and overall trying to please howard next week pocket money in order to pay its civil servants and that's a horrible loss of sovereignty patrick always enjoy your analogies thanks very much indeed for joining us live here on r.t. patrick young investment advisor there thank you. this week libyans have been celebrating the first anniversary of the uprising that led to the toppling of colonel gadhafi the united states congratulated the people while urging the libyan government to protect civil rights international's been reporting that gadhafi supporters have been subjected to abuse and torture this is concerns grow that libya's militia are still roaming the country unchecked for those humanity who's editor in chief of the pan african social justice network told r.t. the situation now is much worse than it was during the colonel's regime. since the nato invasion of libya there has been. rose human rights violations it's not just torture there is. indiscriminate

killings there are extrajudicial killings there is summary execution of them caught on gadhafi. members of his family who have been some really executed nobody has been brought to justice or the huge amount of arms that are being taught in france by the europeans by the americans. so this place is going to descend into into. the ball civil war the situation now in that sense is worse than it was under the the rule of law gadhafi. it's been a year since another pro-democracy uprising this time in bahrain but it was tear gas and rubber bullets that rained down on demonstrators as they faced a tough police clamp down and as i've been it's been finding out security forces are being helped by foreign advisors. tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the

work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdowns been planned by one of britain's former top cops john the eights used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cancer tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death to just sort of use out of doors and i think for any british police officer overstimulate is retired to be associated in any way with his is his role yes resigned from scotland yard last year an early fix him of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r. campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by yeats himself he recently told the daily

telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced. as for the uprising itself he said this isn't organize protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community and lose thousands and thousands of. demanding their rights. you seem to forget sixty or sixty five people actually died from police brutality activists in bahrain insist their protest was peaceful their aim to reach the iconic pole roundabout in the capital manama they say they were met by tanks toxic gas and rubber bullets what we witnessed on the ground as not. the front of. this

previously but it's been extended through the. use of poisoning. mr john contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we are seeing today as nothing except it may not just be british tactics bahrain seizing but weapons to government figures show the u.k. sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. as the middle east reels from revolutions and foreign regimes we're providing in-depth analysis for you on our website r.t. dot com the expert opinion that says the west is struggling to keep

a brave face as it proceeds with its grab the dominance in the region also online right now. russian language silence in latvia as the majority of voters in the baltic states project a proposal to give a fish. status to the language used by a third of its population. time to update you on some of today's news making headlines around the world this hour in our world update and twenty people have been killed in baghdad after an explosion struck a crowd of recruits outside a police academy the group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast which also sought least twenty eight others wounded rocks police are considered to be the weakest element of the country's security forces which are the target of bombings and shootings almost daily. a prison riot in northern mexico has left at least twenty people dead the unrest started in the city of a doctor when a group of soulmates took one of the guards hostage there rather than spread to a second block deadly unrest in mexican prisons is common with gangs often

attempting jailbreaks some thirty one inmates died in general in a riot in the gulf coast of the city of ultima. the family of whitney houston is attending her private burial in new jersey the pop icon is to be laid to rest next to her father who died in two thousand and three it comes a day after an emotional goodbye service attended by some of the biggest names in music at the church where in the choir as a child a six time grammy award winner was found dead in a bar at the beverly hills hotel last week. candidates standing in the fast approaching russian presidential election doing all they can to woo the electorate news channels are airing intense debates and controversial t.v. adverts he's done a push over has taken a closer look at the tools contenders are using to win support. we watched this is the video that's called the most uproar so far in the presidential campaigns

underway in russia in it one of the candidates version of famously his showmanship and occasional fist fights with fellow parliamentarians claims mcgann other times when russia's symbol was a traditional troika with three diary horses and jingle bells this little mantra donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like presentiments with less than a month to go the five candidates have plastered the streets with election posters and desolate views with t.v. promos heated discussions on television radio and the internet have become part of everyday life. a dark horse in the race billionaire businessman mikhail prokhorov promises their arrival of a new russia with a new president known for his height riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene formally editorials party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the

web we are vegeta how you're with all our body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to the remaining candidates are a familiar crowd to the voters the unchanging leader of the communist party good night is a gun of presents a fresh image with a campaign featuring a mix of faces from the past as well as the present while his rival from the just russia party still game it on the it's trying to attract the older generation the only clear favorite in the race prime minister vladimir putin has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. on this three politics there are only talk either big meeting. either prop or tin or against porter so if you when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st

politics when he's a part of television coverage oh he's job as prime minister he is there is the only one let's say the only candidate with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there and according to the latest opinion polls the level of support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us tend to mobilize his core electorate because when. people like right wing politic politician brought her up are saying that you know the social benefits from the cut that factories that are inefficient because that stage would not interfere so much i think that the message that people get across russia is that we should keep election day may only be around the corner but this still

plenty of time for the other four would be presidents to try and chip away at this current lead and while some voters rely on traditional t.v. campaigning others are turning to the internet for some comic relief. and then call himself believe john crow bonhomme of supposedly. has recently become an online sensation with a some praising the virtues of the prime minister all the v.p. by putin's initials. less and while the jury's out on whether it's propaganda or clever hoax aimed at discrediting putin the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely along the way. over party. shortly for you here in all t. a recipe for immortality and all special paul but first a reminder of our top stories coming your way in just

a minute. any match once lived is bound. to burn for ever more eternal fire is on think about what possible future. do we all wants to see this on forever.

the world or the future of science technology innovation all the movies developments from around russia we've got the future covered. latest news in the week's top stories in r.t. this is the weekly tehran says it has stopped exporting oil to france and britain and the growing pressure and sanctions over iran's nuclear program but the country's oil ministry says it will still its crude to new customers. and the u.n. ramps up the pressure on the syrian regime as the general assembly adopts binding resolution demanding president assad steps down but russia calls for talks to break the stalemate of damascus promises reforms. and spills out into

the streets once again as lawmakers clear more cuts to secure vital rescue cash which could now be cleared on monday the rage of a population is still at the forefront of greek society. and our top stories for the moment be back with more of those on those about half an hour from now in the meantime our special report on he manages attempts to find the secret of eternal life. humans cyborgs. nothing but fantasy or potential reality. how long can a human being live for. the thousands of years people sought to find and it licks here of eternal life to halt nature's ticking clock. the subject has returned to the stage once more in the twenty first century this time scientific globe or

a tree's a joining the hunt but instead of seeking a fountain of youth there focusing on the power of technology to achieve immortality. this is one of the formulas designed for the fight against aging the substance is called the school or church of ireland it is named after its creator for d.m.s. color choice of he heads the department of genetic engineering at moscow state university. if. you first suggested this age nineteen seventy two. but it was not going to let two thousand and five with that we put the whole formula of each fighting on paper and why you really push. according to dr school a choice of oxygen is of all things one of the most dangerous substances in the

human body he say's that when cells become oversaturated with active forms of oxygen they become oxidized and this leads to an early death. mirror but as the body produces poisons one of the most malicious poisons is generated at the heart of each cell in the middle condra i'm on the one hand they supply the body with energy on the other they gradually kill us the older we are the more poison we have in our bodies in the form of free radicals. some time ago maxim's father came to the conclusion that there is a mechanism which makes cells a he theorizes that a new biological process is set in motion immediately after a mother gives birth this process makes the body destroy itself. given that aging is programmed it can be stopped like any other program in that case newman's

characteristic of old age will be nipped in the bud and we won't age. this unique footage taken by a digital microscope reveals the nature of human mortality in the second minute of the video sudden flush marks out a dying cell setting off a chain reaction that kills off nearby cells. with a death signal is received by neighboring cells in this experiment and they realize that the cell died only a moment ago and its death was not accidental rather it was the result of a process the signal went right across this tiny island of cells it's really quite an unusual sight. dying of old age was uncommon in ancient times people would usually full victim to wild beasts or their enemies but later people came to believe that immortality could be found in faraway lands the arab scientist ibn battuta learned about the fountain of youth in china alexander the great

believe that it was in india one theory claims that the real reason he wanted to kiss famous campaign in the indian subcontinent was salut for the waters of life. abkhazia is a republican the southeastern coast of the black sea in soviet times many people head live to a hundred or more more than two hundred seventy centenarians lived here in the mid twentieth century there was even a quiet composed soley out of the very elderly in the republic only those between seventy to one hundred years of age were allowed to join the choir mostly sang old up cars in songs to the accompaniment of traditional instruments now the choir members a younger than the previous generation. on. here

was interviewed with i'm eighty one years old and he says that my singing career spanned sixty five years sometimes i even sing when i'm at home if you are my wife schools me she says why on earth are you singing stop that mumbling good night for i see a tune is racing through my head since i need to sing all the time i say that. in the one nine hundred seventy s. a resident of abkhazia kill became the main character in a documentary about centenarians home marty told the filmmakers pulled icy water from the mountain streams over himself several times a day throughout his life he was certain the water cleansed people of everything which it. are really over a hundred years old a hundred and nine now would you like to share this secret over your longevity people must know how to take care of themselves healthy habits help them. to

demonstrate that a one hundred nine year old abkhazian is just as capable as the youngsters. kill mounted a. horse unassisted as the camera crew looked on his destination was the neighboring village of dilip where one of his great grandsons was celebrating his wedding interestingly almost forty years on people in that village still remember. i remember talking very well. i even recall the good time we had during his great grandsons wedding my grandsons with their to. live is ninety three years old now he has spent most of his life here into the blood him it worked on a collective farm before his long absence from the village during world war two he retired many years ago but he still works in his orchard every day he craft sprouts

of new varieties on to old trees these apple trees are going to get a new lease of life soon. i think i would say it's about time for me to die and lie in the earth peace. but no. life still gives me the strength to be on the move sure when i see anything new after i die well i don't think so and officially the main body of lawmakers in abkhazia is an assembly made up of elders all of the country's historic decisions have been made in this matter in the village of law from the abolition of serfdom to the recent decision to declare abkhazia as independence. people gathering here. to make a decision on any important issue. their rulings became law for the entire people. during the years of soviet government several international

groups of scientists came to a cause yet to find out what made people here live so long their conclusions were intriguingly simple here old people last longer simply because they are always aware of the fact they have a role to play in society. sending centenarians to an old people's home is a disgraceful idea they should be allowed to live in the homes where they were born they should be cared for and loved that's what they need they should be made happy and they will live a long life if. count is elizabeth but tory of hungary in the blood of six hundred fifty young serf women every day the fifteenth century french marshals dismembered more than eight hundred peasant children at a laboratory news council to avoid aging. as it turns out the twentieth century dictator joseph stalin was also anxious about his mortality he

had five cottages built on our cars here in the vicinity of the locality and habited by generations of old ages. the legend has it the during a stroll in his dutch or stalin met a one hundred twenty year old local man he asked him whether it was true that the magic rivers a could prevent aging. yes the old man said there were no magic reverse but there was a want a full repeal in powers. that prompted stalin to visit the waterfall each morning he washed there and drank some water. among them because ian's methods of fighting old age have been handed down from generation to generation this is one of the oldest pagan rituals during festivities people boil the hearts of wild beasts big tubs placed outdoors in the hearts of put

on a boiling rock it is believed that he has tasted the heart of a wild beast strengthens his own during a festive meal elders get the biggest chunks this custom is thought to give them strength and a long life. he who takes skilled in words lives as long as killed itself in terms one recipe of an elixir of eternal life from the middle ages. another is a ground a mixture of a one thousand year old toad in a ten thousand year old bed in the shade toas philosopher john doling lived to one hundred twenty two years as a result of taking such mysterious potions. a

true to life in mortal human being will walk the earth in two thousand and forty five this bold claim comes from the russia two thousand and forty five movement in december two thousand and eleven its representatives demonstrated their first accomplishment on the hard road to immortality this electronic is only the start of

a process that hopes to finish with a fully functioning human cybil. the slimy things that this year we will meet again in five years time with my double will be here but i'll be in another room or at home yet you will still feel that you are talking to me and not my double. dmitri it's called does not put his hopes in such dreams instead as a successful businessman he has gathered many scientists doctors and inventors the chief goal is to create the perfect body to give it soul and consciousness of a human being. but him but it and we hope that at some point we just have to perform a painless transfer of the mind of the person falls asleep and wakes up in another body where he feels just as comfortable. to me to me is called was inspired by the hollywood film surrogates it shows the possibility of creating a human double

a surrogate cyborg controlled by the force of thought and imagination would be done without leaving one's home. computers and computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence and then what happens in that sort of perhaps more of the terminator scenario you know what happens when the machines become self-aware enough to realize hey we don't need these people and in fact these people are kind of screwed up the planet. surrogates begins with a lib or a trick creating a replica of a human controlled. by the human mind the surrogates of the future cannot be distinguished from the human counterparts but it's obvious that the first surrogates are a combination of man and machine kevin warrick has volunteered to be a human cyborg. first imply that i had.

here we go this is show you what it looked like so this was the first implant. that's right e.o. frequency identification device and that was implanted in my left arm dystopia so pushed in that point and what we use this for was simply as i moved around my building here in reading in england and the computer knew where i was at particular points so i would open doors for me and switched on lights and said hello and having studied the experiences of those who use cybernetic limbs work agreed to more surgery this time a more sophisticated chip would be implanted into his arms nervous to shoot operations like the. little bit nervous but much more a lot more exciting than anything else i really feel love with doing now is the big day. but. it's actually doing some soil where i actually have

a choice in the way i think. the operation lasted for several hours warrick was worried about whether the new device would be rejected by his body but the surgery was successful as a result the scientist could subject himself to more experimentation. one of the experiments i did was to drive a wilcher around just from my neural signals so it's the sort of thing that a paralyzed person could they could drive themselves in a car just by thinking about moving if you like. robyn f. ecan stone a swede lost his right arm a few years ago it was he who was the first patient to test an experimental device called the smart hand scientists connected more than forty sensors from this artificial device to his arm then able him to move his bio nick hand and feel the

touch of objects. that precious even can be transposed to a specific area the skin of the remaining head and if you find the right spots to stimulate we know that also that correlate to areas of brain court case went back to it. it took robin only one day of training to learn to control the artificial limb as he would his own arm to start with he made the device stimulate the movements of his other hand later he learned how to get it to perform operations on its own. more importantly robin even recalled how it felt when he touched something . bigger put there now i can give orders from my bring to my body which i haven't done in years when you can control your movements it's great i haven't felt like this for a long time so when i take something and i can feel it in them again it is so weird .