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bill and i'm over forty one hotel the old waverly hotel they get until certain the millstone hutto some of the country house holiday is the bull mentos the rim brant the criminal the chesterfield the montague the town the oil the rubens hotel . moscow signals the bad times all right over in russia and they relations and agrees to help the alliance will miss all the bends and ounce of drug that shine afghanistan. russian businessmen prophetically denies charges of weapons smuggling and terrorism out of court in new york moscow calls for that trial and playing force into pressuring the legal process also to sway the soldiers accused of using a palestinian child as a human shield to seek a one sentence much to the ngo rights groups and the international community.

and across the continent roma community are seen as a victim find european governments have been left without shelter or health care forcing them it's a calling to make ends meet it's. a very warm welcome to you this is aussie life from moscow with me on his head president medvedev says the hostile period between russia and nato is. he told to block out the ring in portugal this weekend that he's agreeing to boost cooperation on one of the most divisive issues missile defense the summit's mood was the son of the more co-operative than of late but there are still issues which they get to see eye to eye for in the three. nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its bow. and russian president dmitri

medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea corporate with us let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic today marks a true fresh start in nato russia relations. it spells out our desire to pursue strategic partnerships that means we have overcome the difficulties of the past missile defense plans under the bush white house which provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold war well now the alliance wants russia to join in its plans compute russia wants more than just words. we have agreed our nato partners that's what we'll pursue dialogue of the european a.b.m. our main guide here should be that our purpose

a base in all should be equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners no other form of participation for the sake of appearance is acceptable either we participate fully we exchange information take part in decision making or we do not participate. the u.s. reset of relations with russia has brought nato to moscow once the great enemy but now courted as a key potential ally together we've worked hard to reset the relations between the united states and russia which has led to concrete benefits for both our nations now we're also resetting the nato russia relationship we see russia as a partner not an adversary russia and nato have reiterated common challenges to be fought from the spread of weapons of mass destruction to terrorism what's most significant is what's not on the list. each other. russia has pledged more help to nato in afghanistan with transport

access and more resources to fight narcotics there and for the first time in pakistan despite all the warm words there are still differences notably over the south as such in conflict over two years ago nato back georgia which russian forces were forced to fight after the civilian population came under attack and while nato seeks new purpose and allies others say the alliance belongs in the past another to cross this is sort of conscience time children nato has existed certainly since the fall of the burden of war how this was for use and against whom the major problem for nato and of course what it does politically and militarily is i would reinforce as a peaceful the time being the imbalance between the us will continue to spend a lot of the military and european nato member states some of which have become to cut back very drastically crowd there's no greater example of the discontent with nato it's called think and we think here on this date that lisbon would they be

filled thousand of them i mean by protesting the alliance and it. was. going to we don't think it's necessary it's for example for us and so a country in crisis is spending so much money on something it's cold war what we have is a very powerful military alliance with no democratic accountability the leader is announcing this statements no part of it is going to get a child to vote on it and as a result everyone's military expenditure is going to go up the message is entirely wrong nato is out of date now out of time we need a world of peace and justice is not one of preparing for yet wars and after introducing a new strategic concept to high hopes at the summit that nato is challenge now is to turn concept into reality or top on the list is forging a lasting partnership with russia for the next floor and lyster r.t.

lisbon portugal t.v. climes. russia's nato and way billie's renewal of bin laden is between moscow and the alliance smedley's guarantee and greater security on the country's western borders. now after we have lived through the conflict in southall city or on a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a terrorist on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were provoking such an articled resumes like the suckers really warm to bloody actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of which doesn't know what the right hand is doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there will be no trouble at all i think the americans have finally heard this r.c.

has been hearing our native strategy is shifting political expert dr adrian power says that even baltic states which have been traditionally hostile to moscow feel the alliance conduct this without russia perhaps the europeans have been arguing for a long time behind the scenes that russia needs to be brought on board that nato can not function properly without stronger russian involvement that required a different attitude in moscow which was seen with present mediator but also a new openness on the part of all the nato partners and even countries traditionally more critical and perhaps even hostile towards russia such as poland of the baltic states have recently acknowledged that it's greater dialogue and more cooperation with moscow a good thing for everyone involved. nato secretary general also brought up the importance of the nuclear reduction treaty between russia and the u.s.

and. then told the news than some of the downhill and ratifying would damage the security of europe and the entire euro atlanta region. or president obama so there is no good reason why the deal called been passed by the u.s. congress the treaty would see the country's nuclear arsenal slashed by a third but is being stalled in washington as deviates republicans now are way apartments democrats versus the nuclear campaign that kate hudson says the prospect of a world without atomic weapons is far too important to be sacrificed for one party political ambition. we were among the many people around the world who really welcomed president obama's speech in prague where he outlined his vision of a world without nuclear weapons and of course a vision which president medvedev shares and i think it's absolutely reprehensible if senator in the u.s. congress obstructing the passing of this very important treaty the new start

treaty for party political point scoring reasons i think this is far too important on a global scale for them to stand in the way like this many people globally including i should say former cold warriors fearful like henry kissinger and george shultz many other leaders across the world now believe that it is just too jane shuras to have nuclear weapons and that is the trade that is taking place in the world towards disarmament and away from nuclear weapons and that is the trend which the u.s. senate and the u.s. congress should be going along with and following the leadership of their president . coming later in the program reaction to sarah palin's hint that she's lining up for another stab at running for the white house. if she does become president. of the screen resident of six people in new york what would happen if hayden

becomes the next president of the usa. also chernobyl silent dangers the day covering the disaster site is expire we day we look at the potentially deadly toxins the camps. russian businessmen and alleged victim who has pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism and trafficking he was hastily extradited to the us earlier this week and is now in solitary confinement in new york is demanding a fair trial and says it will continue to provide consular assistance going to takes up the story. a q. and a half year campaign to get one russian citizen accused arm dealer victor boot begins to face american justice victor boot came into u.s. custody on tuesday set to stand trial on arms smuggling and terrorism charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals to conspiring to kill united states

officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark meantime the u.s. to stands accused of breaking laws to grab the russian businessman organizing a swift extradition from thailand involving some fifty federal agents and u.s. marshals keeping the operation a secret from boots lawyer family and russian officials. despite two rulings in thailand's criminal court saying victor boots guilt was not proven and the thai government has still decided to hand him over to the u.s. i consider this unprecedented political pressure on the legal process and on pylons government. moscow has dubbed the extradition of their citizen are striking in justice boot a former army officer was arrested in bangkok in march two thousand and eight in

a sting operation involving american law enforcement officials all aboot who didn't get a chance to say goodbye to her husband in thailand accuses the u.s. of kidnapping as a political force. in this operation was illegal it was done after lobbying from the u.s. this russian citizen to shift to the united states as if he was just not shipped without his documents and without the russian embassy being informed. and during his transfer to new york who claims that u.s. officials attempted to force a confession from him as part of a possible plea bargain. according to victor boot during the extradition there were attempts to convince him to make a confession of the crimes he had never committed promising some privileges in return but mr boot rejected these offers in new york federal court on wednesday the forty three year old cargo dealer denied all charges but is being held in solitary

confinement at a federal prison in lower manhattan with legal assistance from the russian consul a top kremlin official stressed that moscow is demanding fair treatment for its citizens while not getting involved in the allegations it faces like your picture which i want to stress to the u.s. authorities of course some very serious and profound challenges against this russian citizen we have nothing to conceal we don't consider this case a state secret or anything of the kind that we want to see this investigation finalists has to answer all the questions raised by the u.s. he will be given for to action in the consular assistance however that doesn't mean we are claiming that he's innocent you know. while many have speculated as to why washington wants so badly opinions had very top of monopoly this is a question of principle they've spent ten years of spending money taxpayer money on trying to root out gun runners so they have to have someone to show for and they

chose victory over of course i understand that there was significant amount of political pressure by the us to put on that our government but i assure you that will be nothing. compared to the pressure that the united states is going to on the street you cooperate with the u.s. or already it's against others the chances of a fair trial for victor boot are already in question with u.s. media and the prosecutor portraying him as a villain the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate there all those seeking to provide some cold comfort victor boot is of course presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty the fate of victor boots future will be sealed in this new york federal courthouse his next hearing is scheduled to take place in january if convicted the russian citizen faces twenty five years to life behind bars burning up or not artsy new york

or miniature defense lawyer made to erich mancow so a case could become a pandora's box he says if the us a fails to show fairness to other countries citizens it will be hard to protect its own there are number of cases that the united states is unhappy with and what we're running into is this dangerous precedent where if if we're exercising this type of authority over individuals in other countries what's going to happen in the future to u.s. citizens and whether or not other countries are going to demand extradition of our citizens you know people who they think are criminals for example in the last administration and demanding their extradition to spain or italy or some other country and how can we as a straight face an international community have it both ways if the justice department didn't do their job properly and get this one right you know it certainly could open up a can of worms for us in the future. you can find more coverage and analysis of all

all stories at all t. dot com here's just some of the other features when lining up a. scientist says he's discovered the next. claiming that in just a few years a. go on sale. in las why this. is raising the homebuilders so many russians even more than the headline grabbing a spy on a chaplain the details on those other stories all at dot com. and israeli military court has to soldiers walk free they were convicted of using a nine year old palestinian boy as a human shield during last year's goals a war middle east correspondent. this is

a military court that essentially sentenced these two soldiers to three months probation and the most of them from the rank of staff sergeant to sergeant now the case involves the operation cast lead the war back in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine when the two soldiers approached a young nine year old palestinian child and forced him to look inside a number of bags that the soldiers were fearful had some kind of explosives in them as it turned out there was nothing inside the bags and no one was hurt but the soldiers were charged with using this child as a human shield which was ruled by the israeli supreme court to be illegal the military prosecutors wanted to see some kind of jail time they were essentially calling on me fact that the soldiers that violated human rights and also what is known as these weighty defense forces code of purity of arms such a sentence carries up to three months in prison but as we see the soldiers got off with a relatively conservative and light sentence just as

a surprise to many people here in israel particularly human rights groups and left wing organizations i just got off the phone with the public committee against torture in israel and they used the word ridiculous and i think we're going to see more of that kind of reaction throughout the course of the day as the sentencing becomes more public you know what it sholay is a former israeli soldier and he says that risk particular case and iraq had a store going being used as a human shield is not unusual the only unusual thing in this instance is that it made it to court in the first place. i think that to ask a combat soldier and serve in the occupied territories where you are palestinians as human shields like to ask you to drink coffee in the morning so what we did is we just bumped into our house nearby house we grabbed one of the kids we took him with us put him in front of the patrol you just walk your patrol in the village with your kid and there no one first of this is not the first time that there has been recorded instances of israeli soldiers carrying out some kind of violations against palestinians it was

a case not so long ago when this race. soldier uploaded to facebook pictures of soldiers harming and mocking and humiliating palestinians there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom and be assured that this morning the soldiers themselves have not spoken on camera but their lawyer did say that they were satisfied with the finding they did feel that the soldiers were being used as a scapegoat by the military superiors who ordered the carrying out and that they are the ones who should be brought to book there's also a sense here in this role that this is a case that is meant to be a levy eight international pressure so that the international community can see the i.d.f. doing some kind of internal tracking and internal assessing to make sure that this kind of thing does not happen again but it's unlikely that with such a conservative sentence many people in the international community will be satisfied today. sarah payne in the last ounce of her campaign to be america's president but she is now doing the media rounds in four was suggesting a comeback with a look at her for twenty twelve white house bid lori oftenest has been gauging been

in new york. sarah palin has a reality show her daughter is on a reality show and she has a new book coming out with all this promotion it seems like she might be gearing up to run in two thousand and twelve do you think she's a viable candidate for president and the united states this week let's talk about that i think absolutely she could not be president. i don't think that she has the smarts i don't think if she has the political backing i think that she's made a career out of being. a t.v. personality and i think that when it comes to the brass tacks the republicans will not nominate her so you don't even think she'll get that far when it comes to the nomination you know i do not stranger things could happen but she's not getting my vote do you think she'll get enough votes. possibly possibly how do you feel about that. let's america if she gets the vote she can run but i'll be voting

and not for her why are we giving her so much attention if she doesn't have the support out there do you think because the media is very good at giving attention to someone who's good at making a stunt of themselves so that all it is but when it comes to election day if she actually was running you don't think that she would get in i'd hope that we had the foresight as voters in this country to realize that no she should not be elected president of the united states of america if she does become president how will you feel oh i'm moving to england yeah oh i'm off to spain if she does become president of the u.s. what do you think the reaction will be in the u.k. . this. is my friend. whether or not you think sarah palin is presidential material the bottom line is seems like she's planning on running so at the very least it looks like we'll have an entertaining election come two thousand and twelve.

romo communities are among the most persecuted in the world and for those who live in bulgaria the situation is especially dire with their homes destroyed and a desperate lack of basic health care. seems like we could become common across europe the mood of this town in southern area told r.t. he had to tear down this block of flats because the room the residents who turned it into a slum. this pile of rubble is all that's left of the housing estate what all thought is called a public health hazard infested with rats cockroaches and fleas thousands of roma home. some who have moved to this wasteland no shelter health care or education for the children. well the citizens where there's

a treat us like the schools won't take my son because he has lights and disease people here ask is this what the e used become with winter approaching they'll be sleeping in the cold. first to you politicians bury their heads in the sand but only we can solve their own problems is a lot of good friends to send tens of thousands of rumor back to bulgaria sweden it's a lead mark in germany had similar policies used justice commissioner says it reminds her of world war two one of the evicted told me he picks pockets to feed his family member countries report rumor offenses are shooting up pushing rising numbers into angry and she gypsy groups the biggest problem. is the crime already like a civil war stealing or else. risk the life of four of the people campaign is more than most roma said by marshlands and other states can't integrate because there aren't enough jobs for them and paul gearing up with education opportunities

limited music remains one of the few parts success. yeah. a racy gypsy style of pop called child talk to the chops but campaigners say is that conflicts are set to surge into the e.u. learns to live and work with roma not just enjoy the music in the nightclubs. r t so feel. some of the wealth stories making headlines this hour and thousands of people have gathered here shanghai a lot of people died in the fire last world many of them want to say that even though they don't know the victims they felt it was important to remember that twenty eight story building was being renovated when it went up in flames officials claim workers pub violating safety rules have arrested twelve on charges of negatives. venezuela's president claims there's a plot to kill him for a hundred million dollars reward hugo chavez says the mastermind is a fugitive t.v.

tycoon fled the country earlier this year after one arrest get out of nowhere the largo that wanted. the conspiracy on challenges of being a loan shark which he denies there are claims that president chavez is using prosecutors to carry out a vendetta. scientists are concerned over the radioactive dangers lurking at the chernobyl site nearly a quarter of a century after the nuclear plant explosion the concrete bunker which covers the contaminated area is it nearing the end of its life but it's not clear what radioactive danger lies underneath this explains. almost quarter of a century since the chernobyl fallout a special confinement structure called the circle is still preventing more radioactive emissions into atmosphere this structure the circus was built in nine hundred eighty six just months after the disaster that your noble nuclear power blog back then experts predicted. would last for only twenty years until two

thousand and six that is but as you can see from here it was strengthened and improved extending its lifetime for five more years the biggest question is how much nuclear fuel remains under the surface some experts believe that there is none as most of it did very polarized into the atmosphere and was spread around the chernobyl exclusion zone but many experts believe that there are ninety five percent of nuclear fuel still remaining under the surface and that could be tons and tons of nuclear material. we believe that the nuclear fuel under the sickle for gross is no longer a solid mass like it's lost twenty four years ago that now is more of three layers of dispersed dust so should the presence of course because collapse we could see a very powerful explosion or facilities as powerful as a nuclear one. in order to avoid another catastrophe europe invested in the building of a new confinement in two thousand and seven french company was allowed to start the

construction of an arch like steel structure to cover the facility three years later the project is underway with more than five hundred engineers building the new circle for next to the contaminated plant it won't be just the crane yeah it will be a technological complex as multi-functional crane system will be installed inside the new structure eight. finals at the new safe confinement should provide this environment in the works far in the projects initial cost was thought to be half a billion euro now sources in chernobyl reap. that figure has almost doubled but in the fight for the continent safety no sum is too much the new confinement is expected to be completed by the year twenty thirteen and is expected to last for another hundred years the only question is what is the fate of the nuclear power

plant in chernobyl some say that it may be dismantled under this new dome but that is only a speculation for now we only heard that this is a process which may take another seventy years and there are no technologies to this date which would allow this to happen alexia cesky see reporting from the church noble exclusion zone in ukraine. just a few moments where we made headlines eighteen.