and they do it because they're big and tough and can sort of the wider application is in everybody's interest. we were going to end this program on a very pessimistic because i want to thank you for being on the program here and i want to thank the viewer for watching us as well see you next time and remember crosstalk.

ads featuring a lean mean fighting machines are regular summits in the u.s. capitol but american say they become immune to the defense campaigns on the money and spending on the. russian doctor base they have on the secret to healthy aging

discovery that could eliminate the physical signs of wear and tear. georgia's sexual minorities speak out against the abuse and victimization it's something involving the government and the bill for the church become more open minded. tendin business the international monetary fund this morning the global economy is likely to slow down in the coming months more in twenty minutes. it's twelve noon here in the russian capital this is good to have you with us today the u.s. military is fighting for domination on many fronts even that home winning the hearts and minds of taxpayers is vital to reaping over six hundred billion dollars a year for the defense budget. he's going to church he can reports americans afford

and victim to a modern p.r. campaign. nowhere else in the world are multimillion dollar war machines marketed like soft drinks and cell phones while come to washington d.c. metro. ads for military helicopters alongside those for a gambling spawn you would think somebody would notice saw that is such a known fact of life i just i knew before you mention it i just stop paying attention to the drones combat ships fighter jets bragging about defining the future and nobody seems to care except for a very few of these ads are targeted at a handful of people who decide on move to be lindahl a contract but what do regular commuters have to do with this they're going to run and buy a fighter jet they need this does have a certain effect on them let's find out. it makes me think that we add countries

tone for needed then we need to get taxes are going somewhere. and a big chunk of it. around a third of american taxpayers' money goes to the military and to contractors who gear up the military they promise dominance and brag about efficiency in killing their ship contributes to a complete maritime down the strategy not of the military suppliers who advertise on the metro we contacted were willing to talk none would answer the simple question of why bother buying ads for commuters to see when it's the government agencies which spend the big bucks maybe you want to have people see that and think that's the norm anti-war activists say the money spent on this kind of p.r. doesn't go waste it reinforces our craft to use decision to sit in a positive light when it actually ality it's something that is destroying the american economy for capitol hill observers the expensive ads are a signal to future decision makers in congress we pay

a lot of money for the said we think our programs important we. no you're watching us understand also that we're watching you and if you help us out we'll help you out help comes in the form of contributions and jobs but for most those signals passed under the radar. nobody deeply questions the ads and as we can see with washington commuters it doesn't take long before advertised becomes normal get a check on our teeth marching in d.c. well the privatization of war is a worrying trend says former south african president thabo mbeki as he tells r.t. later the main threat is that it falls outside international norms. you've got this very worrying process of the privatization of war you see these large numbers of private military record drug doesn't get enough to understand and. who fall outside

. of the norm international law governing. of war you can't allow a situation where you could these large numbers of people. who are free. as some kind of well private enterprise if. they wish the kind of mess and not a force. that would. be a possibility of the modern state to govern i would should. stay with us for the full interview with the former south african media later this hour . as we get older so our bodies begin to tire out but the russian scientists for these he's got the answer to keep us in peak condition in our retirement. the chaff says he's found an antioxidant that stops the gradual deterioration of

people's health due to the aging process. with that it looks complicated and it is it's almost a life's work for lead. to more years of testing and the doctor thinks he will have finally cracked they need more of aging let's get the science over with now apparently it's all about how oxygen reacts in your body from the one thousand nine percent of the time it turns into harmless water but there's that one percent that turns into super oxide that later turns into very poisonous elements so the task was to find an antioxidant that stops that process. and hence according to the professor stops anyone from getting old he's been working to protect his treatment for more than forty years the hard thing has been to try and stop any possible side effects colleagues from around the world think professor is on to something that's very realistic because it's been showing oxidative damage is huge and we don't have accidents of the type that school and have developed and he as you know.

coined the term bio chantix he is you can see it's clearly in the world's best bio chemistry bio energetics. the compound has already undergone animal testing and the results appear promising that these two rats are siblings the one in the left has been given the drug and is now much more lively than the other one that is dying and finally we hope that we will manage to convince people that it's. this single you know. so many traits prints of aging so must be doing something itself then if regulatory authorities will accept this logic then. maybe we could somehow marketing and injuring. the drug at a success with the eye drops on animals they invented sure i did on his own cataract six months later he's positioned to him he's cataract was gone thousands

are going to take part. clinical trials which have just started but it will be a few years before professor squatch of discovery is sitting. like this some have already been dubbed the drug a panacea and if it lives up to its promise the treatment should have an effect on the disease of aging and bring it with the prospect of a longer and better quality of life about a lot of artsy. still to come on the program reclamation at any cost. or is accused of smuggling to expand its that's not unique. mentalists we'll see in the case. minutes. these days simmer. for the military presence which occupies almost two thirds of the audience temperature and overshadows the people

who use everyday. of all the sound so people could use or simply. give his words every. morning news today. game flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day.

in russia would be soon which brightened if you moon about sun moon from front stoop rationalists. starts on t.v. dot com. the full extent of the tragedy caused by a major terrorist attack in russia's republic of north a section of the un it is now becoming apparent seventeen people reported dead and almost two hundred suffered injuries a suicide car bomber set off explosives in the capital of the popular terms on thursday morning police say the original suspect those documents were found had in fact registered as an assist for almost a year investigation into the republic's deadliest attack in a decade is continuing. for thursday's terror attack in a very careful cazenove a sector has been followed by two large scale anti terror operations in the

neighboring republic of dagestan three alleged militants were killed in a village gunfight after they shot dead a local official who is trying to persuade them to give themselves up the building where they were hiding them stormed by troops during which two officers were also killed. and gaga stones come to my house canuck ten gunmen were surrounded by security forces a hideout refused to surrender and foreign police before being killed in a shootout. sexual minorities in georgia say they're still suffering deep seated persecution from the government and orthodox church which is keeping the prejudice alive among their fellow georgians as artie's or english cricks plains a mix of old fashioned thinking on political manipulation is leaving them out cold . i need to spend five years of working in george's police force and got fired for being a woman. nigger is transgender and says he is not accepted for wanting to live in

a man's body he claims gays lesbians and transsexuals are considered perverts by most georgians should. they say we should sit in our homes and not show up on the street what am i not a human being or they say get the hell out of georgia is this not my country. the georgian orthodox church is one of the strongest opponents of gays and lesbians in the country. opposition should be stored but we must also remember that their sick people society the government and the people must do everything they can to help them heal but nico who is an orthodox christian himself disagrees. with. if this is an illness where is the cure i feel fine nothing hurts except for my soul because i'm being mistreated which. knickers cars aren't just emotional when he was younger self mutilation seemed the only way of dealing with the

everyday stress of not being accepted by anyone except his own daughter and. she hugged me and said she knows everything and loves me the way i am. when you can he support he turns to this man but disability really is the founder and president of the inclusive foundation one of georgia's very few organizations for lesbians gays and transgender people he believes sexual minorities are being abused by society and used by authorities. so this topic exploited this topic to. the public attention or the criticism or existential. georgian authorities insist the country's embracing western values the reality part of says is quite different georgian might be portrayed in the very positive way.

that there is not much. participation even those who dare to show support for the community are also under fire. this is the happiest place in the georgian capital to the streets lined with bars and clubs there are literally on every single corner here but not a single one of them caters to gays and lesbians in this country it would be too dangerous not only for them but for the bar zoners as well and where they sit in dollars go part. of the news now the outcome of turkey's referendum on amendments to the country's constitution has won support for your union and us sixty percent of voters but the package of changes that helped in the country's bid to enter the new critics say the proposed alterations undermine the judicial system of government turkey's prime minister. has described the result of victory for the country's democracy. japan says it's released the crew members of

a chinese fishing boat held since last week is keeping the captain in custody. waters in the east china sea. after their trial eventually kind of i did with two japanese patrol boats for the instance part of diplomatic route between the two countries causing top chinese officials to appeal to japan for the cruise release the captain of the fishing boat was arrested during the collision they have charges brought against him. three palestinians have been killed by israeli tank fire and gaza israeli officials claim the attack was in response to terrorist activity witnesses say a ninety one year old man and his grandson are among the dead deaths come amid renewed efforts to resuscitate stalled peace talks and problem creation on sunday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu agreed to compromise the controversial building of jewish settlements in the west bank. and. north korea's ruling

party has apparently didn't they'd its biggest meeting in three decades due to concerns over their leader's health but south korean t.v. reports that danielle's condition is not serious enough to cancel the conference it's believed the rail workers party gathering to speed up plans to name him son a successor to the frail leader who's thought to have suffered a stroke two years ago. and electoral campaigning in guinea for its first democratic votes has been suspended because of ongoing violence supporters of the former prime minister clashed with supporters of the opposition leader over the weekend leaving at least one dead and dozens injured the presidential election is the first in the small west african state since it gained independence from france more than fifty years ago. i live twenty four seven here and there are also more stories features blogs and much more on our

website to skip along to our team dot com where there's plenty more to discover and it's just a short look at what's right for you right now no clowning around the start of the rushes most of them just demonstrates their deep feeling make up and they read as. if you think hollywood movies have told you all there is to know about russian mobsters we just smart have a few surprises in store for you to want to dot com and take on russian mafia quits . if. you. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with legally dredged saddened from neighboring states in the last fifty years the small island nation has increased its territory by more than twenty percent as artie's were off the national reports it seems of those singapore is

benefiting from the shifting sands. seem to be who has one of the world's most prosperous and fastest growing economies the tiny island one of the smallest twenty nations in the world is growing fast to. picky global shipping hard its fast food conflicts is happening expanding relentlessly in the sea by land reclamation. we have been taking sail from our hills and then. when there are no more hills then we have been dragging the sail from from the sea a bit. more thought it is being imported from a neighboring country. singer who is today the world's biggest importer of sand literally the foundation of the tiny state's extraordinary konami growth singapore has been importing sand for years and its territory has increased by over twenty percent in the last hop a century but with other countries in the region such as malaysia indonesia vietnam

and can border mending sand experts require mean more land has become a difficult task for this tiny island city state well at least legally there are some accusations sent smuggling is making up the shortfall. critics say it's a dirty business with illegal imports of sent come in from poorer neighboring countries every pool by an independent american watchdog strongly rejected by the government of singapore says the treat causes huge environmental damage and can. feed in corruption one causing misery to ordinary people the sound trade in cambodia has been extremely damaging and has the potential to have huge environmental consequences it's also an incredibly corrupt trade. two singing senators who we know to be linked with a number of dodgy land deals have been involved in force of actions of a series of complex allegations made about them control of this trade and none of the money is actually reaching government accounts single poor is world renowned

for economic success but critics say the state needs to use its respected reputation to do more in the relation to the murky world of sending paul to singapore patrice itself as a regional leader in sustainability and environmental protection and they need to really put their money where their mouth is and make sure their imports doesn't he or environmental degradation of the rights violations not only in cambodia but in all of the countries in the region the government of singapore however has firmly rebutted the global witness report denying it condones sense smuggling rick's truck should reach british source countries laws or an environmental protection in the states has that sense of pliers a private firm spine from other countries who are responsible for policing their own environmental laws. aren't t. singapore. they are soldiers serving in armies are taught to follow orders but some have dared to defy biliteral thought in discipline ortiz special report tells the

stories of those who do broke rank so they could stay true to their values. guy sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched the street fight. to fly in from the colonel of the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. come the. sergeant of the us army. tried to become an american by getting part in the. ranks and reason is different but one thing brings them together once they disobey . yes and the full report will be had in the next hour. well in the way a former south african leader talks to us from the global policy form that was held in the russian city of u.s. level but first the latest business news.

that's right time to have a look at the latest business news the budget deficit in russia this year may be at least twenty billion dollars lower than full cost it currently stands at two point three percent for the first eight months will be here if the trend continues the government will be able to save its resets and the say economy has recovered more quickly than expected from the crisis. a jump in food prices in russia is triggering inflation while this summer's drought is sparking fears about food shortages the government is promising to watch food prices closely and count them if necessary but large retain a say they have a better way to tie down inflation as i found out. in august alone prices and dairy products grew by about two percent sugar rose three percent and bread five produces stand accused of holding back supplies in the hope of bigger

profits but retailers claim they can help push prices back down. large retail chains can be a serious break for inflation because they are a real price indicator our chain had a one percent inflation this august compared with the last year and there was a time when the prices on certain goods went up the way we are fighting against price increases is that we're searching for goods which are in the most demanded a cheaper price and buy them from the suppliers from different regions of the c.e.o. of x. five retail says if there were most of the market chains in the country inflation would be lower big retailers control only thirty percent of the grocery market and other retailers are shot and decided to fight inflation at the expense of its own profits it cut its margin on products that were rising in price and says the move paid dividends results are good i like we said before during the crises we experience an increasing or a cause to call for more customers. either way are buying less goods at the beach

visit. we're. going to ration it so the price. we also see that experiencing this trend. the last few weeks trenton's to improve the market players understand the government's eagerness to intervene but say it should respect market rules the best way to moderate prices they say is to lower customs duties and these tariffs some goods that are in short supply not political over business r.t. . russia's largest private commercial bank is reporting record three hundred million dollar profits for the first half of the year well it's bigger than any annual profit that alpha bank has major in twenty years in business the search comes off shelves. and the banks treasury raised to help the one hundred eighty eight million dollars a share but loans fell by home to twelve percent allowing the bank to decrease its

reserves. russia's largest car maker is aiming to break into profit by the end after us is close to its blend of getting five hundred eighty thousand vehicles to roll off the production line this year that's twice as many as in two thousand and nine the firm largely benefits from this state sponsored clash for clunkers program which has recently been extended. a look at the markets now in russia the r.t.s. has gained one point four percent in monday's trade fifteen hundred points which is a one month high for the index but my sense is also making significant gains among stocks in the end it's all the thirty are rising gains in the my service are led by the to be third style and burbank. do in europe both the footsie and the decks the make the strong gains prudential is up four percent on the footsie on news that chinese investors believe big for the u.k. shuras asian business. is down point eight percent up to it said plans to raise

more than twelve billion dollars in the ship sailed. for russia is to reintroduce the construction of tall blocks for cheap it's part of the effort to double house building and brush up by twenty twenty the regional development ministry says it will reduce building costs and russia's regions will have to put potential schemes out to tender it's hoped that part of the process will be over by the end of the year. but tighter regulation may be coming for russia's pawnbrokers because the central bank believes many could be being used for money laundering the r.b.c. business newspaper says the amount of money paid by pawn shops is comparable to that given by banks those loans with boras say they're having to use them because banks one criteria have become much tighter since the crisis at the moment pawn shops face new financial controls and there are virtually no barriers to anyone

opening them pawn shop in russia. the international monetary fund is warning the global economy is likely to slow down in the coming months and let's have concerns over some national economies as well as the united states property market the i.m.f. recommends that commercial economists should focus on stimulating internal demand conversely it suggests that bonds took on this increase their exports and budget deficits. as the business for now but you can get more stories small website r.t.u. dot com slash business.