on. more news today violence is once again flared up thing these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada from china the corporations are on the day. moscow calls the latest by scandal in georgia a political fun saying thirteen people accused of secretly working for russia are innocent victims of a stunt by president saakashvili attention seeking before nato summit.

this box of blood you're looking at the smuggler hundred five dollars in iraq if you will so into ran over four hundred. fourteen iraq forces locals to turn to smuggling alcohol into neighboring iran risking the death penalty across the border in a country where bruises triplett from britain. and aussies close up team takes you to one of the oldest towns in siberia now taking all the boxes towards becoming one of the most promising clubs for innovation by. international news live from moscow this is the with me you have all of it thanks for joining us. there rest of thirteen people in georgia accused of being russian spies in a political fast he's a political fascinated by tbilisi ahead of

a nato summit russia denies anything to do with those held and says this is a deliberate provocation by the saakashvili government. reports now from detainees . this story has all the makings of a spine movie and not a quality wanted that let's get the facts out first thirteen people four of them russian nationals arrested by georgian ministry of interior if there is for allegedly spying for russia no no evidence has been presented at least publicly they do say that apparently they have concrete evidence and that evidence has been gathered by none other than a mall which also allegedly has been implanted into russia's directorate of military intelligence by georgians this statement was made a week after and foreign media source broke the story the reaction has been coming from russia's ministry of foreign affairs almost immediately they have called it a provocation in part and they have said that this is just another attempt on

tbilisi's be have to exist or bait the already existing tensions between moscow and tbilisi reaction has also been coming from russian state duma particularly from the head of the foreign affairs committee conception to such a. georgian president mikheil saakashvili as at least two passions one is to aggravate relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgia the second is to destroy as many people on the way i mean the tragedy in south the city or jail as many people as possible. people have been arrested who have nothing to do with the special services and do nothing against georgia but who once again will be declared enemies of the georgian people. this is happening first of all only eve of a very important summit of a lisbon summit where russia and nato are supposed to come together and discuss some very important issues and of course georgia has been trying to get into nato

for the last several years also they have to remember that november is almost traditionally a month for the georgian opposition to start yet another round of attempts to overthrow the georgian government in particular president saakashvili and they did already say that they did plan some massive minute to stations later this month now there was this very similar spy scandal back in two thousand and six when the former russian officers were arrested for spying for russia they were released afterwards but relations between moscow and police when downwards from there of course there was also this georgian south decision war of two thousand and eight in which supported the city and afterwards diplomatic relations between russia and georgia world altogether dissolved and the communication has come basically to nothing above throwing verbal punches at each other and at this point it seems like

the president does not want to stop continuing this a war of words and sometimes questionable actions. and. things georgia's action is only the latest in a string of songs by the country's president seeking to provoke a crush. if you put yourself in the shoes of saakashvili he is really in a very difficult situation he cannot attack softer sit on the prize or for the second because that will be a political suicide and he cannot afford to political pressure diplomatic pressure on russia because he was sold by the discredit internationally so the only way for him is to organize all kinds of p.r. stunts to try to attract attention to the problem sure georgians the accuser please do something so we've seen all we've seen all of these p.r. stunts in the last few months born out of the mourning meant for the second of all the war arrested in a turkish capital for fourteen years where god wants us now thirteen people

arrested and all be expired case or grizzly he expects a russia at some moment to all spacious and to do something dramatic increase military presence in up close yourself to see to it you know a little something that would made gratia will and aggressor this is our see us as a come later this hour. this is mercy one of the main advantages of having a base seven times is the abundance of great minds universities lined the main street here in the city center and one in every six people is pursuing some form of education. so find out what else attracts venture accounts live and scientists to the siberian town of toms that are close up t.v. interesting few minutes. over seven years after the u.s. led invasion of iraq apart crippling poverty now ravages the country with seven million living below the breadline according to the u.n. and desperate to survive some have resorted to smuggling alcohol into iran risking

the death penalty across the border where alcohol is strictly forbidden aussies sebastien live reports. in northern iraq kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they're taking into a brain. although alcohol is forbidden in islam a public much of tehran's boys wasn't can't resist to drink and these smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selections we hear in a smuggler storm in a mountainous area of northern iraq that borders around the absolute fuck you hear teachers ski here mr chavez risky black and white whiskey back here we have johnny walker black label we have johnny walker red label over here and we even have over four different kinds of smear not barkha this box of luck will cost a smuggler one hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell it in tehran for over four hundred while though the profits appear amends to many who actually take the dangerous journey are paid a mere fifty dollars a night this is not work for those looking to make

a fortune he does work for the poor uneducated in desperate dollars that i do this because i'm a literate i don't know how to do anything i was so this is the only job i can do. the rain is brutal in its approach to keep alcohol out a smuggler recently arrested and was sentenced to life by others who have been wounded in police ambushes have been fined up to half a million dollars and then charged the price of the bullets that were shot at them with a mind of a step down. we crossed the border and there are explosions shootings rests are fights terrible much nothing we can do because we have who are. only is the job dangerous but the living conditions are bleak on the iraqi side of the small river that makes the border city a series of shanty towns full of tattered shacks to serve a small shelters for the smugglers as well as stables for the horses the police is filthy and stinks of horse down there and when it is this isn't a lion and there's no food or drink it's given the cold and wet now and we leave

you down there. on the other side said hundreds of a rainy. border police some in concrete towers others in canvas tents put all in their pursuit to keep the smugglers out of their country a few days before we arrived we mounted an ambush on one of the smugglers. came from the other side and took three of my mules back across the border and shut everyone but i'm with you if the iranians left the corpses rotting on the riverbank as a warning to the smugglers nine a phone call comes in soon that the route is clear that the smugglers quickly finish packing their horses and then take off towards the border what awaits them on the iranian side is uncertain what is certain is tomorrow the same dangerous job away to those who are desperate enough to do it sebastian meyer party on the iran iraq border. you can always find more news videos and belongs on our website dot

com let's take a look at some of our life that's right the first cosmodrome in the world is set to become a film sets and it's not just for science fiction find out the details on. our kids and grownups are flocking to a game paradise out experiencing the latest three d. games in moscow and you can get a taste of that tour with our website at t. dot com. doors axing for over two hundred iraqis who claim they were systematically tortured by british soldiers have taken their case to the high court in london they're seeking to overturn a british government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into mass abuse allegations in iraq between two thousand and three and two thousand and eight among the occasions levelled at the british troops are

savage beating sexual abuse and depriving people they detained of food water and sleep. i don't see official let's have been launched they say they cover only a small number of cases and that a full public inquiry is needed to get the full truth but as journalist chris eighteen says the british military is horrified by the notion of such a hearing and will fight against it too said. the claims are that soldiers used a range of techniques to humiliate and terrify iraqi detainees into giving information to them there's allegations of sexual abuse sexual humiliation stress positions sleep the probation starvation a number of techniques that in theory banned by britain under the geneva convention but the allegation isn't just that soldiers use these techniques but that they were systemic they were also right and they were part of a deliberate policy that was that was widespread rather than just being the actions of a few bad apples the ministry of defense is is certainly very much opposed and very

much afraid of a public inquiry of the secretary of state for defense liam fox has said that he has an open mind if things come out that might actually justify a wide range of euphoria that they will allow that but i think the ministry of defense the civil servants the soldiers they always fight tooth and nail against any public inquiry and there's been allegations that they withheld information from from court proceedings previously but they really don't want another inquiry like this. take a look at some of the top stories from around the world speak to people killed and eighty wounded after a suicide attack on a mosque in northwest pakistan the building may have been targeted because it was used by local and the taliban militia there of collapsed on hundreds of worshipers shopping trapping many under debris inside in a separate attacks three people were killed after hungry unaids were thrown into another lost in the same part of the country. the latest eruption of indonesia's volatile mount merapi has left more than sixty dead after lying dormant for four

years the ongoing volcanic activity which began at the end of october has now killed more. one hundred twenty people. dangerous declared by an indonesian government around the mountain didn't however include some of the worst hit villagers seventy five thousand people have been evacuated from the central java region while others are still desperately trying to flee. environmental activists are demonstrating as a train carrying over one hundred twenty tons of nuclear waste makes its way from along france to live only in germany greenpeace claims it's the most radioactive cargo in history but the french company transporting the material says it's part of a routine agreement between the two countries and is the eleventh shipment of its kind over a thousand german protesters are awaiting the train's arrival into the country but police expect their three thousand more on saturday. up next it's also his close up series as we continue exploring the diverse parts of russia.

this week we travel to the tomsk region also these tests are all celia has been exploring the city of tomsk known as one of russia's major altie hubs and fosters developing centers of science and innovation. well we are here in tongs in southwestern siberia now this is a very important region for oil exploration and production companies and some of the major industries here are machine building metalworking and timber but over the years this region has also diversified their industries and they have become known as a town of science and an important economic center here in siberia and it's also a center for nuclear research and production however today investment is flowing into new for lots of the new and growing industries and that includes technological

innovation scientific research and development as well as start up companies well tom is continuing to carve a name for itself in technological and scientific innovation now in this report we'll look at some of the people behind this effort as well as the business ventures that have come out of this region it's one of the oldest towns in siberia but it was only officially opened to foreigners in one thousand nine hundred ninety today wooden houses hundreds of years old still lined the streets and there contrasts it by the youthful enthusiasm of students who flock to toms the home of siberia's first university. is a graduate of the thomas cloyd technic university he's only twenty four but he's already working on a ph d. and is running his own welding company with twenty six branches all over the country because. i started doing this three and a half years ago while still in underground when we first models in a small garage then we want to few contests and received grants which allowed me to

launch the company. but in the world of business a great idea needs money to get off the ground. and that's where venture capitalists like nikolai but dual income in. my business model is if not me then who are the few different ways i could invest and i found something i thought was best investing innovations creating new products new technologies. one of the many businesses but truly an invested in is this water purifying technology it's still in the testing stage but he believes in its potential but too and has another project up his sleeve a new technology that may be able to advance the battle against cancer. in two thousand days we started testing the drug silver all on twenty eight carriers eighteen later tested healthy scientists still need to study this drug but i personally have not seen anything better for treating leukemia this was so one of

the main advantages of having a baby so when tom says the abundance of great minds universities live the main street here in the city center and one and i was six people is pursuing some form of education. we were told that in this town it's cool to be an intellectual well one intellectual locals aren't cool with this russian playwright and don't check out who once wrote to his sister saying tomsk is a very dull town to judge from the drunkards whose acquaintances i have made and from the intellectual people who come to the hotel to pay their respects to me the inhabitants are very. chuck of sun favorable comments earned him this marking statue and amusing reminder that the people of tom don't take kindly to such remarks even from an intellectual guesser cilia r.t.e. reporting from the tomsk region of the extra mass and entries explores everything about russian bread including bread out and takes a look at the famous use

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there's a famous person probably i don't see a full if you haven't tested right of the centuries it being more the key think she is also russian diets and from the russian dark ride bred to the popular drink class that's what we'll be exploring on this weeks moscow out the history of france and russia. ladies with just a few thousands of pieces but an agriculture you see been the foundation of making . music here showcase the district of bread making it in russia and from serbia percy's a fashion to use an example of a different person bridge bronte's you can see the implicit well bred played and still plays in everyday life so mr campbell his job brad has its roots deep in the history of mankind and nowadays to not a single russian table can be imagined without a bite of fresh sweet scented bread don't need to go to snow and dozens of receive this now but no matter what the flavor from the bread is still an important part of

any dinner. bridge represented life itself during a season any ground. for the nine hundred days of the blockade locals russians was known as one hundred twenty five grams of bread. over one million people died of starvation stress and exposure but for the fortunate people who survived the small amounts of fred was literally done lifetime. a thousand years ago grains were crucial to the diet of the slavs rye was the dominant grain in the northern parts where it's tolerance to poor soil short growing season. which is more widely in the southern parts of ukraine. it was surviving the long harsh winter his bread was the king as a staple food source to millions and it still is today.

and proving to this week's entertainment news famous italian grand have come up with a special treasure symbol of a favorite movies twenty fifth anniversary in fashion a collection of t. shirts with prints by the best international photographers a featuring the only combo he sold in the boutique sociables fashion capital and at the launch of the collection of flaming men in the pyrenees. the russians powerful and rich live in the city's prestigious residential area. restaurants. all the time. its name in english hit by a chef. his team. to gold.

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kayser european traditions of the owners of the bakery are used to create these delicious loaves to complete aims to recreate traditions and recipes attrition bakeries from the three soviet times you can find a varieties of ready made of different mix with different ingredients creating a number of tastes and. if you want freshly baked bread or any time the minutes of bread maker these machines. and easy to use at home. you can buy them in several locations and key just a simple bread mix with a pound and hey presto you. ready in no time. see you again oh welcome back to tell me how did you end up working. couple of times on consultation jobs and bakeries. when i had the call from one of us to say i

was safe and i came back on the sauce and. i'm so lucky because the menu i have here is really international as you can see with. our bread basket you've been here for a few years now. i mean i've been here five you really do see the difference. when i first arrived here it was. rather nasty plastic sliced bread all dog heavy rye bread which is very much the traditional staple of the russian cuisine and now with bankers opening a was amazing you can have a cat chair in baghdad with cheese all these different flavors fantastic around the block with people with. twenty pounds forty dollars on a few loaves of bread because it's so tasty it's a huge development not to go back to the rye bread it's here. absolutely because.

most of my family wouldn't even know what this is. that it has at least seventeen difference. and traditionally it has. caraway seeds. and. coriander seeds but you can at the very least. it is about seventeen flavors and in the olden days and some pieces they lived through and hope it is. nothing out but it has molasses. springs that has also been about power. for example. russians got married the first bytes from the new bride and will symbolizing the future wealth. so this means that you are very wealthy that. your everything

you have the spirit is calling to me it's a great life. and we've arrived i'll find a location the trunk of a drink spiked drink and founded in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight the plant is well known for the class that they produce here known as the bread drink in my home country that you making it here in russia for centuries. past has been a russian staple of refreshment for centuries by generations of russians to cross the country for she. describes how russians believe. living in russia the great. drink in every close of society. in the financial year they have a small museum and an area where you can taste different varieties sounds good to

me made from black regular right to. contributes to the color of the resulting drink. from the typically. extremely popular and russian times mass manufacturing you have to drink to supply the whole country began. has become popular and nowadays when talking about the mass we think of the don't go on first but only a century ago. drink was made it was called white canvas and it was unfiltered. even started selling class in new york in the american palate so the motley fool mentioned russian drink with a particular crisp taste. the splendid might see. a symbol of life itself to use for a drink simply says to the subject russia is.