more importantly robin even recalled how it felt when he touched something. bigger put them now i can give orders for my bring to my body which i haven't done in years but when you can control your movements it's great i haven't felt like this for a long time or so when i take something and i can feel it in them again it is so weird because they don't have a real hand if you but the fact that i can feel it again it's indescribable meanwhile kevin warrick the volunteer cyborg has undertaken an even more ambitious task this time a symbiosis of living organisms and. the experiment was based on the neurons of a rabbit brain they were grown in a special incubate or the result was a mini brain consisting of a network of neurons fused together finally the miniature brain was connected to a robot now the robots brain is learning to solve simple tasks.

but as the robot moves around we can look at what's happening in the brain under the microscope so as the robot learns to avoid obstacles that sort of thing we can see her oh the brain changes the the connections between the new your own strength or weaken reactions to such experiments vary from country to country life styles have not changed in abkhazians regions traditionally inhabited by long livers the old men believe you can't live a long life unless you stick to the right lifestyle they view any attempts at immortality based on combining man with machine with open are still itty. they seem to be set on compelling people to stop being human it's a dangerous idea because people will no longer have the capacity for love compassion or charity with which they will lose the ability to love their neighbors

this will be a dead end for the human race. the count of censure from in at the court of king louis the fifteenth is said to have helped mark used to look like a young beauty for as long as she lived old aristocrats claimed that the count didn't daja told during the half century that they knew him the countess died in seventeen eighty four others say people saw him in venice in one nine hundred thirty eight nearly one hundred fifty years later. in the soviet union there were secret laboratories in the country's major cities their research focused on ways of enhancing people stamina for a global war effort it was primarily aimed at naval officers manning nuclear powered submarines. how much more potential does the human body have the answer is about forty percent protein synthesis can be increased precisely by forty percent to human life to can be extended by forty percent and that's what we are concerned with. however soviet gerontologists failed to find a solution to

a crucial problem the average age of soviet leaders before perestroika was around eighty doctors could help keep their kidneys and liver as an order their old brains were incapable of generating fresh ideas. the bad thing about the soviet union was that its ruling body the politburo consisted of people who had gone senile individually they were smart people in their younger days but when you have a group of eighty year olds getting together it's really not a productive thing. scientific fiction has already described cases of the brain living on after the bodies death another patient of professor doll's head a novel by the russian north alexander. has been screened many times he wrote it in st petersburg city where the institute of the human brain was opened some time later scientists there have developed methods of restoring functions of part of the

brain after accidents or serious disease but so far they're unable to get the brain of an aging person to generate the sort of ideas they produced at a younger age twenty one mathematicians and physicists normally have a field day before their thirty fifth birthday or or thereabouts i can't recall a single significant piece of research done by anyone older than that the only exception is newton he published his famous optics when he was seventeen years old but in fact he wrote it forty years beforehand and i just shelved it until them. however today there are very few thirty year olds among scientists championing the idea of life extension or bridge to gray one of the principal ideologists of the theory will soon be fifty years old some time ago he singled out seven key elements of the aging process and formulated methods of remedying them he maintains that

human life could be significantly prolonged if so-called intracellular rubbish is removed from the body. roopak is all about only linking this process for profit. going to a position in which the stubble is a no longer causes pathology because it was so often we go in and remove some of the damage as if not so much metabolism had happened. and that is what we're all about we think that this process is much more straightforward. to graze confident that human life could be extended to one thousand years but step by step measures are necessary to prolong life with the help of restorative medicine. the best way to think about it by now if you with man made machine cars airplanes that we know that

a car is belt typically to laught only maybe ten or fifteen years but we often the cars like that sometimes laugh a lot longer from time especially if i'm one hundred years and the reason they laugh along when they do it because for whatever reason i fell in love with them and they did a. comprehensive job of maintaining them doing periodic preventative repair and maintenance to keep them in top condition. according to the bible people before the great flood normally lived for several hundred years adam the first man of the earth and he sunset survivor of the nine hundred years the man with the greatest lifespan was mcpherson or one of the forefathers of mankind. yes i have talked with theologians as part of my study of the subject some say it's a matter of chronology according to a different chronology it's ninety eight rather than one hundred years there are

also other theories some physicists go so far as to claim that a better concentration of oxygen in the air before the great flood may been have. responsible for longer lives gorge. the laboratory of moscow state university is designed to fight aging scientists experiment with a wide range of animals trying to boost their lifespans they study the effects of new medications on both the organs and the entire organism one experiment aims to make the eyes of these rabbits remain healthy one of the most spectacular results has been achieved by administering special drops to rats they have been named after the founder of the department of bioengineering dr school a trio of when the rats begin ageing their condition is in stark contrast to that of rats of the same age. reporter the rats that were about to set out on the journey to the otherworld could no longer move they were in the final stage of

aging at the summit but there were other rats of the same age who had been fed on our medication and drinking water usually they were still quite agile they had not lost interest in life if you put it by these rats lived much longer than the control group would be a good thing to do so it's interesting. as well as the current research the scientists test their findings on themselves talk to school a child has even read himself of several deep seated ailments affecting his eyesight but over those are only the first steps in a budding area of science the crux of the problem is that scientists will have to find ways of cancelling the body's process responsible for aging. like a physicist in france for example are not allowed to experiment with perpetual motion machines for pharmacology is likewise are not supposed to look for a cure all of us away if we succeed in counseling the aging programs that we should be able to slow down all diseases resulting from me ging. scientists wanting to

find a way of extending human life are often seen as quite bloody a med school or chosen his four sons hope that in full. five years time they will be able to counsel or at least slow down our body's natural aging process what is it steak is the scientifical thirty of an entire din a stick of microbiologists. this if i was doing research into martell to singlehanded i would mean a terrible rush but i'm happy to know that at least one of these four guys here will carry on the work and i'm happy. is it at all possible to cancel the aging process right after birth are scientists on the right track and who's there reserve what could be done to make people stay young longer will replenish the list of human illusions and dashed hopes there was an ongoing struggle to convince people of the possibility of a turn of life has its achievements and its failures. having

watched this documentary you are now twenty six minutes old.

the latest news in the week's top stories right here on r.t. iran stops oil sales to british and french companies to head off you sanctions aimed at curbing tehran's atomic program. and the u.n. general assembly votes to condemn the assad regime of for the violence in syria while russia and china continue their efforts to broker peace negotiations. and the greek prime minister flies to brussels for a last minute bailout talks as a thousands take to the streets of athens to express their anger over french austerity measures.

and broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. good to have you with us iran has cut its crude oil supplies to french and british firms it is a move seen by many as retaliation for the e.u. is decision to impose sanctions on the country the e.u. says the ban was it needed to force the run up to resume talks over to top of program meanwhile a team of u.n. nuclear inspectors is on its way to the country a second such visit within a month earlier the european commission claimed that the block has enough oil reserves to last for around one hundred twenty days saudi arabia has also stepped in it by saying it is prepared to supply extra oil if needed but some experts fear that this move none the less will have a negative impact on an already struggling european economy historian at webster

tarpley says iran is imposing its own oil embargo to show that it will not be bullied. economic sanctions are a game that two can play and turnabout is fair play in international affairs the european commission and the relevant powers have been making a big noise over the past couple of weeks about how they are going to embargo and boycott all iranian oil starting on july first well it's pretty obvious the iranians decided not to wait around until july first they decided to to impose their own embargo boycott on the offending powers and they're starting with the the two biggest imperialist bullies on the schoolyard the british and the french who are now so weak that they could only act together they were a kind of imperialist bicycle built for two they haven't had time to carefully arrange the fallback options in the alternative sources of oil so this is

a little bit of a surprise to that the iranians have been under sanctions for thirty years when i was in iran you see a lot of prosperity a lot of economic activity there had been a shock in january as a result of the very stringent sort of secondary boycott sanctions that the u.s. had put in but the iranians will tell you they have lived under u.s. sanctions for thirty years they know how to survive in such a situation i didn't see any evidence of hardships at all peoples that that certain key prices had gone up the bigger issue i think is the slide towards war and i think we have to take very seriously what we're seeing now with the reckless and irresponsible statements of the israeli leaders these feckless americans who are sort of but shining in is a region sliding towards war and that would be then i think possibly a general war. while preventing iran from getting nuclear weapons isn't the real driving force for the u.s. and its allies this according to anti-war activist brian becker. the united

states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran so what is the cause of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change.

and you can see that full interview in about twenty minutes right here on our team . well the u.n. general assembly has adopted a non-binding resolution this week calling on syria's president assad to step down the russia was among twelve states who voted against the motion saying it fails to deal with the armed opposition meanwhile damascus is vowing to implement major reforms amid reports of intensifying violence artie's more efficient as in syria. this is asian here in syria means volatile with tensions between security forces and the armed opposition groups continue in claiming lives of both military and civilians almost every day on thursday we attended the funerals of a young boy who was gunned down early here in damascus during the n.t. government protest and the procession itself eventually turned into a hostile to a straight in the clashes that followed and continued the next day five people were

killed and many others injured one violence one day causes even more violence next and so on and so on we also can see political murders as well this week shake of one of the most of damascus was assisted native apparently because of his pronouncements to shake came out with strong condemnation of the terror groups of the armed groups he blamed for the bloodshed calling for to stop the violence to stop the bloodshed we're also hearing about her stitches in other parts of the country reports from opposition activists that in the city of homs many people die every day in the city of hama they've been several explosions all pipeline in the midst of violence these tensions all across syria syria reforms on the go in this week the date for the national referendum on the country's new constitution was announced the vote is expected to take place next sunday as far as the ministry of internal affairs of syria has said around fifteen million people in syria today

have the right to vote this new constitution was drafted. and the monopoly of the ruling party the bath party here in syria had been in power for the last fifty years but people on the ground are actually fearing that this referendum and this new constitution too little and too late this with the chinese delegation visited syria both russia and china are calling for the dialogue to be restored between the syrian opposition and the authorities. saying that this is the only way out of this crisis. but he's marshal for national reporting for us there now middle east blogger karl shahril says nato states are only escalating the situation in syria supporting the fragmented opposition assume assad were to step down tomorrow who is actually the legitimate in this intimate political opposition to

take control and when the west talks about supporting or the gulf states this side or the outside what actually the group say you will go to and finance or give some order to so within the vacuum who would step in you would have people returning from iraq that has kind of the weapons or the experience and i think what we really need to be aware of is this highly erratic nature of western policy in particular u.s. policy towards all the countries in the region but particularly now towards syria that it's kind of becoming provocative the west really needs to step back and try to cool things down before the escalate out of control. well coming up in the next few minutes pro-democracy anniversary in another war scarred country. fireworks replacing gunshots in libya as country marks the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled but arms to the teeth militias continue to cast a shadow over the. greece's prime minister lucas papademos

has flown to brussels for a last minute talks to secure a vital one hundred thirty billion euro bailout for his country this comes as frustrated greeks once again it taken to the streets of central athens to express their anger over fresh austerity measures. protesters have stayed outside the parliament throughout the day with some scuffles with police reported greece's cabinet has passed a final set of massive cuts called for by your creditors in return for a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout the deal could now be cleared as soon as monday with euro zone finance ministers meeting in brussels to discuss the future of grace and that's meant advisor patrick young says securing the next bailout means a total loss of sovereignty for the country. what we have here is basically that great scene in the hollywood adventure movie where someone has tripped and fallen over the edge of the cliff and he's being held on to by one arm by the person who

we're not sure whether he's the beauty or the easy going to let them go and let them fall to a terrible death or is he going to hang on to them and gradually bring them up and that's where we are with threesome the european union because actually what is being said behind closed doors and even to a degree in public is we've got some of those guys should have learned the german finance minister basically saying he doesn't trust the greeks to manage to hold up to the agreements that they've made and tragically the greens track record of actually doing their bit in terms of what they're supposed to do in the past has been a huge fail so therefore we now have a situation where the greeks have said we'll do anything you want whatever you want we'll do it personally i think what's going to happen is that the finance ministers will probably agree to give greece some money and greece is going to find itself in a dreadful situation where like a nine year old child every friday it's going to have to go to daddy say it's done it's hard work so it's been a good boy and overall can it please have next week's pocket money in order to pay

it civil servants and that's a horrible loss of sovereignty. cuts needed to secure the bailout for greece triggered violent protests on the streets throughout the week and the anger of the people who are suffering the most from the implemented austerity measures is not going anywhere parties jacob graves reports. system on the seach m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed within a short passing another round of unpopular cuts. the results proved incendiary . that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and a kiss clashed with police again leaving their mark on athens. a day on this is the remnants of public anger big losses and the only thing that's been broken as governments past increasingly unpopular austerity cuts will be left asking who can

they trust serve their interests the measures are very very tough part of the poor people especially and this is the reason that we feel. today i think more measures have been taken and they're it's not going to work and there will be another bill he. had bad and. oh i hope for the best but i don't see it coming. under pressure from brussels berlin and the international monetary fund the greek government has cut more jobs to slash funding for the nation's pensions a minimum wage but current policy appears to mainly expose those most vulnerable to crisis conditions is a mindset some feel is doomed to fail they already have destroyed the whole generation of young people and their dreams they will destroy. the sabian infrastructure of the whole country we know that it is impossible to repay this

debt that we have now signs that these illegal or old news bad we cannot continue like that because the policy that the government is following actually increases the day instead of finding a solution. at the heart of activists claims is their search and they've noticed their tea for the best part of five years now and the time taxes have risen incomes have full but the country's deficit only seems to grow and in this austerity cycle is something sought by an increasing number despite the turmoil the government wars will follow but what is a bad about our political system is that they have the right exactly the date even more. by these third or four. years they are going to come the only way out from this point is the default default is good to be very tough for us but there's going to be a better solution than this a slow death for now relative calm has returned to the streets of athens smashed

buildings have been patched up the signs of damage swept away but the simmering discontent hasn't been a mass force medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing their call for terms of treatment greece athens austerity measures have also had spain where tens of thousands of people have taken their anger against the government's labor reforms to the street trade unions have organized gatherings in fifty seven cities across the country with the largest rally taking place in madrid protesters say reforms are unfair to workers and would destroy jobs the changes that make it easier to adjust employees schedules and wages and have staff fired spain's unemployment has tripled since two thousand and seven now most half of people under twenty five are out of work. 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 amnesty international has it been reporting that gadhafi supporters have been subjected to abuse and torture this as concerns grow that libya's armed militia are still roaming the country unchecked through as margie who is the editor in chief of the pan african social justice network told r.t. that the situation now is much worse than it was during the colonel's regime. ever since the day to wean variation of libya. as being. gross human rights violations it's not just torture there is. indiscriminate killings there are extra judicial killings there's summary execution leave them coto gadhafi. members is found to have been some really executed nobody has been put to justice although the huge amount of that are being taught in the by

problems by the europeans by the americans at. this place is going to descend into into. the bowl civil war this situation not only that sense is worse than it was under the the rule of law of gadhafi. well it is been a year since the beginning of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain the demands of from a mainly shiite crowd are simple democracy no religious discrimination and freedom of expression but the country's sunni rulers responded to their demands by using security forces from saudi arabia and pakistan now artie's ivor bennett looks at the masterminds behind these tactics. tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests will 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 cans of tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for the british police officer or overstimulate stars retire to be associated in any way with that is this is wrong yes resign from scotland yard last year in 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.