whistleblower wiki leaks approach the secret cia sections of the u.s. as an exporter of terrorism. and the adrenaline rush rush and youths are turning to a new dream activity known as train surfing for. also one artery outhouses long term for a growing number of young couples in india are facing their families and communities in anger for choosing to marry outside their traditional council. it's three pm in moscow and this is r t coming to you live with me a nice and now way first stop the record high temperatures that gripped russia this summer have triggered a dramatic rise in the number of mosquitoes the insects are being blamed for the spread of a deadly tropical disease uncommon in this part of the world the west nile virus

has been carried to the south of the country where five people have already died from the disease and almost two hundred more have been infected are. 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 progresses 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 that begging to be let inside outside of visiting hours west nile fever 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 if the mosquitoes it was in spite of that they buy the humans and then the humans get infected now here doctors are issuing warnings to everybody to keep their clothes with long sleeves to spray themselves mosquitoes spray and so on but they're saying that people are refusing to follow these instructions and that they need 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 go and epidemiologist from the moscow branch of the world health organization explained why the tropical virus has spread to russia and sums up the symptoms for you know you most about some of the current outbreak in volgograd is a result of the record heat wave our country has just experienced the normally high temperatures make the quantity of insects grow as abruptly in the west nile virus is only passed people by mosquitoes which get it from birds domestic animals and horses the first symptoms are headache high temperature and for you that ninety percent of those infected experience almost no symptoms in fifty percent of cases the disease leads to meningitis. live from the russian capital you're with are still to come for you this hour of live to eat is the american diet really that appetising for the rest of the world our team takes a look at how under. the whistleblower

wiki leaks is back in the headlines after publishing internal cia report on the internet the document classified as secret focuses on the perception of the united states as an exporter of terrorism meanwhile the website founder will be questioned by swedish authorities over allegations of molestation or i met has more. there's been much less of a media florrie surrounding this than there was the beginning of the month when the afghan war diaries were released and i think there are two possible reasons for that one because when the afghan war diaries were released it was seventy five thousand separate documents that came from inside the u.s. military and such a huge volume of information always creates an impression whereas to compare it with this this is just three pages although having said that it is a secret document from inside the cia where is the diaries were they would commence that came exclusively from the u.s. military also the other thing is that the afghan war diaries they were concrete

evidence each of those documents was concrete. evidence of events to take place the deaths of civilian casualties. those casualties where is this is an internal cia document describes a hypothetical situation which looks at what would happen if the international community perceived the u.s. as an export of terrorism it's written by departments in the cia called the red cell which is specifically charged with coming up with hypothetical scenarios and looking at what might happen so obviously the impacts of how we believe the world works is much less than the impacts of the afghan war diaries this report takes a couple of examples of u.s. citizens taking on terror a broader it talks about young muslim americans who travel from pakistan allegedly were hoping to join the pakistani taliban while they were that. you may remember from november two thousand and eight when

a man called david headley who was a pakistani american. and he took part in this is a valence leading up to the mumbai bombings which killed more than one hundred sixty people that we do have to ask ourselves why has this report being released now particularly as it socialism describes this hypothetical situation. has been in sweden and over the last weekend it became clear that two swedish women had come forward one of the accusing him of rape and the other was accusing him of molestation. charges being dropped but we recently heard that the sweetest prosecution will want to question. about the molestation charge which is a charge it's been suggested that this is a smear campaign following the war tyreese the lawyers for these two swedish women say that's absolute nonsense as do the two swedish women themselves but we do have to ask ourselves whether this report is being released now in order to divert attention. proclaims he is really the sort of self-appointed spokesman for wiki

leaks. him. whether he sees himself or whether he thinks he can be considered as a publicist he said no it seems that the reason he felt that when they were making these releases were it's wiki leaks in terms of the media and bringing it out of the general public at large had to have some sort of space press and some sort of money and he appointed himself as that man but still we do have to ask ourselves is this a case of the tail wagging the dog rather than the other way around. this time we can leaks won't get the same overwhelming reaction as they did a month ago when the website published secret afghan war reports that's according to investigative journalist wayne madsen who believes the full truth about the cia's activities has yet to match 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 all 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. anyone in the cia and i think this really is just another case where wiki leaks selected this document looking for a big publicity run but i don't think they have this got the same reaction they have received in the past. european union has failed in both economy and democracy that's the view of drug battened one of the founders of the u.k. independence party he's also our european parliament member and spoke to our teens more emmet about the dangers the e.u. holds. we have absolutely no doubt one hundred percent membership of the european union is bad for britain so we're not skeptical about that and no disbelief in the

fact that the european union actually exists or we believe it exists i was skeptical about lot of that but as far as the european union existed it's bad and there is no doubt in any members mind that that's the case it's an economic and democratic disaster first of all there is no reason for the european union i mean the white soul was sold to people forty years ago and has been ever since is that we must have it to try jobs we don't need it for jobs even the even the european union backed down from that argument we don't need to be members of this vox bureaucratic organization in order to achieve that the other thing is the loss of democracy which although membership the costs billions of pounds every year which is wasted money what's actually worse than that is the loss of democracy. you can watch the full interview with dr nat one thirty pm g.m.t. right here on our team now the final stage of antiterrorism drills got underway in

southern russia with security forces demonstrating how to handle a potential hostage situation security representatives from the shanghai cooperation organization came together to take part in the joint exercises the military style demonstration aims to coordinate both rescue workers and victims in the event of a terrorist attack a similar drill was also staged on the volga river where security forces carried out reenactments of terrorist incidents the enter terror drive comes as russia continues its struggle against the wise and extremism. are a way to get your kicks or an era. sponsible acts that puts lives in danger train surfing is the latest extreme activity that's gaining popularity among adrenaline hungry teens and moscow parties jacob green spoke to some of those who are willing to risk everything for a thrill. some would find these acts stupid even crazy but for those who take part in what's become internationally known as tres surfing it's all about the

adrenaline rush the great involved riding on top or at the side of fast moving trains clingy or with their hands or the aid of a belt the danger involved in this is for many a major attraction but authorities are worried that those taking part are fully aware of the risks running along these cables above me of three thousand volts of electricity if you touch one you most likely be killed and that's 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 claiming it gave them an unbridled escape from reality. to get to you and me we mostly just ride the trains are not pulling any crazy done at us and this is just a hobby of the guitar gentle enough. and as if that wasn't daring enough maybe even take you to riding the metro just to get their daily kicks to these young men is

also become a form of expression and they don't see why this extreme sport is being seen differently to other why the practice pastimes stop the corporate people start idle climb mountains but we were right trains on the outside mean certainly there's a risk but we planned all our stands for if we know trains very well we're 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 made the activity has had tragic consequences for some. have not been any tragic accidents in order. things like that do happen just recently a teenage boy tried to climb into the driver's car from the roof and fell down he got severely injured but there is a regardless of the dangers this crisis swept across moscow with the web swirling with uploaded videos meaning people like andreas likely to keep telling to get checks 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 have spread to other countries and it's not just movies and pop culture it's also food but along with hamburgers and coca-cola america is exporting one of its major health problems obesity you 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 modified. these the food that we eat is going to have a great health impact on earth the united states also holds 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 estimates 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 planet and the men one nine hundred ninety s. the f.d.a. in the u.s.d.a. allowed genetically modified food products and ingredients to flourish through the american food supply and farming industry. when g.m. was rendered tuesday night eight hundred 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 one hundred 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 that lower income areas very according to a report conducted by trust for america's health minority communities in the country are more vulnerable in fact to test its recorded and african-american has banneker native 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'd. i don't have the access to real food. products of allusions to the entire population so if 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 jail all products labeled. as r t washington d c.

despite cast discrimination being illegal in india many 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 cast can find themselves rejected by both their community and family because artie's current thing reports more and more young people are trying to break with tradition. prakash have upset their families born into different castes they were expected to mattie one of their own but they have broken what is considered a taboo. american intercostal marriage 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 have enlisted the help of outsiders the ngo the unite humanity movement often deals with india cost manages there have been more than one thousand two hundred such unions in the last decade in the be hard state. we want to

discussed but a society based mindset and caste based discrimination. society can only be brought about by intercourse marriages and into religious marriage just the birth and she. looked ten years ago to tie the knot chickens father filed a case of kidnapping against her husband and still refuses to talk to the couple. 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. formatting teenager a new comedy. we are 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 right here at the divide is growing between urban and rural india in the cities divisions are now less important while in rural india many. if used to let go of their traditions. anybody marrying outside is cast as boycotted by us no one in the village gives the couple any food or even if we find the marriage really offensive then we kick them out of the village. cost 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 cost is illegal in india but in large parts of the country drew means the overriding factor when choosing a life the sooner this changes the sooner we'll divisions over cost lose their

relevance here got unseeing r g india. it's twenty minutes past the hour let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world palestinians have clashed with jewish sideburns and border guards in east jerusalem and saw arab residents setting cars alight and probably stoned out soldiers demonstrators say the clashes began when others tried to break down a gate to a mosque an accusation from the government plans to demolish illegal housing developments have raised tensions in the region. in mexico police discovered seventy two bodies at a remote welsh close to the border wanted man told marines that a drug gang had kidnapped and was killing american balloting migrants one marine and three says that the gang members died when soldiers became involved in a shootout out the way out corpses of the migrant workers were later found piled up inside the building this is the biggest discovery of its kind. gang wars.

coalition forces in afghanistan have seized drugs over one billion dollars officials claim this is the big is out there ever confiscated the world almost eighteen months of opium terror when and now donald found during an operation against the taliban in the southern province of helmand in the course of the fighting sixty three militants were killed ten people were arrested and fourteen hostages freed. you can find more on all our stories of course plus a lot more on our website r t v dot com next up after a short break it's the business news stay with us. for the. we've got. the biggest issues get voice ceased to face with the news makers.

hello and welcome to the business program russia's biggest carmaker after vas is back in the black the company's profit of less than a million dollars for the first seven months is small but it shows a considerable turnaround for a company that required a federal bailout just twelve months ago the improvement has been widely attributed to the government's cash for clunkers program which has helped lift sales by around fifty percent. speaking at the moscow international a to show active us president viktor come out on set the company is aiming to stay profitable for the rest of the year his ambitions could be helped by

a broader rebound in the russian kama kit which is being targeted by money for his over the world ati's daniel bushell is to the make sure to find out. several will permit is here at the most going to national motor show after business pushing a new competitor to the globally dominant g.p.s. sat nav system is called blown has been in development 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 calls than anywhere else and hopes a new almost jag will trickle vocals fund say our member two years ago the head of b.m.w. here showing me a brand new bullet proof beam this follows in the 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 months long but i says today the same balls but there was two years ago i don't feel sales in russia call sales have jumped almost

fifty percent last month 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 says the sales hope back on the rise between all of them to be here told to go sales sales would be around seventy five thousand think we can finish roughly twenty five percent higher in sales was year versus last year and you better keep still more important thing for all those trucks and 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 porridge zero total to that that's just the beginning we don't as such a multiple name just one and then we start to. sleep in a chair and then we will go to sleep for. seven and then we have other ideas on securing the market we believe that the market is

going to change because for the next six to next year there's another forty two objects that we believe that doubling your dr volume it's a target that we should be reaching before those in the future. that brings the first day of twelve to an end of the most going to nashville mode to show the world call joints really hoping this show will relaunch the scene of the car industry which of course have been down in the doldrums for the last two years. and the stock markets here in moscow trade is very quiet as investors enjoyed the last week of the stuff from today just from gains around one percent on both forces there as the price of light sweet had lost seventy three dollars a foul. on the dax has swung into the black composite of corporate news corp cosmetics giant l'oreal has posted a twenty one percent jump in first half net profit pushing its shares four percent higher but the world's largest whiskey producer has slumped of one of the hoff

percent in london after worse than expected income the south's. profits at russia's x. five retail group plummeted eighty one percent year on year in the second quarter to twenty five million dollars worse than analysts forecast the country's biggest grocer by sales took a seventy two million dollar hit on foreign exchange due to significant ruble depreciation but the headline figure only tells part of the story ex-wife was one of the first retailers to cut prices during the downturn to win a budget conscious customers it says it's now reaping some of the benefits of the recovery and margins are improving. russia's second largest airline trans aero increased passenger traffic by more than a bird in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period last year cargo turnover also jumped helping lift sales revenue to eight hundred million dollars transit net profit increased five times to over twenty six million dollars

by russian accounting standards. russian airlines carried almost a third more passengers in the first seven months of two thousand and ten but in the same period last year numbers rose to thirty one million the federal air transport agency said it transit led the way with a thirty nine percent increase. and that's all the places use for now but i'll be back with more for you in about an hour's time and in the meantime you can always find the stories on our website that's our dot com slash business.

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