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the grand imperial truly the torch was the. new kind of letter to the socialist that you see don't need to go and. read this in the kernel was hoto as a school retreat. all eyes are on moscow's skies as the a maximum thousand and eleven air show takes off showcasing all the latest in aviation join me for all the details in a few. european markets tumbled on news of economic stagnation across the continent just wrong seeks to convince an already skeptical germany to shoulder even more of the euro. and another kind of market a gruesome or organ trade in india is on the rise with both or he's accused of committing with those illegally preying on companies stricken people sacrificing their health for life.
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worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. with me the reception high tech combat jets on the latest a gleaming airline is appears in the skies over the moscow of reaching the world's biggest aircraft makers are russia's max two thousand and eleven airshow the showing off the u.s. designs and also here is that sea with the airfield will join her live now. so good to see you so well you're surrounded by all sorts of big toys and i want to be seen so far. well we did see a pretty exciting sight in the sky every time there's some roaring noise everybody looks up oh what we've seen we saw a couple of or so lloyd military jets as well as an eighth eighty acting like a small plane you know this is a massive air bus plane flying around here doing some test runs but we still we have yet to see the team's performance that's certainly something we're looking forward to but this show essentially is a place
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a platform for these companies in the aviation civil and military to showcase the latest innovation the latest the science and models that they have and a lot of build up a lot towards the t fifty which is a first a russian made this generation military aircraft and it hasn't been a russian made military aircraft in about two decades of this is pretty big for russia again a lot of anticipation to see what its capabilities are because currently in the market you have the f. twenty two raptor which the last of the u.s. air force so this would be the second if it is deployed into the field again so we have to see how it actually flies in the sky actually i'm here joined by mr douglas barry's a military aviation specialist who can tell us a bit more about a military aircraft that's very much for joining us today i was talking about the a t fifty a lot of buildup towards it what are your expectations i mean there's the f. twenty two what will it change once it's out in the market. i think through to two things really to consider with a fifty fifty one it's very much of the start of his development as you pointed out
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this is the fourth time in twenty years really russia has a new body of crofter in this cost issue previously and make one go forty four forty two actually it was canceled i suppose really the late one nine hundred ninety s. and since it's been quite certain exactly what russia was going to do what russia is doing is the t fifty it is very interesting to see just exactly what form is capable of as i see it so the start of is that they're just very briefly the fifth generation just maybe a bullet points what does that mean stealth capabilities are probably still. internal weapons card is one of the things the fifth generation having coleman is that you put your weapons your primary weapons load couzin so you drop them high you know so you because a weapon high you know certainly across a small detectable by our fight for freedom right and also i was interesting in the industries you know we were going through their countries are seeing a budget. cuts in their defense spending and we've seen that in the u.k.
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and the u.s. it's on the table what will that change mean russia is increasing its ability hardware and changing modernizing it but on the other hand you have those cuts what does that mean for the military industry i think it means different things depending where you are in europe this is significant pressure on defense expenditure you've seen it in the u.k. obviously france germany italy spain are all suffering from same kinds of issues there's obviously creation in the u.s. . defense budget is still very large. a significant it still leaves an awful lot of money for industry to play for. in the pacific is a different pacific going to seeing an uptick in defense expenditures you know spending more than defense some of the regional countries are doing the same thing ok well thank you very much for your insight there and camilla on a lighter note i actually have been going around trying out some of the toys over here managed to get into the cockpit of a small plane but my colleague or
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a good i've had to take a lot more fun he went behind the scenes with the a russian aerobatics teams and found out exactly what they do and the performance let's have a look. yeah here and they couldn't get air field the stands for two of the most famous aerobatic teams in the world even in a dress rehearsal. shades one of those shows is for them and the shish shot has a new program that has a much better show performance. the show stopper the trademark nine plane of two very different aircraft delight and makes information with a caveat see cause. hearing from below the false jets looks in perfect sync but as the plot let's touch down tempers run. out of money. that's normal everybody can we're all in the mood to work we all want to put on a great show of. these pilots don't think of themselves and to train as they're
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serving but this is the flying elite hand-picked from bento russian air force your best technology develops. a new was being abandoned in favor of long range missiles and i've gone straight down. so. these demonstrations of piloting prowess just becoming a side show right. richard so i don't think so at all. electronics can often be jammed so we go back to c.s. whom and how they can respond to the situation skills will never become obsolete and not to go again practicing for hours perfecting distills only for the world capable of old fashioned dogfights might not be as big a part of a combat as they once were but here they're keeping that to live. here and now see. if you. do stay with us i will be at the max two thousand and eleven
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after all throughout the week tomorrow i will have some first class flight action as well as a talking to the captains of the aviation industry who are all in attendance. closer. approach. shape the future flight. our team takes to the max air show. you without say now european stocks plummeted on news that economic growth across the e.u. has stalled all is france and germany need to work out a way to end the debt crisis currently sweeping the eurozone but europe's two financial powerhouses are at a dead end even before the negotiations have started well and is refusing to throw
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even more money at the crisis daniel bushell reports from brussels. the magic supposed to spread the euro road across the european union is something called euro bonds that in effect trends for northern european stability to the southern states it would create a single that people could pull into and the supposed it would begin to calm investors to show that there is a united front and the strongest states also leave. the. periphery countries like greece portugal also spain and italy now germany doesn't want to discuss it particularly at the moment it doesn't want to lose its hold a reputation as a reliable. by signing on to this and it has actually said that you wrote poems will play no role in the talks today some investors a bit surprised because growing numbers the thing that you reported is the only way
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to save the euro now influential investors like george soros say portugal and greece should leave the euro and eurobonds all the only way out now even germany is already being sucked into this crisis its growth the group of its economy will just be one percent in the second three months of this year which suggests that the euro debt crisis is even bringing down because the economy. and the world markets are hanging on the outcome of the meeting between france and germany but some have doubts of its significance political science professor. i think it's a little more than a photo. traditionally france and germany considered that they were the leaders in europe but you must also take into account domestic considerations in france for the presidential election basically the german chancellor has already said she was not willing to talk a lot you're a blunt so the meeting is in large part p r for the presidential elections in
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france if you don't discuss euro bond saucily there too within europe it's not a crucial meeting here it's just you know look at ono bijan it's in for a third of our pop or sound bites that you like and merkel said don't expect too much from it which means basically will the state and i think. the european central bank has announced its spend unprecedented twenty two billion euros in just one week the money went to prop up the shaking economies of italy and spain but artie's are going to go to school reports public faith and the ailing euro may already be beyond a quick fix. some work to live others lives to work hawk a market combines the two today he and his nephew run the picture frame in shops set up by hawking grandfather almost a century ago but the family firm is in a rough spot. like all in spain my business has been struggling over there was not
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visible in all areas of business times have been very hard. consider this unemployment at more than twenty percent one of the highest in the eurozone a gargantuan sovereign debt ever crossed their bonds and the country's problems don't start there despite being the fourth largest economy in europe spain is definitely feeling the bite of the credit crisis and that let me ask you question is the eurozone such a great idea after all the answer may just be no the country's rating has been downgraded twice in september of last year with moody's agency threatening to do so again in the future in fact some in spain believe the best strategy in the current climate may be an exit one. this would give us a certain autonomy it would affect positively internal processes in the country the purchasing power will give citizens access to all sorts of benefits and would have been good for the wages very well could lead to the improvement of situation in
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spain. a key factor here is distance while the spanish struggle with debts and unemployment their fate is largely being decided by the masters in chief in brussels. what we're witnessing here major internal problems which you cannot solve out of brussels because it's outside of e.u. competence it is not at the finances nor the labor capabilities to help spain of course many people are unhappy with the place spain takes and the european union will be but hook him isn't losing hope that his country and his business will eventually climb out of the slump. of course. it will stabilize in the end it's the small businesses like mine that will do the job because three or four people take work close to heart in large corporations something which me only possible if spain quits the foundering federation of the eurozone and puts its own house back in order it was quite a good read. and
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a lot of us are here in our look at how global economic troubles are setting the stage for a new gold rush with the dollar in as bad shape as its atlantic neighbor there are growing calls to repay the greenback to the gold standard. royal dutch shell says there are now only two barrels of oil a day leaking from one of its north sea rigs but with an estimated two hundred tons have been leaked into the water over the past six days environmentalist said the cleanup could take some time this is a thought to be the worst spill in british waters in more than a decade and while the rest of us figure out what caused it shoal is being accused of a cover up it took two days for the oil giants even admit there was a problem and has not released details of the extent of the environmental adam ramsay from the u.k. based people and planet student organization thinks the shell in the government has been complicit in oil industry cover ups for years. i think the people who are used
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to dealing with cho wouldn't be surprised at all about the lack of communication it's worth remembering that it was only a few days ago is a clear message of the years of law even cover up their role in the enormous spills across nigeria so i think we certainly don't know for sure how bad it is but we do know that this is a serious bill we know for certain it's the worst spill in this country in world in attack a very who covered this at all and i'm uncertain to say that i'm not at all surprised how little coverage has been it is also as i said the biggest in ten years but it's important to remember that the government and the scottish government opposed long histories of being hand in hand and in the pockets of the old industry in this country and so government to the only other potential money of this do you have they can't keep it quiet on the show and shall take to the not talking about it it's not surprising that the media covering it again and again not surprising but very sad as you say a major incident really not reported in the u.k.
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press. well the british oil industry's track record is shaky at best but the spill is far less serious than the b.p. catastrophe in the gulf of mexico last year eleven people were killed in that disaster and almost five million barrels of oil spewed into the ocean also you have to put it on the coverage or back to the station of course online but. also on our web site an insight into the mysterious audio violin making a closer look at russia's one hundred year old tradition. all adrenaline with odyssey and all the other thrill seekers and gathered here in moscow for some games with a difference or you'll find all of those videos at the top. past the hour here in moscow two thousand and four tsunami in south asia took everything
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from many of the victims that lived along the coast of india recovering has been next to impossible and some have resorted to selling the only thing they have left their body parts. are reports. cala a room again is alone in her tiny empty apartment in chennai like many indians who struggle to make ends meet kala is constantly in debt despite selling pretty much everything she has including her own kidney i was not enough to know when to grow curry he told me that i could sell my kidney i agreed because i was in a bad situation and my children were small we did not even have any food to eat when the two thousand and four tsunami hit the coast of south asia kala was one of hundreds of thousands of people who lost everything in order to get back on her feet she got along that she was later unable to repay. and we had a lot of get i had to borrow money to buy the fishing boat and people i borrowed
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money from started asking me for money they said they will come home and there's us if we didn't pay the money just for it and vulnerable tsunami survivors soon became the perfect targets for the illegal organ trade in india it's become known as the right market every year one hundred thousand indians need organ replacements a demand that drives an illegal supply with some organs even being sold to a small percentage of desperate transplant tourists and ninety nine you for the indian government have the law meant to regulate organ donation in this country first it was supposed to get an organ from a donor who was in some way known. even though each transplant was supposed to be approved by a committee of doctors it's almost impossible for anyone to stop money transactions from happening under the table in general when a recipient finds out that he or she needs an organ donor they normally approach friends or family for
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a match when those options are exhausted rogue doctors or hospital staff can introduce the recipient to a broker usually a former illegal donor too who can scout nearby poor neighborhoods for someone who is well. to sell their kidney and go under the knife they are necessary for through i could live on i'll say. this the law. doctors also know blind eye to this happening to transplants from the donor to the recipient take place in the hospital simultaneously the donor ends up making a little over a thousand dollars while the brokers can profit almost double that. you know i went to the group courier he said he will give me fifty thousand rupees for my kidney it was supposed to be much more but the broker cheated us the donors also frequently are robbed of their health by before i used to run around and work a lot but now i can do as much work as they used to i find it difficult even to
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lift the quota of what i can go to work i have severe pain in my abdomen and my chest i don't worry and while horror stories of the red market are exchanged among locals those with no options left are forced to take extreme measures sacrificing their health just to stay alive preassure either party china india. most or to come your way this hour here on our we look at the remains of the past two thirds of americans say the fifty year embargo on cuba must be lifted so it is really benefiting from keeping it in place. a glint in his eyes at the moment is that of gold the precious metal is once again proving the safe haven of choice from the u.s. debt crisis and its distressed dollar it's now record prices industry analysts carter told us that they will get higher while america struggles to get its house in order. our objective was to make the dollar stable for the world we did not
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achieve that and as a result what you're seeing because of the boom bust cycle inflation the valuing of the currency you're seeing a move back to the gold standard even though it's not official you see gold increasing in value you see individuals sovereign nations and central banks purchasing gold as a way to hedge against the dollar with the dollar as the world's reserve currency there has to be some sort of consistency to its value they can be worth less tomorrow than it is today otherwise the means of which we measure goods and services is subject to the whims of the purple reserve of the us and i think the world is is skeptical of that so what do we have a gold standard or not if governments don't figure out how to spend or live within their means you're going to continue to see gold take the lion's share of the increase or the appreciation and you're going to see currencies like the dollar decline in value now at twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow careen is here in a few moments with the business but for now on our world update for you hundreds of
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protesters were arrested in india as a governor in new delhi to demand the release of a prominent corruption activist police detained seventy three year old anna has a right before he started what was deemed an illegal hunger strike. officials to toughen legislation in the bribery plagued country. thousands of palestinian refugees have fled a camp in the syrian port city of. government shelling up to ten thousand people are trying to escape the bombing which has claimed at least thirty lives government troops reportedly made house to house arrests in the city and gun boats joined troops as parts of attempts to work crush the five month long uprising against president assad. but the majority of americans now think it's time to lift the fifty year old embargo against cuba but the government doesn't appear to be listening and as i think scaling for found out just because they're powerful and he castro lobby doesn't want to see it guys. cuba ninety miles from america's
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shores and for fifty two years a world apart following the cuban revolution in one thousand fifty nine the u.s. imposed an embargo and all trade investment in travel to tempt to bring down the communist government official castro. some of the cubans who fled the island for the u.s. push to keep his agenda alive and so the n.c.i. castro lobby was born they give a lot of money you know u.s. elections are in fact privately financed so they've been able to figure out how to play the game so even though they're a small percentage of the population they play very big in a key swing state polls consistently show that two thirds of americans favor ending the embargo and normalizing relations with cuba and some in congress agree it's about time we talk to cuba instead stop fighting these wars at about thirty or forty years old and so castro groups have given more than one point seven million dollars in donations to federal candidates from two thousand and four to two thousand and ten more than half
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a million dollars in two thousand and ten alone to both republicans and democrats ensuring u.s. cuba policy remains virtually unchanged. i mean that it will enhance the effectiveness of the embargo the united states will keep the embargo. fewer than one percent of americans are of cuban origin and the journey emigrated before the end of the cold war unlike the rest of this planet population in the u.s. fifty eight percent of cubans are u.s. citizens cubans who arrive and step foot beaches in south florida are on their way to citizenship haitians who arrive and set foot on the beaches of miami are on their way to a detention center in deportation cuban americans are also a force to be reckoned with in congress we do if we are the most over represented community in congress with two senators and four representatives we say. including the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee ileana rustler and i
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welcome the. for tyranny of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who was oppressing oppressing the people they have powerful political action committees behind them like the us cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very focused and it's very concentrated in florida in jersey therefore we really have to make an effort to get out there and create the relationships. socially and agenda that has been known to change many politicians minds including president barack obama. you know obama changed his mind while campaigning before the cuban american national foundation. but while the majority of americans favor ending ascensions against cuba even protesting in the streets because i think. they have yet to match the strength of the anti castro lobby kill and ford r.t. washington d.c. . twenty five minutes past the hour here time for karuna no i'm
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a business. i don't well control our business out as we reported earlier not because international air show has kicked off the organizers expect more than ten billion dollars worth of contracts signed over the next few days and the first deals are ready there especially airline travel sero sign up to buy eight air bus jets with a catalogue price they will for seven hundred million dollars christopher buckley was president of air boss outlines his hopes for the russian mark. we're very optimistic and enthusiastic about the russian market we still see growth continuing a little bit over five percent to five point three percent per year which is higher than the world have fridge so for us. he's in so. many more aircraft in the coming years. but so you can we can we probably like. between forty and fifty
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percent of the overall market and even this year in two thousand and eleven we have new operators very proud with. twenty years to transit if we can continue with the current rate and say. five to ten percent a year we can see lots of. russian state run united aircraft corporation has announced a bold new plan to become a global player and civil aviation following the success of the short range so what we superjet ac says it now intends to design and build a long range aircraft it would be in direct competition with planes from boeing and airbus expects to start production in twenty twenty. taking a look at the markets now you are up on the pressure of the latest economic growth figures from germany have proved to be particularly disappointing showing the euro zone's biggest economic economy which we stalled in the second quarter growing just
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one percent overall eurozone growth stands at around two. and for the period of time or a.g.s. one of the biggest losers in frankfurt shouting nearly five percent this hour here in russia the r.t.s. and lies it said down more than two and three percent respectively now here is the snapshot of the markets movers on the minds next gazprom is losing two and a half percent the company has reported eighty six percent growth in the office for the first half construction company take has also posted first half is old its almost thirty million dollars net profit against twenty one billion dollar lol says during the same period last year on financials are also suffering spare bank is down to over three and a quarter of a percent of. our crude prices are slightly down after seeing some overnight gains in the us light sweet is currently trading at eighty six dollars a barrel while brant is up one hundred and eight dollars a barrel. on precious metals are mixed gold is off now selling is back on the stock markets while silver is down it's trading at thirty four dollars per ounce this.
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