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 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 than 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 president united states negotiates a treaty. and he comes back here and the rest of the world sees the truth. 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 will put off the new start indefinitely maybe for months or even years to get a check on our t. washington d.c. republicans should move beyond election cycle mentality and approved a new treaty so says democratic strategist robert wiener 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 which they've been wanting to kill everything republicans 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 that are 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 joel rubin who is deputy director of the national security network think tank says delaying the ratification of the start treaty could seriously damage 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's who also signaled that president obama is weak at home that's why advocates for the treaty are saying get passed now. russia has to buy at least one advanced helicopter carrier in france it will be the largest ever sale of

a naval of naval hardware to the country by a nato member or does it go to spin off has more from moscow. at this point it really does seem that it's this deal is going to be sealed at least thus according to russian officials moscow looks set to buy the mistral produced by france this is a huge. helicopter carrier ship it's also cabled to transport dozens of tanks and other transport vehicles the negotiations on this deal have been continuing for around a year and first washington royce's concerns on a nato member state selling this time on the equipment to russia you know with the restart of relations between moscow and washington the situation seems to have changed previously the french prime minister who's visited the moscow just recently he said that there are no you know obstacles remaining in this deal and it's incompletion moscow wants to buy at least one mistrial and may also get the license to produce more all of its to torino itself to just one mr all costs around

eight hundred million euros dollars although the final price for this deal still hasn't been decided but russian officials say they expect that to the final details and the documents will be finalized on this deal before the end of this year. still to come this hour on our take a day to go before. the next prepares to head to the international space station way take you behind the scenes of the walking along. the way next to the border of the gaza and egypt. on the border of peace and war. there. for their loved ones. ready to take any.

the official. touch from the. lights on the. video. omissions feeds now with the palm of your. this is our team live from moscow 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 that's following

a recent fatal exchange of artillery fire over a south korean island russia's role of express concern that the south recent live fire military drills have only aggravated the hostility he said the current situation demands both korea show restraint and avoid escalating the crisis one leading east asia analyst told r.t. that 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. 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 how concerning korea is stability whenever there is a situation emerging that might trigger a major war that will inevitably not only involve the both koreas but also china

u.s. military have a negative effect on us the ability in the region and on russia and hands russia's major preoccupation is actually maintaining peace. i want in court is to decide whether the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks will be granted bell julian assange has wanted in sweden on charges of sexual assault which many of his supporters say are false and despite a song as arrest in the u.k. his site is still publishing u.s. secret diplomatic cables exposing the cynicism of u.s. international politics arches laura has more from london. i'm here in the city of westminster magistrates' court which don't choose day could be the scene of the final extradition hearing today not so much 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 is release of cables u.s. embassy cables which we're parasitic to based 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 noise is saying that the extradition document for him to go to the u.s. has already been prepared and is about to be released to them or it's preparation is the pool now our soldiers to go to 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 lecture other countries on their human rights situations whirls committing acts such as this supporters of today massaging what wiki leaks is doing

a tour in 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 us. spotlight on china's human rights record whereas they really haven't got a leg to stand on if they're going to extradite you did not start to put him on trial for espionage let's hear what some of the organizes of protests around 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 for what a 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 cons to society we live in i think the trying to shoot the messenger there's also a lot of anger being directed at sweden is the country this request to do enough on its extradition it's not just supporters say that sweden is essentially kowtow into

the u.s. and its which 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 stop in the eyes of the world. and coming up later today on our team max kaiser and stacy herbert explore how the wiki leaks revelations are affecting the world of big money. the next space rocket is now ready for their staff on wednesday it will take a crew of three a russian an american and an italian to the international space station peter all of our reports now from kazakhstan. 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 pollo 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 have 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 those who have gone before them days and brought back from space while at the museum they also sign a board with the picture of the soyuz t.m.a. rocket on it and write a little message 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. 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 nature can throw at it and we've seen you know it's been slices the sixty's and it was a rare exception or so every time 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 it was the lack of variety of the food after you know you know one month it's ok two months it's 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 tray and 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 colds or coughs 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. coleman would be removed from the mission and replaced with the backup crew so they 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. well you can keep up with the launch among other things on our website we've got all the latest news blogs and analysis here's just of some of some of

what's online right now at our team. of swiss woman becomes a mother for the first time at the age of sixty four that's thanks to russian doctors also. party talks the french director of the day i see about his movie carlos to be screened at camp the film follows the fate of a venezuelan revolutionary who came to create a worldwide terror organization you can find the full interview there are two dakar . veteran american diplomat richard holbrooke has died at the age of sixty nine after undergoing emergency heart surgery nicknamed the bulldozer he's best known for pushing the u.s. agenda in the balkans during the bosnian war more recently he became barack obama's

special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan but artie's military contributor colonel uganda herself says american foreign policy in afghanistan especially in the fight against drugs was itself in its. he wiped out the whole generation of american politicians and generals and diplomats and ambassadors who were taking the active stance to be the focus on. afghanistan after richard holbrooke made a complete overhaul of u.s. policy from counter narcotics to. effectively promoting the u.s. pows is that the u.s. drug store policy in afghanistan leading lose all the beings and drug lords that's resulted in in effect. the criminal drug trafficking in afghanistan keep personae fight the trail of the historical us counter-narcotics approach you know

afghanistan just for the benefit of the elite service preventing their so-called friendly farmers from going to tell about 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 only. on that counternarcotics with the main foreclose on a ship because the reason no alternative and the reason the personalities in the white house who are opposing richard holbrooke. was take a look now at some other stories dominating world news this day italian silvio berlusconi has won the first round of a confidence vote in the senate and is now set to face a second round in the lower house where his support is much shakier in an earlier speech he warned that the country would face a crisis if you were forced long this referendum in the lower house is expected to

be extremely tight with just one or two vote capable of as we knew the result it comes as mr berlusconi faces plummeting support amid claims of sexual indecency and failed policies. or. me and president mahmoud ahmadinejad has abruptly dismissed the country's foreign minister manouchehr mottaki from his post government officials stated about the dismissal will not affect to rein in foreign policy including talks related to its nuclear program the country's top nuclear official. he has been nominated as in term replacement but the move comes as the wrong struggles and for heavy sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear enrichment activities. at least nine people have been injured in a massive one hundred and thirty seven car pileup in southwestern china heavy fog was blamed which resulted in a car wreck strewn across the seven kilometer a long stretch of road emergency services said it was total chaos with cars and

trucks laying on top of each other rescue workers describe the situation as extremely dangerous all the mass smashed cause traffic jams wants to hours. russia 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 in the full interview with her is coming your way next hour but here's a quick preview. well you know because we had worked if they. couldn't remember russia or so we would hope of course. yes it would be and i'm sure we will be. more clear to work under this circumstance yes we keep the feeling that it did happen very soon. business is next here in r.t. with kareena after a short break. for the full story we've gone to. the

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to business thanks for joining me precious metals are gaining for the second day as investors look for protection from a falling dollar u.s. federal reserve policy makers are due to meet later on tuesday to discuss interest rates and a second round of quantitative easing the so-called q e two was intended to boost economic growth by increasing the amount of money available to bags but investors fear the injection of billions of extra dollars into the market when the two inflation. gold is currently trading at just over forty hundred dollars an ounce a point seven percent on the session the yellow metal has gained nearly thirty percent since the beginning of the year and it's heading for its tenth straight annual paths so far it's trading at twenty nine point nine dollars an ounce up point nine percent. stocks a stock markets in europe make. in the afternoon trading b.p.

is the top gain on the footsie up more than two percent as it benefits from the stronger gold price and use it as set up a fast payment system for claims related to the oil spill in the gulf of mexico investors hope this will reduce the number of people putting too soon. on the russian market saying in the red out in the afternoon trading the beam isaacs is losing half a percent weighted by energy stocks most of the blue chips are in the red with energy majors losing the most. gaining just a notch on the r.t.s. ross never shedding want to have to stand and look or is losing more than one percent of them isaac's gospel it was a point seven percent. of the biggest modern noise maker has sold its entire stake in the u.s. metals company stillwater. thirty seven million so watersheds to the public at nineteen dollars fifty cents a share and the remaining nine million shares to u.b.s. securities the russian mining giant had said it was selling it says to focus on its

core operations. russia's mobile giant m.t.s. has opened a credit line of three point three billion dollars with this bear bag the company will use the record loan to refinance its current debts it will help the company to save about two hundred fifty million dollars in just one year the remaining part will be invested in developing three g. mobile services. the world's biggest retailer wal-mart is leaving russia wal-mart has long been trying to buy its way into the market but says it failed to find enough attractive targets the company has closed its moscow office saying there was no reason to remain despite its continued interest in the country walmart is the second big international retail to leave russia after france's careful failed to make its business profitable and while this may be bad for russian shoppers it's probably good news for domestic retailers. for the. retail

company since it basically eliminates potential but still very large compared to all the concerns about large buter. exiting the market on grounded in my view because none of the russian retailers because the public ones. are right now at least at the prices that mark is offering now let's look at the ruble the russian currency is doing well as all prices continue to rally peter weston from antón says tax and bond coupons paid in rubles due at the end of the year are also lifting the currency 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 economic fundamentals and commodity prices against what we would have believed it should have done but we've had the capital of those 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 a strong group by the end of the year that's your business update for now we'll bring you the latest from the world markets at twenty past the hour just.

he it's. easy to. see. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo but up to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day that killed nine guerrillas in combat the best edition by instructs you including you know and there are strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. let me. 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

the 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. usa continue to fly.

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because the report is coming up here in our team but first a look at the headlines the white house is confident the nuclear cuts treaty with russia will be ratified before the end of the year even if the current senate have to pull. in the new congress takes over in january republicans will have a bigger representation and could block the deal. the wiki leaks founder julian assange just seeking bail at a poor hearing in london on tuesday to supporters fear if it's refused to be extradited to sweden over rape allegations and could then be handed over to the u.s. which accuses him. and the biggest naval deal with a nato country is on the horizon for russia as it said to buy at least one invents

french helicopter carrier moscow has been negotiating the deal to which the u.s. is opposed for almost a year. as promised coming up next kaiser and stacy herbert explore how the wiki leaks revelations are affecting the world of big money the kaiser report is next. my study or this is the kaiser report you know we got those fools on the run not only are we sure did the bankers with their show but we got folks like wiki leaks going after all taking it from the cyber direction they got in the crosshairs they got the picture lou we're going to. talk to her about all those days max kaiser well you know what it might be time to short j.p. morgan this is a.