in darker demons japan already has one of the highest suicide rates in the world and following the disaster in march the government has issued a warning about a possible nationwide epidemic of depression here are some organic farmers committed suicide because you know the. soil is everything they have good soil for after many hours of hard work and it's just contaminated one night going to go so. far so i'm very sad to hear the news and many other farmers are also very much depressed a recent national survey in japan performed by dr roshini and his team shows that suicide rates in japan have in fact increased in the months since the disaster compared to the same timeframe in the previous two years but the demographics are not what you might expect. this is a rate increase. not.

about the areas because some barbers start running to the. right and they have not had to make suicide this disaster has certainly taken its toll on japan's economy and such constant reminders of an intense topic can harm the collective psyche of the people who live here as well because of the. tsunami disaster plus nuclear disaster many people actually lost their jobs or their working on the show was crushed. so. yeah they have a so many good read on their commit suicide causing japan's death toll to keep rising even though the initial disaster subsided months before in japan sean thomas or t. four the clean up at the stricken focus on nuclear. the plan has been praised

by the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog who said radiation that could be contained by the end of the here well you know is visiting the facility to assess the progress in preventing the nuclear crisis from getting worse fukushima reactors were heavily damaged by the earthquake and tsunami and it caused the corps to melt and release dangerous amounts of radiation into the environment workers have since been trying to restore the cooling system and to stop contaminated water from the reactors leaking into the sea. well barack obama is calling on the american people to step up to the plate and pressure their politicians in dealing with the debt standoff congress has a week left to raise the country's multi-trillion dollar debt ceiling if it wants to avoid a potentially devastating default in a nationwide address obama warned that an american default would impact around the world while he blamed the republicans for stalling talks and refusing to accept a balanced approach republican speaker john boehner hit back accusing obama of

spending beyond the country's means and expecting quote a blank check republicans and democrats have been locked in a dispute over whether spending cuts or tax hikes is the answer to the debt crisis washington watcher matthew beda says the government needs to act fast to avoid an investor exodus. and the democrats in congress just want to keep on spending. and so they would like to see the debt ceiling raised so that they can continue to give rewards to their supporters among the labor unions or the various political organizations that are sympathetic to the democratic party because the u.s. is able to keep raising its debt ceiling because people investors around the world have confidence in the united states they believe that the u.s. government will honor its stand. obligations and so as long as people have faith in

the investors of faith in the u.s. government and its credit worthiness then the u.s. could keep raising its debt ceiling the problem right now is that the debt is so high that that in itself is starting to become a negative factor that could lead to a credit rating downgrade of the united states government if china loses confidence in. america the american government's ability to pay its debts then the u.s. will have nowhere to run to the u.s. with the only the only choice it would have would be to keep printing money to inflate the currency run the printing presses and risk devastating hyperinflation or the u.s. government would have to drastically cut spending and implement pretty severe austerity measures. and all the way the top of north korean diplomat is advised to for talks in the u.s.

but we ask whether it will revive long stalled negotiations on scrap yards controversial nuclear program. and we hear how washington sea turtle squabbles are fueling the missile defense to me between russia and you last get the insight from there russia's nato envoy in a few moments. now the latest threat to middle east peace is a promise to punish the palestinians if they go ahead with plans to declare statehood at the u.n. in september let's considering cancelling the lad market nine hundred ninety three also accord which is the made road map in resolving the middle east conflict where the u.s. is among of the countries refusing to support the palestinians moves towards recognition so let's get the view of political writer and blogger emily hauser ms hauser thanks very much for joining us now what would ease rail achieve if it cancels the you know much for that report. well it's you know that's an

interesting question because it starts with i actually have to back up a little bit to the vocabulary that's been used to cancel the oslo accord. this is an internationally recognized bilateral agreement it's not israel breaking up with her boyfriend you can't just cancel something this is there's not. a mind trick that can be done oh this accord was never there however having said that what it will achieve is very little it will it will only make its own position more isolated more difficult to negotiate out of having said that it's also for all the noise that this suggestion has gotten in the press there's also the very real possibility that it doesn't seem to be being considered all that seriously israeli president peres said today that it's just a journalistic rumor was the way he put it which seem. because it's has israeli officials confirming that it's on the table but the report put it as not the

leading alternative is the way that it was put so to me it reads as israeli officials. in kind of a state of desperation there's a real whiff of panic to all of this ok and now many many israelis though see the palestinians to as already having violated also by resorting to armed revolt in two thousand and in two thousand and six as well as voting for hamas and i would such a move by israel really inflict damage. it's. it's kind of odd to me that israelis and the israeli government refuse to acknowledge the ways in which we and i say we because i'm israeli american the ways in which we have violated the agreement from i mean the end could hardly gone dry we have not once stopped building in the territories we have not once stop adding israelis there and building bypass roads so is violence breaking the agreement yes

but so are building settlements so are running bombing raids and running raids into the centers of town you know that we israel has continued with military incursions into areas that were supposed to be entirely under palestinian security control from the very beginning so yes both sides have broken the accords time and again but israel for israel to pretend that they have not is. just gross dishonesty also you strong words saying they will punish the palestinians but also that they say that the palestinians unilateral move for statehood in september will not bring peace what do you think the impact will be on the ground. while on the ground it will not immediately bring peace it won't even immediately bring statehood. abilities here the palestinians. in the short run it might but in the long run because it's likely to inflame passions on the israeli side and lead to israeli violence against palestinians i think it's

interesting that the israeli government is using the word punish because that says a lot about the israeli attitude towards the people with whom it's supposedly negotiating right however what the palestinians are proposing and israel and america seem to have not noticed this or are refusing to see it is they are proposing going to the international community and saying yes we are part of you we have this state according to limited boundaries nine hundred sixty seven borders with negotiated adjustments and we want to live side by side with israel we want to force war forswear violence permanently and become a member of the international community and israel is acting like a bomb has been set off in the knesset. ok well thank you very much for that analysis we do have to see how this will play out and lee houser a political writer and blogger thank you very much. the cost of oil has

sent its special forces to the serb populated north after a tit for tat trade cost tensions a flare up police seize control over one border crossing while the other two are being blocked by local serbs well kossovo the move has been widely condemned by the un and the e.u. among others and it's feared it will stoke ethnic anger kosovo proclaimed its independence in two thousand and eight when it unilaterally split from serbia now some six hundred thousand serbs still live in the region but refuse to recognize that sovereignty because of its independence has been a bone of contention between serbia and the e.u. which is pressing belgrade to recognize cost of though before it can become a member well for more of that style talk the balkans politics expert marco gets it he joins us live from london thank you for being on the program now you are an expert on the region do you see. see this situation decided to get to something far worse and if so who should stop it. well there's only one that can stop it

you should bear in mind the. union leaders could have done nothing without the ok from the us administration and we know that the us has got a massive investment in kosovo it's got the biggest military base in the world in camp bondsteel smack bang in the heart of course of all and so everything that. gets up to is also rise by washington in the first place so we know who can stop it and it is time that the us administration stopped its extremist puppets and pushed enough from even further expanding into. recognized territorial area but we do have nato forces there peacekeepers that have been deployed how deep are fears that this will lead to actual armed conflict. well there is a distinct possibility that if the as i say the extremist leadership are feeling courage to buy buy even if they feel they can get away with it they will continue this is an opportunist move in a very provocative move that it's not very much reward for president before

engaging them in negotiations in brussels recently because they've use that as a springboard for this and those negotiations and they will them to bury the real story of their activities in terms of organ harvesting and replace it with an entirely different story such as we're seeing today and i think that the same people who ordered organs to be ripped out. over a period of several years are now ordering. you would recognize terror to be ripped out as well so i think we should understand who we're dealing with here and their sponsors in washington as i say put a halt to it if they're serious about peace well looking at the two sides i mean it is in their interests for them to actually have peace to resolve their issues right if kossovo is to ask for further recognition and serbia for the e.u. membership but there is cause of us move right now like taking two steps back. well the move all the extremists are. certainly two steps back but we should remember

that they are very sensitive about this particular area in the north of course and because of course this is only been part of course all since one thousand nine hundred fifty six so it's a very tenuous claim they have had so this area on the basis of course of all territorial integrity so they know that so they're trying to take advantage as i say of the current weakness of serbia to further encroach into this you would recognize part of serbia sovereign territory and we should all oppose that ok because of us actions actually has been condemned internationally do you think it will face any penalties. i don't think so because it's the sponsor of the extremist albanian leadership in. who claim to represent course of our sponsors in washington are too strong. for anyone's of their to suggest punitive sanctions against them unfortunately but having said that the poverty in cost of all for all peoples are by unions as well as serbians is so huge that they're suffering already under this

combined washington regime which has brought them nothing but pain and really has done nothing for the region but bring organ harvesting and polity to everybody in this region so the course always a failed spy it's a fake state of mistaken experiments and this kind of expansionism a failure of. leadership produce for the world should not be encouraged by the world we should all oppose this because it's yugoslavia yesterday so. you tomorrow ok well thank you very much for your insight there balkans politics expert marco gas which talking to us from london thank you very much. now r.t. dot com is available around at the clock for you to wash and use that you choose where here is a selection of what we've lined up for you online the new york hotel maid the word he uses the former i.m.f. chief of sexually assaulting her goes public saying she wants to see dominic straus garden behind bars. heroes of the world unite over europe or from comic-con in

san diego and the biggest expo of fiction spinors stratasys. now a senior north korean diplomat has been invited to new york for talks on how to revive stalled negotiations on its controversial nuclear program while sudden media suggests he's already on his way to the u.s. now the move comes just days after top nuclear envoys from north and south korea got together for the first time in over two years during a security summit in indonesia and there they agreed to return to six party talks as soon as possible negotiations broke down after north korea's deadly shelling of an eis land belonging to the south in what it claims was in response to vocative military drills but the u.s. says north korea. must dismantle its nuclear facilities before any deal can be reached joining us now here we are of the campaign to end the korean war thanks very much for joining us on the program first of all is there a will in north korea to return to the negotiating table. well we should say that

north korea because issue has always been consistent it's always there everything is on the table for negotiation as long as the united states is sincere in ending the current state of war on the korean what. this means first of all is signing a peace treaty to declare a formal end to the korean war respecting each other sovereignty and a commitment to non-aggression so that there is a basis of mutual trust to go on to talking about the things that really matter which are eliminating nuclear weapons withdrawing all foreign troops establishing a peace mechanism and then finally leaving the fate of the korean peninsula up to the korean people to decide or having said that though has south korea and the u.s. are planning joint military drills in disputed seas next month which as we've seen in the past north korea always finds provocative was so why do you think the south and the u.s. keep them out. well the u.s. military needs justification to maintain its troops in the north east asia region

so they can pursue its real interest which is to contain china's expansion of power in the region and also to continue to sell its weapons systems and demonizing north korea as an axis of evil country conveniently provides that kind of justification the u.s. has been trying to strengthen its alliances with south korea and japan increasing military exercises in the region building missiles at defense systems and inextricably in extruded linking south korean japan weapons systems with it. but the reality is north korea does not provide a threat to south korea or the u.s. and the reality also is that the u.s. and south korea are facing an economic crisis where their tax dollars can be better spent on rebuilding. domestic economy and provocative war games that have already cost us lives on the korean peninsula last year at least that are the broader picture though is there anyone who will benefit or perhaps has been benefiting from the ongoing tension between the two koreas i mean it's been going on for

a while now well the u.s. certainly has its strategic interest in the region and is using the tension as justification to maintain its troops in south korea there's also a long history of the south korean political establishment using national security as justification to style and social dissent at a time of economic crisis where there is civil unrest and before an important election year the south korean government uses national security to arrest and jail leaders of social movements that criticize the government policies but i should mention that there are many many more people who do not benefit from the ongoing tension every time there is the situation of escalated military tension on the korean peninsula i think year. of my family and korean war exercises that have led to incidents like china and young girl last year are deadly and they've already cost us lives we should also know that u.s. soldiers are not saying in this situation i there are more and more soldiers are

coming forward and talking about exposure to agent orange joining theirs in korea and lastly more gains and maintaining troops and basis at a state of readiness for war are costing billions of dollars in taxpayer money for our countries and. i do want to ask you very briefly do you think that north korea is ever likely to give up its atomic ambitions after everything is said and done. well there is one thing that distinguish north korea from other nuclear weapon states in the world and that is that it is the only country that has said that it's willing to give them up in exchange for a guarantee that the u.s. will not attack it and north korea has been very consistent it has said that everything is on the table as long as the us is the fear but it has to be a process of mutual disarmament you can't realistically expect north korea to simply give up its only deterrence capability unless the u.s.

is also willing to take steps and an end to its provocative war games that simulate the collapse of the north korean regime is a good start ok thank you very much there for your insight here really from the campaign to end the korean war thank you. their agreement appears no closer between the u.s. and russia on how to develop missile defense in europe but that's this fight despite further talks in washington this tuesday nato says the system is designed to protect the european continent from countries like iran but russia fears the project is aimed at its military might and is offering alternatives for the u.s. it's powering ahead with its plan despite objections from the kremlin russians are void to nato was at tuesday's talks and afterwards he told r.t. that washington has to overcome its inner divisions. but it's your job if there are questions that remain unanswered if missile threats against europe come from the south why is the us placing part of its military infrastructure in the north close

to russia's borders this is the question that we can't get an answer to when we ask for legal guarantees that the system is not aimed at russia we're told there's a big conflict between republicans and democrats in congress and they start to explain that conflict but we're not interested in that is what's important for us is that the u.s. is behind this project and they should provide security for all the partners russia is very flexible if for some fabricated political reasons they've rejected our suggestion to. integrate our means of anti missile defense then there's another scheme they could be cooperation between two independent systems if nato wants to defend itself that's no problem but if russia wants to provide its own security so be it otherwise it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's bodyguard sitting in your bedroom he's been sent to provide your security who's going to like that so if all our suggestions are rejected and it's understood that iran is just a reason to have the plan while russia's nuclear potential is the real target then

russia will come up with its own military response which nobody is going to like. a jailed associate of convicted oil tycoon hey of how the record ski is being considered for parole in northern russia but prison officials say does not deserve release of the guards at the current jail questioned his conduct in custody and say he's not fit for release well that's despite his previous presidency in a moscow giving him a positive reference well the hearing will vision about it wednesday on there but have been his former business partner. were jailed for fraud and tax evasion in two thousand and five they've already served half of their term so should be released when he's sixty. well up next is all the latest in business with kareena. kapoor welcome to business thanks for joining this hour russia is looking forward to expand its privatization program to spur economic growth to be prime minister

igor sure vall of laid out the new plan that was disclosed by a bit of a c news paper he suggests the full privatization of fourteen state companies by two thousand and seventeen however according to the plan the government will keep controlling stakes in infrastructure companies like russian real ways and transmit . the moment for privatization is gathering. but it's probably a function of the fight that they're going to face to do. it's not so much about the money or there's a significant amount of money and go to the original plan was for thirty three billion dollars would be raised i think we're talking about a hundred twenty billion dollars but this is part and parcel with smoke my zation program and for him the key here is state owned companies run efficiently and the point is to get the government to the economy and hand it over to the private sector so this will have hope for the. impacts in terms of improving

productivity. and that's quite a chicken little pig. the markets well bounce back from earlier losses amid weaker dollar however prices remain under pressure as a result of washington's wrangling over the u.s. debt ceiling and stocks in the u.s. are makes this hour the dow jones extending losses into a third session as lawmakers in washington remained in a standoff over how to contend with federal debt shares a case to hold the shares of a case to holding corp fell fifteen percent after the company forecast a drop in third quarter shipments to too high costs for materials now here in russia markets closed mixed with the r.t.s. pointing upwards and them isaac's down nearly eight point three percent russia's my six declined for the third day raising an early gain of as much as point four percent. oil majors were among the main losers amid weak of crude raw snapped and half a percent down lost over thirty percent bucking the trend gold game point three percent

up to cover gold purchased eighty nine percent of the company to reverse takeover a cost of that wraps up today's trade. in terms of trading the market remains very quiet and there's. not trying to change change their positioning. lever is aleutian of the situation in europe and the us the focus of attention in the morning was so was on the oil prices and the slightly more positive mood in asia but later on i was through the optimism disappeared in reality there are no real wars and fuel prices unfortunately not really translates in. the process is over. it is a little bit but not to the extent you would hope and so it looks that it will close to a foot or slightly being up so basically no particularly serious moments and. that's all the business we have for years and

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india oh jeez availability in the movie the joint people to the villains the gateway hotel the grand imperial truant told us to. let her tell her to sit don't need to go and. read this in the kernel was her job as a retreat. welcome back here's a quick look at the top stories we're covering on r t so aside rates in japan are rising as people struggle with the aftermath of the earthquake disaster meanwhile it's thought radiation that people who she was a nuclear plant it could be contained within months. president obama is calling on the public to pressure congress into a deal on avoiding default he blames republicans for stalling talks and refusing to compromise on debt. at

a top north korean diplomat is invited to new york to revive long stalled talks on scrapping the country's nuclear program just a few days since north and south korea all voice agreed to issue discussions. well that sonority another episode of the kaiser report to stay with us for that. max kaiser. this is the ca's the report are you psychotic. well statistically one of you or i should be psychotic if you look at this first headline next an unprecedented one in sixty six americans is a diagnosed psychotic outselling even common drugs to treat high blood pressure and acid reflux anti-psychotic medications are the single top selling prescription drug

and the united states and they have quite nice names like zyprexa sarah quel abilify. this is part of the campaign to breed more goldman sachs bankers because psychosis means that you lack empathy and you need to be completely devoid of empathy to do your job effectively at goldman asset stripping corporations and disenfranchising the population and doing trade to any thought whatsoever about your actions what they might have the effects of society at large their breeding psychos the other way they've been able to do this is similar to what you see with the economy because economics of course is also a soft science and what's happened here is pharmaceutical lobbyist and companies have been targeting psychiatry asst in order to sell more of this product and the reason why they've gone.