japan of recalled their ambassador to russia following a diplomatic dispute between the two nations over president medvedev visit to the russian far east inter three of the critical islands. the us gives up the crucial midterm elections some of them concerned about the corporate backing candidates and

question what it means for democracy. in the decade in the stone international space station box ten years of being a mission as experts strive for the sun to take the leap to justify its huge cost. and a world news and much more twenty four seven this is our take on kerry johnston top story now japan has temporarily recalled that some basses are to russia as a diplomatic route with moscow escalates it follows a president who had his visit to the caribbean islands which are internationally recognized as russian territory but also claimed by japan correspondent peter over is following the story from russia's foreign ministry. kind of recalled their ambassador. he studies way back to tokyo right now this is over the visit by

president medvedev to curtail islands russia's territory in the far east of the country this is interesting due to the apec summit which is just around the corner coming up next weekend. in japan and there's expected to be talks between president medvedev and the japanese prime minister at that conference. and the kremlin has said that there's absolutely no reason why the recall of the us there from from moscow to tokyo to have any effect on those talks going ahead. it is extremely regrettable that president visited cannot should he island even though japan had earlier notified russia that there could be a negative impact on the bilateral relations we decided that ambassador o'connell should return home temporarily so he can brief us on the background of the visit we've heard some comments from politicians here in russia over the the recall of the ambassador constantine course the chair of the head of the state duma committee for international affairs has said that this is just another mistake from japan and

a long line of mistakes when it comes to pay their claim of having a stake on the islands now the japanese foreign minister said the president has a visit to the could allowance on monday deeply hurt the feelings of the japanese people but his opposite number here in russia said the lover of had this to say on the situation. japan's reaction to president medvedev strip to the coral islands is unacceptable it is our land and the russian president was visiting a russian territory and we've already explained this to our japanese partners we're not going to take any steps that would hinder relations but the japanese side should make its own conclusions these four critical islands became part of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred five after the end of the second world war the russian territory japan says that they want them back they try to win. diplomatic relations in trade relations started up again between the two nations in one nine hundred fifty six two the return of two of the islands to japan was on the

table as a sweetener japan turned that down they said they wanted all four but now the currency sells only about twenty thousand people live on them however they are very rich in minerals oil and gas so very important economic chess pieces as it were now this isn't the only island dispute the child has ongoing at the moment they're currently locked in a bitter disagreement with china over some islands as well they're just off the coast in a similar situation so these are very important islands to japan and to russia strategically and economically. and we're now joined live by john off from russia's diplomatic academy to discuss more about this route between moscow and thank you indeed for joining us in your opinion what's lacking to happen next in all this. or well i mean if you mean the relations between russia and japan i don't think anything will change dramatically because both countries are interested in good

relations and actually if you look at the international arena on most issues share the same views and we work together with japan on korea on. the settlements of various issues. in the ghana standing in other parts of the world and our economic relations have been developing quite successfully so the only question which divides russia and japan is the tutorial issue and where ready for negotiations with been negotiated with the japanese on this issue for sixty years we are ready to continue and i don't think that a new dramatical. or events can happen in our relations now president of is expected to take part in the apec summit in japan later this month will this dispute affect his visit in any way. noise. so as i said we're interested in cooperation with japan on many issues including those issues which have been

discussed in the format back in japan has a similar interested in the developing a dialogue on those issues with russia so i don't think it will somehow our relations this is sort of a gesture on the part of the japanese this is not the first time they make gestures like this been have in the. frictions on this issue for sixty years so i don't think we should expect something unusual and something bad in our relations including this encounters between our leaders. in south korea interesting that he it's not the only territorial claims japan has been trying to make it's it's also been around with china it's a coincidence or is it some sort of foreign policy strategy from. well the problem is that. japan has similar territorial problems not only with russia not only with . china but also with south korea so with all its neighbors and if you look at the

whole policy on this issue i mean territorial issue for many it's to settle our border with china four thousand kilometers it's has been quite successful this. settlement then with the same with norway recently and with most other countries so it's japan who has quarrels with its neighbors with all its neighbors on the territorial issues so i think japan has to be a little bit more flexible with its neighbors on this issue yes you mentioned flexibility there in terms of the in the short term do you expect. to find any kind of compromise on this issue. well we're ready for a compromise. fifty six was signed a joint declaration with japan and we agreed to give them two islands out of this for. we consider those silas. but we decided to do it as a gesture of goodwill. with those who are wants from us

but then they change their position by the way under the influence of washington washington didn't want wanted to prevent good relations between russia and japan and now they have a new position we're ready to negotiate a new deal but before you know we have this deal nobody can say that you know this silence like japan says. it's not decided yet i mean when you go straight before the negotiations they're ready to have this position you know it's it belongs to us it doesn't belong to them if they want to go she i think we're ready to continue those negotiations ok professor you have any bets are off the deputy director of russia's diplomatic academy thank you very much indeed for your thoughts here out. coming up in the program ten years in orbit national space station marks that milestone we look at where it has justified the stratospheric costs comes next for

mankind's gateway to the final frontier. to the u.s. now where the midterm elections will begin in a couple of hours americans will cost them deciding the future of the house of representatives and the senate as well as state and local offices opinion polls predict a setback for barack obama as democrats which would hand the republicans majority but as artie's garniture can reports some voters and concerned about the corporate backing for many of the candidates. the typical attack ad from this election season . actually was to. try to. except the opponent to approve the ad is herself an expert in months throwing and the organization that back surgeries funded by view enters. this election cycle as being a torrijos in the amount of dirt candidates were pouring onto each other their bankrupting america and leaving our children the bill this is a special election year in the us for the first time corporations are allowed to

funnel as much money as they want into political campaigns and they're definitely not missing out on the chance to buy influence on capitol hill what they're hoping to do is bend laws and regulations or prevent new laws and regulations from being approved they'll cut in their bottom lines and the problem is that a lot of these rules and regulations exist for a purpose they're supposed to protect the public interest the election system in the us is such that it's virtually impossible to run for office without strong financial backing but the bigger the backing the more candidates ole to their benefactors need to increase its enormous me you know equality in influencing policy makers policy made can be increasing their legal process in influencing their regulatory process because we. are behind all of these contributions if not all of the citizens or for united states but basically the most power for three

to affect mental people to watch the influence inaction take republican leader in the house of representatives john boehner wall street invested millions of dollars in his campaign is also a darling among the large health insurance oil firms and drug manufacturers beaner is campaigning a gas all kinds of government regulations as well as a tax increase for the rich and other candidate wanting for reelection. republican congressman spencer baucus who is the ranking member of our house committee on financial services he has reportedly taken over four million dollars from wall street and plants to find against tougher rules for the financial market the list of corporate favorites on capitol hill is long and not only republicans are on it the democratic process is supposed to be a check on corporate power and instead what we're seeing is corporations hijacking that system in order to funnel more money to themselves many argue the new supreme

court decision which made it possible for corporations to invest unlimited amounts of money in politics and be able to be credited as anonymous donors has basically legalized corruption one definition out of core option the private truth of public party fear mongering is arguably the main tool corporations use to gain public support for the candidates they choose some channels like fox news are especially good at getting their message across and it's clear that pushes people to the streets i would like my boat to come as you'd be more democratic. news money and some fear their interest may be left out because of someone's special interest on the outside is democracy is move on white people coming to a polling station fans putting a cost before the name of a candidate they like but in these elections with the influence of corporations on

me just it seems a really has a vote in american mail is money going to shut down on t. washington d.c. you know with our take a little later we bring you the story of an afghan woman forced to the sunlight between her children and their parents find out why she turned to a time when her case is just one of hundreds representing the hopelessness. that one of the most ambitious projects in history the international space station is marking a decade mandelbrot and epic milestone for space exploration it's the longest period of human habitation outside of the south and spirit. hasn't. november second two thousand the first permanent crew reaches the international space station as the world watches its arguably humanity's most them vicious engineering project to date a mixture of science technology and political cooperation between formal sworn enemies and the ten years since the ourselves has expanded to the size of

a football field and received two hundred visitors. now the station is nearly complete but the jury in what it has achieved is still out there for sure but up to before the i.s.o.'s is a breakthrough of corporation before there were separate space agencies now they work together it's a leap forward in this station has cost the taxpayer one hundred billion dollars and that's just absurd it's too much but it's their money now admit they're not sure what to expect from the station and that includes the expedition one cosmonauts themselves you to get them going up trains but then i says crew members his own training was more chaotic they were going to give them an edge when we started training for the station itself did not exist there were no manuals and there were no exercise machines with the first crews job was to fully activate the station much of it had been assembled separately in russia and the united states and the first time these parts came together wasn't space of the militia look

because the first two weeks on there were extremely stressful because if we failed we'd have to return to earth and abandon the station it would never have been constructed as planned expedition one was a success despite problems with construction following the columbia shuttle disaster three years later most of the modules were eventually successfully docked the completed space station provides a unique platform for experiments and weightlessness that could develop new materials and medicines starting really now and next year we're going to find out if you have researchers tinkering in space we can have breakthroughs if not the whole thing was a waste but others believe that the value of the i assess is not at scientific discoveries its lifespan has already been extended to twenty twenty and possibly beyond that if we're looking at projects of using that i assess as a docking port for missions to the moon and even mars. and if mankind does venture further afield i search will serve both as a blueprint and an instruction manual of space should do and don'ts whatever its

limitations and budget over and then i assess as. important at the torah word no longer seemed like everything was possible in space and there were no longer cold war budgets to follow but all there are certain proves that space research can be right at the edge of human endeavor if you're a nerve see moscow russia and norway are taking a relationship one step further so again of rove the russian foreign minister is in the middle of a busy visit to the norwegian capital two countries are expected to see a new agreements on tuesday those locals hosting a former european nations with a vast untapped riches of the arctic up discussions while russia and norway are hoping to set a good example to other nations involved in september the two countries settled a long running territorial dispute by dividing the very same train of at least five countries including russia now on playing with coal which is believed to hold vast

amounts of oil and gas reserves. women's rights in afghanistan continue to be violated despite international efforts to intervene a shocking number of women face domestic violence and abuse with a growing percentage committing suicide because of a lack of trust in the justice system with courts destroyed and judges killed these paulus lear reports now on a situation that shows the true sign of improving. it's a choice no mother should ever have to make her children all her family her husband's thrown her out and this woman's parents will only take her back if she abandons the children she had with him. was. feeling so alone my husband he did not. seek my daughter receipt. my other two children are with him. her family was against the marriage from the beginning the man was from

another tribe already married and taking drugs but at the age of fourteen desperate to be with him the girl ran away and married him. my brothers want to kill me i'm very fraid of them they say if you come back alone will accept you. but if you come with your children you are view and also afraid of my husband. the twenty four year old now hides in a shelter last year the human rights commission received eight hundred and fifty similar cases and that's only in a ball it says the justice system is falling far short of helping these women but afghanistan the problem i give out for us we have no women prosecutors and most provinces no women police or family courts whenever a woman is accused of something there's no one to help her these judges are listening to a case of a young girl who wants to break her engagement they tell her to come back in the

next hearing a husband wants to divorce his wife because she visited her parents for a week without his permission you know women feel helpless and even in the rare situations where they cases get to court they feel justice has not been served in the last six to seven years the problem of women burning themselves has grown especially in herat and kandahar provinces to suicide because women feel they have no way out afghan court officials say they have enough to deal with even before trying to help these women. all of them with a three decade war it has damaged the capacity of the afghan judicial system we've had fifteen judges killed across the country many of our court buildings are destroyed and we have problems with transportation and staff. in remote areas the problem is worse many judges simply refuse to be pows. they're complaining of bad salaries and even worse security. for. all the

security help implement law security are better areas but unfortunately the villages are not ready to practice these kinds of. and often there's precious little the courts can do especially in places when warlords and special allegiances are the law we've got to pay to the judges higher salary so that we can cope with their. needs of daily life provide them a place to stay in especially in the area in the district area and also training of them and also. reporting the cases we did decide you know said that the public should go so while this woman waits for the courts to hear her there's no guarantee that even after they do she'll be any better off policy r.t. kabul. now to some other international news for you this hour france is expected

to sign treaties with the u.k. shortly outlining greater military cooperation including nuclear testing president nicolas sarkozy is in london for a summit with prime minister cameron defense partnership includes some joint on an expeditionary force and sharing equipment. testing center set up in every france while technology is developed real can. create also started taking place in baghdad the victims of sunday's cedar catholic church during evening last fifty eight people were killed almost. around troops stormed the building of the al qaeda militant taking the congregation hostage insurgents were calling for the release of al qaeda prisoners security is being stepped up across the country after what was the deadliest recorded attack against christians. two leading israeli. rights groups have accused the state's internal security service of violating the rights of palestinian detainees its report is based on the

testimonies of one hundred people can be held for new documents palestinians are badly treated during interrogations and held in cramped dirty cells for state denies the allegations. floods triggered by heavy rains in vietnam left at least six people dead three others have been reported missing and hundreds of thousands of submerged drenching rain has pounded the region there for adults three days significant ten families and people to the great is from last. shot it joins us now with the latest from the business desk. clare welcome to the business program with me. russia has moved into folds place interacting nanotech invest it is adding to his record of the not i for which is underway here all correspondent down bushell who's at the event for us as the late

. there's a real buzz about the place today it comes off to the head of microsoft's steve ballmer kicked off proceedings with a deal to join russia silicon valley called skolkovo the head of russia's nanotech corporation probably those high tech sector most high profile of the market not a technology anatoly choice of another nine venture funds which will invest in russian the no take the meeting rooms around the service event field at the moment with the investors many from the original silicon valley in california speaking to russian inventors for me to come up with the next big thing i do business have been telling us that they see formal potential employer growth rates because the sector is so far out tapped unlike the more mature economies like the united states i'm one of my own he knows the secrets of success is cool kind as a result of the massachusetts institute of technology and he joins us now no physical desires tell me how excited are you by the things that you see here this

is a really impressive display i have must say more so than i expected when i came here the scale of this exhibition is very impressive and the number of different regions around russia that are represented here i also find to be a very interesting aspect of it what are the pros and cons of russian high tech at the moment well i think russian high tech is of course at a fairly early stage compared to some other. economies but it's a very smart move to try to move in this direction many countries are recognizing that the future for economic growth really has to come from innovation from new ways of doing things both in business and in technology would still be a piece with voice russia silicon valley to succeed i would say my main piece of advice is to keep open it's very hard to predict which way things are going to go ahead of be as open and as competitive as possible allow companies to fail and then

start new ones. and in an exclusive interview the head of ross now i went over to bias gave idea about was those most promising projects. we're here for more the most approachable here and it's a both. of them which are serious and industry it's a both. of them which is really interesting it's about three or five of them which we changed the whole. more all three project. richmond to the war. now in other news the russian stock exchange the r.t.s. is decided to hold an i.p.o. soon is next year the bulls aims to increase capitalization to expand its operations in russia and the c.i.s. who place at least twenty percent of shares worth around six hundred thirty million dollars. and thomas have to look at the numbers and they are more scared voices a mixed in mid-morning trade investors globally are anxiously awaiting the outcome of

the us federal reserve to date meeting to hold off on any big moves why sex is slipping into read this. and european stock markets the struggles men temples to ground gains for b.p. employed spot for spain's be very very bank drag spanish stocks sell on news of a deal with turkey guaranteed fantasy in london but it soon is out in the open seven percent the shares of imperialism back are up nearly one percent after reporting record. this is a picture of a nation with a trans i show yet is continuing to weigh on the market that the nikkei is post just in the flat. now majority of russians buy medicines without insurance and nineteen percent say they called for them but spending all medicine in russia is still only eighty two dollars per person that's a third of the level in great britain and the tenth of the west russia's national public opinion also found that forty percent buy medicine without the advice of

a doctor russian authorities say they're considering a drug prescription system in the country but no sooner than in two thousand and thirteen. online advertising is close to overtaking our door on print media according to russian association of communication agencies russia's internet advertising companies of two hundred forty million dollars in the third quarter of this project the internets may become russia's most popular promotion tool after television as early as the fourth quarter this year. next in coca cola has become russia's biggest producer the world's top soft drink up but he has bought one hundred percent of russians for down the deal worth two hundred eighty million dollars purse coca-cola ahead of such companies as moving under. the company owns two plants have a capacity of producing five hundred sixty eight million liters of drinking game.

and russia's third largest food retailer ok this it on the london stock exchange is selling just over fourteen percent of its stocks is on course to raise around four hundred twenty million dollars funds will be an expanded supermarket chain of fifty two outlets cut short term debt first half sells of the grocery chain rose twenty one percent to one point two billion dollars. shop day for now we can always buy more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.