artie's washington correspondent dan attention can follow the developments. in the vote on this man on this resolution are seventy one days twenty six days two thirds of the senate president having voted in the affirmative the resolution of ratification is agreed to. and with this approval russian the u.s. will start the new year with a treaty that has become a symbol of trust and cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers i am glad the democrats and republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and it will make us safer and reduce our nuclear arsenals along with russia. both states have some very significant reductions underway over the next ten years the countries will cut their nuclear arsenals by a third down to some fifteen hundred fifty deployed warheads on each side the deal also limits the number of delivery vehicles and launchers but even with those cuts

both russia and the u.s. will still hold more than ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so many agree that the value of the new arms reduction treaty is not just in reductions but i think it's also important to say that the significance of the treaty is much larger than the implications for arms control it really does give a lot of momentum and boost to the broader u.s. russia reset and i think puts obama and medvedev on course to cooperate more closely on a whole host of issues and it may well be that this is seen as a turning point in which the russia u.s. rivalry of the past is finally laid to rest for weeks and months the president of the united states all members of his administration the military all living former secretary of state and of defense were calling for senators not to ruin this reset opportunity for us who are sure relations and the message did resonate with many senators every senator knows when you're trying to get things done relationships

matter and the relationship between the united states and russia has been critical since we fought together in the world war two and will be contin and will continue to be so this is an on parallelled opportunity to enhance that relationship and to say by signature and by ratification of this treaty that yes the united states of america wants to work with russia despite the huge support the treaty has received on many levels a number of republican senators nearly sabotaged it their actions provoked an avalanche of criticism from the country's top six. already experts who feared that the treaty could become a victim of political games on capitol hill the arguments the trade adversaries brought up on the hearings ranged from there's no earthly way to do all of this within the time that we have to even more on substantial ones like we don't have to

have this trade if we don't have a nuclear treaty with the u.k. and one we don't have one with france in the final days of debates on start some republican senators trying to rewrite the deal which would have actually killed it you know they wanted to take out the line in the preamble which makes the connection between offensive and defensive weapons start straitjackets the united states' missile defense capabilities but all of those from the military who testified before the senate said the connection between offensive and defensive weapons is obvious they also maintained it's not start that route make the us weaker the treaty itself explicitly says either side can pull out of it if at some point they deem it threatens their national security for russians this new start is about balance and equality and they will be in it as long as the u.s. respects that balance in russia the outcome of the vote in the u.s.

senate has been well come from many in moscow it's a signal that the u.s. and russia can now open a new page of cooperation with the militants president obama did a really good job under rather difficult conditions if you managed to get this important in the senate liquid and security for the next few years will be based on this treaty and in general i can say that it's easy for me to work with president obama list because you can really listen to him and he has no he's not impeded by stereotypes and would look and what is probably the most important thing for the call will he keep his promise that he should russian lawmakers made it clear they had no objections to the treaty advocates of the treaty see the outcome of the vote not so much as obama's victory but a victory for the whole world which on the one hand is going to have considerably. you were weapons of mass destruction and on the other hand two nuclear superpowers former adversaries actually trusting each other and looking to work in hand to provide their security than a check on our team washington d.c.

moscow has repeatedly said it could pull out of the start treaty if it feels threatened by u.s. missile defense systems in europe connecting the two remains a key for russia and political and now analyst dimitri says the country's lawmakers will reinforce that the parliament's resolution will follow the line of the preamble of the document and they will stipulate to the facts of the linkage between the offensive and defensive weapons that were nuclear weapons and missile defense system basically and second i think the russian parliament will repeat perhaps more strictly. the context of the russian unilateral statements that was published by the russian foreign ministry or on the date of signing the treaty in prague. russia might pull out or might consider pulling out from the new start treaty if it considers if the development of u.s. missile defense system reaches the level to russia will interpret as the threats that was political analyst dmitri says love. this week saw another major security

crisis on the korean peninsula north korea warned it is ready to start a nuclear war if the south continues with military provocations seoul has been conducting live fire military exercises next to the border with the north and in disputed waters north korean t.v. has shown soldiers who reportedly took part in the shelling of a south korean island last month they say it was in response to south korea's aggressive war games four people including two marines were killed in the attack it is believed to be the worst escalation of the tension on the peninsula since the war sixty years ago an expert on korea glen ford says no one is provoking a war deliberately but the situation can easily spiral out of control the danger is if we have new military exercises in sea because the problem is the land borders very clear the sea border is been arbitrarily and unilaterally stopped leased by

the south koreans along the northern limit line which is not recognized even by the united states and the the recent shelling of the of the island. was called squanto palm the south koreans intruding into what the north koreans consider through their waters the dangerous escalation what you hobbes sized korean maneuvers which in disputed waters which led to the north korean response of. the artillery shelling of the island we've now seen massive joint u.s. south korean exercises which clearly are leading to the north koreans upping their . upping their readiness for for future for a future attack or military adventurism i don't think anyone's intending to start if you want a full scale war at this point but the danger with escalation is it gets out of control so we see something we need that we need to be concerned about for the future what we need to see is some gestures from either side to try and step. and

maybe an offer from the north koreans for example to give up their their fuel rods from the young real nuclear reactor and try and ship them to the scientists will be something that might be allow us to start scaling down the current levels of tension that was the korean expert glenn ford speaking for us there now coming up in the program at fueling anger. find out how the u.s. congress criticize the american air base in kyrgyzstan and what it all has to do with a revolution in the country. power has been restored moscow's airport after a twelve hour break over one hundred flights were canceled and others diverted to nearby airports after freezing rain downed electricity cables authorities have been ordered to do everything in their power to ease the situation on the ice covered streets of the russian capital and airports are firth tells us how the day unfolded

. the. cables. coming in today. there were no means no place for people to sit there is not transparent nothing has been done for the people. none of the. planes. taking off. running. in the.

story. of. one. number of incidents. with another piece called the three three thing nothing and. everyone. first now suspected militants have been killed in a counter terror operation in the capital of russia's south southern republican. authorities say one of them was the leader of a local terrorist group weapons and six handmade bombs ready to be planted were found at the scene. outside the building where the violence broke out this morning

. we're just a couple of metres away from the building where a group of militants has been walk today in the center of. the counter-terrorist operation has started early in the morning when the militants will feel used to surrender and opened fire on the residents of the houses nearby and were evacuated and the full area has been blocked by the police then the special task force talking to the fled where the militants were hiding as far as we know by now several militants have been killed and they get to be identified and as the russian enter terrorists kmita says this group could be behind the killings of the police officers in the region and launching a serious altera attacks there is also information that the head of my high school the town only was among the militants and that he was eliminated this is yet to be confirmed by the officials the biggest on has been a very troublesome region this year with many terror attacks launched by the militants trains derailed and the whole situation in the reason is very troublesome

coming up on our t.v. breaking the silence. millions of deaf people voicing their concerns because their only means of communication is still not officially recognised find out why in just a couple of. this week the brother of the late polish president claimed the body buried in cracow does not belong to lech kaczynski. also the former prime minister says he's not yet decided whether to have the remains exuma poland has rejected moscow's report plane crash that killed like a jet ski and a ninety five others the investigation said pilot error was to blame it's still not clear whether warsaw is contesting this current polish prime minister donald tusk said the findings into the accident in the south west russia are unacceptable over one hundred fifty pages have reportedly been sent to moscow detailing whether poland believes the investigation was flawed aviation expert chris yates says. the

russian investigation seemed to thorough and no further international inquiries needed. i think the key issue for the polar side is probably quite a significant amount of criticism of the polish air force and in particular the captain of the aircraft and his copilot operating that aircraft on the day of that tragic accident and i think that's primarily the major cause for concern and what we see you see with the draft report which we passed on to publish got i've looked at this issue since the accident and examined the cockpit voice recording transcripts and so on and i can't fault any of the conclusions that have been leaked by the russian authorities i don't believe personally that if we bring an international investigating team into be equation

that the findings will be any different to what they are which seems to be the pressure was brought to bear in some way shape or form on the pilots who copilot. to make an attempt to land at an airport where there were no conditions at all to land too much fog not enough visibility. a lot of pressure being brought on the pilots conspired to cause that accident aviation expert chris yates talking to us there now the signing of a record breaking billion dollar defense contract was among the highlights of dmitri medvedev his visit to india this week the russian president also promised to build a nuclear power stations to meet the growing needs of the world's second most populous nation artie's can sing has more on the leaders trip. financial crisis that shaken

the group has let politicians and economists worldwide question to school many can do that the previous order dominated by the u.s. and europe is being left behind by the new rising giants russia india and china and the deep structure president medvedev during the annual summit between russia here to support it. or change recently we've done a lot to promote partnership between russia and india but yesterday i spent a whole day new delhi and we held talks we prepared and signed a number of documents on cooperation between our countries. yet in india russia is seen as and or friends it is india's number one supplier offering it cutting edge weaponry such as supper beans and circus money. and now the countries have signed the biggest ever defense contract and he gets history thank you of billions of dollars in total it's a deal to join to develop a fifth generation fighter aircraft costing nearly one billion dollars apiece the

jets will be able to compete with the american if twenty two raptor that costs three dimes as much at present the u.s. is the only country in such technology which it is used even with this film since. the new aircraft developed by russia and india would have stepped feature and noble for the ripley. forces energy is another sector the two countries account when they sing together russia has agreed to build more nuclear power stations for india but the atomic dance is already building the country will come online next year and will provide much needed energy for india's growing economy i am particularly glad that one who did. coming to legume in time cooperation. and gas sector it reflects the complimentarity dream. the

strength of the interaction and relationship is is that it off. to relationships that countries have with the west you know we can all fall on a day of ways of thinking and various things whether it's a climate change whether it's on science and technology it's on space with the financial up he will be been witnessing the rising economies are being seen as the corner store of the new world order and as we enter the next big hit of the twenty first century russia and india are on the next phase in the strategic partnership saying. you can find more on that story online at our tom here's a taste of what's there right now with nothing to. the competition. as we makers say the country has the best to prepare people with and.

get blown away by the chilling beauty of. the u.s. congress has slammed the pentagon over shady jet fuel deals for an american military air base in the central asian republic of kyrgyzstan fuel worth around two billion dollars was purchased for civilian use allegedly to avoid higher tariffs but it was actually for the airbase a key supply a hub for the u.s. campaign in afghanistan peter of the eurasia democracy initiative says the deal helped spark unrest that ousted the kirghiz president in april. what the congressional subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs. dealt with in

the report was allegations of corrupt dealings between the subsidiaries of the pentagon which were supplying fuel for you stand to prosecute the war effort in afghanistan and members of the family of the deposed former president of kyrgyzstan key if the same report stated that these subsidiaries namely the mena corps and red star back in two thousand and nine to reach out to the former president's son maksim but has subsequently followed his father in exile and is now in hiding in the u.k. to try to engage in baghdad or negotiations with the pentagon regarding the future of the base following your stance announcement that it would shut down the base so what we saw in that case was another proof of the fact that president's family son was calling all the shots in the country were pretty much running the place what

what eventually happened was the direct result of this relationship we saw what april two thousand and ten when president bush was ousted was the direct result of the popular anger that was stirred by the complete lack of accountability lack of transparency in the deals that pentagon was cutting with. their government. some more news making headlines around the world now supporters of ivory coast opposition leader. are calling for a general strike across the country with the backing of the international community he claims to have won the recent presidential election but incumbent leader laurent gbagbo is refusing to leave office at least one hundred seventy people have been killed and fourteen thousand have had to flee the violence following a disputed poll. tourists have died and more than twenty others were injured when their bus collided with a truck in southern egypt the bus was traveling from the southern city of us want

it to the ancient temple site of. it hit a truck carrying sand which had broke down and was parked at the side of the road. a series of aftershocks has rocked the new zealand city of christchurch months after a powerful earthquake struck the region at least twenty buildings were damaged and power lines cut the tremor blew out windows and shook brick work but there were no reports of injuries police have cordoned off the central business area and special units are inspecting the buildings scientists warn the tremors could continue for quite some time. the ship at the center of a deadly raid by israeli forces earlier this year has received a hero's welcome on return to its home port in istanbul in may the mavi marmara was boarded by troops as it attempted to break the blockade of gaza to get aid to palestinians nine people were killed on the ship which was part of a larger convoy diplomatic relations between turkey and israel were damaged over

the incident and both continue to call on the other side to apologize. for deaf people in russia communication gets no further than their own community and although there are an estimated ten million hearing impaired people in russia sign language is still not officially recognized the reports on their silent struggle. holy shit. alex he called hear the song. from the family. yet he sings it with his hands touching and that was that i was he tells me he speaks the most beautiful language in the world. and so despite living in the world of silence aleksey and his fellow the foremost

put on a show full of life and music our. audience appreciates this theatre of the deaf actors is an exception in the world mostly hostile to those speaking with their hands. even the language doesn't officially exist all previous attempts to possible giving official recognition to the russian sign language 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 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 don't.

wish. you. 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 that. he is one of four children the only deaf one in the family. this is the for the hard of hearing and has self interpreted.

they may not hear but there are no commute and then told king. was. was true those who call other people it may be just that the music of their hearts and so is allowed but still not proud enough to be officially recognized. as. the. was. obama r.t. if. you are watching our team from moscow i'm back with the

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markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. bringing you the top news stories from around the world this is our team broadcasting live from moscow. washington gives the new strategic arms limitation treaty the green light moscow in turn signals its initial approval of it which could see nuclear arsenals third it is the largest arms reduction control deal in decades and has been hailed as

a major diplomatic victory by both russia and the u.s. . threats and accusations fly between north and south korea souls' on going to war games close to the border provokes pyongyang to threats of a nuclear war soldiers from the north said on t.v. the shelling of a south korean island last month was in response to the ongoing problem it's. open and thorough aviation experts back moscow's report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president ninety five others but poland loses to itself the five hundred fourteen cents a confidential document containing scores. and happening right now the electricity is back bought at moscow's airport but after major delays and cancellations it's far from over for thousands of passengers freezing rain down the multiple power lines across the region even more than four.