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he flew stunts on t.v. don't come. fighting against time u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before a new members are sworn in and many suspect have ulterior motives. human rights activists demand transparency and best attention practices in afghanistan sure washington's company and up its act following claims of detainee torture and abuse . and brought on mass murder that shocked russia the words arrest of gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in southern region across the dock yard at this.

stadium in moscow you're watching r.t.l. marina joshie welcome to the program. top u.s. officials have urged the outgoing senate to ratify the latest nuclear cuts treaty with russia before the end of the year they say america's national security depends on prompt ratification but as it is going education reports matter republicans are banned on scrapping the deal. obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense partisan game going on here in washington and the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring is expected to intensify after republicans gain a considerably bigger influence in the senate in january compared to what they have now the republican senate minority leader has already said their priority will be to have obama voted out of office in two thousand and twelve so basically to make

sure that the president fails on his major initiatives so the obama administration is very eager to get the treaty passed on this so-called lame duck session in order to avoid a bumpy ride after january when obama's arguably major foreign policy achievement could well be on the line of the u.s. it proves that. hillary clinton and defense secretary robert gates have just published an urge for the senate to hurry up with a ratification saying the u.s. national security depends on the prospects of the treaty to be ratified by by this look promising the treaty was earlier approved by the senate foreign relations committee there had been a long buildup to wait over many months of hearings america's key military officials had been unanimously testifying in support for the treaty leading security experts in the country were saying it's only common sense to have a new arms reduction deal in place actually among those who testified in support for the treaty there were more republicans than democrats so it's wrong to think republicans are all against it some very influential republican senators like

richard will guard have strongly advocated for the treaty to be passed they've been they've been calling for their party members to put partisan games aside to to put their overwhelming desire to undermine obama as side and do what they believe is right for their country and for maybe on for many cut capitol hill observers the whole thing. bate it really comes down to this question will some republican senators sacrifice a landmark historic deal just for the sake of denying obama this feather in his foreign policy cap and but what's at stake the treaty will cut nuclear arsenals of both russia and the u.s. by a third it's meant to increase the level of trust between the two nuclear superpowers it's meant to show an example of nonproliferation to other countries and is expected to pave the way for us watch for cooperation in other areas as well and many believe what's on the line now is the well advertised reset and not ratify the treaty could well put the leaders other cooperation plans on. how did she

countering our u.s. defense analyst ivan eland believes the key benefit of the treaties the control system it introduces which will bring trust and could even prevent nuclear war well there's always been the hardliners and if you look at the history of arms control and normally what happens is they work a deal and i think the republicans that are in there now are fairly reasonable and i think i would predict it will probably pass very narrowly by the end of the year because it is a priority of because i think it's very valuable not only for the overall relationship but i think for a deficit helps with that somewhat and also of course helps with reducing the danger of nuclear war between the two countries basically this treaty only cuts thirty percent of the warheads anyway which is good and it opens the door to future reductions but the most important thing it does is the verification put the verification back and that's tremendously important people pay attention the warhead totals but if both sides know what's going on you know in one thousand nine hundred five we almost had

a nuclear war accidentally and i think it's very important for the two sides to know what's going on in this verification thing and this monitoring is very important and that's the main reason to get this treaty through i think i have any on their defense analyst from the impending institute think tank. and u.s. and afghan officials are trying to downplay a potential fall out between the two countries this comes after president hamid karzai slammed washington's war tactics in afghanistan cars i demand of the u.s. led coalition reduce its military operations in the country he also called for an end to night raids against suspected taliban commanders which often result in civilian casualties but the u.s. state secretary hillary clinton says the surgical strikes are key to winning the war the exchange of statements comes just days before crucial nato summit with the airlines expected to set a deadline for ending combat operations in afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen but as are reports america's rules of engagement are and the only thing troubling

the president. to thirty eight billion dollars have been poured into afghanistan by the u.s. since the two thousand and one invasion to bolster security and economic development a significant chunk of that money humanitarian aid to provide food build health clinics schools and one of the poorest countries in the world all part of the u.s. effort to win over hearts and minds and to convince afghans to reject the taliban and al qaeda drop off some humanitarian aid supplies as much as we can give the people the but knowing that we are out here we are the good guys bet there is a dark cloud looming over the battle for hearts and minds it's known as america's black hole in afghanistan a secretive place journalists and human rights activists still depict as

a liability to america's so-called war on terror former detainees have described the bug room detention facility as the scene of heinous crimes a place into which people simply disappeared without a trace two detainees were tortured to death by u.s. forces in two thousand and two while the scandal exposed the use of torture to obtain information from detainees today bob graham rename part when detention facility rarely makes the news blog is still very much a black hole it's a prison facility that is operating that we don't have very much information about as i indicated there are about six hundred or so detainees that are there many of them captured outside of afghanistan although a list of names that were released last year a federal court recently denied access to any other information pertaining to those detainees. global outrage and condemnation over detainee abuses america's the tour

has gone time pretty obey. isn't force the u.s. to change its practices there but those languishing within the walls of bug room were less lucky that intelligence so you want to talk about is that was the most transparent we're talking to in history bob graham detention facility and afghanistan today have the same standards for litigation process but also treatment as a kuantan amount they do not have access to the hideous courts as because it is in a wartime theater it's an active war zone it would be an precedent to have such access to the original bob graham detention facility may have been renamed relocated but it will take more than a fresh coat of paint to ease the fear afghans associate with the prison reports of a prison with an imprisoned persist with afghan president hamid karzai recently demanding greater afghan insight into the prisons affairs and greater legal recourse for its detainees which is why human rights advocates insist the billions

of dollars sent to afghanistan does little to buffer and sign an image of america has already been tarnished by places like bob graham and out of the. human rights policies seem hypocritical and inconsistent and i think it's a problem for the government mixing humanitarian aid with contentious u.s. policies and nontransparent detention practices relay a different reality on the ground for the people of afghanistan hypocrisy is basically what it is jan hoffa's r. t. washington d.c. . and six months after a two hundred million gallons of oil gushed into the gulf of mexico the u.s. claims its waters are good for fishing but an american oil industry insider told r.t. we've yet to see the worst consequences of environmental disaster. the problem is that the vast majority of the oil never came to the surface it's in the oceans

still today in cold water three thousand four thousand feet deep there could be vast plumes of oil that we can't see this destroying the food chain how come nobody is talking about this you know it's tragic the u.s. government and b.p. both wanted this story off the television. stay with r.t. for more thoughts on why the u.s. government is keeping the story out of the public trial that's right after our recap of top stories in the half hour. and russian police have arrested a man they believe responsible for the brutal slaying of two families in the country south the twelve killings which included four children shocked the nation five other suspects who are all members of a criminal gang are currently being held. reports. grieving relatives detective still working on the scene and candles in the wind this quiet rule neighborhood was the scene of a gruesome murder of two families just days ago the number of victims children

among them as well as the way they were killed with knives and razors terrified many individuals in southern russia for victims of buried here at the small symmetry everyone who knew these people is in deep shock victor used to work for them at the family they were farmers he says real hard workers this is the head of the family surrogate his wife and daughter in law yelena with a little daughter and mira i just calm believe it happened and i don't know who could do something like this. for the bodies of the twelve were found in this house investigators believe the killers entered through the back door literally slaughtering everyone who got in their way the owners and their guests who were there to celebrate national unity day together with their met office the hitmen tried to cover their tracks by burning the house down but the flames went out this

man was the first to arrive on the scene but no one was alive by that time. i entered the house and i saw three bodies in the another person was lying on the floor and there was a gas canister in the hallway. six men have already been arrested in connection with the murder two of them are believed to be influential crime boss as. we detain the leader of the criminal group suspected of all the noise in the murders of twelve people november fifth as well as being an active member of this group is also suspected of being involved in this mass murder we are conducting an investigation and gathering further evidence. investigators say the case resembles the gruesome murders of the nine hundred ninety s. when rocketeers used scare tactics to threaten. us many who also tend to think that this was a contract killing that didn't go according to plan and well said if a minute of. crime boss says may have been the target his family and

friends just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time this shocked community wants justice wife behind bars but those responsible over truly horrific crime. r t across the region and so i had here in r.t. and movie based on real events some but for others georgia releases a spy thriller that it has is based on real events as the whole thing is a farce bite out of the details in just a couple of moments. the israeli government is chewing over whether to accept an incentive package from the u.s. in exchange for a while off ninety day freeze on jewish settlement building it's washington's latest attempt to resuscitate stalled peace talks in the middle east it's thought the deal includes three billion dollars worth of new fighter planes and the u.s. is also offering to obstruct any proposed resolutions against israel in the united

nations palestinians have reacted angrily as the hold of construction doesn't apply to jerusalem middle east policy expert phyllis bennis says the package is very generous by the benefits it will bring our small. the three billion dollars we still don't know if that will be included within the existing thirty billion dollars that the us has agreed to give to israel in military aid over these ten years this was negotiated by george bush and it's being implemented now by president obama whether it will be within that or whether this is an additional three billion dollars of new fighter planes they're also getting something that the u.s. has given all the time to israel anyway which is complete protection in the united nations that means vetoing any effort by the palestinians to get the security council to to to recognize a new palestinian state it means protecting israel from being held accountable for war crimes that may have been committed in the gaza war including preventing the goldstone report from being brought forward and with israeli accountability sent to

the international criminal court it means continuing what the u.s. has done in the past of making sure that in the international atomic energy agency that israel is never even requested to join the nonproliferation treaty and make public its well known but officially secret. nuclear arsenal all of these things are things that the u.s. has provided to israel anyway so what they're adding to it now is saying that after this three month partial slowdown of settlement construction because it will not apply in east jerusalem which is crucial that's where there's a big settlement expansion campaign already underway that they will never again ask for a settlement freeze so it's giving the israelis an awful lot in return for really not very much that was middle east policy expert phyllis bennis there well there's a plenty more waiting to be discovered on our website r.t. dot com feel free to log on any time for sluice of stories videos opinions and more

but here's a quick taste of what's online right now. a brutally beaten russian journalist has recovered from a close call with death but these attackers are still at large with the latest on the investigation into. the loss russia is looking to build its own train system and is now attracting speedy partners for the project all the details and plenty more on our team. georgia has released a film about a recently detained alleged russian spy network the kremlin has blasted polices accusations calling them a political farce and. found out the georgian story seems to be falling apart at the seams. she's the hammer and sickle. she was one and

b.f. is be all only a beautiful girl is missing in this movie georgians have used classical russian stewart types to put zest into the spy thriller it's georgian state t.v. version of the arrest of fifteen people accused of being russian spies in reality the only evidence releases given to realities is the apparent confession of one of those arrested a super agent who actually turns out to be a georgian spine. i personally enrolled him he was my agent from ninety two to ninety four after the rose revolution he was recruited to work for georgian intelligence also his brother runs the security service of the whole republic of vegetarian by sirte it officially this man is a georgian agent. but the stories certainly doesn't and there are especially for

roussillon t.v. spies stories don't usually interest him yet this one caught his eye one of the suspects appeared to be his father. in may this year my dad went to georgia to visit relatives on the border he was thorough interrogated on where he was going to stay they photographed him and took away sweets he was bringing for his nephews two days later he was arrested he never contacted us afterwards we found out about his arrest by chance and were shocked. just six months ago the sixty three year old was detained for crossing the border with a fake id and trying to sell counterfeit doulas landing him with eighteen years in jail it's only now on the screen being accused of spying for russia but he's family says a spiel on ash is beyond the ailing pensioners ability. did you father use

computer internet you know he barely used a cell phone on the cure to push just to bertram's degree on the road won his grandson help him read messages she couldn't even send a mass. so who sent the text messages to the other suspects on your isp own georgian police say he did just before he was arrested at will they say was eight pm but you're his family insist he was arrested an hour earlier and would have had his phone taken away here is just one of the obvious blunders of the spy thriller jugend authorities claim that russian citizen screw the nick of the georgian border with a fake passport on a fake identity they also say they never set eyes on his real pos board and haven't seized it meanwhile here is the photo from that id well the stamp question where did they get it from.

fighting their corner is as so s. russia which says it's the first time they've dealt with such a gross violation of human rights. this is a sanction provocation a political action is aimed to discredit russia before the upcoming russia nato summit and the meeting was really wants to attract attention to him and his super secret services but we want to tell him you can't treat old men just like they are innocent you can't jail them just because they're russians. relatives are now appealing against the challenges and hope that their high level low being of nato and o.e.c.d. countries will get them justice it's the democrats who aren't tea. he said take a look at some other stories from around the world in a four story building has collapsed killing at least sixty one people in india's

capital new delhi more than eighty others were injured in a thought the monsoon season this threshold rains weakened to the building's foundations emergency crews are working to free thousands still trapped under the rubble. piles and fear continue to spread in haiti in response to the cholera outbreak which has now claimed almost a thousand lives the country's second largest city has been barricaded by protesters are blamed un peacekeepers from nepal for the growing epidemic they demand the soldiers leave the country immediately there's been no scientific conclusion over the origin of the outbreak but some experts believe the disease was likely imported. police have detained for well there's over a fire at an apartment block in shanghai that claim fifty three lives reports say the unlicensed builders may have accidentally start of the boy's name for no ripped through the building on monday injuring dozens and forcing manning to climb down scaffolding to skate the twenty eight story tower was undergoing renovation. didn't

get any preliminary results show opposition leader alpha condé has want to tight presidential runoff in the first three vote of more than forty years conny gained fifty two and a half percent of votes in the second round against former prime minister cell a billion dollars the result was announced hours after the supporters clashed with police and getting capital the former premier pulled out of the vote counting process on sunday citing fraud for the lection commission has rejected these claims but he's welcome to appeal to the supreme court. well time now for business of day good morning to you stephanie and market news well of course the russian markets went open for a few hours here must go but they were full on wall street overnight on the low oil prices which means asian markets are also trading slightly lower good news in just a moment but first. russia's central bank has doubled its forecast for the country's capital outflow it expects twenty two billion dollars will leave russia

in two thousand and ten to fake that's why the money is taking flight. capital is still flowing out of russia although it is significantly slower rate than in the crisis year of two thousand and eight when one hundred thirty billion dollars flooded out told me see here will have typical of what we'll be close to feel to be no no that's actually the situation but they're worried that significantly in the second probably see are actually. going to go for this and always think about that board lots of their policies in the comic too generous i would say. for next year for coming for year so we will have significant for. people they are looking for more interesting places in the world and rigs restructuring russia central bank estimates that during the first three quarters of this year sixteen billion dollars left the country that's a quarter of the amount compared to the same period last year but analysts warn the impression there's been

a dramatic improvement may be misleading i would say that this improvement. in the general balance of capital inflows not necessarily imply that people actually starting to invest more in russia but is just much more willing to lend to russia indeed analysts explain the trend is mostly set by blowing programs and these are quite substantial next year russian government is planning to. well over fifty billion dollars and robot equivalent of domestic and extra on markets and everything that touch a break moring program is likely to draw a high scale of capital inflows into russia so there is more money but not the right kind of money lester's are keenly aware of risk and russia is about to enter a major election cycle starting with parliamentary. actions next year and concluding with presidential elections in two thousand and twelve it's

a timeline that's likely to dominate investor sentiment and therefore capital flow to business archie moscow. and let's take a closer look at those equity markets now asian stocks are lower on tuesday after inflation worries a weight on wall street stocks and then just as almost a in the red on lower crude prices financials are also tracking the cavy financial group down more than half of the stuff this hour. and here in moscow markets finished high on monday with the benchmark my six nearly one percent in the black spared by play games only r.t.s. lou call on the real cynical also for. the world's biggest diamond producer russia predicts it will earn six hundred eighty million dollars from sales in the fourth quarter the company wanted to earn almost two billion dollars in the first half of the year that's around six times more than a year before i was also has also cut its debt significantly.

russia's largest car maker after vies increase ells by fifty seven percent during the first nine months of the year turnover rose to around three billion dollars the company has been given a significant boost by the government's cash for clunkers program which will be it has been extended to two thousand and eleven. russia's state owned gas monopoly gazprom dramatically reduced investment in the stockmen field in the barents sea this year the budget drops from the planned two billion dollars to less than two hundred million development was put on hold due to falling demand for gas the company says the funds have been redirected to the largest gas field on the year mile peninsula in northern russia the final decision on whether to continue developing stockmen that will be taken in next spring. neurosurgical and the russian government to invest three point four billion dollars in mining copper and gold deposits in the country's trans by coal region the state will fund building the railway while the company will develop the deposits to new plants are scheduled

to be launched in two thousand and fifteen and will compensate for low output at the other unit of the company polar. and that's all the business news for now but i'll be back with more for you next hour and of course you can always find most tori's on our web site that's all t. dot com slash business.

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