mission in iraq has reached its august thirty first expiry dates over ration iraqi freedom fishley ends and all combat troops are heading home washington says this means the end of the war in the country that killed over four thousand u.s. troops. around fifty thousand american servicemen and state to train and support iraqi forces are going to say baghdad doesn't control the nation remains little points on its last week dozens of iraqis riding the wave of terror attacks across the country with antiwar activist brownback says the war is over better will continue to die in iraq. we see a rebranding of the occupation if you leave fifty thousand heavily armed soldiers backed by all sorts of aircraft the latest high tech aircraft of course all the naval destroyers the submarines the aircraft carriers that are all throughout the region that have cruise missiles and all sorts of means by which to intervene in

iraq we see now the end of an occupation by a certain diminishing of the occupation in terms of some of the troop numbers but are we branding of the occupation so that instead of calling it combat troops they call it rise of the troops they still have guns they still shoot those guns when they're shot at in their head they die it won't be sufficient to tell iraqis on september first or second or american families who have g.i.'s and loved ones there who may perish after the so-called end of the war that their loved ones indeed are not dead because the war has been officially ended i believe the occupation of iraq will go on for many years for the spot the pullout of u.s. combat troops from iraq more americans are still being sent to replace those remaining it's a sponsor of fresh antiwar protests in the states. true shared his experience of one such demonstration. we still managed to be on site at the exact moment the buses were pulling off base to go to the airport get in the streets get our banners

unfurled that said please don't make the same mistake we did resist to now and the other that said occupation is a crime this soldiers in these buses this is the last thing that they saw on american soil before they went to get on a plane to go to iraq and i tell you we're doing this because you know we were there we care we love these soldiers who are going to commit these work rhymes however we are trying to wake them up they need to understand that you know we're we're their friends next time they get ambushed when they're in iraq it's not going to be nonviolent that people there are going to resist them and when it happens it will be just this roar is not over because barack obama or joe biden says combat in iraq is over does not mean soldiers are going to stop dying it does not mean they're going to stop killing people the bloodshed will continue until we withdraw all. of that was. about. the

prospect of terrorism is still remains high in iraq and so so at the forefront of other conflicts in the world we speak to this will scientists which is the kind of how widespread the threats of terrorism is. there was an assumption terrorism is more or less localized in afghanistan and then they were looking for causes of terrorism in iraq what it looks looks like it is more widespread i know we can fly and the terrorist training grounds in some countries over his teacher. also quite active in central asia in the former soviet union so it is spreading as financing. weapons are there. courses for terrorism or created. or was daily.

there you can hear more of water just love making off has to say the full interview in the twenty minutes time here r.t. . it's a big day for germans who are marking twenty years since they were formally reunited into a single nation a grand celebration will be held in berlin on tuesday chancellor angela merkel who hails from g.-d. or will make a speech to mark the anniversary of the capital when the country was split in half after world war two the fall of the berlin wall paved the way for united germany. first of all the start of ninety treaties sealed east germany's breakup and integration into the west but twenty years on that many germans in the east feel like second class citizens only employment twice as high as in the west wages are almost a third higher call said east germans haven't reached the standards of living they were promised twenty years ago. russia's

a ban on gambling excepting for designated zones is only seen underground betting flourish the only zone that's operational is in the country's south and it's failing to rake in money now the regions of forty's want to relocate it in there to the black sea resorts to attract more punters or lower the stakes for investors ortiz there is below ski looks at what could be on the cards. this is a gamblers paradise the oracle of first all kinds of games from the army of one armed bandits to poker and roulette. however most of the time the place is deserted . this is the only legal casino in russia a private company invested ten million dollars into its construction and even though there are a few others who are willing to build gambling spots here in the area it still looks like most in the industry see it as making bats in a burning house last year russian lawmakers banned all casinos and gambling clubs across the country to be replaced by force specially designated and developed zooms

in siberia western russia the south and the east the industry reacted to mediately lately though shutting down the facilities moving them abroad or going on the ground even the most successful the southern gambling zone is mostly being ignored by the enterprise nurse. most investors are passive mainly because as of citi is far away from other major transportation hubs the local airports underdeveloped and the roads and not like good only the and the other factor is that the gambling ban in russia is really hard to enforce them. in cities just a few hundred kilometers away from us all police discover illegal gambling down every week. of course it's officially prohibited but in our neighborhood everyone knows where to find the underground gambling den you can have a good time there if you play your cards right the region's authorities have come up with a new plan to make the rules work they want to relocate the whole southern gambling

zone closer to popular tourist destinations like the black sea coast resort the phenomenal and inspired by les vegas they wanted to be about more than just gambling. so we said why can't we try and do something like that in russia without making the same mistakes we can use the best that las vegas has to offer is refined by decades of experience essentially we've come up with a new concept a family resort for gambling will be just one of the highlights the idea will have to get support from the russian state duma possibly together with other amendments to help reverse the odds of getting the new gambling rules to work so for now the future of russia's own less bagus still looks dim leaving more questions than answers for its supporters and skeptics alike. r t cross in the region. well coming up later in the program we report on holland indian villages on the brink of destruction. why these people to commit suicide and want to

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from the streets of canada. corp the day. residents of louisiana are fighting for their right to defend themselves they were disowned by police but hearken katrina struck five years ago officers called guns in what was explained as an attempt to keep all of that. has been finding out many in the state are still angry over what they put the was a violation of the constitution. it's a sunday afternoon in louisiana i just came out here to shoot practice. and guns are a blazing at this shooting range. so i want to pursue i believe everybody should have the right to defend themselves at any cost in this part of the united states the right to bear arms is part of every day life. of

right this. course is later. before. i believe that. living in america means that we should be able to carry a handgun but that wasn't always the case so what do you know. so we've taken your weapons. richard styrene and his friend wayne shoom were on lake pontchartrain about a week after hurricane katrina made landfall and i had almost to say anywhere from six inches to a foot of water in the house. but it was still there they went to styron's house to get his things we heard of the. stuff that was going in the wall and all the shooting then the people that were getting heard some killed from what i've been told. while heading back across the lake the pair was stopped by law enforcement and asked to give up their weapons. from your order your private property.

don't have any right to take in iraq. as the hurricane took the city by storm residents felt their constitutional rights were being blown away the armed populace keeps the government in check the government should not be in charge of the populace the populace should run the government at whatever the government has the guns and the populace doesn't have the guns the government does what it wants in the aftermath of katrina in new orleans was in complete chaos law enforcement couldn't handle all the problems and on streets like this one every single building with looted except for one occasion is pa as they are three smith and wesson club action shotgun twelve gauge semi automatic join guido's is the owner of cajun's pub she decided to take things into her own hands there was vans with. them and they were breaking into any businesses where there was no sign of anyone around

them that they didn't mess with us here because i stood out front. with my shocked we don't protected her patrons when law enforcement was nowhere in sight after guarding her pub for about a week decided to evacuate u.s. marshals came across this in front saw me with my shotgun. you know they pulled about a dozen and sixteen's on this but everybody against the wall check their buys i do took all my weapons and then left she couldn't believe this was happening in the united states i was furious i had no way of protecting myself beyond the physical destruction they saw their city and even their country transforming before their eyes look at the communist countries look at cuba look at nicaragua look at any country you want to take where the government has the guns and the populace are and look at how they live and how they're treated it's a story they want remembered so it never happens again preassure either r.t. new orleans louisiana american radio host alex jones has the actions of the

government five years ago due to breach people's right to defend themselves what's scary here is the first time the federal government was able to take control of a us city during an emergency they wouldn't bring food and water to the people of the superdome in fact they blockade in many cases their main mission was shut the precedent to get the american people's guns five years later we still see the continued anti second amendment mission of the federal government we are now a total third world police state total jeremy setting in and the system doesn't know what to do because they haven't been able to get our guns yet and they tried to use katrina as a case point to set the precedent and to train the police nationwide under federal and f.b.i. control to go into high and dry areas and take people's right to defend themselves and leave them by themselves to be white robbed and killed by the looters many of

which were the government themselves. that was american radio host alex jones is sharing his thoughts from texas. on our stories videos and blogs are online any time you want to at r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what's there right now ever wondered what a space smells like you don't have to guess anymore as we have the answer on our website. plus the russian empire lost going to be buried at the bottom of lake baikal underwater search expedition is trying to find the treasure that was seized during the civil war almost a century ago. in eastern india crop failure due to a severe two year drought is pushing one british to take extreme measures

inhabitants are threatening to commit mass suicide saying it's a better option than to continue suffering because of the lack of food and there's aunties charan singh reports the boss the government aid but claim so far has been done. here in the village of you know remote part of eastern india. molly spends time with his family including his little grandson this may look like one happy picture but the reality is quite the opposite with no food to eat so reigned over twenty other farmers in this small village of about three hundred families have threatened to commit mass suicide. we will have to die sometime so why suffer like this every day it's better to die now we're so hopeless that we've come to the conclusion that committing suicide is the best option would like to do nearly little food to eat how many days can a person want to live. the region has had an acute drought for two years now this

has driven villagers from jakarta to write a letter to the president of india and the state governor asking for rations and it a geisha in facilities if help fails to work i they say they'll commit suicide. he says because we requested immediate food aid from the governor and for the long term development work that could provide us with employment such as digging a new well and improving the route to a village which is in a bad state the farmers are desperate as the entire state of charge couldn't grapples with a forty two percent rainfall deficit this year julie shows me his field which should have been full of crops at this time of year but lies buried and instead. not abused or receipts but for the last two years there hasn't been enough water for crops to grow singing the desperate situation no homes were thinking what is the point of living. this suicide request has george did the local administration

into action promises of food and development have been made but little has actually reached the village officials at the district headquarters didn't respond to our request for an interview meanwhile enjoy the good it just wait for the promised aid . all the senior officials have visited us from the local administration along with our elected member of parliament they've given us assurances but i do know when to expect action it may take five days fifteen days or even a month. and clearly not so important to the government. this crisis has been in the making for two years now and this letter has just brought it out into the open with an entire village driven to despair the government will have to take urgent steps to prevent this from snowballing into a major crisis garden saying r.t. from the village of then eastern india. here with some other world news in brief for you now the u.s. has outlined new sanctions on career aimed at tackling illicit by the actual

activities as well as arms trade some individuals companies and organizations suspected of financing government have had their assets frozen tension has sought to so or since the sinking of a south korean warship in march the loss of forty six crew members is national interest acacia to the north was to blame for the attack which denies. mexico's credible police agency has fired almost ten percent of its force corruption more than three thousand officers were dismissed then to pass a lie detector test and examinations some great things to drug cartels and. the country's most of violence a city be sacked officers are barred from taking jobs in any other security force. the u.s. has issued warnings of catastrophic damage as a storm in the caribbean against. it's been upgraded to

a category four hurricane is expected to hit americans most host of this week. has already left a trail of destruction and bin laden's. damaged trees up to. blustery joins us now with the latest business news and how the global stock markets looking so well carrie asian stocks are tumbling with the nikkei headed for its biggest fall in weeks that follows disappointing economic data from the u.s. and renewed fears about economic slowdown have more market news for you in just a moment but first russia is planning to increase the import tariffs on foreign cars the tax is currently at thirty percent one of the highest in the world to help stimulate localization but in the pretense that the decision will encourage foreign carmakers to invest into russia the prime minister made the statement while testing a new road linking russia's east and west but the decision could be another stumbling block in russia's bid to join the w t o which said it expects russia to decrease the tariff to fifteen percent within seven years of recession. russia has

finished building its first cross country road connecting moscow and vladivostok it's been a vast undertaking and has taken decades to complete to celebrate the event prime minister putin drove two and a half thousand kilometers through the country this also gave him the opportunity to see what more needs to be done to improve the quality of the roads that janya politico has a story. he may look like a movie star with a beautiful reporter by his side driving a lot of us through the contre in there pick a road trip. this is what a real movie star saw in russia on his journey and the long way around. the country's road network is not torah slip patchy and underdeveloped and the country needs to build about thirty percent more roads and reconstruct the old ones.

the speed of cargo transport would rise one and a half times if the poc tools were fixed it would rise to the have time alone could not approve three percent to russia's g.d.p. the government is setting up a road trial and which will be finalized by raising the duty on petrol. we've made a decision in principle to make road construction a priority part of budget spending the volume of the federal rules far more than twelve billion dollars next year which is three billion dollars more than what we're spending on road construction this year and the amount of money around continue to grow it in the street analysts say russia already allocates off money for roads the problem is that it's not spam to fish only which makes the cost of construction in russia one of the highest of the world despite the often poor quality of the driving surface that's you know believe our team. and let's see how

the equity markets are shaping up asian stocks are low on tuesday following wall street lights worries about the pace of recovery prompted by weaker than expected economic data out of the u.s. is keeping many investors on the sidelines in tokyo wall street fall and a strong dragging on the market and the nikkei is headed for its biggest fall since august even though bank of japan to try to halt the japanese currency is right on monday the yen is once again advancing against the dollar and that is damaging exporters now here in moscow with the r.t.s. and my sex gained about half a percent on monday banks forming on the why sex with a one percent and if you may just also made significant gains. net income of russian mobile phone operator megafauna rose thirty six percent in the second quarter to four hundred million dollars the company boosted the number of its subscribers eighteen point seven percent reaching fifty four million by the end of june it's now overtaken rival b line to become the second largest operator in

russia. russian billionaire alexei moore does sure of is looking to take a majority share in europe's leading travel group to we agee to ease shares rose six percent in the news on monday company s. group first invested into a three years ago and with eighteen percent of the company it's now one of the major shareholders another of the company shareholders norwegian investor john fredrickson has reduced his block from nine hundred to just over fifteen percent though he did not say whether he intended to sell his shares to mordor. european gas giants in rural guys and suez started negotiations with gazprom a new gas price formulas they are looking to adapt to conditions of gasoline to the current market situation some of us from clients want to transfer up to forty percent of gas deliveries to spot prices which are now lower than prices vix in traditional long term contracts analysts say gas from have to react to the new demands of the markets but so far gospels management is not reconsidering and ready

existing contracts. and that's all the process used for now but i'll be much back with more from you in about an hour's time and you can always find more stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash i think.

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take a look at our main news headlines for you the u.s. withdrawal deadline for combat troops in iraq thousands of other soldiers remain somebody calling america's. place your bets russian vegas could be moving closer to a major city that's far flung gambling's to attract punters. and mass suicide threat villages in eastern india say kill themselves don't receive government paid to ease their suffering often.