british who want independence from america with calls to close a u.s. spy base that's being lined up as a part of a star wars type missile shield. europe's open borders hit a dead end brings back the barriers angering e.u. colleagues who say it violates the cornerstone of the euro unity also. in some cases. pressure attempts to supply libyan rebels with surface as authorities claim they've intercepted boats and loaded with weapons from qatar. and as japan reveals almost a half of the children living near the fukushima plant have been exposed to radiation look at how the crisis is leading to a new nuclear solution in neighboring china.

he with live from moscow i'm received shane welcome to the program first and independence day march with a difference this time it's the british trying to drive the americans out of a major military facility and it's due to become part of a missile defense shield similar to the 1980's star wars project. reports activists demanding the base be taken off british soil accuse the us of following cold war criteria. it's no ordinary fourth of july celebration a top secret u.s. military base here it's a little piece of a marriage. in the heart of the u.k.'s yorkshire dales where it's britons who are demanding independence from america this space symbolizes what's wrong with the special relationship between britain and united states here we have a base that's on u.s.

control which the british government and british people have no control menwith 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 will 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 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 service 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 will rake in in visit in the early warning missile detection system that was dubbed the star wars program it secretive based far 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 his around the country they want to reclaim this land and bring it back under the control of the british government and its people it's not working though as men with help 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 u.s. is influence in europe and its r.t. menwith hill yorkshire. well russia has wanted

a joint european missile shield solution for quite some time but it's still falling on deaf ears inside nato as was proved at the summit in sochi the alliance also won't guarantee its own project will not target russia later we hear from a leading american scientist who says that obama's team rolling along with the bush era policies. the bush plan was first discarded by president obama when he came into power there was a lot of hope. would be more agreeable to the russians but now that we have actual numbers instead of being less of a concern going from the bush administration to the obama. this is raised all sorts of red flags in russia. and that interview is coming your way later this hour now the free flow across europe borders has hit the buffers with denmark pledging to restore checkpoints at

crossings from germany and sweden e.u. colleagues are furious saying it violates europe's much heralded open border agreement going to go to school now reports on how it signals worrying times ahead for the block. the danish officials insist that this is to prevent drug flow and illegal 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 in denmark itself but also has been severely opposed to why the e.u. officials in brussels and especially by denmark's neighbor germany they insist that this is a violation of good 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 over border disputes and over cash and money issues some believe that this actually may signal the end all for united europe but the danish officials insist that this

will not 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 illegal migrants is 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 the fact that 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 could do flood countries like denmark belgium or italy and france actually do come mostly from the north and african region so this particular move by the danish officials may actually send quite a worrisome signal to other european countries who may also follow suit. or when they go to school reporting that still ahead for you this hour here on our to you the. i.m.f.

chief is about to face fresh sexual assault charges we hear how there's likely to be a very different kind of foul play behind the cloud. 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. while libyan officials say that they have intercepted two boats are from qatar carrying a cache of weapons for rebel forces in the country it's said that the load included about one hundred belgian made assault rifles along with thousands of rounds of ammunition so far only the french admit to supplying weapons to libyan anti government forces prajna johnson thomas a former arms trafficking expert for the un security council says it's a dangerous violation of the arms embargo. seems to me very strange we're going about it i mean i thought the arms embargo was laid down by the security council

was quite clear that it was arms to both sides were embargoed we know that for example some of the militants some somalia went to libya for training with the last two or three years just documented we have the fly 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-qaeda. well for months on nato as protracted intervention in libya has yet to yield its desired result even as the alliance battles accusations of violating its u.n. mandate but political blogger rick ross off believes a peace mission was never high on the coalition's priority list. thirteen thousand made away or missions over a country of six and a half million people including what nato itself acknowledges is five thousand combat missions if it's not a war. you know this is not simply a question of protecting libyan civilians from the over the government violence and

so forth this is a conservative long term military action nato it's the world's only military or if it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we did this for you with you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the more of the money through the organization. while middle east expert about things that the west rushed to support the opposition in libya without really assessing who they are. who to believe there's been a national grid in transition from the field and if you know if you've been asleep and you know means who need food and you want to get a continuation i don't think so and that awful thing that they can embrace have often gives you peace point and our full conversation with the bar on the kylie is on our website right now. dot com. it's now at ten minutes past the hour here in moscow a french writer is to follow charges of attempted right against

a former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn she claims that she was attacked in two thousand and two but his lawyers say they will soon aslund up its emerged as a strauss collins and new york sex assault case teeters on collapse as prosecutors to question his accuser's credibility a former white house executive believes the ex official could be a victim of political foul play. the french press has reported that strauss kahn said before you ever came to the united states. he expected sarkozy to pay some french woman a million euros to bring sex sure. deuce against. it and he said that was because he was leading the sarkozy in the polls for the presidency and that he. stressed crime series that would be a circus whose response in the french press has taken this seriously i think he got

in trouble because 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 who was a big critic of that way of bailing out the banks and i think he was sending signals that upset the financial community so it may have helped him with ordinary people but john have made him a target for. the establishment. and i mean while the new head of the international monetary fund is officially beginning the job of former french finance minister christine lagarde one overwhelming the backing of the i.m.f. last week having beaten mexico's central bank governor but there is a full in train for the first woman to take the fun top job in the u.s. financial struggles and greece on the critical missed. because around us they have

it say there's a lot in common between the greek economic troubles and america's mounting debts here's what's to come in because a report next. 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 there's the managing director john chambers spoke to reuters and he said quote if the u.s. government misses a payment it goes to di di di di di that's lower than triple say and that's what they say greece is worth triple saying well why doesn't the greek government come out with their ratings report saying america's that's where the d. therefore sell your american debt. need a place to put their gas but i agree and will give you a play on the options on the acropolis ourselves we don't need it i am never wore black by the government here and so all the acropolis we're getting started.

because reporters next hour. now radiation has been detected in the thyroid's of almost half of all children living in japan's fukushima facility authorities are continuing to study the health effects of the nuclear crisis which sent safety shutters all around the world some like germany have already pledged to close all of its plants but there are countries convinced that there's a safe or alternative as having more reports from beijing. with the global spotlight 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 much safer the chinese are investing millions in research into reactors powered by the element florian and 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 of the benefits. thore and based reactors

certainly have advantages release from the story and is greater than from the rhenium the by products from using story in a list toxic than from uranium and it's much harder to make weapons from those my products for you. public outcry following the problems at the fukushima plant led to 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 consumption growing at more than five percent a year and its current reliance on fossil fuels 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 and 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 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 bet by the chinese government the problem facing authorities is trying to convince a sometimes and jittery public that nuclear energy is a safe alternative so they are investing millions of dollars into foreign 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. dot com is there wherever you want in the stories we're covering here let's take you through some of the items we have lined up for you right now and a holy around all over a helicopter worshiper a russian m.p.

takes to the heavens to get to the church on time but it causes misery at the monastery. plus violent clashes between the cossacks and the police in ukraine's crimea. dozens injured in a roll over demolishing an offical crossing points at odds he called. wealthy british scientists some time. markets. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars

a report. with r.t. live from moscow let's have a brief look now at a couple of international headlines for you and iraqi officials say twenty five people have been killed and thirty wounded in a car bomb and roadside bombing just north of baghdad it comes as an attack on the embassy zone in baghdad killed four iraqi civilians officials say militants fired a rocket late on monday night during independence day celebrations at the american embassy it hit a residential complex stuff the hotel workers and then sparked a fire there are no reports about casualties among and deceased. britain's prime

minister is promising a surge in financial aid to afghanistan despite the planned withdrawal of u.k. troops david cameron is in the country for a two day visit where you hope to celebrate foreign forces progress in fighting insurgents whose plans were model after a soldier was captured and executed by the taliban. has sentenced its former president in absentia to a fifteen year prison term for trafficking drugs weapons and archaeological artifacts a fortnight ago ben ali was. sentenced to thirty five years behind bars he fled to saudi arabia back in january after a month long uprising requests for his extradition back to have not been answered. now of a forgotten few of the russian children suffering from a rare and incurable genetic disease which can leave them badly scarred and in acute pain until now it's virtually ignored by the medical establishment but one mother is hoping to change that you may find some of the images in her was report

upsetting. she likes dancing and no one would guess the amount of pain liza goes through to make these simple movements liza has a rare genetic condition a bitter mole this is bulldozer or that makes her skin less than as a butterfly when 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 lisa are known as butterfly children however in russia it's as if they don't exist write your book when the doctors simply don't know of the disease and when you tell them what it is they might have heard of it but they don't know how to deal with it she knew lisa was only five but she already knows her diagnosis better than any doctor her mother knows there is no cure with proper medication her daughter could lead an almost normal life but it's way too expensive why isn't it

such a rare disease that it's pretty much been forgotten about there's no states that put to there's no money and no specialists. general manager is a dermatologist and admits she's become a specialist by default no one else is dealing with patients but the mothers say her advice can conflict with what they've learned from abroad. so well it's a very complex disease with so few patients suffering from it any doctor that would take it up would have to become a very narrow specialist i myself am tied up in many other places so i don't have much time for these patients. two year old nasty is a clear example of what good care and access to proper treatment can do for a butterfly child her mother says she's probably the only girl in russia who from the very first days of her life was taken care of properly according to international standards when she was twenty five days old i took her away from one of the best maternity wards in the country her stomach and feet are all and the

marks of the doctor's fingers are still her skin back then she did look like an to be patient ever since nice to has lived 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 julia says life expectancy for such kids in russia is very low and she would do anything to make her daughter's life long unhappy. she's my beautiful and longs back to princess and if there is a plea that can hurt my princess i'll take them all away no matter what the cost. julie is also behind a newly 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 liza she bravely takes on life with a smile despite her deteriorating state as a sign of trust she told me her biggest dream there may be 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 lisa they all dream of one day waking up to a life without paying. r.t. moscow. not as good as ours our business news update with us will be coming your way after a short break. those . little pellets the international sanctions has to do takes place in prose on july ninth and tenth. this live in collections by russian designers the most beautiful virgin city of central russia. this is a little unfair children's functions slums like presiding over the festival.

fashion festival. this is. how and a very well welcome to the business update russian companies are getting more and more even off to foreign cash research company dia logic says public offerings have more than doubled in the first half compared to the same period last year most were held on the overseas markets and raised ten billion dollars there has also been an increase in activity in the markets here one placement has jumped around eighteen percent to seventeen billion dollars well to talk more i'm joined now by both from london capital group thank you for joining me so what's driving the company's interest in capital markets. well there's any number of reasons why anyone would want to own a stock exchange of course it doesn't it's not all plain sailing does mean. a new company to the market has to abide by certain rules and displays certain

information but overall in particular with russian stalks or russian companies where often a few individuals will hold a substantial stake in those companies it means that they can realize a. significant amount of money when the stock comes to the market and that will spend. exactly what their shareholding is worth but also means that they can raise funds international investors can have access to the u.k. markets can of course invest in these growing companies get exposure to the russian market. that it does increase the company's profile also a produces the possibility of mergers and acquisitions opens up the way for

them to possibly take over competitors in other geographical areas within the same industry uses a number of reasons why any company would want to float on the capital markets but there have been about ten russian companies attempting to float shares in london this year but only by all of them actually managed to go ahead and four of them were priced at the board and then to this range why is this. well it's purely because investor appetite firstly this year is somewhat diminished we have quite an uncertain economic outlook on a global point from a global point of view we've had debt concerns in europe so investors a very very particular about where their investment how their investments. priced at the moment in particular any new companies coming to the market and historically we have seen some of these russian i.p.o.'s have been

particularly highly valued. of an investor appetite has been not as good as suspected and that has meant that i.p.o.'s that have been successful in coming to market have been priced at the bottom end and some of these other companies have actually withdrawn their i.p.o.'s altogether. with the ink. volatility in the markets that's understandable the new investors in new companies that are coming to the market want to ensure they're getting the valuation absolutely correct. anderson who would you say about the domestic market what do you think is preventing the russian companies from placing shares on the domestic market. well the domestic market in russia is not so well known from a global standpoint of course the market in london geographically as

a very central position it's well known it's well regulated in russia commercial and regulate. us still not really quite as well as stablished as they are in other western markets in particular the u.k. and so any big company any big russian company that's looking to increase its profile london is a good place to list of course that doesn't mean that it's the only place to list in asia hong kong's stock market is seeing russian companies in this there as well generally on the whole it would seem that valuations are set a little higher in asia say that it's becoming increasingly popular for russian markets brits primarily to increase their profile and list on a market that's well regulated and can hold the company in high esteem and just

very briefly how do you see investor sentiment for the rest of the year what's your forecast. well sentiment seems to be just improving a little bit we've certainly seen from the market's point of view a large sigh of relief in the respect that greece has passed this measures and is unlikely to default regardless of what s. and p. say sudan's important from the so. point of view and some of the russian companies that have pulled their i.p.o. . could very easily return later in this year possibly in two thousand and twelve and it is there's hope that the i.p.o. market will continue to recover and of course so far we've seen the i.p.o. i.p.o. valuations hit the highs that they had in two thousand and seven so the outlook isn't too bad and of course just recently we've had two very successful russian i.p.o.'s you have.