out of sight out of mind u.s. veterans say they've been abandoned by the country they fought for as they claim but government is failing in its promises to take care of more. growing barbarity female genital mutilation is on the rise in the u.k. despite authorities afterwards to stop the illegal practice. as more religious drug rehab centers open in some artsy investigates fears that these facilities are simply facades old dangerous sacks. and sinks to save ukrainian activists are calling for out of use ship from russia's black sea fleet to be submerged creating artificial reefs to save the local ecosystem.

it's three pm in moscow and this is our to you coming to you live with me a nice time now way first stop the mission is complete and victory is in sight that was the message from u.s. vice president joe biden as he addressed american troops withdrawing from iraq his words raised eyebrows however among those who believe the whole campaign was a failure many veterans say the us administration is simply trying to put on a brave face to cover up a lost cause they feel that although their praise of the country is heroes they've been abandoned and forgotten parties ramon going though over ports. by the government but still more troops are you know and that's me i don't think. they show enough respect to their local brian little. as a u.s.

navy veteran who has been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome since his discharge he was unable to find work after leaving the military and hasn't been able to get the proper treatment for his condition little has been suicidal at times his pleas for help have been ignored it's a common theme at stand down an annual nonprofit event that helps homeless vets get off the streets volunteers are helping these veterans become better adjusted to civilian life something the military isn't doing enough of a lot of people really don't know exactly what to expect or where to go to get the help that they need pamela brisson served in afghanistan and has been homeless for two years the largest growing population of homeless women in san diego is veterans returning from current combat according to catholic charities which operate shelters around the city while on the street britain has been taking care of her nine year old son chris he's been able to maintain straight a's even while they bounced around from shelter to shelter or slept on

a sidewalk. on the. right. many veterans want help but prison admits it's easy to get discouraged when the government doesn't want to help it only takes one or two people to say i don't know or know we can't help you for them to walk away and think that there's no hope for them. you know drugs alcohol. and they just they're not aware to take advantage of the programs that are made available to them the last couple years i think the number of persian gulf veterans has increased greatly outnumbering the vietnam veterans dr john not just in is very familiar with san diego's homeless population he started stand down twenty three years ago because he saw a huge number of homeless veterans that no one was talking about the problem will likely get worse for current service members for standing and frequent.

still in this crowd patriotism is very much alive you know what i actually i really would go back despite her troubles pamela brisson says she would still go back and buy for the country that has led her down a sentiment echoed by many of these veterans who still have an undying loyalty to the military and country when america was great as a whole who started it you know it was a bunch of politically correct people living you know wherever you know high high society you know this bunch of people still want to pay tax anymore. and that's going to happen again in san diego ramon galindo r t. well biden's optimistic remarks about troop withdrawal are ridiculous that's according to radio host an iraq war veteran adam caucus he believes the american public is starting to see through the vice president's upbeat words as the number of u.s. private contractors in iraq is now at its highest level. when joe biden does this

kind of ridiculous cheerleading well a the success is because the troops have done so well oh and that's why we have to replace them with more state department officials and private contractors then there were troops here people see through that it's kind of it's getting kind of ridiculous the presidential commission on fiscal responsibility which is currently convening is actually considering cutting veterans' benefits that's really sad but that's sort of the attitude of those in power well you know taking care of the vets is something that can kind of go keeping the money going to our political sponsors on the other hand that can't be question. medical officials say the number of women being subjected to genital mutilation is on the rise in the u.k. although the practice is illegal in the country thousands are considered to be at risk nearly no one has ever been convicted of the crime you may find some images in this report starving. school holidays for some golden afternoons in the park

but for others a horrific ordeal aged fifteen u.k. born jay kumar is mother took her home to sierra leone for an initiation ceremony jay had fake ideas of evenings around the fire cooking and gossiping with female relatives she had no idea that during the celebration of her womanhood her genitalia would be cut i was laid down the floor lots of hands lots of like celebration chairs etc and then my mouth was covered so thing to muffle and then my legs were spread and i just felt just some pain that i don't think all of the pain itself will never ever leave me because i had to but it's like i mean i can understand how people feel when they lose an arm or a leg but they have found some kind of pain all the time and that's the kind of pain which i personally have to live with on a day to day basis i heard that some people just really quick but i felt like it was been saw women's rights organization forward estimates that six and

a half thousand girls in the u.k. are at risk of female genital mutilation every year the most common age for girls to have the procedure is between six and eight the summer holidays are a prime time because there's an opportunity for a long visit back to the family's country of origin and although it's illegal in the u.k. there is evidence that it is being done in this country female genital mutilation is performed for cultural reasons and justified as a religious requirement or rights of passage to womanhood much like male circumcision it's supposed to ensure cleanliness and better marriage prospects. however it often has serious and long lasting physical complications and sometimes its hospital in london is one of the senses that deals with because. some girls die they bleed to death or develop techniques infections when dirty instruments are used midwife comfort momo sees the lasting effects of f.g.

which include cysts on the vagina and sterility the removed everything. for the past the. law. and so on and they expect the will remain to have sexual intercourse from this more openly if g.m. is thought to be so prevalent in the u.k. local authorities have set up task forces to identify when children are at risk but this is a practice that's gone on for centuries in some african and arabic countries and it's entrenched in families. some communities and this has been some protests. and. some females that have had this procedure done to them but you will consider. that procedure is done to their own daughters and this is why it's an important matter of education as well. that in the

legal despite being an illegal act there's never been a single conviction against someone who's arranged or performed female genital mutilation in the u.k. victim kumara says that's got a lot to do with the terminology used for me personally i hate even the term mutilation because i don't i'm not mutilated i've been caught. and i think can go mutilation time is very very negative and i think it just causes a lot of survivors to go underground because no one wants walk down the street with a term over their head with legislation proving ineffective it's a culture that the british authorities have so far failed to. roger cates leaving thousands of its citizens at risk every year you are at it. you're with are coming up to ten minutes past the hour but there's much more coming your way right on the program including. according to the agreements between cuba and moscow the russian black sea fleet ships will stay in ukraine's crimea until twenty forty two

but some in this black sea resort area are now willing to sink that. the probe into a deadly nightclub fire in russian city of perm has concluded with eight people facing jail terms they could be sentenced to five to ten years in prison if found guilty over the blaze that left over one hundred fifty dead flames swept through the lame horse club last december when an indoor fireworks display set plastic decorations alight officials found multiple safety break just by the club's management fireworks suppliers and local authorities the incident caused outrage throughout russia which has a poor fire safety record strict checks were conducted across the country with several other nightclubs being shut down. the russians and drugs agency is planning to increase the number of rehab centers in the country but as the government works to combat dependency critics say something still of these for recovering addicts could be as dangerous as drug abuse itself. how do you through the my spirit of

drug and alcohol addiction took me nearly a decade these twenty nine year old was on a collision course with crime and with that diagnosed with hepatitis b. and c. we can now since gone and changed his mind. when i came here last year for the first time in eight years i realized the grass was green birds were singing and everything was beautiful i used to take drugs and alcohol at the same time i was literally a verge to understanding what was going on around. here. is a rehab center run by cornerstone church days include group chores me to teach responsibility and bible and prayer sessions. with prayer is a fellowship and we are more likely to become like those we communicate with if someone talks to fishermen he's likely to become one too when someone talks to god and that's what a prayer is he becomes

a believer and his life changes not on the schedule here is time with a trained professional the belief is that the spirit is what needs mending and that this only comes through god drug use is on the rise in russia the official numbers indicate that there are six hundred thousand addicts but the federal agency charged with combat in this problem puts it at millions more but there is also an increase in the number of religious rehab centers like this one that are offering nontraditional treatments but some are referring to them as little more than recruiting centers for religious sex the pentecostal community in russia is small but run several of the nation's growing number of religious rehabs critics insist those who seek treatment through these are simply trading one crutch for another. we're losing people now not because of drugs but because of destructive cults chemical addiction to drugs or alcohol is substituted by group psychological addiction instead this kind of addiction is stronger and much more serious some

experts claim recovering addicts become unable to function outside of the church and sequester themselves later electing to spread the message to others in new centers answer me he doesn't believe he's part of a cult. contrary i realized i had been brainwashed all my previous life and people around me had a consumer attitude but here i have pure feelings i mean your vision and the desire to run a clinic of his own someday stacy didn't r.t. . u.s. is seeking to retract new charges as brought against the russian business men victor boot washington is looking to extradite him from thailand for alleged arms dealing fearing buddha would be cleared the u.s. brought new charges of money laundering and fraud against him on the very day his extradition was approved last week but the law now requires him to stay in thailand until the french proceed these are only for experts say washington is concerned the

extradition order will expire before this happens the country's criminal court will hear the case in the coming weeks but was arrested in bangkok two and a half years ago in a sting operation by u.s. law enforcers and has been in prison ever since. now american states must fend for themselves even if this means bypassing federal government rulings according to former arizona sheriff richard monk he says it's the only way the u.s. can be kept intact as a constitution abiding country but he said some of his views with r.t. you can watch the full interview next hour. state sovereignty the only solution that we have left is state sovereignty local control the sheriff of this country getting together with county commissioners county attorneys and stand in fighting and he wrecked in the barriers against the encroachments of the national government the federal government it will lead to lawful consideration and lawful adherence to the constitution if we follow the constitution we're going to be fine we're

destroying the constitution and our own federal government is the greatest threat to our god given constitutional american republic if we make sure they stay within their perimeters and their limitations then we're going to survive this. ukrainian activists are asking russia to allow out of us black sea fleet ships to be sunk to create artificial reefs in the crimea they say this will help protect the region's ecosystems and minimize the effects. well those are the fleet commanders considering the suggestion which has been approved by well called hard. professional diver alexei has been exploring the depths of the black sea in ukraine's crimea for more than three decades he says the underwater world here is absolutely unique from a scientific point of view but he is concerned about the danger that every year is getting worse pete sewer season brings launch pollution too young to bay on the

water fails to clean itself every year we see fewer fish caught in this part of the black sea i believe yield to blaze ecosystem is in grave danger alexey has considered many different solutions to the problem but his friend a deputy in the city council came up with a simple yet hopefully highly effective idea so. we will ask the russian black sea fleet stations here to give us several of the rule ships we will sink them and create an artificial reef which will greatly improve your toby's ecosystem this is nothing new many countries do the same and for the russian fleet to this would be good from a financial point of view instead of paying for the use of all the very souls it would simply hand them over to ours zordon says the idea came to him after what was seen as a major policy shift in the presidents of russia and ukraine signed an agreement to prolong the stay of the russian black sea fleet in the crimea until twenty forty

two where the previous administration and key of these ships of the russian black sea fleet were unwanted guests in ukraine's crimea and were to leave the area by the year twenty seventeen but after the hype of agreement was signed local authorities here are saying they're trying to do everything they can so that these ships remain here for years to come straight after the route if you get a shot of the back to the russian leader the need to be definitive said the fleet needed serious modernization and now the crimea is ready to help more school with that the head of sevastopol is. ministration says the russian naval presence here brings massive investment for the city's infrastructure and calls for a fitting of the ships may create jobs for the locals if you suppose that we have an excellent shipyard in the crimea which has been abandoned for almost two decades if moscow decides to repair its fleet we're ready to offer our facilities and specialists this would be much cheaper for the russians and we revive our factory

which was one of the best in the country just several decades ago april spark of agreement sparked mass opposition protests in kiev they described it as a sellout of the country in crimea the mood is very much the opposite the russian black sea fleet command easier to respond to the divers and officials proposals for an artificial reef but there will be glad to see few here can imagine life with these ships anchored on the surface in several stoppers docks. reporting from ukraine's crimea. let's take a look at some world news in brief for you this hour fourteen people are feared dead after a small passenger plane heading for the everest region kras south of nepal capital katmandu besides nepalese passengers and crew there were four americans one british and one japanese tourist on board and eyewitness said there were no survivors although there have been no official reports of council to use who was thought to have been trying to turn back to katmandu in heavy rain. thirty three miners

trapped underground in chile have had some reassurance and they've spoken microphone with the contras top mining officials the minister says more help will be provided as the rescue operation continues the men have been trapped at a depth of some seven hundred meters for more than two weeks started receiving food water and oxygen and it's feared the rescue operation could take months. the man in northern california has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for sending hoax anthrax letters. sixty three year old timothy cloud has pleaded guilty to threatening the president and several social security offices in the letters which contained a white powder cloud called obama a line politician and claimed social security had stolen his money clout also had been convicted of a sex offense in texas but failed to register as a sex offender in california. in two spanish aid workers kidnapped by

a north african branch of al qaeda nine months ago are back in barcelona after being released the pair were seized by militants when their convoy was attacked in mauritania they were then held in mali al qaeda says the hostages were released after some of the militants demands were met but did not specify which forms to have played a grant from almost four million. to grant self defense force has staged annual military games at the foot of mount fuji more than two thousand soldiers use live ammunition and explosives in front of u.s. military officials and international media japanese officials say the exercises are response to china's recent naval expansion relations between the two countries have been tense due to territorial disputes. and that's the way the news looks this hour here at r.t. we're going to take a short break and then daniel will be here with the latest business stay with us.

i'm greta for the full story we've got it. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. welcome to business russia's post may be transformed into a joint stock company at the beginning of twenty twelve is to be the first step in turning the service into a public company preliminary estimates put its value at one to one point six billion dollars but if the company goes public the capitalization is projected to grow to more than eight billion what twenty twenty russian post owns forty two

thousand branches across the country and three point one billion dollars last year . another news russian energy giant gazprom may build a gas pipeline for most of the china as early as twenty fifteen russia first agreed to build a pipeline to the country in two thousand and two but failed to agree on gas prices with beijing but some experts felt the new pipeline will be a priority for china as it's already investing heavily in the two biggest energy supplies in central asia. kazakstan. back to russia now and corporate profits soared sixty three percent in the first half of twenty ten year on year the combined pretax profit of big and mid-sized enterprises reached ninety billion dollars the biggest growth was reported by companies in the property sector profits increases in the mining industry will fall behind up fifty six percent meanwhile the number of businesses reporting a loss fell to thirty four percent. less check out the stock markets here in russia

the bosses are down around one percent this hour that's the oils and metals have declined on concern that the u.s. housing report will add evidence that global growth is slowing all the main players are in the red on the all ts it's heading nearly two percent. and over in europe it's a similar picture as the footsie and acts of both well in the red investors are on to a string of poorly received trading updates and fears over the strength of that u.s. recovery. russia second largest food retailer magnates has reported an eleven point three increase in first profits one hundred thirty one million dollars the company as the capital spending for this year may reach one point three billion dollars is the open thirty hot markets and some six hundred fifty convenience stores. because vodka produced the stock spirit is looking to buy a seventy five percent stake in ukrainian distil in the mirror of according to commerce and daily the polish company has gained the exclusive right to acquire the shares a moment a final decision in

a month nemeroff is estimated to be worth three hundred seventy million dollars meanwhile there's another possible buyer for the stake in russian standards which previously expressed an interest in the assets still considering a bid. russia's biggest modern norse nickel is currently the subject of a fierce fight for control. put on in both going twenty five percent of the group each wants to buy the other out there were no other worlds to so but what's at stake in this battle of the billionaires. clover visits the town of no real. the world's richest nickel copper sediments posited here in the rural area the production facilities of nickel stretch out but the mountains dominating the town and provide the much of the local employment like many other commodity producers in a row was hit by the financial crisis however this region suffered few cuts role. of the punters overcome the crisis quite successfully it was

a constant demand for oil production in the global market that's why we didn't decrease only move production juvie the hard times not all nor nichols factories was so fortunate last year the company reported twenty seven percent drop in revenue to ten point two billion dollars still the group retains its leadership on the world market accounting for more than twenty percent of global nickel output more than ten percent of cobalt production at three percent of copper the c.e.o. of norilsk nickel is keen to modernize and just promising to spend nearly half a billion dollars next year on cleaning up operations but. worried about how the shareholder battle for control of the company impact capital expenditure but the situation is quite difficult as you know there are several ways shareholders and managers view it as something that you should take all you can now without

thinking of the company's future or the shareholders who are in for the long term think that such a policy would slow down the company's development and would have pushed beyond a negative impact in the future i believe we may also face a negative impact of even money spent. i support the idea of actions the dividends should be paid but adequate volumes and not impede the company's further development allocations of mismanagement of the company are somewhat hard to substantiate as production costs and profitability are comparable with international competitors but does face a challenging future its resource base is shrinking and the price of extraction rising the chief of the rules wants the company to focus on what he calls investment into the mountain however that some likely to happen until the conflict between the owners is resolved. business fourteen. the business that fell the headlines on next with.

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