but this works and growth c.m. on some tool joins. me tell me nightmare for the democratic party with major defeats in elections and loss of control of the house of representatives but some say it's big business rather than the american people which has had the biggest say . also we see how shopping poverty caused by the boy in the book forces some to raise their minds to make ends meet by smuggling alcohol into neighboring iran where it's strictly. the top level investigation is ordered by russian president dmitri medvedev after the virtue attempted murder of a leading investigative journalist in moscow blamed for his work. hello and welcome to the program this is play with you i'm used to our top story now moscow says teen people arrested in georgia accused of spying for russia

innocent victims of political games the foreign ministry described the swoop as a political thought orchestrated by the saakashvili administration attention seeking before a nato summit involving russia but as aussies arena reports many georgians fear their government's play money it could land them in prison and. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south the city or. they said some three thousand and three hundred pages of data which my husband supposedly sam to russia that's a blatant lie we have presented evidence numerous times that on formation with witchcraft and worked was just his analysis if you look at his case you'll see that it's easy to say that anyone's a spine georgia from being. the lynas husband was george's envoy to nato he was

named in a documentary just shown on one of georgia's main channels. as one of the russian spies who didn't get away in fact the film was just part of what seemed to be a spy novel unraveling in a small caucasus country over the past week thurst the news of the arrests that came suddenly and not from the authorities but through western news source then a week of silence after which the georgian interior ministry me the announcement with much pomp and circumstance aspiring for years a work by the georgian counter-intelligence service amol invited into russia's chief intelligence directorate so what is this latest spy scandal all about a political farce a desperate plea for attention or simply much ado about nothing moscow says it's a combination of all three and many say it won't do georgia any good mosco reacted

almost immediately the saakashvili regime suffers from some chronic spine mania fueled by under russian sentiments in recent years the georgian leadership has resorted to fabricating simula scandals more than once cynically hoping to political divisions inside the country and abroad some analysts believe the whole affair was an attempt to put pressure on do. it is opposition the regime of saakashvili does not feel safe and they use any possible to again even in their struggle against a position which still is not consolidated body is getting in power more and more. and in georgia the spy story was met with distrust. everything that concerns any information coming from the georgian authorities is highly don't fall and with a healthy dose of irony. this whole affair seemed to be fashioned on the american spy scandal only it lacked on the chaplain the sex symbol but apparently the taster

for the same time it's an attempt to lead the situation between russia and georgia to have those collation. but wild tbilisi in mosco exchanged verbal blows one woman continues to wait for justice for her and. i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen inspired for any contradiction they donated to right now but when they will they will accuse me of media in those court to be lisi georgia. russia received nato's invitation to call courageous in joint european missile defense system on wednesday the lines as secretary general was on a visit to moscow hoping to take relations to a new level and as for rasmussen stressed that nato sees russia as a friend and a social play in regional stability president medvedev said partnership with the

alliance could boost security in europe on the world the meeting comes ahead of a nato summit in lisbon later this month which the president will attend an expert in conflict resolution dmitri trenin told r.t. as a joint russian native missile defense project could be a breakthrough for but sides. the secretary general is a champion of joint. russia's russian. cooperation with nato on missile defense he made that statement during his first speech on russia first major speech on any issue. in september last year basically you need to realize that no amount of the strategic arms reduction patients can transform the russian nato russia western russia us relationship one needs to have a strategic collaborative project and it looks like the us is the one thing the silver bullet of the project that kim has the potential at least to transform the

entire russian western relationship it's a game changer or fail to seize a part that it could be a game breaker. later as the original plans for an on to missile showed in new europe while george bush was in power sent a new chill to relations with russia but recently of things have been positive in september nato invited russia to take part in the alliances lisbon summit last month the two sides carried out a joint drugs raid in afghanistan. republican victories in the us me term elections could pose serious problems with president obama's administration the policy company lies and public frustration with the pace of economic recovery winning a majority in the house of representatives but as he's going to check out of found out some experts say it's not the american people but corporate influence that determined the outcome this was a special election year in the us for the first time corporations were allowed to funnel as much money as they wanted into political campaigns and they definitely

did not miss out on the chance to buy influence on capitol hill we've come to take our government and. big businesses pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the pockets of the republican party that's now in charge of the house of representatives so what was at stake what they're hoping to do is bend the laws and regulations or prevent new walls and regulations from being approved they'll cut in their bottom lines the problem is that a lot of these rules and regulations exist for a purpose they're supposed to protect the public interest to watch corporate influence inaction take republican john boehner now a majority leader in the house of representatives wall street invested millions of dollars in his campaign is also a darling among large health insurers oil firms and drug manufacturers baner is campaigning against all kinds of government regulations and against a tax increase for the rich and other republican congressman spencer baucus is going to be the chair of the house committee on financial services he has

reportedly taken over four million dollars from wall street employees to fight against tougher rules for the financial. and it seems there is no way around it 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 over to their benefactors many argue the latest 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 of core upshur. probably but to think of public party two years ago corporations supported obama knowing it was going to bail them out but now that he imposed tougher rules on the financial markets and wants to increase taxes for the rich they're betting against his party no fear mongering and constant attacks

on obama were arguably the perforations the main tools for making things work their way and it wasn't hard with most americans on happy with the way economy works and with the unemployment rate at its worst in almost thirty years people are frustrated they're deeply frustrated with the pace of our economic recovery some corporate darling channels like fox news were especially good at channeling aspiration. but many americans now fear their interest of being left down because of someone's special interests on the outside this democracy is new voice people coming to a polling station friends putting a quasi before the name of a candidate they lie but in these elections with the influence of corporations on need it seems all really has the vote in american mail is money and it's shut down on t. washington d.c. . than does the republicans make a comeback in the house of representatives one republican former president is also

returning to the scene with his memo was when we look at george w. bush's legacy almost two years after him left the white house. be able to get a job after that as well iraq war a lot of things i remember about george bush i think will be like harry truman it may take twenty years twenty years later i think will be looked upon as maybe a decent president. let's turn to iraq now where the war has ravaged the economy with estimates suggest to me a quarter of the population level just two dollars a day in dire poverty some have resorted to illegal and desperate means to make ends meet risking death to smuggle alcohol into neighboring iran where strictly banned sébastien myle have followed them and dangerous quest. in northern iraq kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they're taking into a way. although alcohol is forbidden in the islamic republic much of tehran's boards

wasn't can't resist a drink and these smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selection we hear in a smuggler storm in a mountainous area of northern iraq that borders around we have absolute. teachers here mr chavez whiskey black and white whiskey back here we have johnny walker black label we have johnny walker red label over here and we even have over four different kinds of smear enough. this box of what it will cost a smuggler a hundred and five dollars in iraq he will sell it in tehran for over four hundred what all the profits appear amends to men who actually take the dangerous journey are paid a mere fifty dollars a night this is not work for those looking to make a fortune he does work for the poor uneducated in desperate dollars that i do this because i'm a literate are you doing your thing i was so this is the only job i can do. the rain is brutal in its approach to keep alcohol out

a smuggler recently arrested and was sentenced to life by others who have been wounded in police ambushes have been fined up to half a million dollars and then charged the price of the bullets that were shot at them with a mind they stepped on oh yeah we crossed the border and there are explosions shootings i restore fights terrible much nothing we can do because we were away but only as the job dangerous but the living conditions are bleak on the iraqi side of the small river that makes the border city a series of shanty towns full of tattered shacks the sort of a small shelters for the smugglers as well as stables for the horses the place is filthy and stinks of course down there in a minute this isn't a life and there's no food or drink during the cold and went no relief down. on the other side said hundreds of a rainy. border police some in concrete terrors others in canvas tents put all this in their pursuit to keep the smugglers out of their country

a few days before we arrived we mounted an ambush on one of the smugglers. that came from the other side and took three of my mules back across the border and shot everyone. the remains left the corpses rotting on the riverbank as a warning to the smugglers nine a phone call comes in it's clear the smugglers quickly finish packing their horses and then take off towards the border what awaits them on the iranian side is uncertain what is certain is tomorrow the strain dangerous job away to those who are desperate enough to do it sebastian meyer. on the iran iraq border. you're watching r c a later this hour. the former president of the visit to the korea islands and find out why japan is not pleased. and a t.v. show that's click german society find out why a program exposing the dangers of paedophilia on the worldwide web is at the center

of public wow in germany. investigators in russia searching for those behind a vicious attack on a russian newspaper journalist commerce and correspondent cashen was brutally basin near his moscow home and i listened today morning anderson hospital in a coma with severe injuries has already undergone surgery twice and doctors say his condition is serious but stable investigators believe conscience journalism is probably links to the brutal assault and sounds of murder inquiry has begun police are examining c.c.t.v. footage showing two people attacking the journalist the case has drawn wide public outrage with the rallies supporting caution moscow and st petersburg president dmitry medvedev says that tigers was beforehand and punished and former editor in chief of commerce aren't under a bit silly it says caution was not afraid of writing false why. which could have made him a criminal and. of course the reason for this attack is conscience professional

activity he was a popular blogger and he was more open and outspoken on mind than in the paper common sense has a certain moral served style this beating is very similar to the attack on the journalist because of which took place a couple of years ago this mention of his fingers for example so that the person could not write any more there is a horror show element. to permit his to be ready to repair ties with russia returning its was drawn ambassador to moscow earlier than expected it was recalled earlier this week after the president made a bet of us a visit to the korea islands which talk here also claims but as the boy has found out also maintained sovereignty with big plans for the remote territory. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore there barrels pointed toward japan they're about to be scrapped. when the visit by the russian president put them at the center of another fiery exchange between russia

and japan discovered in the seventeenth century the allens changed hands several times to the soviet union lost in the month to expel the japanese army from the islands in august of ninety eight forty five that prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty living a door open for japan to claim the island sovereignty. sixty five years after their handover the tussle to define the islands national identity still goes on this crossed a period here if you years ago when the russian orthodox church parish on the island of secret. after decades of seeing its population window they are and is now in the midst of a baby boom. we have the highest birth rate in the entire region there are many kids here and parents bring them to be baptized and living standards are quite decent nowadays. he's just a few hundred meters from the church attic a human motor is teaching japanese at a local school in health class seven greater sit alongside their parents and many

of them getting a job in japan is their best shot at lifting their families out of poverty are classes are very popular and people keep coming here year after year i'm hippias sometimes it seems like and with my family again. this is precisely why the president came here to tell the locals that russia has not forgotten about them and while the regional officials tried to paint a pretty quick church roads and crumbling infrastructure betrayed the island's financial problems so it's an important part of our land we would definitely invest some money into the region. and the midst of reach dishing grounds the audience are a prime spot to buy seafood an opportunity that mitchell advent of didn't miss. what is it smelt can i get some. while fish and seafood are affordable here everything else cost almost twice as much as on the mainland the locals complained

of unreliable supply but as the president noticed one item was always in stock. apparently don't have any problems with the supply of alcohol here. the president's visit wasn't missed on the japanese side caucus foreign minister said the trip heard japanese public sentiment and temporarily recalled its ambassador from moscow . it is extremely regrettable that president medvedev visited the korea lyall and even though japan had earlier notified russia that there could be a negative impact on bilateral relations his russian counterpart was annoyed. because that only japan's reaction isn't acceptable it's our land and russian president was visiting russian territory with already explained this to were just a nice porkers session planned to once again an ambiguous new retreat this position however. we're not going to take any steps. while the russian officials consider last week's row over the unfortunate they stressed that their first priority is to

make sure that the people who actually believe on the islands aren't left feeling my wrong according to a two thousand and nine nationwide poll about ninety percent of russians would strongly object to handing the grill audience over to japan but the overwhelming majority of the respondents have never visited this territory and are very unlikely to do so in the future the audience may be an integral part of russia on the map but they cannot make clear and logistically there are still very march for inland some boyko artsy in russia's far east. story or any other way of covering global intellect side of the home and there are lots of others to. marking the anniversary of the historic and defined nineteen forty one parade in red square find out about a story of immense courage as many soldiers taking punches were heading straight for the front to fight did not seem by. the rats can be stunning well

that's all the organizers of this unusual beauty pageant in russia would say but rodents from all over the country have been strutting their stuff perhaps on the iraq war rather the troops will see for yourself in our web site. the debate is raging in germany over a t.v. show which exposes internet paedophiles by secretly filming their meetings with decoys posing as victims critics say the program was chasing ratings or other internet predators but it's make a say they conti's other methods loopholes in the law sara fat house well. it's every parent's nightmare their child is being lured by someone they met on the

internet this girl is pretending to be thirteen years old the man at the table is in his sixty's babying conversing online for weeks. girlfriend it is you is and yes if i'm a little kid and you. went to kiss. you tell me. the back of your neck may be ok but perhaps that might turn you on that later is actually an undercover journalist and it turns out the man works for a children's charity he's completely unaware that the meeting is being secretly filmed as part of the german t.v. show a cool tattled internet and it's exposing the dangers of sexual predators online in the very beginning we expected it expected. to have a very specific. person to be imagined you know. usually in as

a sexual predator you know because of the glasses. but we've met people from all kinds of society those who praise the show say that the authorities should have been informed straight away especially as in this case the man worked with children and that the show is designed to big ratings is the primary motivation the people who took the video clip took the clip very. broad cross it in october no. in between there was no information for any. investigate. officials for police and not for the employer or employer as well but the producers argue that the reason for having to keep the identity of the men they film secret is due to a major leap hole in the law. chatting on the internet with a child even about cirqus is almost never considered a crime or is left very unclear what exactly constitutes

a criminal action. shockingly under current law unless there is an actual physical assault there's not much that can be done and it's an international problem with many experts openly acknowledging that guidelines are in desperate need of clarification integrating is not anything nomen and and as a number of children going online so it is a danger and the scariest part is that right now there's not much that the police can do to protect them it seems shaders how often within minutes of going into an online chat range praising as a young girl sexual advances were made if we can succeed with the goal of really changing the law making the approach of minors online for cyber grooming. under. section. can avoid those people be tracing the surface r.t. . have

a look at some other international news stories this hour victims of the mount merapi volcano eruption in indonesia have been buried in a mass grave the disaster has claimed more than one hundred lives in the past fortnight friday saw the volcano unleash its most powerful rupture in a century meanwhile as in iraq it shows no signs of calming down ice but severe experts fear rather that acid should belching out they also damaged it is the fabric of ancient temples and. at least twenty people have died in drug killings over the weekend in the mexican frontier city upset that while rights to police officers among the dead in the recent worsening of violence in areas bordering the you are this the city has become one of the world's deadliest with over six thousand killed that since the drugs war began in two thousand and eight. and nearly maher has held its first elections in twenty years but with turnout as low as thirty percent after an opposition boy called

a military dictatorship in power in former burma since one thousand nine hundred sixty two retains control after the election elections dismissed by critics as a sham boycott was led by opposition i can i saw in sochi he was detained after her national league for democracy party won the nine hundred ninety elections but was barred from power most seats will go to parties with wide international criticism after reports of fraud and intimidation. after two years out of george w. bush has come back into the public arena with his published level was looking back on his life his presidency and even some mistakes from his past nori how often it's the went on to the streets of new york to hear just how well he's viewed by. decision points george w. bush's memoir is hitting bookstores everywhere how do you remember him this week let's talk about that i remember him as will ferrell being dropped to the

stage gently on the cable from a helicopter and landing in times square fictionally being dumped and saying when he arrived that was weird on obama's inaugural day that's how i remember going to prom with him his school my book though do you think that people in general feel better about him now two years later than they did when he was in office. i would say that i know but. but i don't think obama's really proven anything you know above and beyond what he did so makes him look a little better i guess and one might not be able to get a job after that as well iraq war a lot of things i remember about george bush though do you think that his staying out of the limelight for a couple years has helped his image a dollar is that kind of just i don't think it's changed you know the first six seven years were good for less year we had the financial difficulties and the

difficulty we do the war i think will be like harry truman it may take twenty years twenty years later i think will be looked upon as maybe a decent president if you think that's fair for a lot of presidents it takes some mattress back i think so i think the only thing we could look barely upon initially was nixon with the watergate he never really seemed to recapture new glory the bottom line is it's always easier to judge in hindsight so it'll be interesting to see what people think about bama two years after his presidency ends whether that's in two thousand and fourteen or twenty eighteen we'll have to wait and. hear more headlines. coming your way shortly.

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