the bones from turning into a battlefield scientific authorities join forces of the future of the region. territory for dialogue or disputes hundreds are gathering in moscow for the international market for all the details in just a few months. also. in compliance with the latest u.n. sanctions on the islamic republic. some tough talks of the u.n. millennium summit it's a gripping the big. russian needle meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran all this taking place in new york we'll bring you all the latest just ahead in the program.

this is our pm here in moscow and kevin and other top stories good have you with us the arctic some tough natural wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea in the arctic nations of. indeed some of the finest scientific minds of gathered in moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out. reports fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the entire world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic seabed. the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada norway and denmark but how does one determine who gets the bigger slice of the pie so we're going to today

we really need a national geography a geography that would help us pursue our national interests. the territorial dispute tottered on the brink of conflict for years but lately they need to fight it out seem to fade away suddenly everybody is talking about the vast amount of riches on the sea floor and and how nations will carve up the region for themselves in the arctic states the coastal states and take particular of also talked about their stewardship responsibility the stewardship is in the interest of all mankind so at the same time there are expressions of national interest there are expressions of common interest and so really the balance is one of achieving national interests and common interests not just for the kartik states themselves but for the world as a whole the north pole glitters with possibilities and it's not just the arctic states that feel the pull of their region i was in the arctic. you know i was only five of the two thousand and six in the north pole and then also last year we

all met with the arctic of the arctic region represents a very important part of the world in a very fragile. environment then a fragile ecosystem that we need to protect the strategic interests in the arctic is global once this northernmost part of the world is better explored there are only a few minor points where there are disputes most of this is undisputed sovereign territory there's a number of countries and i think in europe and i would like germany back you know i think kingdom and china and all those who are also very interested now in the arctic ocean some because of the shipping not because of the resources because of the potential for making a shorter route from asia to your divvying up the arctic is like walking on thin ice and the chance to tread lightly and work out existing differences is welcomed

by iran. this is as close as most people will ever come to the arctic but its unique nature and vast natural resources are more than enough to entice one and all those attending the forum hope the enticement will help bridge differences keeping everybody on the same pole catherine as our r.t. moscow. the heat of selling coughs an arctic expert who's just returned from the planet's northernmost region he says precautions must be taken to protect its unique wildlife but the situation is that we can just see the changes in the arctic and weakens all the skin of the say the changes in the climate changes which are impacting wildlife particular most vulnerable spaces like . you know if we're careful in the four minutes it give it is properly it's ok by the political will of course when we work in our field would take precautions but it's political decision to make this

a rule that nothing is done there are things that could really damage the arctic environment too much damage has already been done by previous exploration of the arctic and we already destroyed a lot of it we didn't a lot and then we have to invest huge money just to clean that. the president of iceland olafur ragna told r.t. that russia made a positive step to launch a negotiations by planting a flag on the arctic sea bed three years ago. i had been trying for ten years still speak about the arctic issues to people in europe in the united states and elsewhere and there was very little interest but suddenly where the russians put the flock of the bottom of the article shut everybody woke up but i realized new york times had the right so i think when we look back to east of warsaw. the opening court to the rest of the world thought now we need to come together and and create successful framework for corporation.

and you watch the full interview with the president of iceland our spotlight program throughout the day thursday here on our team. president to me to invent as ordered a ban on the supply of russian advanced a defense missile systems to iran moscow says it shelved the sales because the missiles fall under the latest u.n. sanctions on turnaround artist natalia nova covers the details. bring back people step russia is not anymore going to sell its past three hundred and so i missile defense systems to iran i do to the recently imposed by the un security council sanctions against the country's nuclear program until stanchions suggest that any sale of weapons limited the country including military planes that we have a culture stance in accordance to missile defense shield now then you should live

in the most going to launch the signs back in two thousand and seven when launches we still find that old has begun to cut to the country now they didn't have the first data point to bunch of people doubt whether this one check to be cancelled altogether will depend on iran's actions we're still waiting to see here at home runs on this decision of the russian authorities but russia has already once was the delivery will best think on that missiles to iran last winter and that the decision was not at all welcomes in iran so it is unlikely that would be welcomed at this time but i shouldn't have done what they did here peaceful nuclear energy recently and they built together a nuclear plant the first nuclear plant in iran in the city of shares so it doesn't look like there's a somewhat ration between the two countries not here so we still have to do our hear from iranian authorities telling overcover for all to go off from the moscow

based institute of world economy and international relations he told us that russia's decision to stop selling missiles to iran will be a serious blow to iran's defense capabilities no. iran is totally dependent on a contract on its contract with most call if it wants to provide security for its airspace and there is no other way to get similar missiles but to purchase them from russia russian as three hundred complex it's not only missiles those on launch pads it also read our facilities and so on is the state of the art equipment and international experts all agreed with i guess that will the relations with current us why do you judge the regime in iran but i think the iranian authorities have to understand the message the message from international community here they have to change something in the attitude towards the outer world and they have to think twice before going on with their nuclear program. there's been increasing

speculation surrounding the possibility of israel and the us bombing a nuclear site in iran and later on this channel people develop his cross to us discuss whether to run poses a threat to its neighbors and whether such an attack is indeed being prepared. anything in iran is negative according to the united states only thing that iran has yet to be accused of by the united states is global warming and perhaps that will come up later on but i think what is more important is anything to do with iran taking hostages with iran killing marines in lebanon with marines attacking military here is why do you. think you're going to. hear a war out of. the bed and that's why they have a problem with and i think i think i think you have a problem with your history classes in the united states iranian american relations didn't begin with embassy takeover they began with the united states overthrowing

the national government in iran through a coup and this installing a puppet shar and then draining the country's resources for decades. what's the next cross talk then in twenty minutes here on r.t. if you can. the u.s. is vote to expand cooperation with russia on missile defense global security and conventional arms limits in europe these are discussed at the russian nato council on the sidelines of the u.n. summit in new york. brings us more of the major issues of the talks. earlier today a meeting of russian nato council took place here in new york ahead of us summits being planned for november in lisbon the issues were that were discussed at this meeting were the stepping up of the fight against drug trafficking in afghanistan issues of security in europe as well as missile defense as we know in the last couple of days the secretary general of nato has really been calling for and pushing for the possibility of cooperation on

a joint project between russia and nato when it comes to missile defense and so far it however he told the press earlier today that no details have been worked out no specifics have been discussed but this is something that nato hopes can be done in the near future in these nearest talks now russia need to continue to disagree on the issues of georgia and moldova and as we know of course that russia and nato have had a sort of difficult relationship because of the war back in two thousand and eight and because of the issue of nato eastward expansion but now we're hearing today in new york from the secretary general of nato that he hopes that these ties between the alliance and russia become closer and this is what he told the media the joint review of the twenty first century common security challenges. call peroration on afghanistan. and more practical cooperation in trying to all piracy

hopefully from my point of view a star controllers corporation on jerry. defense today a corporation with russia in addressing these challenges is no longer just an opportunity to build a better relationship with russia it has become a necessity if we want to be effective in preserving our common security and that is the charlotte from beijing from which we can and will move forward now another important event taking place today here in new york is of course the meeting of the five permanent members of the secure. the council plus germany where it is being planned to assess whether or not the same sions that were imposed by the security council the fourth round of sanctions imposed on iran this june whether or not they have been effective and whether the international community these six countries should consider additional steps to make sure that iran hears the voice of the international community but it's important that the russian foreign minister earlier sergei lavrov said that he feels that certain countries

should not be considering additional economic steps when it comes to certain developing nations he didn't name any names by drawing the lines there was clear that he was mentioning the united states and iran and of course we've been seeing only mixed signals from iran as of now iran has been seeing that war is a possibility if the united states attacks its uranium enrichment facilities iran has also said that the possibility of doors being open a still there. i was kind of there could relate to the program some were lovers and some are fighters but in india others are simply fighting for love find out how a group is saving young couples from violence and persecution. on the list says the view of moscow street says the russian capital's marking international car free day but organizers hailed it a success nevertheless see why in just a few minutes time. subgame

has been to their hangal speech. where the first russian fleet was born. omar to goes to the area which holds top position in oil and gas resources. where the biggest russian salmon can be our processing factories located. somewhere unique species of form fauna can be found. in the same region. should close up. soon which brightens if you move the sun from fans to christians.

who threw stones on t.v. dot com. well here's a brief this wednesday night at least ten people have been killed in the explosion the son of the northwest arad about twenty others were injured without injuring a military parade as the country marked the thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the war with iraq a provincial governor believes a kurdish separatists are behind the attack. china has demanded that the japan release the captain of a fishing boat who was detained in the east china sea the country's premier wen jiabao has threatened to take action against japan if the situation isn't addressed the chinese vessel crashed into two japanese coast guard boats and taiwan two weeks ago the crew arrested in beijing to suspend contact with tokyo. games in new delhi has been hit by further setbacks after two athletes athletes pulled out and others have cancelled their flights next month's event over forty officials and

competitors from the scottish team of already proposed their journey it comes after questions over safety were raised following the collapse of a foot bridge which injured twenty seven laborers the games take place every four years among mainly former british colonies in the us supreme courts refused to block the state of virginia's first execution of a woman in nearly a century to resul lewis is convicted of two hired killings to collect insurance money judges rejected her lawyers appeal that this will be unconstitutional as the woman has a low i.q. the execution is planned for thursday couples in india who marry against their parents' wishes could face violence and even death all in the name of protecting family honor but a group of so-called love commandos aims to shelters such newlyweds from harm artie's charan singh meets the team volunteers behind the venture. but your life's in danger your girlfriend's been kept captive welcome to the love commandos a newly formed helpline taking calls from distraught couples who have dared to

marry against their family's wishes john because that. is whenever we get a call that a couple is being threatened if we contact our commandos and tell them to go there immediately to help them if they face any problem we inform the police our team of lawyers also reach there so that the couple is not attacked and threatened or mistreated. will be the love commandos include lawyers and social activists and claims to have attracted one hundred forty thousand volunteers across india they have helped rescue many couples from debt by forcing police to intervene. sanjaya not the other young couple in love who ran away from with their families against their marriage they had nowhere else to turn. we need five complaints to the police but no one to can when i heard of the helpline i felt some who helped us right away and we're seeing in there see if. they're having

a cent with. the help lane started following the recent upsurge in honor killings in northern india in some villages local councils passed death sentences against couples formatting outside their caste or within this same clan how did your parents today have forgotten that they too were young at some point they were also attracted to people and trying to fall in line if not all were successful of course i think if we take that frustration out on today's youngsters. the one. anonymous a priority for the volunteers who have been targeted by angry relatives and the village councils the help lane operates from five secret locations in the capital and visitors are carefully screened. do what we do we have to do it

quietly if anyone asks us our address we don't just give it to us we first ask them to reach a public spot and here our center we check to see whether he's a troublemaker who only wants to assure that he needs help then we take him with. love can sometimes be a dangerous thing in india especially in rural communities but with the love commandos just a phone call away there's at last a glimmer of hope for the many couples endangered by their feelings for each other out and saying. both war stories were a cover of course you know said online as well great web so we've got a few stories online tonight you made of course take yesterday but you can catch it today the u.s. media. brandon's pakistan that drone while the u.n. said the disaster there is worse than the haiti earthquake look at why its coverage has been so limited back stories on mind tonight and a russian cartoon tops the box office in poland the true story of two dogs who travel into space and solve it walk it fifty years ago was already rated millions

of dollars again if not without one of bit more to r.t. dot com. now i know all about this story it took me about two hours coming in about three kilometers tonight to work so jump on a train or bus but leave the automobiles and oh well that's good if you live near a metro or suppose but international car free day which started in switzerland in one thousand nine hundred four being held in moscow for one of the second time our reporter stacey bourbons hit the busy streets of moscow to judge the day's success during rush hour in the russian capital you judge for yourself. consistency reigned in russia's capital as moscow motorized idled in their cars in praise patiently and the frustrating traffic now great luck it's nothing new to moscow motorists in fact people can wait up to two and a half hours just sitting there waiting to move forward and it's even worse in the winter time but if you asked supporters of the international car free day if this

event was a failure they'll say no and that's because all they wanted was to get people talking about what improvements must be made in public transportation and last but there was also a push by this if it to get politicians to put still their promises many of them and said yes we are behind the idea of an improved railways the subways trams trolley buses and regular boxes and city leaders lead by example today many of them the left their cars at home the city also tried to lure more people on the public transportation by cutting some of the road by. they said they had no way thought that all motorists would leave their cars at home that's unrealistic and that was the point they want to get people talking and they also want to put pressure on politicians who have made promises to build more roads and to approve the infrastructure so that public transportation could be more comfortable and more timely studies have been reporting on the trouble on the roads so quickly your

business news tonight shows him. hello welcome to the business program with me charlayne was folly to a new car plows operated by foreign companies have opened in st petersburg experts say the high and i am going to factories will substantially the development of the country's automobile industry prime minister vladimir putin officially opened both enterprises and promised to continue supporting foreign investors and tire clover reports from st petersburg. it took russia a lot of effort and money to steer the car industry out of the crisis and though it's too early to reap all the benefits some progress can already be seen as sales of locally made cars are back to growth and global brands expand their presence the russian government is seeking to develop the domestic manufacturing base by ensuring local production of car components but. we will create more attractive

investment terms in russia to make it profitable for foreign companies to work here we will also make sure the production will be of the necessary quality in volume to cover the demands of the internal russian market and provide good terms for export abroad. st petersburg with its automotive cluster is seen as setting an example of how russia goes about further industrial development prime minister vladimir putin has opened the facilities of two more residents of this techno paulk the huge i plant which will be its first full cycle cup production enterprise in russia and that no auto parts factory intended to be a major supplier a car utility plant built by the canadian company will have an annual production capacity equivalent to one hundred million dollars the canary and also components produce a silent supply agreements with him to a general motors that rests on already working in st petersburg area even before

its own blog has been officially opened with magnus enterprise the idea to localize full cycle call production in russia will finally become a reality. magnus crew chief executive officer believes russia should continue creating incentives for investors and says he's company is keen to open more plants in russia car companies are going to somebody plants here will grow which means the auto parts industry needs to grow so whether we have ten plants here in ten years or thirty points here really depends on what we're being asked to do by our customers and how competitive we are street growth. area strategy for. to grow our business in russia as much as sixty percent of policy russian cut production could be made locally within the next six years the government believes the increase localization along with more full cycle call factories will provide russia's auto industry with a much needed shot in the arm at the. same. staying with the

car industry now in sales of luxury models in russia of being one of the main beneficiaries as being rolls royce as a company c. explains to business. russia is for us one of the most important global luxury car markets in the world or we have tripled our sales compared to last years up to now this year that we should see you this year increase over twenty percent of the least for the luxury car market segment of course china is currently bigger than the russian market for the growth potential in a way of holdfast markets are developing you can see that more of us on the same level in china as you see that in russia but of course on a different level of the figures. times take a look at the markets now and here in moscow stocks and closed in the red energy majors gazprom are often after the main lose their trading more than one percent on the l.t.s.

bucking the downward trend there was new poil which finished almost three point five percent. now latest figures show that russia's economy shrank by no point four percent in august compared to the previous month that's after seasonal factors were taken into account such as the record drought. accounted for about sixty percent of the decline while transport also showed low dynamics according to a report by the finance ministry on an annualized basis gross domestic product grew two point four percent in august the russians still make a service dollars reportedly planning to spin off its gold assets and list the new company on the london stock exchange the financial times newspaper says the offering may take place later this year and could be worth as much as four billion dollars citing people close to the company the paper adds that seven star will retain a seventy percent stake in the gold unit have a star has been expanding it for radio gold assets in a series of acquisitions including the recent purchase of canada's crude gold

meanwhile very own prices are currently at record highs as investors use their precious metal as a hedge against economic uncertainty and inflation. not sure update for this hour but you can always find more stories on our web site at. home slash business. culture is that so much a given to each musician a person finding

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