tensions at the u.n. general assembly reached fever pitch as iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad riles u.s. officials with noisy ratter at. the recent success of engine ration political parties in europe is turning heads raising fears of growing national. as arctic ice melts the struggle for access to the region's vast resources huge stop prompting russia to call for more cooperation .

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow a marina josh welcome to the program of this week's united nations general sam has seen another war of words between the u.s. and iran president mahmoud ahmadinejad told the global gathering he believes america was behind the nine eleven terror attacks the claims led to a walkout by u.s. and western nations and drew the wrath of barack obama lauren lyster has more. with the fanfare on the streets of new york this week. no one could miss the spectacle of more than one hundred ninety world leaders descending upon the united nations for the annual general assembly. stealing the spotlight on the world stage a face off between iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and u.s. president barack obama obama defended u.n. sanctions the u.s. has spearheaded over iran's nuclear program though he called for dialogue on the door remains open to diplomacy should iran choose to walk through. the dialogue

awkward in a job responded with drove the u.s. and european union delegations out of the assembly hall all together he claimed nine eleven was an inside job by america as a middle voice told us what that most people believe that some segments within the u.s. government has traded the attack to reverse the declining u.s. economy and his grip in the middle east. to save the zionist regime augmentin a job may have lost some of his audience inside the halls but he continued the conversation in public when you're smiling the leader started that the government had to hand out a lot and he's in what seemed like interviews with almost every network and he had a captive audience on the street and boy did he have all joined activists to contest against his visit almost daily i don't know just yet again pomp and circumstance aside offered in a job said he may return to the negotiating table if the security council plays

nice wolf that iran has always be ready for a dialing based on respect and justice and the international community warned of where an escalation in the conflict could lead and this force is used against iran i believe this would be the shortest way to the radicals in their own. truly and decided that now that we will struck we must have nuclear weapons. when it comes to matters of war and peace it seems like visions for a resolution to conflict of peace must be made by israelis and palestinians but each of us has a responsibility to do our part as well. may have fallen on deaf ears and the use of sanctions as a method by individual countries was criticized we are convinced that such practices contradict the efforts to achieve. a must be brought to an end in talk of end d.g.'s or millennium development goals of fighting hunger and poverty amidst

a global recession countries were more measured in making pledges for too long we've measured our efforts by the dollars we spoke of the food that we delivered to the conference concluded with deep concern that the un is falling far short of conquering problems such as world poverty and malnutrition it appeared no country yesterday we did the more or less they. fell short of conquering their hunger with the finest cuisine new york has to offer but this time of the year you have the fresh french bartra for so long make up out of there were black truffle sauce and i will show you the truffle staple side and after a week of traffic truffles and talk the press is already packing up despite debates continuing next week as global problems persist bua n.j. remains a convenient place for leaders to share their opinions and ideas if people hope that they care even if nothing changes after this week as to whether any of the

rhetoric becomes reality or that we're just going to have to wait and see next year or in leicester artes you. on wednesday russia banned sales of its advanced anti-aircraft missile system to iran its side of the fact a founder recently un sanctions imposed on terror ron russia's foreign minister has stressed the decision is not a you know lateral move. across the union the couple rushes simply documented in the presidential decree what is required from russia and all the other states in relation to iran after the adoption of the un security council's new resolution russia refused to deliver the as three hundred surface to air missile systems to iran in support of this resolution and russia remains opposed to any unilateral sanctions against tehran resolutions adopted by the un security council a binding but they need to be turned international laws because they are not direct application documents within countries legislation. now taking the u.n.

general assembly the participants talked a lot about mutual obligations but as artie's maria ford now reports critics say countries should keep their own promises before preaching to others as world leaders gathered at the united nations today we must. are we living up to our mutual responsibility the voice of america took to the podium the universal declaration of human rights. we recognize the inherent dignity and rights of every individual yet three miles south from barack obama's lecture on moral principles one woman languishes in this federal jail behind me stripped many say of all her dignity allegedly at the hands of u.s. officials. pakistani born u.s. educated a neuroscientist mother of three and a doctor u.s. mainstream media job levy. a so-called terrorist never charged with committing an

act of terror i mean i think his story is really just a symbol of a broader problem which has gone largely unnoticed which is that there are you know hundreds and if not thousands of people who have been disappeared at the hands of. you know either the bush administration or we don't know perhaps it continues into the obama administration and have never there is the captors have never been held to account family spokes person tina manship were foster says before city quays publicized arrest in two thousand and eight the mit graduate was tortured beaten and secretly detained in the notorious prison she was kidnapped in pakistan with her three children in march of two thousand and three no one knows where they are for a period of five years until of course the united states got. a man announces that she is in custody in afghanistan and forster says he is among the countless faces

illegally swept up by a known forces fighting the so-called global war on terror we believe that the u.s. government had a role in her disappearance and imprisonment for the the same five years. overseas see dickie has become known as the daughter of pakistan. thousands have stormed the streets. proclaiming her a victim of america's post nine eleven justice system a system creating more enemies than friends this was never about that this was about the u.s. trying to save its beauty from basic you shit and it just did that but what it did in that in in the process was that it smashed it's one thing that it stood for and that was the power of justice and it has just lost that and that is in front of the amnesty international headquartered in manhattan for decades was staging noisey

worldwide campaigns to free people they say are political prisoners often as far as burma or north korea but not in the case of a city who was imprisoned and tried next door in new york city key supporters sara flounders says the so-called pioneers of human rights abroad have illegally turned away from a horrific problem here at home not to address us on the where people are held and under horrendous conditions torture abuse held in solitary confinement the first obligation always to address the issues and the conduct of your own government thursday morning after he was sentenced to eighty six years in prison her crime attempted assault against a u.s. soldier yet the alleged crimes against her never investigated it's been. really horrifying to see that obama who ran for president as the anti bush and who

was so adamantly opposed to the perversion of the united states constitution to see him now the continuation of all of these policies that he has adopted from the bush administration has been absolutely outrageous thank you very much. marina put nigh on r.t. new york. after making inroads in sweden europe's far right parties are focusing their efforts on austria for sunday's provincial elections the country's freedom party is hoping to win votes through a controversial and muslim campaign which sparked outrage among mannie. reports. oh god by by most game is a simple as message they came and shoot down as many roasts as you count as they

rise relentlessly above austria's alpine skyline if you're not quick enough the country is islam wised up that is something we are defending our rights our traditions our culture we don't want to be dissolved into islam nor do we want there to be parallel islamic societies in our country you're going to be released by the rightwing freedom party as part of its bid for election and the regional government in styria austria second largest province the game has hit the wrong nerve within twenty four hours that received more than two hundred thousand web hits within a week it was banned the computer game may have been just a small part of a political campaign but the reaction has been nothing but a firestorm of outrage there around five hundred thousand muslims in austria together with the greens their community leaders sued the freedom party emotions in the game and islam is a reality then if we want to build mosques we will build the many within i have a vision of the future where every town and city in austria has a mosque with

a minaret that people can see from the air it's a can that in which the judicial authorities up held the complaint and ruled it again went beyond acceptable discussion forcing the freedom party to take it down from its website it's in the front of the numbers who played the game show that islam is a very important issue again thanks to us it was talked about in the first place seen by the judicial system as meddling in politics and stopping a free discussion in place if many say the ban has had the reverse effect there's not even a single minaret in styria and less than two percent of the population a muslim. the freedom party failed to get a single seat at the last election now it's expected to triple its vote and put a dent in the ruling coalition of two centrist party to have a little bit here change in danger a whole system because i have to feeling it just it's already against these two factors they like to just position themselves as like the resistance of the true people which is kind of being suppressed by the by the status quo if the freedom

party performs well it will follow the footsteps of recent successes by far i'd parties in sweden belgium and the netherlands. it appears that no longer can the centrist parties ignore the voices of those alone by islam and immigration or they risk being penalized at the ballot box. party gratz steria. and professor and tom palanker from the department of political science at the central european university in budapest says the surgeon far right parties is a dangerous trend for europe. of course it's a kind of fashion i mean one success so such a pop to promote his success is so if they also apply and for instance a successful said. such right to be in deep impact on the success of. well of course it is and they got the fame pick the course of those path is

a not only against migration or against especially islamic migration they're also empty european all these days a. deepening of the european integration and peace is a challenge to say european sends us the consensus that europe is an unfinished business and the european union should go towards a deeper federation of european states they're watching are going to live from moscow coming out of the program the next hour an extremist whose views would startle him and the right wing parties you just heard about. and mixed martial artist turned extremist who skate from a psychiatric facility in russia has given himself up in norway but is seeking political asylum. now it may be a while of the world's most inhospitable places but it's also among the most keenly sought after that's why several nations including russia canada and the united

states are staking their claims for the billions of tons of oil and gas which lie beneath the arctic and this week leaders and scientists from those countries gathered in moscow to ensure that the competition won't lead to a clash got to reports. if you stand alone you can survive in the arctic that's how russian premie have led him or putin explained that no country by itself can deal with the enormous challenges i had at the north pole he promised that what average treasures lie hidden under the creek layer of ice there will be no fighting over the top of the world the arctic needs secure sustainable management and there's anybody who has to stop with that we often hear some futuristic forecasts predicting a battle for the arctic are responsible analysis shows the majority of the frightening scenarios on the future of the arctic have no grounds whatsoever their goal is to provoke clashes among the arctic states and so that those who make the

predictions can fish for something in the murky waters but i am absolutely sure that all the existing problems including the ones over the continental shelf can be resolved in a manner of partnership and according to the law the five know the neighbors who fish in these dark cold waters are russia canada the us norway and denmark at stake now are massive amounts of untapped oil and gas estimated to be over twenty percent of what the planet has to offer but many fear that a territorial crisis over the arctic which for millenia has been a vast quiet block of ice could suddenly start to boil and for the people who call this tranquil place home an invasion of industrialization is on the horizon for many years people thought the arctic was this frozen wasteland that no one lives here no one survives here is a place for polar bears enablers and the reality is that the arctic is a vibrant place with rich natural resources rich human resources where people live

and survive daily and who love it choose to live here but some of the history's saddest chapters were written on the white pages of these glass years during the. cold war it was one of the world's most militarized regions with nuclear missiles placed there the warheads may have gun but oil and gas drills i likely to replace them environmentalist question just how safe big struction technology will be in this stuff to retain especially with the gulf of mexico disaster and its lingering legacy so fresh in people's minds it's not just a question of often you'll call drudge in the arctic it's all show that we approach those in a responsible way i don't think anybody come up roach the arctic simply from the point of view of lettuce exploit the resources i think everybody from. show

responsibility store shelves vitamins on the arctic nations but also to the entire world because if we measure the often of the role of the part of the world the consequences will be felt in asia and africa latin america the rest of europe in the united states and elsewhere apart from anna chanter rhetorical claims concerns were again raised that pumping for fuel in the world's refrigerator as it's sometimes known could speed up global warming a quarter of the world's untapped an idjit resources altered states have become increasingly anxious to sink their planes onto the look pretty piece of pie but russia says they'll be no fighting over the arctic fortunes and any territorial dispute what will result in just as informal and friendly atmosphere as a big dinner it's in the direction of our t.v. moscow. professor arthur berkman says the scale of the issue makes it impossible to solve in any other way than dialogue. it's impossible to envision any magic bullet

that suddenly appears instantaneously and solves the problem once and forever so the solutions really are dialogues and russian geographic society is to compliment for their vision and issuing a dialogue that will. that will support the type of cooperation and avoidance of conflict that is necessary to make the arctic a region that is used to the interests 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 five achieving national interests and common interests not just for the current states themselves but for the world as a whole. now two russian cosmonauts and an american astronaut made it safely back to earth on saturday after a technical glitch in orbit threatened their return for the first time to so you spacecraft fail to undock from the international space station and their journey

was postponed by day the problem was fixed and the second attempt to unhitch when shrewdly and to space travelers landed safely in castle stand after spending almost six months on board the i assess and here are their first moments on the ground. to the somebody promised me an apple but what do you know we've got a cucumber here for a couple. when you stirred up dust here. oh think you. a crisis. comes out of exam do you look better no pretty. no i want you to come but i haven't a single one is six months we have apples to live in up. with i would feel so good . now i'll be staying with all things technical a little later on r t when we explore advanced ways of saving the environment that's in our program technology update stay with us for that.

every month we give you the future we help you understand. and want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our cheap. but israel is heading for a general election which is being seen as a test for president chavez's ruling party after boycotting the poll in two thousand and five the opposition is determined to win back seats in the national assam boy janet huff is reports from caracas. it's an outstanding view from the top of one of the finest hotels in caracas venezuela. but on the ground there is a different reality a class war between the wealthy and the poor a battle that has been playing out here in venezuela since president chavez came to power in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight it happened in almost every election and this one is no exception if you think if you do.

it is what has politically mobilized both sides of the class divides leading to scenes as distinct as day. to the fullest. and that is. what the people of venezuela are calling one of the most important elections this year this is a celebration that we're in the middle love is actually a political rally today marks the end of the two thousand and ten election campaign season what's at stake here is that in building the national assembly whoever gave the majority of the national assembly will have the authority to pass the laws in this country. and so the boards build into the shade trees both for and against the chavez system a system we have right now but it's not communism at all it's working for poor people that's why people love to shop it because we kind of we can go to the neighborhood today we have free education we have free food before chavez came to

power the poor were marginalized in venezuela according to statistics from the venezuelan national statistics office poverty in this country has dropped by seventy percent in only fourteen years that's a bit of before chavez it was like a long night the poor were excluded from the country's wealth this. resents our aspirations for freedom and emancipation because chavez sees people as human beings he fights for us but the opposition has different views so look at how it truly is not just destroyed venezuela he has destroyed latin america has destroyed our values as citizens he has brought out the worst of us if the worst means foreign money to help their cause it's not sitting well with most of the venezuelan people and government newspapers articles exposing hefty figures from u.s. government funded n.g.o.s are causing venezuelans to cry foul in this election and system the money is going directly to opposition forces united states make whatever day was around the world and nobody said nothing so they are angry because we are

saying something about that. however the opposition refuses to acknowledge there is a link between the dollars pouring into this country and their campaigns going to get rid of chavez through votes in the market that's why we're going to vote on september twenty sixth against chavez a socialist communist project twenty first century socialism hasn't helped us it is her favorite pro chavez elements also insist the opposition is composed of the wealthy elite with a prejudice towards majority poor. i hate discrimination and that is what the opposition that's why people don't trust it and they discriminate good like they were there the whites of the year the indians over there i am white so i am more prevalent in our fellow you oh no no no. from day to night both sides are behind two different messages. one calling for a balance in the parliament dominated by the governments parties and a more capitalist system with the other praising the political structure currently in place one with

a socialist agenda because depending on which way the pendulum swings in this election the governing system of venice where law will ultimately follow john huff is r t could act as venezuela. and who are waters to blame for the growing level of poverty in america which is that it's highest in one hundred years or harvest our very own new york resident has been assessing people's views on the current economic situation in the us. the u.s. census bureau released a report indicating that about forty four million americans or one in seven live below the poverty level that's the highest it's been in over half a century what or who's to blame for this this week let's talk about that is that the prising not consider in obama's policy you know the thing he's to blame for where we're at right now well he's partially to blame he's put the whole country

and so how are we going to get out of it. get rid of obama i mean we are fighting two wars and i think they are costing a lot of money so obviously that's having a significant effect on the economy and obama inherited these wars so i don't think we can blame him i've lost faith in the government i think it's just a power struggle in washington now that's what i think it's kind of like everyone saying what they're supposed to be saying for their party but no one's concerned about doing anything that's one way of putting it i suppose i would say the mortgage mortgage dilemma. loaning money that we don't have to people that can afford it to begin with and i think that was the beginning of it do you think that's going to turn around anytime soon are we going to just see more. i hope i hope it turns around i think it's i think it's on the upswing there would be no middle class just poverty class and the rich class that would be too good so you think that the middle class is kind of disappearing in this country i think it's definitely it's definitely. not so much disappearing but it's definitely not as big

as it used to be i mean you know growing up my parents always said that the middle class was a lot bigger and times were a lot easier like a lot of people tend to react and take a lot of things for granted. a lot of the things that we really have and you know we have a lot more than several other countries in the world i'm just going to get complacent take things we're going to maybe we should focus on what we do have instead of what we don't have a now so. the bottom line is that no matter. who or what it's to blame for this high level of poverty let's just hope someone or something can do something about it. and i'll be back with a have i'anson just a few minutes and don't go away stay with r.t. .

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