iran share a power plant is fueled up with the help of russian engineers it's said to be fully operational within a month it will be rather under the strict supervision of the un watchdog. russian security forces kill a top militant believed to be behind a suicide bomb attacks on the moscow metro in march. new york bids farewell to the iconic taxi cabs that have graced its streets for decades the competition is now being held in the big apple to fly the more fuel efficient success. close of team travels to one of russia's

northern most outposts the coast of the white sea to meet the locals who depend on the region's natural resources for their livelihood. two am in moscow thanks for joining us here on r t our top story the first nuclear power plant in the middle east has been switched on in iran the southern city of who share the russian bill reactor is now operating under the strict supervision and control of the un atomic watchdog amid international concerns over terrazas nuclear ambitions artie's oksana boyko was at the 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 one for which iran has spared no expense the chaparral

have always been more than just an education or ready to sell it for all it's a symbol of the country's social progress and proof of what's good for in times of iraq critics the embodiment of the climate republic's ideological backwardness and a vivid example of the building 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 fishel says it's all ready for celebration we are grateful to the people for 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 deal 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. 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 over ten countries supplied the equipment 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 early. i have been working at this station for three years believe the says initially she was apprehensive about bringing their children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns because there were no one that i

would use so reports online calling israel is planning to bomb it's scary but when they do local training here there is shooting in 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 involved painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's tillery berridge the ficci causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials i'm confident history will repeat that. we are not too soon because we know this is a game so international rules potentially you mean you use english and these are on the board to serve these. off the media. it's a psychological war we do not take it serious cold though we are alert we are vigilant but this does not mean you know what they are saying it's

a serious russia's role in supplying fuel and technology to iran may unsettle some but it could also prevent further confrontation between the two neighbors adding yet another dimension to the race enrichment for peaceful purposes. are to see bush share iran. independent nuclear scientist john large is critical of the bush era large saying to iran is only seeking to get its hands on the technology it needs. for example we ran off for a few years could say to the russian federation technicians go we're going to take control of this no but importantly the perforation issues primarily with the training the equipment the peripheral equipment and the management systems that the russian federation and the international community will actually put in to enable that plant to operate as safe as it can for that type of technology the equipment all of that is transferable. so you could put that nuclear technology into the

enrichment plant in the tents and into the reactor that the iranians are building in a place called iraq so there is a potential for proliferation transfer but a security expert in moscow believes it's important to differentiate between the bush era plan to end iran's nuclear weapons ambitions i think the. difference between and the problem that could be military. program and. program for peace for the station the planet. is built on the planet i think practically any proliferation complication in songs i mean this is a major victory of course for your audience because. it's going to be practically has. cost the country in the middle east which has. existing. for

russia it's also a very great success because russia has proof that russia abiding is abiding by all liberations. brutes. still ahead this hour on r t we look at why alleged russian arms dealer victor boot is wanted so badly by the u.s. plus artes close up team takes to the high seas. now on a four hour journey by an island that's accessible during the summer months on this i'm visiting a village obligated by the more people the more meaning well it's the exploring the lives the want people to distance and their culture last. before we get to those stories 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 shot dead during the special operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan artie's sean thomas reports from one of the metro stations hit by the deadly blast in march . officials are telling us that the mouth i'll leave you 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 hears he's also thought to have ties to mary i'm sure if about who is one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth at that would be uncle station shoes that would be on 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 we're 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 of about both 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 young and hard the 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 got off as well as four others in his operation. also in russia's northern caucasus one policeman was killed and four wounded during a special operation in the chechen republic security officials say police corner in a militant house in the capital grozny after a gunfight the suspect escaped the building and then detonated an explosive device blowing himself up in the process. government of thailand says it will make the

final decision on whether to extradite alleged russian arms traitor victor boot this comes after a bangkok court ruled that he was to be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and conspiracy to supply weapons the decision was strongly condemned by russia as a political move moscow says it will make every effort to bring its citizens back home victor boot was arrested in bangkok more than two years ago and kept in custody since parties military alys did going to cruise job values group has a lot of information about shady u.s. dealings and that's why he was guarded by such a threat by washington. victor boot is a walking intelligence treasure trove has it 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

book now it's too much heat ease more dangerous than we kill leaks for the u s smuggling role not only in africa and latin america but all over the world. turning now to some other news making headlines across the globe prosecutors in sweden have dropped rape charges against the founder of the wiki leaks website julian assange but he could yet at least charges of molestation the website says the allegations were quote without basis and that they had previously been warned to expect dirty tricks assad was in sweden last week where he announced the whistleblower site would publish a final batch of secret documents related to the war in afghanistan. that australia is heading for a hung parliament in the tightest general general election in the country for more than forty years with more than seventy five percent of the votes in either of the ruling labor party nor the opposition coalition appear likely to get enough votes to win outright prime minister julia guillard says it could be a days before

a result is known but still hopes to form the next government the opposition leader tony abbott says it's clear the ruling party has lost both its pejorative and its legitimacy. a rare world war two era dive bomber has seen the light of day after spending sixty five years of the bottom of a california reservoir to anglers spotted the outline of the curtis helldiver on their sonar fishfinder the plane crash in one thousand nine hundred five both the pilot and gunner bailed out and swam to shore the cross will now be taken to the national aviation museum for restoration and display. on hundred fifty animal rights activists have launched an unusual protest against bullfighting in the spanish city of bilbao semi-naked demonstrators lay down to form the shape of a bowl outside the guggenheim museum there some are also smeared in the red paint to represent the bull's blood in july alone you have banned bullfighting leading

many activists to believe that a nationwide ban is possible. new york city's iconic yellow taxis are on the road to extinction with economic recession pushing forward to introduce new fuel efficient cars the production of the sedan style vehicle will soon be stopped but as artie's laura listers been finding out some on the streets of the big apple feel they're losing the 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 the 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. 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. it has kept them running for a while now. since ninety six ninety one for practical reasons it runs and runs and runs but to 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 ford's going to make it. actually makes the crown victoria at all built 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 time square place. for the. 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 looking forward and really want to see. a cab woven 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 to buy them who are struggling. will new york be losing more. than this american steel from the street this looks like the new york is not going to be a problem the long run i don't know you know maybe for the i love new york people that can have a medical marcel's i think for me at. that is yellow cab start to look the same from manhattan to russia to egypt does new york is a little piece of itself yes. yes. on the. side it's on that's it lauren lyster it's the end of an era you know r.t. . new york. you can find more on this story and everything else we're covering on our web site r t v dot com here's

a taste of what else is online right now russia has one month to prove it's the legal owner of the kremlin descendants of the country's founding dynasty the works are suing to get the state to get that back their property that their fourth called forefathers built and lived in. and find out why some german and american tourists on a russian cruise ship were fused to leave the boat after it collided with a cargo ship at all the details at r.t. dot com. now here's your chance to discover parts of russia cut off from the traditional taurus trail our closeup team is on hand to take you to the diverse and undiscovered areas of the country without leaving your seat.

this week our team visited the coastal region of our hoskin northwest russia for generations the local people's livelihood a heritage has been intertwined with the white communities or sailors fishermen and carpenters of pride from the natural resources and the landscape as artist s. ourself found out the way of life there is as timeless as the sea itself. they were one of the first conquerors of the northern waters fisherman. not so many fish and so season now feel good soundman is not in fish it comes to a rebus for spawning shipbuilders sea captains the norse have a bond with the sea unbroken for centuries. my grandfather used to build one last into most boats he was one of the best ship builders out there everyone with

families connected to the sea they were the same as captains. the work of is a native of that to keep the island one that he calls the homeland of captains so we travelled to put it before our boat journey to an island only accessible during the summer months today it's inhabited by about four hundred two more 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 elision slewed novel your father called us a coaster kind of but it's very stable on the sea it rises and falls smoothly with the waves. making their own fish nets. raiding the ropes used for making those fish nets or catching their own fish but for this i've been fishing for a long time now this year i call to make fish this big and living in these

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 fire place 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 adapting to whatever mother nature throws at them has become second nature this bridge for example is down every were injured and rebuilt and the spirit. this one is also what has kept the cultural life throughout the century. yes the cliche area here to judge how to call their own. favorite thing in my life my mother thinks we can act and songs and revive them.

to my grandmother when it time this dress i feel very good and have been desired to sing old songs a desire she hopes to pass along to her young grandson tess or celia r.t. on hungus region. and that brings you up to date i'll be back with a recap of our main stories in about ten minutes coming up two thousand and ten has seen more than its fair share of extreme weather and natural disasters all over the world up next in our interview we speak with piers corbyn who says it has nothing to do with global warming it is just the weather cycle repeating itself that opinion coming your way next on our team.

i'm in london today talking to piers corbin who is a long range weather forecasts and we're now and climate change skeptic 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 also the party's problem but the pakistan floods have also ended when we said and how scientifically of these two events relates they're related through the jet stream which is the pull off of low pressure is around the world and hemisphere if you like pattern shifts and sometimes it sort of gets stuck in a stationary position which it was which is what was so hot in washer and water the super floods in pakistan on the side and on. pivoting on the. part of the moon

caused it to switch to something else which it's. what we have is a tremendous amount of activity on the song that affects the rush of particles from the sun to the earth not changes they are on a sphere that also then changes they certain patterns of the boys no knives that you. 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 cooling of the sun toward the party star floods also 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 there. you see it's 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 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 watched climates global warming or are ignorant who wish to mislead the public for political and for not true and 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 and nineteen 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 that in a hundred thirty s. yes this could happen again indeed 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 we can. 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 have break now so let the place including under the ground 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 wallish people are saying while this is the hottest 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 haters gone out of them into the air so there's that extra

tidy so to describe it is hottest over or something is it is just nonsense i mean you have to look back what are the hundred and thirty years ago or more is there a sign amount of tinned crops and so on which could burn easily there and. of course because of boredom forming probably more vulnerable to for more on not sure but the mine environmental effect is just people getting you fruit through it through smoke and the range of comments will be to what does this very hot summer mean that we're now going to have a very cold winter. to come in pairs lot is true and 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 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. dick types the circulation patterns of the globe to a lot of magnetic connections particles coming from the sun and the moon lighting they may have the impact of those particles and so what we say really is well similar situation of the song of magnetic luna totals fight in the pulse bouquet of similar weather patterns. and then to sometime in the future when the patterns repeat the clock with it so we have to do a lot of small things to understand but that doesn't last to predict whether toit's and indeed to do a lot of detail many months ahead on them for example we call it the correct told me no fleet breakdown of the european world for its own purpose or the it's for the top and the ability of the we just call it 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.