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 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 a 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 curred 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 third 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 goes with it for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of the of his administration all of the military. living one mistake was

the state and fans were calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for u.s. russia relations and the outcome of the will of will show whether or not their calls fell on deaf ears in congress party's got a ticket reporting that well the josephs are in siani the president of the anti nuclear campaign group the process fund says barack obama has done well to overcome the many obstacles in the start treaty but if the cation 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 in the senate that are just opposed to arms control treaties they're arguing to the bitter end but they are 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 they would 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. well still ahead this hour on r.t. . they cannot hear but have a lot to say we explore how deaf people in russia into the world to their problems . u.s.

led coalition forces in afghanistan could extend their reach into neighboring pakistan says the new york times report the paper quotes an anonymous american official who claims special forces will start targeting militants across the border u.s. denies the suggestions washington has been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgency bases in pakistan and is often accused of killing civilians in the process that has described the attacks as a violation of its territorial sovereignty kathy kelly coordinator of voices for creative nonviolence says the u.s. military establishment is simply hoping to prove its cash flow. it seems to me that the united states would have an effect similar to what has happened in the past here in afghanistan along with the drone attacks the invasion of a sovereign country. a united states joint special operations whose means of attack include death squads and assassinations and night raids would exacerbate the

tremendous almost tidal wave of anti-american sentiment amongst the public united states establishment the military industrial complex companies have learned that you can make an enormous profit you can stuff your financial portfolios and run to the bank and that you can do this in another limited way and they've learned that lesson and they would like to continue it but as far as what the united states might have to learn from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families first loved ones who have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. and america's involvement in conflicts over the years says that many u.s.

soldiers to die out if this is just cause for their countries into vengeance a special report is coming your way just over twenty minutes but here's a preview. did i kill innocent kids or was it a call of course and that's never a. moment sharpless cosco with me i think of it every day. try to memorise. the so much so that a long time. i was. i was ashamed that i. i was ashamed that i had. my legs. forward. i don't believe what i was doing i was the right thing. that i was

a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just. more than a million people have now signed a petition calling for a complete ban on the use of genetically modified crops in europe comes off the block gave its approval in the summer and limited grain of some crops that's led to accusations the u.s. which is the well is a major player in the industry is putting unfair pressure on the new well that from when i joined i went in angle the author of seeds of destruction the hidden agenda of g.m. and for his take on the data step thanks for joining us now what do you make of the eans approval in the summer was it a result of u.s. pressure. the since george w. bush went to the world trade organization two thousand and three before the rubble

had cleared and baghdad even pressed a suit against the european union for blocking the licensing and approval of g.m.o. crop. the u.s. government has made genetic manipulation the spread of g.m.o. seeds patented seeds from monsanto doll department and others a national security priority it's tantamount to the export of defense weapons for the pentagon and for the u.s. budget it's a national security export sector agribusiness and especially patented seeds g.m.o. seeds for months up to one company so the pressure on the european union i know from direct reports out of brussels i know from intelligence networks grassroots of farmers and political people across europe is enormous there is corruption in the european food safety authority the efs where monsanto and other front organizations of the g m a lobby finance the research work of scientists who are supposed to be

neutral and independent and looking out for the food safety of of the european population so the pressure yes it's enormous and strong allegations there indeed i mean the u.s. has a virtual monopoly in g.m.c. i mean do you think the u.s. government is railroading its way into protected markets. well they're certainly trying to and they've done that to a large extent in spain for a number of years now where the agribusiness interests have literally taken over the what used to be a. delightfully natural foods culture in spain and turned it into agribusiness synthetic i call it fake foods where you have. bright red tomatoes delivered from spain southern spain into german supermarkets and you bite into them and they they taste like chemically altered water and not not real from a dose so this. this is a massive massive pressure on the e.u.

for one reason because the resistance in the european union is one of the major resisting points to the proliferation of patent seeds worldwide. the u.s. government the u.s. government has called holds the patent with monsanto terminator seed technology and they refused to stop research on terminator technology so imagine if the european union has monsanto seeds and monsanto switches those seeds off unless the european union does politically what washington wants in a particular situation so the area or china or any other country for that matter russia when it comes their. vegetables and the like in the supermarkets many europeans are deeply against the use of modified seeds but do you think on a wider sense the issue has already been decided. no i think it's not been decided i think the resistance to political resistance even in germany where the government

evangelists merkel would have loved to have peace washington and approve. one all corn last year it was an election year and they could not ram it through because the popular grassroots protest you mentioned the million petitions they're trying to ignore the fact that a million citizens across europe petitioned against license you know the p.m.o. crops in brussels but that's a reality and it's very strong political message here in europe much it's not for britain to label food products free from g.m.o. free from g.m.o. in fact it's required if it's more than one percent to label it in the u.s. it's forbidden by law to label product as free from more contain e.g. of all that we have to think father bush in one thousand ninety two. as a we have these exam if they were out at the time that that thanks very much and if your thoughts with an angle or through a series of destruction a hidden agenda of g.m. i thank you thank you. britain's foreign secretary says that russia and the

u.k. have each expelled one of the others diplomats in a rally over alleged spying is the first souring in the two countries relations since moscow and london began working to reset ties more image reports from the. william hague the foreign secretary wrote a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled the 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 living young 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 for that reset button. well more news analysis always at your fingertips utter website or t. dot com here's just a taste of what's. all night right now hundreds have been jailed to protest that the president of strength is election victory are going to release more of what's been happening on the streets of the company than. a shortlist of eleven has been revealed in russia's competition from moscow for the twenty fourteen winter olympics with ideas ranging from a don't pin to a leopard i can choose which one you like this don't go.

off the ceiling a deal for russian nuclear power to fuel india's growing energy demand to meet you medvedev will be discovering a different kind of oriental energy on the second day of his indian told the president will take in bollywood and the taj mahal. has 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 as 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 good these are the alternatives for the intelligentsia and countries you know we can all fall down a day of ways of thinking earlier jury years visit to need daily billion dollar deals were signed between russian president and his indian counterpart including deals in military cooperation and russia is also trying to such as fight india's growing demand for energy to already 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 cooperation. because of their reporting from india. not in let's take a brief look at some other international stories making headlines the ivory coast

faces returning to civil war following the disputed presidential election the warning comes from u.n. secretary general ban ki moon he added that un peacekeepers were being forced from the country by the incumbent lauren good luck but of the world body recognized the victory of his rival the president accuse the international community of trying to bring the fight to his country the u.n. says more than fifty people have been killed in related violence of recent days. south korea is to start its darkest live drill exercises near the border with the north where an eight hundred retreat personnel are set to take part about by fighter jets it follows exercises more young than both sides had a fatal exchange of artillery fire last month as well as naval maneuvers off the east coast the drill comes despite calls from the north not to escalate tensions in the region. 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 transportation agencies and says more must be done to prevent disruption in the future. from stalin's schooling to serious indifference the diff in the russian have not had an easy time even though they live in limbo the russian sign language is not officially recognised and many say social attitudes can be a problem too but deaf people are finding ways of making themselves heard a diverse group of reports. alex econ hear the song. with his hand such. that if.

he tells me he speaks the most beautiful language in the world. it is the army. and so despite living in the world of silence alex and his fellow performers put on a show full of life and music. appreciates this theatre of the deaf actors is an exception in the world mostly hostile to those speaking with their hands. you. know. even that language doesn't officially exist all previous attempts to pass a law giving official 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 even as solid a 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. this. crazy lady or. 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

that's john is one of four children the only deaf one in the fallow. this is the first beauty shop for the heart of hearing and has stopped and protests . in the field he says lives. they may not hear. they're not commute and they love talking.

after all those who counts here are the same people it may be just that the music of their hearts and souls is louder but still not loud enough to be officially recognized. as. r.t. moscow. now with all the business news feed. to business russia's biggest lenders burbank will post record profits of five point one billion dollars this year according to the bank's head home and graph analysts had predicted profit would top four point eight billion dollars government plans to

boost this to six point four billion next year however group said the bank will not raise dividends despite those profits. the stock market's european shares have gone back positive in the past hour as airlines and rail operators return to more normal should jewels after four days of snow related chaos on the footsie british airways is up over one and a half percent. after a poor beginning to the we had a positive start for the second day in a row russia's benchmark index opened up half a percent the most six is also higher by a similar amount in economic news russia's g.d.p. grew four point two percent in november a year on the year which sets g.d.p. growth to three point seven percent for the first eleven months of twenty ten energy companies are gaining today as light sweet moves closer to ninety dollars a barrel his biggest carmaker after vies is losing despite targeting a twenty eight percent jump in sales next year to six billion dollars trading volumes are slimming as the holidays approach however eagle private troika dialog

still sees room for another rally. i think the market will continue to be quiet but still strong we saw in previous few days consolidation the market and i think that the market is said to going up we see some inflows seen funds in long term funds and we see these inflows coming into russia by the end of the we know that some fans will see reshuffling of their portfolios there could be some a teacher after christmas in europe and i still hope that. this consolidation we see right now will end up with a shortened kind of very strong rally by the end of the year it usually happens this way and i think the sea in general was very kind of stable in terms of when floating in the russian dedicated funds now russia may be emerging from the financial crisis but company bosses are keeping the salaries in check most chief executives haven't raised their wages this year with the average general director

still earning seven thousand six hundred dollars a month but the study by recruiters mix found c.e.o.'s have raised the average salaries of their workers this year by twelve percent. christmas and the new year are expected to be a profitable time for banks as shoppers turned their credit cards to buy presents and food research from home credit shows the number of people willing to buy gifts on credit has risen to thirty nine percent from just twenty three percent last year research also reveals that people already to spend more money on presents as confidence in the russian economy recovers after the crisis that's the business remember you can always find more stories on our website that's all true dot com.

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and he watching artist take a look at the headlines now the u.s. senate wraps up debate on the nuclear treaty with russia clearing the way for a final vote expected to take place as soon as wednesday democrats are sure the deal will be sealed this whitestone opposition from the republicans. ports that the u.s. is fighting to expand its afghan town painted ground raids in neighboring pakistan into strained relations between washington and is that all about coalition denies the claim that special forces will stop targeting militants across the border.

randolph the ceiling billion dollar defense and energy deals with the media me to a bit of a cultural treat on the second day of his visit the russian but it will explore the phenomenon of the bollywood film industry. well next in our special report we talked to american veterans about their assessment of the mission at war and regrets it has brought them. to be a soldier was a very important a young life and to be not just a soldier but to be a good soldier and to be in combat. that's where.