pushchair begins filling up as russian engineers could start operations on a role as first nuclear power station and at the street tell you of the un atomic watchdog. special forces in dagestan reportedly kill one of the men suspected of the strange marches deadly moscow metro bombings. you want cabs get a controversial make with the classic yellow sedan style taxis be driven out in favor of bigger more eco friendly mortals. and. into

a love affair with the water on its travels to russia's coast and finds the local people keeping tradition afloat. life from a studio in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is good to have you with us the first nuclear power plant in the middle east has been switched on in a southern city of bushehr the russian built reactor is now operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog amid international concerns over iran's nuclear ambitions. was that the long awaited grand opening. more than thirty years in the making with a price tag of over two billion dollars by all accounts the nuclear power plant is an expensive undertaking and the one for which iran has spared no expense the

russia plan has always been more than just an education or writing to sell it for money it's a symbol of the country's social progress and proof of what's good for in times of our own critics the embodiment of the pharmacare public's ideological backwardness and a vivid example of that until things which are in a diplomatic bargaining chip for years the station has finally come closer to fulfilling its practical purpose but the first batch of nuclear fuel just loaded into the reactor the station is expected to start producing electricity by the end of this year but iran's top nuclear officials says it's already for celebration we are grateful to the people of from russia to the government of pressure to our great friends in russia were. instrumental in making us witnessing today. had not been the assistance of the russians certainly would not have been witnessing such

a great thing with temperatures well over forty degrees centigrade the plant is a vivid example of why iran needs to produce more. even with air conditioning running at full tilt the heat is still too much to bear for years russia's top nuclear fishel sergei kerry younker has been working up a sweat to defend her ration with iran but it's a unique venture because it's very difficult to build new equipment into the equipment that was there from the start the plant is an international project of a ten country supply the equipments of european countries as well as asia pacific countries while some countries remain concerned about iran's use of russian nuclear fuel people of pushchair also have reasons to be fearful valeri in the alema. have been working at the station for three years leave the sas initially she was apprehensive about bringing their children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns because she would know when that would you

saw reports online calling israel is planning to bomb it's scary but when they do local training here there is shooting and airplanes are flying you never know if it's true or not maybe they're preparing for something to many here is a real threat to bomb the station painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's old tillery berridge the c.-t. causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials i'm confident history repeated said. we're not too soon because we know this is against international rules potentially you need new use leashes and these are on the border kirby's. often if. it's a psychological war we do not take it serious although we are aware we are vigilant but this does not mean what they are saying that it's the suv used russia's role in

supplying fuel and technology to iran may and settle fell but it could also prevent further confrontation between the two neighbors adding yet another dimension to phrase enrichment for peaceful purposes. r t will share iran side mohammad marandi a professor of politics at or on university says the opening of bush era signifies the decline of the us his power in the middle east. i think it's very significant in the sense that it shows that american power an american head germany has its limits and that the united states which is on the decline in the region will have to accept iran's sovereignty in the future while the americans and the western media and the europeans have constantly claimed that iran is a threat to israel iran has never made any military threat to any country or even the israeli regime whereas the americans and the israelis have constantly threatened iran with attacks with bombardment with murder destruction and death and

the u.n. security council have not protested at all and this is a major point it shows the hypocrisy of the western media the american media and the european media when it comes to iran. well still ahead here in r.t. we look at why russian arms dealer is wanted so badly by the united states. but first one of the suspected organizers of the moscow metro bombings in which forty people died has been killed in a shootout with russian security forces four other alleged militants were also short during the special operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan or to sean thomas reports now from one of the metro stations hit by a deadly blast in march. officials are telling us that the mouth about bob. has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of dagestan along with four others now this is important because he has been wanted on the federal and international most wanted list for more than two years he's also thought to have

ties to marry i'm sure of about who is one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth at the beyond the station she was out with young station and then another suspected bomber blew themselves up here at the park or to a metro station now in this operation we're told that firefighters had a building surrounded there was a fire inside that building they realized that this was about off and they were shot and killed were also told that no policemen were shot and killed or there were no civilian casualties in this operation as well let me give you a little bit of background on the moscow metro bombings is thought to be one of the masterminds in the organizers of the moscow metro bombings on march twenty ninth happened during rush hour on the breadline on the and part of three metro station right here killing forty people and injuring more than one hundred people so this has been someone that authorities have been trying to get to for some time and at this point time that they say they have successfully killed ali as well as four

others in his operation. and also in russia's nose in caucuses one policeman was killed and four wounded during a special operation in the chechen republic a security official say police cornered the militant in a house in the capital grozny one of the a gunfight the suspect escaped the building then detonated an explosive device blowing himself up in the process. well sky says it will continue efforts to bring russian businessman vic to boot back home he's accused of being in the legal arms trade and on friday a thai court ruled he be extradited to the us a decision condemned by russia was political and the tycoon to the recently rejected washington's extradition bid for the final decision to hand over a boot is still to be made by the thai government it says it will check the latest cool to see it to be is the rest of the band caught more than two years ago and kept in custody at the since the u.s. accuses boot of terrorism conspiracy to supply arms to colombian rebels challenges

he denies what is going to channel this is going to believe that he has a lot of information about shady u.s. dealings and that is why he is regarded as such a threat spawned washington. but you expect victor mood is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several results of what u.s. intelligence community or so keen on getting him to the united states first they try to recruit him the cia made several approaches to recruit him refuse him all village sticks of legal and illegal arms supplies all around the world and because it's too much he is more dangerous than we kill leaks for the u. s. the smuggling role not only in africa and latin america but all over the world. well now to some other world news in brief for you prosecutors in sweden have dropped charges against the founder of the wiki leaks website. but he could yet

face charges of station the website says the allegations were without basis and that it had previously been warned to expect dirty tricks so it was in sweden last week where he announced the whistleblower scientists to publish a final batch of secret documents on the war in afghanistan. australia is heading for a hung parliament in the tightest general election in the country for more than forty years with seventy five percent of votes processed neither the ruling labor party nor the opposition coalition appear likely to get enough votes to win outright the prime minister. says it could be days before result is no but still hopes to form the next calgary position leader tony abbott said it's clear the ruling party had lost both its majority and legitimacy. thousands are taking to the streets or trying to go in kashmir protesting against the arrest of about twenty people for throwing stones and demonstrations paramilitary gas to disperse the crowd who chanted and slogans and sixty demonstrations have died in clashes with police over

the past two. a fourteen year old. in a bid to become the youngest person to cruise around the world. from a portuguese port on route to spain's canary islands the voyage aboard a boat guppy is expected to last a year the attempt has been criticized by the child protection agency as being too dangerous. new york city's iconic yellow taxis are on the road to extinction with the economic recession pushing ford to introduce new fuel efficient cars the production of the sedan style vehicle will soon be stopped but has been finding out many on the streets of the big apple feel they're losing a jewel in the city's crown. in a city that never sleeps the flow of taxis never stops for very long. the line for cabs is tough taking this pounding in the city twenty two hours twenty

four hours a day but for cabbies it's even tougher. so if you don't hustle for cash during peak hours. and for drivers like this one time banker yeah. life on main street means working even harder and faster as a cabbie these days because of the recession. and pounding the pavement in new york city's sea of yellow there is one car that is keeping this cabbie and many others afloat on the car for. new york to. get on with. it has kept them running for a while now. since ninety six ninety seven for practical reasons it runs and runs and runs but too much of the world this car is more than just a dependable cab this is

a. symbol or not it will be scrapped altogether run into the bone yard of cabs two thousand and eleven is the last model year that the fords going to make it across victoria to actually make the crown victoria at all bill ford tough hasn't proven tough enough for these economic times sluggish sales and a push towards fuel efficiency in new york means they'll be out of production the last of them will be off duty for good in a few years. come twenty fifth classic new york taxi cab will officially be a thing of the past this street will be filled with more cabs that look like this this one's a hybrid. and may get better gas mileage and cabbies money but it's not. exactly that iconic new york taxi ride times. people to a few of those take this one but if you ask anyone in the big apple things in new

york move real bad things change that change however isn't always for the better. or would anybody want to sit. in for that cab and into the city's asphalt fabric that's what you need you don't need a car that's. three kids to practice and built into the livelihoods of. these all these they're forcing us who are struggling. will new york be losing more. than this american steel from the streets this looks like the new york is not going to be a problem the long run you know maybe for the i love new york people. i think for me if. it is yellow cab start to look the same from manhattan to russia to egypt does new york it's

a little piece of itself yes. yes. on the. side it's on it's a lister it's the end of an era you know r.t. . new york. and you can find more on this story and everything else we're covering at the moment on our web site that's key don't come online in the time here's what else you can find that right now russia has to prove it's legal owner of the kremlin the sentence of the country's founding. in the state to get to do that. and . cruise ship refuse to leave the. ship details on those stories and plenty of other features available.

when our chance to discover parts of russia cut off from the traditional tourist trial was on hand to take you to diverse and undiscovered areas of the country without leaving a seat. this week we've been in the coastal region of. north west russia for generations the local people's livelihood and heritage is bringing into the white sea communities of. from the natural resources of the. seas. is this time as the sea it so. we are now in. the first russian fleet of the russian fleet more people the people who have very close relations with the sea and they are the first russians on the white sea coast now they were primarily

fishermen hunters and sea traders in fact they created very strong trading links with northern norway to the point that a pigeon was created between the two of them. have also played an important role in russian history because it's thanks to them that russia was able to keep its northern borders unchanged now today the people who call themselves hold very strong and unique traditions so we dug a little deeper and we had a first time taste of the traditions and the way of life of the take a look. they were one of the first conquerors of the northern waters fisherman. not sign any fresh it's off season now the soundman is a northern fish it comes to our rivers for spawning shipbuilders sea captains the norse have a bond with the sea unbroken for centuries. my grandfather used to build one. he was one of the best ship builders out there everyone in my family is connected

to the sea they were the sailors accounting. work of is a native of but to keep the island one that he calls the homeland of captains so we travel to put it on a four hour boat journey to an island only accessible during the summer months today it's inhabited by about four hundred to morse descendants of the very first settlers here we discovered that the so-called traditional more way of life is certainly not just something out of a history book. constructing wooden boats using old techniques and washing fluid novel there's a car bus a coaster kind of but it's very stable on the scene it rises and falls smoothly with the waves. making their own fish nets. braving the ropes used for making those fish nets or catching their own fish but for the fire i've been fishing for a long time now this year i call to make fish this big and living in beneath you

houses the houses in this village are very well preserved dating back a few hundred years now this house in particular is three hundred years old and the unique feature of these old houses is this fireplace here they cook and they bake but it also has another use on top of it is a bed which they use during winter so they can have a warm bed during the harsh conditions. for the few more hours adapting to whatever mother nature throws at them has become second nature this bridge for example is down every winter and you don't at least bring. this to suzanne's is also what has kept their cultural life throughout the centuries. and the cliche area heritage they're proud to call their own. flavors in singing my who my mother. old realtor and songs and revive them

is just belongs to my grandmother when i. feel very good and have been missing. a desire she hopes to pass along to her young grandson. as time went by the meaning of what it is to be has changed and today there's a debate surrounding what it really means to be. and she will tell us a bit more about going on so what will be different perspectives. some people think. some people think is a kind of identification area of the scientists. so we have different. defined identity is a big risk. traditionally. people are leaving on the coast. and the name comes from

a small district. people even on the coast where associated. with. some groups some people who are not identify themselves with but what's important for those who do call themselves that is that they continue living a lifestyle and the traditions of the people from many many years ago. well i was. reporting that twenty ten seen more than its fair share of extreme weather. over the world in russia was hit by record heat wave. which killed more than fifty . homeless but. it has nothing to do with global warming it's just the weather cycle repeating itself. coming your way.

i'm in london today talking to piers corbin who is a long range weather forecast and we're nouns climate change skeptic we're going to be talking about the recent devastating hot weather that's taking place in russia and also about climate change in general thanks very much for talking to us now we've seen the devastating heat which has caused widespread wildfires in rust save

the summit this year did you see that coming yes a long road for calls for europe western parts of russia predicted a heat wave in most of europe especially east europe and west russia also predicted when it was going to end and ended when we said what's in your opinion of course that it was caused by. dramatic changes in solar activity. which caused it to happen and we also predicted very specifically when it would end q two we said would be extra special solar activity on the sun. around fourteen four so. that would lead to changes in the jet stream which would get rid of the heat wave in western russia and also the parties probably for the pakistan floods have also ended when we said and how scientifically of these two events related they're related through the jet stream which is the pull off of low pressure is around the

world hemisphere if you lot are not pattern shifts and sometimes it sort of gets stuck in a stationary position which it was which is what was supporting washer and one of the super floods an artist on the side on. the moon caused it to switch to something else which is. what we have is a tremendous amount of activity on the saw. affects the rush of particles from the sun to the earth not changes there on a sphere that also then changes the patterns of the blah blah is known as the. spring that caused a shifting of the weather patterns. so if wind in western russia terminated and instead we got north westerly flow of massive thunderstorms and the cooling of the sun toward the pakistan floods or so indeed substantially some

people say that this extreme heat wave that we've seen and rust and also in other parts of europe coupled with the pakistani floods are evidence of global warming say well they would say that when you see the just look at the facts it was actually been very cold in the southern and sphere or northern russia as being cold and these things have happened before in particular both the pakistan floods and the west russian heat wave happened one hundred and thirty two years ago all there about which is the situation in the earth magnetic lunar soil. so it's not surprising it happened and it more it indeed happened next year we've got to go to work on that the people who claim it's global warming or are the ignorant who wish to mislead the public for political and financial ends what significance does this one hundred thirty two here span have well if six storms twenty two which is the magnetic socket of the sun and also

seven times nineteen annoying teen years is is the lunar eclipse are called which means the moon and the sun in the earth who are going to be in about the same place multiples of nineteen years so you're saying they're going to hundred thirty two s. yes this could happen again in doing it but. in england we have a series of three very works almost all of which corresponded to three very works on this one hundred thirty two years previously so you. we were going to have a series of these things in russia and pakistan one of the main effects of this heat that we've seen in russia is that wildfires that break now it's all over the place including underground in peat bogs what's the effect on the environment or something like that well. the first thing to understand about it is it makes the air war so all these people are saying while this is

a whole you actually have to take off the effect of the four if you stand near a four it's warm those ash particles in the air were created at four thousand degrees centigrade the heaters gone out of them into the air so there's that extra heat tidy so to describe it is hottest over or something is just nonsense i mean you have to look back what are the hundred and thirty years ago or more there are simon amount of tinned crops and so on which could burn easily there and. of course because of boredom forming probably more vulnerable to four hours or more on not sure but the mining for mental effect is just people getting new fruit through it through smoke and the range of comments we put over does this very hot summer mean that we're now going to have a very cold winter. to come in pairs lot is true in the last winter was it was cold in much of europe and. russia we are

working on that question because that obviously the purpose of hot summer cold winters don't carry on like that forever and they disappear often they come in through but we need to work on them let's talk in general about your long range forecasting explain to me in layman's terms how you do that well what we saw you what happens on the song. dictates the circulation patterns of the globe jew to a lot of magnetic connections particles coming from the sun and the moon lighting they say the impact of those particles so what we say really is well similar situation of the sun earth magnetic luna total sight in the pulse will cave similar weather patterns. and then to sometime in the future when the patterns in the plate . so we have to do a lot of small things to understand but that doesn't i belong to predict where the

toys and indeed to draw a lot of detail many months ahead on them for example we caught the correct tolling of the breakdown of the european world for example it was a little bit tough in the ability of the we described correctly the deluge users happened in england over the last three so three summers up to this one zero seven zero eight zero nine zero s. coping thank you very much thank you.