test pilot but before that i think we you know i was working in dairy queen was over twelve years old mopping the floor for the last jet of the last job we really had that we worked together and then the time came mach said goodbye scott and to the rocket these two russian crew mates everyone went to it's only twenty minutes to go until the launch one boat is on the ground the other is preparing for a blast so that they both know first time and what they're counting down to not watch his brother fly away into space the trip he'd made three times him self. it's you know it's a credible to watch any rocket launch and all my brothers are board makes it even more exciting i've seen a model launch three times now and it's pretty incredible thing to see when they both meet again on the international space station in a few months time it will become a family space station tuesday but just like his brother mark doesn't want to be too sentimental it's going to be a busy busy fly but you know to get

a chance to do that with my brothers is a great opportunity scott and marc on celebrity twin oxalis yet but it'll be a uniquely human moment when the hatch door the siblings meet in space from bottom potty. they're up to date and i'll be back with every top of the week's top stories in just a few moments as staging. wealthy

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poland and more into a plane crash that killed ninety six people on board including the nail polish president. also this week marks nine years since u.s. troops entered up. that is stunning the so-called war against terror but some say american soldiers both fueling the flames of violence as well as the taliban. and starting with afghanistan the country remains the world's largest exporter of opium with over a third of its ending up in russia so russia is counted of course exchanged victor explain to all see just why the war on drugs is not being won. today we're talking to the head of russia's dog control service and mr pena thank you very much for joining us today first off let's talk about afghanistan afghanistan is the number one producer all opiates in the world when we talk about

the transfer of the drugs to russia what kind of amounts of drugs are we talking about. afghanistan produced about seven thousand tons of opium last year which is equivalent to seven hundred tons of heroin we believe that about thirty six of these tons end up in russia that's a lot about five billion doses and it's about thirty five percent of all drugs exported from afghanistan because in fact afghanistan exports less than half of the drugs it produces as drug addicts throughout the world are unable to consume everything that comes out of afghanistan so afghanistan stores a huge amount of drugs russia and other countries estimate it's about thirteen to fifteen thousand tons of opium so even if drug production stops in afghanistan the country will still be able to supply the international market with heroin for another twenty or even thirty years so what about the main mode of transportation of the drugs could you talk about the roads or the countries to which the drug

trade flows into russia. out of i.c.u. there is the northern route which is sometimes called the northern silk route after the seventeenth century trade route the reason the silk route is popular is because after the collapse of the soviet union new nations are merged and while their borders exist on paper in reality they're not even properly guarded so essentially they are no effective borders between afghanistan and russia with such poor as borders it's very easy for traffickers to transport drugs the biggest part of drugs flows through the stand and kazakstan and onward to russia another part goes through iran across the caspian sea and the caucasus ridge and ends up. in the north caucasus or deeper in russia's territory by the way this provides a source of financing for terrorists and extremists in russia's caucasus because the. americans that have got us down say that they cannot eradicate most of the puppy fields because a lot of danny's depend on their livelihood on these fields by producing the

opiates what can be done about this is their solution to the problem. when the us says you cannot deprive farmers of their livelihood it actually sends a message to the afghan leadership as well saying they shouldn't do it because first this will destroy people's livelihood and second you push farmers into the hands of the taliban i think this is merely an excuse furthermore since u.s. special representative for central asia richard holbrooke first suggested this idea that instead of eradicating drug crops the u.s. should target drug labs and traffickers which was almost a year ago the number of labs producing drugs for russia has tripled a year ago we knew about one hundred seventy labs in afghanistan today we know of more than four hundred laps of producing drugs for russia for some reason it doesn't seem possible for nato to get rid of the poppy fields in afghanistan and yet at the same time it seems that they're quite successful or not necessarily nato

but it has been proven that getting rid of for example plants in colombia can be quite successful so are we not talking about it this year for double standards here where they can solve the problem in one country and can not solve the problem in another country for some reason stop go to another because when i visited the nato headquarters in brussels to address the russian nato council i pointed out that more than two thousand three hundred square kilometers of coke a crop are destroyed in colombia annually you get only twenty square kilometers of drug crops were destroyed in afghanistan last year of course there should be no double standard in the matter of eradication furthermore the un general assembly has a. dr a number of resolutions on the issue for example there is a political declaration on drug control that the un general assembly dubbed it in one thousand nine hundred eight in september two thousand and nine the un general assembly reaffirmed that declaration and said cropper education was of strategic importance but why the way all countries including nato countries signed that

resolution so i can't understand why nato isn't applying the same standard that is applied in latin america does this not seem to be a paradox that when afghanistan was under the control of the taliban the opiate production was significantly lower than it is now and it has risen dramatically after the us invasion nine years ago what what is the problem how is this fitting into the picture and the statements that nato is trying to fight the drug trade in afghanistan in your opinion. you're right i had a meeting with my pakistani colleagues here in islamabad and they too were amazed at this phenomenon there's only one way to explain it when the taliban sought official recognition for its kabul regime they took on president of measures to eradicate oppin poppy crops they consistently took serious steps in one nine hundred ninety eight nine hundred ninety nine and two thousand when they introduced capital punishment for poppy cultivation as a result they succeeded in

a radical drug crop on ninety percent of afghanistan's territory all the provinces they controlled the only place they couldn't do it was a northern afghanistan which was controlled by the so-called northern alliance but then operation enduring freedom began and the situation changed drastically only a competent government that has the support of the people can really control the country and take serious steps to destroy drug production how can we talk about the military solution to the problem when most of the poppy fields in afghanistan are located near in areas of the most intense fighting or where foreign military personnel are stationed where where is this listen to that. david. the nine years of the military operation in afghanistan have demonstrated that the more fighting there is in the country the smaller the chances are destroying drug production there growing alternative crops is a risky proposition of the risks are immense you can lose your crop at any stage opium on the other hand does not require any effort grows all by itself and buyers

come straight to the field and purchase the crop so it's obvious that you can destroy drug production this way the russian federation has developed a plan just called rainbow two because it consists of seven points we presented this plan to the european commission the european parliament nato our partners in the us in afghanistan and here in pakistan the plan calls for a comprehensive approach first of all this huge problem should be officially recognized as a threat to international peace and security in other words this is a separate problem that kills more than one hundred thousand people each year hundreds of millions of people suffer from this problem which everyone has been talking about for almost a decade second as i just said we need to eradicate opium poppy and the international security assistance force which is in afghanistan today under the un mandate and therefore has assumed responsibility for the future of afghanistan

should play very active role in our medicaid in the crock and then of course afghanistan needs economic eight we need to rebuild its infrastructure by the way the legal afghan economy today operates mostly thanks to the hundred and forty two industrial facilities that the soviet union built there as far as i'm aware no new facilities have been built there since that time also we need to make international cooperation more effective i'd like to emphasize particularly the role of regional cooperation for example there's a four party format that the presidents of four nations russia afghanistan pakistan and then have established also i think that the shanghai cooperation organization. should step up its efforts because most of the drugs produced in afghanistan and up in this yield countries and their people suffer the most. and finally considering that pakistan is still under a rather heavy influence from the united states can we talk about washington possibly playing a negative role in the fight against drug trade or

a positive role in your opinion. but you started this week in the pakistan is a sovereign state and a rather strong one at that there are one hundred seventy million people living there pakistan is a nuclear power so i think there's nothing wrong with the fact that pakistan cooperates with the us we to view the united states as a partner and we work with america as partners is just a question of finding the most effective approach we don't have time for mistakes and we have no right to make a mistake. thank you very much for taking your time out of your day to join us thank you.

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you willing to play games of on and says one of the top. so long days and plenty of other stories in just under fifteen minutes time but right now the time is here with this. hello and welcome to the sports update on r t good to have you with us and here is what's coming up in the program. to boston to tell reignites his world championship hopes with an emphatic victory in the japanese grand prix. but into the rossi finally wins after coming back from injury but it's more yellow around saddam secures the ultimate prize in malaysia. and big in japan rafael nadal storms to his. face in tokyo. and

let's kick off with the latest in the formula one west of boston to tell is back in the championship shake up after winning the japanese grand prix from pole on sunday it was an action packed race to go with accidents aplenty including for russian hopeful vitaly petrov a very normal crashed out on the very first lap and at the end of it all it was a tell the let me read you want to finish with me mark webber in second fernando alonso who was seeking a third straight victory walked onto the final podium place in the overall driver's standings webber now holding fourteen point advantage over. points with the. third and three races this season. which was obviously the key from the clean side and we could see a robot obviously got a bit of momentum but the way down to turn one was too short for him and then with the safety car which stayed out quite quite long obviously with the incident with could be carpet then. i think both of us were able to pull away from the field and

then just controlling the pace some through the end there was a little bit of a risk behind jenson because we couldn't really go through him so we had to wait until he pits but after that just. incredible so really really happy and it's about time. meanwhile russia looks to be on the brink of lending its first f one race the sport's supreme of bernie ecclestone the deal is ready and just needs to be signed they britain and he's of the countries chiefs are the track won't be in the moscow region that all in a ghost so she with a twenty fourteen start date. that's the same the city plays host to the winter olympics however money could be the stumbling block the license to host an f one race is expected to cost russia no less than fourteen million u.s. dollars half the price tag with the country also in the running to host the twenty eight world football finals. all to move to the now where defending champion

balancing their all say not just his first win since the opening day of the season but that didn't stop or he'll around so from securing his first overall title with one race still to go all the spaniard only needed a top ten finish in malaysia to inherit the crown from his teammate rossi of course missed a good part of the season with a leg injury leaving. lorenzo's serious rival but he went down with a broken collarbone during last week's japanese grand prix leaving the profiteer for his fellow spaniard process started six slowed down to both but worked his way back to the lead on the round so seemed happy to settle for a top three finish making ross a and andrea that is you also have to fight for it with a dog that snatching the victory. be you have to thank you my team for the great job i have to thank you for these a seventy odd anyway and i come to defeated by land and they have to go i'm going to need for the championship. so louisiana is

a great champion and in the future we would be i was really blessed to be in the front door and. not to lose any. of the race my good you know. when the years started late in the i thought it would be we we had to finish the race and hang it there maxime on how right it can get you know what it's like a war soul believes my happiest day in my life and we have to. all to tennis now where it was a case of magnificent seven for world number one rafael nadal at the japan open on sunday the spaniard should to be on the lookout for a bigger trophy cabinet after revving up his seventh title of the year in turkey freshman able to hold an adult superb run of form dropping just one set the goal the fountain opened with these six one one face produced

a little more in the second but the dallas was about lead these forty three a title slipped away six one seven five the final sprint the twenty four year old completed a sweep of quake wars events in madrid rome and call of the season before securing three straight grassland titles go elsewhere and be doing so. much with my bag and work with. more minutes with my four. for the big day for me it was when i. was a member as much. of the mars the five let's move on to. qualify as including the increasingly tough battle group af it will certainly close in tel aviv where israel and gratian were both seeking to strange their own beaten records it was the visitors who made the breakthrough. change on the spot on thirty six minutes after israeli defend to kill canan fouled simoun h.

and they doubled that advantage five minutes late with told them strong char scoring the second of the day israel netted a stunning second health bill. scheft turn but that was to be there so highlight for a shit to get to want to move to all but just a point separates the leading find that. elsewhere throngs left it late but still woke up sunday morning looking down on the rest of group d. they're all blondes challenged. beating romania to deal with goals coming from substitutes me and your. off to the turmoil of france's build up the relief well being on top to see the words. we are creating something we get on together pretty well so we don't start of the off we have to keep the same state of mind these are delicate time we're well aware of that before the time be appreciating

the moments of pleasure. time now in championship contender. for the first regulation loss of the season at the hands of you on sunday for three was the final score in the fall with the visitors scoring four announcer and goals in the second period off to be able to get three points. with alexander. a second late in the game for the way in. which my lady bill also if not able to get the team back on winning track in his debut the man going down five two at home to on god and when that boris could be barry so with the same scoreline and they are now eight points clear of life on top of the eastern conference. to the commonwealth games where there's been yet small complaints in the swimmers say the main pool has spread a bog among the athletes although organizers say tass have shown there is nothing wrong with water over

a dozen out there it's from england and overly does australia came down with a virus which led to speculation the pool was to blame the woman who won the main one had been given the all clear even though it was an organizer is to suggest the story was exaggerated by the press. she just doctor has also been in touch with the doctors of australia. and they all agreed that the problems being. this and if he shows it if it is not from water but could be caused by a number. so things. we have heard reports that the. incidents are not as widespread as reported. and finally one of the most bizarre spectacles on the sporting calendar wife carrying the eleventh north american championship to be precise welcome to something made us say the less serious skills

for bass about speed voice strength and those like to moan as you can find in fact the competitors here don't actually have to be married to just male and female they have to teams in the old taking part with this so named tony and kerry by far the most popular took me two hundred seventy two yards all rooting for slate you wait you want to traps proving challenging to say the least and at the end of it all it was locals. who raced to victory the winners receiving seven hundred fifty dollars seven cases of beer and a ticket to do well championships in the fair learned. that said for the moment stay tuned for the weather update coming up shortly. culture is that so much i was about to feel in those i was in the middle of the war give a real and credible knowing its own place in

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