pyongyang's nuclear program and a return to the negotiating table are on the agenda as rush some foreign minister meets his north korean counterpart. the meeting comes on the biggest rise of tension on the korean peninsula in over a decade find out more from me in just a few minutes. let me know the layout of the. american activists accusing us of a posse claiming it campaigns for human rights abroad but keeps political prisoners locked up at home. it's three pm here in moscow this is our coming to you live first up this hour deformed unborn babies and children eating dirt these are just some of the shocking

scenes being used in a controversial new anti drug push in russia the creators say it may seem extreme but that's what it takes these days to fight the huge problem in the country and you may find some of the images in re of the notion as report disturbing. means a happy motto for the kemar she says masha i used to smoke marijuana when i was pregnant with the bee gees internet ad is part of the stomach churning ninety drunken pain of sashing sashenka i was already on heroin then. surprisingly it's the least offensive five percent of the series designed to shock some of them may leave a bad taste in your mouth quite literally like this one for instance. that's why we stop it here. it's as if keeping quiet about drug abuse among school kids is like keeping dirt in your mouth the disturb an advert has provoked a huge discussion on the web one just how far we can go in trying to keep youngsters away from drugs that was the word yes it causes

a slight nausea impulse but that's what we need it will make those children who now think that it's bad to tell their parents and teachers about dealers in other words they do not report on dealers let them consider which is better with in their mouths or without food every year more than one hundred thousand people officially dying from overdose and drug related deaths and that doesn't include susannah it's say countries have a believes people would better opening the eyes to the scale of the problem rather than concern themselves about the distance see of the adverts. or there's nothing a few million or contradictory in this science should we just keep silent about everything why ok let's keep our mouths shut and just live on let twenty year olds die and millions and billions of dollars flowing into drug dealers pockets while we just pretend that everything is perfect in our society. says behind the fact that

the anti drug advert is getting more primitive is another shock in reality the targeting audience is getting younger and younger and the average age when youngsters in russia first try drugs has jumped to thirteen years with the ethics of her life expectancy just twenty one. the latter but all of this is aimed at them so it has to be primitive in order to work do you think they don't know that drugs are bad when they just need to have it literally imprinted in their minds the shocking can pain is actually a government initiative a response to the country's new priority in fighting the drug problem but as a concept we've always been concentrated on finding drugs and withdrawing them this july we've adopted a new state drug strategy now we need to focus on decreasing demand rather than trying to cope with the consequences. with the government's recent refocus on preventive measures we can expect more and more projects like this one aimed at literally disgusting the idea of drugs out of youngsters minds and yes it may be

unpleasant looking but so are the statistics of drug abuse in the country and if there is a chance no matter how small that this can stop some from stepping onto the slippery slope its creators say it's worth the arthritis causing. not see more scope. gang's disputed nuclear program is on the agenda as russian's foreign minister meets his north korean counterpart here in moscow two are talking behind closed doors amid heightened tensions on the korean peninsula after pyongyang recently shelved one of the south islands for more we can cross live one correspondent you want is going to have he's at the foreign ministry so think this is a close meeting we're not going to see any pictures are we actually going to know what they've talked about. well absolutely you're right this meeting is being held behind closed doors however we do know that pyongyang's nuclear program is the most important issue being discussed is. quite important soon north korea walked out

of the six party talks last year which also include the united states south korea china japan and russia. also expelled international nuclear monitors from the country and continued with the nuclear tests calling causing a huge wave of condemnation across the world this really worries russia since its borders are right there next it borders north korea and. is a neighboring region for russia and the the recent rise of tensions in on the peninsula is making the situation even worse and so last month north korea launched an attack on one of south korea's islands showing its four people were killed at least eighteen others were injured pyongyang said that in fact south korea attacked northern territories before that and this was a report by using force so this just shows how unstable the region still is.

as we've been saying this meeting of course is coming at a very crucial time are a lot of people hoping for a calming of tension to come out of today's meeting. everybody is hoping for the tensions to come down but in fact this conflict has been all. going on for decades the latest rise of tensions is the biggest in over a decade and. the fact that south korea is increasing cooperation with the united states constantly holding various military drills in the region in fact even after north korea's attack on that island south korea and the united states hold a new set of military exercises south korea's has also recently held the new moreland which is calling for even closer ties with washington and this is definitely an intimidating factor for north korea and such close ties with the united states at

this point where this moment may make the tensions even higher so the two foreign ministers are definitely have a lot to talk about here in moscow all right we're going to scare now live from the foreign ministry let's keep the conversation going we're joined now to talk about the situation on the korean peninsula by going to tell the riaa who's the director of korean studies at the russian academy of sciences thank you for being with us why do you think these talks are being kept behind closed doors. well that's a normal practice them that talks between foreign ministers are held between hold closed doors and only after them the mayor says may or may not and the cost of the press or the journalists so there's nothing strange about it and i don't think that this is something extraordinary because these visit by the foreign minister of k.

was planned for months and it's not some kind of emergency meetings which solves all the problems that once the talks are taking place there i mean the recently aggravated tension of course between seoul and pound yang how can russia help result of this crisis. i would say that this time this crisis really takes. in place of the russian border so russian diplomacy is. quite active in trying to solve this crisis by diplomatic means you know the. russian representatives have met with the. deputy minister have met with the japanese colleague and south korean vice minister we still like is also coming to moscow and our representative having talks in china and in washington so a russian diplomacy is very active in trying to find a compromise and then like all the contras russia is well know there. can be can

say that nutro and we. can talk to all the participants of this called for the ball for example both sell for enough to react and explain what the point of view and try to find the solution and play the go between role well they're also we're presuming going to be speaking about how negotiations have stalled over north korea's nuclear program help possible is it that people will return to the negotiating table and when. oh well that doesn't depend on piano no longer because piano these flows were a critical towards the six party talks has now agreed to take part in this talks and i think it would be a reconfirmed through the talks today with the foreign minister lavrov it has been said to the cheney's. representatives and now it's the itself the

red united states who don't want to return to the talks they say they want to talk to north korea before it does sound them this place the conditions it is counterproductive for doesn't solve anything and i think that. russia along with china should. press its partner in the united states in the south korea to get back to the talks. by the same time south korea and the us of course have been holding war games in the region throughout this period of rising tension how much do you think that has impacted the situation. i think that's for regrettable it's actually playing with fire and you might have heard that dennis blair former former security advisor from the united states predicted that software really is about to start a war with north korea. a war gable's this exercise a cyber

a dangerous because north koreans by mistake could really decide that the this is the end of tech and they can retaliate so it's very dangerous. and i would say even adventurism and i think that such exercises shouldn't continue or that the the this side should return to the negotiation table and not to cry to. each other with this show of force in case of north korea that's absolutely useless that's only reunites enough to read the population and makes it more susceptible to propaganda. to tell the riaa director of korean studies at the russian academy of science thank you very much for your analysis this hour. president dmitry medvedev has called on police to use all lawful means necessary to prevent a repeat of the violence seen in moscow at the weekend police say nationalist groups hijacked a peaceful rally thousands had gathered in one of the capital central squares to

mark the death of a russian football fan he was allegedly killed in a mass brawl involving a group of men russell's north caucuses saturday's gathering turned into a bloody battle with police with flares and bottles flying overhead president said those behind the mayhem must have. you don't you must be at the recent events in moscow. the checks are. people should be classified as crimes and the people behind them punished especially dangerous where the action is aimed at fueling hatred in hostility based on racial national or religious differences such actions are a threat to the state stability to counteract such actions police can and must use any means allowed by the law. and the legal necessary and sufficient means because shouldn't be any chaos on the streets or in public places. here with our team live from moscow plenty more still to come for you this hour including claims of three

the incumbent prime minister says he's won in kosovo the first parliamentary vote but many question whether he can bring change to the nation riddled with ethnic strife and corruption. and a car waiting to become yours or on an eco friendly test drive with russia's first hybrid. but first with america pushing for human rights the world over many say it's sort out its own backyard first the u.s. currently holds more than two million people in jail with hundreds of them political prisoners among them is momi a boo jamal who's been on death row for almost three decades convicted of a crime many say he didn't commit r.t.s. and i thought there turk enough reports. a beacon of justice or system flourishing with fraud and flaws in the united states essentially. this is prisoner mia abu jamal. seen as

a political prisoner all over the world an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france on death row in the u.s. for almost thirty years the event that changed the life. forever took place of this intersection in philadelphia almost three decades ago back in one thousand nine hundred one when a police officer was shot and killed me and himself was wounded and had to spend the night at a hospital a prostitute and the cab driver testified against him hundreds of thousands of supporters including mumia himself maintain his innocence to this day coming up. to me i was charged with first degree murder in a case many see was fabricated and fraught with racism the process. are there. with the cab driver when you look at the police crime scene photos. where they removed tampering. dragging on for years

a struggle for freedom has been shedding light on flaws of the u.s. justice system fifteen of the police officers involved in collecting evidence in trial were later charged with corruption and tampering with evidence to obtain a conviction fifteen of the thirty three a former journalist and black panther organizer as work is translated into several languages and distributed all over the world his analysis is a revolutionary announces that this ystem is rotten to its core that its races class is six is evil and that is the head the leader of an imperialist. nation of the world they want him to people to hear that. meanwhile the us government denies holding political. prisoners. countless human rights activists from all over the planet have dubbed the voice of the voiceless i told to do that we believe symphony. he's an innocent man he's. with the job was like

a third man he didn't try to me is work monitored by the f.b.i. since he was fourteen years old to some he has become one of many fallen victim to a police state it's not a question of whether or not he's on the death penalty it's not even a question of guilt or innocence it's a question of. the united states through its apparatuses of the f.b.i. and other state federal local agencies targeting surveilling attacking a political activist. movement people into targeting them for their political work in washington is a journalist closely watching the case since trials kicked off in the eighty's in his case in body so much of what's wrong with the course and that's why people have gravitated to this case and maybe that is a symbol for their outrage. that the economy between what america says it is a country founded on justice and one that perpetuates injustice in this case

extraordinarily over a thirty year period already having gone through countless appeals the case is still expected to drag on for years right now is so tragic that here after almost thirty years we're not talking about a new trial we're not talking about all the evidence that has come forth the racism the racism of judge sable the original judge all of the many things that should have read a long long time ago the u.s. is a record holding country of jails overflowing with prisoners including thousands on death row who are overwhelmingly african-american today there are over two million prisoners in the united states that's the size of san francisco you know you represent the. now. you know where and while those in power continue to keep their eyes shut to the flaws the system is bound to remain the scene with the rest of the world watching and stacy churkin our party philadelphia. kosovo's prime minister

is claiming he's won the nation's first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago official results haven't yet been announced in the poll triggered by last month's vote of no confidence in the government the region's authorities see the vote as proof of kosovo's political maturity but critics point out that several key candidates are under investigation for a range of offenses among kosovo the most daunting challenges are poverty unemployment robson and organized crime the region is also deeply divided along ethnic lines belgrade has refused to acknowledge kosovo's independence and called on serbs there to boycott the vote not political expert on the balkans mission governor of it says kosovo serbian minority are treated as second class citizens. you have to bear in mind that about two thirds of. we used to living costs. to

nato bombing themselves in some eleven years ago no longer in kosovo but they have been effectively i think he claims and no provision whatsoever has been made for them to participate either in these or any previous elections this is of course a major problem for the remaining. population in kosovo because participation in the electoral process can be easily interpreted as an agreement to the conditions that are prevailing in kosovo you know the words legitimizing that process with which they're very unhappy with in a very difficult position and they're certainly not integrated in the overall cost of the process. well keep up to date on our web site was all the latest news blogs analysis and much more here's just some of what's online right now at our t v dot com girls wager web war against the companies that cut off leaks the anonymous

group accuses reason master card of passing funds to race hate groups while cutting off the whistleblower also. music legend elton john is back in russia but tickets won't be going for a song as the concert of those what is that one of the most expensive and news in the country visit our t.v. dot com for more. let's take a look at some world news in brief for you this hour a teenager armed with swords and has taken a group of children and teachers hostage in a nursery in eastern france most of the pupils have now been released after police managed to enter the building in the town of the sun thome five children and a teacher are still inside local media say the hostage taker is a mentally unstable seventeen year old. a bomb blast has struck a bus carrying schoolchildren in pakistan killing the driver and a teenage boy the device which was planted in

a roadside bin also seriously injured four more the attack happened in peshawar in the country's northwest an area frequently subjected to taliban attacks last week a taliban suicide bomber killed more than forty people in the region. and police in the u.k. have searched the property in connection with saturday's twin blast in stockholm reports suggest the bomber was an iraqi born swede who live just outside london stockholm has called the attack which killed one person and injured two others a terror prime a swedish swedish news agency that received a warning it received a warning i should say before the bombings if confirmed as a suicide attack it would have been the first reader soil. that. prime minister silvio berlusconi has appealed to part of the men not to harm the government for their own interests ahead of a vote of no confidence he's been through a tough scandal filled year including allegations of bribery wild parties with underage girls and accusations of mafia collusion berlusconi says there will be an

early early elections if you loses critics say his position as the tally of leader is untenable after dozens of members of his own party deserted him. now it may be known as the your but when it comes to monitor monitor motoring i should say it's designers believe it's certainly no poor in fact they're hoping russia's first hybrid car will capture people's imagination and spur them to help save the planet so our further what for an ecological spin. rush is entering the hybrid calm ok this is one of the first hybrid cars you in the build we've been hearing today from the construction team and some of the team behind the project we know that this car runs on a combined gas and electric engine and we've been hearing about some of the new technologies that will say being nice and it's an incredibly exciting project now one of the founders of the project mikhail prokhorov spake today and into the car

and he was saying that this is really about breaking stereotypes one of these being that russia can produce a good car. you. can see the three different types they keep a hatchback and a minivan and we can take a look inside because we've heard a lot about what is that she going to consumers as well as saving money on the car they're actually going to be reasonably cheap to buy so they'll go and sell for around ten thousand dollars and inside the car you can see there's quite a lot of space there's light materials to the used inside some of the similar things used in the space industry and also you can see this all it's going to drive these on the roads of russia for a while there we go and sell. around midway through twenty twelve so that's when people will be able to get in. well you're up to date now from the

news desk up next all the latest business with colleen. and i will go straight to our top story all prices are rallying strongly following saturday's decision by the oil production producing nations of opec to leave current quotas unchanged brant crude is currently trading at one half percent higher on the session at ninety one dollars and eighty cents the market is also being supported by the cold start to the winter in the northern hemisphere and i renewed optimism over the global economic recovery some market watchers believe the strengthening trend will continue through next year goldman sachs predicts the oil price will average one hundred dollars a barrel next year and will strengthen further in two thousand and twelve but why do you think carefully president of lukoil believes that could be a little too optimistic. i think that the current price is already fair and

comfortable for both producers and consumers our analysts agree with experts that the only person next year will be at around the same level. eighty or ninety dollars companies looking forward to these prices. taking a look at their credit markets now and perhaps not surprisingly they're out here in russia on the back of a stronger an oil price the r.t.s. is gaining over eight percent in the moderates is trading point eight percent higher. now the energy sector is doing particularly well with the likes of rostam gas bill monroe's hydro all up strongly burbank is the top gainer up over two percent on them isaacs that's after source at russia's biggest bank said profits this year could top two hundred billion rubles considerably more than spags official forecast and stocks in europe trade higher on monday behind the banking and mining sectors u.k. footsies up point eight percent germany's dax is up. a third ever percent shares of

world bank of scotland rose point percent eight. with. the sun. russia central bank says it may increase interest rates in the first quarter of next year economists believe ties a monetary policy is inevitable as the focus shifts to fighting rising prices. since risk of inflation. refinance the interest rate or the central bank it's likely from macquarie kind of a prospective to increase the level of eight point five percent putting something in for the truly interest of the banks to come ashore. and it includes some. respects. from the french to be transsexual course the level of central bank interest rates. and that's the business join us in less than one alpha long.

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