the key nuclear arms cuts treaty between moscow and washington moves another step closer as it passes the second of three readings in the russian parliament. russian lawmakers are saying the news deja guns are duction treaty will be rectified before they end of the month join us for the details later in the program. also this hour poland accepts part of the blame for last april presidential plane crash but says it will still launch is own investigation claiming the official report is lacking. and gaps in the legal system afghans are shipped off to the u.s. to stand trial on terrorism charges despite no extradition treaty being in place. with news from russia and from around the world this is r.t.

here in moscow. and straight to our breaking news this hour two people have reportedly been killed and eight others injured in a blast in the outskirts of the city of massive unit in russia's republic of dagestan our correspondent is in the region oksana has the latest details but what . he and what i read there are problems that then logic if you're. born and then if you get. a big hour there are a couple of hours or you won't get at that moment they're walking by and the phone is walking over there. and when you're problem. well i think you have to get or. and of course we'll keep you updated on the developments concerning that incident there in pakistan. of the news now of a pivotal nuclear arms reduction pact between moscow and washington has passed another significant milestone on its way to becoming reality to russian lawmakers

approved in the second of three readings the treaty signed between president medvedev and obama last year has already been ratified by the u.s. senate it now meets a funnel say from the russian parliament from where the toilet of of reports this is the biggest treaty over it's going signed in the past twenty years went to the world's biggest nuclear powers will be significantly reducing the number of warheads thirty nuclear arms by a third and delivery vehicles by almost half and of course it's also very important step and warming relations between russia and the united states an exam an example for other nuclear powers to fall this example now back in april when the treaty was signed washing lawmakers helps out that they were ready to ratify it in the form that it was right away but the unites united states senate was not that unanimous in its decision barack obama's opposition in the senate wanted to sink down the treaty to make amendments to it and even though they failed to do so when vetted by

the t.t. back in to set late december two thousand and ten they attached a resolution to it that is worth eleven pages worth of remarks to the treaty and now russian war makers counteract those remarks the resolution by the u.s. senate suggests that the treaty should not restrict nato or the united states from deploying its anti-missile defense shield to europe however this is something that russia opposed to from the start russia always wants its. signing the streets you connect offensive and defensive nuclear weapons and to make sure that. the u.s. did not proceed with their plans of deploying. deeds you hear without russia's participation so the resolution by the russian lawmakers suggests that in case after rectifying the treaty the us proceed with the plan that russia will be able to pull out of the treaty i believe the risk is quite obvious on the american side of the they will

proceed with the strategic not regional but strategic. defense system small not the current president not the current government but probably the next president the next government which has a completely different strategy on this issue and in case it happens yes of the treaty may be damaged and yes there may arise conditions for russia to to pull out of this treaty but again we are not there yet and we still have time to make better agreements and to avoid any misunderstandings and that will be our invasion today in the second reading the documents war approved by the lower house of the parliament the last three d. will take place on the twenty fifth of january and after that it will be given to the upper house of the parliament for the signing. poland has acknowledged it's partly to blame for last april the plane crash in southeastern russia which killed

president lech kaczynski and members of the country's political elite was all says the interstate aviation committee report is incomplete it now intends to carry out its own investigation and hopes to reach a joint conclusion with moscow but as prime minister said he wishes the fallout from the tragedy won't damage his country's relations with russia if you will report concluded pilot error bad weather and pressure to land from passengers with the main causes of the accident but poland claims russian air traffic controllers should have banned the plane from landing christian eight series an aviation expert says the official investigation has done everything expected of it. there is nothing more to be said quite frankly i think they. the committee that did this investigation. job. they found what they found which is that the primary blame should be one of the truth. that you know there is more important line in

the transcript of the conversations between pilot and ground during the. final approach of the aircraft into the airport. that is that there is no condition for landing at the same port and quite frankly with that sort of information being given to the pilots the pilot should then have made the judgment to follow traffic instruction and transferred to another airport nearby where better visibility better conditions for the landing might well have persisted. well a former polish air force pilot at least the polish people are coming to the wrong conclusions about the tragic crash since members of the public have no knowledge of aviation many polish people are commenting long beyond because generally. i believe polish people do not know much about the vision of vision is

a very complicated matter the simple people don't know march fly and they don't interest it in. so sometimes it's easy for them to draw overly. long conclusions in my opinion it is. the failure of polish pilots very much i would say. not the pleasure. of military pilots but the pilot's mistakes were the main reason of the accident when you don't have enough experience because flying experience it's one thing the life experience like you are thirty five years old you don't have much life experience you will still be shoes you want to call you on the task because the president is. expecting you there and you want to show him that you are able to

lead. you're with r t we're live here in moscow still ahead for you this hour back from the stars as astronauts read the living with their feet firmly back on the ground we get a chance to ask them what about life in the bits and. behold the giant ball the mammoth from john thomas and coming up on our t.v. from scientific discovery to artistic symbol of culture we'll talk all about. those stories still to come but first afghan citizens seized from their home country shipped to america and locked up on charges of terrorism and are finding themselves standing trial in u.s. courts with no official extradition treaty in place it could be american that's breaking international law. reports. he's the hero of the streets of kabul and also the symbol of american injustice mohammad jawad was only twelve when he was captured and locked inside guantanamo seven years later he was found

innocent and freed but the damage had been done and he has a fair at path in society. he cannot talk with. anybody you want to sleep. all the time. you want to be along karim was one of the few journalists to speak with jawad but now jawad lawyers say he's being threatened don't talk to journalists or will send you back but afghan authorities say they have had enough of american intimidation. or new government in the doctrine of the constitution six years ago it was acceptable that american troops would soon afghans want tournaments but to date no wait but according to the law it should have always been no way because there's never been an extradition treaty between afghanistan and the states not then and not now the basic thing when we speak about extradition is that there is

a face between two countries about the legal system it's very difficult for me to see that there is a meeting between the american legal system with afghan legal system and why should they be argues the recon when the afghan justice system is so corrupt the new constitution was adopted in january two thousand and four and while it allows kabul to enter into extradition treaties with other countries until today no such perfect exists between afghanistan and the united states. the miracle in courts are different you know also afghans. who need support afghans being tried and prosecuted by the united states. implications are far reaching i guess afghanistan would be an easier country for someone who has committed a crime or committed a crime that the united states wants to prosecute them for. to be without fear of being brought back to the united states for that issue but afghans argue justice is

still being served but during the last nine years we've had many cases with the united states where they ask for people and we agree we've sent back many afghans accused of drug smuggling to face charges in the states. since two thousand and one there were new crimes in afghanistan drugs and terrorism to counter these kinds of problems you have gun government needed and wanted to cooperate with the international community. but will that need and want to translate into action every time because for as long as no extradition treaty exists they really can be no guarantee of justice between both countries r.t. karpal. just remind you of our breaking news at least four people have been killed when a car bomb exploded outside a cafe in russia's republican pakistan and eight others were also injured in the cafe on the outskirts of house of europe the car was parked outside the venue for

several hours before the explosives detonated investigators are working at the scene to identify those behind the attack we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. other news now russian nuclear experts will not be taking part in invited to all of iran's nuclear facilities that's according to sources in the country's nuclear agency the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that while terrans initiative deserved attention such a visit should not be considered a substitute for official inspections or six party talks iran had invited experts from the e.u. china and other members of the un's nuclear watchdog but not the u.s. to inspect the facilities the representatives declined the invitation only this month western powers suspect iran wants to use its uranium enrichment activities to build a nuclear bomb not iran insists it only wants to produce nuclear energy iran is facing criticism for trying to create a rift in the six party talks members by inviting someone clearly snubbing the others but experts believe any such attempts are doomed to failure if they do so

from ever there has been a start in negotiations or talks or whatever and it never worked out certainly there may be some people who thought that they could create the fish are already if but. they never managed to really break up. five plus one formula. the behavior of russia and china just shows once again that it doesn't work i think it's half expected such and such a reaction however the iranians wanted to show two things to their own domestic public that this we are ready to negotiate you have to see it but the second step the iranians did it again it's their own public namely to boost. the plaster about their own new newly achieved technological progress which is not true but again it sends a message to do also of course inside iran who are highly critical of any

engagement with the international community that both things iran can be solved confident and it wants to negotiate are important. moscow's demanding lumber. the charges or freeze or freeze a woman currently in detention and accused of spying for the kremlin russian national your company knows if you give it to work as a research or for liberal democrat m.p. mike hancock before her arrest last month well that released on bail without charge she has to obey strict conditions one awaiting a deportation hearing in october the russian foreign minister expressed quote serious anxiety over her restrictions saying it dooms not to give it up to almost house arrest for a year she said passport taken away is forbidden to meet with anyone except relatives lawyers and doctors is not allowed to visit public places. when i talk to update you on some international news stories this hour the tunisian president says the country amid violent riots over food and fuel inflation and high unemployment

the state's prime minister has announced he is now the interim leader president ben ali dissolved the government and called for fresh elections in the next six months a state of emergency has been declared across the capital the clashes have left more than twenty dead in the last few months with human rights groups say sixty have been killed. the victims of severe flooding that has left more than five hundred people dead in brazil have been buried in the southeast of the country rescue workers say that the death toll is likely to rise as they're still struggling to reach remote areas cut off by mudslides thousands have been left homeless in what has become the country's worst natural disaster in decades. so everybody is going to is under investigation in a case of alleged prostitution involving a seventeen year old girl prosecutors are looking into whether the italian prime minister abused his power to have the moroccan dancer freed from a police station she's denied suggestions that she had sexual relations with the premier but is going to has not yet commented but his supporters say the claims are

unfounded. well having had time to a climatized to life back on earth the most recent space meant to return from the international space station i've been speaking about they're out of this world experience. had a chance to quiz the crew of three about life in orbit. hundreds of people have turned up here today to welcome back the crew of t m a nineteen and it's the hundredth mission that's been to the international space station and i have all three of them here with me your chicken shannon shannon walker and douglas wheelock have all spent six months in space conducting experiments and doing maintenance to the space station and when they arrived here today they laid some flowers at the statue of eureka current as it is fifty years since he was the first man in space so all three of you first of all been up there for six months what would you say you've achieved in the time in csma not six miles just a little less than six one of the facility just going to do it with you know it's

easier for america the four walls of base in swades unfortunately for you. and there may be a much greater if we continue right. here in the us those suits me since i was six months in space pass like just one day but they were lots of challenging and interesting tasks during that time one of the first was a problem with docking with the new russian module where we had to work to repair it for one and a half hours before we could actually dock with the i assess the crew showed firmness and calm and acted like real professionals also during one of the space walks some equipment broke the work to repair it was really tough and one should praise the courage and professionalism of all the six crew members that were in space at the time we carried out lots of experiments and we're satisfied with the work being done. with. when he returned here today you were showered with gifts and

flowers how do you rate the response you've received as it were back here on earth i think. quite overwhelming i mean it was a wonderful response. people asked our city so. yes taken kind of well i think the best part about today was the schoolchildren that are here because what we do is for the future and they're. you know they're part of our future and so in their enthusiasm makes everything. just lastly a bit more of a somber note the u.s. congresswoman recently shot in early serving that cabral giffords was married to one of your fellow cosmonauts mark kelly and his brothers on the international space station as we speak how would you have a comment about that and well of course we feel especially close to real giffords because she is part of our nasa family as well and it is a tragedy although we've heard some encouraging words about her recovery coming out of arizona but for the lives that were lost really in senseless violence i believe

it's you know the what happened in a small shopping center in southeastern arizona it really affects us all of course having spent some time with scott onboard the space station his twin brother mark is married to cover rio always feel especially close to that family and that connection so we're praying for her and. hoping for the best outcome and so my all our only message would be let's maybe we think about peaceful discourse rather than the solution of things through violence because that's never a way to solve many thanks to all of you feel time i'm from everyone here at this place and welcome back to earth thank you for your. scientists have long been fascinated with mammoths carrying out numerous studies to learn more these experiments have only been possible thanks to the siberian region of ukraine where ninety percent of remains are found. thomas discovered the creature is extremely

popular that known for its tusks which are used in the jewelry business and even its meat. these artists are hard at work creating masterpieces from one of the earth's most rare and unique substances mammoth tusks. it has been a long tradition in ukraine to make things out of mammoth tell us we know that from history in ancient times these things were taken by ships to russia and other countries so since we have these rich resources it is only natural that we should make things from this material or you already know the use of ivory is a controversial issue as it has been linked to savage hunting techniques and are dwindling elephant populations these practices have led to an international ban on the ivory trade but the people of you have found a loophole of sorts leading them to say mammoth ivory is perfectly acceptable. mammoth task is fossil which cannot be restored have been dead for ten thousand years most of the fossils are in northern reaching us that's where the material is

delivered from as far as we know a lot of these fossils that dug out but we are the only ones doing it legally because it is so scarce each year large expeditions are sent up north when there is a break in the weather to search for newly exposed tusks but if you do it during. beaches surface and that's where we dig and this is hold you have to work with a shovel and a cactus you can tell us from a tree you think it's. headed with a special stick and realize that it's. the biggest sixty killers but they can be as big as one hundred and twenty or even one hundred and thirty kilos the wall did indeed roam the entire planet but ninety percent of the artifacts have been found right here and that's because of the extreme weather conditions found here along scientists to find their bodies largely intact. i took part in almost all the recent excavation projects i was the project leader my first big expedition was to

the trans polar reaches of the river very long we excavated and almost tears in. man with a leg and a body of a wolverine when you're digging and suddenly see some flash or hair you get very excited if you found a huge big mammoth in some instances the giant animals are preserved so well the meat itself is still edible. so a mammoth meat preserves its taste back in one thousand nine hundred seventy when we dug out of memory we gave some pieces to dogs and they ate them of course both the taste and smell of the meat quite now and it's not advisable to eat it but there are some people who claim the eighty's and even pitches in some newspapers. so you shouldn't expect to find mammoth meat on a menu any time soon the wildly popular giant animal is still contributing to the cootie in society today from artistic creation to scientific research on the legend of the mammoth lives on in your qute sean thomas r t. i just remind you that lots

of other stories on our website are t.v. dot com for you here's a taste of what's lined up right now for you eleven year old coalition government has collapsed this week after hezbollah ministers walked out in protest what they are happy about finals online on the web site washer is considering abolishing daylight saving time to save more daylight all the details head to the web site politics dot com. for our business news let me just remind you of our breaking news this hour at least four people have been killed in a car bomb explosion outside a cafe in russia's republic of dagestan it's reported two of the dead worked at the cafe while two others were customers and several other people were also injured in the blast on the outskirts of the car was parked outside the venue for several hours before the experiences detonated investigators are working at the scene to identify those behind the attack and of course we'll be following the story

throughout the night here on stay with us. most points business news is on the way in just a few moments stay with us you know not. only welcome to business r.t. with me to dream of the day global oil demand is increasing at almost twice the pace of supply according to the u.s. energy department now this is led to predictions that may reach peaks not seen since two thousand and eight west texas blend was trading well all session and friday around ninety one dollars a barrel harry chilling derian from b.m.p. paribas says the fundamental obstacles to a prolonged oil rally. were looking for

a new trading range for w t i at least a level shift up from last year in the loose eighty to ninety area now i know this is being tested right now but we see a number of fundamental obstacles before all prices could rally the way they did in two thousand and eight all right now what kind of oil prices are you expecting at the end of the year. well we're looking to average closer to ninety five dollars again we have to get over some obstacles as i was saying earlier we're looking at relatively elevated inventories in the o.e.c.d. countries we're looking at opec that has fair production capacity of six million barrels per day and of course we're looking at supply that's relatively decent heading into two thousand and eleven we'll see a lot of production coming out of russia colombia china and more importantly brazil so these are factors that we need to contend with before we could rise the way we did in two thousand and eight when spare production capacity was virtually nil inventories were extremely low and the refining system didn't have the ability to

refine what opec could produce stand b.m.p. perry barr there with their assessment the best performing asset class last year was precious metals and best among them was palladium but analysts believe the rally is not yet exhausted despite doubling already in twenty ten forecasts from japan's standard bank and credit suisse highlights continuing demand from the water industry has cost sales in china gauging momentum and that's what was also being sought as an investor a safe haven amid european debt concerns and the us printing money palladium is well currently trading just under eight hundred dollars an ounce just off a ten year high deutsche bank predicts that price could almost double by the end of twenty twelve. if you look at the markets united states markets are the only ones trading this hour wall street is trading flats to positive as well has been the case all session long the biggest jump in u.s. industrial production and rising retail sales are being offset by high inflation and news that china is raising bank reserve requirements this is of course in an

attempt to cool down the chinese economy. in europe stocks ended the session mixed and miners were largely low on we could commodity prices hey your ram holdings however was gaining five point three percent of the close results from intel on thursday. in russia the markets saw a slight. direction on the final day of the week but overall the week was positive to my six games three point four percent the r.t.s. around five percent making russia the best performing emerging markets opening here today. in more detail friday's stocks here gold was among the top losers on the money six cents for the precious metals futures fell for the first time this week seoul is outperformed the market on reports with the carmaker increased retail sales by thirty seven percent last year and as you may just were trading in the red with gazprom as you can see there correcting point seven five percent. the russian stock markets came out strong indeed in their first week of trade that's after the

new year holidays especially with one of its traditional drivers that's well at a two year high sales trader joined from citi bank explain to the stocks that were the main drivers i would say this week were luke oil and ross taft stark's and a lot of the large energy names in two thousand and ten lagged the market in general this week both of those stocks traded above key resistance levels and were able to hold those levels we saw quite a bit of demand and then one of the reasons why the russian market did so well this first week commodities were generally very strong crude oil held above the ninety dollars level. we've seen brant closing in on one hundred dollars level once again so that's obviously very supportive for the russian market also metals were quite strong i'm back in one hour's time with an update stay with us.

i got out of the military in nine hundred sixty six i got out because the things i saw the things i was doing and this reason we were given for doing it was a personal protest. during the vietnam war an antiwar movement emerged that altered the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in berets and on ships penetrated elite military colleges like west point and it spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam. today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. after the army we always said free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really meant to be harmed.