at the trade ratified. this would not have happened without five partisanship and i'm very grateful to a number of senators i'll talk about the middle more tomorrow on the other side of the aisle who. decided that this was the moment to act for the national security interests of our country that this issue did not belong in our politics but rather in our minds in terms of how it protects the nation the opposition to the treaty has been huge in washington the number of republicans that are is when out of their way to undermine it without substantial arguments they guessed that they were putting forward a man runs after a man was that would actually kill the treaty that would make the administration go back to the russians and negotiate the treaty and actually russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said the treaty is based on the best interest of both the u.s. and russia and it doesn't need to be changed their actions provoked an avalanche of criticism from the country's top security experts who fear of the treaty could

become a victim of political games on capitol hill in the final days of debate on start they wanted to we write the language of the treaty which would have actually killed it they wanted to take out the line in the preamble of the deal which states the fact of the connection between offensive and defensive weapons in a security expert would say the connection is obvious and in fact all of those from the military who testified before the senate were saying exactly that they also maintained it's not the start treaty that would make the u.s. we curd the treaty itself explicitly says either side can pull out of it if a some point they deem is threatens their national security if we look at the cots part of the do we have some very significant reductions on the way over the next ten years both states will cut their nuclear arsenals by a flurried down to some fifteen hundred and fifty warheads on each side they do will also limit the number of delivery vehicles in launchers but even with those cuts both countries will still have. more than ninety percent of the world's

nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the arms reduction treaty is not just the options it's in the trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers that goes with it for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of the of his administration all of the military all living forms that preserve state and up to fans are calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for u.s. russia relations and the outcome of the woeful will show whether or not their calls fell on deaf ears in congress or please go to check our reporting there. were joseph cirincione the president of the campaign group the ploughshares fund says barack obama has done well to overcome the many obstacles in the starts treaty but if a cation process most of the opposition to this relatively modest treaty has been political the opposition was thought they could deliver a knockout blow to president obama they missed and he struck them down instead part

of it is ideological there's about twelve to twenty senators in the car in the senate that are just opposed to arms control treaties they're arguing to the bitter end but they're a minority they're losing they were trying to run out the clock they kept making the argument we don't have time and then they started to do these little mini filibusters around their amendments to prove they didn't have time they were waiting for something to happen there were tip the balance in fact what happened is that military officials talk to each senator they got calls from republican secretary of defense bob gates from hillary clinton the secretary of state they got classified briefings and republican senator senators were reassured so you saw the moderate senators senators breaking from their own leadership this is actually an unprecedented split in the senate republican leadership we haven't seen anything like this all year where you going to lose ten to twelve senators are going to break with their own leadership to support this treaty that is in the national security interest. what's ahead this hour on r.t.

. i don't have a lot to say we explore how deaf people in russia well obviously their problems. the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's extending its reach into neighboring pakistan but the new york times is quoted an anonymous american official saying special forces will start targeting militants across the buddha the u.s. has been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgents and bases in pakistan and is often accused of killing civilians in the process is out about describe the attacks as a violation of its territorial sovereignty well for more on this we're joined live by right to retire the u.s. army colonel in kabul how they change thanks for joining us now if the claims are true it means the u.s.

is opening up a new front in the world and looking to wind down those that suggest withdrawal will be will difficult in your opinion. well the reports that the u.s. military forces special forces are actually operating i. should say pakistan it's been some we've heard rumors of that before this latest new york times article. perming was known and it's a very dangerous situation with the united states beginning and. you say a very dangerous situation indeed if the coalition does go into start what do you think are the charm cities the success or could it be just another stalemate with the years to come. well. the issue. the country going into another. sovereign territory ducting military all right. it is very dangerous for that country itself pakistan where

the. u.s. popularity rating so to speak listen ten percent of people in pakistan think that there's anything positive coming from u.s. military operations in afghanistan but what's happening at pakistan with the u.s. sponsored drone missions the numbers of people that have been killed by the huge masses but the people of the swat valley because of the military operations with no situation really taking care of those people is that is a really it's a very very dangerous u.s. operation that is jeopardizing i think the sovereignty and stability of afghanistan not in the stability of pakistan at all indeed for the style of the says it opposes operations on its territory in the polls it is a ruthless state how safe do you think these operations will be.

well pakistan i think the pakistani government is. playing a dual role they are saying to their own people we don't want these arabs on our territory and yet they are allowing and in fact the united states has given them something like three billion dollars extra military aid as a surprise to a school that had taken a look at military operations there and is a millionaire state of pakistan of course the security of the saudis is always a great great story. the answer concern that we have in the us of our own net or security i think most nations are taking this new course in a pretty lively quite honestly they're using it to scare the citizenry that they themselves are not taking steps that are really necessary to secure in those facilities we just had a trial in washington state. in the united states where five people were able to

tunnel by defenses against in the nuclear area like three hours so the united states does not take its own security. with this much concern is cause american citizens and i'm certainly concerned for sure about. the pakistani program and that it needs to be secure these types of operations that u.s. is doing pakistan only the courage to do. things against their own government. i don't want. money by going after these weapons. but briefly do these records do you think show that the u.s. has. that they've failed to convince is that. what it's really. i'm sorry my dander stand there let's question. one of the things i would say just

in general i believe that the united states definitely needs to be removing its troops from from afghanistan totally greece and military operations in afghanistan massive loss of life i mean most times more than once happened this year is plus these incursions and stands making region much more unstable non-state. hey i like appreciate comments have ideas on the thank you for joining us helena. britain's foreign secretary says that russia and the u.k. have each expelled one of the others diplomats in a row over the edge spying is the first sorry the two countries relations since moscow and began working to reset toys for him it's reports now from london. william hague the foreign secretary recent letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled a diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats

expulsion on december the tenth after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain rejects any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it was only a response to what the foreign office here had done this of course is a huge embarrassment for the foreign secretary william hague who when he took office as recently as may this year said that he vowed to improve relations with moscow and him fact went to moscow in november and met with president dmitri medvedev which is quite a rare occurrence for a lower official in the prime minister and then due to a visit by david cameron which is supposed to take place early next next year now

whether that will affect the timing of that visit is obviously not clear yet william hague the foreign secretary says that he still wants to have a co-operative and productive relationship with russia we saw another tit for tat expulsion in two thousand and seven following the libyan career fair three diplomats were expelled from each side then as well and that was in protest from the british side a russian refusal to extradite lugovoy to face trial in the u.k. he is of course britain's prime suspect in the murder of alexander litvinenko since then there has been attempts on various sides to push what they're calling the reset button in russia u.k. relations this could have serious implications of all that reset button. of course as more news and analysis always at your fingertips on our website that's r.t. dot com so for the photo what's on. and few right now hundreds have been jailed on the protests president of the central election victory going to roost. on the

streets of the capital and. shortlist over the eleven has been revealed in russia's competition for musk october twenty fourth into an index it is ranging from don't fit into a leopard what's it to be true which one you like best about he don't come. off to sealing the deal for russian nuclear power to fuel india's growing energy demand to meet him and get it will be discovering a different kind of oriental energy on the second day of his indian told the president will take in both the wood and the taj mahal he has more for me. now that all the major deals have been signs during president the biggest high profile visit to india it's time for the russian president to explore the other side of the

country here in mumbai the problem of the visit includes a trip to bollywood where russian president is meeting with the most. popular film directors and film stars and indian films have always been rather welcomed in russia and now indian filmmakers are looking to reproduce some of their classics together with the russian directors also here in mumbai russian president is meeting with a meeting with representatives of the general public at a local university as cooperation in science and need to acknowledge is crucial for the two emerging economies if two countries like ours can come together and perhaps show to the rest of the world where these are the alternatives that the intelligentsia and countries you know we can offer alternative ways of thinking earlier during his visit to meet daily billion dollar deals were signed between russian president and his indian counterparts including deals in military cooperation and russia's also trying to such as fight india's growing demand for

energy it's already is already building two nuclear reactors in the south of the country altogether overlooked thirty joke humans were signed back in new delhi as of course the two countries of the bric google for merging economies have many spears of cooperation. kind of a cover there reporting from india now that let's take a brief look at some other stories from around the world this hour the ivory coast braces the risk of returning to civil war and the presidential election when it comes to being such a general. he added that un peacekeepers were being forced from the country by the incumbent alone about the world body recognize a picture of his rival the president accuse the international community of trying to bring a fight to his country and rein said fifty people in the world to follow its recent rains. south korea is to start its knowledge of jail

exercises near the border with the north more than eight hundred military personnel and fighter jets set to take part it follows exercises in the hearing on and both sides thanks jenny agutter on the last night it's interesting it's off east coast comes despite calls from the north not to escalate and. freezing temperatures and heavy snow will continue to cause massive disruption across europe travel has been severely hampered as airports struggle to keep runways free of ice britain is badly affected with hundreds of flights grounded and tens of thousands of travelers stranded the e.u. has criticised transport patient agencies this as must be done to prevent disruption in the future. the u.s. commander in afghanistan general david petraeus says the late richard holbrooke was a bunch of contribution to the campaign in the country he claims president obama's

special representative helps build an effective team on the ground. military contributor can move getting who show off as a diplomat fail to tackle the most booming issues. really the gradual shift of the u.s. military and intelligence community from afghanistan to pakistan i guess the u.s. commander in afghanistan has a bigger fish to fry than to waste his style energy credibility and respect and attention from his troops leveraging our proper it preys on the architect of the drug promotion strategy in afghanistan and the main defender of the opium cultivation all across the country reach used to be general to transpose women now if general to stick with his praise to richard holbrooke calling him the tightening

of the us policy in afghanistan and pakistan he might as well make his mission guilty by association he might be stocked with the mission creep which will be described as a titanic. both in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. and america's involvement in so many conflicts have be is has led to many u.s. soldiers the into doubt if there is just cause for it and special report is coming away twenty minutes. there are killing innocents here or is it a call of course and that's never a. sharp when those calls still are made are i think of it every day. the flyers fire truck to memorise. so much so that

a long time i'm just here trying to help. i was. i was ashamed that i. i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero while. i got my legs. we're all going to be out in all hours of. that i'll believe what i was doing no wonder i think. that i was a good soldier. but most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just not good. from a stall in school and to save it in difference the deaf in russia have not had an easy time even though they live in that the russians signed that which is not officially recognized and many say social attitudes can be a problem too but deaf people are finding ways of making themselves good. falls.

in the song. with his hands instead. of blood. he tells me he speaks the most beautiful language in the world. yes there was no look which will produce the slowest little school. and so despite living in the world of silence aleksey and his fellow performers put on a show full of life and music and. the audience appreciates this theater of death actors is an exception in the world mostly hostile to those speaking with their hands. at the look at.

it who. knows. even the language doesn't officially exist for c.b.s. attempts to possible given the visual recognition to the russian side languages have failed the problem dates back more than seventy years when sign language was banned from soviet schools in one nine hundred fifty stalin made the situation even worse by calling it not eating a salad a plan which unlike what some might think it's not a primitive way of conveying basic information it's a fully fledged language capable of expressing just about anything more you don't know if you. feel if you. would follow what you were even though you're. the head of the old russian federation of the deaf believes there are more than ten million hard of hearing people in the country but no interpreters no t.v. channels almost nothing to ease their interaction with the world.

i think chinese want to hold children the only deaf one in the fallow. this is the first beauty shop for the hard of hearing and his cell phones have protests.

they may help here but there are no parents and they told the. truth those who call in other people it may be just that the music of the hearts and so is allowed but still not allowed enough to be officially recognized. as. the live. show block party hosted. where the business update

is coming up after a short break. welcome to business russia's biggest lenders burbank enjoyed record profits of one hundred sixty billion rubles that's around five point one billion dollars this year that's according to the bank's head when growth earlier analysts had predicted the bank's profit would exceed four point eight billion swimming plans to increase this recall profit to six point four billion dollars next year. will not raise dividends despite those profits. let's check on stocks now asian markets rose driving a benchmark index close to a two and

a half year high as commodity prices gained off a couple clients a record trading near ninety dollars a barrel and the euro climbed after gaining japanese exports to state investor confidence in global economic recovery however the nikkei has swung into the red in offering trade. off to a pull beginning to the week has had a positive start for the second day in a row russia's benchmark opened a few moments ago point three percent or more six figures you see there on choose those closing it opens in about four minutes time. gazprom is higher in early trade on the r.t.s. . with lloyd's suite moving closer towards ninety dollars a barrel is down however as investors cash in yesterday's gains. trading volumes are expected to be low and quiet on the russian markets on wednesday as the holidays approach vice president trek a dialogue gives us his take on what to expect as well as those talks. today i

think the market will continue to be quiet but still strong we swore in previous few days consolidation the market and i think that the market is set to going up after christmas holiday is finished i think we'll see inflows see in the russia and will go up there are particular ideas for example as for will come this is very controversial issue so the board approved the deal but still telling or can block this deal and they'll be very difficult to kind of finally prove and make the deal and in fact show one telling all said that they against this deal the markets accepted these things very positively and it was a very good rally in the stock about to form forty five percent just on announcing so the still issues very controversial so i would be a bit cautious right now about washington buying into the stope now russia may be emerging from the financial crisis but company bosses are keeping this in check for now most chief executives haven't raised their wages this year with the average

general director still earning seven thousand six hundred dollars a month the study by recruiters max found c.e.o.'s have raised the average salary of their workers this year however by twelve percent. christmas on the new year are expected to be profitable time for tons of credit cards to buy presents and food from home credit bank shows that the number of people willing to buy gifts on credit has jumped to thirty nine percent from only twenty three percent last year research also reveals the people are ready to spend more money on presents as confidence in the russian economy recovers off of the crisis. that's the business join us for opening figures from stock markets across europe.

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has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to hope for a shelter on the day. but are you watching r t the headlines for you now the u.s. senate wraps up debate on the nuclear cuts treaty with russia and the wait for a final vote expected to take they sustained wednesday democrats short of the deal ruby sealed despite strong opposition on the republicans. u.k. expels a diplomat from the russian embassy over suspicion of espionage russia reciprocates them into their tiny asian affairs the new spy round might threaten the recent thaw in relations between moscow and about. reports that the u.s.

is preparing to expand its afghan campaign with ground raids in the neighboring pakistan threaten to strained relations between washington and islamabad nation denies the claim that special forces will stop targeting militants across the border. and to see the billion dollar defense and energy deals of india mission advantage is in for cultural treat second day of his visit the russian leader explain the phenomenon of the bollywood film industry. when i started six on a boy talk to the georgian opposition leader you know bush and that's about the state of democracy in the country and its relations with its neighbors. just that with the. often when interesting railways you say your mission is to introduce democracy to georgia to make it more democratic place conflicts which.