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the british who want independence from america with calls a close u.s. spy base that's being lined up as part of a star wars type missile shield. europe's open borders hit a dead end as denmark drops the barriers again angering its easy you colleagues who say violates the cornerstone of you were units and also. in some cases to be real virtually all going on qaida. officials in libya say the arms embargo has been breached again as folks from qatar carrying weapons for the rebels are reportedly intercepted. as japan fires off its nuclear reactors for the first time since difficult shima disaster we'll look at how neighboring china is searching for say
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for a time except why. it is not am in the russian capital you're watching our team with me marina joshing first independence day march with a difference based on it's the british trying to drive the americans out of a major military facility it's due to become part of a missile defense shield similar to the eighty's star wars project but activists say it's militarization of space and that washington is wrong to keep the british in the dark about what goes on there or am it reports. it's no ordinary fourth of july celebration at this top secret u.s. military base here it's a little piece of america in the heart of the u.k. so you actually tales where it's demanding independence america this space
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symbolizes what's wrong with the special relationship between britain and united states we have a base that's on u.s. control which the british government and british people have. made with hill is the largest intel gathering and surveillance space outside the us there are thirty two satellite dishes housed inside the huge golf ball structures which can eavesdrop on telephone calls faxes and e-mails from around the world it's been operational since the one nine hundred sixty s. but now it's set to become part of the controversial missile defense shield to alert the u.s. to any launch of ballistic missiles as in poland and the czech republic where the u.s. also plan to cite bases locals who worry that having the facility here would put the area in danger heightening the risk of an attack by anyone who wants to disable the shield but unlike in eastern europe the government here has put up no fight
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a tall in fact it doesn't even know what goes on here there isn't a single british official in parliament or in the intelligence services who could give you a full picture of what is happening in this space it's the culmination of former u.s. president ronald reagan's dream as his statue is unveiled in london on monday menwith hill in bodies what reagan in busiest in the early warning missile detection system that was docked the star wars program it secretive based for away from u.s. soil and some say it's a step towards the u.s. domination and militarization of space people demonstrate here campaigning for the closure of this space and the others like it's around the country they want to. in this land and bring it back under the control of the british government and its people it's not working though as men with hill becomes part of the missile defense shield it's building another golf ball satellite structure bringing the total to thirty three despite local and international opposition growing not reducing the
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u.s. is influence in europe your abbots r.t. menwith hill yorkshire denmark is to bring the barriers back down those borders with germany and sweden the moves now going down well with e.u. colleagues say it violates europe's much heralded open border agreement that is really reports on how it signals war in times for the block. the danish officials insist that this is to prevent drug for what end of the go migrants from entering the country but the move has been regarded as a bad sign not just by the left wing politicians and the opposition and denmark itself but also has been severely opposed to by the e.u. officials in brussels and especially by denmark's neighbor germany they insist that this is a violation of the showing in agreements of the open borders in europe and they also say that this is not a wise move at all to make during a particularly volatile time for the european union when countries are bickering
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over border disputes and over cash and money issues some believe that this actually may signal the end off united europe but the danish officials insist that this will last cause and the damage to the free flow of traffic tourists and transportation across the border we have to remember that this is not the very first border dispute of course the problem of really go wider in this particularly bitter one right now for the european union earlier this year france and italy have entered a rather bitter dispute over the flow of illegal migrants across their borders and we also have to take to keep in mind that got the extremely volatile situation in northern africa is not going to help the situation in any way since most of the migrants who do come to europe who do flood countries like denmark bell example or it's only in france actually do come mostly from the north in africa region so this particular move by the danish officials may actually send quite
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a worrisome signal to other european countries who may also follow suit still i am very of this hour here in our t.v. ad it is not over for dominic strauss kahn before my math chief is about to face fresh sexual assault charges we hear how there is likely to be a very different kind of foul play behind the claims. plus the russian children with a rare. skin disease who are deprived of state support for their condition now one parents taking the fight to the heart of the medical establishment. leaving officials say they have intercepted two boats from qatar carrying a cache of weapons for rebel forces in the country it's sad to load included about a hundred belgian made assault rifles along with thousands of rounds of ammunition so far only the french admit to supplying weapons to levy and say government forces brian johnson thomas a former arms trafficking expert for the u.n. security council says it's a dangerous violation of the arms embargo. but it seems to me very strange we're
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going to suit i mean i thought the arms embargo was laid down by the security council was quite clear that it was to both sides were involved we know that for example some of the we did some some somalia to libya for training within the last two or three years plus documents and we have the records and everything else so it seems strange in many ways the whole western support of some of the rebel groups in libya must be questioned because in some cases of it we are effectively arming al qaida. for months on a use for tract of intervention in libya has yet to yield is desired result even as the alliance battles accusations of violating its u.n. mandate but we'll blogger recross of believes that peace mission was never high on the coalition's priority list. thirteen thousand made a way or missions over a country of six american or new people including with nato itself acknowledges it's five thousand combat missions it's not a war. you know this is not simply
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a question of you're protecting libyan civilians from the over the government violence and so forth this is a concerted long term military action nato is the world's only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those interfere on the sphere in a movie or i think you know we can dispute you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the market are the three organizations. that only sexpert make things the west to rush to support the opposition in libya without really assessing who they are. going to leave to the international trade in for addition to has been the energy the mystique and you know needs to be wounds and you political configuration. i don't think so very well for investments that they can remember it's a good thing to this point. our full conversation with bonnie hale is on our web site right now at r.t.
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dot com. an official pro has found the death of a russian lawyer in police custody in two thousand and nine was caused by insufficient medical help sergei magnitsky supporters say he is the maltreatment was because he blew the whistle on police corruption investigators say the prison staff involved will face trial parties correspondent peter oliver is following the case. the additional forensic medical examination into the death of surrogate magnitsky is now being completed a spokesperson for the the investigative committee said that medical examination revealed that magnitsky had a preexisting heart condition which had contributed to his death now he also went on to say criminal a criminal case has been opened and charges of failure to provide adequate medical care and negligence are to be brought against staff at the detention facility where sergei magnitsky was awaiting trial where he's being held waiting trial on charges
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of tax evasion now this case the death of so good magnitsky in custody while he was awaiting that trial drew huge interest all around the world with many many human rights groups calling for a full investigation to determine exactly what happened that led to his death. a french rider is to file charges of attempted rape against former international monetary fund chief of dominic strauss kahn she claims she was attacked in two thousand and two but his lawyers say they will sue for slander if the marriage cause new york's sex assault case teeters on collapse as prosecutors question his accuser's credibility a former white house executive believes the x. official could be a victim of political foul play. the french press has reported that strauss kahn said before he ever came to the united states. that he expected start cosy and it took paid some french woman
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a million euros to brain sex charges against him and he said that was because he was leading the sarkozy in the polls for the fridge presidency and that he stressed crimes there would be sir cozies response and the french press has taken a serious i think he got in trouble with the polls he began questioning the i am mouse use of its power to force the cost of the bailout of the banks onto the backs of just ordinary people he started questioning that he was meeting in the united states with the economist joseph stiglitz was a big critic of that way of bailing out the banks and i think he was sending signals that upset with financial community so it may have helped him with ordinary people now but janet made him a target for. the establishment. r.t.
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dot com is there one every you once for more on the stories we're covering here let's take you through what's lined up for you there. holy you route over a helicopter warship a russian m.p. takes to the heavens and she gets to the church on time but causes miserably at the monastery. as dusk falls cars a mosque is choked streets give way to bicycles twenty thousand pedal into the night more footage on our website r t v dot com. wealthy british soil. is not on the front of the. market. i don't want really happening to the global economy
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with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. report. japan is putting some of its nuclear reactors back on line for the first time since the fukushima facility was all but destroyed the acid insensate the shutters around the world germany has already decided to close all of its plants but there are countries convinced there's a safer alternative as henry morton reports from beijing. with the global spotlight
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firmly back on the safety of nuclear power following japan's tsunami and the problems at the fukushima daiichi plant china is looking at spearheading efforts to make the industry safer and much safer the chinese are investing millions in research into reactors powered by the element for in a metal proponents say as common as lead and one which despite some concerns would lead to power plants with fewer safety issues as well as other benefits. thore and based reactors certainly have advantages it's release from thore and is greater than from uranium and why products from using thore and less toxic than from uranium and it's much harder to make weapons from those by products for you. public outcry following the problems at the fukushima plant lets a beijing putting a freeze on approvals of all new nuclear power stations and safety checks at the twenty seven currently under construction however with chinese electricity
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consumption growing at more than five percent a year and its current reliance on fossil fuel to generate that unsustainable it's unlikely the crisis in japan will dampen china's thirst for nuclear power. it's impossible for china to give up nuclear energy right now china needs to make changes to its energy structure which is closely linked to the need to reduce pollution carbon emissions and the overall direction of chinese development and other new energies have no advantage in either techniques or resources. no one in china is under any illusions that the country desperately needs to find alternative clean ways to generate electricity the current reliance on coal which provides some eighty percent of chinese energy needs cost the economy more than two hundred billion dollars a year through air pollution alone and while beijing is investing heavily in turn it into energy supplies nuclear power is seen as the best bets by the chinese government the problem facing authorities is trying to convince
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a sometimes jittery public that nuclear energy is a safe alternative so they are investing millions of dollars into thorin research like this in order to try and lay those fears to rest in so doing they may be showing the rest of the world a new path to clean energy henry morton r.t. beijing. moscow's hopes for a joint missile shield in europe have been dashed at a russian nato summit in the sea of saudi the alliance said it had no plans for such a system and wouldn't guarantee its own missile shield won't target russia later we'll hear from a leading american scientists assess obama's administration is continuing bush era policies here's some of what's to come. this quarter president obama when he came into power there was a lot of hope. would be more agreeable to the russians right now that we have actual numbers instead of being less of a concern going from the bush administration to the obama administration and. this
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has raised all sorts of red flags in russia. a brief look at a couple of international headlines now venezuelan president hugo chavez has made a surprise return home during these treatments for cancer in cuba it coincides with when it was there was two hundred in a palace day anniversary he addressed cheering supporters in the capital but says he won't be able to join this operation as it was thought chartist would be home for months doubts remain as to whether he's made a full enough recovery. tunisia has sentenced its fugitive former president to fifteen years in prison for trafficking drugs weapons and archaeological artifacts a fortnight ago of the actually leader was convicted of the vessel meant and sentenced to thirty five years behind bars but now he fled to saudi arabia back in
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january after a month long uprising requests for his extradition back to tunisia have now been answered. u.s. lawmakers are to resume talks on the need to raise the country's debt ceiling congress is at odds over the conditions of the deal and little progress has been made republicans suggest spending cuts but the democrats prefer tax hikes the u.s. is facing in august second deadline when i won't be able to me it's borrowing obligations if the limit is not increased. tax kaiser and states who are discuss america's economic woes later and say there's a lot in common with greece here's what's to come in the kaiser report. many times the i.m.f. is after the u.s. next s. and p. one of the rating agencies who work hand in hand with these international banks the managing director john chambers spoke to reuters and he said quote if the u.s. government misses a payment it goes to d. d. d. d. the best lower than triple c.
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and that's what they say greece is worth triple saying well why doesn't the greek government come out with a ratings report saying america's that's what the d. therefore so you're american do you need a place to put the cash but i agree that it will be a ploy all the options all the acropolis are sold you don't need more time for the children here until the acropolis regarding your problem. well they're there for god and few the russian children suffering from a rare genetic disease which few know how to cure and which can leave them badly scarred and in acute pain until now has been virtually ignored by the medical establishment but one mother is hoping to change that kind of discovery ports. she likes dancing and no one would guess the amount of pain lisa goes through to make these simple movements lisa has a rare genetic condition that either moses blows up or that makes her skin less
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than as a butterfly wing a slight touch or a hug can cause painful blistering that takes a long time to heal leaving the skin even more fragile. around the world sufferers like leaves are known as butterfly children however in russia it's as if they don't exist. but doctors simply don't know of the disease and when you tell them what it is he might have heard of it but they don't know how to deal with it kenya he's only five but she already knows her diagnosis better than any doctor her mother knows there is no cure with proper medication her goal to could lead an almost normal life but it's way too expensive while using it it says here it is that it's pretty much been forgotten and there is no state support so there's no money and no specialists. yelled one of those a dermatologist and admits she's become a specialist by default no one else is dealing with patients but the mothers say
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her advice can conflict with what they've learned from abroad what you saw well it's a very complex disease and with so few patients suffering from it and exactly that we're take it out we have to become a very narrow specialist i myself am tied up in many other voices so i don't have much time for these patients. so you're all nasty is a clear example of what good care and access to proper treatment can do for a butterfly child a mother says she's probably the only girl in russia who from her very first days of her life was taken care of properly according to international standards that spent new year's and she was twenty five days old i took her away on one of the best maternity wards in the country her stomach and feet were on. the marks of the doctor's fingers are still on her skin back then she did look like an eagle patient ever since and i still has lived
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a life of protection her medication costs roughly one hundred thousand rubles more than three thousand dollars per month she has three people constantly looking after her including her mother julie says life expectancy for such caves in russia is very low and she would do anything to make her daughter's life long then happy on this little she's my beautiful and lie expected princess and if there is a pier that can hurt my princess i'll take them all away no matter what the cost julie is also behind a new created foundation to help other children now people from all over the country are calling her and it seems the number of suffering children is far greater than the previously estimated one hundred s. for lisa she bravely takes on life with a smile despite her deteriorating state as a sign of trust she told me her biggest dream then maybe few children with this disease in russia but each of them needs all the support they can get they may have learned to live with their condition but just like elisa they all dream of one day
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waking up to a life without paying. r.t. i must tell you right now it's time for the business news or the earliest day with us. hello and a very warm welcome time for your business update russia's transport minister has come up with a radical plan for the country's infrastructure and he wants to see all state owns transport companies privatized whether it owns the entire company or just a bit the russian government owns most of the country's transport companies a few airlines who are sent to airports the minister says he realizes they can't all be sold off at once and will leave it to the state to decide which stake in each company should be hived off some of the answers have been up for sale for years the government is still looking forward to sell its stake in s. seven russia's third biggest airline. in other transport related news
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russia's car market it may end this year with a staggering forty two percent growth the trade minister expects car sales this year to reach two point seven million with two thirds of them produced locally russia has a good chance of becoming europe's biggest car market by twenty fourteen it's currently in second place behind germany. the same with the car industry of russia has ended its cash for clunkers program it's one of the most successful industries with more than half a million cars sold under the scheme and while twenty one producers were involved the local giant after months was the main beneficiary eighty three percent of the clunkers traded in truth by a larger firms top of this year after the us managed to reduce its sales by a third the second manufacturer to gain was rain all cars are in big demand in russia even without state support. of the russian backed north stream gas
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supply project has hit a blockage a german course has suspended construction of a pipeline which should connect the m.g. route with the european council network it's after people in the german town of luna book claims the bible is not enough security to pass through the area nostri now has to find an alternative construction analysts believe it's not a big problem although similar claims could fall. let's check on the markets while a slightly lower to solve the international energy agency says it's released the strategic curt reserves used to work in the city and he last month in order to compensate for supply shortages the make shut down all we've been heard exports however the endless save the impact will be i.e. a move maybe less than expected as well as still close to where it was before the decision to. have a look at what's happening in asia this hour stocks are flat in tokyo richard as
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opposed to the sharpest losses caused retailing is down two percent after reporting disappointing results banks are weaker up to standard and pools subject greek bailout plan was little more than a selective do fault then without proper developers are hired china's real estate magic china is up three percent after posting strong monthly sales this helped lift the broadest sector. finally here in moscow markets will start trading at last and one last time both here are just in the crisis closed in the prior month that europe approved a loan payout that greece easing speculation the country's crisis will derail the region's come on the cupboard. the investors welcomes last caps cast intervention to prevent greece from to forcing out as a guinea question not of its planes value will be more interested in what is happening across the pond poor truth lou we have seen. some kind of solution of the greek problem last week. give the markets portion of optimism
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and we obviously observed fly to roost last week. today the if you are the factors to watch see we've gone through carefully the u.s. jobs richard during friday. got all of the. problem because it is probably the major problem which will be considered by investors now it looks like the market is pricing in some positive for expectations of the earning softer konami and i would say if nothing extra ordinary bad posts will go on. crawling across all markets. and maybe financial sector and also action driving markets. russia's high tech research help is welcoming its past presidents caucus tenants sign joint tax benefits which are
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hoped outlands activity they had all these caucus foundation outlines the text privileges. there we should start those motions up against the most important leader status of a skulk a resident implies checks benefits which in turn means a lower social rate tax as zero to make a profit tax because there are certain privileges for export and import operations moreover the stages of a skulk of a residence gives the right to collaborate in the skull cover foundation which is supposed to support resident. somewhere just make a move go to school at fret stop the business bulletin joining us and one last time for business tourism if you want to get more business news right now you can log onto a website r.t. dot com slash business.
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