twenty years ago largest country. just. one of the true. which began the journey. where did it take. as the hay drive you know prepares for iraq a lot of his first appearance in court in serbia finds that the arrest of its former army general is still not enough for entry into the much desired. red sky at night no one's delight a major fire ammunitions depo in central russia sets off a chain reaction or tillery shell explosions. cucumbers turn into an apple of discord between germany and spain after millions of euros in revenues last fall in false accusations the spanish vegetable was the root of the

deadly european. break. georgia very is the victims of a savage police crackdown that left hundreds of other protesters in hospital as human rights organizations from around the world the man president saakashvili account for the incident. it is eleven am in the russian capital you're watching our team in the arena joshua came to the program the former bosnian serb general rock 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 the critics believe the block will now simply widen the goalposts leaving the country still chasing the carrot on the stick. still waiting for the green light services arrest an extradition

of former bosnian serb army chief can lead it was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot and the european union store 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 a no step at all and a go sit condition should play 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 no go there so that is your. other steps remain to be taken your right to saida the rest of the political chief of croatian serbs go and had d.h. who is still in hiding electro legislation with all engagement in regional cooperation with neighbors believe elements will be taking into account when deciding to launch the discussion procedure with serbia. preserving president boris

tadic there is no task too challenging to take on and the quest for a new membership. and the next few weeks. this is a crystal clear this is a fool for going all the nations to one of the shows prepared to jump through yet another hero who most wonder if the list of conditions ever so now we have gotten harder it was one of the serb leaders from the surprise and i only saw one for a show and then all of course some officials are also talking about the fact that. serbia has to recognize the fact the recognize that some provinces possible here as well before they really get into the so you know and then for somebody else is talking about the fact that serbia. it's very corrupt and until it stops being so corrupt and so bad you can't get into the news 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 an 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 probably won't be as important as the establishment's of relations with possible will of course it will lead to another another long story the whole point about making new conditions probably won't stop recently still serbia hopes its co-operation will be rewarded and continues to be to pass to the e.u. the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly displayed a fives 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 this is always visible and always out of reach catarina our team belgrade serbia. but more to come for you during this half hour and who wants to drug ban to be lifted. a u.n. 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. a major fire has broken out at an ammunition storage depot in central russia triggering explosions and injuring thirty military personnel on the side and local residents have been evacuated to safety and that's around thirty thousand people let's get the latest from alice hibbard who's monitoring this for us what alice the footage of the blaze that we've seen is why dramatic so how. long our authorities say it will take to put out the blaze and

stop explosions comics spread across the central russian republic all but mostly on last night when a fire broke out at known to be reamed out around eleven fifty pm oh say sorry mom says they are not by then should get a number of explosions at the depot which houses among itself the no rocket which is intended for the lighting needs grounds of multiple rocket launching it systems with emergency services have been battling the blazes throughout the night which is expected to rage for way at least another day such as the scale of thousands of people have already been evacuated from the nearby area on the number of injured dolls continues to rise at the cools all the fun is still notes yet known initial report was that yes that is cigarettes was to blame but now officials say that that could you also have been the sole trigger for a blaze of this scale however they do say this human error is the most likely cause

the coldest a full investigation the ruby knew what state wants this place has been brought on to control. while is sadly it's all too familiar for russia's emergency crews to be dealing with such incidents will sadly that's true the longest week in the neighboring central republic all the trash he had to fly broke out of similar remissions. before sea nearby houses were destroyed in two thousand people had to be evacuated from the area and some of the explosion that high caliber rounds landed as far as three colobus away from the outside sites all for the fly before exploding sparking huge of forest fires twelve people were injured in that particular fire and then if we look back and see you years ago when the member of the two thousand and nine in the very nearby central city on. another fire broke out out in the road at least two naval personnel were killed as

a result of that explosion and eight servicemen so you know this explosion is not the first of its kind out of munitions depot with us. alice thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest on this. now spain may launch a legal action against germany which prematurely pointed to its cucumbers as the cause of the failed eco lie break the hysteria over spanish priorities has crippled the country's farm exports and cost millions of euros in just a week and while the source of infection is still identified critics believed 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 planed spain as his source of the eco dye it's not that's costing innocence

punish brewton vegetable export is around two hundred million euros but we could it would only bring all the statements to an absolute lack of responsibility what is happening today is a check made to the spanish vegetable and fruit industry calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to ban all friesen vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction in brussels calls disproportionate russia says it was clear from the beginning the spanish were to play clear of a new group were. the accusations brought against the spanish cucumbers were unfair and that this was always from the outset why because the screen was the source of the disease why is normal there is reserve speaking to a disease this is a mild flu you can keep secrets from german health officials still kind of see it will cause the air bridge was the transfer factor of the disease there were arms most importantly the situation is under control 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 foot used to go unsold. because of. all. this russian card which. you cannot. 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 the seven years until the end of two thousand and ten saw three hundred three people die more recently sua. one flu was the killer encouraged by pharmaceutical companies european countries spend billions of dollars on unnecessary vaccines probably will see very soon behind all this. new declaration as from the. large pharmaceutical industry

like they did with the swine flu but they have something to protect people against a. screen so true. across europe all these health 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 authorities 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 titan task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exports or of fruits and vegetables all over the new position essential to its ailing economy no rabbit hearty brussels. and coming up in ten minutes time here in our team after

a year in simulated space the final home stretch for the man returning from mars. they've been born survive this. year 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. winning the war on drugs is no longer a girl as it can never be one that conclusion was drawn by former world leaders and politicians who instead propose legalizing certain drugs to decrease the number of addicts or he says are syria has the details of the un backed report. 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 that since ninety ninety nine according to u.s. statistics there has been a fanatic 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 they say that politicians the 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 trying to undermine organized crime there suggesting that by legalizing drugs especially 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 they are saying that the

drug user should be seen as patients rather than criminals causes 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 had 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 talk as we put it on the other hand and drugs chief of russia is already investing about seven million dollars in a. afghanistan to curb the production the source of these drugs because ninety percent of the drugs here in russia does come from afghanistan the drugs 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 and they had said before that they are not before this measure but as far as alternative measures are could serve russia is certainly a look into a lot of different measures including drug test at schools so debate is definitely up in the air here and if again if you look to the past legalization it has to be seen whether they will go as far as legalizing the actual drugs. that are still you there and remember that there are more on our web site r t v dot com let's not take a look at what the are right now while the have nots saying while they have all those smile russia has become fifth in the world in terms of super rich families and the gloomy poverty statistics. also at r.t. dot com find out how an unborn facebook user from the u.s. managed to record over two hundred online friends.

shot has given way to sorrow in georgia's families bearing 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.f. sarah firth reports there is little hope those responsible will be punished at all . last week nicaraguan tribes he turned out to demonstrate this week his friends and family are burying him a devastated and confused with no real idea of what happened. the condemnation for these scenes came from around the world there are now growing calls for an investigation into police actions investigation. of sources. and i can say this is kong. because we had a situation

a very close to two thousand and seven where. excessive force was used to. be peaceful and it was. the investigation was never started but it was just. the years georgia has tried to be westwards promising reforms and signing treaties that despite being keen 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. this personal one had to witness the scenes we saw police surrounding the protesters all the exits appear blocks they had nowhere to go before the tear gas spread and the rubber bullets hit. this was during fleeing then a state is not the main street and we saw them chasing down some of the protesters

be taking shelter here in the cinema building that at the time all the glass front 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 wounded and bleeding you can see that people are old and even more shockingly it would be a long time for many of the any kind of medical legal. through. one was running from one side to another older dogs that were close by i was running along on the rubber ruler of my one o'clock until seven in the morning i was in the police station before dark you could go on to the hospital the opposition to you have come under criticism for their part to play in the. they failed snake a shape despite being offered another venue heathfield that's just the cation for the violence that it's according to. the this is

a crime this is the torture or. treatment crying and investigation should start but. first the situation of the georgian president claims the crater's this didn't want freedom of speech. and victims certainly what they call it's there for the police the. take a look at some other stories from around the world and a seventy three year old man has gone on a shooting rampage in arizona in the u.s. killing five before turning the gun on himself carried held dyess killed a prominent local attorney in yuma county represented his wife and their divorce police say the shootings were not a random act and all the victims were targeted. and 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 with support shaikh

sadik mark the heart 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. today marks a year since six plucky volunteers set are on an unprecedented seventeen month mission to mars of course the crew never really left earth and mars five hundred simulation is a scientific mission confined to scale mark up of a space ship but as peter all reports the pressure is faced by the astronauts are very much real nine hundred sixty seven and 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 was one of those who took part. in the jury should orbit the monotony it's hard i mean the regimen little things get to you in the beginning we

have a steady temperature all the time and later the temperature was fluctuating 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 the mars five hundred module with its seventy two meter square living quarters as well as separate areas for converting experiments looks like a five star hotel by comparison looking around the current experiment would you like another shot in isolation. 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 project those on board have plenty to keep him occupied including a garden to allow them to grow some of their own food it's wrong to say that the current crew have an easy ride astronauts who have spent time in space for a real full of admiration for the things they're making do with out my missions for

a lot of this. and i had the opportunity from the space station and i should call them to the families through a. telephone system. and that's must be the hardest part of. the end is in sight for the mars five hundred mission but what goes through your mind when you're on that final furlong. it's 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 out how much time was left. rather tense. one year into their voyage the mars five hundred team a currently simulating never return journey to earth however it will be another five months before this store can be opened and they can step back into normal a-t. . r.t.

moscow by brings us up to date and let's see what's happening in business you know he's here with us. hello and a very warm welcome but strike time for the business of days rushes to launch just holding their annual shareholder meetings on friday spare bongos ficci b. are discussing a wide range of issues including dividends sound the election of new board of directors for more details on joined by marina calls for all five heads or just so marina the shareholder. is all from running so all the shareholders of these two banking giants like you should be pleased with what they hear today. well you know our shareholders definitely have a reason to be optimistic and that's given the banking sectors performance last year all the banks made about twenty point five billion dollars of profit it's very frankly the net profit of six point two billion dollars and the c.e.o.

expects that that will reach ten billion dollars this year now russia's second largest lender needs to be made its nuclear profit but the constant dividends asparagus is expected to get out double the amount it did four years ago which already broke records but as far as its share prices there haven't been tracking the expectations of strong profit but the central does say that the banking sector is expected to make a profit of thirty two billion dollars this year. or no one else is on the agenda. while the two banks are holding their annual shareholder meeting some there's a lot to talk about the spare bank will be relaxing its c.e.o. grooming ground for another four year term the supervisor board is not big on radical changes one third of the seats will be taken up by new people will there be less government officials and more independent directors who will also be discussing their privatized nation plans which include a share buyback program and also we're just hearing that the server is fine it's

become the top seller of credit cards this year also as far as the t.v. . disconcert but they're absolutely to discuss multibillion dollar deals with bag of moscow as well as a potential one with the transcriber bank now both of these companies are currently seeking to expand in europe this burbank has already confirmed its interest in buying a boat spanker it all strauss and beats him he is considering developing its headquarters in vienna to attract local customers given the profit of last year and a forecast for this year i know the saying that russia is definitely heading to pre-crisis levels. thank you very much morgan of course it was rough bring us the highlights of annual shareholders' meetings of russia's two largest banks. are time to have a quick check on the markets or watch on friday as the dollar strengthened against deposit of currencies as investors await us known phone payrolls data which seem

a scourge of gold in setting the stage for price directions ahead lights we just raging out of one hundred dollars barrel and branches that one hundred fifteen dollars. in asia japanese nikkei finished in the red as variance what sport just melted on to the heat of a cooling storm and hong kong as i'm saying is also down with banking stocks in one of the main loses its client on concerns of multiple small tightening over the coming long weekend as china's regulating interest rates and reserve requirement hikes journey such travel dates. much here in moscow they are just in the minus six in the red truck u.s. low all eyes of course on the us employment data to out late in the day let's not have a look at some of the individual moves on the mice it's in energy sector transmatch is in the red after it posted a one percent decline in net profits for last year it was gold is on the rise so strong metal prices. also supported carports the company's upcoming merger with

normal rules leading gold miners for mr cherry and thirty six point six as you more than three. center will give it a multimillion dollar loan in exchange for its share as. well although investor interest has largely revolved around russia's cheap energy stocks michael steinmetz creature believes real estate developers will soon be generating more attention we remain constructive on the big cap the oil and gas names are particularly well rosneft and gazprom side of space we're increasingly positive on our real estate developers are going number one the huge structural demand for housing in russia secondly the fact that long growth is accelerating and we saw that very clearly banks are first quarter numbers this week and thirdly we see a continuing. real estate prices we can get a bit examined closely in that space are topic is l.s.r. which has recently joined the russian index as of june first trades are

a compelling valuation and. we expect to see positive news flow in that space michael stein from a christian there with his analysis of what sectors we can also watch today so more news for you online at origins of concierge business and join me less than one last time for more business news here on archly.

in one thousand nine hundred two dr ralph greenstreet university of pennsylvania said what if i can take the gene responsible for growth in human beings and put it into a man's. gone all the main risk issues also have to decide ninety five percent of all competent scientists in these fields are working for the producer side and only five percent are really genuinely independent. there is not a lot of science that says train genic business is unhealthy for people to consume which is what the food and drug administration looks at there is a lot of concern about the environmental impacts if a transgendered fish escapes what kind of horrible impact will it have on the rest of the fish population to go no.