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politicians in kyrgyzstan take their last chance to woo voters ahead of sunday's parliamentary vote with a campaign marred by violence. religious tension split poland as worse as new islamic center stirs fears of terrorism and radicalization. of voyage to the ends of the earth fifteen polar scientists head off for a year long mission on a floating ice sheet was no contact with land. and three cosmonauts blast off in a new cutting edge so use rocket the team will spend six months on the international space station.

eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me right now josh welcome to the program now it's the last day of campaigning in kyrgyzstan ahead of the crucial parliamentary vote the election will establish central asia is first parliamentary republic why which the president's powers occur it's also hoped to bring coveted stability to the region that has suffered from deadly political and ethnic violence in the past few months as you work is going on now reports. burns down shops and houses abandoned cafes and broken windows political billboards alongside piles of debris on the street as the stun gets ready to vote for a new parliament here in the country's second largest city the need for change is obvious. we need a decent government able to restore peace and stability that will stop people from leaving economy stability and the economy to start working there so i mean we will

eighty two polling stations that instead of across the city the election is to be observed by monitors from the sea russia and the c.i.s. the amount of competing parties is all time record twenty nine the country's interim president is pushing to build a parliamentary republic where the head of state is more of a ceremonial figure than the one who holds power however several parties are against the idea including the one headed by the former prime minister felix school . each body has to pass the five percent more in order to get into college. it's. after what happened this election is not just a political choice it's a chance to reunite two peoples to build a new country. they were jordi of the population in our kid gets around one third nationals in june the two clashed in a massive outburst of violence armed gangs that destroyed shops and said houses ablaze according to the most modest figures hundreds of people were killed and

several thousand others were injured the havoc lasted several days until the interim government regained control by that time most populated districts have been almost completely destroyed many like this woman who lost everything and even now are forced to survive without a roof over their head. my house was burned down i don't have anything now only food i can get is from the red cross maybe a few of the upcoming vote but attract more violence on thursday police arrested a man sending s.m.s. threats to locals trying to make them vote for specific party over three hundred officers will patrol the polling stations and five hundred swat like commandos have been flown in from the capital bishkek volunteers have also been recruited wausau. was now switched to an intense mode of operations besides the additional force a separate seam of around a hundred officers is taking part in tactical drills and will also be deployed in

the case of emergency. was proposed by the interim government in me after president was overthrown by thousands of protesters the opposition to control of the country promising democratic reform. friday is the final day off political rally which means just one more day is left before sunday's election here in it seems the authorities are ready both in terms of the organization and security but the traces of the recent violence can still be easily found in most parts of the city and or a clear sign stability is still a long way off you go to spin off or. the construction of a new muslim center in the heart of predominantly catholic poland has outraged activists across the country opponents say the mosque in warsaw could foster radicalism and terrorism but local muslims claim religious discrimination. as more . muhammad moved from egypt to warsaw several years ago however he

says it's been hard to settle in family and i only do freelance jobs because it's very difficult for me to find any permanent work and it's not because i'm not skilled but because my applications are turned to soon as employers learn that my name is muhammad omar golan has long been a mono ethnic nation with the muslim community less than one percent of the population most of them are ethnic starts are swear have been here for centuries but ahead of war so it's only islamic center says the number of migrants from muslim countries is growing rapidly. but that's sort of this mosque almost twenty years ago and the several dozen people were coming here for prayer now the friday prayer gathers hundreds and the building simply cannot fit everyone. news of another islamic center to be built in warsaw was welcomed by the nation's thirty thousand strong minority construction of

a new second mosque in warsaw began last year according to blue brains it is supposed to be three times as large as the initial islamic center but unlike the first mosque which was sponsored by the local muslim community this one was financed from abroad. the fact that construction money came from saudi arabia enraged several political movements in poland that they staged protests urging the government to stop what they call islam isolation of the country's people the man behind the rally says it is the feeling of terrorism that draws people to the streets we believe that this organisers station which is. i'm going to build this mosque on my worth so he's connected to the for the nation of islam if you're going to say she knew it all the other organisation which are members of. the version of the i'm going just a few up. on western europe from the right across the front to seventy six states

most from connection to terrorism the rally gathered several hundred men and was little surprised to politicians this is an influence of what is happening to western european countries i mean everybody here wants to know what was happening in perry in france in another france it is us ago that's read from the funeral mentalists from the terrorists after all and they decided to participate in iraq and afghanistan operations sociologists a most crowley salute a fuse for a time bomb. also of a new fall for now the city college rages more or less counted down by the presence of european human rights activists but as the number of immigrants grows this may well be not enough to keep the approaches down i believe we're facing a serious conflict in the future. at the moment only around three percent of the country is of known ball this whole region but with more immigrants coming to

poland the anticipated brighter future with the european union could be clouded by worries of ethnic tension. let's. see reporting from warsaw in poland. coming up in the program a green landmark and u.s. military history. after nine years of war in afghanistan the campaign is drawing more criticism both within the country and abroad. of the launchpad of the cosmic stabs as the next group blast off to the international space station. russian scientists will spend a year drifting on an ice floe in an epic expedition to the arctic it is the latest in a series of trips to study the area and support russia's claim to the region's territory to the chela witnessed the departure of the icebreaker from a northern port before getting on board. at the top of the world nothing new for the likes of arctic veteran russia's. he's

lost count of times he's traveled to both poles or rather has a new lonely cold possibly dangerous adventure lies ahead. for these young man two weeks aboard an icebreaker is a last chance to have fun and get to know new colleagues but as soon as they get to their final destination it will be hard work and survival. if there's terrorism present my girlfriend. is an old travelers book with drawings and layers of the. impressions interesting stories but it isn't a tiny i will write in tiny letters. twenty five year old ocean ologist andre is one of a fifteen strong team will be left to fend for themselves for a year whatever food mattson equipment or cloths they need has to go with them now because they'll be out of reach and their have to keep an eye on ice crags

dangerous storms and paula back on the hunt also harding north on the ship is a veteran goalie from the sunny russian republic of korea although he won't be staying behind this time he says he's family aunt exactly happy with his career choice you know. my parents were against their expedition to worsen relation with parents and carcasses is a serious thing i came back home for six months to build a house for my sons and moved to st petersburg in order climate as well. in the warm galley has been looking forward to reuniting with his best friends while he's been on leave huskies dean and dick spent a year on the island to visa most of it outdoors scientists tell stories of how they. fearlessly chased back into the sea gullies seen them grow from puppies into courageous explorers but they can never hurt salt to woman climbs scientists

believe in the bees island for more than a year at a time harsh weather conditions and three local bass makes for a significant danger to the explorers the biggest threat to these animals to these drugs lies not with the optic but outside it born in the north which is almost clean of viruses these stalks simply wouldn't make it in the cities that's why they moved from one station to another in other words there and could. tell the rest of their lives. today is a special day for me i can express it with words or joy which i took a pipe from to show the students in a dive i mean unless absurd if my wife would have fallen on my dog died or between couldn't eat and sleep for a week that starts. now the dogs are up and ready for

a new paula joy any explain standridge the born you have to make them love you he says make them part of the team you need all the friends you can get alone in the arctic. and sit in the church of all our teeth from the island to these are in the arctic and i watch that are com has a lot more for you and here's a taste of what's online right now. why does america c.r.t. is an anime we explore how us overseas broadcasters plan expansion while slamming competitors. and there's no end to extreme temperatures after russia's scorching heat there are some the summer forecasters say winter temperatures are shaping up to be the coldest in the lany and find out why at r.t. dot com. now the u.s. led campaign in afghanistan which reached the grim miles. nine years is facing more criticism many say what was started in response to the nine eleven attacks has turned out to be

a quagmire like the vietnam war with more american troops now in place public support for the war inside and outside the u.s. is slipping rapidly some two thousand nato troops have been killed so far in the conflict international forces are expected to was draw in july next year although not all at once phyllis bennis analysis from the institute for policy studies says there is a lack of political will and the campaign. were there because no u.s. president no u.s. politician is willing to say this was a failed war from the beginning we should never have been there from the beginning we should get out the entry to afghanistan was a defeat from day one the bottom line is it was not a war of self-defense we were not attacked by afghans the notion that we were going because we were worried about people's human rights under the taliban that doesn't explain why we were so willing to deal with the taliban before this we were dealing with the taliban over creating oil pipelines across afghanistan there's

a lot of hypocrisy here and i think that we do ourselves a disservice and we do the people of afghanistan a disservice if we blew that we were attacked in a horrible crime against humanity the answer to that should never have been war veteran a member of the rethink of ghana stand movement just in thompson says that the u.s. led war will have long term effects on future generation of afghans. the question i ask is like why are we still there and what are we actually doing what is the effect on the population because yes we talk about regional stability with afghanistan and pakistan as well but we don't ever talk about the civilian impact the impact on women do women have increasing women's rights today also what about the children this is the future generation that is actually going to take over to rule the country once we leave so the impact they were having on and what they're seeing the level of violence and their friends and family being killed these are very negative impacts if we did pull out it would have a good long term benefit is because we're right now we're breeding terrorism in the

region we're creating instability pakistan bar continued presence in afghanistan which cross border attacks we're seeing on nato supply lines and on u.s. bases from the pakistani side into afghanistan as well or a veteran a member of everything afghanistan rather than just their pakistani forces are still avoiding direct confrontation with the taliban who are threatening u.s. soldiers in neighboring afghanistan that's according to a white house report archy's military contributors as america must rethink its attitude towards pakistan before it can get a breakthrough in its fight against the taliban and months ago during an interview to veterans today. i got a question what i would advice to the white house for getting the u.s. policy in afghanistan i gave. answer when it comes to afghanistan think about pakistan get serious or get out on the date of the ninth anniversary of the

us invasion to afghanistan their white house as usual licked the latest reports regarding the pakistan your role in the us occupation of afghanistan. the conclusion the us has to retain value eight its towards pakistan and get serious about the pakistan sabotaging its africa as well whether it's a conclusion is surprise or just a coincidence with my advice one month ago i don't know you tell me. well support for the u.s. led foreign campaign is at an all time low late appear live alan has crossed discuss whether the so-called war on terror as only seen a surge in violence around the world. is absolutely not popular in the middle east at all we are very unpopular in the middle east and i have no idea i mean what do you know what would be talking about what's going to do to what strategic interest

what strategic interest i mean how does it affect us whether or not we are popular i don't understand this sort of we're talking about the middle east as though everyone there is an individual actor and everyone there has a vote so everyone can back down how they feel about the united states when this is not the case of these are all the regimes there's a very short surety regimes hello we're talking about the global war on terror and what is called the global war on terror in that war individuals do have votes that's exactly what we're talking about that's our process. and crossed eyes on in just fifteen minutes time here on our team and now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and toxic red chemical sludge from the factory in hungary has reached the river danube hungary's prime minister has called the spill as geological tragedy and it fears the boys of the thousands of tons of the sludge spilled after a reservoir burst leaving four people dead and the one hundred injured the cleanup

is expected to take the. chile thirty three miners trapped underground for more than two months may be reached by saturday rescuers have already drilled through over five hundred meters of rock and have only nine thousand meters left to go they will then check how safe the shaft is before they bring to the surface the country's mining minister said they would be rescued within ten days at the latest relatives are waiting at the site. thousands of public workers in greece have walked off the job in a twenty four hour strike over job losses and wage cuts. and they are demanding the government to repeal stringent measures designed to pull the country out of the financial crisis all public offices and hospitals have been shot with many flights to and from greece cancelled its air traffic controllers joined the demonstrations . before dawn in the steps of cars a step of the engines of a so you spacecraft award to life sending it on a two day flight to the international space station two cosmonauts and

a nasa astronaut are aboard the high tech spacecraft tom barton witnessed the launch. baikonur has been the site of rocket launches for about fifty five years this year its anniversary it's also been the site of soyuz launches for decades garren through from here and now this soyuz rocket is an advance upon a long line of previous ones it concludes improvements in technology in the soyuz rocket and the spacecraft including essentially a digitize ation of various systems and the computer systems involved in this rocket and improvement in the control systems the temperature control systems and the power supply systems it's also been made seventy kilograms lighter that soyuz spacecraft that will attach to the international space station and easier to manufacture in the future however one thing that hasn't changed over all the decades is the people that fly it the humans the crews that go inside it the three

men in this crew have been training for two years long an extensive training period the captain alexander kaleri experienced cosmonaut this is his fifth trip up into space or leg script. and of flight engineer on board this is his first trip into space and the third the u.s. astronaut scott kelly it's his third trip into space an interesting extra detail about him quite astonishingly his brother also an astronaut mark kelly is here watching him today and even more amazingly later on he will be flying up with a u.s. space shuttle possibly even the last u.s. space shuttle to the international space station and working with his brother for a short period there you know it's a credible to watch any rocket large or my brothers are bored makes it even more

exciting i've seen him launch three times now and it's pretty incredible thing to see. the. he says now starting up we're just going to stand back and take a look up still launch the culmination of all the preparations that have gone into this launch. rockets going off now to the international space station on its journey up there and rockets like that after a few months may be the only link with the international space station meaning that baikonur will be humanity's gateway up to space. to watch the launch tomorrow the reporting their time now to go back to earth here shallowest farley with the latest

business update and one russian retailer i'm hearing is hoping to sink its debts in london and i yes that's right russian retailer ok is the values up to three billion dollars ahead of its i.p.o. the british capsule which is needed to sink is five hundred million dollars debt will have the details in the program but russia and cyprus have signed an agreement eliminating double taxation between the two countries deal has been raised by russia's president visiting cyprus aiming to develop closer a more transparent financial ties. taxes are still low here but. there's no zero taxation in cyprus there was a couple of questions one including the disclosure of information about the company particularly the real estate. so it's just happened historically the russian business. partner for the reason of taxation partly for the reason. for investment. in cyprus i think. we.

want to. get more investment from. happening i think one of the largest investor in russia and i think gradually the russian business will start to russia but at the end of the day we have a normal tax that tax regime would have a normal chief information i think. and the future of russia's largest mining companies to be decided in a special general meeting being held in two weeks there are nichols being gripped in a bitter dispute between shareholders. or talents into roths united method of has the details. the shock waves are still spreading from nearest annual meeting back in june interoffice with a twenty five percent stake gained four seats on the board while you sell with a slightly larger stake managed to get honest we then broke

a truce in which the two shareholders had agreed not to attempt to gain control of the valuable nickel producer since then there have been claims from both the new regulations legal action and proposals from both sides to buy their out. also to see metals management is too close to enter ross specifically they want a bigger dividend payout to shareholders and if you can't invest in your projects you have to return the money to the shareholders there's no reason for the management to. enjoy the big cash pile that is sit on the balance or that has to put it on to show all those tours are going to invest in new projects themselves if the management is not able to do it so very simple corporate governance professional management that's what this stand for and we do believe those issues also preserve while there was a company from current sorts a bit until sixty billion dollars at least twice what the next eighteen months no risk denies it's involved boardroom game is the company says it needs the money to

start which will put on hold when global downturn. but there are. moments illustrated carrying out phone calculation works for that final decision is not you know we're quite sure we have some. interest in mosul put aside their differences then to depths of the global financial crisis but metals prices are rising again generating attractive cash flows so. russo could certainly use the room for compromise shrinking them urgency general meeting drones near. nine hundred of our business our team. tom else a quick how the markets are doing in here in russia the call to both pulling a trade on the back of determining oil prices rose enough to among the main players driving the. six point eight percent respectively on the r.t.s. and every day just makes the nikkei it's going to close on was one for saying to the right this is a strong yen that drives the japanese shares and so. i had

a key today to the force due out later in the day. now british oil is to explore and develop a major gas and caspian sea is signed a thirty year deal of the shift field of the state energy for the deal involving up to five hundred billion cubic meters of gas could strengthen the role of supply of the west. in other news russian investment company dialogue is seeking to exchanges twenty five percent stake in call maker asked of us for the shares of nisson a rhino that's according to the head of russian technologies which is one of the major shareholders of october currently run owns twenty five percent in the troubled russian probably in september the french company came to wouldn't increase its stake until the financial condition of gets better the stake owned by two of the dialogue is worth around three hundred twenty million dollars that equals two

percent in run over all roughly one percent in the same. and finally russia's third largest retailer ok is being valued at around three billion dollars ahead of its upcoming i.p.o. in london the gross a raise up to five hundred million dollars in order to sink its short term debts. ok sells agree that the two percent over to could tell this the retail chain is holding fifty shops for a question. that you can always find more stories on our website auto called slash business. you're.