more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images. from the street. for asians rule today. who share a power plant is fueled up with the help of russian engineers said to be fully operational within a month and will be run under the strict supervision of the. russian security forces kill a top militant believed to have been behind the suicide bomb attacks on the moscow metro when. new york says farewell to the iconic gray suit streets for decades a competition now being held in the big apple defied a more fuel efficient successor. travels

to one of russia's northern outposts the coast of the white sea to meet locals who depend on the region's natural resources for their livelihood. for. thanks for joining us on our t.v. our top story the first nuclear power plant in the middle east has been switched on in iran southern city of share the russian built reactor is now operating under the strict control of the un atomic watchdog and international concerns over tehran's nuclear ambitions are boyko was up the long awaited opening. more than thirty years in the making with a price tag of over two billion dollars by all accounts the bush era nuclear power

plant is an expensive undertaking and the one for which iran has spared no expense the chaplet have always been more than just an education are ready to sell it for money it's a symbol of the country's social progress and proof but it's more in touch government critics the embodiment of the farming republics an ideological backwardness and a vivid example of the feel things which are 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 time for celebration we are grateful to the people of russia to the government of pressure to our great friends in russia were. instrumental in making the 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 planet is a vivid example of why iran needs to produce more with chasity 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 moscow's cooperation with iran it when you go it's a unique venture because it's very difficult to build new equipment into the equipment that was there from the start the bushehr power plants 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 their lead. i have been working in this station for three years believe the sas initially she was a pretty hands of about bringing their children to run for medical reasons but

knows she and her husband have other concerns. we just saw reports online quinn israel is planning to bomb it's scary 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 evolved 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 are confident history won't repeat itself we want to see because we know this is against international. attempting to need new installations. these are on the. off the media. it's psychological. we do not take it seriously although we are in there we are vigilant but this does not mean what they are seeing it's

a serious russia's role in supplying fuel and technology to iran may and settle some but it could also prevent further confrontation between the two neighbors adding yet another dimension to phrase enrichment for peaceful purposes our theme will share iran. for why desire dear professor in political communication at the university of tehran says the opening of the bush era plant is an lyle stone for countries that seek to counterbalance u.s. dominance. we have a number of country is united states where example that have a political problem but the rounds of government and they use the nuclear issue as an excuse to pressure iran internationally has nothing to do with nuclear weapons just because iran's advances may not be broken by a number of countries doesn't mean that the international community would have a problem but that a lot of people all around the world are celebrating this day long with the

iranians because this is going to have meant just what iran it's an achievement for countries that the stand up to international pressures and can achieve what they need to achieve if they have patience i think still ahead here on our team we take a look at why a russian arms dealer alleged drug dealer victor boot is wanted so badly by the u.s. plus artes close up team takes the high scenes. on a four hour journey by boat to one island. during the summer months on this island this is the village they did not want people to want to. explore the lives of people. there. but first one of the suspected organizers of the moscow metro bombings in which forty people lost their lives 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 republican dagestan thomas reports from one of the metro stations that was hit by the deadly blast in march. officials are telling us that the matter how we build up of these has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of that this time along with four others now this is important because he is wanted on the federal and international most wanted list more than two years he's also thought to have ties to sharif about who is one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth that the would be on to station choose that would be on station and then another suspected bomber blew themselves up here at the particle 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 wasn't about profit 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 at the top is thought to be one of the masterminds of the organizers of the muslim and bombings on march twenty ninth happened during rush hour on the breadline on the bianca and the car the three metro station right here killing forty people and injuring more than one hundred people so this is 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 the mother model ali build up as well as four others in his operation. also in russia's northern caucasus one policeman was killed and four wounded in a special operation in the chechen republic security officials say police cornered a militant in a house in the capital grozny after a gunfight the suspect escaped the building then detonated an explosive device blowing himself up in the process. the thai government says it will make the final decision on whether or not to extradite alleged russian arms trader 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 citizen home here to boot was arrested in bangkok more than two years ago he's been kept in custody there ever since our military analysts you have any whose job it has a lot of information about suspicious u.s. dealings and that's why he's regarded as a threat by washington. victor boot is a walking intelligence treasure trove has it phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several reasons that's why 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

too much he is more dangerous than we kill except for the u s smuggling role not only in africa and latin american but all over the world. it turned out as some other stories making headlines across the globe prosecutors in sweden have dropped a rape charges against the founder of the wiki leaks website giuliana songe but he could yet face charges of molestation the website says the allegations were 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 will 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 more than seventy five percent of the votes in favor of the ruling labor party nor the opposition coalition appears likely to get enough votes to win outright prime minister julia guillard says it could be days before result is known but still hopes to form the next government opposition leader tony abbott said it's

clear the ruling party had lost both its majority and the legitimacy of. 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 two anglers spotted the outline of the curtis helldiver on their sonar fish finder the plane crashed in one thousand nine hundred five with both the pilot and done her ejecting and swimming to shore it will now be taken to the national naval aviation museum for restoration and display. hundred fifty animal rights activists have launched an unusual protest against bullfighting in the spanish city of bilbao the half naked demonstrators laid down to form the shape of a bowl outside the guggenheim museum some more smeared in a red paint to represent people's blood in july have aloni a ban bullfighting leading many activists to believe a nationwide ban would be possible. new york city's iconic

yellow taxis are on the road workstation with the economic recession pushing forward to introduce new fuel efficient cars the production of the fords of the sedan style crown of victoria vehicle will soon be stopped but as artie's laura lister has been finding out some on the streets of the big apple feel they're losing a jewel in the city's crown. in the city that never sleeps the flow of taxis never stops for very long. the line for cabs is tough they can miss the pounding in the city twenty two hours twenty four hours a day but for cabbies it's even tougher. i would. make your money so if you don't hustle for cash during peak hours. and for drivers like this one time banker yeah i used. to deal with 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. with the best new york taxi. 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 to much of the world this car is more than just a dependable cab this is. the. 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 that four is going to make it across victoria taxicab actually make 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 and

the last of them will be off duty for good and if you hear it's. come twenty fifty deaths classic new york taxi cab will officially be a thing of the past history will be filled with more cabs that look like this this one's a hybrid. and may get better gas mileage and save cabbies money but it's not a. exactly that iconic new york taxi ride time square place. here. one suitcase one a c lot of people to a few of those who take this one but if you ask anyone in the big apple things in new york move real this things change that change however isn't always for the better. or would anybody want to sit. in for that cab woven into this city's asphalt fabric that's what you need you don't need a car that's built for a soccer mom to take her three kids to practice here and built into the livelihoods of cabbies are forced to buy those color you know the brought. these all these

brogans they're forcing us to buy that car who are struggling this month ahead problem we'd like you know coming up with my rent will new york be losing more. than this american steel from the street this looks like a new york taxi cab is that going to be a problem the long run i don't know you know maybe for the i love new york people they can have a minute of ourselves i think for me it. 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 of course it's going to be bad for new york. but it's on the senate floor and lyster it's the end of an era you know our t. own this is called the new york. crown vics or not when i'm in new york i take the subway well you can always find more on this story and everything else we're covering on our website r t v dot com here's

a look at 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 ritz are suing the state to get back the property their forefathers built and lived in. and find out why some german american tourists on a russian cruise ship refused to leave the boat after it collided with a cargo ship all the details that are to dot com. now is your chance to discover parts of russia cut off from that or to cut off from the traditional tourist trail are close up team is on hand to take you to the diverse and undiscovered areas of the country from the comfort of your homes.

this week we were visiting the coastal region of our congo a skin northwest russia for generations the local people's livelihood and heritage has been intertwined with the white sea communities of sailors fishermen and carpenters of thrive from the natural resources of the landscape as artie's tests are cilia 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 it's off season now soundman is a northern fish and comes to a rebus for spawning shipbuilders sea captains the boomers have a bond with the sea unbroken for centuries this my grandfather used to build one mast into mast boats he was one of the best ship builders out there everyone in my

family is connected to the sea they were the sailors or captains. work of is a native of politically got island one that he calls the homeland of captains so we travelled to put it 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 poem or way of life is certainly not just something out of a history book. constructed wooden boats using old techniques a lot of novel this is a car bus a coastal kind of boat it's very stable on the scene 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 i've been fishing for a long time now this year i call to big fish these big and living in uniquely more

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 poor more adapting to whatever mother nature throws at them has become second nature this bridge for example is down every winter and rebuilt every spring. this was syrians is also what has kept their culture alive throughout the centuries. enthusiastically sharing a heritage they are proud to call their own. i've been singing my who life my mother still sings old returns and songs and revive them this dress

belongs to my grandmother but if this dress i feel very good and you have this desire to sing old songs feel the desire she hopes to pass along to her young grandson. artie on hunger region. brings you up to date here on r t i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in about ten minutes first though twenty one twenty ten has seen more than its fair share of extreme weather and natural disasters all over the world in our interview we speak to piers corbyn who says it has nothing to do with global warming and it's just the weather cycle repeating itself his opinion up next on r.t. . no .

i'm in london today talking to piers corbyn who is a long range weather forecasts and where nouns climate change skeptics are 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 the summit yeah 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. the party started for the pakistan floods have also ended when we said and how scientific two events related they're related through the jet stream which is the pull off of low pressure is around the northern hemisphere if you like pattern shifts and sometimes it sort of gets stuck in a stationary position which it was which is what was hot in russia and one of the super floods in part just 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 and that changes the on a sphere that also then changes the patterns of the boys known as the. string 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 the cooling of the sun toward the party star 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 it's just look at the facts it was actually been very cold in southern and sphere or northern russia as being cold and these things have happened before in particular 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 is trying which global warming there are ignorant who wish to mislead the public for political and for not sure and what significance does this one hundred thirty two year 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 or call which means the moon and the sun in the earth who are going to be in about the same place are multiples of nineteen years so you're saying they're going to hundred thirty s.

yes this could happen again in doing it but. in england we had a series of three very works almost all of which corresponded to three very works on this one hundred thirty two years previously so it could. we were going to have a series of these things in russia and pakistan one of the main effects of the 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 haters gone out of them into the air so there's that extra heat tidy so to describe this is hottest over or something is it is just nonsense i

mean you have to look back what are the hundred thirty two years ago or more there are so i'm 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 main environmental effect is just people getting you fruit through it through smoke and the range of comments we put away 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. in 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 three days 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. dictates the circulation patterns of the globe to a lot of magnetic connections particles coming from the sun and the moon modulating they say the impact of those particles so what we say really is well similar situation of the sun earth magnetic lunar total site in the past will cave similar weather patterns. then to sometime in the future when the patterns repeat is not clockwork so we have to do a lot of small things to understand but that doesn't are able to predict weather toit's and indeed to draw a lot of detail many months ahead i mean for example we caught the correct tolling of the breakdown of the european world for example recently which are the charts and the ability of the we describe correctly the deluge users happened in

england over the last resort three summers to this one zero zero seven zero eight zero nine zero s. coping thank you very much thank you. every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world it's acknowledging update on our g. s says division.

among those. four months of preparations the pain of failures still haunts their mind. the last effort to keep the lead on the eastern front. lead citadel of funds to play. and so. on the kind of great sacrifice of blood. and looms are still with the. numerical advantage of people and military hardware. the most heavily reinforced area. of the battle of course. it lasted forty nine days one of them bloodiest battles and the turning point.