as the hague tribunal for paris will rock a lot of his first appearance in court serbia finds that the arrest of its former army general is still not enough for entry into the much desired. red sky at night's no one still wide a major fire ammunitions devereaux in central russia sets off a chain reaction of artillery shell explosions. cucumbers turn into an apple of discord between germany and spain after millions of euros in revenues lost following false accusations the spanish vegetables was the root of the deadly european outbreak. georgia buries the victims of

a savage police crackdown that left hundreds of other protesters in hospital as human rights organizations from around the world demand president saakashvili accounts for the incident. this is r t live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the former bosnian serb general luck a lot each will make his first appearance in front of the hague tribunal later today he's arrested extradition have been touted by the e.u. as a key objective for serbia to gain membership to the club and critics believe the bloc will now simply widened the goalposts leaving the country still chasing a carrot on the stick. still waiting for the green light service arrest an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief on luggage was one of the key

conditions for a chance to get one foot in the european union's door a potential membership could mean billions of dollars worth of grant aid and for struggling serbia it's a lifeline but what two official belgrade is a step closer to the e.u. is actually no step at all and go security issues this is very big news this is a very courageous decision by the serbian president this is one additional step for the integration of serbia into the european union one day is really i know go there so that is your. other steps remain to be taken your right to say to the rest of the political chief of croatian serbs go and had search is still in hiding electro legislation with all engagement in regional cooperation with neighbors believe elements will be taken into account when deciding to launch the discussion procedure with serbia because for serbian president boris tadic there is no task

too challenging to take on in the quest for a new membership. of the. next few weeks. this is a crystal clear that the for all the natural point of question is prepared to jump through yet another hero who most wonder if the list of conditions ever and so now we have gotten harder each one of the serb leaders from the surprise and i am the one for a show and then all of course some of the officers are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognize the fact the recognize its own province of possible. as well before it can really get into the e.u. so you know and then of course somebody else is talking about the fact that serbia . very corrupt until it stops being so corrupt and so bad you can't get into the e.u.

so really as long as they choose and paul were then his party the list of demands will be endless so is the union stoning and opening its doors to serbia are its condition simply a way of angling for more control in the region i think there are very few illusions people in serbia the thing that there will not be a great deal many important conditions and one cause it's probably won't be as important as the establishment's of relations with the cost of a will of course it will lead to another and another long story we hope blind about making new conditions probably won't stop recently still serbia hopes its copper ration will be rewarded and continues to be a path to the e.u. door the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group with a list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for

official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach catherine r r t belgrade serbia more to come for you during this half hour of news who wants to drive ban to be lifted. a un panel has deemed the war on drugs a failure and the solution they put forward is to legalize drugs will join me for the details in a few moments. spain may launch a legal action against germany which prematurely pointed to its cucumbers as the cause of a fatal break the hysteria over spanish projects has crippled the country's foreign exports and cost millions of euros in just a week and while the source of the infection is still undefined critics believe the pharmaceutical industry may be the one to benefit from the vegetable panic. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although

germany playing spain is the source of the e. coli it's not that's costing innocent spanish brewton vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week and it came. with all this maneuvering all these statements show an absolute lack of responsibility what is happening today it is a check made to the spanish vegetable and fruit industry it's absolutely unacceptable i use this weapon has been produced which will be of no use to and his men and the germans and all those who are suffering from the disease and it's reeling current huge losses on the spanish and culture that calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to ban all fruit and vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction brussels called disproportionate russia says it was clear from the beginning the spanish were to blame here of a new group were worse because of the accusations brought against the spanish

cucumbers were unfounded this was always from the outset why because of spain was the source of the disease why is no one will there this was a spin and a disease this isn't a mild flu you can keep a secret german health official still currency will cause the a prick transfer factor of the disease to arms most importantly the situation is still not under control it's of this created of the european health. it's a very delicate time for the spanish economy which is teetering on the edge of needing an e.u. bailout this is decidedly not a good moment for one hundred fifty thousand tons of portuguese to go unsold it's also struck another blow to the already fragile relationship between germany and spain after the german chancellor implied spaniards were lazy and spendthrift in a speech earlier this month. and. because.

you can't hold back all the cynics say all this is just the media whipping up its latest health hysteria in two thousand and five the united nations warned the world that bird flu could kill up to one hundred fifty million people in reality for seven years until the end of two thousand and ten saw three hundred three people die more recently swine flu was the killer sixty five thousand people were supposed to die in britain alone only around three hundred sixty people did encouraged by pharmaceutical companies european countries spent billions of dollars on unnecessary vaccines as the world health organization announces this is a new strain of e. coli some c. farmers benefiting yet again i think probably will see. a. large pharmaceutical industry like they did with the swine flu but they have

something to protect people against. screening social unrest across europe so. i don't think that all justified would agree a panic with all these health scares and adversely affected economies this looks no different and germany's baseless accusations may be what finally pushes spain into bailout territory spain will now seek reparations from the relevant or storage fees in europe after its prime minister criticised the european commission for not supporting the country enough particularly after the infection was proven not to have come from spanish cucumbers spain has a tight task ahead of it repairing its reputation as a reliable exporter of fruits and vegetables all over the you position essential to its ailing economy nor ever its hour to brussels. and coming up in ten minutes time here in r t after a year in simulated space is to file homestretch for the man returning from mars.

they've been one salons dishonest. and here in isolation travelling a million miles a day. the men from mars are heading to. mars five hundred closer to the edge of possibility on our team. a major fire has broken out at an ammunition storage depo in central russia triggering explosions and injuring thirty military personnel the sign a local residents have been evacuated to safety and that's around thirty thousand people bargees alice cooper joins us live now for more on this alice witnesses say the scale of destruction is shocking so what is the state of the situation at the facility right now. well as you were saying kind of broke countless lives in the

central russian republic over the north when the fire to place that's an altimeter had a round and that the fifty most a time sparking circle explosions the latest figures we have all that at least thirty people were injured aish of those that have been hospitalized but a much larger number some twenty eight thousand people including military personnel and local civilians have been evacuated from the nearby area as this depot how some pretty serious almost tutoring. rocket shells intended for russia's grad multiple rocket launching systems so understandably panic broke out some emergency services were quickly out of the scene though battling the blazes which are expected to continue to rage for at least another day psychologists are also believed to be at the seabed hoping to calm down and entire houses the rooms have burnt down in the nearby housing estates details all still unclear as to your place but we do believe

that it may have been cigarettes. and of course a blaze of this cael house cause widespread destruction to these transport links within the region railways has been stops and trains reduces and trains of the city receives us throughout the area so. panic continues to grip the region for its emergency services. to say that they have the situation under control and continuing to bring that blaze. to within their control oh well alice rather worrying when it's not the first time there's been a major fire at an ammunitions death well in russia that's right only last week at the neighboring republic here a similar fire broke out an album of tudor roots you poke them more than two finals and people that he writes of from the area with the fragments lots of repeats have

landed this are raised three kilometers from the side all the plays up to twelve people were injured in that particular place and also over the city over. two years ago in november two thousand and nine and know the five broke out enough to be depots that soon they will personnel were killed and eight servicemen say sadly you know this is no place of its kind to happen in russia. right now as things were much need for bringing us the latest on this and also for their. to other stories now winning the war on drugs is no longer ago as a can never be one that conclusion was drawn by former of world leaders and politicians who instead propose legalizing certain drugs to decrease the number of addicts are just as are silly as the details of the un backed reports. the global commission on drug policy has deemed the war on drugs

a failure and they are now urging countries to consider legalizing cannabis as well as other drugs in order to accomplish two goals which they think are very important one is to undermine organized crime and the second is to protect the citizens health now they are saying that the government should start experimenting with a new legal models of regulation so they do cite an increased number of drug use like since one thousand nine hundred nine according to us that to six there has been a dramatic increase in the use of drugs production as well as the sale of drugs and it is this that they do want to address and there say the so-called repressive measures are not effective and they say that politicians are important people should start acknowledging publicly what they have been doing so privately that the measures that have been implemented for decades really are not working now in terms of the trying to undermine organized crime they are suggesting that by legalizing drugs you're essentially opening up the market and making these drugs openly available albeit regulated and therefore bring the prices down which will hurt the

businesses of the drug cartels on the part of the health of the citizens there saying that the drug user should be seen as patients rather than the criminals will says the report has come out there has already been reaction to us they're definitely against legalization of drugs according to the obama administration this will definitely not help in trying to keep people safe as far as russia is concerned it is a very big issue in this country and has been at the forefront of domestic policy for many years now and they're trying to fight the war here on two fronts one is even president dmitri medvedev has said that there he's trying to propose that the drug users be given a mandatory medical treatment rather than just measures to deal with this disease as some doctors would put it on the other hand anti drugs chief of russia is already investing about seven million dollars in. again to start to curb the production the source of these drugs because ninety percent of the drugs here in

russia does come from afghanistan the drug war here in russia is definitely on full scale if the past statements is to be a basis on the reaction to legalization of drugs they had said before that they are not before this measure but as far as alternative measures are concerned russia is certainly a look into a lot of different measures including drug tests at schools and so the bait is definitely up in the air here and if again if you look to the past beagle ization it has to be seen whether they will go as far as legalizing the actual drugs. tests are still you reporting there and always remember that there is more on our website our team dot com but here's what's on the line right now. the have nots saying while the have all smile russia has become fifth in the world in terms of super rich families and gloomy poverty statistics. also at r.t. dot com find out how an unborn facebook user from the u.s. managed to rack up over two hundred online friends.

shock has given way to sorrow in georgia's families bury the victims of a brutal police crackdown on protesters on the eve of the country's independence day the incident prompted a worldwide outcry with human rights organizations demanding a thorough investigation but as r.t. sara first reports there is little hope those responsible will be punished. last week he turned out to demonstrate this week his friends and family of burying him a devastated and confused with no real idea of what happens. the condemnation for these scenes came from around the world and there are now growing calls for an investigation into police actions investigation. is now starting

and i can say this is. because we had a situation very close to three thousand and seven were. excessive force was used against. the investigation was never started don't know what it was just. the years georgia has tried to move westwards promising reforms and signing treaties that despite being king to align itself with the west this time it seems these government didn't feel that they had to play by the rules. for the talk. and are only after the polish. personel on hand to witness the scenes we saw police surrounding the protesters all the exits appeared blocks they had nowhere to go before the spread and the rubber

bullets hit. this was during thing demonstrators off the main streets and we saw them chasing down some of the protesters here taking shelter here in the cinema building at the time all this blast was smashed we saw many of the people that were being led out being picked and hit with the police punch and as they exited the building they were led away handcuffed and bleeding you can see many of the people or old even more shockingly it would be a long time for many of the any kind of medical or legal. one was running from one side to the mother of all their eggs that were caused by i was standing along and the rubber ball of one o'clock until seven in the morning i was before dark. on to the hospital. the opposition to you have come under criticism for their part to play in the m raveling of the vents they failed sneak

a sheet despite being offered another venue heathfield that's just the cation for the violence that it's according to. the base is a crime this is no torture or. treatment crying and investigation should start. for peanuts first in the situation of the georgian president claims the traitors this didn't want freedom the speech violence victims that was certainly what they call it's fair for us to police the. look at some other stories from around the world and fighting in the yemeni capital has been escalating as government forces tried to drive rebels out of the city soldiers loyal to the president unleashed having shelling on militants who support. maher they had of one of the most powerful families in the country the fighting in sanaa has raged for two weeks after the opposition turned to violence following unsuccessful attempts

to oust the president peacefully. nato forces have unleashed more strikes on media targeting the country's capital and areas in the north west government sources claim two policemen were killed in the bombardment and nato strikes also hit a truck tribal gathering camp near girlhood obvious compound and bob. while the u.s. house of representatives is set to vote on resolutions condemning american military involvement in the libyan conflict. well today marks a year since six plucky volunteers set off on an unprecedented seventeen month mission to mars of course the crew never really left earth but morris five hundred simulation is a scientific mission confined to a scale mock up of a space ship but as peter all reports the pressures faced by the astronauts are very much real.

nine hundred sixty seven the space race is in full swing three men enter a secret simulation in moscow to determine the effects of long duration spaceflight on humans get a man might not serve as one of those who took part in any leakage wonderful shit your asian orbit the monotony it's hard i mean the regimen little things get to you in the beginning we had a steady temperature all the time later the temperature was much waiting and making it incredibly uncomfortable go to man and his two crew mates spent one year in a metal box twelve meters square with no private space and mars five hundred module with its seventy two me to square living quarters as well as separate areas for conducting experiments that's like a five star hotel by comparison looking around the current experiment would you like another shot in isolation of the major heroes never again in my life not even

with the same team but i often think about other options available to other teams. one year into the mars five hundred projects those on board have plenty to keep them occupied including two guardians to allow them to grow some of their own food if it's wrong to say that the current crew have an easy ride astronauts who have spent time in space for real full of admiration for the things they're making do with out my missions for a lot of this. and that had opportunity from the space station and i see a call to the families to. telephone system over it you know and that's must be the hardest for them that they cannot do the end is in sight for the mars five hundred mission but what goes through your mind when you're on that final furlong. version minute because a very nervous period and it can easily burn you out during the last two weeks i was looking at my watch every five minutes to figure how much time was left. rather

tense. one year into their voyage the mars five hundred team are currently simulating their return journey to earth however it will be another five months before this door can be opened and they can step back into normal ity peter oliver r.t. moscow. i'll bring this up today here in our team plenty more to come your way including the business news with your list stay with us. hello and a very welcome to the business update russia's two largest banks are holding their annual shareholder meetings on friday spur bank and b.c.b. will discuss the right agenda including diffidence on the election of new board of directors for more details on joined by marina close around sars barebone headquarters a marina spurred on shareholder meeting is underway and needs to be as annual gathering will start shortly although the shareholders of these two banking giants

likely to be confused with will be going to hear to say. well you know our shareholders definitely have a reason to be optimistic given the banking sectors results last year the total profit came up to twenty point five billion dollars which is three times the amount of two thousand and nine now as their banks net profit came up to six point two billion dollars and the c.e.o. says that back would reach ten billion dollars this year now russia second largest lender bt beat they're probably going up to two billion dollars now as far as the evidence of concert is climbing to get about ten we're not quite sure about their plan to get about double the amount that they gave four years ago which was a record breaker now the central bank says that the banking sector this year could make thirty two billion dollars now as you said d.t.b. and scrag are holding their annual shareholder meetings today and there's a lot on the agenda the spare bank is expected to realign graff its c.e.o.

for another four year term they're planning to discuss their privatization plans which include as share buyback program now as far as the two these concerned the arrogance of the stocks multibillion dollar deals with bank of moscow as well as a potential one with trance credit bank also on the agenda both companies are currently seeking to expand in europe so there might be discussing their decisions the. maybe it needs to be developed in its headquarters there to attack local customers. ok or you know thank you very much more reporting from outside the sphere bank headquarters where the annual shareholder meeting is underway please keep us updated and now we have time to have a quick check on the markets will prices have slightly recovered from their losses though slipped into the red lights which is freezing that's worth one hundred dollars a barrel and brant is at one hundred fifteen dollars. moving on to asia japanese

nikkei is in the red as greens will expose just melted under the heat of affording the stall of hong kong's one sign is also down with the banking stocks among the main loses a supply and on concerns of more possible tightening over the coming long weekend as chinese regulation miles interest rates as a reserve requirement hikes during such holidays. finally here in moscow the r.g.s. is klaatu in early friday's trade my sense will open in a few minutes because the to see all of. the closure of both the r.g.s. of the mines it's managed to get into pulse a chart free up the very end of the session off just seeing losses during the day. ok and looking ahead to friday's trade and into next week a little data on the immediate horizon here in russia investors will be concerned about capital flow. today we're not expecting any substantial corporate or macro developments on the domestic front although we would expect

a lot of clients to be looking closely at the weekly one flow data to determine whether or not flows from russia dedicated funds continue as has been the case over the past couple of weeks looking towards next week the corporate news flow is slowing down but we do expect numbers first quarter numbers from anyone k k and i think the market although it's becoming less and less patient is somewhat optimistic about some possible news on the world sector taxation front and also on the gas taxation front. that's not such a business boss in more business stories in an hour's time.

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