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activists grow more vocal in their opposition to a covert us military site in northern england inspired by the reagan era star wars project saying they have a right to know what's going on. the shutters are up in the country policies strict new laws on border controls which already cause i go from its european neighbors say it might violate agreements on visa free travel. and libyan officials say they've intercepted two ships carrying a belgian made weapons for anti kadafi revel in violation of the un and bongo want to arms trafficking to the war torn country. you with live from moscow i'm rover sushi welcome to the program coles full

independence from us a militarization of getting louder in britain one of america's most trusted strategic allies peace activists have talkative a top secret u.s. military base in the u.k. which is due to become part of a european missile defense shield they say britain barely knows what's going on there it's putting the country's security at risk. 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 yorkshire dales where it's who are demanding independence from america this symbolizes what's wrong with the special relationship between britain and the 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 ballistic missiles as in poland and the czech republic where the u.s. also planned to site 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 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 embody soiree can envisage dimly 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 it around the country they want to weaken . bring it back under the control of the british government and its people it's not working they as men with hell becomes part of the missile defense shield it's building another go full satellites try to bring the total to thirty three despite local and national opposition growing not reducing the u.s. is influence in europe lower and menwith hill yorkshire the prospect of a u.s. led missile defense shield in europe is also set alarm bells ringing right here in moscow nato is failing to provide legal guarantees that the system won't be aimed at russia and has also rejected proposals for a joint shield later this hour we hear from

a leading american scientist who says obama's administration is continuing bush era policy. where the bush plan was first discarded by president obama when he came into power there was a lot of hope that the new system 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. it's now a five minutes past the hour here in moscow stricter border controls are to be implemented in denmark as the country's parliament has voted in favor of permanent new legislation it will mean that more security checkpoints at the country's ports and at its border with germany now some e.u. officials have already condemned the move saying it might contradict mainland europe's much vaunted open border agreement or nicolas go explains. but 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 by the e.u. officials in brussels and especially by denmark's neighbor germany they insist that this is a violation of the good agreement 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 issue some believe that this actually may signal the end off united europe but the danish officials insist that this will not cause any 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 an 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. to talk more about this when i was joined by a son from the danish people's party who's been pushing for these a stricter laws on immigration thank you for joining us today so the new measures have not been voted through in a currently being implemented but just to violate the principles of the show an

agreement of free visa try. bill which applies among many european countries where i'll go and serve it doesn't think so our government has stated that this is within the schengen treaty i must say that the idea of open borders throughout europe has shown to be a utopia and we have had the choice of you the european idea or reality as we live in the real world we can see what comes across our borders and not least at least what is leaving denmark and it was stolen goods have increased we cannot sit and just watch that happen that's why we have introduced the border control so you talk about that the stealing of goods you talk about is utopia utopian well what else what is it that denmark is so fragile that you have to come down the borders like this we are not afraid we just want to be certain that within what comes into the country is something we want into the country we don't want drugs we don't want weapon smuggling we don't want people who come here in

a wrong errand we don't want people also to leave the country with stolen goods we can have to look at how people's interests and if you ask why the normal european person even in germany you see an overwhelming understanding for the danish position we cannot live in utopia if it means that our country and our people are not safe now you mention of the issue of drugs and weapons you don't want those those in in denmark but i mean come on let's get down to it isn't it isn't it about immigrants and and multiculturalism the multiculturalism has failed. i don't think we should come down to it and i'm telling you the truth and what the reason is for this i mean we are introducing a border control with passports we would like to see that you know but this is not a bit of a treaty by the government and the agreement what we are doing it is introducing a control of goods and if that also means that people who come here in illegal errand smuggling in drugs they get taken by the police i think that's only by part

for a product that's where. good bye now our john is foreign minister has already said that denmark's new laws in danger e.u. cooperation while other e.u. officials have also criticized them if we sing a split do you think among the european union on this issue there's no doubt about it i mean as i said in the beginning this is what happens when this system with the idea is being overtaken by the reality the same thing we see with the euro is gushing of europe even in countries that but weren't meant to have it every year and couldn't you the proper way we see the e.u. idea this integrating i can see that happening all over the place not only in denmark we might just be the first one to take steps to avoid further problems for our country but you are right the e.u. has an idea as an ideology if your life is disintegrating now a few months ago you mentioned the issue of the euro and where is the money going to come from to support are these new custom controls or do you think it's

reasonable to use our public funding at a time when when the eurozone is just teetering on the brink well i think that the safety and security for our people cannot be paid until. we pay what's necessary these introduction of the border controls and it's up to around about one hundred six million danish kroner and i think that's a reach the peace to the price price to pay for for security and safety now there's been an influx of immigrants to the e.u. from the middle east and north africa after the ongoing unrest there do you think the e.u. is now paying a price for that. well the influx of people from north africa i mean are the group revolts i mean they only very much as out of the year in problem i believe are probably between the city and france's fishery most of the people are coming from northern africa once they go to france because most many of them speak french so that is a problem but it's got really nothing to do with this or entirely sure nothing give

me something about running very. on time have you do you think other members of the e.u. should follow suit and do what denmark is doing by tightening up the borders that's up to them but i see you like the germans especially do that already you go to the border be some group and you will find. a permanent border control that i think generally is already doing what they accuse us to do we do that. all right short on a person who's the danish people's party spokesman a foreign affairs many things a lot a lot more still to come on the program here on r.t. including a brand new ways to satisfy china's energy hunger while some countries have decided against a nuclear future following the fukushima disaster china's searching for advanced technology to make atomic power safe. animal report on the children and with the red condition on the front jospin and the battle to improve treatment for the problem here in russia. libyan officials say they have seized two ships on

route from qatar carrying weapons intended for antique rebels said to have been carrying over one hundred belgian made assault rifles along with thousands of rounds of ammunition so far only the french have admitted to supplying weapons to libya's anti government forces brian johnson thomas a former arms trafficking expert for the un security council says that breaking the arms embargo may lead to dire consequences. now it seems to me very strange we're going about it and 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 literature and some somalia when she lived here for training within the last two or three years just documented we have to 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. now

a please don't forget that we have plenty more of our stories are available on our website at twenty four seven just go to r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what's there right now things are considered as dangerous as guns in the russian republic of chechnya these leader has banned the devices. catches up with an italian marble of marble you can make a stone out magically stay afloat even try find out how our web pages are to talk. now a fourteen minutes past the hour here in moscow the accident japan's fukushima facility triggered safety fears all around the world forcing some countries to think twice about using nuclear energy but for energy hungry china it seems it's demands are so

high there's simply no alternative as a henry morton reports it's focusing instead on developing new technologies to make atomic plants safer 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 three m. a metal proponents say as common as lead and one which despite some concerns would lead to power plants with few a safety issues as well as other benefits. thore and based reactors certainly have advantages release from thore and is greater than from uranium the by products from using story in a less 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 and we morton r.t. beijing. well the effects of the fukushima crisis are continuing to manifest themselves in various areas including japanese politics japan's disaster reconstruction is a matsumoto has resigned only a week into the post this comes after his visit to an area hit by march's tsunami and earthquake not so much scolded the local governor and threatened to withhold aid to the region if you didn't provide a clear plan for reconstruction the former ministers behavior i'm good local people and japan's most prominent opposition party dubbed it an affront to all earthquake

victims. a smaller private boat has reportedly slipped past the greek sailing ban on the gaza bound humanitarian a flotilla that comes just a day after several larger ships attempted to break through the blockade but will return to port after being boarded by armed soldiers activists claim that israel is taking advantage of the economic crisis in greece to prevent them from leaving a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine people being killed by israeli commandos stormed the flotilla. a rocket attack in baghdad has killed four iraqis and injured ten others militants fired into the city's green zone an area housing government buildings and u.s. and british embassies the attack came in late at night as american staff were celebrating the fourth of july it hit a residential complex for laborers who were working at a local hotel. now how far can you go to talk people out of

war five hundred miles was the distance walked by a military journalist who saw the events in iraq firsthand and felt he had to do something about it you cannot watch your story coming up at fifteen hundred g.m.t. here on r.t. . spent in the year in iraq is a military journalist. on the ways. there is kind of wasting their time trying to get killed. i thought all along the length of the. twenty seven days in going to publicize it he invited the audience and i think. people started to bait have a dialogue just. chanting the slogan or waiting for. the

. twenty minutes past the hour now here in moscow it's a rare and incurable disease and in russia sufferers say it's ignored by the medical establishment known as b. it means children have skin so delicate that even just a simple touch can break it off his dire push couple has met the families who are coping with the illness bear in mind you may find some of the images disturbing. she likes dancing and no one would guess the amount of pain lisa goes through to make these simple movements liza has a rare genetic condition epidermal this is below zero or that makes her skin less 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 lisa are known as butterfly children however in russia it's as if they don't

exist right your cookbook thing is 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 kenya pleasers only five but she already knows her diagnosis better than any doctor her mother knows there is no cure and with proper medication her daughter could lead an almost normal life but it's way too expensive well isn't it it's such a rare disease that it's pretty much been forgotten about there's no state support so 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. thought 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 cost 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 kids in russia is very low and she would do anything to make her daughter's life long unhappy. she's my beautiful alongst back to princess and if there is a plea that can hurt my brain so i'll take them all away no matter what the cost or

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 then maybe a 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'll dream of one day waking up to a life without paying. r.t. moscow. on the up next is all the latest in the world of business with every. hello and welcome to business good to have you with us rating agencies are playing hardball with greece standard and poor's say they would consider

a plan by french banks to roll over privately held greek bonds as a default french banks the biggest holders of greek sovereign debt have proposed three new bonds where they mature louise cooper from b g c partners says a bailout is not the answer economic reform is the key to its financial health if you look at the amounts of debt that greece has you've already had one hundred ten billion bailout package remember this is a country of only twelve million people they just cannot afford to pay back the level of debt that they have and the reform program is terribly important for greece making the country more productive selling off state assets reducing the size of the public sector getting private enterprise back going again that is the key to the financial health of crease and yet in a way that reform program gets ignored because we have these dramas every day we have riots we have protests we have late night votes and all of that excitement to

just get to greece from actually solvent from sort of week to week is almost. means we forget about the underlying core problems of the economy that need to be addressed. the russian backed north stream gas supply project has hit a problem a german court has suspended construction of a pipeline which would connect it with the european gas network people in the german town of la. claim the pipeline is not secure enough no stream is now considering an alternative route believe it's not a big problem but there may be other similar objections. now let's take a look at how the markets are doing or prices are climbing this on the impact from b i e i a decision to release to t.v. crews seems to be fading. now in europe stock markets are flat traders remain cautious over the outlook for greece and reports that china could hike interest rates as soon as this weekend. and in russia the algae has been my xix

a mix the solid trading flat positive let's have a look at some individual moves on the energy majors the decrease the solid drag by lower oil prices gas problem is almost a percent down and the t.v. bank is continuing its losing streak taking from monday shares one point four percent lower the nose bucking the trend and a third of. russia's flagship stock exchange my xix is extending its trading hours opening bell will sound an hour earlier from the first of september and it's hoped it will better fill the gap between asian and european markets it's also close fifteen minutes later to let traders price in american news the new opening hours will be from six thirty four pm london time. the walls for seasons underway in central russia and people are stocking up on protection and provisions mature all ages predict the

effects will spread further than normal and that smoke could reach moscow over the next few days insurance companies say they're getting ready to feel the heat. part of the problem culpable last year the main problem was that a lot of people didn't have their property and shoot therefore we saw an immediate twenty to thirty percent increase in demand and growth was one hundred twenty percent in the first quarter of this year alone with people more actively ensuring countryside real estate last year we paid one hundred and eighty million roubles for point cases so now we are preparing for a new wave so lots of us has high tech research help as welcoming its first residents skulk of us tells are enjoying tax benefits which i hope will sport development activity ahead of this caucus foundation outlines the tax breaks. good or should the start those. most important be the stages of a skulk of a residence implies tax benefits which in turn means a lower social rate tax as

a profit tax plus there are certain privileges for export and import operations moreover the stages of a skulk of a resident gives the right to collaborate with the skulk of a foundation which is supposed to support resident. somewhere just make a move that's it for this hour. on that one.

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