plans to. keep don't come. three astronauts remain stranded in orbit tonight as a. shuttle from one but mission control says the crew is in no danger. cia trained death squads reportedly fighting the taliban in pakistan concerns about what will happen to be fighters once the u.s. is out of it. also calls for peace and a furious war the biggest gathering of world leaders in the big. as the international community calls upon iran to get back to dialogue president accuses the united states of trying to dominate the world all the latest updates just ahead in the program.

hello this is r.t. it's ten pm here in moscow thanks for chiming. in with the top stories for you and for the first time ever a soyuz spacecraft has failed to undock from the international space station leaving the crew stuck in orbit for now two russian cosmonauts and astronauts ready to return to worse when an alarm signals technical problems. as the latest. a difficult maneuver and not a good time to hear warning bells after spending nearly six months in orbit three of the current i says crew get held up trying to head for home well trying to undo the automatic lock between the space station and he is lending money you feel to open history and. an alarm went off aboard the spacecraft saying that the airlock

isn't properly secured and the vehicle isn't isolated from the vacuum of space after a thorough inspection it turned out this was a false alarm and this is no ordinary jam blog this journey home takes intense preparation. they haven't slept for a day preparing for the landing checking the spacecraft costumes and testing the air tightness and now they have to go through that all over again which means another day of no rest it's very tough but they're well trained with safety is the watchword here mission control center needs to be one hundred percent certain before giving the next green light we could have proceeded with the undocking and landing today but we decided to do it tomorrow just to be sure there is nothing wrong with either the station or the landing module. now the problem is solved nothing should stop same space craft from successfully detaching his plans in case of emergency in case the spacecraft fails to undock again there's always

a back up module that they can hear is to five bad to earth and there's always plan c. as then by say you spacecraft that's ready to take off for the isis and bring the stranded crew safely back to earth not only the r.t. kind of moscow region. elite terror killed team was run by america's intelligence agency of no take in the u.s. led war beyond afghanistan those are the claims in a new book called obama's wars by veteran journalist bob woodward in it he reveals that a secret army of some three thousand fighters. in the taliban have now infiltrated pakistan but. the fact that the cia's managing a covert afghans was never a well guarded secret the first. u.s. officials for some time have been talking quite openly and brazenly about secret armies operating here although these officials speak anonymously some of them have gone so far as to actually brag and boast that some of their most effective

counterinsurgency efforts have been thanks to groups like this now in a book that will be released next week and titled obama's war was written by bob woodward he suggests that there are as many as three thousand afghan assassins who have been directly trained and funded by the cia to carry out can design operations in which they capture and kill al qaeda and taliban fighters and leaders here in afghanistan and also across the border in pakistan and this is something that is not going to go down well with his there has always been a red light on u.s. forces operating here in afghanistan not to cross over into pakistan and this coupled with the fact that the u.s. has been firing missiles from a manned u.s. drone aircraft to do rate higher than the bush administration does point to an enlargement of the u.s. president barack obama's close it when the region that is the million dollar question what does happen to these heavily trained heavily equipped and heavily

funded groups if and when the us uses interest in this part of the world this is a decades old strategy we're not talking about something new we're talking about a system when for whatever reasons it is not politically or economically woman. terribly viable for the united states to take some kind of direct action it employs proxy armies the same thing or a very similar type of operation happened in iraq against al qaida there we saw the same thing happening back in the one nine hundred eighty s. here in afghanistan when the cia sponsored it which if you did to take on the soviets and very often people would suited this as the sole the door option a throwback to the seventy's and eighty's when the us sponsored disquiets in countries in latin america to take on its enemies at his pulis lire pouring over from afghanistan's capital kabul after spoke to us he's from the think tank project from pakistan of the twenty first century he says the death squads may become a major source of problems for both of gonna start. the united states continues to

rely on warlords in afghanistan when when i heard about the mercenary force of three thousand well trained of guns i still there's one part of the story that is still missing and that is where these three thousand of gun volunteers for this mercenary army came from and i have no doubt about the answer to this question and that is they came and they were recommended by some of the warlords of course as you know there is a there's a problem of loyalty and enough to understand you cannot recruit people without knowing exactly where they coming from so most of this three thousand force must have come recommended from some of the warlords and these warlords are really milking the u.s. government and the u.s. military they're making a lot of money and of course we all know the story of what happened in toto back in november and in december two thousand and one when it was some of bin laden actually escaped from total vote of thanks actually to the very allies of the u.s.

military of gone warlords who some of them according to reports took money and let many almost one thousand al qaeda fighters really skate so you really these are really shifting loyalties and these three thousand fighters must have come from somewhere and they must have loyalties to some warlords inside afghanistan and this confirms actually that we will have problems about these militias and these mercenaries getting out of control at some point in the future. just ahead of the program tonight. he's close a team on a journey that explores the ethnic diversity of the sakhalin region in russia's far east. first the runs president says his country's ready for dialogue and its nuclear program and world powers lead the negotiations which could take place in october first despite mahmoud ahmadinejad's copper to talk at the un general assembly where he also claimed that america could be behind the nine eleven attacks prompting u.s. delegates to walk out last night catch up with parties in the future and she's in new york runs uses global platform to say it is now ready for talks but any

conditions attached. well you know kevin it's interesting that this this friday is actually the first time in these last couple of days that mahmoud ahmadinejad has finally said that dialogue with the international community on iran's reading and richmond program is a possibility and that these talks like you just mentioned could come as early as october after being halted last year and this is really being seen over here as the first more or less constructive comments made by the iranian president in these last couple of days in new york because we have been seeing endless political mind games directed at the international community coming from the reigning in the president's where he was suggesting that the format being suggested by the international community is not sufficient enough is not satisfactory where he said that the possibility of the united states tries to attack iran and richness facility is also saying that the united states is still trying to dominate the

world and so on really not a constructive approach to getting any results on the table so love it earlier this week at a meeting of the five permanent members at this of the security council plus germany there was an urge for iran to get back to negotiations and apparently at least for now he has agreed to doing this and getting down sitting down together for dialogue and of course this comes as negotiations were on hold last year which led to the united nations security council adopting a fourth round of sanctions against iran and we heard this thursday that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that iran can become. an economic sanction free nation if tehran meets certain conditions and these conditions are following a d. and cooperating with the international atomic energy agency as well as signing up to a range of not nuclear nonproliferation international agreements and really lifting all suspicions of the international community and proving that it has peaceful intentions and this is so you're right there's been

a real mix bug of messages you know it's just less than twenty four. strike you much more cold with the new york but the top of the chose was somewhat surprising. well you know that's true it's really interesting how my who doesn't it changes his mood and his approach to dealing with the rest of the world almost every other day and it's true that we saw a comment from him but really tried to push the buttons of the of american politicians here in new york when he addressed the u.n. general assembly barack obama has already reacted saying that i didn't shards claims that most of the world believes that america was behind the attacks of nine september eleventh has basically called this hateful and offensive take a listen to what after dinner she had said exactly. there were three viewpoints first that a very powerful and complex terrorist group able to successfully cross all the

years of the american intelligence and security carry don't the attack this is a prevalent viewpoint which has been supported and mainly obligated by american statesman second that some segments within the u.s. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining american economy and its grips in the middle east in order to save the zionist regime the majority of the american people as well as most nations and politicians around the world agree with this view. well kevin you know it's interesting that even though these comments made headlines all over the united states all over the mainstream media certainly it's interesting that nobody really expected anything different than the actions from mahmoud ahmadinejad it's traditional that he make speeches that last around forty minutes even though they're supposed to last fifteen and that he always uses the opportunity to lash out at the united states and of course we did see the u.s. delegation walk out of the assembly hall as mahmoud ahmadinejad was making his speech but again this is also not very new because it was seen as

a sort of regular diplomatic slap in the face when delegation is not happy about something that's being said they walk out this happens quite often and it's happened before this week and we have to mention of course that there have been lots of protests when it comes to mahmoud ahmadinejad we have been seeing dozens of people protesting getting out of buses with signs holding. messages such as i'm a danish that is a terrorist a tyrant a murderer you know hundreds of people outside the united nations throughout the week so definitely after genocide has not just been in the headlines on people's minds but also on our call signs at these protests you know the colorful world of international politics. from new york to look she would so long to not develop home page but who says green party wants of presidential candidate to be banned from the upcoming hall where of the admits to killing a kid when he was a child more months to take a look at this from gary in priest and see if you stay for the skills to disparage

rather good is really what church one of the master class made. don't call. if you want to be watched or has not really rejected a resolution proposed by arab nations to get israel to open up about its nuclear activities the proposal that israel's widely assumed atomic arsenal threatens regional security while the u.s. voiced concern that the draft text could jeopardize current fragile peace talks in the region before middle east tips about says that israel must sign the nonproliferation treaty to peace be possible. if one one middle eastern power would have would possess nuclear nuclear armaments and the others i guess security in the region would be under threat is that leaders have maintained that they want they think that it is their national interest to do to be ambiguous

as far as. their perception of looking or not but of course the whole world the whole world knows that israel has nuclear weapons and we don't see any need for this weapon in the middle east in the middle east and of course we will never reach a comprehensive settlement as as long as israel has and joined the n.p.t. and hasn't accepted the additional protocols of the of the n.p.t. . those were using brief for marty australia's a little pigmy president says the awarding of commonwealth games to new delhi was wrong john coates added that the multinational body behind the event didn't have the resources to ensure preparations were done properly on time some country taking part or delaying their arrival because of concerns over incomplete buildings and

squalid conditions in the athletes' village the six billion dollars games are due to start next week. japan's released chinese fishing boat captain was arrested more than two weeks ago he was detained after an apparent collision with two japanese coast guard vessels new taiwan beijing says the detention was illegal and is sending a plane to bring him back into the port of diplomatic dispute between china and japan. following says serious business but not for this senior swiss politician. i finance minister has rudolph succumbed as you can see the fits of giggles during a recent speech he wouldn't expect many last we found when discussing spice me to. look like you should i barely comprehensible bureaucratic jargon seems to cool these funny you stand the performances one of hundreds of thousands of you tube and the round of applause from his colleagues to each.

other way are close have to take another road trip to bring the very best of russia next. and this time we're heading seven thousand kilometers from moscow to the countries far east areas of them up russians biggest island sakhalin also one of the country's most prosperous regions so ok to this you say not far from japan it was the scene of territorial struggle between moscow and tokyo in the early twentieth century in the late one nine hundred thirty sakhalin became home to thousands of koreans sent there by japan is cheap labor party's election as yes he spoke to members of a unique community who still call the island. artie's close up team continues its inside in the circle in region in the russian far east and this time we'll talk about what this region is like in terms of its social structure now this region has

more than a powerful million residents predominantly russian more than eighty four percent of the people living in the cycling island and everywhere around the region are ethnic russians also we have less than six percent of ethnic koreans the diaspora which was sent here by japan at the time when this this island was occupied by the land of the rising sun and the korean diaspora in the cycling is the largest of all russia we know that all this half a million koreans living in every way across russian mainland but the biggest chunk of this diaspora is living in here in the circle in region and we did a report with inside on the tragic story of these labor migrants in this part of russia let's have a look at this report right now. korean team you and deborah first to be court judge a court or russian style this nineteen year old man worked in saddam schoolmarms for more than four decades ago was under two different political regimes he still

remembers the night his life changed completely nor you are not the japanese soldiers came to our. village in korea in one thousand nine hundred three and dragged me and some of my family out of our house they said they were taking us to sakhalin to work in a mine and promised we would only be there for two years but as you can see i'm still here. kim lives in a small mining village in eastern sakhalin home to several hundred people whose share his story koreans were sent to cycling by japan as forced labor migrants to work in coal mines thus they supply talk with the resources needed for the war. the japanese occupation ended more than six decades ago and most of the coal mines are no longer operational but the koreans are still here. just under a thousand koreans were sent to cycling by talk while their country was on the japanese rule thanks. now there are almost fifty times as many

living on the island and if the third generation has adapted to life here some of the older people who see themselves as forced migrants still dream of going back given their holiday gatherings turn into political rallies as you can demand historic justice. this organization deals with we've got three ation and has helped more than fifteen hundred koreans return home over the past twenty years its president says this number would be higher if talkee or provided help. because. as we believe japan is guilty of causing our situation in the first place since nine hundred eighty five we've heard tokyo apologize twice you know but it hasn't gone anywhere from there there's been no action that's why we rely on our own resources and help from russia and south korea. moskos stance is to assist the repair tribulation of the cycling koreans and local authorities say they try to do just

that but the number of people wanting to leave is diminishing every year but it is going to go with a but will fully cooperate with local korean organizations on a pattern but ethnic koreans are getting more and more into south and in life they held positions and then ministration there is successful in which no business and they get a good education and that's why some even come back after a patch nation to korea he. says he'd happily return to korea but all of his family are here so like many within the diaspora he sees no point in leaving his home even if this was not the home he chose lets you assess ski r.t. reporting from the cycling we. one invention was undoubtedly made the world smaller is television and later this hour looks back to the days before a high definition hi fi flat screens to watch soviet life as seen on t.v. that. first television broadcast in russia was in one nine hundred thirty one by

the nine hundred fifty s. people in the u.s.s.r. could watch three television channels a receiver like this one here. for . a slice of history then with mr marson hundreds about ten minutes time your r.t. before that let's get back up to date with the business charlotte see after this quick break. i'm great for the food we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers.

hello and welcome to the business program with me is folly the world bank is planning to jump start lending in russia with a fund to buy bad debts from banks is hope this will free up cash for the banks can ease credit vote banks international finance corporation is in talks with bank and russia's deposit insurance agency set up in two thousand and eight to buy troubled land its debts in russia believed to be around seventy billion dollars given that investors trade about twenty percent of non-performing loans this means russia has a potential market of thirteen billion dollars. now global mergers and acquisitions have risen for the third consecutive quarter and showing their strongest results in

two years active six hundred billion dollars up thirty five percent from a year ago a recovery in financing options allowed companies to deals previously first on hold during the crisis growth is being driven mainly by emerging markets in particular the bric countries of brazil russia india and china which accounted for a fifth of m. and a activity so far this year activity in the u.s. has held steady offsetting a slow performance in europe. have a look at the markets now and here moscow and also in the back end of the week in the black boxes. fashion the positive sentiment was in line with global trends all of their goods manufactured data from the u.s. and the rise in german business confidence provided the most the polish was bad but getting long to put five percent. and staying with the markets and it's been a quiet week here in russia although generally more positive than negative. from investment bank gives his verdict on the last five days people expect that there is

going to be some early summer appreciation know what the markets are committing in the united states and started coming she was very the market for the basic are you going to be some increase in the purchases or something out of the current comes from and so what we believe is going to be you're not happening until gold we are going to remember them up at the same time offered a small role where your beef industry was so we've seen some rather negative producers coming out which was very much like nothing else for the market were for that because part of a member of the market was trying to do now the metal unions of russian and gold mining. plans to raise up to four hundred million dollars by holding an i.p.o. on the hong kong stock exchange a source of investment fund says the company has already begun the order book is to close the six table from pricing is just take place will be the second of russian firm to be listed in hong kong after aluminum to do so. russia offers tremendous potential for comp and trading that's according to

a group of international experts who've gathered here in moscow to discuss the possibilities for developing the markets one some say could be worth moving to a half billion dollars a year would you know question has the details. carbon trading was one of the key elements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to greet and dicky on a product called russia was the last to ratify the product which came into effect in two thousand and five under the trading system a government issue permits to kompany. volume of greenhouse gas if a company than once to invent more c o two equivalent than it can by the right from in another company that will emit less the system also works between countries but even if the mechanism were widely adopted it still would not properly address the problem of greenhouse gas emissions the challenges are it's more from what your political level i mean we have you know china is a new power in the world so it is growing and it's growing its emissions we

have the united states that is still a bit reluctant. to reduce emissions because that will. you call me we have for europe europe that's very active the first domestic carbon trading proposal was made by russia's knowledge as bankers burbank the c.m. thirty five companies made bids for seventy seven point five million tons of c o two equivalent meanwhile ukraine's national environmental investment agency wants to created joint carman trading platform between russia and belarus carbon trading russia really just kicked off the approval of fifteen projects which produce emissions study small scale so far we've only seen somewhere you know just under forty million tonnes of carbon to put out the context of surrounds three hundred fifty million euros but the potential is much greater however the private sector is has a tenant about making long term investment in content trading as the kyoto protocol

exploits in twenty twelve and its success has not yet been a great the weak governmental support for missions trading is adding to the uncertainty of these markets. with the long term view because we believe that this by the difficulties we are observing in terms of finding a new international agreement we believe that we would be leaving it to you to constrain the war so far very little money has been made from carbon trading in russia without profit incentives it's hard to persuade private companies to get involved in the markets but the governments will get another chance to rewrite the rules in two thousand and twelve when the kyoto protocol expires and possibly build in more financial incentives for companies to go green might you know question a business i want to. mashups a face out but you can always find more stories on our website called sash business .

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