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 will willard be willing culture on capitol hill on the substance of the treaty 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 their relationships and trusts that are built from the nuestro treaty spill over into a whole host of other national security issues that are of vital importance to america these 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 their true. 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 teil will put off the new start indefinitely maybe for months or even years get a check on our t. washington d.c. . republicans should move beyond the action cycle mentality into proving the treaty so says democratic strategist well put 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 but meanwhile told rubin to fix a director of the national security network think tank says delaying the ratification of the starts treaty consumes the time which washington standing. but if it doesn't get passed and actually fails there could be serious consequences for american leadership on arms control 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 to also signal that president obama is weak at home that's why advocates for the treaty are saying it needs to get passed now. still to come this day to go before blastoff this next group of international space station we take you behind the scenes upcoming broken look. there's

something in the. clamoring for russian logs glamorous look 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 with a time of growing tensions in the region following a recent offensive exchange of autonomy for over south korean island with russia's role of expressed concern that the south's recent live fire military drills really aggravated the hostility he said the current situation demands both koreas show restraint on avoiding escalating the crisis one leading east asia told r.t. russia has a pivotal role in helping to stabilize the region because its goal is peace not political muscle flexing. russia is the only country that does have

a stake box no specific interest in north korea which actually is a difference between russia and the european union so russia can actually be a trustworthy and reliable mediator and neutral broker the one interest that russia does have a concern in korea is stability there is a situation emerging that might trigger a major war will inevitably not only involved both careers but also china us will have a negative effect on the ability 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 solemn she's wanted in sweden on charges of sexual assault which many of his supporters say are false despite a soldier's arrest in the u.k. his site is still publishing u.s. secret diplomatic cables exposing the cynicism of u.s.

international politics ortiz or emmett's has more from london. i'm here in the city of westminster magistrates' court which on choose day 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 this release of cables u.s. embassy cables which were parasitic to both u.s. government and to other governments around the world and what's expected to happen to ourselves 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 is noises 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 i phone just to put it to 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 lectured other countries on their human rights situations whirls committing acts such as this supporters of today massage and what wiki leaks is doing a tour in a parallel between the recent awarding of a nobel prize to a chinese dissident and what's the soldiers been doing they say that that signing a spotlight on china's human rights record whereas they really have a selects down don't if they're going to extradite juden asuncion put him on trial for espionage let's hear what some of the organizes of protests around it are songes the rest 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 exposed to these revelations and i think that's a really sad indictment of the kinds of society we live and i think they're trying to shoot the messenger there's also a lot of anger being directed at sweden the country this request to do enough on extradition it'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 loving stock in the eyes of the world. would explore how the wiki leaks revelations affecting the world of big money.

next space. is now ready for blastoff on wednesday he'll take a crew of three. into the international space station. reports on the. site does it stop. hereward baikonur the final preparations underway ahead of the launch of the soyuz t.m.a. twenty rockets which will carry cosmonaut to meet to be called and astronauts. and katherine coleman up to the international space station for the rocket has received a blessing from a priest from the russian orthodox church in line with tradition here at baikonur that's not the only tradition they have here many many traditions and superstitions if you will to be carried out before the launch one of those traditions as that the astronauts and cosmonauts visit the cosmonaut museum here and by can also they get to look at what those who have gone before them they brought back from space while they're at the museum they also sign a ford with the picture of the soyuz t.m.a. rocket on it and write a little message of

a memory of what they were about to do with this mission now there's been plenty of former astronauts and cosmonauts say it's a lend their support to the mission crew. liable matter what the weather is it doesn't matter what you know it's just a very robust strong system that can withstand just about anything in nature control and we've seen you know it's been slices the sixty's was a rare exception or service and some of those who have been up there before say it's those little things that can make life hard when you're up in space i think probably the biggest challenge for me you know i think it sounds kind of trivial but was the lack of variety of the food after you know you know one month it's ok two months is ok and then you know three months you know exactly how many brownies are in the desert have been you know exactly how many heaters are in the meat. because it's all the same so that's how it's looking here at the moment in baikonur the cosmonauts and astronauts are currently tucked away so they can catch any

sniffles all cold so it's very cold here in baikonur of course if they do get sick they can be pulled from the mission and the whole team of. this poorly coleman would be removed from the mission and replaced with the crew so they're desperately trying to make sure that that doesn't happen they're all talked up nice and warm and that's how it looks at the baikonur cosmodrome peter all of a bike and. great stuff or you can always keep up to date on our website for the latest news blogs and analysis here's just some of what's just a click away at the revamped. a swiss woman to come as a mother for the first time at the age of sixty four thanks to russian doctors plus . he talks to french director. about his movie carlos the screen that. the film follows the fate of a venezuelan revolutionary who came to create a worldwide terror organization on the footage of the web site going to dot com.

russia is to buy at least one french mistral helicopter carrier it will be the largest set of hardware to the country by nato member announcements was made by the head of russia's general store said the two sides are currently discussing the price has been a shooting which the u.s. has used for almost a year with vast carrier is capable of transporting and deploying sixteen helicopters to seventy of the four hundred soldiers shot plans to buy at least one storm in the rights to the technology to build its own tyreese of this type. better an american diplomat richard holbrooke has died at the age of sixty nine on the going emergency heart surgery they named the boot is best known pushing the u.s.

agenda. you know all recently he became barack obama's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan counties where if you contribute to any of any who show says american foreign policy in afghanistan especially in the fight against drugs was itself ill health. wiped out the whole generation. american politicians and generals and diplomats and ambassadors who were taking the active stance to be the focus on their real eradication stand after richard holbrooke came in he made a complete overhaul of u.s. policy from counter narcotics to. effectively promoting the u.s. but was is that the u.s. drug store policy in afghanistan leading lose all the skin kings and drug lords that's resulted in in effect. the drug trafficking in afghanistan keep persone fight the trail all the historical u.s.

counter-narcotics approach you know afghanistan just for the benefit of the leap service of preventing the so-called friendly farmers from going to taliban the united states of the drug enforcement administration together with the state department have by default opportunity to reset and jump start the russian american cooperation specific. on that counternarcotics with the main focus on their riddick a ship because the reason no other alternative and the reason the personalities in the white house who were opposing richard holbrooke. well time now for a brief look at some other stories from around the world italian pm is sort of the but a scone he has won the first round of that evidence in the senate is now set to face a second round in the house where he supports as much shake it when it is speech he

warned that a country would face a crisis if you place. them in the house is expected to be extremely tight just one or two that it's capable of so many results comes as mr berlusconi faces plummeting support amid the claims of sexual indecency and promises. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has abruptly dismiss. this country's foreign minister. of turkey from his post government official stated that it is not effect to bring in foreign policy including talks related to its nuclear program country's top nuclear fission. he has been nominated as interim replacement the move comes as a run struggles on the heavy sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear enrichment activities. russia joining the world trade organization would help boost europe's economy as a whole especially that of its neighbors that's the view of the president of

finland taria holland for the interview is coming your way in just about ten minutes time here in r.t. but here's a quick preview first. you know because we have worked up to date between finland and russia so we would hope of course that that rhetoric would be and i'm sure we will be a member. it's more clear to work under this a regulation circumstances we have the feeling that everything will happen very soon. no hair extensions and wigs have become all the rage among fashionistas in russia there are increasing numbers of women dreaming about long lustrous knocks the demand comes the need for supply there's a ring of the sky 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 the chores 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 of colors. well than half of all trades this collected in russia actually stay in the country because an increasing number of russia well to do women choose to go for extensions to satisfy their own want in the shins and then there are women likes with lana has got their hair most girls only dream about the bonus girls going to go 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 of audio it is to book cost

varies from fifty dollars to two thousand dollars but the basic prize is about three hundred to four hundred dollars for a kilogram of hair. so we asked with lana would she chop it off for say forty thousand dollars because but it's no for me it's not worth it it's twenty five years of growth hair and the manner it is is that kind of stuff that makes it priceless. and the cost of here extensions also makes long hair pricey getting hair extensions may be 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 that i feel. that i started using hair extensions three years ago some long walk to arts and realised allies around me i fast range at first but now i forget i have. recovered our ecologies and they're good and there aren't many girls blessed

with just 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 headaches tensions. 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. business that day with kareena in a few months stay with us. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here at a pair of june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on that day the children are going to release him from that investigation by instructs you including you know and their booklet to react 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. u.s. aid continued to flow. however welcome to business precious metals are dating for the second day as investors look for protection from a falling dollar u.s. federal reserve policymakers are due to meet later on tuesday to discuss interest rates in the second round of quantitative easing the so-called two intended to take in all the growth by placing the amount of money available to banks but if this is clear the injection of billions of extra dollars into the. lead to inflation.

now gold is currently trading at just over four hundred dollars an ounce up point seven percent on the session the yellow metal has gained and he. senses getting a preview and it's heading for its tenth straight i knew what so it was trading at twenty nine point seven dollars an ounce up point seven percent. and the russian currency is doing well as oil prices continue to rally peter weston from says tax and bond coupons paid rubles to you at the end of the year also letting the cuts. i think from now on though we should actually appreciate we've had the depreciation for the last couple of months and that has been if you look at the economic fundamentals and commodity prices against what we would have believed it should have done but we've had the capital flows that have undermined the ruble if you want going into the year and we know that this will be an increased demand for rubles on the back of tax payment bonuses and other payments that should give some

support for the ruble plus that we have all passed close to ninety now all of that i think is speaking in favor of stronger by the end of the year. taking a look at their credit markets now asia has posted modest gains ahead of the u.s. central bank's interest rate decision the nicky's of just under a quarter of a percent hong kong was spurred by metal and energy shares after commodity prices climbed overnight in the united states and european stock markets are holding to a tight range in morning trading investors remain on the sidelines up to six consecutive winning sessions book recommendations helped a few stocks including airlines and false p.l.m. and fortune of guns that shares an extra bang stuff for the mining company was upgraded to buy from you at p.b.s. . the russian markets are mixed enough in a session from isaacson's trading point three percent lower weight by energy stocks most of the blue chips are in the red bucking the trend is bareback. corliss losing

more than one percent of the market so is ross nafta b two b. is gaining on the r.t.s. . market biggest mining noise has sold its entire stake in the us metals company stillwater nickel sold thirty seven million stillwater shares to the public at nineteen dollars fifty cents and the remaining nine million shares to u.b.s. securities the russian mining giant had said it was a sell it was selling its shares to focus on its core operations. russia's mobile giant m.p.'s has opened a credit line of three point three billion dollars would spare bank the company will use the record loan to finance its current debts it will help the company to save about two hundred fifty million dollars in just one year remaining part will be invested in developing three g. mobile services. u.s. retailing giant wal-mart stores is leaving the company has long tried to buy

a marketplace but didn't succeed wal-mart has closed its moscow office saying it's still interested in the russian market is the second big international retailer leaving russia earlier careful has failed to make its business profit profitable here it's still looking for a buyer for the two malls and costs one dollar. that's all the news i have for you but you can always find all stories on our website r.t. dot com that's. funny.

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stories we're covering for you. the white house is confident the new cuts treaty with russia will be ratified before the end of the year even if the current senate votes to prolong its session in congress takes over in january publicans one of the bigger representation could block the deal. the wiki leaks founder julian assange on seeking a court hearing in london on tuesday and supporters fear if it's for the extradited to sweden great party cations then be handed over to the u.s. which uses espionage. russia and north korea's foreign ministers agree that six party talks to resolve tensions on the korean peninsula need to be resumed

at a closed meeting also stressed escalating prices will be handled through diplomatic means. but next the second part of our special report on the lives of four men working under extreme pressure in a smuggling hotspot. look at the floor it was a worker in a tunnel.