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not bad for a day's work the presence of russia and china is not a billion dollar trade deals but even more in the pipeline. coming to terms on the cost remains the final step in russia and china securing a multi-billion dollar energy deal. also there is no place for gadhafi to post war levy and that's the message russia's peace envoy delivered while beating officials in tripoli. no place for colonel gadhafi in libya future that's the message from russia's peace mediator after meeting loyalist officials here in tripoli to broker peace so more join me in recent ocean are from the libyan capital in just a few moments. they're willing to floor every international law to give what they

want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the. lawyers for alleged arms dealer big to boot prepared to challenge the legality of the rector titian to the u.s. from time. hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news life for most of our time and story now the president of the world's biggest country and the leader of the world's largest growing economies shake hands in moscow dmitry medvedev is playing host to china's president hu jintao who's on a four day visit to moscow and the power discussing a comic timing is an international issues as well as negotiating at thirty year multibillion dollar gas deal peter all of it is outside gas from headquarters 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 provider his headquarters to try and iron out what's essentially the final wrinkle in the deal not final wrinkle is the price just how much russia will charge china for providing them with tons of of natural gas over. a year period now russia saying that they want three hundred sixty dollars thousand cubic meters now that's the market rates the rate that russia charges europe today gas china are saying they're looking for a discount they want to 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 wall to overprice this deal is just too important to both sides this is a mutually beneficial deal russia wants to sell china the gas over the thirty year period because they're going to make a lot of money out of selling china at once the gas because they need to fuel the essentially race car that is their economy and they need that gas in order to

provide that race car with fuel talks will continue as they strive to to get over this 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 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 of. reiterated previous statements they've made concerning the ongoing situation in libya saying. 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. only the reporting there from moscow richard whites from the hudson institute in washington d.c. says good relations with beijing are very important. this is been a priority focus in diplomacy in 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 u.s. a bit was frozen out of some of the station institutions some of these station prosperity developments economic developments. with the decision to hold their feet something about of austar with very active part of president putin did of course is clearly shown in greater interest and asian affairs and the chinese of course into russia and i'm sure. 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 which i tend to think is an apt description of the relationship based think of those very being the best ever between moscow and they various governments that's probably true now admittedly that's not necessary very high 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. so russia and china often see eye to eye on many international issues and common russell a chance to keep from the voice of russia says beijing is more concerned with economic gains and showing off military might. now militarily even though they have a very large and very powerful standing army you don't see them using that quite as much as they are their economic power i mean typically you would use their using their armed forces more for saber rattling in cases such as taiwan or or when they

want to really make it make it known point out that we are also. a military power as well i don't see them spending too much time in let's say you know foreign interventions in trouble spots around the world you don't see them joining the u.s. and other nations in doing that and i think that that would actually go a long way in terms of the relationships of the you know if the if they were if they did play a greater role that way people are trying to chinese people that i've talked to when i reported there and lived there before they always stand by their nation more than anything before anything else and especially when it comes to world politics and this is very important because there's so they're not as inclined to. you know they're they're more interested in their economic development. and there's somewhere else in the world that is working as well as we take you there in a few minutes. well we had some toxic separate international crews come together to

fend off the frozen conditions then you're and we'll tell you how they do it. and a salad bin laden's deputy takes over the outcome of the terrorist network the full story coming up for you here on our c. let's turn to leave there now where russia's envoys in the capital tripoli in an attempt to mediate a cease fire and the deadly conflict it's male more gallup second visit to the country he previously met opposition leaders in benghazi meanwhile nato keeps tightening the grip around gadhafi stronghold with fresh air strikes carried out near the leader's compound in the capital. city jail. after meeting with the libyan prime minister and foreign minister here in tripoli russia's peace mediator mic on the together has said that the dollface people are actually ready for peace negotiations but this could only happen if nato stops born in their country recently nato has dramatically intensified its matrix we see here in libya just

ahead of mcgillis first visit to libya as peace mediator to bin ghazi to actually launch the most intensive air raids yet since the beginning of the operation in march and today again just ahead of gallup's arrival to tripoli we've been hearing massive bombardments over knowledge this lawless officials has been able to speak to are saying that this must be stopped and only that they could start looking. tripoli is expecting to see an immediate cease fire before a peace process can begin it's all to 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 tripoli's 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 keep working together michael no

go it 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 also playing . an important role in that and labor is actually 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 this attracted conflict russia has never supported the u.n. security council resolution which all surprised intervention and russia has repeatedly criticize. matre full launching military operation here in libya people actually feel 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 miles former british ambassador to libya says persuading khadafi 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 of if russia couldn't come mediate couldn't 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 all rebels all over work . 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 has 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. well the case of a russian man the u.s. accuses of being an international arms dealer will be heard in the news in new york court on thursday big to boots been awaiting trial since his arrest over three years ago in thailand and as if he's marina portnoy reports his attention raises many questions over the legality of the case. he is the russian citizen america fought relentlessly to adopt victor boot was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely is found guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges fifty years 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 us 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 is 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 kidnap and 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. to transfer victor boot to america was a violation of

a very important thai american treaty signed in one nine hundred ninety eight which they stop 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 thai officials have 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 all november sixteenth two thousand turned the moment a little bit to big was physically taken out of the time prison his case was being considered by the thai cool to the 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. the country accusing victor boot of arms dealing now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide if the future was to be a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. remains evident that the arena part nine artsy new york. of canada says it has a new leader arms the us has a new fear figurehead i mine out so where harry was osama bin laden's deputy and is now heading the terrorist organization terrorism expert phil really says it doesn't

matter who leaves al 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 use those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states can attack you or drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's foreign we're going for al qaeda so our influence there shouldn't be questioned. and that's one of the world's other big stories right now the greek prime minister said turn veiling new cabinet and seek a vote of confidence in parliament the new government is expected to be sworn in on friday george foreman drought has been pushing for more counts to secure billions of years in the second day you bailout it's parked angry demonstrations in athens

on wednesday with people throwing petrol bombs and the police responding with tear gas. zation claims that temporarily knocks the cia's public website online group known as low security also opened a phone line for people to suggest who it should happen next and its previously targeted major fines which it says work against people's interests and has downed public science ranging from the u.s. senate to sony pictures it grinds the web pages to hold by been biting them with requests to this. u.s. congressman anthony wiener it steps down after two weeks of pressure and made an internet sex scandal the forty six year old democrat sad that the distraction he created has made his work in congress impossible and apply again with embarrassment he caused his resignation comes days after president barack obama said that he would quit if he were in wieners place the congressman's problems began after and

yet photo he sent to a woman via twitter went public there myself. when working in the planet's most remote and possible conditions it's key that everyone gets along and in antarctica the international workers that have got that down to find out aussies sean told us watched 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. and a lot 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 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 we've been very well treated by both the russians the giants and the chinese fantastic facilities. i think it's 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 lasting friendships that thirty years ago

when i came to the station for the first time one chilean put it very well leave the conflict the 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 archie. filed a series of stories discovering more about life on walk in antarctica and you can follow his glow going to be chairs that are. more 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. discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica. and the. expedition to the bottom of the earth. and with every count our top stories in less than ten minutes time

a fund was speaking exclusively to iran's envoy to the u.s. nuclear watchdog and he told my colleague. 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 coming up next year. 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 tehran to

prove its peaceful atomic intentions this during an exclusive interview with us here at r.t. and we can all 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 because 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 with the 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 beloved parents 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. me ignoring their fact has clearly made. there is no evidence of diversion and. reports clearly in the last report sure all of each with activities and every gram of uranium and therefore. twenty four hours cameras and inspectors these kind of misstatements is somehow misleading i want to recall that i arranged taking the ambassadors and leading their different groups including i invited the ambassadors of the. from hungary and all saw a special representative of lady action in vienna are to a to join us all together when we visited nine thousand. in addition to inspectors

they will have opportunity to see the realities on the ground and unfortunately. prevented a mass of those of the to join other ambassadors to go there was a lot of money forgive me for interrupting so you're disappointed with the statements from catherine ashton on 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 reports of director general by a noted the fact that we have given design information question are about all a specific ation of now to the facilities and the p one five. years

that these are designed in fact to produce lawyer each year a new home which could be used. as they cannot produce material for a weepin let's say we've been great. nuclear weapons therefore technically we do respect this kind of a statement 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 say 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 but have not made any decision hasty decision and on the contrary we 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 and in some ok she has even we have invited the president of different counties to be present 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 obligation on their walk plan with ality accept dealing with the . respect that modality it means closed out allegations so called american laptop then there of course if there are any question is sort of allegation of military to measure whatever in the question ambiguity we are fully prepared to answer questions move any ambiguity is would you it would be an answer to 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 it wiley pitted we do not have a nuclear option on the defense doctrine we are against it our supreme leader last year in tehran the international conference on the solomon the nonproliferation clearly said informed the whole war then declared that their nuclear weapon and with his own mass destruction oddly legislation will be then we had i guess it and we are mobilizing all of the nonaligned movement for you in fact working hard towards the moment of nuclear weapons and that is the policy idea to me nation i assure you of that we have had one hundred percent or as bad as the unprecedented in the history of the i.a.e.a. and sooner the better united nations security council issued a stop engagement and these political in fact the rhetorical statements by you here and there just complicate the situation therefore my advice is lead to do is job and of course direct agenda.