country that this issue did not belong in our politics but rather in our. terms of how it protects the nation the opposition to the treaty has been huge in washington a number of republican senators went out of their way to undermine it without substantial arguments against it if you they were putting forward a man went after a man was that would actually kill the trade that would make the administration go back to the russians and negotiate a treaty and actually russia's foreign minister said your lover i've 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 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 us we curb 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 flurry down to some fifteen hundred fifty warheads on each side they do will also limit the number of delivery vehicles and 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 being reductions it's in the trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers that go 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 one if that was the

state and fans were calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for us russia relations and the outcome of the woeful will show whether or not their calls fell on deaf ears in congress. got a chicken reporting there. well joseph cirincione the president of the campaign group the fund says barack obama has done well to overcome the many obstacles in the style of the treaty invitation process most of the opposition to this relatively modest treaty has been political the opposition what 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 be do these little mini filibusters around their amendments to prove they didn't have time they were waiting for something to happen they were tipped 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 well so they had this. i cannot hear but have a lot to say we explore how deaf people in russia tune into

a world in pervious today problems. the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's extending its reach into neighboring pakistan but the new york times has quoted an anonymous american official saying special forces will start targeting militants across the border the u.s. has been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgency bases in pakistan and is often accused of killing civilians in the process as i'm about has described the attacks as a violation of its territorial sovereignty well for more on this we're joined live by mike preston told veterans of peace who is in kabul now i must defer to you but if these operations do actually begin do you think it means coalition forces will be staying in the region for much longer than previously thought.

the audio is good me trouble if you could repeat that again i'm sorry yes indeed i mean do you think that the forces would remain. in for much longer than previously thought if these reports are actually true. if these reports are actually true. it's very disturbing. actually we we've heard bits and pieces of reports earlier. suggesting that special forces operations may have been. going on in pakistan but this is the first time media outlet like the new york times has said so and this is extremely serious i hope the american. the public sees it as that and we should remember that when richard nixon was president he secretly invaded cambodia and secretly bombed cambodia without any knowledge on the part of congress and that was one of the

charges that he was brought up for impeachment with so that was extremely serious then and it's the exact same situation now secret bombings with the drones and secret invasion. now the u.s. has been trying to get pakistan to deal with insurgents but would this mean that washington is as given a given up trying really. if if i heard you correctly you are you are saying that the us is trying to get pakistan to. do its part. in this this is assumed that the. the way to do. security is through the military option and cranking up the violence in the military operations and every fact that we can see tells us that that's exactly the app is it that the

more military operations you have the more civilians are killed the more people decide that they are going to take up arms against the occupiers and against the the people that are bombing them i mean it's just perfect sense but our government is just ignoring that. the things operations actually do happen what reaction would you expect from pakistan. well i would expect they would lodge complaints in the u.s. . and take whatever actions are possible however pakistan has. then looks like in the last few years been trying to play both sides of the fence where. they want to be seen as an ally of the us and at the same time . who knows how much of

a free hand. some of the militia are having in the western part of the country so. i'm sure the government of pakistan would would like its citizens to think that they're outraged at this. and the citizens should be outraged at this exactly what position the government is going to take or take publicly go. to be seen. ok mark but i know you had a few sound problems that hearing us from kabul but thank you very much indeed for joining us on r.t. . britain's foreign secretary says that russia and the u.k. have each expelled one of the others diplomats in a rather ever and then spying is the first souring in the two countries relations since moscow in london began working to reset ties there and it reports now from london. william hague the foreign secretary wrote a 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 was 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 than the prime minister and then do 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 younker affair 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 for that reset button. for more news analysis is always your fingertips on our website that's r.t. dot com this is a taste of what some. line few right now hundreds of being jailed after protests that president bush rangers election victory but

a ruse to get more of what's been happening on the streets the capital and why. plus a short list of all the eleven husbands of the elder roughest competition for a musket for the twenty four thousand so she went to them thanks god here's ranging from a dolphin to elected its a b choose which one you like best technology dot com. seeing a deal for russian nuclear power to fuel india's growing energy demand to be sure to get it will be discovering a different kind of oriental energy on the second day of his indian tour the president will take in only within the taj mahal. as more from india. now that all the major deals have been signed 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 a india's most. popular film directors and film stars says indian films have always been rather welcomed in russia and now indian film makers are looking to reproduce some of their classics together with the russian directors also here in mumbai russian president is meeting with his 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 good these are the alternatives for 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 counterpart including deals in military cooperation and russia's also trying to such as fight india's growing demand for energy but he's already building two nuclear reactors in the south of the country altogether overlooked thirty documents were signed back in new delhi as of course the two countries of the bric group of emerging economies have many spears of corporation. ati's i know because of their reporting from india now that let's take a brief look at some other stories from around the world. the ivory coast faces the risk of returning to civil war following the disputed presidential election warning comes from u.n. secretary general ban ki moon he added that when peacekeepers were being forced from the country company to own the backbone of the world both he recognized the victory of his rival president to use the international routes of trying to bring a fight to his country the u.n. says more than fifty people have been killed in related violence recent days.

south korea is to start its knowledge of say you're out of jail exercises near the border has been there with over eight hundred military personnel and fighter jets all set to take part it follows exercises. in both sides the fatal exchangeable terrified last month as well as they do maneuvers off the east coast. despite calls from the north not to escalate tensions in the region. freezing temperatures and heavy snow a continuing to cause massive disruption of spirit travel has been severely hampered as it struggled to keep runways free unless britain is badly affected with hundreds of flights grounded and tens of thousands of travelers stranded. has criticised possible taishan agencies and says move must be done to prevent disruption in the future. the u.s.

commander in afghanistan general david petraeus says the date richard holbrooke made a vital contribution to the campaign in the country he claims president obama's special representative helps build an effective team on the ground however military contributor could have any who shelf says the diplomat failed to tackle the most burning issue. 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. and reject credibility and respect and attention from his troops leveraging mr appropriate praise on the architect of the drug promotion strategy in afghanistan and the main defender of the opium cultivation all across the country we choose to be general trios we know

if general to stick with his praise to richard holbrooke calling that tightening of the us policy in afghanistan and pakistan he might as well make his mission guilty by association he might be start with the mission creep which will be described as the titanic. both in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. and america's involvement in so many conflicts over the years has led to many us soldiers beginning to doubt this just calls for it especially reporters coming away from the day that it takes them. they are killing innocent kids i was a call of course and that's never a. song from the skull still with me i think of it every day. the flyers fired from

their memories and. assume most a long time just here trying to help. i was assure you. i was ashamed that i had been. i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero while. i got my legs. would go. forward. that i'll believe what i was going on was the right thing. that i was a good soldier. for the most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just not good. from stalin's a scone to soviet indifference the deaf in russia have not had an easy time even now they live in limbo 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 heard. reports . of the song. with his hat. but. he tells me he speaks the most beautiful language well. it is the one. yes there was no look at your balloon with the slightest 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. dance appreciates this theater of death actors is an exception in the world mostly cos talk to those

speaking with their hands. at the look at. it. even the language doesn't officially exist all previous attempts to possible giving official recognition to the russian side languages have failed the problem dates back more than seventy years when sign language was banned from separate schools in one nine hundred fifty stalin made the situation even worse by calling it not even a solid eight language 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 know all this. racial slur lydia. boyd baulch rebuild. 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 john is one of the 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.

on. the show. they may help here but then help and they told the. truth those who call other people it may be just that the music of their hearts and so is allowed but still not enough to be officially recognized cut.

our teeth. with all the business news stating. that. welcome to business russia's biggest lenders burbank will post a record profits of five point one billion dollars this year that's according to the bank's head when graff predicted profit would top four point eight billion. to six point four billion dollars next year however graph said the bank will not raise dividends despite those profits. now europe is edging higher gaining for the

second day in a row it comes as braille operators return to more normal of the four days of snow related calles. the nikkei has slipped into the red in afternoon trade within the last hour japan has said its economy will grow only one and a half percent next year compared with this year's three point one percent. growth accelerated for the first time in nine months camera make it count on is up almost two percent. after a poor beginning to the week b.l.t.'s has had a positive start for the second day in a row russia's benchmark open point three percent my stakes is also high a similar amount in the opening minutes. trading for the through the day. to day i think the market will continue to be quiet but still strong we are in previous few days consolidation the market and i think that the market is said to

going up there are particular ideas for example this is very controversially sure show the board approve the deal but still telling or blog 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 we saw a very good rally in the stock about two point five percent just on announcing so still the she's very controversial so i would be a bit cautious right now about buying into the. and energy stocks saw the main gain as. gazprom high as light sweet moved closer to ninety nine dollars ninety dollars a barrel it just dawned around eighty nine ninety eight at the moment but there is no one in morning trade because investors are cashing in yesterday's profits. capital requirements for russian banks will likely for some financial institutions out of the market next year but the impact on the sector should be minimal

according to the head of the deposit insurance agency who spoke exclusively to business altie. because of the strategy to develop the banking system the minimal capital requirement level for retail banks will grow and this will lead to some banks leaving the sector i think from ten to twelve banks currently the agency has funds of about three point seven billion dollars and it will reach four point five billion by the end of january and the size of the fund will continue to increase we believe it will grow. even. now russia may be merging from the financial crisis but company bosses are keeping their salaries in check for now most chief executives have a raise their wages this year the average general director still earn seven thousand six hundred dollars a month same as last year but the study by recruiters mix found c.e.o.'s raise the average salaries of their workers this year by twelve percent. christmas the new

year expected to be a profitable time for banks as shoppers turn to their credit cards to buy presents and food. credits shows that the number of people willing to buy gifts on credit has risen to thirty nine percent from just twenty three last year reveals that people already to spend more money on presents confidence in the russian economy recovers after the crisis. that's the latest remember you can always find more stories on our website that's.

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