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news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is. two of the world's biggest emerging countries of got a bit closer russia and china energize their relations and hope to do much more business together negotiating a thirty year gas deal is another reason why the chinese leader is currently in the capital it's to help feed beijing's growing economy and secure billions of dollars for russia all of a result side gazprom headquarters here in moscow where the talks took place this is a potentially must if agreement which would see russia provide gas to china for thirty years prime minister vladimir putin and representatives from welcomed president hu jintao and a delegation from the chinese state energy before. headquarters to try and i you know to what's essentially the final wrinkle in the deal now that final wrinkle is the price. just how much russia will charge china for providing them with tons of of natural gas over the period now russia saying that they want three hundred six

dollars thousand cubic meters now that's the market rates us the rate that russia charges europe for their gas china are saying they're looking for a discount they want they don't want to pay that much for this gas by no stretch of imagination is this deal going to be dead in the water over price is just too important to both sides this is a mutually beneficial deal russia wants to sell china or the gas over the thirty year period because they're going to make a lot of money out of selling like gas china at once the gas because they need to fuel the essentially race car that is their economy and they need gas in order to provide that race car with fuel talks will continue as they strive to get go overcome what she is the last hurdle in the agreement as president who met with president medvedev the iran they put pen to paper on some very lucrative deals trade between china and russia already it's an all time high in valuation they've signed an agreement that means by twenty fifteen the deals done between the two

countries will be worth one hundred billion dollars now they also signed an agreement that says by twenty twenty that will be worth two hundred billion dollars so in less than ten years' time a huge amounts of commerce going to be carried out between russia and china now it wasn't just all down to business in signing deals over trade there was also the wider world being discussed as the two presidents met both president hu and president medvedev have reiterated previous statements they've made concerning the ongoing situation in libya saying that that everybody involved in what's involved in that conflict in the north african country must adhere to the united nations resolutions that were passed and should not straight from the parameters of those resolutions. peter on the reporting from. richard white's from the hudson institute in washington d.c. he says good relations with beijing a very important. this is been a priority focus in diplomacy and recent years to try and develop further or

russia's ties of asia for a while russia was a bit isolated in terms of the it was a bit it was frozen out of the east asian institutions some of the station prosperity developments economic developments. with the decision to hold if there's something about of us with active. present including good of course is clearly showing greater interest and asian affairs in the chinese the interaction of. oil and gas there's also nuclear energy cooperation a lot of shared security interests so it's expected and the the two leaders have this phrase which i tend to think is an apt description of the relation of these think of the best ever between moscow and. various governments that's probably true now admittedly that's not necessary very high in metric because of the long history of tension between the two but it's i think really they have made

a lot of progress in overcoming some of their differences in recent years. there's somewhere in the world that is working harmoniously and will be taking you there is also working hard mostly it will take you there the few minutes it's antarctica where separate international crews come together to fend off the frozen conditions they in june and we tell you how they do it. and also still to come for you some of the largest deputy takes over the al qaeda terrorist network the full story coming up you here on. russia special envoy to libya was held talks with officials in tripoli as part of an ongoing push by moscow to mediate a peace deal in the country the meeting came amid fresh nato airstrikes in a rebel advance on colonel gadhafi stronghold where if an ocean has more for us from tripoli after meeting with the libyan prime minister and foreign minister here in tripoli russia's peace mediator mic on the together has said it could all face people are actually ready for peace negotiations but this could only happen if top

sport in their country recently nato has dramatically intensified its matrix we see here in libya just ahead of marvellous first visit to libya as peace mediators have been ghazi made to actually launched the most intensive air race yet since the beginning of the operation in march and today again just ahead over the gallops arrival to tripoli we've been hearing massive bombardments over and. this lawless officials has been able to speak to are saying that this must be stopped and only that. could start. tripoli is expecting to see an immediate cease fire before a peace process can begin it's also refusing to discuss the departure of colonel gadhafi from the political scene there is a dialogue going on between the warring sides but for those talks to begin to result to police there's a cease fire must be put in place and the international mediators need to keep regulating the process one thing is clear russia is very welcome as

a mediator both in tripoli and in benghazi we will. working together. gallup has also stressed that russia's role in mediating peace here in libya is very important but the african union and actually all libya's neighbors are roles of playing. important role in that and leave there is actually a welcoming average what is peace after it's russia has always been concerned about matriculation here in libya moskos position has always been clear that a non violent negotiation is the only way out of this crisis of this attracted conflict russia has never supported the u.n. security council resolution which all surprised intervention and russia has repeatedly criticized full launching military operation here in libya people actually a few extremely exhausted after months of devastating war which has already taken many many lives and has actually completely destroyed the country's infrastructure

they're getting more and more angry and they just want to get their life back and all of a moyles former british ambassador to libya has told me one or two that persuading gadhafi to go won't be an easy task. i think he's got a very difficult task because the moment the two sides are very far apart but i think it's got to be a negotiation and of if russia couldn't come mediate couldn't find a way to bring the two sides together that would be fine the trouble with the negotiating positions is that at the moment they seem to be absolutely contradictory on the one side you have the revolutionaries old rebels all of them were calling them in benghazi who. requirement is that gadhafi should go and on the other side you have gadhafi who's requirement is that good after should stay i think gadhafi is very tough he's been. defending himself against all kinds of attacks over the many years he's been in power now for forty years he's very

skilled at protecting himself and he would be an easy it would be easy to persuade him to go but in the end i think is he is support will wither away and he will go and russia i think also as well as the western powers and the arabs has said that he must go that's the only way that a solution will be reached but he's not ready for it yet if russia can find a way to persuade him to go that's great. the case of a russian and the u.s. accuses of being an international arms dealer will be heard in a new york court on thursday to be it's been awaiting trial since his arrest over three years ago in thailand as artie's marina portnoy reports his detention raises many questions over the legality of the case. he is the russian citizen america fought relentlessly to adopt picture but was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely if guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges if he is convicted he's looking at life there's no

parole there's no early release in the federal system really the only way in the federal system to get a reduction in your sentence. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the united states government some have argued mr bush needs to be on captain america's team however captain america is being accused of playing dirty and illegally to remove the air cargo business man from thailand according to documents released by wiki leaks all levels of washington top to bottom mounted political pressure against bangkok to gain custody of boot in a us cable dated august thirteenth two thousand and nine us president barack obama was urged to call thailand's prime minister directly about boot the u.s. attorney general and state department were encouraged to call the thai ambassador highlighting the massive drug enforcement administration commitment to thailand and

the us ambassador in bangkok urged the thai government to issue a public statement of disappointment at the judge's ruling not to extradite boot america's the world's most powerful nation but it's not more powerful than the world unfortunately the way things stand right now they're willing to flaunt every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of their to move to extradite him or should say kidnapping who was arrested in bangkok in march two thousand and eight during a u.s. sting operation he was charged with conspiring to sell weapons to colombian fark rebels on two occasions the thai court rejected america's extradition request when an entourage of armed u.s. agents removed him from thailand following a decision of the thai government his extradition was still not legally approved the covert operation was kept secret from russia boots family and his attorney. the transfer of victor boot to america was a violation of

a very important thai american treaty signed in one nine hundred ninety eight which states not political offenders cannot be extradited the case was not finalized and was moved to the us america used various means political. another's outside the boundaries of due legal process to get victor boot that means that victor boot is not getting a fair deal to this day tire fishel is has not provided official documents explaining the legal grounds behind boots extradition this despite repeated inquiries made by the russian foreign ministry that. we know for sure that on november sixteenth two thousand and turn that the moment a little bit to beat was physically taken out of the time prison his case was being considered by the thai court of appeals that is why there are no legal grounds for him to face a u.s. court. meantime victor boot remains in the u.s. prison held in solitary confinement his wife doubts her husband will receive

a fair trial from the country she says violated international and bilateral laws to get him. that it's clear to everyone that the case has long been moved from the sphere of law to politics i think or rather i would love to think that the american court is unbiased but i have strong doubts about it because i think such pressure could be put on anyone including the jury or. the country accusing viktor bit of our feeling now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide if the future want to be a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena part nine artsy new york. says it has a new leader and the u.s. has a new fear figurehead among. some of bin laden's deputy and is now heading the terrorist organization and terrorism expert phil reese's told me that it doesn't matter who

leads are qaeda as long as washington uses a perceived terror threat as an excuse for military action. i think the west was. was wrong footed by what was going on in the middle east and i think they're very keen to have a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who was injured recently he used al-qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then he used those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states going to attack drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's fine we're going to so our influence there shouldn't be question. phil reese talking earlier from london now some of the world's other big stories for you right now in our world update this the greek prime minister is set to unveil a new cabinet and seek a vote of confidence in parliament the new government is expected to be sworn in on friday george pup and drew has been pushing for more cuts to secure billions of

euros in a second. it's part angry demonstrations in athens on wednesday with people throwing petrol bombs on the police responding with tear gas. i called an assertion claims it temporarily knocked the cia's public website off line the group known as security also opened a phone line for people to suggest who it should happen next it's previously targeted major firms which it says work against people's interests and is down public sites ranging from the us senate to sony pictures it grinds the web pages to a halt by bombarding them with requests for their service. u.s. congressman anthony weiner stepped down after two weeks of pressure amid an internet sex scandal the forty six year old democrat said that the destruction he created has made his work in congress possible and apologize again for the embarrassment he caused his resignation comes days after president barack obama said that he would quit if he were in his place and congressman's problems began after a lewd photos and said to

a woman via twitter went public. when working in the planet's most remote and inhospitable conditions it's key that everyone gets along and in top to go the international workers there of got that down to a fine art or to sean thomas watch how different countries teams go to the ends of the earth to help one another. in the icy waters of the antarctic this research vessel was damaged in some very rough seas going to sea is never easy it always involves risk we ran into a storm and had some trouble with our rudder so we came into this choice for a base where we're having the chilean supply in parts and where the russian bases offered help and other bases around have offered any help that's the kind of international cooperation that we get me antarctica which we may not get in other places because of its remoteness and because all countries that are here recognize the importance of all the work that we all do here working together is vital for

the survival of those at the different international stations as well in the winter medical evacuations are impossible because of the weather conditions. in light of this it is very important to cooperate without a stations where different doctors here with different specialties so we complement each other for example my main specialty is orthopedics trauma i'm the only one here as you can imagine my specialty is in high demand here therefore neighbors get in touch with me quite often we also ask our neighbors to help us with diagnostic devices we don't have one of the areas where cooperation between countries is strongly evident is in the realm of scientific research where ideas and information are exchanged regularly so that multiple projects can benefit for example we are working right now with the germans who are further down the peninsula doing a survey and we will combine our data with their data at the camera meetings we also work closely with the british and provide any other help with the scientific

investigators that come aboard our ship to conduct their search their studies as well. here to different dive teams discuss how they can share information and samples between russia and germany. and beyond the lab different countries keep an eye on each other to make sure that all activities are in line with. the antarctic treaty system an international monitoring program that helps protect the earth's southernmost land we've seen that just today which is in the. very closely you can very well treated both the russians the giants and the chinese fantastic facilities the antarctic treaty i think is one of the unique treaties in world history in terms of that kind of cooperation and it is this special bond of working together in such an extreme environment that creates such a lasting friendships back thirty years ago when i came to the station for the first time one chilean put it very well leave the conflict to politicians we the polar explorers have to live in peace because if we can remind ourselves who else

can we rely on for help in antarctica sean thomas r.t. and by the way sean's filed a series of stories discovering more about life and work in antarctica and you can follow his blog and videos at r.t. dot com. rather than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for merely the wildlife in antarctica. and the. expedition to the bottom of the earth are. coming up to twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital but with a recap of our top stories in less than ten minutes from now but first we speak exclusively to iran's envoy to the un's nuclear watchdog he told my colleague that

there's no question of the peaceful nature of his country's nuclear program because the i.a.e.a. has already established that that interview is next on r.t. . now iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction with the un's nuclear watchdog a few days ago the e.u.'s foreign policy chief baroness ashton called on to iran to prove its peaceful atomic intentions this during an exclusive interview with us

here at r.t. and we can now talk to iran's envoy to the national atomic energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in our star no the president recognizes the importance of talks for resolving tension around your nuclear program is it does it does it mark a more positive phase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. to you. is a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eighty years of. cooperation we die a year about five thousand man the inspection has been made and no evidence of diversion have been found to military purposes this is a clear we love harolds the guardian of course. we have always welcomed negotiation and respect and of course without any precondition. guiding the comment interview with the r t of lady ashton i am rather disappointed because

this sort of means. ignoring their fact. it's clearly made that there is no evidence of diversion and reports clearly even the last of the for sure all of these with activities and every gram of uranium and therefore. twenty four hours cameras and inspectors this kind of a statement is somehow misleading i want to recall that i arranged taking the ambassadors and leading their different groups including they invited the ambassadors of the both from hungary and all saw a special representative of lady ashton in we're now to a to join us all together when we visit. in addition to inspectors they will have opportunity to see the realities on the ground and unfortunately.

prevented their embassadors of the join our other ambassadors to go there so mr there is a lot of money forgive me for interrupting so you are disappointed with the statements from catherine ashton the ashton the e.u. high representative on foreign and security policy but you're saying that iran is being proactive and arms wide open for allowing the i.a.e.a. into your country to inspect your nuclear facilities when it comes to catherine ashton she told us here at r.t. that iran has three thousand four hundred kilos of low enrich uranium which doesn't really have much purpose if you're not going to use it in a military program what is it for. i categorically reject i think they should read again. director general by a noted the fact that we have given design information question are about all a specific ation of mentality of each man to facilities and the p one five. years that these are designed in fact to produce loyally cheered any which could be used

. as they cannot produce material for a weapon. let's say we've been great for the nuclear weapons for technically we do respect this kind of a state when it has no justification when you continue to say that iran is working very much open dominant in a transparent transparent way with the i.a.e.a. and the international community and here we have today off going to try and saying that he wants a more transparent and open relationship with the west what is it specifically specifically that you can bring to the table to diffuse the growing tension around your nuclear program where he simply we will continue without any interruption of the we are very disappointed with security guards and sanctions have not made any decision hasty decision in and contrary you continue to be fully committed to n.p.t. our years specters are and will be without any difficulty able to access to all our

nuclear activities i mean some of those years even we have invited represented a lot of different countries to be president as a sort of maximum transparency we will continue to do so and we have said in the last letter of our vice president the head of atomic energy to a director general he said in their very letter very crystal clear that if the agency follow its obligations under the water plan with alethea accept healing the . respect of modality it means close that allegation so-called american laptop then there of course if there are any question is of sort of allegation of ability to measure whatever in the question ambiguity we are fully prepared to answer the question of the move any ambiguity is which would be an answer you give. your method to prove. unquestionably that iran does not have a nuclear weapons program by allowing inspectors unfettered access to all of your nuclear facilities. we have said here too i live here did we do not have

a nuclear option in on the defense doctrine we are against it our supreme leader last year in tehran international conference and i mean the nonproliferation clearly said informed the whole war then declared that their nuclear weapon and weapons of mass destruction are deliberately forbidden we are i guess it and we are mobilizing all of the nonaligned movement for you fact working hard towards disarmament of nuclear weapons and that is the policy idea to malaysia and i assure you that we have had one hundred percent transparency on precedent in the history of the i.a.e.a. and the sooner the better united nations security council should just stop engagement and these political in fact victoria statements by here and there just complicate the situation and therefore my advice is lead to do is job and of course director general should also do is professional work not to put pressure on iran based on united nations security council resolution and swore

a suspension or additional protocol because it won't work mr. tawny the iranian envoy to the i.a.e.a. the international atomic energy agency it's been a pleasure talking to you live from vienna thank you very much leisure talking to you thank you very much. to a substantial degree and one problem or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of europe and the shadow is an approaching. early twenty first century military bases and. this is a. form. that the united states is trying to it's astonishing mode. americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of

a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have power bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in bases are fine are the noises i want noise and doesn't bother us at all because they're all bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these people. since the end of world war two the spaces i've been . working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions any of thing else you get everything you needed.