online whistleblower wiki leaks posts a secret cia court perceptions of the u.s. as an exporter of terrorism. russian russian use are turning to a new extreme activity known as train surfing for cheap thrill. out cost lovers a growing number of young couples in india are tracing their families and communities and choosing to marry outside the traditional cost system. but you're watching r t we're broadcasting live from moscow welcome to the program the record high temperatures that gripped russia this summer have triggered the spread of a tropical disease uncommon in this part of the world. have carried the deadly west

nile virus to the south of the country where five people died and dozens have been infected. in their reports. a steady stream of patients has been arriving at this hospital near volgograd all with the same diagnosis west nile fever five are dead more than one hundred are seriously ill and five of the real number of those affected might be several times higher a lot of people are being treated at home without knowing what's wrong with them and don't ask for help until it is too late west nile fever affects different people in different ways for those who are young it might pass without symptoms others might suffer a mild form of flu or something like that but for those most seriously affected for those who are vulnerable for all the people it can be critical it starts off with headaches vomiting diarrhea and then progress is to damage the central nervous system eventually leading to death i was allowed to see some of the patients myself many are still too ill to speak others can but are still suffering the severe

aftereffects of what they have been through many don't remember how they fell ill they don't even remember where they live or how old they are they're simply full of terror that their mental faculties will never recover from this ordeal outside their relatives or in twenty four hour watch they're begging to be let inside outside the visiting hours. is as exotic as it sounds it's much more typical for countries around the mediterranean it was never discovered until eleven years ago then just as the summer it was a period of particularly hot weather and this allows the mosquitoes to spread the disease at the mosquitoes it was in spite of that they buy the cumin and then the humans get infected now here doctors are issuing warnings to everybody to keep their clothes with long sleeves to spray themselves mosquito spray and so on but they're saying that people are refusing to follow these instructions and that they get the threat quite seriously enough but they're saying that the threat will remain until october when the weather is expected to become cooler. well to talk

more on the implications of such viral disease in russia now joined by the loss of president of the russian society of evidence based medicine. now the west nile virus is usually found in tropical regions can you tell us a bit more about the process which is meant it's ended up in russia. morning. i will say that it is totally wrong to connect. to diseases in russia busy summer these hot summer is nothing to do with. disease it is really disease but the kid moved to north america. many years ago so it is just another. case is. in the truck the tension is connection to these. you mention south of russia there

but is there a danger the virus could spread to other parts of the country. here so it can but again it is not because of the climate it is not because all for the extreme. summer it is because the nature is a modified by people. planes ruling from the. far east north american viewers. people to their native fears and inside. north america. became very comfortable for mosquitoes. people their homes create bigger and smaller pools create water is there were people.

must keep this beach or these small there is. in big cities see in the russia a lot of mosquitos. inside the building. floor technical floor were a lot of. mosquitoes. breed all around the year so given all these mosquitoes that you describe what can people do to protect themselves from this. people can do something. they can protect. homes. lives. people can protect. by killing those in small ponds. pools. small water is a are so where mosquitoes it is expensive and it is possible but the truth must be

done systematically every year from the spring to the. order. of business to keep. healthy nature ok. president of russian society of evidence based medicine thank you for joining us. live from the russian capital here with r.t. still to come this hour live to eat is the american diet that appetizing the rest of the bill party takes a look at the health of the nation. the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is back in the headlines after publishing an internal cia report on the internet that documents classified a secret focuses on the perception of the united states as an exporter of terrorism . experts. it's a very short memo from the central intelligence agency that in essence is and now assisted has been done many times over by journalists and analysts here in the

united states already it talks about the impression basically the reputation the u.s. may have abroad with foreigners as acts porting terrorism and it talks about cases that are that have been well documented all over the media of five pakistani american young men who traveled from northern virginia overseas to allegedly join the pakistani taliban it talks about as well the case of david healy who is a u.s. citizen who was believed to be involved in surveillance. by terror attacks in india so these are well documented cases and their impression that they've made on the international community has been analyzed many times over also in this cia document it talks about if the u.s. policy on rendition is seen as too one sided for a lot of people questioning more and more what the motives are of wiki leaks especially with the wiki leaks the man behind the website julian saunders who has

seen increased criticism for being kind of a publicity monger himself and acting with immense who gris and really seeking promotion with these releases you'll recall after the seventy five thousand classified documents on the afghan war were released soon after that on the website they published a insurance document that was encrypted but many people that we spoke to sources said that the u.s. government could easily decrypt this document so so what really was the point of putting that up wasn't just for publicity there was immense speculation on that and also criticism over julianna songe the man behind this web site for acting really irresponsibly even people that supported his release of the afghan war documents said he may have been not careful enough and redacting names that possibly could have gotten people her so there have been increasing questions of really what is motivating a son is it publicity is it who bridges is it his own intentions himself. all this

time we can get the same overwhelming reaction as they did a month ago when the website published secret afghan reports that's according to investigative journalist wayne madsen he's the food truth about the cia's activities has yet to emerge. if we were going to see something really earthshaking leak from the cia how about some something that has to do with the cia involvement with what's known as state sponsored terrorism for example the united states during the vietnam war targeted people in vietnam for assassination it was operation phoenix and we also had the shock and awe in iraq where civilians were indiscriminately killed we've seen the same thing in afghanistan and where do we see these revelations there's nothing here that should lauren anyone in the cia and i think this really is just another case where we're wiki leaks selected this

document looking for a big publicity run but i don't think they have this got the same reaction a i have received in the past. now then a great way to get your kicks or irresponsible puts lives in danger train surfing is the day to six trimix tippity that's gaining popularity among adrenaline hungry teenagers in moscow. dreams aspired to some of those willing to risk everything for a thrill. even crazy but for those who take part of what's become internationally known as tres surfing it's about the adrenalin rush the great involves riding on top or at the side of moving trains with their hands or the aid of a belt the danger of both and this is for many a major attraction authorities worried that those taken parts aren't fully aware of the risks running along these cables above me all three thousand volts of electricity if you touch one you most likely be killed just. one of the dangers

riders also risks feeling from the train and being crushed but that hasn't deterred these guys they took up the hobby at an early age gave them an unbridled escape from reality. but we mostly just ride the trains are not pulling any crazy stunts and this is just a hobby they get are gentle enough. and as if that wasn't there enough maybe even taking to riding the metro just to get their daily kicks to these young men is also become a form of expression and i don't see why this extreme sport is being seen differently to other why the practice pastimes of people skydive or climb mountains when we ride trains on the outside mean certainly there's a risk but we plan all our steps we know trains very well where different things you can hold on to are we have certain safety guidelines. they and other adrenaline

junkies like them have set up a list of these to avoid injury and even the likes of andrei mit the activity has had tragic consequences for some. have not been any tragic accidents in our group things like that do happen just recently a teenage boy tried to climb into the driver's car for a roof and fell down he got severely injured. regardless of the dangers this crater swept across moscow with the web swirling with uploaded videos this practice has even attracted the attention of more widely known extreme sports stars live voyeur void in has been base jumping for six years no stranger to danger even this there they will feel tres surfing is a step too far but not because of the risk to themselves. well it's hooliganism because they risk hurting not only themselves but other people too in my sport base jumping if i jump from a building or a cliff and fall down then i won't harm anyone. does however sympathize that

extreme sports are costly. so maybe face the train is search of a cheap thrill and it's also russia's and likely to cost so much in terms of jail time or fines with only a noble fee in place for those caught meaning people like andre is likely to keep taking to the tracks for the next bus regardless of the price they might pay jake agrees. with the growth of globalization features of the american way of life has spread to other countries that's not just movies and pop culture so also food but along with humbugs and coca-cola america's exporting one of its major health problems obesity may find some of the images in this report disturbing. among all developed countries americans are the fattest in the world that's according to the world health organization where over sixty percent of the general population in the u.s. is obese was even more disturbing the u.s.

is the only country in the developed world to label obesity as a prime national security health threat. it's all part of a growing epidemic in america supersizing questions like why are americans so fat and what brought the fast food nation to rely heavily on foods most developed countries banned decades ago there's a lot of innovation that's going on in the united states at all levels whether be organic or genetically engineered activity we begin with monsanto the former manufacturer of killer herbicide agent orange that's the chemical spray to the jungles of vietnam during the war with the united states agent orange eventually produced symptoms like these decades later monsanto is now responsible for more than half of the country's food and produce supply i believe that food is medicine and the genetically modifying these the food that we eat is going to have

a great health impact on it you know. states also hold the record for the largest production of genetically modified products in the world according to g.m.o. compass ninety five percent of american corn and eighty five percent of the soybean industry is genetically modified the ingredients in all processed foods contain g.m. ingredients the grocers manufacturers of america estimate seventy to seventy five percent of the food we eat every day is genetically engineered this is one of the most dangerous massive experiments we've ever conducted all of our planning and the mid one nine hundred ninety s. the f.d.a. and the u.s.d.a. allowed genetically modified food products and ingredients to flourish through the american food supply and farming industry. way jimbo's rendered use to ninety ninety six seven percent of americans had three or more chronic illnesses within our years that went to thirteen percent to our genes doubled in less time food

related illnesses doubled between ninety ninety four and two thousand and one autism is an obesity is a diabetes is a no one is checking to see if the most radical change in the human food supply the introduction of genetically modified foods is contributing to these dangerous to just six however statistics the lower income areas the very according to a report conducted by trust for america's help minority communities in the country are more vulnerable in fact the test it's recorded and african-american has been a canadian american communities are nearly double the rates of white americans dr carolyn alexander suggests the alarming numbers plaguing minority communities is directly linked to g.m.o. foods i believe that these are certainly at the root cause of a lot of our children's health issues in particular in low income communities because they don't have the access to real food or feeding the products of an

infant science to the entire. so the food is slowly killing us making us unhealthy and fat why is it on our supermarkets shelves and even more important why aren't you know products labeled. r t washington d c. it's the kaiser reporting which analysts max kaiser and stacy herbert predict financial due for the u.s. here's a preview. investors have withdrawn thirty three point one two billion dollars from the stock market and in the first seven months of this year you know the chopping down piece of the house to burn as fire weren't you know they're so they're liquidating because they need that money for food and i don't know what point should a country like china just commit financial euthanasia and just pull the plug on american put it out of its misery because watching it rise like this and paying a little dating itself to buy cookies and prozac is painful just sell those treasury bonds and put this dog down.

despite cost discrimination being illegal in india when you face harassment and hostility on a daily basis because of their social status those choosing to tie the knot with a member of a different cause can find themselves rejected by the community and finally i think arties charan singh reports on more young people are trying to break with tradition . have upset their families but only into different castes they were expected to mattie one of their own but they've broken what is considered. an intercom is considered a sin here our society wants to continue its traditions that people have been following for centuries her family has a much higher cost than mine this hurt their ego that the bridegroom is lower in status. the couple who have enlisted the help of outsiders the ngo the unite

humanity movement often deals with managers that have been more than one thousand two hundred such unions in the last decade in the be hard state. we're going to discuss but it's a story based more insert and cost based discrimination society it's you can only be brought to vote by intercourse marriages and religious marriage yes the work and . lot ten years ago not father filed a case of kidnapping against her husband and still refuses to talk to the couple i'm god with honor my family allowed me to visit them only after seven years but not with my husband and even now if i do visit my father doesn't speak to me she is still angry with me. the police in bihar are increasingly dealing with aidid families and young couples in love a kidnapping case has been filed against twenty two year old rohit formatting

a new comedy. we're seeing many cases such as these with both the boy and girl wanting to get married if a girl is above eighteen years of age the law recognizes her decision to marry the person of her choice but if she's younger than eighteen then she has to behave according to her parents' wishes like. a divide is growing between urban and rural india in the cities gas divisions are now less important while unruly india many refused to let go of their traditions going to anybody marrying outside is cast as boycotted by us no one in the village gives the couple any water or food or even tax that if we find a marriage really offensive then we kick them out of the village. caste is just a creation of one's mindset there is no real hierarchy between people and situation the ration who considers caste and even if we do the next generation will

definitely not even think of it discrimination on the basis of past is illegal in india but in large parts of the country dreaminess the overriding factor when choosing a life partner the sooner this changes the sooner will divisions over the past lose their relevance here got unseeing r.t. india. on the business news is next now with daniel bushell and stock markets over covered some of those losses. in the opening minutes on his one month's lows we'll have the details in the pro. but first russia's biggest banks burbank has reported a ten fold rise in first off earnings just under two point one billion dollars the figures are slightly below analysts believe profits provisions for bad loans still nearly fifty percent compared to the first half of two thousand and nine when the state run company was feeling the force of the financial crisis but net profits in the second quarter was nearly fifty percent lower the first three months of the year. they. went to below. earnings

for the quarter which is why slower than the bottom line for the first quarter and that's why the sharp decline from at first glance but actually the reasons for the decline were mainly expected by us and by the market so i think that all the another moment a largely up price and at the moment so we should not expect any significant pressure on this burbank share price in the for the short term. russia plans to sell federal bonds with a ten month expiry date it would be the shortest term that the government has issued in seven years the finance ministry is auctioning roughly one billion dollars is turning to shoot to maturity as investors have demanded higher yields to counter the risk of rising inflation the worst drought for fifty years is expected to significantly add to food prices for the rest of the year. russia's been tipped

to drive the auto industry out of the economic downturn on the first day of the international motor show here in moscow i spoke yesterday with the heads of some of the walls lol just call me because. i've been several will permit is here are the most going to national mode to show after business pushing a new competitor to the globally dominant g.p.s. sat nav system is called blown us has been in developments in russia for decades and. will now put it in his calls from next year but the key focus is luxury mosco ready has more luxury cars than anywhere else and jaguar hopes the new omen jack will tickle the local fun see our member two years ago the head of b.m.w. here showing me my brand new bullet proof m this follows in that tradition there's also world feels like the new landrover the most powerful ever porsche nine one one . the show was counseled last year as the mom slump but i says today the same balls but there was two years ago and i feel sales in russia call sales have jumped

almost fifty percent last month on july two thousand and nine the company with one of the most ambitious strategies these guys is trying to revamp its entire range russia's number two called make up says the sales hope back on the rise between now and the end of here told to go sales sales would be around seventy five thousand think we can finish roughly twenty five percent higher in sales for this year versus last year and you better keep still more important thing for all its production we're going to be up fifty percent european call john poser citron has just started production in russia with the citron c four but the head of pars show total tape but that's just the beginning we don't as such among the monet just one guy and then we started the eight and then we will go. to school. seven and then we. other ideas considering the market we believe that

the market is going to change because what makes the next step and i told you about jackson we believe that you know the volume it's a target that we should be reaching before says in the future. of the first day of twelve to an end here at the most going to national mall to show the world call joints really hoping this show will relaunch the fortunes of the car industry which of course have been down in the doldrums for the last two years. so let's check out the stock markets now and. has already recovered yesterday's losses in the opening minutes energy majors gazprom and lukoil have shot up as the price of light sweet she's back near a seventy three dollars a barrel in cooperage news russia's top food retailer exploit second quarter net felt eighty one percent to twenty five million dollars and it blames the weaker ruble the most six opens in around five minutes the figures you see there are

yesterday's closing rates. property stock gains of balancing big falls for china life insurance on the high end saying the firm should have four percent of the worse than expected results tokyo however is cooler in fact from sixteen month lows in the last hour the nikkei has been oversold. ukraine has again complained about the price it pays for russian gas prime minister nicolas or of told his cabinet that despite receiving a thirty percent discount back in april the price formula is still too high and is hurting the economy as of i did he will trust mosco to reform is the contract. second largest airline trans already increased passenger traffic by more than a third for the seven months to july compared to the same period last year coco turnover also jumped helping lift sales revenues to eight hundred million dollars trans oros net profit increased five times to over twenty six million dollars that's by russian accounting standards. american investor jim justice wants to sell

one hundred ninety million dollars of shares he owns together with his family in motion still major metro justice got eighty three million preferred shares when he sold blue stone cold to the company in may last year mitchell preferred depository receipts have risen by a quarter since then. strong results from french bank credit agricole is expected to push e.u. stock markets up join me for the opening figures next.

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