a countdown has begun at baikonur cosmodrome where every vamp version of the so you spacecraft has been moved into position ready for a blast up in just a few days it will carry three crew members to the international space station for a six month mission on board mankind's most remote outposts i.t.s.a. in france reports from the large cap. the twenty eighth expedition to the international space station blasts off from here at the baikonur cosmodrome so far everything is run according to plan very smooth indeed we've got three people heading up into space from here russian cosmonauts sergei volkov japanese astronaut food and american astronaut mike fossum and with us is mike fossum son he's going to give us a little inside story as to how it's been living and preparing for a space expedition with an astronaut what is it like actually living with an astronaut day in and day out he's just a normal guy you know we were just talking a minute ago about how he seems like a nice guy and he really is the is really down to earth and i feel like a lot of these guys are they're just they're just d

well the countdown has begun at the baikonur cosmodrome a revamped version of the soyuz spacecraft has been moved into position its ready for blast off in just a few guys it will carry three members to the international space station for a six month mission on board man's most remote outpost parties in the province she reports from right in front of the launch pad. less than two days left before blast off here at the baikonur cosmodrome and the three crew members are all in quarantine mike fossum sergei volkov and seto she thought okawa met with press family and friends today through the glass in what was their last public appearance the mood was light as they talked about what they will miss most about their comforts of home to the interface. was different foods but the thing that is the most is first and first vegetables and. things of course fresh fruits and vegetables are the most valuable products of yes yes but i'll miss fried potatoes the most this is a. nice as this is. going over forty scientific experiments will fill the crew's time with the i s.s. and as the on board physici

the countdown to the baikonur cosmodrome well the next mission to the international space station is getting ready to head into. now israeli troops are bracing themselves for more border violence after a day of deadly clashes with pro palestinian protesters on the syrian front at least twenty people were reportedly killed on sunday as thousands marched towards the israeli controlled golan heights the protesters were marking the anniversary of the one nine hundred sixty seven middle east war is ready security forces opened fire tel aviv however points blame towards the syrian regime accusing it of instigating the pollens to deflect attention from problems time. activist more stuff about the mission told us a little bit earlier that the claim is untrue as israel is the only aggressor in the conference. this is. not true. i think when you call it brought about a violence you have to see. where it was but only one side. or the israeli side which. would be useful to the spirit. of the forty year old creation which has become the longest mission in modern history doesn't the international.

today is left before a blast up here at the baikonur cosmodrome we'll bring you details on the final preparations. egypt's transitional government has accepted a three billion dollar loan from the international monetary fund to help relaunch the country's economy iraq and bombers also promise cash for egypt and france's nicolas sarkozy pledge to both egypt and tunisia radio host and blogger stephen leatherman told me earlier that he thinks the money will effectively hand over the sovereignty of egypt to western credits and it's. but here it is dr social he is the first he is the target say enterprises all to western interests on which he will be interned will. ordinary working people so egypt taking money from me are going to get it hearing all of egypt to worse than creditors to let don't steal your resources and absolutely refused to treat people the. way the notion of democracy in tunisia egypt those are absolutely and our ability to work folks in washington to folks will be with you to work for some cause even though they want governments they can control so egypt has a military

less than two days left before blastoff here at the baikonur cosmodrome and the three crew members are all in quarantine mike fossum sergei volkov and such hoshi photo kawa met with press family and friends today through the glass in what was their last public appearance the mood was light as they talked about what they will miss most about their comforts of home. face. was different. but the thing that is the most is first the first which was. things of course fresh fruits and vegetables are the most valuable products and yes this is frank materials the most visited. places. over forty scientific experiments well filled with cruise time at the i s.s. and as the on board physician cancer research will be undertaken by sat toshi photo he did give us some insight into what that will entail when times are so good. there if you. want your genesis there's this old growth is so easy. and using this is. really. now before the three leave the ground they've received some very fatherly advice from surrogate all carbs father alexander himself because i'm not. here by so i would give is not to go

handful on a boycott artsy moscow and here our three man will be propelled into orbit from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan a russian and american air japanese astronaut have now completed their intense training artist linda francis why they are what drives them to the final frontier. well it's go time for the crew of expedition twenty eight to the international space station in the final days and hours leading to blast off it's all come down to one thing for the team quarantine a whole mark of any space program. welcome to a little bit of the year in the life of an astronaut or cause morning. classes where the chance to work out their chance to listen. to great way to get ready to go fly in space. that's right. shooting pool. working out. and playing with their custom made space suits in a fight to retain muscle mass for the six months in zero gravity physical exercise occupies a surprising amount of time and it's difficult seto she flew to kala a doctor want to defy new advances in medicine using outer space. ball called wanted to follow in his father alexander's footsteps as a cosmonaut bu

loved ones by glass waiting just hours for the adventure to finally get lindsey france r t baikonur cosmodrome has it's now. time for the latest business update for this hour with current. consumer business with us takes our top story this all b.p. is taking steps to sell its fifty percent stake in russian venture to the two state run rawson after the move could help the british hold wages save its landmark corp deal with process largest oil producer b.p. recently failed to buy out its russian partners would block the deal with ross they have now b.p.'s partners are getting to the sale saying they will lose control of the company and those say the deal could help b.p. improve its financial situation but it may also be a blow to the companies or. let's take a look at the markets stock markets in europe are high helped by minus reacting to his gaining one percent on the forty page energy up six percent in london up to study in confidence that it has secured new financing agreements from its banks it's a risky stocks are also high with german electricity producing the own leading over three perce

man on their way into the heavens in what is now the world's only highway to the stars the baikonur cosmodrome. a look now at a world news in briefly at this hour top ten militants and some with the killing reportedly confirmed by d.n.a. tests. the most wanted man on the continent with a five million dollars bounty on his head is way over the one thousand bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania where over two hundred people died in the blast. voters across turkey are heading to the polls for parliamentary elections on sunday two parties are battling for power with the current prime minister. running against the secular republican people's party a victory for arabs wants a party with a third consecutive five year term in power. celebrates a holiday twenty one years ago twenty one years ago to the day russia declared independence from the soviet union broke up just one year later the country voted in the first free presidential election in its history. has more on russia today. june twelve nineteen ninety one millions voted to make boris yeltsin russia's first president a watershed

create space explorers operates in international space to dance after blast off from the baikonur cosmodrome are on friends that during a five month stay last thoughts will carry out over forty experiments including work on new cancer treatments and attempts to grow food on seasons and crafts lots . the three men have been together for nearly two years proper preparing for this trip and they've traveled all over the world preparing in different models of soyuz and getting ready for what is really this this final push into space in what they say feels almost a little bit like home as crappy as it may be the soyuz is is something they've practiced in for so long now that it feels a little bit light called the three men say they will be taking very special items into space with them albeit very few items pictures of loved ones and so on they'll also be able to talk with their families every day that we've talked to the back up team they're very excited to watch this they say that it's something it's an amazing emotional thing to watch let's check it out. my life first just show tremendously you

month mission on the on board of course a black eyes most remote outpost in the francis at the baikonur cosmodrome. the twenty eighth expedition to the international space station blasts off in just under three days from here at the baikonur cosmodrome so far everything is run according to plan very smooth indeed we've got three people heading up into space from here russian cosmonauts sergei volkov japanese astronaut such food will power and american astronaut mike fossum and with us is mike fossum son he's going to give us a little inside story as to how it's been living and preparing for a space expedition with an astronaut what is it like actually living with an astronaut day in and day out he's just a normal guy you know we were just talking a minute ago about how he seems like a nice guy and he really is he is really down to earth and i feel like a lot of these guys are that is their just due to managed to get this job and now he is going to space is going to what are the things you notice about your dad being comes back from a trip up there we know he's kind of a macho man and so you know h

in twelve hours three men will be propelled into orbit by so use rockets from the recalled baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan russian soyuz rockets are the number one and will soon be the only choice for space flight what's more so used to take an oscar winning director and a fly of fancy in a few years avatar creator james cameron is rumored to have walked a one hundred fifty million dollar ticket for a trip to the moon in twenty fifteen also the time being though in castle stan a russian and american and a japanese astronaut are all set for the stars are just lazy friends has been finding out what drives them to have for the final frontier. it's go time for the crew of expedition twenty eight to the international space. station in the final days and hours leading to blast off it's all come down to one thing for the team quarantine a hallmark of any space program. welcome to. you know i. want to see. questions we have a chance to work out with a chance. to tell you where you're going to go fly in space. that's right. shooting pool. working out. and playing with their custom made space suits in

and a half hours or so the russian soyuz rocket will propel them into orbit from the remote baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. now america's eye on iran has a worrying echo of what happened over iraq that's in the view of the pulitzer prize winning writer seymour hersh he's been selling out see that washington's ignoring its own intelligence because it's hell bent on finding nuclear weapons that it knows do not exist that interview is coming your way right now. pulitzer prize winner and legendary american investigative journalist seymour hersh is best known for exposing the my lai massacre in vietnam since then his investigations have continued to shake up washington from uncovering torture and alba grob to exposing secret u.s. military operations overseas to his latest piece which pokes holes in the commonly held assertion here in washington that iran is developing a nuclear weapons program mr hurst sits down with r.t. to discuss his latest story in the new yorker magazine were here he says the obama administration allowing fear and not facts dictate a potentially disastrous foreign policy tow

the russians will propel them into the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan more news more developments with me and less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime it's the latest from the world of sports with. you're watching these sports update and here are the headlines this hour. rochelle previously the soviet union had beaten cameroon to two times their match on the football field but the african saying they are out to break the habit of a lifetime later on tuesday. no investigation to be taken into could talk. to. people presidents of law that says that the dangerous precedent. and the russian city of course plays host to an action packed second stage of the domestic touring car championship. football and russia will seek to continue their solid form of late as they take on one of africa's leading schools cameroon in a friendly tonight and i've got a lot of that now for us and sent us this report. brusha have taken another step on the road to the year old twins at all finals by claiming a confidence three one home win. although there is still a lot to improve on forward to get

we can count has begun at the baikonur cosmodrome version of the soyuz spacecraft are being moved into position ready for blast off in just a few days that carry three crew members to the international space station for a six month mission on board the most remote outpost lindsey france reports now from the launch pad. less than two days left before class up here at the baikonur cosmodrome and the three crew members are all in quarantine mike fossum sergei volkov and satoshi photo car were met with press family and friends today through thick glass in what was their last public appearance the mood was light as they talked about what they will miss most about their comforts of home to face. different foods but the thing that is the most brutal for fish was. of course fresh fruits and vegetables are the most valuable products of years but only as frank toodles the most is that if you. like says. now before the three leave the ground they've received some very fatherly advice from sarah gable father alexander himself because women are so your point so i would give is not to go straight to

less than two days left before blast off here at the baikonur cosmodrome and the three crew members are all in quarantine mike fossum sergei volkov and sayto she thought okawa met with press family and friends today through thick glass in what was their last public appearance the mood was light as they talked about what they will miss most about their comforts of home to face we have a lot of different foods but the thing that is the most routine for vegetables and . tons of course fresh fruits and vegetables are the most valuable products and yes this is fried potatoes the most is the japanese i mean. like says. over forty scientific experiments well filled cruise time at the i s.s. and as the on board physician cancer research will be undertaken by seto she thought okawa he did give us some insight into what that will entail when it comes to so. there is a whole new genesis of. this old growth cancer cells so you. can't use it as a. very cancer now before the three leave the ground they've received some very fatherly advice from sergei volkov father alexander himself because men are.

loved ones by glass waiting just hours for the adventure to finally begin lindsey france r t baikonur cosmodrome has it's no. more or less to a reminder now of our breaking news here and i'll tell you there's green explosions and moldova's capital city of just an hour a car is thought to have been packed with explosives blew up in the city center i want to since report seeing a bodies in the road and several people with injuries although there are conflicting reports on the number of casualties is europe's poorest republic but it's times like this are extremely rare we will bring you more on this as details emerge here on arts. today now here look at the latest business of korea. welcome to our business report the south thanks for joining me our top story the piece taking steps to sell its fifty percent stake in russian venture tain k b p two state run ross snapped the move could help the british or major save its landmark operation deal with russia's largest or producer b.p. recently failed to buy out its russian partners who had blocked the deal with ross and now b.p.'s partners are objecting

it was launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan.he ship jet issonned rockets on its ascent. the soyuz is due to arrive at the international space station on friday. this is fuhr u caw wa's first flight since he was chosen as a cabinet astronaut two years ago. he's scheduled to stay on the space station for about five months. he'll be joined next month by the crew of the last space shuttle mission. he'll carry out scientific and medical experiments using his expertise as a surgeon. >>> japan plans to begin checking imported perishable foods next week for e. coli as an outbreak of a deadly strain continues to spread in europe. the e. coli scare has spread to 13 european countries and there have been fatalities mainly in germany. japan's health ministry decided to test 1% of imported vegetables, meat, fruit and other perishables at its 31 quarantine offices across the country. >> translator: i am taking the outbreak in europe seriously. we will run thorough checks to secure the safety of imported food in japan. >>> we're joined from ou

less than seven hours now the russian soyuz rocket will propel them into orbit from the remote baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. and those are the headlines here on our t.v. do stay with us because next going off sits down with the head of the world nuclear association they're going to be discussing whether fears are legitimate about atomic power this is r.t. . well let me. remind you the latest in science and technology from around the world . we've got the future covered. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the interview shout on top see behind alderney amen today my guest on the show is john rich. the g. twenty ministers are gathering of congress to dispose of global threats neufeld you made today the news has been instigated by the disaster as the for the ship with nuclear power plants and the tragedy makes several european countries think entirely giving up new technology but is the devil really so black as these paintings gives the take to just how the world nuclear association mr john rich. the earthquake and tsunami that he did japanese coast damaged nuclear power plants the disaster happen

of work plans to keep them busy while in space but he's in france wants the stuff from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. the three men have been together for nearly two years prep or preparing for this trip they've traveled all over the world preparing in different models of soyuz and getting ready for what is really this this final push into space and what they say feels almost a little bit like home as cramped as it may be the soyuz is is something they factis and for so long now that it feels a little bit like home as they told us just the other day let's listen first when he sits in the spaceship younger son got his year it was made for you it should bring you two orbits and hopefully bring you back and you love the spaceship i'm going to stars working you can hear how everything is working and running it's his life. and your differences between the shuttle and the story certainly. helped carry. things. for you to. more. people in a small amount of. time a very sort of. why. the three men say they will be taking very special i don't into space with them i'll be a very few items pictur

loved ones by glass waiting just hours for the adventure to finally begin lindsey france r t baikonur cosmodrome has it's now. it's now a quarter past the hour here in moscow you are with artsy it's a tight jobs market in the united states especially for newcomers trying to find their way in with half of last year's graduates still unemployed the class of two thousand and eleven also appears to be facing a grim future and with the heavy burden of thousands of dollars of student loans and no jobs to pay them off they're entering a vicious circle. america is home to the world's most expensive and prestigious universities yet paying for them has created a nation where the majority sign on to lifetime payments of loans are probably about sixty thousand dollars student. over like ninety thousand easy. yet i make you nervous yes that makes me terrified every american graduate is launching into a dwindling job market saddled with at least twenty four thousand dollars in student debt but that really led to great job or start a great company are going to be seriously in the hole according to the economic

men on their way into the heavens in what is now the world's only highway to the stars the baikonur cosmodrome. our friends to witnessing the launch there for us well time now to take a look at what else is making headlines in the world and al qaida top african militant has been shot dead in somalia with the killing reportedly confirmed by d.n.a. tests fossil of dol mohamed was the most wanted man a continent with five million dollars bounty on his head is blamed for the nine hundred ninety eight bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania were over two hundred people died in the blast. voters across turkey are heading to the polls for parliamentary elections on sunday two parties are battling for power with current prime minister tayyip erdogan running against the secular republican people's party a victory for our dance party would mean a third consecutive five year term empower. our russia celebrates a holiday twenty one years ago to the day russia declared independence from the soviet union beginning its break up just one year later the country voted in the first free presidential

today international space station so bring you the latest from the lunch launch pad and be baikonur cosmodrome well we'll find or find out how the crew members feel before heading into orbit. well you're up to date and out the back and a few moments where the recount five lives size to a radio. kill innocents here was a big burst of course and that's never a. sharpness cost to me i think of it every day. throughout the flight from memory. the same or so on top of the surprise. i was afraid. i was ashamed that i. i was ashamed that i had to. go play. in the market. well i don't be out all the cardboard. cut out for i'll go on i want to i think. that i was a good soldier. but now most older on the other side and i think i'm just not good . culture is that so much about the taxpayers and i mean intimidation is in a lot of people and areas saving the hero in the financial and political costs of doing so is it all worth it doesn't your all project need a serious rethink should there be. too much brightness if a bad song from phones to impression is so. nice for instance on t.v. dot com. if. it is b

before their trip to the stars of the russian soyuz rocket propelled into orbit from the remote baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan . and we'll have full live coverage. very soon in just over thirty minutes from now when they arrive pads and saudi arabia's nuclear ambitions are part of a. look at the business world i'll be back. with more and of course the. max keiser welcome back to the kaiser report became track of all the banking terrorists and rapists hey let's talk states here were saying he was going to thanks guys or the first headline actually has you in it. superbug goes viral with marketing war max kaiser has become a fringe media star thanks to the way. they go on to talk about the guerrilla warfare you know that's why america lost vietnam isn't because of the french viet cong. well they're talking about the crash j.p. morgan by silver campaign and it's interesting that this campaign has gone viral because you're not only saying like protect yourself against inflation and the currency wars that are going on against the population but it's a way to end market manipulation and the corrupt sy

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more stories for you just ahead including preparing for blast as we start the countdown of the baikonur cosmodrome launch pad or the next mission to the international space station is getting ready to orbit. the fate of manny opposition supporters remains unknown in georgia nearly two weeks since a brutal police crackdown on protesters in the capital tbilisi while president saakashvili claims to be a champion of democracy in the country human rights groups say finding out what happens to the missing people is practically impossible and as archie sarah firth reports some families fear they will never see their loved ones again. when the riots were dispersed in the persian caterpillar to believe think it's a few weeks ago it's crazy around the international community present but if it speaks of bringing a weapon about the lock with the security but the thing is the witness with the years of experience both by his police operation against largely peaceful protests the even more disturbing we're going finding out that in the aftermath they've been tales of aggression behind bars of people going if the

international space station are in full swing we'll bring you the latest from the launch pad of the baikonur cosmodrome where we also talk to the son of one of the astronauts soon to head into orbit. time now for a brief look at some other news in brief from around the world government attacked the presidential compound in southern yemen killing four soldiers present only a dollar sign it has also suffered injuries and has left for saudi arabia for treatment is now speculation over whether he will return the country has been hit by an arrest for three months with at least one hundred fifty killed in a government crackdown. several volcanoes are started erupting in southern chile forcing thousands of people to flee from the area of smoke and ash are rising ten kilometers into the air no reports of injuries so far the volcanic chain has been dormant for decades with its last major eruption in one thousand nine hundred sixty. and stay with r.t. for in-depth coverage of natural disasters in the next hour we interview a russian oceanographer who says the phenomena here to stay. previously unseen video foota

men on their way into the have and in what is now the world's only highway to the stars the baikonur cosmodrome. why is it friends there witnessing the launch was not take a look at some of the stories from around the world in pakistan thirty four have been killed and more than one hundred injured in two bombings in the northwestern city of peshawar and initial blast attracted emergency services and onlookers to the site for a second more powerful explosion was detonated police have been quoted to saying it was carried out by a suicide bomber the double attack comes as afghan president hamid karzai and cia director leon panetta meet in the pakistani capital islamabad for reconciliation efforts with the taliban. voters across turkey are having to the polls for parliamentary elections on sunday two parties are battling for power with current prime minister type heard on running against the secular republican people's party a victory for every dance party would mean a third consecutive five year term in power. russia celebrates twenty one years ago to the day russia declared independence from the