support of the country's military many top officials former and present have testified in favor of the treaty now several republican senators say the votes are there and the new start will most likely be ratified by the end of this week it seems the only thing that could be in the way of the ratification are partisan games political bargaining which have nothing to do with the treaty itself and its content speaking of bargaining at some point the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell came out and said republicans won't want any democrat initiatives if they don't extend tax cuts for the rich so you get a sense open the expand the willard bailing culture on capitol hill and the substance of the pretty whether it's good or bad for america has long stopped being the focus of discussions here in washington to the point when it could become a threat to the u.s. national security a world without buying u.s. russia arms control treaties is a more dangerous world the obama administration is going out of its way to have the

deal ratified the president's arguably major foreign policy chief meant is on the line not only does the start cut nuclear arsenals of both countries by a third it's also seen as a symbol of trust between the two nuclear superpowers russia has cooperated with us on critical issues to our national security like iran sanctions transit to supply our troops in afghanistan working on securing loose nuclear materials and the relationships and trust that are built from the new start treaty spill over into a whole host of other national security issues that are of vital importance to america the shoe of trust and america's reputation globally was addressed by the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee every senator has an obligation to ask that question of themselves over the course of these next days are we a credible partner. can other nations rely on us what happens when the present

united states negotiates a treaty and he comes back here and the rest of the world sees that a treaty bogged down not in the substance of the treaty but in the politics of the day and if the treaty does get bogged down this year chances are the new senate which is going to be more republican and obama hosts tile who put off the new start indefinitely maybe for months or even years to get a check on our t. washington d.c. where republicans should move beyond election cycle mintz how that seemed to prove the new treaty so says democratic strategist well we know it would be stupid for the republicans to continue to block it but then again they want to block everything in the past republicans used to work with democrats now since a new game they've been wanting to kill everything break publicans have learned that sound bites can win elections instead of good governing something has to change we have to get past two year old election cycles and think in terms of the

good of the country something has to happen to help us to good governance but good governance in the world not just united states includes passage of the start treaty i think perhaps by embarrassing the republicans from trust stopping them from playing politics which is dangerous it's devastating it could cause terrorism to succeed they will come around and pass this treaty well meanwhile told rubin the deputy director of the national security network think tank says delaying the rectification of the start treaty could seriously damage washington standing. if it doesn't get passed and actually fails there could be serious consequences for american leadership on arms control and the fallout for the american reputation around the world would be significant if it doesn't pass but it is not turned down but just delayed that too will also signal that president obama is weak at home that's why advocates for the treaty are saying these to get passed now and the

reset has been making gains in the immediate term there certainly are going to be many benefits that the obama administration is going to look to certainly with regards to afghanistan and iran in our near term foreign policy interests over the long run as the reset begins to take a more thought environment and there will be calls for deeper economic cooperation other types of global initiatives the environment is certainly an area where there could be potential and i believe that this is going to bring in a series of new discussions to the relationship rather than the older debates that seem to have dominated for the last decade or so. still to come this hour an hour to a day to go before blast off next cruise is to head to the international space station we take you behind the scenes on the upcoming walk in the. race something in the head find out why women are clamoring for russian blocks for that glamorous

look in just a few minutes time. the foreign ministers of russia and north korea have agreed that the crisis on the korean peninsula can only be resolved through diplomatic means closed door talks are being held in moscow at a time of growing tensions in the region following a recent fatal exchange of artillery fire over a south korean island russia's role of expressed concern that the south recent life military drills very aggravated the hostility he said the current situation demands both koreas show restraint and avoid escalating the crisis was a listers also agreed on the need for six party talks to be relaunched one leading east asia analyst told r.t. that with russia has a pivotal role in helping to stabilize the region because its goal is peace political muscle flexing russia that is the only country that does have a stake box no specific interest. which actually is the difference between russia

and the european union russia can actually be a trustworthy and reliable mediator a neutral broker the want interest russia those concerned crew is stability whenever there is a situation emerging market a major war. that will not only involved both careers but also china us will have a negative impact on the stability in the region and on russia and hands russia's major preoccupation is actually maintaining peace. now a london court has to decide whether the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks will be granted bail during a sangi is wanted in sweden on charges of sexual assault which many of his supporters say are false despite a songes arrest in the u.k. his site is to publishing u.s. secret diplomatic cables or emmet has more from london. i'm here in the city of

westminster magistrates' court which on tuesday could be the scene of the final extradition hearing today that saunders the founder of wiki leaks he is wanted in court in sweden on charges of sexual misconduct some of which amounts to having sex with two women without using a condom these are charges which are widely believed by asuncion supporters to be trumped up originally when the case came before a prosecutor in sweden she threw it out and then it was then picked up by another prosecutor who decided to take the case into court this is believed to be linked to wiki leaks his release of cables u.s. embassy cables which were embarrassing to both u.s. government and to other governments around the world and what's expected to happen to our stores is that if he is finally extradited to sweden he will then be almost immediately requested to appear in court in the u.s. and in fact wiki leaks it's lawyers are saying that the extradition document for him to go to the u.s. has either already been prepared and is about to be released to them or it's

preparation is it cool now our soldiers of fortune do say that these charges are trumped up and they also say that it's a case of huge double standard tina's double standards in the u.s. that they lecture other countries on their human rights situations world's committing acts such as this supporters of today massage and what wiki leaks is doing a drawing a parallel between the recent awarding of a nobel prize to a chinese dissident and what a song has been doing they say that that's joining a spotlight on china's human rights record whereas they really have a select stand on it they're going to extradite you deny sergeant put him on trial for espionage let's hear what some of the organizes of protest surrounding us on his arrest have to say about that wiki leaks has managed to expose war criminals corruption humanitarian crimes abuses of democracy backroom dealings. and instead of those people being prosecuted serious serious crimes against humanity and state

we're trying to persecute the person who's exposing these revelations and i think that's a really sad indictment of the cons to society we live in i think we're trying to shoot the messenger there's also a lot of anger being directed at sweden is the country that's requests to do enough on its extradition that's not just supporters say that sweden is essentially kowtow into the u.s. and its wish to put on trial eventually for espionage what they are saying essentially is that this is making sweden which presents itself as a model of modernity and progressiveness look like a lawful stop in the eyes of the world it remains to be seen what happens here on tuesday it's possible that you could be granted bail that's what his supporters all want but it's also possible that he could be bundled into a police van and going to sweden to face these sexual assault charges then it's interesting to see what happens from there does the u.s. weighs a little bit before issuing a warrant for his extradition to the u.s.

to face espen espionage charges or does it just jump in there straightaway send this warrant to us on his lawyers and see him in the u.s. none of this is clear yet but we will be finding out later on she's day at least about the first stage of that. coming up later today on r.t. . explore how the wiki leaks revelations are affecting the world or big money. now the next. blast off on wednesday it will take a crew of three. to the international space station. reports. the rocket itself arrives in baikonur in three different parts and the process of putting it together is incredibly intricate every screw every bolt has to be checked and then rechecked to make sure that it's correct now those putting putting in the work on the ground to make sure that's all good and safe know that they have

in their hands the safety of those going up into space preparations take a long time it can take from five days to two weeks to unload all the separate parts of the rocket and assemble them after the rocket is assembled it has to undergo a series of tests every team looks through some part of the rocket the engine the electronics now the so used him a rocket widely regarded as the best way the most safe way and the most reliable way of getting people into space and plenty of people coming gathering here most some of them former astronauts former cosmonauts coming to see the rocket being loaded into place and they still get that old tangle of knowing what it was like of launching from a republican or it's always fun to see a vehicle getting ready to launch whether it be a shuttle or a soyuz and if it does take you back to them the opportunity that i had which was to be able to actually step onto it and it's amazing experience now the three month crew they'll be going up in soyuz t.m.a. twenty consist of cosmonaut to me to the last year of an astronauts pollin

a spoiler and caroline coleman for me to be counteractive is the commander of the mission it's his first time in space and he'll be carrying out two spacewalks while he's out there to be removing one of the experiments that's on the whole of the i assess it also attaching another two to collect information from up in space to give us more knowledge about what goes on in the cosmos peter all of a bike you know. and they can always keep up to date with that and other stories on our website the latest news blogs are nice this is just some of what's on line right now a lot of the swiss woman becomes a mother for the first time in the age of sixty four thanks to russian doctors plus . a russian billionaire and another move it had to wait if he had to splash out on the world's most expensive luxury yacht and not why and most of the usual features

have been installed in his floating palace all that revamped dot com. well there's a new car on the way in russia which could help reenergize the local motor market and this time it's no gas guzzler it's the country's first hybrid vehicle and designers hope it will make eco friendly driving more fordable surface texting. rush is entering the hybrid calm ok this is one of the first hybrid cars you in the build we've been hearing today from the construction team and some of the team behind the project we know that this car runs on a combined gas and electric engine and we've been hearing about some of the new technology that will say be nice and it's an incredibly exciting project now one of

the founders of the project mikhail prokhorov spake today and introduced the cars and he was saying that this is really about breaking stereotypes one of these being that russia can produce a good car. if. you can see the three different types they go keep a hatchback and a minivan and we can take a look inside because we've heard a lot about what is such a getting to the consumers as well as saving money on the car they're actually going to be reasonably cheap to buy so they'll go and sell for around ten thousand dollars and inside the car you can see there's quite a lot of space there's light materials to the used inside some of the similar things used in the space industry and also you can see this oh it's going to be able to drive these on the roads of most russia for a while so that they'll be going on cell hopefully around mid-way through twenty

twelve so that's when people will be able to get in. and there is now a brief look at some other stories from around the world this. italian pm a silvio berlusconi is urging all makers to support his government on the eve of a no confidence vote speaking to the italian senate he warned that the country would face a crisis if you were forced from office the referendum is expected to be extremely tight just to vote state will have soon a result comes as mr berlusconi faces planting support i made claims of sexual indecency and failed policies. in american diplomat richard holbrooke has died at the age of sixty nine after undergoing emergency heart surgery he's best known as the chief architect of the dayton peace agreement which ended the bosnian war more recently became barack obama's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan

credits include being nominated for the nobel peace prize seven times praised by president obama as a giant of american foreign policy is often unrelenting style ending the nickname the bleeders or. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has dismissed the country's foreign minister manouchehr mottaki from his post the news came unexpectedly while the minister was on a state visit to senegal on a spot speculation of a power struggle the country's top nuclear official last sunday he has been real money interim replacement the move comes as ron struggles on the heavy sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear enrichment activities. joining the world trade organization would help boost europe's economy as a whole and especially that of its neighbors that's the view of the president of finland taria holland and the full interview is coming your way very shortly but here's a quick preview. because we have worked at three in finland and russia or so we

would hope of course that that would be and i'm sure. we will be a member. it's more clear to work under this a regulation circumstances we are keeping their fingers their everything we have been very slow. but hair extensions and wigs have become all the rage among fashionistas in russia where ever increasing numbers of women dreaming about long lustrous locks but with demand comes the need for supply and you know this guy has been finding out that means some women are cashing in on their coffee. it's silky smooth and could be one of russia's major export commodities that's right apparently russian hair used for wigs and extensions has the highest rating in the hairdressing industry. give all secured of indian and chinese hair is black you almost always

have to dye them to work with them and they lose quality afterwards russian hair has a full spectrum of colors. where than half of all transfers collected in russia actually stay in the country because an increasing number of russian well to do women choose to go for extensions to satisfy their own blonde in the shins and then there are women mikes with lana has got their hair most girls only dream about reborn as girls going to get her and yet there have been times when guys would approach me and say you have incredible hair but i'm not very fond of that i certainly get attention but i try to hide my hair away now because the reaction is too predictable for some women selling their locks may be the best way to earn some quick cash whether out of necessity or on the whim seumas value it is to the cost varies from fifty dollars to a thousand dollars but the basic price is about three hundred to four hundred

dollars for a kilogram of. so we asked with lana would she chop it off or say forty thousand dollars is good but it's no for me it's not worth it it's twenty five years of growth care and memories is that kind of stuff that makes it priceless. and the cost of here extensions also makes long hair pricey getting hair extensions maybe wrong you anywhere from five hundred dollars to virtually an infinity but that doesn't stop girls from adding that extra volume to their looks i found it and i feel both of them and i started using hair extensions three years ago went to a salon walked out and realized all eyes were on me i feel strange at first but now i forget i have. a color just shows us our ecologies and that good and there aren't many girls blessed with gorgeous hair at the same time the procedure has become a lot more affordable now a person with a trained eye can easily recognize that right now nearly every other girl has had

a extensions then again women often go to great lengths to improve their looks even if their shortcomings are all in their heads they don't like those carty moscow. favorites who have all the business news that stated. hello and welcome to business good to have you with us the world's biggest retailer wal-mart is leaving russia wal-mart had long tried to buy a marketplace in russia but didn't succeed the company has closed its office is moscow office saying that it's still interested in the russian market wal-mart has

become the second big international retailer leaving russia earlier care for failed to make its business profit profitable here and still looking for a buyer for it to malls and moscow and across the dark. welsh involve operetta m.t.s. has been voted the country's most valuable brand again but it's a purse time it's managed to take the top spot for five years the value of mt has brand grew twelve percent to seven and a half billion dollars however m.t.s. is just forty ninth in the global ranking the most valuable brand in the world is coca-cola the fizzy drinks from is worth ten times as much as m.t.'s. a jump in the low price is boosted russia's stock market but people western from out on says investors are looking at other sectors. i do think at this point of time we do like the consumer story even though we've had very disappointing economic data for this year we were expecting at the beginning of the year more than six percent growth has not materialized mainly due to the fact that we were

seeing very strong sort of harsh weather conditions both in the winter as well as the summer that are sort of back track to recover some extent but we do believe that going into two thousand and eleven that the economy will surprise in the upside compared to concerns of numbers and in that sort of perspective the domestic demand story should be the one that should take the lead. here trading again in russia with the r.t.s. index gaining a point of four percent where many benchmark shares are within eight percent now on monday energy sector was the stand up before numbers bear back was the top blue chip up over two percent on both made worse is about the souls that russia's biggest lender said profits this year could top two hundred billion rubles more than a sperm bank official for. his stocks advance on tuesday but weakness in some exporters stocks is weighing on the tokyo market so he encountered losing around half percent hong kong shares are rising boosted by resource productive and produces offset

declines in some property and financial stocks and all falls to near eighty eight dollars a barrel in asia as traders i weakly u.s. supply companies. now we see gold advancing in asia for a second day as demand for sustained for the metal as a protector well for immediate delivery gold added point seven percent to one thousand four hundred four point nine dollars an ounce gold has gained more than twenty eight percent this year heading for ten straight. as investors lost confidence in its. corporate all news exxon mobil and b.p. are in talks with the government and they have to drill in russia's offshore areas and among the twenty three domestic and foreign companies conducting exploration and all extraction from the continental shelf. possible at the cost of this scheme is working quite effectively in this stockman project there are big global oil and gas companies like total and start or oil working there recently are all snapped

into rooms sign an agreement to work out the black sea shelf talks with big oil and gas companies including jackson and b.p. are on their way here to show them that services are dead for this hour join me in less than a while for one thing. they

live not only next to the border but guns in egypt but also on the border of peace and war. they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. they are ready to take any risk. with. the street. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day that held nine guerrillas and found that investigation by instructs the own couldn't you know and there strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues.

explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about. these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet the usa continued to flow. is eve it's. easy to. see.

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me the main stories we're covering for you this hour the white house is confident that the cuts treaty with russia will. be ratified before the end yeah the current senate has to prolong its session when the new congress takes over in january the republicans will make a representation and could block the deal. we really expounded to you in a song seeking to bail out a court hearing in london on tuesday the supporters fear if it's refused to be extradited to sweden the rape allegations could then be hunted over to the us which uses espionage. in north korea's foreign ministers agree that six party talk to resolve tensions on the korean peninsula need to be received as a closed meeting also stressed that it escalating crisis can only be handled

through diplomatic. well next fall strains trade and energy talking about russia's ties with its northern neighbor finland our interview with president hollande is coming right up. president hollande thank you very much for being with that today so you've just stepped off a train line between helsinki and st petersburg how do you think this connection will change the alliance between the two cities i think the impact if people will come closer to each other course we many so good now will. the country which is the most popular among the e.u. countries to give the recess.