the afghans outlook on life they do not understand afghanistan barack obama is now facing the gorbachev dilemma of whether to withdraw u.s. forces if you pulls that out it will be bad if he doesn't it will go from bad to

worse the first couldn't have been stanley because happening in afghanistan or pakistan is affecting other countries including russia what could russia do to step wish to secure regina in this region so most certainly no single stakeholder in the region will be able to do anything on their own the us tried to do so but failed they broaden the nato contingent and failed again i can say that countries in the region with their different stances and viewpoints will never come to consensus on the afghan crisis in order to find ways to settle the conflict from outside of the region we will certainly have to draw neighboring countries into the peace process iran pakistan. and definitely pakistan as well as russia and kazakhstan russia's afghanistan's historical partner and vice versa the u.s. and nato states have never been afghanistan's partners they don't understand the fundamentals of the region the only country that can provide for

a reproach going between iran back to stand pakistan and to jiko stand as russia this i think is one of the major goals of the sochi summit. culture is that so much involvement taxpayers and i mean to say she's mean a lot of people are hearing is the age of obviously come to an end internet based social networks are changing the way we live we're also forcing. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations.